Black comedy about the determination of an understudy to be successful. Rebecca (Marin Ireland) is a struggling actress who gets the opportunity to be the understudy of film star Simone Harwin (Kelli Giddish) in a theatrical production of Electra. But, despite her talent, Rebecca is looked down on by the cast & crew. Soon the lead actresses become victims of mysterious accidents, meaning Rebecca has a starring role, but when the police investigate the situation her part in the play, along with her freedom, is in jeopardy. ...

Enlisting at the age of twenty in 1916, Edmund Blunden took part in the disastrous battles of the Somme, Ypres & Passchendaele, describing the latter as 'murder, not only to the troops, but to their singing faiths & hopes'. This autobiography records poet Blunden's experiences as an infantry subaltern in France & Flanders. ...

Jamie Bell plays Chris, a troubled teenager with a bizarre eating disorder, in this dark & lyrical thriller. Chris has moved with his little brother to his father John's (Dermot Mulroney) cabin in backwoods Georgia following their mother's death. Looking after his brother, Chris struggles with his own propensity to eat paint & dirt until he's sick. But then his violent uncle Deel (Josh Lucas) arrives, fresh from prison, & Chris finds himself on the run with his brother, trying to stay one step ahead of his deranged uncle. ...

A double bill of horror/thrillers. In ' Undertow' Jamie Bell plays Chris, a troubled teenager with a bizarre eating disorder, in this dark & lyrical thriller. Chris has moved with his little brother to his father John's (Dermot Mulroney) cabin in backwoods Georgia following their mother's death. Looking after his brother, Chris struggles with his own propensity to eat paint & dirt until he's sick. But then his violent uncle Deel (Josh Lucas) arrives, fresh from prison, & Chris finds himself on the run with his brother, trying to stay one step ahead of his deranged uncle. Whilst ' The Skeleton Key' is set in New Orleans where Caroline (Kate Hudson) is a care worker who moves in with terminally ill Ben (John Hurt) to look after him. Suspicious of his emotionally cold wife violet (Gena Rowlands), & able to sense a strange atmosphere in the house, Caroline gets hold of a skeleton key that allows her access to the house's many locked rooms. In the attic she finds a room decked out with the grotesque remains of a voodoo ritual, although violet claims not to have known of its existence. As Ben suffered his stroke shortly after discovering the room himself, Caroline is determined to find the secret to the sinister house, & its dark history as a centre of occult worship. ...

Jane is living a solitary life, estranged from her husband & son after her family is marked by a tragedy. As she recovers from a debilitating bout of treatment for a serious illness, Jane is plagued by childhood memories & strange, underwater dreams of her beloved brother, Paul, who went missing as a teenager. Jane begins searching for Paul. ...

Investigating the fundamental aspects of underwater acoustic communications, this title discusses architectures for two & three-dimensional sensor networks. It presents the challenges with the development of underwater networking solutions, & provides an effective cross-layer approach to the integration of communication functionalities. ...

Offering comprehensive coverage of modern sonar spectrum system analysis, this title provides an introduction to the subject of Underwater Acoustics. This title compares & contrasts different techniques for sonar design, analysis & performance prediction &

Includes:: experimental & theoretical results.

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