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Coverage of the WWE TLC (Tables, Ladders and Chairs) event held at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas in December 2013. The event, which legalises the use of tables, ladders and chairs in fights, saw John Cena take on Randy Orton in a battle of champions and CM Punk and Daniel Bryan pit their wits against three separate fighters in special three-on-one handicap matches.
Meiko Kaji stars in this 1970s Japanese cult action film from director Teruo Ishii. In a swordfight with a rival clan, Yakuza boss Akemi Tachibana (Kaji) slices Aiko Gouda (Hoki Tokuda)'s eyes, blinding her, and a mysterious cat shows up to lick the bloody wound. Afterward, Aiko and clan leader Dobashi (Tôru Abe) seek vengeance.
Abduction thriller starring Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal and Paul Dano. Well-to-do family man Keller Dover (Jackman) is thrown into a world of paranoia and suspicion when his daughter and her friend go missing. With the only lead being a run-down RV which was parked outside the house, Detective Loki (Gyllenhaal) heads an investigation into the disappearance, tracks down the vehicle and arrests the driver (Dano), but a lack of evidence pointing to the man's guilt leads to him being released from custody. Feeling that justice will be a long time coming and that his daughter's life may be in danger, Keller takes matters into his own hands and begins a desperate search to find the two girls...
Gabriele Ferro conducts the Staatorchester Stuttgart in this production of Bellini's opera, recorded in June 2013. The cast features Enzo Capuano, Helene Schneiderman, Ana Durlovski, Luciano Botelho, Catriona Smith and Motti Kastón.
Dexter Fletcher directs this cinematic adaptation of the acclaimed stage musical featuring the music of Scottish band The Proclaimers. Returning home from their most recent stint in Afghanistan, Davy (George MacKay) and Ally (Kevin Guthrie) have a new appreciation for life after witnessing the horrors of war first-hand. While Ally plans his proposal to Davy's sister Liz (Freya Mavor), Davy falls for Yvonne (Antonia Thomas) and the two couples come together in time for Liz's parent's wedding anniversary, but not everything is plain sailing for love in Leith...
Marc Albrecht conducts the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra in this 2012 production of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera. Svetlana Ignatovich stars as Fevroniya, a young peasant who prays that the city of Kitezh will become invisible so that it will be saved from the invading Tatars. Though her wish is granted, Svetlana is taken by the enemy. The rest of the cast includes John Daszak, Vladimir Vaneev and Maxim Aksenov.
Psychosexual drama starring Antonia Campbell-Hughes and Julian Morris. The titular couple meet in a Liverpool nightclub and it isn't long before they are home together and in the throes of an urgent and steamy passion. Although both Kelly (Campbell-Hughes) and Victor (Morris) begin to care about each other deeply and we are shown this through their developing relationship, it is in their sexual encounters that the real intensity rears its head... Writer/Director Kieran Evans won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut By a British Writer, Director Or Producer.
Michael Cimino writes and directs this large-scale Western starring Kris Kristofferson and Christopher Walken. Set in the late 1800s in Johnson County, Wyoming, the film follows the conflict between American cattlemen and European immigrants. Harvard graduate James Averill (Kristofferson) is appointed marshal to keep the peace, but clashes with his friend, gunfighter Nate Champion (Walken), who is working for land baron Frank Canton (Sam Waterston). Champion, like Averill, is vying for the attentions of Ella Watson (Isabelle Huppert), the madam of the local brothel, which only adds to the rivalry between the two men. Soon the situation in Johnson County worsens and war breaks out with disastrous consequences. The cast also includes Joseph Cotton, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt and Mickey Rourke.
All 14 episodes from the seventh series of the relaunched sci-fi adventure drama, starring Matt Smith in his final appearances as the legendary Time Lord. This time around, the Doctor (Smith), along with companions Amy (Karen Gillan) and Rory (Arthur Darvill) - also making their series farewell - are kidnapped by the Daleks, transported to the American Wild West and find themselves having to save Earth from an unlikely invasion. The series also marks the introduction of the Doctor's latest companion Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman). The episodes are: 'Asylum of the Daleks', 'Dinosaurs On a Spaceship', 'A Town Called Mercy', 'The Power of Three', 'The Angels Take Manhattan', 'The Bells of Saint John', 'The Rings of Akhaten', 'Cold War', 'Hide', 'Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS', 'The Crimson Horror', 'The Last Cyberman' and 'Finale'.
Silent film noir set in the 1920s in post-WW1 Germany. Dr Mabuse (Rudolph Klein-Rogge) is a sinister and mesmerising criminal with the ability to worm his way into the confidences of the rich and influential, and wield his power over men and women alike. He builds up a deadly gang of counterfeiters, thieves and murderers who will do anything for him, and aims to gain control of the stock market through his hypnotic methods of theft and blackmail. His dastardly methods are so successful that he is gradually taking over the whole of Berlin... until he comes up against the plodding and methodical Detective Wrenk, whose subconscious seems to be less easily won over.
British synth pop act Depeche Mode perform live over three nights in Barcelona in November 2009.
The first volume of a three-part set featuring all of Giuseppe Verdi's operas in celebration of the composer's bicentenary in 2013. Each performance features its own ten minute introduction. The operas included are: 'Oberto', 'Un Giorno di Regno', 'Nabucco', 'I Lombardi', 'Ernani', 'I due Foscari', 'Giovanni d'Arco', 'Alzira' and 'Attila'.
Seiji Ozawa leads the orchestra and chorus in Laurent Pelly's production of Janácek's fantasy opera, recorded live at Florence's Teatro Comunale in 2009. Armenian/Canadian soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian takes the lead role as the vixen, with American Quinn Kelsey as the gamekeeper.
Coverage of the WWE wrestling event which took place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia in July 2013. The top-billed matches at the event included the WWE Championship battle between John Cena and Mark Henry and the ladder match involving Randy Orton, Rob Van Dam, CM Punk and Sheamus.
The first feature-length animation in film history, masterminded by Lotte Reiniger and hand-tinted frame by frame. Based on 'The Arabian Nights', the film tells the epic tale of Prince Achmed, who is tricked into mounting a magical flying horse by a wicked sorcerer. The horse carries Achmed off on a series of adventures, over the course of which he joins forces with young Aladdin, battles ogres and monsters and romances the beautiful Princess Peri Banu.
Andrew Niccol directs this science fiction romance adapted from the novel by Stephenie Meyer, creator of 'The Twilight Saga'. An alien race has begun colonising Earth by taking over human bodies and erasing their minds and memories and only a small band of survivors remain who are working to protect themselves from extinction. One of them is Melanie Stryder (Saoirse Ronan), who, when out on a search for food, meets another human being named Jared Howe (Max Irons) and it isn't long before they begin to develop feelings for one another. However, when Melanie is taken by the alien species and is made host to one of their own, it seems all hope is lost. That is, until Melanie's mind begins to fight back against her new inhabitor and her human emotions and memories ignite some empathy in the alien parasite.
Badly wounded and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is pulled out of the Mediterranean by fishermen, and is able to recall neither who he is nor what happened to him. His only clue to his identity is the number of a Swiss bank account which has been etched into a device implanted in his body. Following the lead to Zurich, he discovers money, passports and a gun waiting for him, but also earns the attention of the security services and has to leave in a hurry. He then persuades a young woman named Marie Kreutz (Franka Potente) to drive him to Paris, where he hopes to find out his true identity and discover the reason why the CIA are taking such an interest in him. Directed by Doug Liman ('Swingers', 'Go').
Re-working of the 1995 documentary 'Glastonbury the Movie'. The film offers an audience perspective of the event, while following bands both on and off stage. This version includes previously unseen footage and features The Lemonheads, The Verve, Omar Lye-Fook, Stereo MCs, Chuck Prophet, Co-Creators and many others.
Forbidden to continue his travels through time and space by his fellow Time Lords, the newly regenerated Doctor (Jon Pertwee) begins his exile on 20th century Earth. His arrival coincides with a shower of strange meteorites, which are promptly investigated by the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. Although his old friend Brigadier Alastair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney) is initially suspicious of the Doctor's new appearance and personality, he is forced to ask for his help when several of the meteorites go missing. The Doctor discovers that the meteor shower was in fact the first wave of an invasion by hostile alien intelligence the Nestene; phase two begins when the Autons - deadly plastic mannequins created by the Nestene agents on Earth - launch an attack on the unsuspecting public.
Psychological horror directed by Ben Wheatley. Set during the English Civil War, the film follows a small group of deserted soldiers who are captured by a mysterious alchemist by the name of O'Neil (Michael Smiley). When they are forced to help O'Neil find treasure that is believed to be hidden in a field, they feed themselves on the abundant mushrooms found in the English countryside. As their search continues, the group begin a quick descent into paranoid psychological turmoil and begin to suspect that the treasure they have been seeking may be something else altogether.
A look at some of the fiercest rivalries in the history of the WWE, WCW, NWA and ECW wrestling franchises. While a sense of competition and even a little animosity is inevitable in a sport based around combat, quirks of personality or past aggravations can ensure that certain rivalries have more spice than others. Among the memorable enmities explored in the programme are John Cena and Edge, 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin and Vince McMahon, and Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat.
Marco Armiliato conducts this Metropolitan Orchestra production of Donizetti's opera about two feuding families. When Lucia falls in love with a man disapproved of by her parents, tragedy seems a likely outcome when they insist that she marries a husband they have chosen instead. The stars include Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Mariusz Kwiecien and Ildar Abdrazakov.
Tom Hooper directs this Academy Award-winning big-screen adaptation of the stage musical based on Victor Hugo's classic novel. Set in 19th-century France, the film tells the story of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman), a prisoner who breaks his parole and spends the next two decades fleeing from obsessive police inspector Javert (Russell Crowe). In his quest for personal redemption, Valjean adopts Cosette (Isabelle Allen/Amanda Seyfried), daughter of impoverished prostitute Fantine (Anne Hathaway), and is eventually elected as town mayor. But despite the events of the intervening years, can he ever really shake off his past? The ensemble supporting cast includes Helena Bonham Carter, Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne and Samantha Barks. Hathaway won the Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA for her supporting performance. The film also won two additional Oscars and three BAFTAs, and received Golden Globe Awards for Best Motion Picture - Musical Or Comedy and Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical Or Comedy (Jackman).
A collection of highlights from the weekly WWE programmes 'Raw' and 'Smackdown'. Among 2012's stand out moments on the programmes were: The Rock's frank exchange of views with John Cena, Team Hell No attending anger management classes and the big splashes made by Brock Lesnar and Big Show.
Conductor Franz Welser-Möst leads the Cleveland Orchestra in a performance of Bruckner's Symphony No. 4, recorded at the Stiftsbasilika, St. Florian, Austria in 2012. |
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