The forgotten H.M.S. Berkley has been without a commanding officer for two years in which time the skeleton crew has gone into the racketeering business with the landlord of a coastal village. When the Navy appoint Humphrey Fairweather as a long overdue replacement his unhealthy obsession with missile construction and the landlord's beautiful niece threatens to upset the balance of business.
Robert Blake stars in BARETTA, the classic landmark television series that made him a household name. Edgy undercover cop Tony Baretta (Blake) is tough, eccentric, dangerous...the one cop the bad guys fear most! This explosive Emmy® nominated crime- drama series set the standard for gritty, realistic television cop shows. Enjoy Baretta for the first time ever on DVD in the UK.
Simply one of the cheesiest films ever made with a group of space travellers transported back to the earth when dinosaurs roamed. Nil special effects plastic dinosaurs and a hilarious commentary track from the director who should have known better.
A thrilling wartime espionage drama in which the respected naval commander Richard Heritage (James Mason) is duped by Mary an attractive enemy agent who plants false naval movement orders on him. As a consequence of these false plans a merchant ship is lost to enemy submarines and Heritage is court-martialled for disobeying orders before being found guilty and summarily dismissed from the Navy. Following his return to civilian life Heritage endeavours to prove his innocence by tracking down the beautiful agent who double crossed him. Working on a tip-off that she is at a remote house on the coast called Orchard Cottage Heritage visits the house during a stormy night only to discover Mary's dead body in one of the bedrooms. When Laura Verity (Joyce Howard) enters the house a few moments later she presumes that Heritage is the murderer and flees to call the police. But when the dead body disappears Laura and Heritage begin to realise that they are just pawns in a dangerous chess game played by Christopher Child (Tom Walls) the head of a Nazi spy ring.
This box set contains the first five Prime Suspect crime dramas, which star Helen Mirren as detective chief inspector Jane Tennison. The original story, first aired in 1991, was written by Lynda La Plante and established a compelling template--grisly murders, fascinating operational details, well-written characters and believable domestic drama. The feature-length titles in this box set are also available individually:Prime Suspect (1991)Prime Suspect 2 (1992)Prime Suspect 3 (1993)Prime Suspect 4: The Lost Child (1995)Prime Suspect 4: Inner Circles (1995)Prime Suspect 4: Scent of Darkness (1995)Prime Suspect 5: Errors of Judgment (1996) In 2003, Mirren reprised her role for Prime Suspect 6 (not included in this box set).
Firewall (Dir. Richard Loncraine 2006): Jack Stanfield (Harrison Ford) is an average family man in Seattle who heads up the hi-tech security team at his local bank. But following a seemingly trivial case of identity theft Jack's life is turned upside-down when he discovers that his wife (Virginia Madsen) and two kids have been kidnapped. The ransom? A mere $100 million which the kidnappers led by Bill Cox (Paul Bettany) want Jack to obtain for them via his expert computer skills. Initially compliant Jack is soon irked by Cox and his cronies to the point where he decides to risk everything to get his family back and bring the bad guys to justice... The Fugitive (Dir. Andrew Davis 1993): Catch him if you can. The Fugitive if on the run! Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones race through the breathless manhunt movie based on the classic TV series. Ford is prison escapee Dr. Richard Kimble a Chicago surgeon falsely convicted of killing his wife and determined to prove his innocence by leading his pursuers to the one-armed man who actually committed the crime. Jones is Sam Gerard an unrelenting bloodhound of an U.S. Marshal. They are hunted and hunter. The non-stop chase has one exhilarating speed: all out.
Circus is a modern crime thriller of cross, double cross and triple cross.
This new film of Leonard Bernstein's music-theatre piece Trouble in Tahiti, produced by BBC Wales and Opus Arte and directed by Tom Cairns, makes a strong case for a neglected work. Bernstein wrote his satire on American materialism in 1952, drawing on elements of opera, revue and musical comedy to tell a story of a marriage that's turned sour amid the trappings of suburban prosperity. The brevity of the piece, which flashes by in 39 minutes, perhaps accounts for its rare appearances, making this version specially welcome. Tom Cairns directs with style and panache, moving the camera effortlessly to and fro between the seven scenes. Amir Hosseinpour's choreography recalls with affection the heyday of the MGM musical then at its zenith. The film opens with a Greek-style chorus singing in scat jazz fashion to a montage of 1950s imagery: flickering television adverts, manicured lawns and white picket fences. Characters within the narrative appear in flash-back in home video footage. This is all highly diverting and possibly a ruse to mask some dramatic weakness in the story written by Bernstein himself. The wife never offers an explanation for her visit to the cinema to see Trouble in Tahiti instead of attending her son's school play, nor do we see the boy again after witnessing his parents having a tiff. The two principals, Karl Daymond as Sam and Stephanie Novacek as Dinah, are well cast and sing in a natural and pleasing manner with clear diction. The scat vocal trio is well matched and the City of London Sinfonia under Paul Daniel catch the spirit of the jazz inflected score as if it were second nature. On the DVD: Trouble in Tahiti is shot in wide-screen, appropriate for the era that gave us CinemaScope. There are subtitles in German, Spanish and French. A full translation in English is printed in the booklet. The extras include an introduction that partly overlaps with "A Very Testing Piece", in which Paul Daniel touches on the parallel with Bernstein's own unhappy childhood. Humphrey Burton in "Not Particularly Romantic" elaborates on this theme and goes on to offer a further fascinating commentary on Bernstein, whom he knew well. --Adrian Edwards
Master rifle sharpshooter Matt Quigley (Selleck) moves from the U.S. to Australia as a hired hand on an Australian ranch. He thinks his job will be to get rid of the dingoes plaguing the ranch but instead the ranch owner Elliot Marston (Rickman) wants him to kill the Aborigines. When Quigley refuses and turns the job down Elliot is incensed and tries to kill him. Quigley however manages to escape into the bush and takes the beautiful Cora (Laura San Giacomo) into the wilderness with him. Helped by the local aborigines Quigley takes it upon himself to wreak revenge on the evil rancher...
When New York animator Coles (Ruffalo) meets Sam (Stange) the attraction is immediate. And when Sam invites her hot friend Thea (Robertson) to bed with them it's a dream come true...until ugly secrets destroy the carefree threesome. Ten years later their very different lives converge again and Coles realizes how much he still loves Sam but can he risk everything to tell her the naked truth?
A True-Life Story Of Love Loss And Triumph. Based on the life of Dawn Anna Townsend the mother of one of the students killed in the Columbine High School massacre. Times have been stormy but single mother Dawn Anna finally sees blue skies. She has four loving kids meets a wonderful new man and finds an ideal job teaching math and coaching volleyball. Then illness strikes threatening not only Dawn's new way of life but life itself. Following harrowing brain surgery Da
You'd be hard-pressed to find a bigger family film than this chaotic comedy starring Lucille Ball and Academy Award-winner Henry Fonda as the parents of eighteen (Yes eighteen!) children. Based on a true story and co-starring Van Johnson and Tom Bosley Yours Mine And Ours keeps the laughs coming thick and fast! This population explosion occurs when widowed Navy nurse Helen North (Ball) meets handsome Naval officer and widower Frank Beardsley (Fonda). They have much in commo
Plunged into a world of kidnap murder and bare knuckle boxing four young friends on a weekend adventure find themselves in the middle of a nightmare. After setting up camp in a farmer's field they notice an ominous looking caravan and decide to investigate. Within minutes a foolish prank leads to a series of brutal events and a deadly race for survival. Gypsy Fighter is a gritty British action thriller that will have you questioning who the villains really are. Special Features: Behind the Scenes Interviews
Ming The Merciless Emperor of Mongo has unleashed his latest terrible weapon for the destruction of Earth a 'purple dust' that is killing the population. Flash Gordon Dale Arden and Dr Zarkov take off for the planet of Mongo to confront Ming and destroy his deadly factory. Before Flash Gordon can 'conquer the universe' he must confront Ming the Rock Men and Annihilations and protect the mining for Polarite the only known antidote to the purple dust.
The Falcon and his friend Goldie Locke check into what appears to be a silk-smuggling racket in San Francisco.
Join the popular Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and the beautiful Romana on a 26-episode intergalactic treasure hunt for the six segments of the all-powerful Key to Time. Includes all six stories from the popular series: The Ribos Operation The Pirate Planet The Stones of Blood The Androids of Tara The Power of Kroll and The Armageddon Factor.
Ming The Merciless Emperor of Mongo has unleashed his latest terrible weapon for the destruction of Earth a 'purple dust' that is killing the population. Flash Gordon Dale Arden and Dr Zarkov take off for the planet of Mongo to confront Ming and destroy his deadly factory. Before Flash Gordon can 'conquer the universe' he must confront Ming the Rock Men and Annihilations and protect the mining for Polarite the only known antidote to the purple dust.
Buster Keaton's 1926 masterpiece The General shows the great stone-faced comedian at the height of his powers. Buster is a train driver from the South who's caught up in the American Civil War. The film is basically an extended chase, with trains pursuing each other up the track. The level of stuntwork (including a huge train wreck) has to be seen to be believed, but it's the deftness and elegance of Keaton's comedy that is ultimately most memorable. For many, Buster Keaton is the greatest comedian of the silent era rated even above Chaplin, and College (1927) is one of his finest films. A poor student who has to work his way through college, Buster is desperate to win the attention of a pretty girl so takes up sports. Through every disaster, the great "stone face" as he was nicknamed betrays not a flicker of emotion, enduring all humiliations with aplomb. College shows Keaton at the top of his form. Steamboat Bill Jr dates from 1928 and is the last great film Buster Keaton made before he gave up his independence. Buster is the rather fey son of an elderly steamboat owner who is being driven out of business by a wealthy competitor. More by accident than intention Buster turns things around and gets the girl as well. The last 15 minutes are truly astonishing: a storm sequence in which a whole town is blown apart, with Buster experiencing a series of amazing escapes as buildings fall down around his ears. Tragically, the following year he lost his independence when he signed for MGM. His career collapsed, his marriage broke up and he became an alcoholic, never to regain former glories. On the DVD: The organ music accompanying this silent feature is pleasantly unobtrusive, and apart from a short section in the middle where it deteriorates, the print quality is a reasonable 4.3. In addition there are five excellent Keaton shorts, One Week (1920), The Boat (1921) Cops (1922), The Blacksmith (1922) and The Balloonatic (1923). --Ed Buscombe
Please wait. Loading...
This site uses cookies.
More details in our privacy policy