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A team of pioneers undertake the most important mission in human history - Ex-pilot-turned-farmer Cooper must leave his family and a foundering Earth to lead an expedition , travelling beyond this galaxy to discover if Mankind has a future among the stars. -
Texas greenhorn Joe Buck abandons his job as a dishwasher and takes his first trip to New York City. Preening himself as a real "hustler" and feeling he'll make the big time as a male prostitute, he finds that he is the one getting "hustled" until he teams up with down-and-out but resilient outcast Ratso Rizzo. The initial "country cousin meets city cousin" relationship deepens. In their efforts to bilk a hostile world rebuffing them at every turn, this unlikely pair progress from partners in shady business to comrades as each learn the other's life stories. Each has found his first real friend. -
One of the most legendary adventures in all mythology is brought to life in Jason and the Argonauts, an epic saga of good and evil. As a mere boy Jason, the heir to the kingdom of Ancient Greece, witnesses the murder of his father at the hands of his ruthless uncle, Pelias. After narrowly escaping death, Jason flees his home and returns twenty years later to reclaim the throne. Upon learning of his return, Pelias sentences him to death. To save his life, Jason promises to deliver the most coveted gift of the gods to his uncle, the Golden Fleece. Joined by the Argonauts, a stout-hearted crew of sailors, he embarks on a perilous voyage to capture the Fleece and fulfill his destiny. Also starring Natasha Henstridge, Sir Derek Jacobi and Olivia Williams. -
The Blackadder: In this comedic alternate reality, the Battle of Bosworth Field was not won by Henry Tudor - but by Richard III...a good king who dotes on his nephews. And it's all downhill from there, as Edmund arrives late for the battle and accidentally kills the King! Episodes: The Foretelling; Born To Be King; The Archbishop; The Queen Of Spain's Beard; Witchsmeller Pursuivant; The Black Seal. With Peter Cook, Brian Blessed and Frank Finlay. Blackadder Parte The II: In the court of Elizabeth I, Edmund, Lord Blackadder (descendant of the original Blackadder) has more dash and intelligence than his ancestor. He's scheming against Lord Melchett for the favour of the Queen - helped and hindered by his sidekicks Baldrick and Lord Percy Percy and the Queen's former nanny, the demented Nursie. Episodes: Bells; Head; Potato; Money; Beer; Chains. With Tim McInnerney, Stephen Fry, Miranda Richardson, Rik Mayall and Patsy Byrne. Blackadder III: England, 1760 - 1915. The aristocratic Blackadder line have rather plummeted during the Regency and Edmund Blackadder Esquire, as the Prince Regent's butler, veers from calamity to disaster. Episodes: Dish And Dishonesty; Ink And Incapability; Nob And Nobility; Sense And Senility; Amy And Amiability; Duel And Duality. With Robbie Coltrane, Tim McInnerny, Nigel Planer, Chris Barrie, Kenneth Connor, Ben Elton and Miranda Richardson. Blackadder Goes Forth: The Western Front, 1917. Captain Blackadder joined the British Army in the days of shooting anyone in a grass skirt and pinching their country, being able to order a pink gin with gentlemanly aplomb and having an abnormally high sex drive. Now he's twenty yards away from a lot of heavily armed Germans and stuck with the brass-bottomed General Melchett, his toadying aide-de-camp Captain Kevin Darling, the inept batman Baldric and the witless Eton educated Lieutenant George. Can he survive the Great War, 1914 - 1917? Episodes: Captain Cook; Corporal Punishment; Major Star; Private Plane; General Hospital; Goodbyeee. With Stephen Fry, Tim McInnerny, Rik Mayall, Adrian Edmondson, Miranda Richardson, Bill Wallis and Geoffrey Palmer as 'Special Brass Hat.' -
When Yanko Góral, a Ukrainian peasant, is swept ashore on the coast of Cornwall, the sole survivor of the wreck of an emigrant ship he makes his way to a farm, where his dishevelled appearance frightens the family - except Amy, a loner who is regarded by some as a simpleton and others as a witch, a queer character who collects things that wash ashore. When Yanko has recovered from his ordeal, he is put to work by the local townspeople as slave labour. But when he shows the local doctor some brilliant chess moves, he begins to receive more respect in the village...until he begins to court the 'queer' Amy. Also stars Kathy Bates, Zoe Wanamaker, Ian McKellan and Joss Ackland. -
Angela Holmes, an ordinary 27-year old, begins to have a devastating effect on those close to her, causing injury and even death. An examination leads to possession being suspected but when the Vatican is called upon to exorcise the demon, the possession proves to be an ancient satanic force more powerful than anyone imagined. It's up to Father Lozana to wage war for Angela's soul - and the world as we know it. Also stars Dougray Scott and Djimon Hounsou. -
When a bolt of lightning hits a sophisticated weapons robot, it escapes and sets off on a journey of education - and philosophy! Number 5 IS alive! In an effort to receive 'input' he invades Stephanie Speck's food van and when she takes him in, he gets all the input he wants from television and encyclopedias. But the scientist who created him, Newtown Crosby, thinks Number 5's antics are simply imitation rather than life and wants to take him apart to see what the malfunction is; Nova Robotics, the company that owns him, want him recovered before the weapons he carries kill; and ex-marine chief security officer Captain Skroeder just wants to blow him up. Can Stephanie and Number 5 convince everyone that life is not a malfunction before Number 5 is disassembled? And then there's Stephanie's ex-boyfriend Frank who thinks he can make some bucks on the side. Also stars G.W. Bailey, Austin Pendleton and Fisher Stevens. -
Driven filmmaker John Wilson is determined to turn his new film project in Africa into a grand personal adventure hunting a wild elephant. Excess postage paid at the checkout will be refunded when order is processed. -
In World War II, A defiant loner with definitive soldier skills is an invaluable asset to his struggling platoon as they find themselves holding off a Nazi advance along the Seigfried Line. Using ingenuity and courage they must bluff the Germans in order to buy time and save their lives. Cast includes Bobby Darin, James Coburn, Nick Adams and Bob Newhart.
