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Fantastic Four 1995: Season 2 – Vol. 1

 
Fantastic Four 1995: Season 2 – Vol. 1
 
 

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On a Saturn space station Adam and Alex are two scientists seeking new forms of food for the impoverished planet earth. Their idyllic life is interrupted by the arrival of Captain James a psychopathic maniac from earth who brings with him a ‘helper’ in the form of a murderous robot who gradually develops a mind of its own. Saturn 3 is an entertaining fusion of sci-fi horror and suspense culminating in the ultimate battle of man against machine.

 
Saturn 3
 
 

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The UK’s favourite pop group made these fantastic tracks famous. Now it’s your turn to sing-along to these latest karaoke versions with lyrics on screen. Also find out about the story so far and see fascinating facts about all the band members in the DJ Fact Files. ‘It’s The Way You Make Me Feel’ ‘Stomp’ ‘Tragedy’ ‘Summer of Love’ ‘Say You’ll Be Mine’ ‘Better the Devil You Know’ ‘Deeper Shade of Blue’ and ‘After the Love Has Gone’ are the tracks featured on this DVD. Does not contain any live footage of Steps.

 
Steptastic Karaoke
 
 

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In tribute to his Ninja teacher defence agent Frank Dux takes unauthorised leave and competes in the Kumite a freestyle martial arts Olympiad held secretly every five years in Hong Kong. As the bloody competition commences his colleagues try to stop him from taking part and Dux finds himself facing formidable opponents both in and out of the brutal bloodsport arena….

 
Bloodsport
 
 

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An uplifting rite of passage tale set against the war torn city of Beirut in 1975. A city split in two by opposing factions. East Beirut is Christian controlled whilst west Beirut is Muslim. All of this has a dramatic affect on the life of Tarek a teenager at school and his parents. Armed with his Super 8 Camera Tarek and his friend Omar run amok in the bombed out streets of the war-torn city. Sometimes they are joined on these dangerous excursions by a beautiful young Christian girl May. These adventures take them all over the ravaged city each one adding to their experiences of life.

 
West Beyrouth (Beirut)
 
 

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From London to the Riviera a hair-raising tale of gallant love and truly desperate adventure! Barney Lincoln (Warren Beatty) is a cheeky young playboy with a taste for gambling who devises the ultimate scheme to cheat the casinos. After finding out that all of the casinos use the same playing card manufacturer he breaks in and marks the kaleidoscopic pattern on printing plates for the cards. Soon the winnings mount up as he travels across Europe beating the odds. But Barney’s troubles begin when he falls for the swinging fashion designer Angel (Susannah York) who discovers his deception. Her father ‘Manny’ McGinnis (Clive Revill) is a Scotland Yard inspector who offers Barney a deal. He will keep quiet about the cards if Barney helps him catch international drug smuggler Harry Dominion (Eric Porter) through a high-stakes poker game…

 
Kaleidoscope
 
 

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Desire knows no bounds… 1943 Italy: In the darkest days of the war a young baker’s apprentice suddenly murders his employer before taking to the empty midnight streets frantically searching for someone or something…a haunting image of passion rage and desperation. Sixty years later: Passion seems to be missing from the life of Giovanna (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) a young wife and mother of two who appears to have found some sense of domestic peace. Her husband Filippo (Filippo Nigro) is a good man but saddled with a poor-paying night shift and Giovanna supplements her own full-time income as a poultry inspector by baking pastries and deserts for a local pub. With more than enough to do Giovanna isn’t too pleased when Filippo insists on bringing home a confused elderly man (Massimo Girotti) they find wandering in the streets. In and out of lucidity the old man utters a single name (’Simone’) and to appease Giovanna Filippo insists that he will take the man to a police station the following morning. But by the next evening the old man is still there. Once again Filippo has let her down. However the older man’s presence and the mystery of his identity begin to have a profound effect on Giovanna. When she begins her weekly baking the old man can suddenly recall the secret of how to make perfect flour for pastries. At the same time Giovanna continues her indulgence of gazing out her apartment window to the flat opposite hers where a handsome young bachelor lives. At a chance meeting in a bar Giovanna learns that the bachelor Lorenzo (Raoul Bova) is a banker who is due to be transferred to a new branch. Her neighbour urges Giovanna to have a fling with Lorenzo but their connection deepens when one night Lorenzo aids Giovanna in locating the older man who has wandered off. As the questions about the old man grow more and more complex and the secrets of his past are slowly revealed Lorenzo and Giovanna grow closer equally consumed by the fate of this gentle old soul and their own obvious attraction. With Lorenzo’s departure growing more imminent and as the old man begins to slowly put the pieces of his life back together Giovanna finds herself facing a series of choices about her life her family and her future striking an eerily similar chord to the fateful choice that a young baker’s apprentice had to make sixty years ago. The winner of five David di Donatello (Italian Academy) Awards including Best Film Best Actor and Best Actress Facing Window is one of the highest grossing films Italian films of all-time and is wonderfully directed by Ferzan Ozpetek (Hamam).

 
Facing Window (aka: La Finestra Di Fronte)
 
 

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An audience award winner at Rottedam film festival Michael Hoffman’s Eden is a sensual and romantic film about the art of cooking and love. Gregor (Josef Ostendorf) an eccentric chef runs a small restaurant on the outskirts of town. In his spare time he often sits by a street cafe where he is served by Eden (Charlotte Roche). Eden is married to Xaver (Devid Striesow) and has a young daughter Leonie (Leonie Streep) who has Down Syndrome. Gregor is charmed by both Leonie and her mother and decides to bake a cake with his own homemade chocolate for Eden’s birthday. When Eden tastes the chocolate she is hooked and visits Gregor’s kitchen to taste some more of his cuisine which leads to a close but platonic relationship. Eden and her marraige flourish and she finally becomes pregnant again. But Xaver is jealous of Gregor leading to confrontation Gregor decides to leave town but first he wants to see Eden one last time. Seamlessly fitting in with a great tradition of food related films including eat Drink Man Woman Big Night and Like Water For Chocolate Eden is a beautifully judged delight.

 
Eden
 
 

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Meet Will & Grace. Grace is a sassy and smart interior designer Will is a gorgeous and supercool lawyer. They’re both looking for love and they’re made for each other in every way except for one thing – Grace is straight Will is gay. Their lives are complicated even further by their outrageous friends Karen & Jack. This DVD box set contains all the episodes from the seventh season: Episodes Comprise: 1. FYI: I Hurt Too 2. Back Up Dancer 3. One Gay At A Time 4. Company 5. Key Party 6. The Newlydreads 7. Will & Grace & Vince & Nadine 8. Saving Grace Again (Part 1) 9. Saving Grace Again (Part 2) 10. Queens For A Day (Part 1) 11. Queens For A Day (Part 2) 12. Christmas Break 13. Board Games 14. Partners 15. Bully Woolley 16. Dance Cards And Greeting Cards 17. The Birds And The Bees 18. The Fabulous Baker Boy 19. Sour Balls 20. The Blonde Leading The Blind 21. It’s A Dad Dad Dad Dad World 22. From Queer To Eternity 23. Friends With Benefits 24. Kiss And Tell

 
Will And Grace – Season 7 Box Set
 
 

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The Cool School is an object lesson in how to build an art scene from scratch and what to avoid in the process. The film focuses on the seminal Ferus Gallery which groomed the LA art scene from a loose band of idealistic beatniks into a coterie of competitive often brilliant artists including Ed Kienholz Ed Ruscha Craig Kauffman Wallace Berman Ed Moses and Robert Irwin. The Ferus also served as launching point for New York imports Andy Warhol (hosting his first Soup Can show) Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein as well as leading to the first Pop Art show and Marcel Duchamp’s first retrospective. What was lost and gained is tied up in a complex web of egos passions money and art. This is how L.A. came of age.

 
Art House 2: The Cool School
 
 

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