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The seventh and final series of "Deep Space Nine" came down to loose ends, tying some existing ones together and allowing others to unravel. Symptomatic of the unwillingness to let DS9 go was the immediate arrival of a replacement Dax, though poor Nichole deBoer as Ezri Dax had to have known she'd already missed the boat. Her appearance encouraged last-minute romances to blossom, with Bashir finally getting some action, Odo finally getting together with Kira and Sisko finally proposing to Kassidy. Another contributing cute factor were numerous trips to the Holosuite wherein the all-knowing Vic Fontaine dished out philosophical advice. That was when the crew weren't in there to play baseball against the Vulcans or when Nog wasn't commiserating about the loss of a leg. - Director:
- Anson Williams
- Cast:
- Avery Brooks, Judi M. Durand, Rene Auberjonois
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Deep Space Nine's sixth series began ambitiously with a six-part story arc devoted to the Dominion War. This was a brave move in many ways, but a sensible one too. Whereas other SF shows wouldn't commit to showing the impact of war (Babylon 5), here there were numerous visible sacrifices. Characters were frequently kidnapped and held prisoner, allowing screen time for other members of the ever-growing cast (at its peak there were as many as 18 individuals with speaking roles per episode). This year also introduced the idea of Starfleet Intelligence and its sinister Section 31; alliances were built only to crumble almost immediately; Sisko led a suicide mission and at long last his destiny as the Emissary took a serious turn. Amid all this sturm und drang the writers felt it necessary to inject some levity. In fact, there was so much comedic sidetracking this year it actually seemed sometimes as if they were afraid of the series' dark tone. Witness: Quark undergoing a temporary sex change, leading a Magnificent Seven-style band of Ferengi (with a cameo from Iggy Pop), Morn's non-speaking character being sorely missed, the blend of Troi and Guinan into 60's crooner Vic Fontaine and, in one fan favourite episode ("Far Beyond the Stars"), Sisko having visions of himself and the crew as 1950s staff writers on pulp magazine Incredible Tales. There were also cute reconciliations amongst Worf's extended family (leading to Trek's first cast wedding), and even the revelation of Bashir's genetically enhanced origins quickly became a subject for easy jokes. - Director:
- Allan Kroeker
- Cast:
- Avery Brooks, Judi M. Durand, Rene Auberjonois
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Whilst Reynholm Industries boss, Douglas, is spending the pension fund on gold flakes in the water supply, the dysfunctional IT department - Moss, Roy and Jen - build up the courage to face the frightening world of people who somehow communicate without using a keyboard. As well as the usual bickering, time wasting and incompetence, the co-dependent trio become the victims of sexual harassment, create a fundraising nude erotic calendar, confront the builders from hell and join a social networking site.
Episodes Comprise:
1. From Hell
2. Are We Not Men?
3. Tramps Like Us
4. Speech
5. Friendface
6. Calendar Geeks- Director:
- Graham Linehan
- Cast:
- Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson
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The multi award winning IT Crowd returns for the fourth series with Moss (Richard Ayoade), Roy (Chris O'Dowd) and Jen (Katherine Parkinson) still trying to survive in the IT department of Reynholm Industries - under the totally unenlightened rule of Douglas (Matt Berry). Written and Directed by Graham Linehan, the new series sees each character taking on new challenges; See Jen become a pimp! Witness Moss enter the dangerous world of Street Countdown! LEARN that Roy is not a window cleaner! Regret seeing Douglas lead an exercise class! All human life is here, and less! - Director:
- Graham Linehan
- Cast:
- Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson
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Tom Cruise stars as a brash Navy lawyer who's teamed with a gung-ho litigator (Demi Moore) in a politically explosive murder case. Charged with defending two Marines accused of killing a fellow soldier, they are confronted with complex issues of loyalty and honour - including its most sacred code and its most formidable warrior (Jack Nicholson). - Director:
- Rob Reiner
- Cast:
- Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore
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Deep Space Nine's fifth series was a turning point from which there was no going back. Character and information overload took over, and the complicated twists and turns in the build up to war either hooked viewers securely, or sent them away with a headache. The Klingon faction instigated by Worf's arrival was occasionally played for laughs, but mostly their hard-headed personalities made all efforts at diplomacy moot. In the opening episode a chilling possibility is proposed as to why might be: have the Changelings infiltrated already and replaced key personnel? Some fans saw this as a flawed X-Files-style development. Nevertheless it sowed a seed of insidious suspicion from here on, affecting all the principal casts' relationship with one another, even allowing Odo and Quark an opportunity to confess a degree of friendship. Expanding on the new theme of duplication, the crew also made numerous trips to their Mirror Universe counterparts. - Director:
- Andrew Robinson
- Cast:
- Avery Brooks, Judi M. Durand, Rene Auberjonois
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The complete fourth series of interplanetary adventures aboard the Federation station Deep Space Nine.
- Director:
- David Livingston
- Cast:
- Avery Brooks, Judi M. Durand, Rene Auberjonois
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With this thrilling, must-see movie event, writer and director Quentin Tarantino completes the action-packed quest for revenge begun by The Bride (Uma Thurman) in Kill Bill Vol. 1. Having already crossed two names from her Death List, The Bride is back with a vengeance and taking aim at Budd (Michael Madsen) and Elle Driver (Daryl Hannah), the only survivors from the squad of assassins who betrayed her four years earlier. It's all leading up to the ultimate confrontation with Bill (David Carradine), The Bride's former master and the man who ordered her execution. - Director:
- Quentin Tarantino
- Cast:
- Quentin Tarantino, Uma Thurman, David Carradine
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The acclaimed fourth film from groundbreaking writer and director Quentin Tarantino, Kill Bill: Volume 1 stars Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu and Vivica A. Fox in an astonishing. action-packed thriller about brutal betrayal and an epic vendetta! Four years after taking a bullet in the head at her own wedding, the bride (Thurman) emerges from a coma and decides it's time for payback ... with a vengeance. Having been gunned down by her former boss (David Carradine) and his deadly squad of international assassins, it's a kill-or-be-killed fight she didn't start but is determined to finish! Loaded with explosive action and outrageous humour, it's a must-see motion picture event that had critics everywhere raving! - Director:
- Quentin Tarantino
- Cast:
- Uma Thurman, Ai Maeda, David Carradine
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Quentin Tarantino rocked the film world with this powerful and controversial debut movie. Set mainly in a warehouse in the aftermath of a bungled robbery the story gradually unfolds to introduce the colour-coded gangsters and the planning of the crime step by step, through Tarantino's trademark flashbacks. Four have survived after a police ambush - betrayed. What went wrong and who is the betrayer? - Director:
- Quentin Tarantino
- Cast:
- Harvey Keitel, Steven Wright, Tim Roth
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What do a sexy stewardess (Pam Grier), a street-tough gun runner (Samuel L. Jackson), a lonely bail bondsman (Robert Forster), a shifty ex-con (Robert De Niro), an earnest federal agent (Michael Keaton), and a stoned-out beach bunny (Bridget Fonda) have in common? They're six players on the trail of half a million dollars in cash! The only questions are... who's getting played...and who's gonna make the big score? - Director:
- Quentin Tarantino
- Cast:
- Quentin Tarantino, Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson
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Deep Space Nine's third series begins eventfully, with Sisko promoted to captain and being gifted a prototype warship equipped with a cloaking device, while Odo learns where he came from. In the two-part opening tale, this clever gambit is played to hook viewers into the idea of DS9 becoming an ongoing mystery/conflict show. Why the sudden intense format tweaking? Mostly this was to ensure the show continued to thrive when a really rather greedy production hierarchy fast-tracked Voyager onto the air mid-season (cue unnecessary crossover episode with Tuvok). Of greater concern was ratings thief Babylon 5, which played its counter-Trek cards at precisely the right time. Fortunately the result (initially at least) was a genuine boost for DS9. - Director:
- Rene Auberjonois
- Cast:
- Avery Brooks, Majel Barrett, Rene Auberjonois
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An outstanding accomplishment in every way, this lavishly produced and critically acclaimed screen adaptation of the international stage sensation tells the life-affirming story of Tevye (Topol), a poor milkman whose love, pride and faith help him face the oppression of turn-of-the-century Tsarist Russia. Nominated eight Academy Awards (1971), including Best Picture and Best Director and featuring such classic songs as "If I Were a Rich Man", "Matchmaker" and "Sunrise, Sunset", 'Fiddler on the Roof' is a universal story of hope, love and acceptance - a musical masterpiece. - Director:
- Norman Jewison
- Cast:
- Topol, Norma Crane, Leonard Frey
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Flight 666 documents the first leg of Maiden's legendary "Somewhere Back In Time World Tour" which took them 50,000 miles round the planet playing 23 concerts on five continents in just 45 days. One of the stars of the movie is the band's customised Boeing 757, Ed Force One, which carried the band, all their crew, 12 tons of stage equipment and was piloted by Airline Captain and singer Bruce Dickinson. The movie gives a close up behind the scenes look at what happened on and off stage, when Maiden gave full access to a film crew for the first time ever, and contains some of the most spectacular live footage yet seen of Maiden. If you want to know what it is like to be part of the most adventurous tour in Rock history, you can't miss seeing this. Taking you from Mumbai to Santiago, LA to Sydney, Tokyo to Sao Paulo and all points between, through exhaustion and fan pandemonium, travelling with band and crew on the plane, to and from shows, in the bar and during leisure time, this really is Access All Areas!!! As a special extra, also included is the full set of 16 songs recorded from 16 different cities to give you the full on power of an Iron Maiden concert.
Tracklisting:
1. Churchill's Speech
2. Aces High
3. 2 Minutes To Midnight
4. Revelations
5. The Trooper
6. Wasted Years
7. The Number Of The Beast
8. Can I Play With Madness
9. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
10. Powerslave
11. Heaven Can Wait
12. Run To The Hills
13. Fear Of The Dark
14. Iron Maiden
15. Moonchild
16. The Clairvoyant
17. Hallowed Be Thy Name- Director:
- Sam Dunn
- Cast:
- Iron Maiden, Vinny Appice, Pat Cash
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Jamie Foxx stars as Django, a slave who teams up with bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Christoph Waltz) to seek out the South's most wanted criminals with the promise of Django's freedom. Honing vital hunting skills, his one goal is to find and rescue the wife (Kerry Washington) he lost to the slave trade long ago. When their search ultimately leads to Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio), the infamous and brutal proprietor of "Candyland", they arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson), Candie's trusted house slave. Now their moves are marked and Candie's treacherous organisation closes in on them. - Director:
- Quentin Tarantino
- Cast:
- Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio
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