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'60's British B-movie chiller featuring voodoo, the supernatural and general dark arts. A comely young British teacher takes up a remote posting in darkest Africa where the local juju man lays a hex on her. She has a breakdown and is forced to return to the UK. There, she takes up a post at a rural school where all appears well on the surface. It turns out, however, that the place is a hotbed of witchery and darkness and that a virgin sacrifice is planned for the near future. The film was directed by Cyril Frankel, who'd made Hammer's 1960 child abuse drama 'Never Take Sweets From a Stranger', and the script was by Quatermass author Nigel Kneale. Their depiction of sinister undercurrents in a pastoral setting wasn't sinister enough for the BBFC, however, who only granted the film an 'A' certificate. Hammer persuaded them to reconsider, but this accomplished film still failed to find an audience.
Sci-fi action feature directed and co-written by Guillermo del Toro. Gigantic monsters known as Kaiju rise up from the Pacific Ocean and invade Earth. As they rage war, killing millions in the process, the human race defend their planet with the use of special robots called Jaegers which are controlled neurally by their pilots. However, even these magnificent machines have trouble defeating the Kaiju. With their armed forces dwindling, mankind puts its faith in ex-pilot Raleigh Becket (Charlie Hunnam) and trainee Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi). Together they must control an early Jaeger model in one last attempt to save Earth.
Twelfth entry in the 'Carry On' series. Detective Bung (Harry H. Corbett) investigates a mad professor (Kenneth Williams) and his sister, who are turning their victims into shop window dummies. Those hamming it up in this Hammer horror spoof include Charles Hawtrey, Jim Dale, Joan Sims and Fenella Fielding.
In director Neil Jordan's vampire thriller a mother and daughter struggle to hide their bloody secret from their adopted community. Having survived for over 200 years, itinerant single mother Clara (Gemma Arterton) and her daughter Eleanor (Saoirse Ronan) are offered shelter at the down-at-heel Byzantium guest house when they arrive at a rundown seaside resort. Whilst her cold-hearted mother plies her trade as a prostitute to keep their heads above water and indulges her bloodletting at any opportunity, Eleanor wrestles with keeping her secret from her latest love, Frank (Caleb Landry Jones). But when the truth finally spreads its way through the local population, the arrival of two strangers belonging to an all-male vampire sect known as 'The Brotherhood' heralds a reckoning neither woman is prepared for.
Classic Hammer horror starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen) journeys to Castle Dracula, where he is turned into one of the undead by the famous vampire (Lee). Professor Van Helsing (Cushing) arrives and drives a stake through Harker's heart, but must then pursue Dracula to London, where the Count intends to make Harker's fiancée Lucy Holmwood his bride. Lee and Cushing went on to make several more 'Dracula' films for Hammer.
Big screen adaptation of the popular Marvel superhero comic. Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) is the billionaire owner of Stark Industries, a corporation that specialises in weapons development. When Tony is kidnapped by terrorists in Afghanistan, he is made to construct a devastating weapon. Instead, however, he builds a high-tech suit of armour and uses it to escape from captivity. When Stark discovers a conspiracy that could have serious repercussions for the whole world, he uses his new invention to try and stop the villains and save the world. Gwyneth Paltrow co-stars as Stark's secretary, Pepper Potts.
John Singleton's sequel to 'The Fast and the Furious' - which brought stardom to Vin Diesel. Diesel decided not to reprise his role but Paul Walker did. Former undercover cop Brian O'Conner (Walker) finds himself on the trail of another group of underground car enthusiasts in an attempt to redeem himself after his illegal escapades in the first movie. This time the location is Miami, where O'Connor has been making money out of street racing, and he is asked to bring down the drugs baron Carter Verone (Cole Hauser) in exchange for erasing his criminal record. Enlisting the help of an ex-con (Tyrese), O'Connor once again finds himself raging through the streets in stolen cars.
Third film in the action series. Brooding loner Shaun Boswell (Lucas Black) has always been an outsider, his only connection to the indifferent world through illegal street racing. To avoid jail time, Shaun is sent out of the country to live with his uncle, sharing a cramped apartment in a low-rent section of Tokyo. In the land that gave birth to the majority of modified racers on the road, the simple street race has been replaced by the ultimate pedal-to-the-metal challenge ... drift racing, a deadly combination of brutal speed on heart stopping courses. When Shaun unknowingly takes on a Yakuza gangster in his first race, he finds that the only way he can pay off the debt is to venture into the deadly realm of the Tokyo underworld, where the stakes are life and death.
Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson reunite for the fifth instalment of the 'Fast and Furious' action thriller franchise. Freed from jail by an unlikely ally: former cop Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker), ex-con Dominic Toretto (Diesel) and his wife Mia (Jordana Brewster) are forced to enlist Brian's help once again as they find themselves cornered by a ruthless drugs gang in Rio de Janeiro. But the Rio gangsters are not the only ones on Dom's tail; wily federal agent Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) has also been assigned to track down Dom and Brian, and will stop at nothing to corner his prey.
With an ensemble comprising 170 musicians, Ingo Metzmacher leads the Wiener Philharmoniker in this production of Bernd Alois Zimmerman's rarely performed opera, staged at the Salzburg Festival in 2012. The cast of 50 soloists includes Laura Aikin, Alfred Muff, Tanja Ariane Baumgartner and Tomasz Konieczny.
Bruce Willis and Dwayne Johnson star in this action thriller sequel based on the range of Hasbro action figures. This time around, the G.I. Joe Team must fight to wrestle back control of the world from the Commander (Faran Tahir) and Cobra spy Zartan (Arnold Vosloo), last seen disguised as the President of the United States. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Joes must pull together a plan to expose the truth and stop Cobra from taking over the world before it is too late.
Elijah Wood stars in this remake of director William Lustig's 1980 horror classic of the same name. To say that Frank (Wood) is a troubled young man would be an understatement - as the ever-growing number of young women he has murdered since the death of his mother (America Olivo), with whom he enjoyed an unhealthily close relationship, demonstrates only too well. Frank runs a mannequin store and likes to apply the scalps of his victims to the models in his spare time. However, when beautiful young artist Anna (Nora Arnezeder) wanders into the store and talks about making use of its resources for an exhibition she is planning, she presents Frank with a troubling quandary. Anna appears to offer the possibility of a human relationship that will fill the void created by his mother's death, but she also excites his desire to kill and possess. Will Frank be able to overcome his homicidal urges?
Extended cut of the action comedy inspired by the Grimm Brothers fairytale starring Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton. The film is set 15 years after the young Hansel and Gretel were abandoned by their parents in the forest and taken prisoner in a gingerbread house by a child-eating witch. The siblings managed to escape, and in the intervening years have taken advantage of their subsequent immunity to bad spells and curses to set themselves up as expert bounty hunters, becoming world-famous for their skill in tracking down and killing evil-doers around the globe. The film follows the brother and sister on their latest assignment - a campaign against evil sorceress Muriel (Famke Janssen) - which they begin to realise may be their golden opportunity for revenge of a more personal nature.
A documentary portrait of the young collective of classical musicians known as 'Spira Mirabilis', who study, practise and perform concerts without the involvement of a conductor. In addition to the documentary, the set also includes a film of the group performing Schumann's Symphony No. 1 'Spring' at the Teatro Luciano Pavarotti in Modena, Italy, in December 2010.
The seventh outing in the classic slasher horror franchise sees the return of chainsaw-wielding killer Leatherface. Alexandra Daddario stars as Heather, a young woman who travels to Texas with her boyfriend Ryan (Trey Songz) and two other friends to collect a family inheritance. On arrival, the friends realise to their horror that Heather's legacy includes the unwanted attentions of crazed murderer Leatherface (Dan Yeager) and his cannibalistic clan. The film features a cameo appearance from Gunnar Hansen, who played Leatherface in the original 1974 film.
Gianluigi Gelmetti conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Regio in Massimo Gasparon's production of Verdi's opera from 2011. Francesco Meli leads a cast including Vladimir Stoyanov, Kristin Lewis and Elisabetta Fiorillo.
Academy Award-winning romantic comedy based on the novel by Matthew Quick. Bradley Cooper stars as Pat Solitano, a former high school teacher fresh from a stint in a mental institution who moves back in with his parents in an ill-fated attempt to reconcile with his ex-wife. His life begins to come together at last when he meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a recently-widowed amateur dancer with problems of her own, and also begins to reconnect with his obsessive-compulsive father, Pat Sr (Robert De Niro). Lawrence won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for her performance and David O. Russell received the BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Ben Wheatley directs this jet-black British comedy in which a romantic break turns into a bloody killing spree. Sheltered teenager Tina (Alice Lowe) accompanies her new boyfriend, 30-something misanthrope Chris (Steve Oram) on an 'erotic odyssey' - aka a caravan tour of the North of England. But unbeknownst to Tina, Chris harbours a dark secret: he is a serial killer whose explosive outbursts result in the violent deaths of any random strangers who happen to mildly inconvenience him. As the body count mounts, even the clueless Tina starts to suspect that her new boyfriend may not be quite what he seems.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt leads the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Netherlands Radio Choir in a performance of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. The performers featured include Marlis Petersen, Elisabeth Kulman, Werner Güra and Gerald Finlay.
Action thriller starring Steven Seagal and Steve Austin as two ex-special forces operatives fighting against the odds. Charged with delivering two high-priority female detainees to a top secret military prison, Cross (Seagal) and Manning (Austin) find themselves under fire from a group of heavily armed mercenaries intent on eliminating the women. As they stand their ground against seemingly insurmountable odds, and with the body count steadily rising, the discovery of the two womens' real identities soon gives the agents even greater cause for concern.
Performance of Mariusz Trelinski's production of Tchaikovsky's opera, recorded live at the Paleau de les Arts, Valencia, in 2011. Kristine Opolais and Artur Rucinski lead the cast, with Omer Meir Wellber conducting the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana.
The renowned Indian conductor leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a performance of works by Dvorák, Mozart and Bartók recorded at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles in 1977. The featured works comprise Dvorák: Concert Overture 'Carnival' Op.92, Symphony No.8 in G major Op.88, Slavonic Dance in G minor Op.46 No.8; Mozart: Concerto for Bassoon and Orchestra in B flat major K.191; Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra Sz116.
Two LAPD cops find themselves on a drug cartel's death list in this gritty action drama from writer/director David Ayer. Patrolling the mean streets of south central Los Angeles, cops Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Zavala (Michael Peńa) intercept a car, confiscating money and guns belonging to a local cartel. But when their investigations draw them ever deeper into the gang's operations, the two find themselves top of the cartel's hit list, forcing them to take the fight to their opponents.
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts the Zurich Opera Orchestra in this production of Mozart's classic opera, recorded live at the Zurich Opera House in 2006.
The internationally acclaimed Japanese pianist performs a selection of pieces with the Russian conductor Valery Gergiev at the White Nights Festival, Saint Petersburg in 2012. The compositions performed are: Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1; Shostakovich: Symphony No.14; Tsujii: 'Elegy for the Victims of the Earthquake and the Tsunami of March 11, 2011'. |
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