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The diet enzyme from a low-carb diet has the unfortunate side effect of making its test subjects crave human flesh. As the killer disease overwhelms the whole population, the government and rich turn their back on humanity and retreat into protected walled cities. The 'Dregs' have to fend for themselves against both the zombies and a psychotic mercenary army called the 'Upper Class'. When a zombie killer named Kane appears, the bloody slaughter of zombie and human rises relentlessly. - Director:
- George Bonilla
- Cast:
- Frank Farhat, Kat Granlund, Rebecca Minton
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Here it is. Raunchier than a Swedish rabbit and bluer than a baboon's arse. The two and only Fat Slags burst onto your screens in non-stop steamy red hot rubber Panhandlevision. Ooa la la! Hold tight for 45 minutes of crude language, shagging and chips. It's the footage that Channel 4 refused to show. And we must admit, they probably made the right decision.
Slags at Large
It's Saturday night, and San and Tray are looking for action. And they get it - in the back of a taxi! No surprise there.
Working Girls
Our shameless shagbags get more than they bargained for when a routine visit to the dole office turns into an explicit sex and cream cake orgy.
Dirty Weekend
Farmyard sex action as a quiet caravan ride in the country for our duo turns out to be etc, etc, etc.- Director:
- Martin Pullen
- Cast:
- Simon Day, Kathy Burke, Jo Unwin
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)D.T.E.S.S.
Keanu Reeves is Klaatu, a being, whose arrival on Earth triggers an unstoppable series of events that threaten all of mankind. In a desperate attempt to save humanity, governments and scientists race to unravel the mystery behind the visitor's appearance. When a woman (Jennifer Connelly) and her young stepson find themselves embroiled in Klaatu's plan, they become the world's only hope to stave off apocalyptic annihilation. - Director:
- Scott Derrickson
- Cast:
- Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates
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For the first time on DVD, relive those Seventies school days with Tucker, Trisha and the Grange Hill gang. This boxset features all 27 episodes from the first two series, originally shows in 1978 and 1979. Series 1, includes the famous swimming lesson episode, the saga of Benny's football boots, the arrival of Michael Doyle and Justin Bennett's fall at a disused warehouse. Series 2, Mr Llewellyn takes over as headmaster and the foundation of the Students' Action Group sees a canteen demo and protests over school uniform. - Director:
- Colin Cant
- Cast:
- Todd Carty, Terry Sue-Patt, George Armstrong
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Korean War vet and retired autoworker Walt Kowalski doesn't much like how his life or his neighbourhood has turned out. He especially doesn't like the people next door, Hmong immigrants from Southeast Asia. But events force Walt to defend those neighbours against a local gang that feeds on violence and fear. - Director:
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast:
- Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley
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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)Journey to the World
A spaceship lands in Washington, D.C., capturing the attention of the world. But the peaceful alien emissary (Michael Rennie) it brings fails to earn the public's trust. When a young woman and her son befriend him, they soon realise they may be all that stands between the human race and total destruction. - Director:
- Robert Wise
- Cast:
- Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe
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Frustrated film maker, Barry Lick (Jonathan Williams), sets out to make a sensationalist crime documentary on the cheap about the charmingly psychopathic Tommy Morghen (Joe O'Byrne), a local businessman involved in property rackets, prostitution, pornography and drug trafficking. But Tommy is more cunning and ruthless than any of the film makers can begin to imagine and mercilessly exploits them for his own ends. Unfortunately Barry is so fixated with his one big film making chance he doesn't realise just how far out of his depth he really is and how his obsession will perilously compromise his ethics and ultimately put all their lives in jeopardy. - Director:
- Michael Booth
- Cast:
- Joe O'Byrne, Paul Birtwistle, Donna Henry
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Bored and restless in his new home, Bruno (Asa Butterfield), an innocent and naive eight-year-old, ignores his mother and sets off on an adventure in the woods. Soon he meets a young boy, and a surprising friendship develops. Set during World War II, based on the best-selling novel by John Boyne, this remarkable and inspiring story about the power of the human spirit will capture your heart and engage your mind. - Director:
- Mark Herman
- Cast:
- Asa Butterfield, David Thewlis, Rupert Friend
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King of the Hill (2007)El rey de la montaña
Quim (Sbaraglia), an ordinary man, drives his car along the winding isolated lanes leading to the mountains. Suddenly, a shot is fired. He checks his car; he is hit. Somewhere, hidden in the mountains, lurks an unknown assassin, hunting. Gradually, as the nightmare unfolds, Quim realises an unpleasant truth; he is the prey. Running for his life, he encounters Bea (Maria Valverde), a mysterious woman he met earlier, on his way to the mountains. He is suspicious of her, but with the killer in pursuit there is no one else to turn to. Locked together in mutual distrust, they join forces to try to escape through the hills, desperate to outrun the hunter who is determined they will not escape with their lives. - Director:
- Gonzalo López-Gallego
- Cast:
- Leonardo Sbaraglia, María Valverde, Thomas Riordan
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"Harry Brown" is a powerful, fresh and gritty British action thriller following one man's (Sir Michael Caine) journey through a chaotic world where drugs are the currency and guns run the streets. Modest law-abiding citizen, Harry Brown, is forced to dispense his own brand of justice as he bids to clean up the run-down estate he calls home. - Director:
- Daniel Barber
- Cast:
- Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley
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In 'Clash of the Titans', the ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus (Sam Worthington) is helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus (Liam Neeson) and unleash hell on earth. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, Perseus and his warriors will only survive if Perseus accepts his power as a god, defies fate and creates his own destiny. - Director:
- Louis Leterrier
- Cast:
- Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes
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Shank is a blistering British indie pulsating with untamed sexuality and aggression. Cal (Wayne Virgo) is a handsome teenage thug so desperate to hide his gay cravings from his fellow gang members that he binges on drugs, secretive anonymous sex and acts of violence. But the bad boy's secret desires are uncovered when he rescues a kind-eyed French exchange student from one of the clan's sadistic hate crimes. Though the two boys fall passionately in love, Cal's crew is bent on revenge for his betrayal and the young lovers are placed in unspeakable danger. - Director:
- Simon Pearce
- Cast:
- Wayne Virgo, Marc Laurent, Tom Bott
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Boasting superlative make-up and special effects by gore guru Tom Savini, Joseph Zito's Rosemary's Killer was amongst the first of the 1980's cycle of slasher movies and remains one of the sub-genres pinnacle points. The story opens in the 1940's, just after the end of WWII with a soldier receiving a letter to inform him that his girlfriend has found a new flame. The girl and her new beau are at the local college graduation dance, but decide to go outside for a walk and to fool around. They are brutally killed but their murderer is never found. Resultantly, the town does not hold another graduation dance for over 40 years. The film skips forward in time to the preparations for the newly reinstated dance but somebody can't forget the past and wants to make sure nobody else does either. Soon, a mysterious figure in an military uniform begins to slaughter the college students in various blood-splattered ways. - Director:
- Joseph Zito
- Cast:
- Vicky Dawson, Christopher Goutman, Lawrence Tierney
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In the 1975 film The Naked Civil Servant, John Hurt played Quentin Crisp to great critical acclaim winning a BAFTA for his performance and turning Crisp into an icon. An Englishman in New York sees the legendary John Hurt return as Crisp and follows his emigration to the US and the last 20 years of his fascinating life. - Director:
- Richard Laxton
- Cast:
- John Hurt, Denis O'Hare, Jonathan Tucker
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Welcome to Ogden Marsh, Iowa: the friendliest place on earth. A picture perfect town where your neighbours are your friends and your friends are your neighbours.... Until they want to kill you. A mysterious toxin in the water supply turns everyone exposed to it into mindless killers and the authorities leave the uninfected to their certain doom in this terrifying reinvention of the George A. Romero horror classic. Sheriff David Dutten (Timothy Olyphant) and his pregnant wife Judy (Radha Mitchell), find themselves trapped in the once-idyllic town they can no longer recognise. On the run from infected neighbours, loved ones and friends, targeted by the ruthless military and terrified of getting sick, they are forced to band together with other survivors in a desperate struggle for survival. - Director:
- Breck Eisner
- Cast:
- Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Danielle Panabaker
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