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).
Sex Drugs Clothes and Rock 'n' Roll. Along with a strong dash of political dissent every ingredient was present in the Molotov cocktail that was Punk in '76. Following its UK cinema release this brand new documentary is now released on DVD and starts the punk journey at 430 Kings Road London the Sex shop of punk's 'enfant terrible' pair of Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood. Sex was the melting pot that brought London's fashionistas rebels musos kinksters and petty criminals together spawning the punk movement and its cultural vanguard - The Sex Pistols. Featuring major contributions from Tony James Gene October Jon Savage Glen Matlock Jah Wobble Caroline Coon Steve Severin Charlie Harper plus archive performances from some of Punk's early London bands this is one of the great stories of British musical in the 20th Century.
Pillow Talk (Dir. Michael Gordon 1959): Day is an uptight interior decorator forced to share a party line with an amorous playboy who ties up the line with his exploits while she is trying to conduct business. When the two accidentally meet he's taken with her beauty and pretending to be a wealthy Texan begins to court her mercilessly. Though flattered by this stranger's attention it's not long before she discovers his true identity. Now it's her turn to have a little fun...at his expense! The Thrill Of It All (Dir. Norman Jewison 1963): This romantic comedy takes a satirical aim at the frenetic world of television. Happily married Beverly Boyer is the ultimate housewife but her life is about to change dramatically. It seems that the president of a soap company who she has just met sees the clean-cut Beverly as the perfect TV pitchwoman for his product. After the ads air Beverly becomes famous from coast to coast and an even better breadwinner than her husband - who isn't coping with either of these occurrences very well. Can the Boyers patch up their crumbling marriage before it's too late?
Heidi is the spirited little girl whose sweet disposition wins the hearts of everyone around her. Heidi lives with her Grandfather in the beautiful mountains of Switzerland where she loves playing with her shepherd friend Peter and frolicking in the meadow with the goats. She is such a bright and happy girl that she even manages to turn her grandfather from a bitter old hermit into a kind and loving man. Then one day Heidi's aunt takes her away from the mountains to live in the c
You know when you’ve been Pulised. From a precarious position at the turn of the year ten clean sheets to season’s end took the Throstles well clear of the relegation zone and into the safe haven of the Premier League’s mid-table as giants like Manchester United and Chelsea tumbled at every turn. Elsewhere it was a season to remember as we unveiled a statue of Mr. Albion Tony Brown and helped launch the Jeff Astle Foundation with an incredible day of celebration. Just fast forward through the last ten minutes of the game. It’s all here the games the goals the saves the Tony Brown story and Astle Day in all its glory. Past present and future that’s the Albion in 2014/15… Extras: Mr Albion - Tony Brown Jeff Astle Foundation Launch Goal of the Season
Happy is the littlest bunny in the forest and he hates it. Because of his size Happy is always being picked on by his brothers Patch and Moosey and is left out of the forest animal games. With the help of his mischievous friend Chicky the Chipmunk Happy plots revenge and plays a practical joke on his brothers. He then starts to believe that the only way to get respect is by becoming mean tough and nasty. However one day one of ""Scrappy's"" rotten tricks goes horribly wrong and h
Doctor Who: Series 5 - Volume 4 (2010)
The Nutcracker
When a princess falls into a deep sleep after pricking her finger on a spinning wheel she can only be awoken by a knight in shining armour!
The unexpected casting of Tony Curtis as the presumed Boston Strangler, Albert DeSalvo, is only the first of the attractions of this hard-nosed suspense picture. Although the style of The Boston Strangler looks dated today, with its split-screen experiments and post-Bonnie and Clyde permissiveness, the film still has the clean, strong lines of a methodical policier. For the first hour, we don't focus on the Strangler, instead following the Beantown cops (led by Henry Fonda) as they track down leads; the best sequence is the near-accidental connection made between burglary suspect DeSalvo and the killings. Director Richard Fleischer had a forceful hand with true-crime material (Compulsion, 10 Rillington Place) and he takes an unblinking look into the then-taboo subject of sexual pathology. Curtis's physical transformation into a dumpy, dull-eyed brute is the best aspect of his performance; it's a role he lobbied hard for, but it did not lead to more challenging work. --Robert Horton
Father Vassey (Michael Rooker) has a problem. Using his two 9mm, laser-sighted cannons, he has tracked down and killed the holders of a heretic ceremony meant to bring a demon into the world. Not just any demon, for this one's reason to be is nothing less than uncreating creation. The problem is, Vassey's too late. The demon has manifested and escaped, and is now on the hunt for the soul of a young boy who is believed to be saint material, due to the stigmata he had at birth. The film is directed by Jamie Dixon, heretofore a special effects supervisor, who shows canny restraint where special effects are concerned. The shadowy demon of the title is depicted often by a fluid black cloud, which is functional without losing its eeriness or credibility. The acting is solid, never campy, though Michael Rooker sometimes feels out of place. And the climactic scenes, built up to with good pacing, are fraught with peril and excitement. All in all, this is a worthwhile effort for a first-time director, and that makes it one of the best direct-to-video releases I've seen in quite a long time. I just wish I could locate the Bram Stoker story it's supposed to be based on. --Jim Gay, Amazon.com
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After the end of his workday staid schoolteacher Jim explores the disco's and secret meeting places of London's gay underground unable to reconcile his sexual identity with the rest of his life - until the strain of living a lie threatens to take its toll at last.
This charming animated adventure starring Leo the Lion and his jungle friends will thrill all young children. Because Leo is King of the Jungle he thinks he has the right to bully the other animals; he steals shade from Mr. Hyena taunts the monkeys and uses the crocodiles as stepping stones. Unfortunately Leo is far too busy throwing his weight around to notice that there is danger in the jungle - a group of hunters is kidnapping animals to sell them to a zoo. But when a beautif
If you were watching TV in the mid-1970s chances are The Sweeney was one of the weekly highlights and these re-mastered collections will have you pining for a time when the only choice was brown or beige, and a monkey would buy you a lot more than a nice whistle. If, however, these episodes are your first taste of Detective Inspector Jack Regan (John Thaw) and Detective Sergeant George Carter (Dennis Waterman) of the Flying Squad, be warned that you will soon be telling friends to "Shut it!" and scouring the pages of Exchange and Mart for a mint-condition Ford Granada in Tawny Metallic (ironically the choice ride for slags in the show was the Jaguar MK2, later to become so closely associated with Thaw's more cerebral take on policework, Inspector Morse).First aired as 1974's pilot Regan, the show was produced by Thames Television subsidiary Euston Films and ran over four series and 53 episodes. Despite being given strict guidelines on speaking parts, locations and structure, writers were expected to produce scripts very quickly and individual episodes were filmed within 10 working days. Based on this frenetic schedule, the result was a choice parade of slags, blags and assorted lowlife, played out across fantastic London locations with a gritty humour that set the agenda for many of the small-screen cop shows to follow. Regan and Carter manage to fit up a few collars between pints, and even occasionally shed their nylon shirts and flares for a distinctly unromantic interlude between the sheets--brown of course.This first volume of Sweeney highlights starts in relatively sedate style with "Contact Breaker", written by Robert-Banks Stewart and featuring Warren Clarke (when he only had one chin) as wire-specialist Danny Keever. When parolee Keever seems bang-to-rights for a bank job Regan smells a rat and decides to have a closer look at other possibilities, including the ex-con's missus, Brenda (Coral Atkins). The second episode, "Night Out", is a much more feisty affair, despite nearly all the action being confined to the pub inhabited by Iris (Mitzi Rogers), an old flame of Regan's under suspicion for aiding and abetting the break-in going on in the bank next door. Troy Kennedy Martin's script throws in an Old West-style saloon fight, backstreet beatings and even one for old time's sake when Regan and Iris are forced play the waiting game together. "Well", as one character observes, "it is Saturday night"! --Steve Napleton
Available for the first time on DVD! Put a gang of orphans their bumbling benefactor and a greedy developer together - and plan for hilarity!
Sushi Girl is a stylish and violent thriller about the aftermath of a diamond heist gone bad. Fish (Noah Hathaway Battlestar Galactica) has just served out his prison sentence for his part in the heist after refusing to give up information on his accomplices or the whereabouts of the missing diamonds. After release mob boss Duke (Tony Todd Final Destination 5 Platoon) invites him along with the rest of the gang including Crow (Mark Hamill Star Wars) to a dinner of sushi served on a the naked body of a seemingly catatonic woman by chef J.J. Sonny Chiba (Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2). But Duke still wants to know where his diamonds are and when Fish doesn’t have them the party turns sinister. Fish soon finds himself tied up and systematically tortured as the gang try to work out who is telling the truth and more importantly who has the diamonds. - See more at: http://studiocanal.co.uk/Film/Details/8b6135c7-acad-4b59-9ab4-a25401025e40#sthash.hi0rAkFy.dpuf
A joy to watch. This is the story of the lonely bell ringer of Notre Dame and the beautiful outcast gypsy Esmerelda.
If you were watching TV in the mid-1970s chances are The Sweeney was one of the weekly highlights and these re-mastered collections will have you pining for a time when the only choice was brown or beige, and a monkey would buy you a lot more than a nice whistle. If, however, these episodes are your first taste of Detective Inspector Jack Regan (John Thaw) and Detective Sergeant George Carter (Dennis Waterman) of the Flying Squad, be warned that you will soon be telling friends to "Shut it!" and scouring the pages of Exchange and Mart for a mint-condition Ford Granada in "Tawny Metallic". (Ironically the choice ride for slags in the show was the Jaguar MK2 later to become so closely associated with Thaw's more cerebral take on police work, Inspector Morse.) First aired as 1974's pilot Regan, the show was produced by Thames Television subsidiary Euston Films and ran over four series and 53 episodes. Despite being given strict guidelines on speaking parts, locations and structure, writers were expected to produce scripts very quickly and individual episodes were filmed within 10 working days. Based on this frenetic schedule, the result was a choice parade of slags, blags and assorted lowlife, played out across fantastic London locations with a gritty humour that set the agenda for many of the small-screen cop shows to follow. Regan and Carter manage to fit up a few collars between pints, and even occasionally shed their nylon shirts and flares for a distinctly unromantic interlude between the sheets--brown of course. In "Stoppo Driver", when a gang of villains lose their own driver in a high-speed chase the logical replacement for their next blag is Cooney (Billy Murray), the squad's latest chauffeur who learnt everything he knew from Evel Knievel. Led by Barney ("a tough monkey, plenty of form") the thieves kidnap Cooney's bride on their honeymoon night and blackmail him to help them rob a bent card game. Colin Welland provides the hired muscle in the second episode, "Faces", as renegade ex-marine Tober, visiting the Smoke from Manchester to help a terrorist gang take down four quickfire scores to fund their operations. The Sweeney boys know a hard man when they see one ("he did Smoky Evans with a hatchet") and relish the opportunity for some fisticuffs between styrofoam cups of tea (like "liquid concrete"). Things get messy when a stuck-up intelligence officer tells them the final blag is being faked to rustle out his undercover grass and Regan is forced to stand down, despite having acted on their own pint-sized informant's tip-off: "but it was the dwarf"! --Steve Napleton
Something To Talk AboutIn one of her best-ever roles Julia Roberts is Grace whose reaction to the infidelities of Eddie (Dennis Quaid) turns the lives and loves of the people around her into something like falling dominoes. Robert Duvall Gena Rowlands Kyra Sedgwick and others in the year's best ensemble of characters (Jack Matthews Newsday) co-star in this juicy truthful story written by Callie Khouri (Thelma And Louise) and directed by Lasse Hallstrom. Pelican BriefTwo Supreme Court Justices have been murdered and a lone law student (Julia Roberts) turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She and a determined investigative reporter (Denzel Washington) want to tell the world what they have uncovered - if they live to tell it. The race in on and these two are more than runners they're moving targets. Conspiracy TheoryNew York cab driver and conspiracy buff Jerry Fletcher (Mel Gibson) knows about the secret movers shakers and assassins who really control things. Trying to put Justice Department attorney Alice Sutton (Julia Roberts) in the know he's run out of her office. Soon both will run for their lives.
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