Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning film took nearly 30 years in planning and brought two major actors back onto the big screen after several years absence (Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis). 1846 New York and tensions have reached climactic and fatal proportions between the Irish immigrants and the British and Dutch inhabitants of the Five Points neighbourhood. William Cutting (Day-Lewis), aka Bill the Butcher, leads the inhabitants of Five Points and creates the 'Native Americans' gang, whilst the immigrants are led by Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson) and form 'The Dead Rabbits'. After a violent clash between the two gangs which leaves Vallon dead, his son Amsterdam goes missing only to turn up in 1862 under a new name and seeking vengeance for the death of his father. Amsterdam (DiCaprio) manages to integrate himself into Bill the Butcher's corrupt inner circle, which is now running the entire underworld around Five Points, and even becomes his right-hand man. However, his identity is soon revealed and a bloody showdown ensues.

David Hemmings directs this supernatural horror based on the novel by James Herbert. A mid-air jet disaster leaves only one survivor, the pilot (Robert Powell), who is wracked with guilt and puzzled as to the cause of the crash. With the help of a young woman (Jenny Agutter) he sets out to avenge the deaths of the passengers - who will not release their grip on him until he does so.

Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning film took nearly 30 years in planning and brought two major actors back onto the big screen after several years absence (Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis). 1846 New York and tensions have reached climactic and fatal proportions between the Irish immigrants and the British and Dutch inhabitants of the Five Points neighbourhood. William Cutting (Day-Lewis), aka Bill the Butcher, leads the inhabitants of Five Points and creates the 'Native Americans' gang, whilst the immigrants are led by Priest Vallon (Liam Neeson) and form 'The Dead Rabbits'. After a violent clash between the two gangs which leaves Vallon dead, his son Amsterdam goes missing only to turn up in 1862 under a new name and seeking vengeance for the death of his father. Amsterdam (DiCaprio) manages to integrate himself into Bill the Butcher's corrupt inner circle, which is now running the entire underworld around Five Points, and even becomes his right-hand man. However, his identity is soon revealed and a bloody showdown ensues.

David Hemmings directs this supernatural horror based on the novel by James Herbert. A mid-air jet disaster leaves only one survivor, the pilot (Robert Powell), who is wracked with guilt and puzzled as to the cause of the crash. With the help of a young woman (Jenny Agutter) he sets out to avenge the deaths of the passengers - who will not release their grip on him until he does so.

When fashion photographer Thomas (David Hemmings) develops the negatives of some film he has taken of an embracing couple in a park, he notices that there is a gunman lurking in the bushes behind them. Returning to the scene, he discovers the corpse of the male half of the couple, but, when he visits the site the following morning, the body has disappeared. Michelangelo Antonioni's arty musing on the nature of film, set against a Swinging London backdrop, also features Vanessa Redgrave as the dead man's lover.

The pilot film for the successful 1980s American television series about a hi-tech helicopter gunship. It begins, in typical 80s fashion, with the helicopter stolen by Libyan mercenaries and a Vietnam veteran assigned by the CIA to track it down. In this case the veteran is Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and he sets to work immediately, enlisting the help of Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine) and heading for the desert.

Waris Hussein directs this British drama starring Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde. After falling in love with his classmate Melody (Hyde), ten-year-old schoolboy Daniel (Lester) announces his intention to marry her as soon as possible. His plans are met with opposition from his parents and his best friend Ornshaw (Jack Wild), who is jealous of the attention Daniel has been giving Melody. However, ignoring the protests of those around him, Daniel carries on undeterred and begins recruiting his classmates to help him organise a secret ceremony in one of his hideouts well away from the eyes of the disapproving adults.

Ken Russell's sensuous dramatisation of DH Lawrence's novel stars Sammi Davis as Ursula Brangwen, a young women in the process of discovering her sexuality. At school she enjoys a passionate affair with the gym mistress Winifred Inger (Amanda Donohoe), and later becomes a teacher herself. But when she meets and marries the soldier Anton Skrebensky (Paul McGann), it gradually becomes clear to her that true satisfaction lies elsewhere.

All 22 episodes from the third season of the popular 1980s adventure series featuring the armoured attack helicopter and its pilots Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine). In this season, Hawke is kidnapped and brainwashed by evil tycoon John Bradford Horn (John Vernon). The episodes are: 'The Horn of Plenty', 'Airwolf II', 'And a Child Shall Lead', 'Fortune Teller', 'Crossover', 'Kingdom Come', 'Eagles', 'Annie Oakley', 'Jennie', 'The Deadly Circle', 'Where Have All the Children Gone?', 'Half-Pint', 'Wildfire', 'Discovery', 'Day of Jeopardy', 'Little Wolf', 'Desperate Monday', 'Hawke's Run', 'Break-in at Santa Paula', 'The Girl Who Fell from the Sky', 'Tracks' and 'Birds of Paradise'.

Michael Winner directs this musical starring Billy Fury, Helen Shapiro and Bobby Vee. Bobby Universe (Fury) is an aspiring rock 'n' roller who winds up befriending Ann (Anna Palk), the daughter of an heiress, when he and his band get stranded in London. Bobby and the gang take Ann on a tour of the London club scene in the hope of finding her missing boyfriend. Bobby soon gets lured into the world of showbiz by what he witnesses of London's glittering nightlife, but realises that the object of Ann's affection is nothing but a rat and a cheat. Can Bobby persuade her to elope with him?

Vic (Tom Courtenay), Lenny (David Hemmings), Ray (Bob Hoskins) and Vince (Ray Winstone) are four South London friends who have been drinking in the same pub for years. Their old friend Jack (Michael Caine) has just died, and they have promised to scatter his ashes from the end of Margate pier. As they set out for the coast, they begin a journey which will take them across the years, recalling their history together, and all the secrets and dreams which have cemented their long friendship.

Waris Hussein directs this British drama starring Mark Lester and Tracy Hyde. After falling in love with his classmate Melody (Hyde), ten-year-old schoolboy Daniel (Lester) announces his intention to marry her as soon as possible. His plans are met with opposition from his parents and his best friend Ornshaw (Jack Wild), who is jealous of the attention Daniel has been giving Melody. However, ignoring the protests of those around him, Daniel carries on undeterred and begins recruiting his classmates to help him organise a secret ceremony in one of his hideouts well away from the eyes of the disapproving adults.

Drawing its inspiration from Anthony Mann's 'The Fall of the Roman Empire' (1964) and Stanley Kubrick's 'Spartacus' (1960), Ridley Scott's Oscar-winning take on the Roman epic lavishes the genre with the very latest in computer-generated effects technology. After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris), Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) betrays the Emperor's beloved General Maximus (Russell Crowe) and takes the throne for himself. Maximus is sold as a slave and then trained as a gladiator, keeping himself strong with thoughts of revenge. Eventually he is taken to the Colosseum, where he prepares to fight in a contest presided over by the corrupt Commodus. Will he suffer the ultimate humiliation and die for the entertainment of his enemy or will he survive the rigors of the arena and find a way of exacting his revenge?

Every episode from series 1-3 of the popular 1980s fantasy adventure series featuring an armoured attack helicopter and its pilots, Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine). Season 1 episodes are: 'Airwolf', 'Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n', 'Bite of the Jackal', 'Proof Through the Night', 'One Way Express', 'Echoes from the Past', 'Fight Like a Dove', 'Mad Over Miami', 'And They Are Us', 'Mind of the Machine' and 'To Snare a Wolf'. Season 2 episodes are: 'Sweet Britches', 'Firestorm', 'Moffet's Ghost', 'The Truth About Holly', 'The Hunted', 'Sins of the Past', 'Fallen Angel', 'HX-1', 'Flight 093 Is Missing', 'Once a Hero', 'Random Target', 'Condemned', 'The American Dream', 'Inn at the End of the Road', 'Santini's Millions', 'Prisoner of Yesterday', 'Natural Born', 'Out of the Sky', 'Dambreakers', 'Severance Day', 'Eruption' and 'Short Walk to Freedom'. Series 3 episodes are: 'The Horn of Plenty', 'Airwolf II', 'And a Child Shall Lead', 'Fortune Teller', 'Crossover', 'Kingdom Come', 'Eagles', 'Annie Oakley', 'Jennie', 'The Deadly Circle', 'Where Have All the Children Gone?', 'Half-Pint', 'Wildfire', 'Discovery', 'Day of Jeopardy', 'Little Wolf', 'Desperate Monday', 'Hawke's Run', 'Break-in at Santa Paula', 'The Girl Who Fell from the Sky', 'Tracks' and 'Birds of Paradise'.

In Victorian London, famous sleuth Sherlock Holmes (Christopher Plummer) and his trusty sidekick Doctor Watson (James Mason) set out to investigate the case of Jack the Ripper as it is happening, and in so doing stumble across a Masonic mystery at the highest levels of society.

Michael Crawford in pre-Frank Spencer days, as an eager teenager desperate for a date and an opportunity to gain the experience he so obviously lacks.

All 22 episodes from the second season of the popular 1980s adventure series featuring the armoured attack helicopter and its pilots Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine). Episodes are: 'Sweet Britches', 'Firestorm', 'Moffet's Ghost', 'The Truth About Holly', 'The Hunted', 'Sins of the Past', 'Fallen Angel', 'HX-1', 'Flight #093 is Missing', 'Once a Hero', 'Random Target', 'Condemned', 'The American Dream', 'Inn at the End of the Road', 'Santini's Millions', 'Prisoner of Yesterday', 'Natural Born', 'Out of the Sky', 'Dambreakers', 'Severance Day', 'Eruption' and 'Short Walk to Freedom'.

Every episode from series 1-3 of the popular 1980s fantasy adventure series featuring an armoured attack helicopter and its pilots, Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine). Season 1 episodes are: 'Airwolf', 'Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n', 'Bite of the Jackal', 'Proof Through the Night', 'One Way Express', 'Echoes from the Past', 'Fight Like a Dove', 'Mad Over Miami', 'And They Are Us', 'Mind of the Machine' and 'To Snare a Wolf'. Season 2 episodes are: 'Sweet Britches', 'Firestorm', 'Moffet's Ghost', 'The Truth About Holly', 'The Hunted', 'Sins of the Past', 'Fallen Angel', 'HX-1', 'Flight 093 Is Missing', 'Once a Hero', 'Random Target', 'Condemned', 'The American Dream', 'Inn at the End of the Road', 'Santini's Millions', 'Prisoner of Yesterday', 'Natural Born', 'Out of the Sky', 'Dambreakers', 'Severance Day', 'Eruption' and 'Short Walk to Freedom'. Series 3 episodes are: 'The Horn of Plenty', 'Airwolf II', 'And a Child Shall Lead', 'Fortune Teller', 'Crossover', 'Kingdom Come', 'Eagles', 'Annie Oakley', 'Jennie', 'The Deadly Circle', 'Where Have All the Children Gone?', 'Half-Pint', 'Wildfire', 'Discovery', 'Day of Jeopardy', 'Little Wolf', 'Desperate Monday', 'Hawke's Run', 'Break-in at Santa Paula', 'The Girl Who Fell from the Sky', 'Tracks' and 'Birds of Paradise'.

David Hemmings directs this 1970s British drama following the struggle faced by 14 brothers and sisters to keep their family together after the death of their mother. When a single mother (June Brown) passes away she leaves her children orphaned and in great danger of being separated as various homes are sought for them. Can Reg (Jack Wild), Sylvia (Liz Edmiston) and the rest of their siblings do the impossible and find a way to keep the vast family united?

Early 1960s musical drama following the fortunes of a group of teenagers who are encouraged to channel their rebellious energy into a band. Johnnie (Ray Brooks), Bill (David Andrews) and Bert (David Hemmings) have two hobbies: riding motorcycles and listening to rock music. When they are banned from doing the first following their involvement in a traffic accident, their aimless wandering leads them to a church where Johnnie gives an impromptu display of his musical skills on the organ. The vicar responds to this in the way the alienated youths have grown to expect, rebuking them furiously, but the local choirmaster Mr Smith (Kenneth More) decides to take a different approach with the boys. Through offering them the use of the church hall to start a band and the opportunity to engage with youngsters participating in the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme, Smith presents them with an unexpected chance to make something of themselves.

The pilot film for the successful 1980s American television series about a hi-tech helicopter gunship. It begins, in typical 80s fashion, with the helicopter stolen by Libyan mercenaries and a Vietnam veteran assigned by the CIA to track it down. In this case the veteran is Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and he sets to work immediately, enlisting the help of Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine) and heading for the desert.

Star-studded film adaptation of Mark Twain's adventure novel featuring Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Rex Harrison and George C Scott, among others. Tom Canty (Mark Lester) is a poor boy from the slums of London who swaps places with Prince Edward (also Lester), heir to the throne and the spitting image of his lowly subject. Trading places opens the eyes of both boys, but complications ensue when King Henry VIII (Charlton Heston) dies.

All 22 episodes from the third season of the popular 1980s adventure series featuring the armoured attack helicopter and its pilots Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine). In this season, Hawke is kidnapped and brainwashed by evil tycoon John Bradford Horn (John Vernon). The episodes are: 'The Horn of Plenty', 'Airwolf II', 'And a Child Shall Lead', 'Fortune Teller', 'Crossover', 'Kingdom Come', 'Eagles', 'Annie Oakley', 'Jennie', 'The Deadly Circle', 'Where Have All the Children Gone?', 'Half-Pint', 'Wildfire', 'Discovery', 'Day of Jeopardy', 'Little Wolf', 'Desperate Monday', 'Hawke's Run', 'Break-in at Santa Paula', 'The Girl Who Fell from the Sky', 'Tracks' and 'Birds of Paradise'.

All 11 episodes from the first season of the popular 1980s adventure series, featuring the armoured attack helicopter and its pilots, Stringfellow Hawke (Jan-Michael Vincent) and Dominic Santini (Ernest Borgnine). Hawke has set up a deal with the CIA to help them out in secret missions while he looks for his missing brother. In this first series, Hawke goes undercover to stop an old Vietnam buddy from stealing a top secret plane and selling it to the Russians, and the team come to the aid of a young woman whose Nazi-hunting father has been murdered by an old Nazi officer hidden in a Paraguayan fortified compound. Episodes are: 'Airwolf'; 'Daddy's Gone a Hunt'n'; 'Bite of the Jackal'; 'Proof Through the Night'; 'One Way Express'; 'Echoes From the Past'; 'Fight Like a Dove'; 'Mad Over Miami'; 'And They Are Us'; 'Mind of the Machine'; and 'To Snare a Wolf'.

"Plant Sciences Reviews 2011" provides scientists and students in the field with timely analysis on key topics in current research. Originally published online in CAB Reviews, this volume makes available in printed form the reviews in plant sciences published during 2011.