Holly Hunter plays a network news producer who, much to her chagrin, finds herself falling for pretty-boy anchorman William Hurt. He is all glamour without substance and represents a hated shift from hard news toward packaged "infotainment", which Hunter despises. Completing the triangle is Albert Brooks, who provides contrast as the gifted reporter with almost no presence on camera. He carries a torch for Hunter; she sees merely a friend. Written and directed by James L. Brooks, Broadcast News shows remarkable insight into the people who make television. On the surface the film is about that love triangle. If you look a little deeper, however, you will see that this behind-the-scenes comedy is a very revealing look at obsessive behaviour and the heightened emotions that accompany adrenaline addiction. It is for good reason this was nominated for seven Academy Awards (though it did not win any). There are scenes in this movie you cannot shake, such as Hunter's scheduled mini-breakdowns, or Brooks' furious "flop sweat" during his tryout as a national anchor. Watch for an uncredited Jack Nicholson as a senior newscaster. --Rochelle O'Gorman
1950s British romantic comedy starring John Gregson and Diana Dors. After inheriting a large fortune from his father and breaking up with his girlfriend Ethel (Susan Stephen), young northerner Chayley Broadbent (Gregson) heads to London where he meets and falls for nightclub performer Ruthine West (Dors). He later proposes to Ruthine but becomes wise to the fact that she may only be after his money. Will he go ahead with the marriage or return to his former life?
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
The story of Mel Gibson's stately anti-hero begins in Mad Max, George Miller's low-budget debut, in which Max is a "Bronze" (cop) in an unspecified post-apocalyptic future with a buddy-partner and family. But, unlike most films set in the devastated future, Mad Max is notable because it is poised between our industrialised world and total regression to medieval conditions. The scale tips towards disintegration when the Glory Riders burn into town on their bikes like an overcharged cadre of Brando's Wild Ones. Representing the active chaos that will eventually overwhelm the dying vestiges of civil society they take everything dear to Max, who then has to exact due revenge. His flight into the same wilds that created the villains artfully sets up the morally ambiguous character of the subsequent films.
Taped as a lavish cable television special in 1997, One Night Only trades on the Bee Gees' shape-shifting career as pop survivors. Over the course of 111 minutes, this straightforward concert, produced at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and groomed for both video and CD posterity, sprints through 31 songs from their past three decades. Even after the inevitable disco jokes are expended, and the jaundiced viewer contemplates the role hats, hairspray, and comb-overs now play in dressing the once stylishly long-haired troika, the Gibb brothers' signature vocal harmonies and hook-laden song craft beg respect.Casual listeners can't be blamed for equating the Bee Gees with the dance floor bonanza they reaped through 1978's Saturday Night Fever, yet that commercial zenith was actually the culmination of a comeback for a group that had seemed washed up by the early 1970s. One Night Only thankfully takes an even-handed view of both their original late 1960s hits ("Massachusetts", "To Love Somebody", "Lonely Days"), building from a cannily Beatle-browed vocal sound, and the 1970s blue-eyed soul ("Jive Talkin'", "Nights on Broadway") that led them naturally into disco. The Fever hits are here, as are Gibb originals that clicked for other acts; the family circle also widens for a posthumous duet with their late brother, Andy Gibb, while Celine Dion gets star billing in the collaborative "Immortality". --Sam Sutherland
The sequel is set in the years following the initial deadly home invasion, where Norman Nordstrom (Stephen Lang) lives in quiet solace until his past sins catch up to him.
Series 4 of Minder built on the programme's previous success reaching number 2 in the ITV rartings with a viewing audience of over 15 million. This release features more hilariously dodgy exploits from Arthur Daley (George Cole) and Terry McCann (Dennis Waterman). There's also excellent support from such priceless chacters as Dave The Barman Sgt. Rycott Inspector Chisholm and his inescapable sidekick DC ""Taffy"" Jones. Episode titles: A Star Is Gorn Willesden Suite Windows.
Opening where the standard romantic comedy finishes, I GIVE IT A YEAR introduces leading man Rafe Spall (One Day) as Josh, a struggling novelist, as he marries ambitious, highly strung careerist Nat (Rose Byrne, Bridesmaids) after a whirlwind romance.
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One of the most successful TV series ever made running from 1969 to 1973 On the Buses is great British comedy at its best. Starring Reg Varney as jack-the-lad bus driver Stan and Stephen Lewis as the long-suffering dim-witted Inspector Blake ('Blakey') who does his best to get the buses out in time whilst making their lives as miserable as possible. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Early Shift 2. The New Conductor 3. Olive Takes A Trip (aka Olive's First Day) 4. Bu
Extras is the hotly-anticipated new comedy series from the creators of The Office Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Ricky plays Andy Millman who having given up his day job to be an actor finds he just can't land the big parts. In fact he rarely gets a speaking role so spends most of his days stuck in a green room with other extras envying the A-list stars with his fellow actor Maggie Jacobs (Ashley Jensen). Each week Extras has a
It is 1984. Frank (Layke Anderson) is a determined teenager who runs away from high school to find an alternative lifestyle in Amsterdam. He finds a home and a job at the House of Boys a bar-cum-brothel run by a strict Madame (Udo Kier) who has an eye for what his punters crave. Frank works his way up from barman to on-stage dancer and falls in love with some of his housemates. The first intimations of what is described as 'the gay plague' casts a long shadow over Frank's tight-knit group of friends. Yet despite the troubles that cloud the hopes and dreams of young Frank his perseverance along with support from a willing doctor (Stephen Fry) will carry him through. 'House of Boys' is a glamorous colourful coming-of-age story that lifts the lid on an exciting world of sex and music where deep passions suddenly turn into a struggle for courage. Featuring music from Spandau Ballet Soft Cell Dangerous Muse Jimmy Somerville Roy Orbison and The The.
A successful businessman who has everything discovers that he has cancer and may not live to see his new baby...
In this major new science series from Channel 4 Richard Dawkins James Dyson Stephen Hawking David Attenborough and Robert Winston celebrate the great thinkers and moments in British science from Newton to the present day. Britain's great inventors and scientists have led the world and been at the forefront of some of history's greatest advances. From the steam engine to the world wide web from the theory of evolution to the discovery of the atom British science and ingenuity have helped shape the modern world. The Genius of Britain tells the stories of the people behind these pivotal moments of the men and women who overcame all obstacles in search of scientific advancement. Their tales range from accounts of pure genius when the apple fell and the secrets of the universe were unlocked to dark tales of obsession deception and even bodysnatching. Tackling the areas closest to their hearts and using hands-on demonstrations the five co-presenters tell the human stories behind the scientific and engineering discoveries that we so often take for granted.
A Woman Of Substance: The story starts as an 80-year-old Emma Harte looks back over her life. She remembers herself as a young girl pregnant and abandoned by her rich lover. She remembers the men she has loved her staunch friend Blackie O'Neill and her second marriage to Paul McGill during the First World War. The small shop she started many years ago has grown into a vast commercial empire. Now it is under threat and Emma must fight to protect it. 'A Woman Of Substance' is a film that every woman will love - and every man will find hard to forget. Hold The Dream: The story of Emma Harte and her granddaughter Paula McGill Fairley continues in this compelling sequel to 'A Woman of Substance'.Accomplished beautiful and a millionairess Paula wields immense power at the age of 25; yet her tragic loves and losses mirror those in Emma's life. Set in Yorkshire London New York and Texas in great country homes luxurious penthouses and the boardrooms of the provileged this is the story of one woman's determination to 'Hold The Dream' - to find the happiness and passion that are her legacy. To Be The Best: The powerful and beautiful Paula Harte heir to the Harte Empire finds herself under attack from her vindictive cousin Jonathan who is determined to gain control of Harte's massive worldwide wealth. As death and deceit undermine Paula's position it seems that only one man her attractive head of security. Jack Figg has the expertise and connections to uncover Jonathan's murky secrets and rescue Paula from certain ruin. Romance adventure and stunning locations make 'To Be The Best' the spectacular conclusion to Barbara Taylor Bradford's celebrated trilogy tracing the fortunes of the Harte dynasty.
Mira Sorvino Academy Award winner Anjelica Huston Stephen Dorff and Blair Underwood star in this nail-biting tale of action and intrigue from the pen of Robert Ludlum as members of an elite undercover team Covert One race against time to locate the source of a deadly virus threatening the lives of millions of Americans....
Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game, Sherlock) stars alongside Kelly Macdonald (Boardwalk Empire, Trainspotting), Stephen Campbell Moore (The History Boys, The Go-Between) and Saskia Reeves (Luther, Shetland) in Stephen Butchard's adaptation of Ian McEwan's award-winning novel, THE CHILD IN TIME. Set two years after his daughter went missing, THE CHILD IN TIME follows Stephen Lewis (Benedict Cumberbatch), a children's author, as he struggles to find purpose in his life without her. His wife Julie (Kelly Macdonald) has left him, and his best friends Charles (Stephen Campbell-Moore) and Thelma (Saskia Reeves) have retired to the countryside, battling demons of their own. With tenderness and insight, the movie explores the dark territory of a marriage devastated, the loss of childhood, the fluidity of time, grief, hope, and acceptance. THE CHILD IN TIME is a lyrical and heart-breaking exploration of love, loss, and the power of things unseen.
VFW stands for Veterans of Foreign Wars. An organization of U.S. war veterans, who, as military service members fought in wars, campaigns, and expeditions on foreign land, waters, or airspace. The purpose of the VFW is to speed rehabilitation of the nation's disabled and needy veterans, assist veterans' widows and orphans and the dependents of needy or disabled veterans, and promote Americanism by means of education in patriotism and by constructive service to local communities.
A powerful and very unique love story, which tells with bold, unflinching humour of the sadomasochistic love affair between a troubled young woman and her domineering boss.
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