He was once a devoted family man and a brilliant musician. Now Romulus Ledbetter (Samuel L. Jackson) lives rough on the streets of Manhattan, his mind twisted and tortured by mental demons. But when he discovers a frozen corpse outside the cave he calls home, his fractured imaginings unleash a chain of events that threatens much more than The cops, including his own daughter dismiss the death as accidental. But Romulus, guided by visions and hallucinations, is convinced it's murder and becomes obsessed with unmasking the killer...
Renowned detective Joseph Walker is haunted by a past of violence, passion and betrayal - a past which threatens his ability to hunt down a killer with a terrifying message for the world. Heading up an investigation into a series of gruesome and elaborately staged murders, Joseph is puzzled by the bizarre nature of the killings and the presence of mysterious symbols traced into a layer of sand at each murder scene. To end the killings, Joseph must solve the riddle. But the clock is ticking - are Joseph and his new squad just tracking a criminal or are they themselves part of the murderer's plan? XIK
Rex Harrison plays novelist Charles Condomine who is plagued by the ghost of his sexy first wife Elvira (Kay Hammond). Second wife Ruth (Constance Cummings) doesn't believe him and brings in eccentric medium madam Arcati (A hilarious performance by Margaret Rutherford) to get proof. Lean and Coward's third screen collaboration (after 'In Which We Serve' and 'This Happy Breed' and Before 'Brief Encounter') is a sophisticated and witty delight.
DCI Red Metcalfe's renowned ability to get under the skin and into the minds of deranged killers is put to the ultimate test in two cases of terrifying murders.
Patrick Troughton stars in this recreation of a lost classic from 1967. The Tardis has been stolen. Marooned on Earth in the year 1966, the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and Jamie (Frazer Hines) set out to find the missing time-machine. Their investigations bring them to a mysterious London antiques shop, where all the antiques all seem to be brand new. Kidnapped by the antique shop's owner, the Doctor is then brought face to face with a very old enemy - the Daleks. Working from a house in Victorian England, the Daleks have a new masterplan to conquer the universe. And in order to carry it out, they need the Doctor's help. The original 1967 master recordings of 'The Evil of the Daleks' were lost soon after the programme's original transmission. However, audio-only recordings of all seven episodes have survived and have been used here to create a brand new fully animated presentation of this lost classic.
When a prostitute is murdered in San Francisco's ritzy Nob Hill district, an anonymous tip implicates minister and political crusader Reverand Logan Sharpe (Martin Landau). Lt. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), who has known Sharpe for many years, asks to be assigned to the case in hopes of clearing his friend's name. So begins the detective's journey through a twisted maze of baffling evidence, frantic chases, deadly gunfire and bad alibis. Before long, Tibbs finds himself bitterly torn between his duty as a cop... and his loyalty to a friend.
Scotland Yard's tough-talking Detective Chief Inspector Redfern Metcalfe, a man totally obsessed with the minds and motivations of murderers.
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In the grip of a heatwave: London becomes the stalking ground of a brutal serial killer. Though each death is horribly different, the killer leaves an unmistakeable signature - he cuts out the victim's tongue and replaces it with a silver spoon...
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When Red's estranged brother is found knifed to death in Leadenhall Market, the hunt for justice gets personal. But as the body count rises the horrifying truth dawns: none of the investigating team, or their families, are safe...
Sidney Poitier reprises his role as Lt. Virgil Tibbs in this taut drama that exposes the ruthless, high-stakes world of international drug trafficking. Under the cover of darkness, six masked figures raid a seemingly respectable furniture factory - and steal a multimillion-dollar cache of heroin! But these are no ordinary crooks. They're a passionate band of former users-turned-vigilantes whose frustration with the law's inability to combat the city's drug problem spurs them to take on a powerful narcotics ring. After contacting Tibbs, they confess to the break-in, beg him to keep silent and ask for his help. But once he reluctantly agrees to operate outside the law, Tibbs soon finds himself at odds with the police and a ruthless drug syndicate that will stop at nothing to silence him!
The Doctor (Voice of William Hartnell) stars alongside his travel companions Vicki (voice of Maureen O'Brien) and Steven (voice of Peter Purves) which sees the Tardis landing on a planet on the verge of total annihilation as it drifts too close to the three suns which its orbits. Trapped on the planet with them are the Drahvins, a race of warrior women, and the reptilian Rills. The Drahvins want to steal the Rill spaceship to escape the planet's death throes, and enlist the Doctor's help, which he is forced to give when Maaga, the cunning Drahvin leader, keeps first Vicki and then later Steven as her hostage. Even though the Doctor is determined to broker a peace deal between the two sides in this conflict and help everyone escape safely, Maaga doesn't trust him. Or the Rills...
In the Deep South, homicide detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. When the bigoted town sheriff (Rod Steiger) gets involved, both he and Tibbs must put aside their differences and join forces in a race against time to discover the shocking truth.
The story about a womanising New York executive Peter Loew (Nicolas Cage) who becomes convicted that he's a vampire when one of his conquests bites his neck in the throes of passion. Rachel (Jennifer Beats) sizzles as the femme fatale who sets Peter on his batty course...
At a wild party during the 60's, baby Thomas Henry Butterfly Rainbow Peace (a.k.a the 15th Duke of Bournemouth) is accidentally "misplaced" by his rich hippie mum and dad. When the wrong baby is claimed, the real heir winds up being raised by a poor Pakistani family, while the "heir apparent" grows upon America with a silver spoon in his mouth. Once Tommy Patel (Idle) learns that he, not Henry Martin (Moranis), is the true Duke of Bournemouth, He'll do anything to get back what he's lost! Fortunately for Henry, Tommy's a pretty inept assassin. Unfortunately for them both, Tommy's seedy lawyer Shadgrind (Cleese) is a tad more adept! Add to the mix a scandalous, nymphomaniacal Duchess(Hershey), a gorgeous gold digger (Zeta-Jones), plus a host of assorted loonies, and you have a Pythonesque cavalcade of silliness. Can Tommy regain his Dukedom, survive Shadgrind's schemes, avoid being seduced by his own unwitting mom, and marry the girl of his dream's? Find out for yourself. You'll split your sides laughing!
Combining off-beat humour and nefarious suspense! Dr. Robert Thorndyke (Mel Brooks) is the newly appointed director of psycho-neurotic institute for the very, very nervous. As he becomes aware of evil and sinister forces at work in the institution, he also becomes aware that he suffers from acrophobia making him almost as nervous as the patients he treats. Each new and hilarious, high-rise experience leads to his eventual conquest over his fear of heights and the apprehension of the culprits behind the plot to destroy him and the asylum.
Rex Harrison reprises his signature role of Henry Higgins, the supremely assured phoneticist who wagers that under his tutelage, cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle can pass for a duchess at the Embassy Ball. In one of her best-loved roles, Audrey Hepburn plays Eliza. If ever there were a face that the professor could grow accustomed to, it's hers. In Hartford, Heresford and Hampshire (and elsewhere) no one's fairer than 'My Fair Lady' on of the most irresistible musicals ever.
The canals of Venice might have been the basis for a red-coated killer in the classic 'Don't Look Now' but that feels like a mere warm-up for the knife-play of 'Bloodstained Shadow', a certified giallo masterpiece! Directed by Antonio Bido and starring the sensational Stefania Casini, the story focuses on a slew of slayings that all point towards someone harbouring some particularly horrifying past secrets. With all of the stylish black-gloved mayhem that the Italians specialise in, 'Bloodstained Shadow' is a crimson-caked crime-thriller in the tradition of Dario Argento - and its classy charms more than warrant this amazing update!
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