cdm's - Rented List

'The Last Templar': a documentary on Amando De Ossorio Unearthing The Blind Dead: an interview with writer/director Amando De Ossorio Farewell to Spain's Knight of Horror (DVD-ROM)

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For over 30 years the Children's Film Foundation produced quality entertainment for young audiences, employing the cream of British filmmaking talent.

In The Monster of Highgate Ponds (1961) young David promises to guard a mysterious egg which his uncle brings back from Malaysia. But, when a baby monster hatches, mayhem ensues as David struggles to keep the unruly, but friendly, creature from falling into the clutches of two ruthless crooks. This enchanting tale features brilliant animated sequences by the legendary Halas and Batchelor, who also produced the film, and was directed by the celebrated Ealing director Alberto Cavalcanti (Went the Day Well?).
The Boy Who Turned Yellow (1972) is the splendidly eccentric final collaboration from eminent filmmaking duo Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. London schoolboy John Saunders turns a bright yellow after losing his pet mouse on a school trip. Is the mysterious colour change the result of an alien invasion or does the answer lie closer to home?
In A Hitch in Time (1978) Patrick Troughton (Doctor Who) plays time-hopping inventor Professor Adam Wagstaff. Discovered working on his time machine by two curious kids, Wagstaff decides to send them back through the ages. But, with malfunctions aplenty, will they be able to make it back? Featuring Jeff Rawle (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) as 'Sniffy' Kemp, the teacher out to spoil everybody's fun, A Hitch in Time is a riotous re-telling of history.

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A remote Scottish island is quietly settling down for the winter, but amidst the fog that envelopes the island, something horrific is on the prowl. A slavering, monstrous 'creature' has killed twice, leaving just a trace of radiation, gruesome dismembered corpses and a baffled local police force.

A flickery film of one of the murders seems to show a terrifying, shadowy monster. But could this brutal killer really be from another world? And can it be stopped before it inflicts more carnage on this lonely island?

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Imagine a tropical island getaway where men and women live out their most daring sexual fantasies and fulfil their deepest holiday desires... Now, see the reality - Hedonism III, in Runaway Bay, Jamaica, is an escape for your spirit, your mind and definitely your body.

The beautiful women of Playboy take you to this exotic paradise to show you first hand the sexual abandonment and physical freedom that makes Hedonism III the world's famous clothing-optional, adults-only holiday destination. Join a voyeuristic vixen as she watches a couple creating their own heat in the jungle, and gather round, after dark, as the drums beat out a rhythm of raw abandonment for a group of uninhibited women. The waterfalls, the coral reefs and private lagoons are all locations where our tropical beauties unleash their imaginations and their bodies. Let Playboy be your guide to this incredible hideaway!

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The cruise ship Adreanna has set sail for Mexico. On board...a group of sex craved swingers ready for fun in the sun. Everything is ship shape until they receive a distress call from a sinking ship. Turns out the shipwreck victims are a group of terrorists hell bent on taking over the vessel.

But not if Jenna can help it... She's a double loaded weapon and they're about to pull her trigger.

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From a beautifully conceived film-poem and an imaginative exploration of the Lower Lea Valley to an uplifting documentary on a London landmark, the collaborations between much-loved electronic indie trio Saint Etienne and filmmaker Paul Kelly (Lawrence of Belgravia) document London's ever-changing

environment and landscapes accompanied by music from the band. Available together for the very first time, this loose trilogy is supported by a selection of rare and previously unavailable short films.

Finisterre (2003) is a homage to London featuring a host of well-known voices who've made the capital their own, sound tracked by songs from the Saint Etienne album of the same name.

What Have You Done Today Mervyn Day? (2005) follows paperboy Mervyn Day on his round, tracing the fascinating hidden history of East London's Lower Lea Valley in the years before it was redeveloped to become the Olympic Park.

Commissioned by the Royal Festival Hall to mark its renovation and reopening, This is Tomorrow (2007) lovingly records the immense labour that went into the refurbishment of one of London's most distinguished concert venues.

Showbiz legend 'Count Arthur Strong' plays tribute to one of the best musicals he can remember. Almost recreating the salient and poignant moments for your enjoyment. Count Arthur is assisted by Terry Kilkelly playing Malcolm and Renee with Dave Plimmer as Alan.

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lmagine the horror of reaching middle age, losing your looks, your husband, your lover, only to be confronted with a terrifying, incomprehensible truth - your youthful self, three times over, is living and loving somewhere else in the country.

Joanna May (Patricia Hodge), a wealthy woman in her forties, is still obsessively in love with estranged husband Carl (Brian Cox), the director of a nuclear energy corporation. But Carl, consumed by jealousy and bitterness after discovering a brief affair, has used genetic engineering to clone three younger Joanna Mays...Based on a novel by Fay Weldon, 'The Cloning of Joanna May' is a darkly compelling modern-day fairy tale.

On release from prison, John Kline finds the Birmingham underworld in turmoil - its leader is dead. Lawlessness spirals out of control as the White, Asian and West Indian gangs search for a new force to lead their criminality.

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Penetration Angst centres on Helen (Fiona Horsey) a young woman who was abused as a child and who now has a pathological fear of sex which manifests itself in her killing every man that she has sex with.

The only trouble is that Helen doesn't want to kill them but her vagina does, and one by one it devours the men that she hates and threatens the one that really loves her.

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Michael Ryan (Paul Conway) runs a hotel with his dominating, bed-ridden mother. His inadequacy with women forces him to arrange clandestine meetings with promiscuous women. When one of these dates backfires he is found drunk and unconscious by one of his hotel cleaners Julia (Fiona Horsey).

Desperate for money, Julia pretends that she has slept with her boss and is pregnant so that she can bribe him to pay her off. However, the hen-pecked owner falls in love with Julia. He draws her into his web of Sick Love until he discovers her lie and embarks on a murderous frenzy.

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First shown in BBC One's renowned 'Play for Today' series in 1972, Peter Terson's sparkling comedy of class and manners stars Brian Glover, Ray Morto and Douglas Livingstone.

Derbyshire miners Art (Glover), Ern (Mort) and Abe (Livingstone) head north to Whitby for a boys-only escape and a spot of sea fishing. Checking into a shabby B&B run by haughty landlady Audrey (Jane Freeman) and her henpecked hubby, the trio are bamboozled into paying a high price for their rooms. They board their chartered boat piloted by a taciturn ex-fisherman, who stares grimly ahead while offering stern warnings about mixing chips and brown ale on a swelling sea. But the boys are half-cut before they've left the harbour, and as they reach the cod grounds they're decidedly off-colour. With his unshakable poise, fervour for self-improvement and back-of-the-sauce-bottle learning, Art is the well-meaning group leader who anchors the action as they head for deep water.

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Open the door, jump right in and fasten your seatbelt as Playboy takes you on a break-neck ride to pure satisfaction. It's about sexy cars, huge bikes, and most importantly, a whole group of fast women who have a real need for speed.

These luscious ladies leave nothing to the imagination in thein quest for satisfaction and are guaranteed to get your adrenalin pumping overtime. So settle back, and get ready for the drive of your life!

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Anything can happen...'The Wrong Door' is a daring sketch show set in a parallel universe; a fantastic world where special effects are part of everyday life.

Superheroes, wizards, monsters and a lovestruck dinosaur called Philip casually go about their business amongst the daily irritations of explosions, disasters, battles, chases and driving lessons. Featuring a genre-busting mix of celebrity cameos, unimaginable locations and impossible visual effects, and combining the talents of some of Britain's funniest writers and performers, including Matt Berry (The IT Crowd), Rasmus Hardiker (Lead Balloon, Saxondale), Ingrid Oliver (Plus One, Material Girl), Myanna Buring (Lesbian Vampire Killers), Brian Blessed (Blackadder) and Dom Joly (Trigger Happy TV), 'The Wrong Door' heralds a brave new world of comic possibility.

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A series of brutal murders is taking place in which the victims are all male and have been castrated. The police increasingly suspect that the short-skirted and provocative Jennifer (Fiona Horsey) is guilty of the serial slayings.

As the crotchless body count rises, Jennifer's parents reveal that she wasn't an only child. Although Jennifer had everything a girl could wish for, Norah (Fiona Horsey) survived on nothing. Now it is time for the tables to be turned as Jennifer's twin sister stalks her every movement...