The peace & tranquillity of an idyllic, suburban city is suddenly broken. Behind a picket fence & manicured lawn, teenager Sara awakens, startled as a rush of cold air gently pushes her bedroom door open. Across the hall her parents bedroom door lies ajar & as her eyes adjust to the darkness she finds her parents gagged & tied to the bed. Knocked unconscious she is later awoken by a deranged killer & given sixty seconds to make a simple choice: who dies, her mother or her father? ...

Widely praised at the Cannes, Berlin & Toronto Film Festivals, CHOP SHOP is the second remarkable feature from the internationally acclaimed young director Ramin Bahrani, who was hailed 'the new great American film director' by eminent critic Roger Ebert. On the outskirts of Queens, & just steps from some of New York’s most iconic landmarks, Alejandro, a tough & ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives & works in a ‘ Chop Shop’
- an illegal workshop breaking stolen cars for the purpose of selling them as parts. In this ramshackle world of mud, rust, graffiti, & twisted scrap metal populated by illegal immigrants & low-level adult criminals, young Alejandro struggles to pursue his goal of making a better life for himself & his spirited 16-year-old sister, Isamar.
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Widely praised at the Cannes, Berlin & Toronto Film Festivals, CHOP SHOP is the second remarkable feature from the internationally acclaimed young director Ramin Bahrani, who was hailed 'the new great American film director' by eminent critic Roger Ebert. On the outskirts of Queens, & just steps from some of New York’s most iconic landmarks, Alejandro, a tough & ambitious Latino street orphan on the verge of adolescence, lives & works in a ‘ Chop Shop’
- an illegal workshop breaking stolen cars for the purpose of selling them as parts. In this ramshackle world of mud, rust, graffiti, & twisted scrap metal populated by illegal immigrants & low-level adult criminals, young Alejandro struggles to pursue his goal of making a better life for himself & his spirited 16-year-old sister, Isamar.
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Recorded live (obviously) at London’s Bloomsbury Theatre following a massive sell-out tour, Chris Addison Live is a blisteringly funny experience. Although you won’t actually get blisters. That’s just an expression. But you can find out for yourself why so many people think Chris Addison is the wittiest, most hilarious (not to mention sweatiest & gangliest) comedian around as he blathers on about subjects from the personal to the, y’know, not so personal in his own unique, highly entertaining, sweaty & gangly style. ...

Chris Tarrant is in West Africa to experience one of the greatest surviving African railways of the colonial era. Built by French colonists at a cost of tens of thousands of African lives, this railway connects the capital, Brazzaville, far inland on the Congo River, to the coast 310 miles away. It has remained a vital lifeline for both people & freight in a country with few roads & thousands of square of miles of impenetrable jungle. ...

This week Chris Tarrant is traveling on the Konkan railway which runs down the west coast of India connecting the port cities of Mumbai & Mangalore. Although the British Empire built 40, 000 miles of track across this vast sub-continent between, they stayed clear of this narrow, boggy strip of land as it was such a treacherous & difficult environment in which to build a railway. As a result Western India remained undeveloped until over 100 years later when a brave Indian engineer took on the daunting task. Known as The People's Railway it opened in January 1998, finally connecting the remote villages along the route to the outside world. ...

Highschool geek Arnie Cunningham falls in love with " Christine", a bright red 1957 Plymouth Fury which has seen much better days. Setting himself the task of restoring the car to its original condition, his friends notice that the car is not the only thing that is changing. Arnie seems to spend more & more time with his car. He's also developed a sort of cocky arrogance which does not seem like the real Arnie at all. ...

Two of Britain’s finest actors, Timothy Spall (Harry Potter) & Brenda Blethyn (Pride & Prejudice), star in this heart-warming Christmas story perfect for the whole family. Fifteen year old Eddie (Joseph Phillips) is on a shopping trip with his mother when she is tragically struck by a car & left in a critical condition. With their father absent from their lives, Eddie & his brother Stewart (Angus Harrison) face the daunting prospect of potentially losing their mother just as Christmas approaches. One night, Eddie’s mother visits him in a dream urging him to find a halo so that she may be saved. Stewart scoffs at the idea but Eddie is determined. Will the brothers be able to find an angel & save their mother before Christmas? ...

Two of Britain’s finest actors, Timothy Spall (Harry Potter) & Brenda Blethyn (Pride & Prejudice), star in this heart-warming Christmas story perfect for the whole family. Fifteen year old Eddie (Joseph Phillips) is on a shopping trip with his mother when she is tragically struck by a car & left in a critical condition. With their father absent from their lives, Eddie & his brother Stewart (Angus Harrison) face the daunting prospect of potentially losing their mother just as Christmas approaches. One night, Eddie’s mother visits him in a dream urging him to find a halo so that she may be saved. Stewart scoffs at the idea but Eddie is determined. Will the brothers be able to find an angel & save their mother before Christmas? ...

The Kranks have always celebrated a picture-perfect Christmas. But with their only daughter, Blair, away from home on her Peace Corps assignment, Nora & Luther are suffering from empty nest syndrome & decide to skip Christmas in favour of a Caribbean cruise. But their neighbours, led by Vic Frohmeyer, take Christmas very seriously & are none too happy about the Kranks' boycott. In this neighbourhood where every house is decorated to the hilt & has a Frosty on the roof, skipping Christmas is virtually a crime. & just as the Kranks are preparing for their Christmas Day departure, they get a call from their daughter who announces that she is coming home for Christmas after all. Suddenly, all systems are go for their annual Christmas Eve party & a normal
- highly festive
- holiday. Will the Kranks be able to pull together a perfect Christmas for Blair in just a few hours, or will she discover their plan to skip Christmas?

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