Dantes Inferno
April (Sherilyn Fenn) is the daughter of a powerful senator to a Southern state of America. She is also just about to marry Chad (Martin Hewitt). When Chad has to go on a trip and her family go on a short holiday April begins a steamy affair with a local carnival worker (Richard Tyson). However unbeknownst to her April's rich grandmother has conspired with the local sheriff to keep an eye on her and he has a few stories to tell at the wedding...
It isn't difficult to imagine why this 1988 retelling of the Crucifixion story was picketed so vociferously on its release in the US--this Jesus bears little resemblance to the classical Christ, who was not, upon careful review of the Gospels, ever reported to have had sex with Barbara Hershey. Heavily informed by Gnostic reinterpretations of the Passion, The Last Temptation of Christ (based rather strictly on Nikos Kazantzakis's novel of the same name) is surely worth seeing for the controversy and blasphemous content alone. But the "last temptation" of the title is nothing overtly naughty--rather, it's the seduction of the commonplace; the desire to forgo following a "calling" in exchange for domestic security. Willem Dafoe interprets Jesus as spacey, indecisive and none too charismatic (though maybe that's just Dafoe himself), but his Sermon on the Mount is radiant with visionary fire; a bit less successful is method actor Harvey Keitel, who gives the internally conflicted Judas a noticeable Brooklyn accent, and doesn't bring much imagination to a role that demands a revisionist's approach. Despite director Martin Scorsese's penchant for stupid camera tricks, much of the desert footage is simply breathtaking, even on small screen. Ultimately, Last Temptation is not much more historically illuminating than Monty Python's Life of Brian, but hey, if it's authenticity you're after, try Gibbon's. --Miles Bethany
Based on the novel by legendary pulp writer Jim Thompson, Michael Winterbottom's THE KILLER INSIDE ME tells the story of handsome, charming, unassuming small town sheriff's deputy Lou Ford.
Behind the doors of Study No. 5 in Mr. Prout's house, you will find a typical group of private schoolboys. You'll also find revenge, hatred, violence and passion. A stunning adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name, this series follows a group of boys in an unnamed school known as the Coll'. Meet Stalky, the charming but ruthless leader of the pack, M'Turk, a comic John Ruskin devotee, and Beetle, the literary brains of the group, widely known to be based on Kipling himself. The boys are determined to make their mark on the world, defend the honour of their house and leave the school as men of valour and achievement.
Celebrating 35 years since its original broadcast and available for the first time in series order this is the comedy series that put organic foods self-sufficiency and green thinking on the map. The swings and roundabouts of relationships with Jerry and Margo continue to swing and go roundabout as Tom and Barbara evolve their good life in Suburbia. Windbreaks that break more than wind pregnant pigs and a bad case of fleas lead to all manner of mishaps and misread intentions; and while Tom experiments in talking to plants Barbara reaches the end of her tether with a tear in her last posh frock. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Early Birds 2. The Happy Event 3. A Tug Of The Forelock 4. I Talk To The Trees 5. Whos Fleas Are These? 6. The Last Posh Frock
Famous puppeteers Judy (Mia Wasikowska) and her husband Punch (Damon Herriman) live in the town of Seaside. A strange place that is located nowhere near any sort of coastline, the town and its inhabitants are in thrall to a frenzy of witch hunts and superstition. But while the townspeople revel in the drama of the various trials and punishments, Judy and Punch provide welcome distraction with their magical puppet show. However, temptation can be found in every dark corner of Seaside, and the charismatic Punch succumbs to the women, the ale and adulation that await him at the local tavern. Despairing at her husband s weakness, Judy forces the hungover Punch to focus on his responsibilities and leaves him to mind their baby for a morning, the repercussions of which lead to an ill-fated turn of events that Judy must avenge...
With the melancholy open-road epic Two-Lane Blacktop, American auteur Monte Hellman (The Shooting, Cockfighter, and the recent Road to Nowhere) poeticised the beautiful, terrible rootlessness of his nation in the era of Vietnam. Funded by Universal in a bid to recreate the success of Easy Rider – by giving a number of filmmakers $1m and final cut – Hellman's effort is now regarded as one of the key films of the New Hollywood renaissance of the early 1970s.While driving eastward on Route 66, two rival car owners – The Driver (singer-songwriter James Taylor) and The Mechanic (Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys) in a souped-up, drag-racing '55 Chevy, and a middle-aged braggart (Warren Oates) in a gleaming GTO – begin to race for each other's pink slips and the affections of the listless female hitchhiker (Laurie Bird) who joins them on the road.Scripted by esteemed novelist Rudy Wurlitzer, and featuring the only screen performances of Taylor and Wilson, Two-Lane Blacktop remains a timeless, existential portrait of lives in transit and of a country questioning its identity. Special Director-Approved Blu-Ray Features: New restored high-definition master, supervised and approved by Monte Hellman Original mono soundtrack and optional newly remastered 5.1 mix Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing-impaired Audio commentary by Monte Hellman and associate producer Gary Kurtz On The Road Again: Two-Lane Blacktop Revisited, a 43-minute video piece in which Monte Hellman revisits the film's locations Somewhere Near Salinas, a 28-minute interview by Monte Hellman with singer-songwriter Kris Kristofferson Sure Did Talk To You, a 24-minute video piece by Monte Hellman, interviewing producer Michael Laughlin, production manager Walter Coblenz, and the director's son Jared Hellman Rare archival screen-test footage of James Taylor and Laurie Bird Original theatrical trailer Optional music and effects track A lavish 36-page booklet featuring rare production imagery, the words of Monte Hellman, and more!
Fate can bring us together; so can sin! Hong Kong's Mongkok district one of the most densely populated places on earth is a hotbed of illicit business separated into turfs by Triad bosses. Two such bosses come to a deadly conflict when the son of one is killed in a car crash apparently the fault of the other. A hitman is hired to take out the driver and the gang lord held responsible but the assassin is inexperienced farm hand Lai Fu (Daniel Wu) a newcomer to Hong
A BBC adaptation of Thackery's novel which follows the relative changes in fortunes of two friends in the early 19th century...
After antiwar activists Annie and Arthur Pope (Chistine Lahti and Judd Hirsh) blew up a napalm lab in 1971 they became lifelong fugitives. They and their children have stayed just one step ahead of the law running from state to state job to job identity to identity. But now elder son Danny (River Phoenix) wants to stop running from a past not his. And to do so he might never see his on-the-lam family again...
A nurse secretly addicted to methadone inspires strength in her patients who are ignorant of her condition. But her marriage to a reformed addict threatens to lift the lid on her secret life... Based on a true story...
Assassination (or Ansatsu) marked Masahiro Shinoda's first attempt at a period film and is widely considered to be his finest achievement. Previously gaining fame and status alongside Nagisa Oshima and Kiju Yoshida challenging established Japanese cinema with tales of reckless youth The Dry Lake (1960) and the seminal yakuza drama Pale Flower (1964) Shinoda graduated from Shochiku where like Shohei Imamura his grounding wa
Few movies capture the triumph of the human spirit as memorably as this. Red (Morgan Freeman), a lifer who knows how to get things inside the bleak walls of Shawshank State Prison, finds himself drawn to new inmate Andy (Tim Robbins), a quiet banker with an indomitable will. As Andy brings hope and change to the entire prison, he turns out to be full of surprises - and the best comes last, leading to one of the most satisfying finales in movie history. The Film Vault is a new, premium home entertainment range celebrating cinema's greatest films. The collection features exclusive artwork from Vice Press plus unique premiums, housed in innovative numbered packaging. LIMITED EDITION of 5,000 Worldwide Product Features Featured In Pack NEW KEY ART by Matt Ferguson & Florey from Vice Press ACETATE O-RING - Removes for type-free display of your key art Exclusive individually-numbered CRYSTAL DISPLAY PLAQUE Rigid clamshell box with MAGNETIC CLOSURE 7 collectible CHARACTER CARDS - with added film quotes Reproduction of Andy's BURIED LETTER for Red Double-sided reproductions of original THEATRICAL POSTERS Poster of the NEW KEY ART Feature film on 4K-UHD and BLU-RAY with Special Features On Disc Special Features Commentary by Writer/Director Frank Darabont 2 Documentaries: Hope Springs Eternal: A Look Back as The Shawshank Redemption, Shawshank: The Redemption Feature Comic Spoof The Shartank Redemption Stills, storyboards and collectibles galleries Theatrical trailer
One of the most significant films ever made about the Troubles in Ireland, Ourselves Alone is a powerful story of love and conflicting loyalties set against the battle for Ireland's independence. It is featured here in a brand-new transfer from original film elements.Co-directed by Belfast-born Brian Desmond Hurst one of the twentieth century's most prolific and acclaimed directors Ourselves Alone (a translation of 'Sinn Fein') was banned in Northern Ireland on its release in 1936, but with sympathetic performances from a strong cast the focus remains firmly on the human cost of conflict in uncertain times.1921: as nationalists battle with loyalist police and British Black and Tans, a young girl finds herself under terrible pressures; she is torn between loyalty to her brother, an IRA leader, her lover, a police inspector, and his rival, a British Army captain...SPECIAL FEATURES:[] Image gallery[] Commemorative booklet by Allan Esler Smith
Sugar Hill, a once prosperous part of Harlem, is now a jungle of poverty, drugs and chaos, at the top of which stands Roemello Skuggs (Wesley Snipes). Wielding his dominance like a shield, he protects his father and brother, Raynathan (Michael Wright).It is only when he meets the beautiful Melissa (Theresa Randle), an ambitious, struggling actress, that he decides to move on, to escape Sugar Hill with his family intact. Pursued by rival gangs and the Mafia, the struggle Roemello faces - the need for love, thr power of family - threatens to destroy him and yet may be his last brilliant hope.
Inspired by Dostoevsky's 'Crime and Punishment' Robert Bresson's 'Pickpocket' tells the story of Michel (Martin Lasalle) a solitary young man who embarks upon a life of petty theft. Plying his trade on the city streets racetracks and Metro system of Paris Michel hones his sleight-of-hand skills to perfection and becomes consumed by his escalating addiction. But his activities alienate him from his few friends while attracting the attention of a police inspector and a professi
A year in the life of Britain's best-loved street; all the gossip; all the interviews; and all the action. As Corrie goes from strength-to-strength winning two consecutive BAFTA's for Best Soap this is fantastic insight into the making of the show and a reflection on the most memorable scenes of 2004. With consistently gripping stortlines Coronation Street has certainly had the nation glued to their screens.
Jean-Luc Godard's superbly acted and inventive parody of modern life revolves around three characters who are all at turning points in their lives. The all-star cast features Isabelle Huppert as a country girl who comes to the city to become a prostitute; Nathalie Baye as a woman who decides to give up her city job to pursue an idyllic life in the country; and Jacques Dutronc as a television director seperated from his wife and daughter and at the end of his tether. The film is stu
Sweden in the late 70s seems like the perfect society with neutral politics and women's liberation dominating the media. But beneath the polished surface lurks a corrupt seedy underworld of strip shows and sex clubs where dreams are made and lives are destroyed. Iris a young girl from the bottom rung of society works as a call girl within this murky world. And Iris has learnt that power can get you anything... Directed by Mikael Marciman (Wallander) shot by Hoyte Van Hoytema (The Fighter Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) and produced by Jessica Ask (The Hunt a Royal Affair Only God Forgives). A slick sexy slice of top-class Nordic Noir that performs as both edge-of-your-seat political thriller and engrossing character study.
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