He's the star of the show but he doesn't know. Jim Carrey wowed critics and audiences alike as unwitting Truman Burbank in this marvel of a movie from director Peter Weir about a man whose life is a non-stop TV show. Truman doesn't realise that his quaint hometown is a giant studio set run by a visionary producer/director/creator (Ed Harris) that folks living and working there are Hollywood actors that even his incessantly bubbly wife is a contract player. Gradually Truman ge
A perkyt switchboard operator for the White House makes not one but three love connections and her attampts to keep each Romeo on the line leads to alot of crossed wires....
Elizabeth Taylor stars as a troubled woman who, upon arriving in Rome, finds a city fragmented by autocratic law, leftist violence and her own increasingly unhinged mission to find the most dangerous liaison of all.Never before released in the UK, The Driver's Seat (aka Identikit) remains the most obscure, bizarre and wildly misunderstood film of Taylor's illustrious career. Adapted from an unnerving novella by Muriel Spark (The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie), the film marked a wild step into the unknown for the screen icon, as she cast off the shackles of the US studio system in the shadow of her tumultuous personal life. Co-starring Ian Bannen, Mona Washbourne and Andy Warhol, The Driver's Seat stunned critics and audiences alike upon its premiere in 1974 but failed to secure a UK release - until now.Directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi ('Tis Pity She's a Whore) and featuring cinematography by three-time Oscar® winner Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now), this much-sought after cult classic is presented in a new 4K restoration by Cineteca di Bologna and Severin Films.Product FeaturesRestored in 4K by Cineteca di Bologna and Severin Films and presented in High DefinitionIntroduction By Kier-La Janisse, author of House of Psychotic Women (2022, 6 mins)Audio Commentary with TCM Underground curator Millie De Chirico (2022)A Lack of Absence (2022, 22 mins): writer and literary historian Chandra Mayor on Muriel Spark and The Driver's SeatThe Driver's Seat (credit sequences) (1974, 4 mins)**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film by the BFI's Simon McCallum and Canadian artist, writer and filmmaker Bruce LaBruce. Also includes Kier-La Janisse's piece on The Driver's Seat, previously published in her acclaimed book, House of Psychotic WomenOther extras TBC
America has become a society steeped in violence and most decent ordinary people are sick of it. Or are they? From two of the world's most controversial filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Oliver Stone comes one of the most controversial films ever made. Meet Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and Mallory (Juliette Lewis) - the most terrifying and relentless cold-blooded killers imaginable. Rejected by society these two lost souls embark on a murderous rampage. But as the body count soars so too does their notoriety and before long the greedy tabloid press has made them into cult heroes. In the media circus of life Mickey and Mallory have just become the main attraction... .
Sister George" within The Killing of Sister George is Britain's best-loved soap opera character, played by actress June Buckeridge (Beryl Reid). Buckeridge has become so identified with her character--a sweet old Miss Marple-ish nurse who putters around her quaint little village on a motor scooter--even her friends call her George. But outside the studio she's a hard-drinking, hot-tempered, foul-mouthed lesbian living with an immature young thing she's nicknamed "Childie" (Susannah York, who makes her memorable entrance in a sheer baby-doll nightie). At her worst Sister George is an abusive monster (in a moment of rage she forces Childie to eat the butt of her cigar) but beneath the bluster is an insecure television actress. When the studio decides to kill her character off and an executive makes a play for Childie, the soap star desperately clings to her young lover. Director Robert Aldrich, best known for his tough action films and gothic thrillers, brings his fierce vision of human nature to Frank Marcus's play . In its best moments the film simmers in angry suspicion and helpless frustration, brought to life by Reid's vivacious performance but other scenes are overlong and stage-bound and would have benefited greatly from judicious trimming and tightening. The caricatured portrayals of lesbian life have aged rather poorly--an inevitable sign of the times--but this acidic show-biz drama still carries a hefty emotional punch. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com
Mad Max Rebel bikers combat the police in post-nuclear future where the highways are bloody battlegrounds when a gang of motorcyclists brutally murder a policeman's family he becomes Mad Max. Mad Max: The Road Warrior World War III has just ended and the world's remaining inhabitants are on a desperate, devastating, struggle to survive. Gasoline is in short supply and those remaining, turn on one another for the crude oil. Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome Max arrives in the vicious city of bartertown and clashes with the diabolical aunty entity. left to die in the desert, Max is rescued and mistaken for a messiah by a group of oasis orphans. Mad Max: Fury Road From director George Miller comes the fourth adventure in the Mad Max film series. In a post-apocalyptic world, Max teams up with a mysterious woman, Furiosa, to try and survive. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Mad Max: EC1 - Mad Max: Mad Max: The Film Phenomenon EC2 - Mad Max: The Madness of Max-Behind-the-Scenes Documentary of the Film That Started It All Mad Max: The Road Warrior: EC1 - Introduction by Leonard Maltin-An introduction by Leonard Maltin explaining the history of Mad Max Road Warrior to its fans. EC2 - Commentary By George Miller and Dean Semler EC3 - Road War: The Making of The Road Warrior - The world was blindsided by George Miller's masterpiece of apocalyptic destruction: The Road Warrior. For the first time ever George Miller, Terry Hayes and star Mel Gibson tell the story of the car crushing production that redefined act. Mad Max: Fury Road: EC1 - Mad Max: Fury Road: The Tools of the Wasteland EC2 - Mad Max: Fury Road: The Road Warriors: Max and Furiosa EC3 - Mad Max: Fury Road: Mad Max: Fury on Four Wheels EC4 - Mad Max: Fury Road: Maximum Fury: Filming Fury Road EC5 - Mad Max: Fury Road: Fury Road: Crash & Smash EC6 - Mad Max: Fury Road: The Five Wives: So Shiny, So Chrome EC7 - Mad Max: Fury Road: Deleted Scenes: I Am a Milker EC8 - Mad Max: Fury Road: Deleted Scenes: Turn Every Grain of Sand! EC9 - Mad Max: Fury Road: Deleted Scenes: Let's Do It Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga: EC1 - Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa - Join director George Miller, producer Doug Mitchell, actors Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, and others from the filmmaking team as they take us on a journey into the beating yet poisoned heart of the Wasteland. EC2 - Darkest Angel: Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa - Furiosa is an action-hero icon. How do the wrenching events of her early years shape her into a mythic Wasteland legend? Anya Taylor-Joy reveals the intense physical and mental training she undertook to step into the role. EC3 - Motorbike Messiah: Chris Hemsworth as Dementus - Memorable villains define the Mad Max franchise, but none are as depraved as the new disruptor in the Wasteland: Dementus. Witness the creation of this cultlike leader via both George Miller and Chris Hemsworth. EC4 - Furiosa: Stowaway to Nowhere - The Stowaway Chase is a massive, jaw-dropping action set piece. See it being made from every angle. Mastermind George Miller and second unit director Guy Norris used all the technology at their disposal to pull off this cinematic tour de force. EC5 - Metal Beasts and Holy Motors - Monster tow trucks! Motorcycle-driven chariots! Flying bikes! Peek inside the vehicle shop on a walk-and-talk tour with Oscar®-winning production designer Colin Gibson, and see the crazy-cool designs George Miller inspires and encourages
The Kid Who Would Be King tells the story of Alex, a twelve-year-old British schoolboy whose everyday problems are dwarfed by his discovery of the mythical sword Excalibur. Now, with the most powerful sword in history in the hands of the most powerless schoolboy in Britain, an epic adventure begins as Alex and his friends must thwart a medieval villain named Morgana, who is hell-bent on destroying the world.
Be careful what you wish for. With their after school junk business, best friends Sonny and Sam hope to find treasure in other people's trash. But when cleaning out the old Stine house, they open a locked book that frees a supernatural nightmare Slappy! Now, with the help of Sonny's sister Sarah, they're in a race against time to get the sinister dummy and all the creatures he's brought to life back into the pages before he unleashes total pandemonium! Goosebumps Blu-ray exclusives: Alternate Opening and Ending Deleted Scenes Cast Blooper Reel All About Slappy Creaturefied! Casting Gallery Also includes Beginner's Guide to Surviving A Goosebumps Creature Strange Things Are Happening On Set Goosebumps 2: Gag reel Deleted Scenes Slappy's Audition Tape Meet The Monsters The Making of Goosebumps 2 And more!
The Bank Job is a highly-charged heist thriller based upon the infamous 1971 robbery that took place at the Lloyds Bank in Marylebone London. Starring Jason Stantham as Terry a car dealer with a dodgy past and Saffron Burrows as Martine the woman with the plan The Bank Job interweaves corruption murder and scandel with 1970's England! When Martine offers Terry a lead on a foolproof bank hit on London's Baker Street he recognizes the opportunity of a lifetime! The plan: to target a roomful of safe deposit boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. However Terry and his crew don't realize the boxes also contain a treasure trove of dirty secrets - secrets that will thrust them into a deadly web of corruption and illicit scandal that spans London's criminal underworld the highest echelons of the British government and the Royal Family itself...
Pushed to the brink by his father and teachers, Australian piano prodigy David Helfgott (Alex Rafalowicz) has a breakdown during a performance of a Rachmaninoff concerto. Years later, David (now played by Geoffrey Rush on Oscar-winning form) builds himself back up. Shine, which has been newly restored with director Scott Hick's supervision, is a moving tale about the power of the human spirit. Product Features Drawing the Audience In Featurette Sculpting the Movie Featurette The Imp, The Spirit, The Hero Featurette Theatrical Trailer
Finny Rage and Too Fine are known as 'Time Served' an up and coming hip-hop act who seem to be on the verge of breaking into the big time. However their dreams are shattered when Too Fine is brutally murdered for unpaid 'street debts'. The remaining group along with his sister Hope are left to pick up the pieces. Dropped by their record company and gripped by revenge they are sucked back into the world that they had tried so hard to escape - an uncontrollable spiral into drugs guns and street violence. At Hope's instigation Pushy Rage and Finny soon become heavily involved in the distribution and sale of crack cocaine on the dark and dangerous streets of South London. It is only a matter of time before the wrong type of people start to ask the wrong type of questions. Based on an original idea by Pikki and Biggs Rollin' With The Nines is an action packed fascinating insight into the underground world of London drug dealing and gun culture. It explores themes of revenge ambition wasted dreams and the daily dose of bitter street justice. Featuring music from Dizzie Rascal Kano Rodney P Simon Webbe Sizzle Ms Dynamite and more!
Anyone can make themselves unpopular - but it takes a past master like John Cleese to be really irritating. The secret he says is to let the other person believe it's all totally unintentional - and that's the first of many tricks of the trade he gives away in How To Irritate People. With the help of fellow Python cohorts Michael Palin and Graham Chapman Connie Booth from Fawlty Towers and Goodie Tim Brooke-Taylor Cleese demonstrates the uncanny ability to keep his victims just the right temperature under the collar...one degree below boiling point! Recorded live in front of a thoroughly irritated audience and including the famed 'Airline Pilot' sketch How To Irritate People is a lesser known classic of British comedy.
A brother is faced with an impossible proposition in this period Australian thriller.
In 1970, The Goodies unleashed their legendary blend of surreal storylines, strikingly topical satire, slapstick and general lunacy on an unsuspecting viewing public. Capturing the irreverent and rebellious flavour of the decade, this phenomenally popular, award-winning series spread its mischief over twelve years, making household names of creators, writers and performers Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor. Recorded in June 2018 at the Leicester Square Theatre, An Audience with The Goodies reunited Tim, Bill and Graeme on stage for a very special one-night-only event! Talking to writer/performer/comedian Stewart Lee and writer/archive television expert Dick Fiddy, the three Goodies discuss their career and the enduring popularity of the series - as well as taking questions from the audience!
Because every 27 years evil revisits the town of Derry, Maine, IT Chapter Two brings the characterswho've long since gone their separate waysback together as adults, nearly three decades after the events of the first film.
Released for the first time on DVD to coincide with Duran Duran's 25th anniversary tour, Arena (An Absurd Notion) was the band's first live album and foray into film. Pop idols ranging from Elvis to the Spice Girls have all attempted to make the crossover to the big screen; often such celluloid adventures turn into disasters, with the performers' acting talents rarely matching their vocal proficiencies. Filming is squeezed into a few days between the recording of a new studio album and other duties such as touring, ensuring that the end result is typically dire. Arena manages to avoid many of those pitfalls by giving the band no opportunity to act, instead focusing exclusively on their live concert performance. An additional SF sub plot is included centred on Doctor Duran--the evil dictator from cult film Barbarella, from whom the band got their name. The doctor, played by original actor Milo O'Shea, returns to earth from exile confused by the fans' call for Duran Duran. Crash-landing his ship underneath the stage, he and his three Brummie henchmen are determined to disrupt the show. Despite their attempts to abduct fans, and create anarchy the band continue to perform. Very much a product of its time, the film combines nomadic futuristic imagery with a big budget. Following the critical acclaim of the "Wild Boys" video, Arena seeks to capitalise on its style but also take the promotional video to a new extreme using expensive sets and special effects. The Barbarella sub-plot serves little purpose apart from illustrating the story behind the band's name. The live performance footage is excellent though, not just because of the music but also the guys' authentic mullet hairstyles. On the DVD:The original "Making of Arena" documentary is included on the DVD, along with a vintage interview with Simon Le Bon. The dubbed TV ad for the video and album is also featured along with a trailer, and video mix. Considering the age of the film, the sound and visuals have both transferred well to DVD, with the extended mix of "The Reflex" sounding particularly good. --John Galilee
Disney's 1959 Sleeping Beauty was the studio's most ambitious effort to date, a lavish spectacle boasting a gorgeous waltz-filled score adapted from the music of Tchaikovsky. In the 14th century, the malevolent Maleficent (not dissimilar to the wicked queen in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs) taunts a king that his infant Aurora will fatally prick her finger on a spinning wheel before sundown on her sixteenth birthday. This, of course, would deny her a happily-ever-after with her true love. Fortunately, some bubbly, bumbling fairies named Flora, Fauna and Merryweather are on hand to assist. It's not really all that much about the title character--how interesting can someone in the middle of a long nap be, anyway? Instead, those fairies carry the day, as well as, of course, good Prince Phillip, whose battle with the malevolent Maleficent in the guise of a dragon has been co-opted by any number of animated films since. See it in its original glory here, alongside Maleficent's castle, which, filled with warthogs and demonic imps in a macabre dance celebrating their evil ways, manages a certain creepy grandeur. --David Kronke, Amazon.com
Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller dodge speeding balls in this comedy about an underdog local gym fighting off a takeover from a mammoth chain.
After her fiance is murdered by thuggish villagers the beautiful Justine is saved from death by loner Waldemar a man with a mysterious 'illness'...
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