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After a city-wide gang meeting, a downtown New York gang called the Warriors is forced to make its way back across enemy territory after being framed for the killing of a rival unit's leader. Unarmed and desperate, they come up against one hostile gang after another as they fight their way back through the city streets to the one place where they will be safe. Directed by Walter Hill ('48 Hrs', 'Southern Comfort').
In the wake of his parents' murder, disillusioned industrial heir Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) travels the world seeking the means to fight injustice and turn fear against those who prey on the fearful. He returns to Gotham and unveils his alter-ego: Batman, a masked crusader who uses his strength, intellect and an array of high tech deceptions to fight the sinister forces that threaten the city.
David Lean directs this classic adaptation of Dickens's novel about a young orphan who develops 'great expectations' after a mysterious benefactor pledges to sponsor his transformation into a gentleman. Pip (Anthony Wager) is visiting the graves of his deceased parents when he finds himself confronted by an escaped convict, Magwitch (Finlay Currie). Unfortunately for Pip, Magwitch isn't the only frightening adult he becomes acquainted with. When Miss Havisham (Martita Hunt), an eccentric old woman still dressed for the wedding at which she was abandoned by her groom years ago, seeks a playmate for her charge, Estella (Jean Simmons), it is Pip who is sent for. The boy quickly falls in love with Estella, though his hopes seem forlorn due to the gap in social standing between the two. When an older Pip (John Mills) discovers that he has a benefactor, he feels that Estella may be won, but has he read the situation correctly?
Cult horror director David Cronenberg found mainstream success with this remake of the 1958 horror classic and Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis won an Oscar for their make-up effects. Scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), experimenting with transmitting matter uses himself as a guinea-pig, unaware that a fly has got into the machinery. As he embarks on a relationship with Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis), the journalist covering his project, his body slowly begins to take on fly-like characteristics.
When Graham Ness (Mel Gibson) and his family awaken to find a 500-foot crop circle in their backyard, they're told extraterrestrials are responsible. As they watch with growing dread, news reports tell of similar "signs" suddenly appearing all over the world! Don't even blink as razor-sharp high definition transports you to a new dimension of awe and terror. Jump out of your skin as the spectacularly enhanced audio quality intensifies every gasp, heartbeat and otherworldly echo.
Johnny Depp stars as Inspector Abberline, the Victorian detective charged with catching Jack the Ripper, in this big screen adaptation of Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell's acclaimed graphic novel. Despite the fact that he is struggling with an opium addiction and the ghosts of his dead wife and child, Abberline nevertheless quickly discovers that the Ripper is a man with an expert's knowledge of human anatomy and some kind of connection to the Freemasons. As his investigations continue, he meets prostitute Mary Kelly (Heather Graham) and following her leads discovers that the killings are connected to people in the highest reaches of British society; but as he gets closer to revealing the culprit, both he and Mary find themselves in mortal danger.
A prison parolee on his way to freedom faces impossible odds when the maximum security transport plane he's on is skyjacked by the most vicious criminals in the country ... led by the infamous murderer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom. Buckle up and hang on tight as explosive high-flying action soars to spectacular new heights.
Joaquin Phoenix and Josh Brolin star in this Academy Award-nominated crime comedy drama written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Private Detective Doc Sportello (Phoenix) is happily getting on with his life when his ex-wife Shasta (Katherine Waterston) shows up at his office with a story that her billionaire boyfriend Mickey Wolfmann (Eric Roberts)'s wife is plotting to kidnap her husband and get him committed to a psychiatric facility so that she can stake a claim on his money. As Doc reluctantly takes on the case he pays a visit to tight-fisted cop Bigfoot Bjornsen (Brolin) to see what he knows about the alleged kidnap victim. The all-star cast also includes Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro and Martin Short.
Live performance from British rockers The Rolling Stones. This footage shows the band performing live at the Tokyo Dome as part of their 1990 'Steel Wheels' world tour. The occasion marked the band's first appearance in front of a Japanese audience.
Wiener Singverein, the European Union Youth Orchestra Alumni and the Tonkunstler Orchestra come together with conductor Yutaka Sado for this special performance at the tenth year of the Grafenegg Festival in 2016. Included in the programme are Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 9' and 'Overture' and 'Fanfare' from Jost's 'An Die Hoffnung'.
Classic thriller from acclaimed director Fritz Lang. Rudolf-Klein-Rogge plays Haghi, the leader of an international spy ring. Haghi leads several lives using instruments of modern technology to spearhead a mad rush for secrets that assert his power over others. Agent No 326 (Willy Fritsch) is ordered to stop the spy ring but instead falls in love with one of the spies.
Roma follows Cleo, a young domestic worker for a family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City. Delivering an artful love letter to the women who raised him, director Alfonso Cuarón draws on his own childhood to create a vivid and emotional portrait of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil of the 1970s. (2019 Academy Award winner for Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Cinematography)
Betty (Beatrice Dalle) and Zorg (Jean-Hugues Anglade) have a passionate, if somewhat unconventional relationship. When she discovers his half-written novel she burns his house down and forces him to go to Paris with her in search of fame. There they team up with another couple, who run a pizza joint, before moving south, where Betty begins her tragic demise into madness and eventual death.
Thomas Hengelbrock conducts the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester in this performance of symphonies by Johannes Brahms. Recorded live in Laeiszhalle, Hamburg in 2016, the orchestra performs 'Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68', 'Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73', 'Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90' and 'Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98'.
Live stand up performance by English comedian, writer and actor Lee Evans, recorded during his 2014 'Monsters' tour.
Double bill of action film adaptations which interweave multiple storylines from the award-winning comic series created by Frank Miller. 'Sin City' (2005) paints a picture of the ultimate town through the eyes of its roughest characters. There's the street thug Marv (Mickey Rourke), whose desperate quest to find the killer of a prostitute named Goldie (Jaime King) will lead him to the foulest edges of town. Inhabiting many of those areas is Dwight (Clive Owen), a photographer in league with the sordid ladies of Sin City, headed by Gail (Rosario Dawson), who opens up a mess of trouble after tangling with a corrupt cop by the name of Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro). Finally, there's Hartigan (Bruce Willis), an ex-cop with a heart problem who's hell-bent on protecting a stripper named Nancy (Jessica Alba). 'Sin City 2 - A Dame to Kill For' (2014) is set both before and after the first film. Powers Boothe returns as corrupt politician Senator Roark, who is being hunted down by Nancy after the suicide of her friend and protector Hartigan. Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as a shady gambler determined to bring down the city's biggest villain; and Josh Brolin plays Dwight, a man struggling to maintain control over his life and personal demons while fending off his ex-girlfriend Ava (Eva Green)'s wealthy husband Damien Lord (Marton Csokas).
Chris Evans and Scarlett Johansson star in this action adventure sequel based on the Marvel Comics series. Set two years after 'The Avengers' (2012), the film follows superhero Steve Rogers aka Captain America (Evans) who is now living in Washington where he is trying to adjust to modern society. When a fellow S.H.I.E.L.D. agent is attacked he teams up with Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow (Johansson) to uncover a conspiracy and, with the help of the Falcon (Anthony Mackie), defeat a powerful enemy known as the Winter Soldier (Sebastian Stan). The cast also includes Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Redford, Cobie Smulders, Dominic Cooper and Emily VanCamp.
Neil Nightingale and Barry Cook direct this adventure feature, based on the 1999 BBC documentary series, which projects computer-animated dinosaurs into live action settings to tell the story of a young Pachyrhinosaurus. Patchi and his siblings Scowler and Juniper are born into the dangerous world of the Cretaceous period, where predators such as Gorgon the Gorgosaurus would be only too happy to make a meal of them. Can Patchi make it to adulthood and overcome the many hurdles required to become herd leader? The voice cast includes Charlie Rowe and Angourie Rice.
Marc Minkowski conducts Les Musiciens du Louvre in this performance of Mozart's cantata, recorded at Salzburg's Felsenreitschule during the 2015 Mozart Week Festival. The performance features the Académie équestre de Versailles, choreographed by Bartabas, with soprano Christiane Karg, mezzo-soprano Marianne Crebassa, tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac and the Salzburger Bachchor.
All five films from the popular 'Die Hard' franchise starring Bruce Willis. In 'Die Hard' (1988), on Christmas Eve, New York cop John McClane (Willis) is visiting his estranged wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) in Los Angeles, where she works. They are attending a party at Holly's high-rise office block when terrorists, led by the suave Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), break in, taking everyone hostage. McClane manages to evade capture, however, and sets out to rescue his wife and the other prisoners. In 'Die Hard 2 - Die Harder' (1990), John McClane is again set to meet up with Holly on Christmas Eve, this time at Dulles International Airport in Washington DC. However, when terrorists take over the airport in an attempt to rescue dictator Esperanza (Franco Nero) from his incoming flight, it is up to McClane to restore order and ensure that Holly's plane lands safely. In 'Die Hard With a Vengeance' (1995), McClane becomes involved in a twisted game of Simon Says when an evil terrorist (Jeremy Irons) sends him dashing all over the city in an effort to find a series of explosive devices. Teaming up with electrician Zeus Carver (Samuel L. Jackson), McClane soon discovers that the bombs are an elaborate ruse intended to provide cover for a billion dollar bank job. 'Die Hard 4.0' (2007) finds McClane routinely asked to bring in computer hacker Matt Farrell (Justin Long) for questioning. In transit, events overtake them as they witness a full-scale cyber attack on the country's infrastructure led by mystery man Thomas Gabriel (Timothy Olyphant), who plans to systematically shut down or destroy the nation's major networks over three days. McClane and his hacker friend have to stop the mastermind before it's too late. Finally, in 'A Good Day to Die Hard' (2013), McClane travels to Russia to help out his son Jack (Jai Courtney), who, unbeknownst to his father, is an undercover CIA operative trying to stop the theft of nuclear weapons. With the Russian mafia snapping at their heels and time running out, the pair soon discover that although their approaches may differ slightly, the end result is certainly no less explosive.
Ridley Scott helms this sci-fi thriller starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron and Guy Pearce. After finding fragments of Alien DNA, a team of scientists known as The Company travels into space aboard the state-of-the-art Prometheus spacecraft to investigate the origins of human life on Earth. Their journey takes them into the darkest corners of the universe - but, to their horror, their very inquisitiveness ends up posing a threat to the future existence of humankind. The scientists now find themselves tested to their mental and physical limits as they fight a desperate battle to preserve the future of the human race.
Set in the 1990s, Captain Marvel is an all-new adventure from a previously unseen period in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe that follows the journey of Carol Danvers as she becomes one of the universe's most powerful heroes. When a galactic war between two alien races reaches Earth, Danvers finds herself and a small cadre of allies at the center of the maelstrom. |
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