A Little Bit of Heaven is a love story set in New Orleans about an irreverent young woman who unexpectedly falls in love with her doctor.
Based on the Danish series Forbrydelsen, THE KILLING follows various murder investigations led by homicide detectives Sarah Linden (Mireille Enos) and Stephen Holder (Joel Kinnaman). Seasons One and Two chronicle the Rosie Larsen case, with Linden and Holder investigating the murder of a teenage girl. Picking up one year after the close of that investigation, Season Three follows the detectives on their search for a runaway girl, leading them to discover a gruesome string of murders that connected to a previous investigation by Linden. One of television's most suspenseful series ever comes to a powerful, thought-provoking close in Season Four when Linden and Holder deal with the fallout of their actions from the previous season while investigating the murder of a family whose only survivor is a member of an all-boys military academy.
Based on the Danish The Killing (aka Forbrydelsen), one of the original Nordic Noir' hits that put this brand new genre on the map, with its renowned jumper-wearing detective Sarah Lund, comes the hugely popular US remake The Killing series one to three on DVD and Blu-ray.
Walter (Kevin Bacon) has just served a 12 year sentence for paedophilia, now he has to try and rebuild his life and overcome his attraction to prepubescent girls.
A Little Bit of Heaven is a love story set in New Orleans about an irreverent young woman who unexpectedly falls in love with her doctor.
Kevin Bacon gives one of the best, most nuanced performances of his career in The Woodsman, a daring and thought-provoking drama he co-produced with his wife, Kyra Sedgwick. In portraying a convicted pedophile named Walter, recently released from prison and struggling to rebuild his life, Bacon and writer-director Nicole Kassell (making her feature-film debut) do a remarkable job of exploring all facets of this troubling yet very human character, from his continuing criminal impulses to the despair he feels over having to conceal his horrible past. Sedgwick costars as the one woman who appears willing to accept Walter, secrets and all, and while The Woodsman takes a few regrettable shortcuts in illustrating Walter's quest for the good man he can be, the film deserves to be seen and discussed as a provocative yet admirably humane study of an individual whom society may too quickly label a "monster." The film allows for different interpretations, and that complexity--along with Bacon's performance--makes it worthy of a wide and hopefully understanding audience. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
The first three seasons of the US drama (based on the Danish TV series) following the aftermath of the murder of a teenage girl in Seattle. Mireille Enos stars as the detective assigned to the case. Series one episodes are: 'Pilot', 'The Cage', 'El Diablo', 'A Soundless Echo', 'Super 8', 'What You Have Left', 'Vengeance', 'Stonewalled', 'Undertow', 'I'll Let You Know When I Get There', 'Missing', 'Beau Soleil' and 'Orpheus Descending'. Series two episodes are: 'Reflections', 'My Lucky Day', 'Numb', 'Ogi Jun', 'Ghosts of the Past', 'Openings', 'Keylela', 'Off the Reservation', 'Sayonara, Hiawatha', '72 Hours', 'Bulldog', 'Donnie Or Marie' and 'What I Know'. Series three episodes are: 'The Jungle', 'That You Fear the Most', 'Seventeen', 'Head Shots', 'Scared and Running', 'Eminent Domain', 'Hope Kills', 'Try', 'Reckoning', 'Six Minutes', 'From Up Here' and 'The Road to Hamelin'.
Titles Comprise: The Machinist (Dir.Brad Anderson 2004): Having not slept for a year lathe operator Trevor Reznick (Christian Bale) is dying of insomnia. Why he can't sleep he can't remember. His every waking minute has become an unrelenting nightmare of confusion paranoia guilt anxiety and terror; each of which is part of an escalating series of clues that will lead him to the source of his mysterious affliction... The Woodsman (Dir.Nicole Kassell 2004): After 12 years in prison convicted paedophile Walter (Kevin Bacon) is released into the world. His natural talent with woodcraft leads him to get a job at a lumberyard. His lodgings however are located opposite an elementary school. Walter soon discovers that the slate has not been wiped clean as his family shun him and the police still keep tabs on him. His only solace is his colleague Vickie and their tentative romance. But how long can he keep his past life from being exposed? Wonderland (Dir.James Cox 2003): Los Angeles the summer of 1981. John Holmes (Kilmer) is at the end of an extraordinarily prolific career as the world's biggest porn star. In a state of financial and pharmaceutical ruin Holmes is now devoted to his teenage girlfriend Dawn (Bosworth) while still married to his wife Sharon (Kudrow). Increasingly involved with a gang of local drug dealers on Laurel Canyon's Wonderland Avenue Holmes finds himself unwittingly drawn into a dangerous world of gangland rivalry and violence. After the home of the notorious crime boss becomes the focus of their criminal activities members of the Wonderland gang are found brutally murdered. Can a fading pornstar have turned into a calculating killer?
With a 12-year prison stretch reaching an end, convicted paedophile Walter (Kevin Bacon) faces an uncertain walk back into the free world in THE WOODSMAN. Attempting to keep his previous indiscretions sheltered from prying eyes, Walter tries to piece together his shattered life by finding a job and an apartment. The first task is relatively simple, with the ex-con finding employment at a lumberyard thanks to his natural talent for woodcraft. An apartment comes less easily, but Walter manages to secure a roof over his head in a building, which--in a cruel twist of irony--is located opposite an elementary school. Walter's brother-in-law Carlos (Benjamin Bratt) remains the only member of his family willing to keep in contact with him; his sister refuses all communication. Meanwhile, Sgt. Lucas (Mos Def) keeps a watchful eye over Walter's activities, while Walter makes faltering strides towards romance with his tough-as-nails co-worker, Vickie (Kyra Sedgwick). But as wary neighbours steel worried glances and make small-town gossip about him, Walter finds it inordinately difficult to keep his past life a secret. For this reformed character, the path to redemption comes strewn with cracked paving stones, which need to be carefully navigated with every tentative step he takes. The sensitivity with which the material in THE WOODSMAN is executed derives from a potent mix of intelligently written source material, wonderful performances (with Bacon in particular putting in a career-defining turn), and an authoritative vision from director Nicole Kassell (THE GREEN HOUR). At the heart of the movie lies a desolate character, guilty of a crime shrouded in taboo, but hoping against all reason that society will accord him a modicum of absolution. A fascinating portrait of a life caught in a state of perpetual turmoil, this is an audacious second feature from Kassell.
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