DVD: James Bolam ...     DVD:       To Kill a King48 reviews John-Paul Macleod, Corin Redgrave ANCHOR BAY, 2008 Before there was the French Revolution, England had her own reform It is rarely emphasized that almost 150 years before French Revolution in Paris, there was a revolution in England. I always thought (wrongly) that Charles I was executed for his catholic beliefs but this film has clarified that issue much better for me. In 1640s England has an absolute ruler, citizens were king's subjects with limited liberty and personal rights, power was corrupt. Britain was ...             The End of the Affair94 reviews Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore Sony Pictures, 2000 torrid romance set in war-ravaged london This excellent movie -- released in 1999 and based on the slim novel by Graham Greene published in 1951 -- wholly baptizes contemporary viewers into the cultural context of a time and place that nowadays exists only in the memories of those who were of age during WWII. But even those of us who for the first time encounter Greene's works (whether his novels or the several popular movies based ...             The Island on Bird Street4 reviews Patrick Bergin, James Bolam First Look Pictures, 2008 A Robinson Crusoe Story This film is based on a true story that occurred in the Polish ghetto during the holocaust. It's a survival story of a boy who, at his father's instruction, faithfully waited for him at the ghetto until he returned from deportation to the concentration camps. *The boy's close encounters with the Nazi's and Polish collaborators will put you into suspenseful dread. The days add up and many have ...             To Kill A King [Blu-ray]48 reviews Patricia Kerrigan, Dougray Scott ANCHOR BAY, 2008 Before there was the French Revolution, England had her own reform It is rarely emphasized that almost 150 years before French Revolution in Paris, there was a revolution in England. I always thought (wrongly) that Charles I was executed for his catholic beliefs but this film has clarified that issue much better for me. In 1640s England has an absolute ruler, citizens were king's subjects with limited liberty and personal rights, power was corrupt. Britain was ...             The Beiderbecke Affair James Bolam Acorn Media, 2009 Two wisecracking teachers turn amateur detectives in this delightful British mystery series It doesn?t occur to Trevor (James Bolam, New Tricks ) that dishy blondes don?t usually sell jazz records door-to-door. He orders a set of Bix Beiderbecke LPs but receives the wrong items. While trying to locate the missing music, he and his girlfriend, Jill (Barbara Flynn, Cracker ), stumble upon black market goods in a church basement, secret meetings ...             The Plague Dogs8 reviews Christopher Benjamin, John Bennett Trinity Home Ent, 2004 Worth seeking out the Australian version I don't really have a lot to add about the film itself that the other reviewers haven't already said; this is a dark, distressing, relentlessly grim and harrowing film about two dogs on the run from an animal research laboratory. It has a somewhat slow pace at times, and much of the animation is crude by today's standards, but it has tons of character. It's not exactly a pleasant experience but ...             Straight on Till Morning3 reviews Rita Tushingham, Shane Briant Starz / Anchor Bay, 2002 great psycho thriller from Hammer I've been wanting to see this rarely shown Hammer movie for a long time so it was great to finally get the chance with this superb release from Anchor Bay.This is a disturbing and quite shocking psychological thriller with some genuinely unsettling scenes that must have packed quite a punch in the early seventies.Rita Tushingham is brilliant as the northern girl who moves to London in search of a ...             The Beiderbecke Connection1 review James Bolam, Barbara Flynn Goldhil Home Media, 2003 Superb conclusion This makes a superb conclusion to Alan Plater's brilliant Beiderbecke trilogy. The locations deserve a special mention - they really sum up North England in the 1980s! Just one gripe - where's The Beiderbecke Tapes?             The Beiderbecke Affair - Series 1 (3 Volume Boxed Set)11 reviews Colin Blakely, Terence Rigby Goldhil Home Media, 2002 Great show (5*); lousy manufacturing (0*) Be prepared to potentially recieve mis-packaged product as apparently Goldhil shipped more than a few units that had a copy of the 3rd disk mis-labelled as disk 1. Everthing looks normal but the content labeled Disk 1 is another copy of the Disk 3 contents. Thus can't recommend that you get this as a gift for someone -- won't really be "funny". Content is great (as stated in other reviews), ...             The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner16 reviews Michael Redgrave, Tom Courtenay Warner Home Video, 2007 Gold Medal The British New Wave which was inspired by the location work, documentary style and class concerns of the Free Cinema movement was very much the dour, dreary and depressing side of British cinema in the 1960's. British cinema however finally began to express itself with a uniquely national tone not seen since the documentary movement of the 1930's. Whilst Hammer provided the colour, glamour and ...             In Celebration1 review Brian Cox, Gabrielle Daye Kino Video, 2003 Live and Let Live This is a beautiful play, gorgeously written by David Storey, marvelously directed by Lindsay Anderson, and beautifully well-acted by the incomparable Alan Bates and company. Brian Cox, in one of his first performances, plays one of the tortured sons of a working-class family that has never come to grips with the loss of the first son, nor ever admitted the mother's attempted suicide. Together ...             The End of the Affair Double Feature (1955/1999)3 reviews Ralph Fiennes, Stephen Rea Sony Pictures, 2000 A Great Dramatic Interpretation Staying mostly true to the original near autobiographical book by Graham Greene, the director of the highly effective "The Crying Game", has produced another winner. The story of the writer Maurice Bendrix's affair with a best friend's wife is woven about the later events of his attempts to establish who his previous lover is now seeing. The main characters are strongly cast with Ralph Fiennes ...             It Was an Accident [Region 2]1 review Chiwetel Ejiofor, Max Beesley funny caper gone awry movie from the UK I had a lot of fun watching this entertaining caper gone awry movie from the UK. Great cast with perfect comedic timing and tight script but the thick East End accents were hard to understand at times, hence the 4 star rating. A quick summary with no spoilers: a young man named Nicky is released from Prison and swears to stay straight for his son and girlfriend. He does not last long once he ...             The Stalker's Apprentice Gideon Turner, Peter Davison Koch Vision, 2006 A tense psychological thriller adapted from M S Power?s best selling novel. Marcus Walwyn has it all. Young, good-looking and reasonably wealthy, he oozes confidence from every pore ? seemingly the most eligible of bachelors. But when he spots a young woman on the Underground his quickly developed obsession becomes increasingly sinister. Something, or someone, is guiding his actions and leading him to cold-blooded murder. A chilling insight ...             Stella Does Tricks1 review Kelly Macdonald, James Bolam Strand Releasing, 2001 Stella's Past Is Playing tricks Stella is a young, alienated woman who is trapped by the tricks of her mind. She is driven into a life of prostitution by her mysterious past, which unfolds for the viewers in fractured, painful memories. Fragments of her childhood invade her present state of living, taking her back into a past which she longs to escape. She dreams of a redemption that will scourge her of her tortured memories, ...             Crucible of Terror6 reviews Mike Raven, Mary Maude Geneon [Pioneer], 2005 ENJOYABLE MURDERS I LIKE MOVIES LIKE THIS.THIS WAS INTERESTING,AND SUSPENSEFUL.IT WASN'T SCARY.IT WAS DIFFERENT-BUT ENJOYABLE TO WATCH.NOT GORY-BUT THERE WERE DEATHS.             Dirty Tricks Martin Clunes, James Bolam             A Kind of Loving [Region 2]1 review Alan Bates, June Ritchie The passion by itself it is not enough! According Nietzsche: "The time for marriage comes before the time of loving each one another". And this is precisely the moral lesson of this simple but penetrating portrait around two young lovers who decide to marry after she is pregnant. He will be convince by himself he is not yet prepared to assume all the responsibility for this role. The fine direction of John Schlesinger deserved for this ...              search for DVDs accident, affair, apprentice, beiderbecke, blu-ray, boxed, celebration, connection, crucible, dirty, distance, does, double, feature, island, king, loneliness, loving, morning, plague, region, runner, series, stalker, stella, straight, street, terror, tricks, volume DVD:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Dangerous Thresholds: Managing Escalation in the 21st Century (Rand ... leave a comment home  impressum - about us