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Action thriller starring Jason Statham. Frank Martin (Statham) is the best at what he does: transporting dangerous or illegal goods with no questions asked. He lives by his three strict rules - never change the deal, never ask for names and never open the package - until one job changes his outlook on life forever. Transporting his latest shipment, he notices that the package appears to be moving. Breaking rule number three Frank opens the bag only to find a beautiful young woman bound and gagged. Can Frank stick to rule number one or will his conscience get the better of him?
Marcelo Álvarez and Carlos Álvarez head the cast in this production of Verdi's opera recorded at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu in 2004. Jesus López-Cobos conducts the Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu.
Director's cut of the violent action thriller from Luc Besson starring
Jean Reno and Natalie Portman. In New York City, 12-year-old Mathilda
(Portman) witnesses her family being gunned down by psychotic
government official Norman Stansfield (Gary Oldman) and his team of
corrupt cops. She seeks shelter with lone hitman Leon (Reno) and, when
she learns his profession, demands he train her so she can avenge the
slaying of her family.
Tim Burton directs this Disney fantasy adventure starring Colin Farrell, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito and Eva Green. In 1919, the struggling Medici Bros. Circus, run by ringmaster Max Medici (DeVito), is taken over by V.A. Vandevere (Keaton), an entrepreneur who seeks to exploit the show's star attraction, Dumbo the flying elephant. In his new entertainment venture, Dreamland, Vandevere pairs Dumbo with trapeze artist Colette Marchant (Green), with spectacular success. However, war veteran Holt Farrier (Farrell), who cares for Dumbo with the help of his two children, uncovers dark secrets behind Vandevere's new amusement park, which threaten to bring down the show.
The impressive film adaptation of Erich Maria Remarque's world bestseller, directed by Edward Berger starring Felix Kammerer and Daniel Brühl and produced by Malte Grunert, All Quiet on the Western Front tells the gripping story of a young German soldier on the Western Front of World War I. Paul and his comrades experience first-hand how the initial euphoria of war turns into desperation and fear as they fight for their lives, and each other, in the trenches.
Winner of 4 Oscars, including Best Cinematography and Best International FIlm.
Richard Attenborough stars in this 1960s British military drama based on the novel by Robert Holles. When British Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Attenborough) is sent to a military outpost in Africa with orders to keep the peace during a changeover in the local government, his troubles are compounded by the political views of contentious female officer Miss Barker-Wise (Flora Robson) and the amorous intentions of pretty young United Nations secretary Karen Eriksson (Mia Farrow).
In Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, Desmond Doss saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while the war was justified, killing was nevertheless wrong. As an army medic, he single-handedly evacuated the wounded from behind enemy lines, braved fire while tending to soldiers and was wounded by a grenade and hit by snipers. Doss was the first conscientious objector awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and this is his gripping story, directed by Mel Gibson. (Academy Award winner for Best Editing, Best Sound Mixing. Also nominated for: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound Editing)
Chris Neilson (Robin Williams) is robbed of his blissful life with his wife Annie (Annabella Sciorra) when he dies in a car crash. His ghost is allowed to keep in touch with Annie by residing in one of her paintings, but both parties remain frustrated by the mortal divide between them. When Annie kills herself, however, she is not allowed to join her husband, as all suicides go to hell. Chris determines to rescue his loved one from eternal damnation, enlisting the help of the Tracker (Max von Sydow) and Albert (Cuba Gooding Jr) to do so.
Christian Thielemann conducts the Staatskapelle Dresden in this performance of Anton Bruckner's 'Symphony No. 6', recorded at the Semperoper Dresden in 2015.
Triple bill of Japanese crime dramas directed by Takashi Miike. In 'Shinjuku Triad Society' (1995), when the Dragon's Claw gang from Taiwan attempts a take-over of the dope, extortion and prostitution rackets run by the ruling Japanese Yakuza, a lone cop predicts carnage. In a crusade against the gangs, the cop single-handedly attempts to stem the growing tide of violence. But, when he discovers that the cop's younger brother is in fact the lover of one of the gang leaders, chaos ensues. 'Rainy Dog' (1997) follows Yuuji (Shô Aikawa), a Japanese mobster holed up in Taipei working as a hitman for a Triad boss. Added to this complicated existence is the fact that his ex-wife has just dumped a young boy on his doorstep. As Yuuji continues to do business as usual, only a final, brutal shoot-out will bring him and the boy closer together. Finally, in 'Ley Lines' (1999), three boys attracted by the excitement of Tokyo city find themselves caught up in the notorious Shinjuku district and a gangster lifestyle they can't escape. Before long they find themselves on the wrong side of the local crime lord and start fearing for their lives.
British thriller written and directed by Ben Parker. After his small submersible ship gets into trouble while undertaking a secret recovery mission off the coast of North Korea, Swedish pilot Mats (Johannes Kuhnke) and his three-man US Special Ops team are left trapped underwater. Unaware if their support vessel has been captured by enemy forces, the crew face some important decisions as they attempt to find a solution before their time runs out.
Lou Diamond Phillips stars in this noir crime thriller. The film follows Detective Russell Logan (Diamond Phillips) as he is tormented by the so-called Pentagram Killer, Patrick Channing (Jeff Kober), who is terrorising Los Angeles. When he starts to hear a disembodied voice and the killings resume, Logan enlists local psychic Tess Seaton (Tracy Griffith) to help him capture the satanic serial killer.
Vittorio de Sica co-writes and directs this Italian drama starring Sophia Loren. In 1943, at the height of the Second World War, widowed shopkeeper Cesira (Loren) leaves her grocery store in Rome to escape the bombing of the Allies. Along with her teenage daughter, Rosetta (Eleonora Brown), she heads for her native, rural village of Ciociaria. The road is long and arduous but when they arrive in the mountains, the women meet Michel Di Libero (Jean-Paul Belmondo), with whom Rosetta quickly falls in love. When the Allied troops eventually leave Italy, Cesira decides to return to Rome with her daughter only for them both to experience the horrors of war that they had hoped to escape. The film won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film while Loren won a BAFTA and an Academy Award for her performance.
Tomas Hanus conducts this Bayerisches Staatsoper production of Dvorák's fairy tale opera.
Classic late period film noir directed by virtuoso Orson Welles. A sweaty thriller set in a hellish border town, it stars Charlton Heston as Mike Vargas, the self-righteous Mexican cop who goes up against Welles' monumental Hank Quinlan, an old-time detective who fabricates evidence in order to mount a case based on gut-instinct. Famous for its incredibly choreographed seven-minute opening shot, Henry Mancini's powerful score, and the faded magnificence of the Quinlan character, it is often considered to be Welles' second masterpiece.
Comedy written by and starring Kristen Wiig as a hapless maid of honour struggling to keep things on an even keel in the lead up to her best friend's wedding. Annie (Wiig) is still reeling from the failure of her bakery business and the subsequent loss of her boyfriend and all her savings when her best friend, Lillian (Maya Rudolph), announces that she is engaged and wants Annie to take charge of her pre-wedding preparations. As if the responsibility of the role at such a tough time wasn't trying enough, Annie faces the small matter of dealing with Lillian's other bridesmaids - led by Helen (Rose Byrne) and Megan (Melissa McCarthy) - who have their own ideas on the kind of events befitting Lillian's final weeks as an unmarried woman. As a variety of mishaps, including mass food poisoning and a plane grounding, riddle Annie's attempts to help, she gradually finds herself usurped by Helen. But will her loyalty to Lillian pull her through in the end?
In recent years, our knowledge of what goes on in our Ocean has been transformed. Blue Planet 2 uses cutting-edge breakthroughs in science and technology to explore new worlds, reveals astonishing creatures and extraordinary new animal behaviours. As we journey through our deep seas, coral reefs, open ocean, green seas and coasts we share these extraordinary new discoveries. But we now know that ocean health is under threat. Never has there been a more crucial time to explore our remotest seas, and to examine what the future will hold for our blue planet. Episodes:
When a young adventurer named Milo Thatch uncovers an old journal containing clues to the whereabouts of the sunken city of Atlantis, he wastes no time in putting together an expedition and setting off in search of the maritime metropolis. Heading deeper and deeper in their submarine, Milo and his crew brave many dangerous experiences, including a confrontation with a giant lobster, and are overjoyed when they finally find the underwater kingdom. However, after they reach their goal, it's not long before they discover a plot to seize all the power and riches it has to offer, and soon find themselves becoming the unlikely defenders of the lost civilisation.
Jess Franco co-writes and directs this German horror. When Linda Westinghouse (Ewa Stroemberg) visits an exotic nightclub, she finds herself entranced by the sight of a beautiful young woman performing an erotic dance with an animated mannequin. Over the following days, she becomes increasingly troubled by the powerful pull she felt towards this young woman, and jumps at the chance to take a business trip to the island of Countess Nadine Carody (Soledad Miranda), hoping that it will keep her mind occupied. But as chance would have it, the Countess and the dancer are one and the same woman, and she has a whole store of vampiric delights ready and waiting for the innocent Linda...
Coverage of the 2014 BBC Proms at London's Royal Albert Hall. The concert includes works by Strauss, Dvorák and Beethoven. David Zinman conducts the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich and violinist Julia Fischer.
First of the Ealing comedies. A bunch of crooks use a comic paper, featuring stories penned by Felix H. Wilkinson (Alastair Sim), to pass on coded messages for robberies. When the comic's readership, a bunch of East End boys, discover what's going on they go to the police. The local constabulary, however, are no help, and so the plucky lads set out to foil the robbers themselves.
Animated adventure based on the comic book 'Batman: The Court of Owls' by Scott Snyder. Bruce Wayne aka Batman (voice of Jason O'Mara) is having difficulty controling his son Damian aka Robin (Stuart Allan), who often disobeys his father's orders, sneaking out of the house to fight crime. So far, however, he has followed Batman's order not to kill anyone but when assassin Talon (Jeremy Sisto), a member of the organised group of criminals known as the Court of Owls, tries to recruit him Damian begins a journey down a dark path. Meanwhile, Batman realises the Court of Owls may have been involved in his parents' deaths and is determined to get revenge. Through all they endure will father and son be able to reconcile their differences?
Martial arts action feature starring Bolo Yeung and Britton K. Lee. In Portland, Oregon, LA cop John Keem (Lee) is desperate for revenge after his former partner (David Mountain) is murdered by ruthless drug dealer Milverstead (Richard Norton). However, between him and justice stands Milverstead's second in command Ice (Bolo Yeung), a deadly and remorseless martial arts expert who will stop at nothing to protect his boss. |
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