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A group of medical students meet in an abandoned hospital. Their challenge: to rid themselves of phobias that have plagued their lives in order to become fully functioning doctors. But the methods practices by Dr Lee and Dr Gingrich are somewhat - unorthodox...and as each one copes with their personal terrors, a killer is stalking them and picking them off, one after another... -
An alien attack on Earth leaves most of the world incapacitated and in chaos. Six months after the initial invasion the survivors band together to begin the fight against the aggressive aliens. Outside of Boston, history Professor Tom Masonhelps lead a small army called @nd Massachussetts in their battle to save their families and preserve what's left of mankind. -
An accident connects four groups of people on three different continents: two young Moroccan goatherds; a vacationing American couple; a deaf Japanese teen and her father; and a Mexican nanny who takes her young charges across a border without parental permission. Also stars Gael García Bernal, Kōji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi. -
A would-be research chemist invents a fabric which will never soil or wear out. Before all the threatened unions and associated businesses can destroy his formula, a flaw is revealed.... Classic black and white Ealing comedy. Excess postage paid at the checkout will be refunded when order is processed. -
A cop. A professional thief. A student math whiz. A psychologist. An architect. An autistic adult. A random assortment of individuals, strangers to each other. They awaken far from their daily lives to find themselves trapped in a surreal prison, a seemingly endless maze of interlocking cubical chambers armed with lethal booby-traps. None of them know how or why they were imprisoned - but it seems that each one has a skill that could contribute to their escape. Who created this diabolical maze - and why? Personality conflicts and struggles for power emerge - and unless they learn to co-operate to solve the secrets of the trap, none of them has very long to live...Also stars Nicky Guadagni, David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Julian Richings and Wayne Robson. -
On June 27, 1976, a jet carrying an international mix of passengers is hijacked by pro-Palestinian revolutionaries. The plane lands in Entebbe, where President Idi Amin feigns concern while showing obvious sympathy to the hijackers. May of the passengers are released but 103 Israelis are kept in custody to use as a bargaining chip for the release of imprisoned Palestinian so-called freedom fighters held in Israeli prisons. With virtually no other option, the Israeli government gives the go-ahead forOperation Thunderbolt, a commando raid on Entebbe airport. The world waited as the hours and minutes to the deadline set by the terrorists ticked away... -
The gang are ready as ever with some very shady, original and inventive scams - and as always, they are targeting the scammers. Episodes in this series: And This Little Piggy Had Money; The Thieving Mistake; Tiger Troubles; The Father Of Jewels; Conned Out Of Luck; The Hush Heist. Also stars Matt Di Angelo, Kelly Adams, Robert Vaughn and Rob Jarvis. -
In Renaissance Italy, the Borgias were the original crime family. This is the story of the rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the Papacy, where as Pope Alexander VI, he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family. But with power comes enemies, who will stop at nothing to see him toppled. As he schemes to destroy his enemies, his mistress Giulia realises her position in the bedroom is precarious; his daughter Lucretia seduces new suitors and brothers Cesare and Juan take sibling rivalry to a whole new level of deviancy. Based on true events. -
Grace Trevethen's late husband jumped out of a plane without a parachute, leaving her with a manor on the Cornish coast and a mountain of debt. With creditors and repo men on her heels, she's faced with the prospect of losing everything. When asked to tend an ailing - and illicit - plant belonging to her caretaker Matthew, she gets and outrageous idea...why not use her renowned green thumb to make some serious money and pay off her debts? Grave and Matthew transform her orchid hothouse into a lucrative enterprise of another kind. In spite of the old adage that crime never pays, Grace's situation proves otherwise! Also stars Martin Clunes and Tcheky Karyo. -
The Lannisters barely hold onto the throne after a savage naval onslaught from Stannis Baratheon, while stirrings in the North threaten the overall balance of power. Stark, King of the North, faces major calamity in his efforts to build on his victories over the Lannisters while beyond the Wall, Mance Rayder and his huge army of Wildings continue to march south. Across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen - reunited with her three fast-maturing dragons - attempts to raise an army to sail with her from Essos, in hopes of claiming the Iron Throne. Episodes: Valar Dohaeris; Dark Wings, Dark Words; Walk of Punishment; And Now His Watch Is Ended; Kissed by Fire; The Climb; The Bear and the Maiden Fair; Second Sons; The Rains of Castamere; Mhysa. -
Back To The Future: Eighties teen Marty's family is dysfunctional - Mum's a depressed alcoholic, Dad's a coward bullied by his boss Biff and his siblings are social and professional failures. Marty's friend 'Doc' Emmett builds a time machine which he shows to Marty in the middle of the night - a DeLorean powered by plutonium stolen from Libyan terrorists. The Doc wants to go back to November 1955, the day he first conceived the idea of possible time travel. But when the Libyan terrorists arrive, they shoot Doc Brown dead and Marty flees in the Delorean, accidentally hitting the speed of 88 miles per hour necessary for time travel. Now he's not only stuck in 1955 with no plutonium to get him back to the future, he has to convince 1955 Doc Brown to believe his story AND get his parents to meet and marry - but things become even more complicated when Marty's mum begins to fall in love with her own son! Back To The Future II: This time there's a trip to the future - in a flying DeLorean - to save Marty and Jennifer's son from a life of crime. But when Marty acquires a sports almanac intending to make some money by gambling on sports matches on his return to 1985, things definitely go awry when old Biff steals the almanac AND the DeLorean and gives the almanac to himself in 1955 - and Marty and Jennifer return to a very different 1985...one where Hill Valley is a sleazy ruin caused by Biff. The only possible way to change all this is to return to 1955, steal the almanac back from Biff and destroy it. Back To The Future III: After the DeLorean is struck by lightning in 1955, Marty receives a letter from the Doc dated 1885 - he's alive and well and working as a blacksmith. Now, 1955 Doc and Marty know where the DeLorean is hidden and can get Marty back to 1985. He is not to try and retrieve the Doc from 1885 - but Marty sees Doc's tombstone in Hill Valley Cemetery, dated 6 days after the date of the letter. He has to save the Doc's life. When Marty shows Doc the photo of the tombstone, the Doc agrees to return top the future with him - but the DeLorean's fuel line is ruptured, the Doc falls in love and they have no way of getting the DeLorean up to the necessary 88 miles per hour - or do they? -
There comes a time in life when you are on the brink of finding your place in the world - the path you chose at that crucial point affects who you are and who you will become. At the crossroads are Iris, Margaret, Paula and Jane, trying to make their mark. They come together as 'temps' for the Global Credit Association, each girl seeing her job as temporary and they each dream of bigger things. They become friends, sharing their dreams and desires - but the fragile bond between them is broken with the introduction of a fifth woman and the strange events that follow - resulting in paranoia, suspicion and betrayal. -
Robert, a cemetery manager, begins the descent into insanity when people who own grave plots begin to die at a rapidly alarming rate - and seemingly by his hand. On the graveyard map, a black pin means death, and a white pin means life. When the pins get mixed up and strange things begin to happen, Robert believes he has the power of life and death. In a hideous experiment he resurrects the newly buried, until he finds himself pursued by a murderer. Filmed in nine days on location in a Los Angeles cemetery, the film is regarded as a psychological horror film with supernatural overtones. Black and white. -
In this pack: Showbiz Goes To War; Spitfire; Five For Hell; One Of Our Aircraft Is Missing; Stagedoor Canteen; We Dive At Dawn; Battle Of Britain; Dam Busters; Desert Victory; Churchill's War -
Raymond Cutter, a second-generation criminal, cuts a deal with an underworld art dealer to get released early from prison to spend time with his son who has an inoperable brain tumor. He must forge a copy of Monet's Woman With A Parasol - Madame Monet and Her Son and switch it with the real one, with the help of his son and father, to repay the syndicate that arranged his release. Also starring Jennifer Ehle. -
Leon, a deadly and elusive killer lives a routine life in New York with his pot-plant for company - until the day his 12-year old neighbour Mathilda rings his doorbell in desperation. She's narrowly escaped being slaughtered with her parents and baby brother by a corrupt ruthless cop, Stansfield, and his allies. Leon reluctantly takes Mathilda under his wing and they go on the run. But Mathilda wants revenge and she soon discovers that Leon can teach her how to exact it...Natalie Portman's screen debut. -
Kings from across the continent of Westeros vie for the Iron Throne. As winter approaches, the cruel young Joffrey sits upon the throne in King's Landing, counselled by his conniving mother Cersei and his uncle Tyrion, who has been appointed the new Hand of the King. But the Lannister hold on power is under assault on too many fronts, with two Baratheons donning crowns and Rob Stark fighting as the King in the North. A new leader is rising among the wildlings north of the Wall, adding new perils for Jon Snow and the Night's Watch, while Daenerys Tagaryen looks to shore up her depleted power in the East with her three new-born dragons. -
Gerald 'Stone' Creeson is in prison for covering up the murder of his grandparents with a fire and he is trying to convince his parole officer Jack Mabry for an early release, claiming he has reformed. Jack is counting down the days to an early retirement. But Stone's attempts to influence Jack's decision, including the involvement of his sexy, casually amoral wife Lucetta, have profound and unexpected effects on them both. -
There is only one law - every man for himself. Jericho has never been a safe town to live in, and it just got deadlier. John Smith has arrived to play two warring gangs against one another. He switches allegiance between the two gangs, offering his services to the highest bidder, and as the death toll mounts, he becomes the dispenser of law and order in the race to be the last man standing. -
For decades, ex-government agent Raymond 'Red' Reddington has been one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives. Brokering shadowy deals for criminals across the globe, Red was known as 'the concierge of Crime'. Now he's mysteriously surrendered to the FBI with an explosive offer: he will help catch the world's most elusive criminals, on the condition that he speaks only to Elizabeth 'Liz' Keen, an FBI profiler fresh out of Quantico. For Liz, it's going to be one hell of a first day on the job... -
Part history and all romance, this is the tale of an unknown officer named Napoleon Bonaparte and Désirée, a commoner who would become a queen. Rated as one of the screen's most accomplished historical romances, the story traces Napoleon's triumphs and defeats against a back drop of timeless passion. Also Stars Merle Oberon and Michael Rennie. -
Species I: She's attractive, intelligent, seductive and she can spell doom for the entire human race. When beautiful human/alien hybrid Sil escapes from observation, scientist Xavier Fitch dispatches a government assassin, an empath, a biologist and an anthropologist to find her. Tracing her to L.A., the uncover her horrific plan -the mate with unsuspecting men and produce destructive offspring. As her deadly biological clock ticks rapidly Fitch and his team find themselves in a race that will determine the fate of humanity. Region 4. Also starring Forest Whitaker and Marg Helgenberger. Species II: Starring Natasha Henstridge; Marg Helgenberger and Michael Madsen: Having just returned from a mission to Mars, Commander Ross is turning into a alien entity with only one thought - procreate with human women. While countless women suffer horrific deaths after bearing half alien offspring, scientist Lara Baker and assassin Press Lennox use Eve, an alien clone, to find Ross and his virulent brood. But they underestimate Eve's maternal drive and before long she escapes to mate with Ross to create a pure, unstoppable race that will mean the end of mankind. It's a battle of human brain over alient brawn as Darwin's theory - only the strong will survive - is put to the test. Region 2. Also stars Mykelti Williamson, George Dzundza, James Cromwell and Justin Lazard. -
Cleaner: Retired policeman Tom Cutler works as a crime scene cleaner to support his young daughter. His quiet life is thrown into turmoil when Ann Norcut contacts him in the wake of a routine job. When she reveals her husband has disappeared and his agency has sterilised an apparent crime scene in her home without her permission, Cutler turns to his hardened former partner, detective Eddie Lorenzo. Also stars Eva Mendes and Ed Harris. Lakeview Terrace: Moving into their first home, married couple Chris and Lisa Mattson look forward to a blissful new life together - until they meet their new neighbour, Abel Turner, who introduces himself to Chris as an armed car-jacker. Getting off to a bad start, things only get worse as Chris and Lisa realise that Turner is angered by their interracial relationship. Also starring Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington. S.W.A.T: Hondo Harrelson recruits Jim Street to join an elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department. Together they seek out more members including tough Deke Kay and single mum Chris Sanchex. Their first assignment is to escort crime boss Alex Montel to prison. It seems like a routine assignment but when Montel offers a huge reward to anyone who can bust him out, plenty of criminals are ready to step up for the prize. Also stars Colin Farrell, LL Cool J and Michelle Rodriguez. Freedomland: A mother blames the disappearance of her son Cody on a black man from the projects after she reports a car-jacking. Detective Lorenzo Council suspects the woman is hiding something and he enlists the aid of missing child activist Karen Collucci. While the search for Cody continues, the media amplifies the notoriety of the case, bringing up explosive racial issues. Also stars Julianne Moore, Edie Falco and Ron Eldard. -
Claire Randall, a married World War II combat nurse accidentally falls back in time while visiting Inverness - to 1743. She falls in with a group of rebel Highlanders who are being pursued by British redcoats led by Captain Jonathan "Black Jack" Randall - her husband Frank's ancestor. Out of necessity Claire marries a Highlander, Jamie Fraser, but they quickly fall in love. Clan MacKenzie suspect her of being a spy, but retain her as a healer, which prevents her from attempting to return to her own time. Claire must deal with her loyalties torn between two men in two vastly different times, battle threats from the ruthless Redcoats, deal with Clan politics and reconcile her modern mindset to the 18th century. -
Lotto, Wookie and Sue are three council road workers who decide to try their hand at prospecting. When they discover the world's largest gold nugget, their small town world is turned upside down. If they thought road work was a messy business, they're going to find it's even harder being filthy rich! With a a great cast that includes comedy legends Chris Haywood, Max Cullen and Jean Kittson. -
After a global viral pandemic wipes out over 80% of the world's population, the 218-strong crew of a lone unaffected U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, the fictional USS Nathan James (DDG-151), must try to find a cure, stop the virus and save humanity. Captain Eric Chandler, XO Slattery and the rest of the crew are working on disseminating the cure developed by paleomicrobiologist Dr. Rachel Scott. But as soon as they arrive back on U.S. soil they face new threats in the form of a new world order under the leadership of Granderson and a mysterious new enemy, the Immunes, bent on taking over the world. -
There were many great heroes doing their part to fight the Nazi scourge making its way through Europe during World War II. Not all fought on the front line - some governments resorted to espionage through the recruitment of influential citizens. This is the remarkable story of one starlet who went from the stage to meeting one of the most infamous monsters of the war: Josef Terboven, the man who would begin the extermination of Norwegian Jews.
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