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Cannonball (1976)Cannonball!
Welcome to the Trans-American Grand Prix where there are no rules, no judges and no loyalties. The name of the game is speed...and avoiding the cops! The only legit thing about this race is the $100,000 prize, and the determined drivers will do anything to get their hands on the cash. Among the drivers is veteran racer "Cannonball" Buckman (David Carradine) who battles it out against the villainous Cade Redman (Bill McKinney), who continually sabotages the race to guarantee things do not run smoothly. From Los Angeles to New York there is hilarious, non-stop action and reckless abandonment. The question is who will be the first across the finish line to be crowned "King of the Road Racers"? Also includes cameo appearances from Sylvester Stallone and Martin Scorsese. - Director:
- Paul Bartel
- Cast:
- David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Veronica Hamel
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Drawn off course en route for Kew Gardens, the Tardis materialises in the mining village of Killingworth in the early 19th Century, and the Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri (Nicola Bryant) find themselves in the midst of a Luddite rebellion. Why are peaceful men resorting to mindless violence, and why is the Master intent on sabotaging the Industrial Revolution? In order to safeguard Earth's future, the Doctor must defeat the combined forces of two rogue Time Lords from his own past... - Director:
- Sarah Hellings
- Cast:
- Colin Baker, Nicola Bryant, Anthony Ainley
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New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who is preying on the patrons of the city's underground bars. Captain Edelson (Paul Sorvino) tasks young rookie Steve Burns (Al Pacino) with infiltrating the S&M subculture to try and lure the killer out of the shadows - but as he immerses himself deeper and deeper into the underworld, Steve risks losing his own identity in the process. - Director:
- William Friedkin
- Cast:
- Al Pacino, James Sutorius, Paul Sorvino
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Jungle Heat (1985)Xue ran feng cai
The Vietnam war was about to end when a specially trained convoy is sent into the war-zone. The convoy is ambushed and captured by a vicious band of Vietcong rebels. Forced to witness the sickening torture of death of one of their comrades, they each expect to meet the same grizzly fate. Only an act of bravery of one soldier, with the flesh ripped from his hands, aids their escape. Returning to Saigon they learn that the war is over - but that their war isn't. One man's brother has been taken by the Vietcong rebels. It was a matter of honour, they had to rescue him, they had to take revenge. The war was over. Their war had just begun... - Director:
- Jobic Wong
- Cast:
- Sam J. Jones, Christopher Doyle, Bobby Ming
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In the tradition of 'The Gambler' series, 'Coward of the County' takes its inspiration from one of Kenny Rogers' all-time greatest hits. Rogers plays a small-town preacher whose nephew has taken a pledge of pacifism at the request of his dying father. The young man's oath is tested when the Gatlin boys attack his loving wife. - Director:
- Dick Lowry
- Cast:
- Kenny Rogers, Ana Alicia, Ned Bridges
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With her Oscar-winning turn in 'Klute', Jane Fonda reinvented herself as a new kind of movie star. Bringing nervy audacity and counterculture style to the role of Bree Daniels - a call girl and aspiring actor who becomes the focal point of a missing-person investigation when detective John Klute (Donald Sutherland) turns up at her door - Fonda made the film her own, putting an independent woman and escort on-screen with a frankness that had not yet been attempted in Hollywood. Suffused with paranoia by the conspiracy-thriller specialist Alan J. Pakula, and lensed by master cinematographer Gordon Willis, 'Klute' is a character study thick with dread, capturing the mood of early-1970's New York and the predicament of a woman trying to find her own way on the fringes of society. - Director:
- Alan J. Pakula
- Cast:
- Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi
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Travelling with Nyssa (Sarah Sutton) in the Tardis, the Doctor (Peter Davison) is attacked by a malign entity - a being of pure antimatter seeking to cross the dimensions. Although the invader is successfully repelled, the Tardis is immediately recalled to Gallifrey, where the High Council of Time Lords sentence the Doctor to be executed to prevent any further attempts at bonding. It seems there is a traitor on Gallifrey. And what links the Renegade and the disappearance of Tegan's cousin in Amsterdam? Two fates intertwined must battle for the future of the entire universe... - Director:
- Ron Jones
- Cast:
- Ian Collier, Peter Davison, Sarah Sutton
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England 1905. When a mysterious capsule lands on Earth at Horsell Common, Surrey, George (Rafe Spall) and Amy (Eleanor Tomlinson) are among the first to examine it. And so begins a terrifying ordeal for humanity as more capsules land, releasing murderous Martian tripods. George, Amy and their scientist friend Ogilvy (Robert Carlyle) soon find themselves fighting for their very survival against a ruthless enemy beyond their comprehension. - Director:
- Craig Viveiros
- Cast:
- Eleanor Tomlinson, Rafe Spall, Robert Carlyle
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The Tardis arrives by accident in the middle of Terminal One at Heathrow Airport. One of the supersonic Concordes has disappeared mid-air and the Doctor, Tegan and Nyssa soon become involved in a hunt for the missing aeroplane. But what connects its disappearance to prehistoric Earth and why is a mysterious sorcerer so interested in the Doctor's Tardis? A flight through time will reveal all. - Director:
- Ron Jones
- Cast:
- Peter Davison, Andre Winterton, Judith Byfield
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An ageing, skateboarding veterinarian Sir Billi goes above and beyond the call of duty fighting villainous policemen and powerful lairds in a battle to save an illegal fugitive - Bessie Boo the beaver! A heart-warming and action packed family movie where thrilling car chases, heroic skydiving and daring stunts from this octogenarian, fuelled with encounters with a hostile submarine, will keep you on the edge of your seat! - Director:
- Sascha Hartmann
- Cast:
- Chris Jai Alex, John Amabile, Sean Connery
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Star Wars Animated Adventures: Ewoks includes two animated movies, ensuring hours of fun and entertainment for the whole family. These head-over-paws excursions into the continuing adventures of the Ewoks take us to the forest moon of Endor where we find the lovable fur-balls still living in their tree top villages.
The Haunted Village
In The Haunted Village the feisty Ewoks simply want to live in peace among their planet's natural wonders. There is trouble in paradise, however, when the Ewoks are suddenly plunged into a thrilling struggle to save their world from the Tulgah witch Morag. There is no low too low for Morag in her attempts to wipe out the Ewoks, exact revenge upon the Ewok wizard Logray, and capture the magic Sunstar and Shadowstone.
Tales From The Endor Woods
In Tales From The Endor Woods, the Ewok adventures continue. We join the young woklings as they face-off against the Duloks, their distant cousins who live in the nearby swamp. The Duloks' attempts at undermining the Ewok Village are met head-on, resulting in many humorous and inspiring tales.- Director:
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The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) return to Earth, but are plunged into danger as soon as they step from the Tardis. They arrive in a quarry rigged with explosives, and the blast leaves Sarah unconscious in the rubble, a fossilised stone hand in her grip. What strange power does the hand have over Sarah Jane? - Director:
- Lennie Mayne
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen, Rex Robinson
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Join your favourite characters, R2-D2 and C-3PO, with this double-feature collection. Includes two animated movies, ensuring hours of fun and entertainment for the whole family. This animated light-speed journey takes us 15 years before the sidekicks meet Luke Skywalker. Join R2-D2 and C-3PO as the droid duo stumble into one misadventure after another.
The Pirates And The Prince
In The Pirates and the Prince, R2-D2 and C-3PO are purchased by a headstrong young miner named Jann Tosh, and find themselves caught up in a far-flung quest to help an alien prince regain his crown. It doesn't take long before R2-D2 and C-3PO find themselves caught up in instellar intrigue as they help protect the prince from rival lords and the feared pirate Kybo Ren.
Treasure Of The Hidden Planet
In Treasure of the Hidden Planet, R2-D2 and C-3PO join their master Mungo Baobab in a quest for precious Roon stones. Before they can claim their treasure, however, they must elude the Empire, which will stop at nothing to capture Mungo and the Droids.- Director:
- Raymond Jafelice
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Making a forced materialisation on Chloris, the Doctor (Tom Baker), Romana (Lalla Ward) and K9 (voice of David Brierly) become embroiled in the political machinations of its ruler, the Lady Adrasta (Myra Frances). The lush vegetation of the planet's surface hides a ragtag group of bandits, a giant eggshell, man-eating Wolfweeds and, within the depths of an old mining pit, something very large has a terrible secret which threatens the destruction of Chloris itself... - Director:
- Christopher Barry
- Cast:
- Tom Baker, David Brierly, Lalla Ward
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An movie about an extraordinary man, the highly acclaimed and award winning Chopper is the boldest and grittiest Australian film in decades. Brimming with dangerous excitement and stunning innovation, the sensational debut of rock video director Andrew Dominik is an exhilarating sharp shock to the system revealing the no-holds-barred story of the notorious Oz criminal Mark 'Chopper' Read (Eric Bana). Told in flashback as Read serves one of his many prisons sentences, this extreme biography charts the brutal carnage and wicked sense of humour of a man who supposedly committed nineteen vicious murders and got away with it. - Director:
- Andrew Dominik
- Cast:
- Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, David Field
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