Susan Hayward was drawn to Hollywood by the desire to star as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind; although she did not get the part she would more than make her mark in Hollywood in the years to come. She received five Oscar nominations the first for her role in Smash Up (included here) and finally won for I Want To Live but Susan brought such intensity to every role she could have won for any film she was starring in. 1. Smash Up 2. Jack London 3. The Snows Of Kilimanjaro
Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is at a turning point in his life. People order him around everywhere he turns from his demanding boss to his ex-wife who won't let him see his daughter to his ageing violent alcoholic father (Academy Award winner James Coburn). For Wade the future looks bleak until his quiet New Hampshire town is shattered by the death of a Boston union official in a deer hunt led by Wade's friend Jack. The incident is written off as an accident but Wade suspects that Jack is guilty of murder. Solving the crime becomes Wade's obsession and his last opportunity to redeem himself in the eyes of the town his ex-wife his father and - most of all - himself. Featuring an impressive star cast 'Affliction' is a tense and compelling psycho-drama from Paul Schrader screenwriter of 'Taxi Driver' and 'Raging Bull' and director of 'American Gigolo'.
Ireland. The land of poets and preachers saints and scholars; and one very unhappy James Powers. Shipped to the Emerald Isle after the death of his mother he is living in complete disharmony with his younger brother and three aunts. Desperate to raise enough cash to return home to the U.S James quits school and starts working for the local bookie and his right-hand-man. Sent to London by his aunts James discovers something they don't have in Ireland; porn. Ever the opportunist he invests in a dusty old box of girlie mags to smuggle back to Ireland. Soon enough James has enough cash to get him and his brother back home. But just as he seems on the verge of reaching his goal James has to decide where home really is - a place or a state of mind.
Spooky horror! After dreaming each of their deaths a woman gathers her friends together in a cabin to try and protect them from a killer. However her actions just put them all in one spot making for easy pickings for the slasher...
Walter Pool travels to Mexico in the footsteps of his hero Ernest Hemingway. He is robbed soon after his arrival and finds himself fighting for survival...
Inspired by late nineties youth culture Strong Language uses a fast pace talking-heads style to tell a story of ordinary lives in an extraordinary place and time. A narrator relates a night of terror that changes his life forever inter-cut with 16 young people talking about everything from ecstasy to one night stands. Strong Language combines entertaining revealing and often hilarious insights with an unforgettable chain of sinister events that will appeal to all fans of 'Human Traffic' and 'Trainspotting'.
A group of wild teens break into a luxurious house in an upper class suburb for a night of partying, destruction and mayhem that will change them all forever. The new feature film from director Kirsten Sheridan.
This BAFTA nominated series follows the fortunes and feuds of old Billy Fox (Peter Vaughan) and his family in South London. With a superb cast including Ray Winstone and Bernard Hill and shot entirely on location in pubs clubs and streets 'Fox' evokes a strong London atmosphere through a wonderfully tense and involving story.
SLACKER (slak'er) n. 1. A person who evades duties and responsibilities; 2. a new generation of young people primarily centered around college campuses that rejects the values of the generation before them; 3. the title of a film directed by Richard Linklater.
Movie-obsessed best friends Matt and Owen are the key targets for a group of high school bullies they call 'The Dirties'. When the pair are assigned a class project they set out to make their greatest epic film to date about their revenge. Matt's fantasies quickly spiral out of control transforming 'The Dirties' into a complex and gripping story of friendship obsession and violence. Special Features: Short Film 'The Visitor' Matt and Owen's own ending of 'The Dirties'
Alain Patrick stars in this dark drama about a man losing control of his life as he becomes caught up in the sleazy underworld of pornographic filmmaking. The cast also includes Inga Maria and Barbara Caron.
Emily Bronte's classic tale of all-consuming love in a new adaptation and a new production of Thomas Hardy's classic novel.
Thomas Taylor (Christian Slater) is finally out on parole. He returns to his girlfriend and daughter and gets a legit job at a betting parlor... or so it seems. When the parlor gets held up by a band of masked robbers Taylor turns out not to be just an innocent bystander but the ringleader. Then to further complicate matters while in the process of negotiating the laundering of the stolen money someone pulls a con and the money disappears! Now his life and those of the ones he loves are at stake as the cops and the guys who are looking for their cut close in on his trail. Taylor must figure out what happened to the missing millions as well as figure out who in his ring of criminal associates has double crossed him... including a corrupt FBI agent (Val Kilmer). High-speed chases heavy duty danger great gunplay and a superstar cast make this cool caper a hot one to watch.
Melsa Manton (Barbara Stanwyck) is a wealthy Manhattan debutante who is notorious for headline grabbing pranks. One night Melsa notices a man running out of a supposedly deserted house and goes to investigate. She discovers a body but when the police eventually arrive the body has disappeared and Lieutenant Brent (Sam Levene) accuses Melsa of playing one of her jokes. High-flying newspaper reporter Peter Ames (Henry Fonda) picks up the story and prints an article ridiculing the 'Park Avenue Pranksters'. But Melissa knows there is a killer on the loose and drags Ames all over Manhattan to find him in this manic comedy-thriller that saw the first ever pairing of Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda.
Rudolph Valentino was the first male sexual icon of the modern media world. For 5 years from 1921 until 1926 other men watched with envy as Valentino the quintessential Latin screen lover made women swoon over the mere thought of his embrace. This romanticised film covers the career of Valentino from his arrival in Hollywood in 1917 and his emergence in 1921 as American cinema's first great lover.
Released in 1911 L'Inferno was the first Italian feature film ever made. A fantastic journey into the imagaination of Dante complete with incredible ground-breaking special effects and awe-inspiring set designs. This restored production is scored by Tangerine Dream.
A ship approaches port on the wild coast of North Cornwall in the early 1800s. A lighthouse keeper is surprised and murdered; the guiding light is doused; and the vessel is lured to smash itself upon the savage rocks... Mary Yellan's father is among the crew massacred by wreckers desperate to plunder the ship's cargo. When her mother dies of grief shortly afterwards Mary leaves her village to join her only surviving relative Aunt Patience in a lonely Inn on Bodmin Moor. Jamaica Inn she discovers is a secret headquarters for he wrecking gangs a staging post for salvaged loot. But her Uncle Joss though a half-crazed murderer is not the ringleader... First broadcast in 1983 HTV's gorgeous production of Jamaica Inn stars Jane Seymour (Doctor Quinn) as the determined Mary Yellan Patrick McGoohan (The Prisoner) as her demented uncle Joss and Trevor Eve (Waking the Dead) as her ally Jem Merlyn. Adapted from Daphne du Maurier''-s perennial novel this three part serial is directed by the award-winning Lawrence Gordon Clark (Harry''-s Game).
Titles Comprise: Naked Lie: They are the perfect and politically correct couple. He is a judge she is a high profile attorney. When she takes on a sensational murder case the trail leads right to her own front door. Her Best Friend's Husband: Arriving in Seattle to attend the birthday party of her best friend Mandy Roberts the recently widowed Jane Thornton is shocked to learn that Mandy plans to divorce her husband Will. Having recently lost a loved one herself Jane feels the Roberts' pain and endeavors to bring Jane and Will back together again. But things don't go quite as planned when while helping Will alleviate his new-found loneliness Jane realizes that she is attracted to the man. The Lady From Yesterday: A man with a loving family and a flourishing career is visited by a woman with whom he had an affair while in Vietnam. His seemingly perfect life is brought crashing down by her revelation that they have a son. When Husbands Cheat: A happy home life with her kids and husband Craig is not enough for Tess McCall. She needs that extra challenge - and she finds it with her unusual new profession of spying on her friends' unfaithful husbands. But catching unsuspecting philanderers is one thing: getting the goods on a police officer is another - especially when he happens to be your own husband. Betrayed - The Story Of Three Women: Amanda Nelson and the widowed Joan Bixler have enjoyed a life-long friendship. But the day that Joan comes home to a shocking surprise - her 20-year-old daughter Dana making love to Amanda's husband Rob - the 25-year-friendship between the women seems shattered irreparably. There are bitter confrontations between Joan and Amanda and other members of their families as Joan tries to reason with her friend. But as recriminations about the affair fly about the causes behind it emerge and Amanda and Joan soon discover that it's now that they need each other more than ever. Another Woman's Husband: Bored husband Johnny Miller embarks on a relationship with Laurel an aquaphobic psychologist. But when she decides to face her fear and join a swimming class she strikes up a close friendship with her instructor Johnny's wife.
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