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John Frankenheimer directs this crime thriller, adapted from Elmore Leonard's novel. Wealthy businessman Harry Mitchell (Roy Scheider)'s life is turned upside down when a group of vicious blackmailers threaten to expose his extramarital affair unless he pays a significant ransom. When Mitchell refuses to pay up, the blackmailers kill his young mistress Cini (Kelly Preston) and frame him for the murder. Unable to go to the police because of his wife's political aspirations, Mitchell takes matters into his own hands in a desperate attempt to end the ordeal.
Double bill of supernatural horrors directed by James Wan, starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as real-life demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren. In 'The Conjuring' (2013), when the Perron family experience strange goings-on at their farmhouse, they enlist the help of paranormal experts Ed and Lorraine. As they investigate, however, the couple begin to realise that, despite their expertise, they may not be equipped to deal with such a violent and foreboding evil... In 'The Conjuring 2' (2016) Ed and Lorraine are called in to investigate a series of unsettling events at a home in Enfield, London. The pair come to the aid of single mother Peggy Hodgson (Frances O'Connor), after she claims her two daughters are being tormented by an evil spirit. Not long after moving in to the house, the Warrens begin to experience some terrifying phenomena of their own, with the demonic entity seemingly intent on forcing them out. Plagued by hideous visions, physical attacks and even possession, the couple become embroiled in a deadly fight to survive as they attempt to conclude their investigation.
In Second World War France, German Colonel von Waldheim (Paul Scofield) orders the railway transfer of priceless works of art from the Jeu de Paume museum in Paris to the Fatherland. The French Resistance are determined to stop the cargo ever reaching Germany, and enrol railway inspector Labiche (Burt Lancaster) to help them in their cause. Franklin Coen and Frank Davis's script was nominated for an Oscar.
A teenager with a criminal record becomes a pop singer in New Orleans but is pursued by the local crime boss.
Schoolboy Kevin is rescued from his dull suburban life when a gang of dwarves emerge from his wardrobe and carry him off through space and time. Their travels bring them into contact with some leading historical figures; John Cleese is Robin Hood and Sean Connery is Agamemnon in this bizarre comedy made by several Monty Python members.
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in this director's cut edition of Mark L. Lester's classic 80's action thriller. John Matrix (Schwarzenegger), a retired Secret Service colonel, is on the trail of right-wing renegades and a Central American dictator, whom he had once helped to depose. The renegades have kidnapped his eleven-year-old daughter and Matrix is not going to rest until he has her back. The cast also includes Rae Dawn Chong, James Olson and Bill Duke.
When tomboyish Annabel switches bodies with her mother Ellen, she suddenly finds herself responsible for running the household! And Ellen, now in her daughter's body, faces the challenges of school, including a typing test, field hockey practice and more. No two ways about it, Freaky Friday is the funniest day of the year.
Michael Caine leads an all-star ensemble cast in this hilariously sexy comedy that is an outrageously funny look at the love, lies and deceit that take place behind the scenes as a group of ridiculously inept stage actors rehearse a sex farce. Just when they finally get their performances right, things start to go wrong, as petty jealousies and rocky romances lead to a hysterically disastrous Broadway performance you'll never forget. Critically acclaimed, Noises Off proves there's no business like show business for great comedy.
Cathy Earnshaw (Juliette Bincoche) and her adoptive brother Heathcliff (Ralph Fiennes) became inseparable as children, and now share a forbidden passion in adulthood. However, Heathcliff is cast down to the level of a servant by Cathy's vengeful brother, Hindley (Jeremy Northam), who resents the love their father showed for a man he regards as an infidel. When Cathy sets her cap at wealthy neighbour Edgar Linton (Simon Shephard), the enraged Heathcliff flees, vowing revenge.
TV adaptation of the bestselling children's novel by Nina Bawden. When 14-year-old Carrie Willow (Keeley Fawcett) and her younger brother Nick (Jack Stanley) are evacuated from London to the small Welsh town of Druids Bottom during World War II, they are taken in by the strict Mr Evans (Alun Armstrong) and his sister Auntie Lou (Lesley Sharp). As the children gradually realise they have entered a mysterious world of curses, witchcraft and druids, their lives are altered forever.
A British boy living in Shanghai becomes separated from his parents when Japan invades China at the outset of World War II. The film, based on J.G. Ballard's autobiographical novel, traces his progress through prison camp life and his steely determination to survive. The score is by John Williams.
Two film versions of Roald Dahl's classic children's novel collected together in one set. In 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' (1971), directed by Mel Stuart, young Charlie Bucket (Peter Ostrum) wins one of the coveted 'Golden Tickets' from a Wonka Bar that allows its holder to take a trip around the eccentric Willy Wonka's (Gene Wilder) Chocolate Factory. Charlie and the rest of the winners find themselves in a magical world of chocolate rivers, Oompa Loompas, everlasting gobstoppers, lickable wall-paper, golden egg-laying geese and chilling tales to warn children not to misbehave. Roald Dahl wrote the screenplay from his own book. In Tim Burton's expansive remake, 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' (2005), Freddie Highmore plays Charlie, whilst Johnny Depp takes on the role of Wonka.
Another Muppet adventure with Kermit, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Rizzo, Fozzy and Animal. The Muppets must go to the North Pole to personally deliver three letters to Santa after they accidentally stop them from being posted. Trying to reach Santa before he sets out on Christmas Eve to deliver presents, the hapless Muppets face a whole host of obstacles and problems. Whoopi Goldberg, Uma Thurman, Jane Krakowski and Tony Sirico also star.
Action adventure directed by David Flores. In light of the Roswell invasion, a team of elite soldiers are trained in secret for 25 years to counter a possible extraterrestrial threat. However, the group of five ageing soldiers find themselves retired when the Government deems them to be no longer necessary. But seven years later, when aliens again make their presence known on Earth, former group leader Patrick (Greg Evigan) resolves to reunite the team, believing them to be their planet's only hope. As the invaders hover in the skies above major cities across the U.S. and proceed to wreak havoc on the population, the soldiers rush to finally put their training into action to save their fellow citizens.
When a luxury liner is upturned by a tidal wave on New Year's Eve, ten survivors struggle to stay alive as they seek a means of escape. Resourceful man of the cloth Reverend Frank Scott (Gene Hackman) assumes responsibility for his fellow passengers, who include a pop singer, an elderly Jewish couple and a New York detective.
A very wealthy and pampered African prince comes to America in search of a bride. Accompanied by his closest companion, he quickly finds a job, new friends, new digs, new enemies - and lots of trouble. Keep an eye out for both Murphy in some unforgettable cameo roles!
Tim Allen stars as Scott Calvin, a cynical toy company executive who is forced to take over the job of Santa Claus when he and his son Charlie witness the previous incumbent falling off a roof. Soon Scott finds himself putting on weight, growing a white beard and fulfiling his obligation to deliver presents to all the children around the world. He even finds himself reluctantly getting into the spirit of things!
Direct-to-video action thriller starring former WWE wrestler Steve 'Stone Cold' Austin. When LAPD officer Tate (Austin) leads a wayward SWAT team in a disciplinary training exercise at an abandoned warehouse, the exercise turns into a fight for survival as the team finds itself pitted against two rival gangs and armed only with blanks.
Two Supreme Court Justices have been murdered and a lone law student turns her suspicion about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She and a determined investigative reporter want to tell the world what they have uncovered - if they live to tell it. The race is on and these two are more than runners. They're moving targets.
Independent sci-fi horror. 80 people from various walks of life are abducted by an unknown force. Made to take part in a race where the consequences of straying from the designated path are a gruesome and bloody death, the fittest of the group will have to find a means of surviving the ordeal while the weakest succumb to a horrific demise.
Teen dance musical sequel. In the run-up to a major nationally televised step-off, rivalries at Truth University are running at an all-time high. The Theta Nus are counting on Chance Harris (Collins Pennie) to lead the team to victory - but is he too caught up with his personal problems to give the competition the focus and energy it deserves?
Northumberland's number one stand-up performs more surreal flights of fantasy in his latest live set.
Two army buddies (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye) team up after the war and become a successful song-and-dance act. While on a skiing holiday the pair stage a benefit to save an inn run by their old commander, who is beset by financial difficulties resulting from a lack of snow. The title song, `White Christmas', was actually written 12 years earlier for the film `Holiday Inn' and was already a Christmas standard in 1954.
All six parts of the classic Doctor Who story, with Tom Baker playing the legendary Time Lord as he faces up to his greatest enemy - the Daleks. Charged by the Time Lords with the task of destroying the Dalek menace before they have even developed, the Doctor travels with Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) and Harry (Ian Marter) back in time to the planet of Skaro, to a point where he could prevent the evolution of the Dalek race. But the Doctor faces a crisis of conscience as he questions the ethics of what amounts to genocide. Will he be able to destroy an entire species to save countless lives in the future?
Academy Award winners Sandra Bullock and George Clooney star in this heart-pounding thriller that pulls you into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. Dr. Ryan Stone is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski in command. But on a seemingly routine mission, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely alone - tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth… and any chance for rescue. And as fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space. (2014 Oscar winner for: Best Director; Best Cinematography; Best Editing; Best Visual Effects; Best Sound Editing; Best Sound Mixing; Best Original Music Score) |
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