Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Armed with pocket-sized video cameras a tenacious band of Burmese reporters face down death to expose the repressive regime controlling their country Compiled from the shaky handheld footage acclaimed filmmaker Anders Ostergaard&s Burma VJ plays out as a real-life thriller as the Video-Journalists themselves become the target of the Burmese government Director Anders Ostergaard Certificate Exempt from Classification Year 2009 Duration 1 hour & 26 minutes (approx) ...

Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma George Orwell&s first novel presents a devastating picture of British colonial rule It describes corruption & imperial bigotry in a society where &after all natives were natives
- interesting no doubt but finally an inferior people& When Flory a white timber merchant befriends Indian Dr Veraswami he defies this orthodoxy The doctor is in danger U Po Kyin a corrupt magistrate is plotting his downfall The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club & Flory can help Flory&s life is changed further by the arrival of beautiful Elizabeth Lackersteen from Paris who offers an escape from loneliness & the &lie& of colonial life
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Based on his experiences as a policeman in Burma George Orwell&s first novel presents a devastating picture of British colonial rule It describes corruption & imperial bigotry in a society where &after all natives were natives
- interesting no doubt but finally an inferior people& When Flory a white timber merchant befriends Indian Dr Veraswami he defies this orthodoxy The doctor is in danger U Po Kyin a corrupt magistrate is plotting his downfall The only thing that can save him is membership of the all-white Club & Flory can help Flory&s life is changed further by the arrival of beautiful Elizabeth Lackersteen from Paris who offers an escape from loneliness & the &lie& of colonial life George Orwell&s first novel inspired by his experiences in the Indian Imperial Police in Burma Burmese Days

Includes:: a new introduction by Emma Larkin in Penguin Modern Classics


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George Orwell was a novelist unlike any other fiercely devoted to presenting the truth as he saw it The three novels in this collection date from the 1930s before his political satires Animal Farm & Nineteen Eighty-Four made him world-famous Compelling works in their own right they are all studies of men at odds with their surroundings In Burmese Days the darkest of the three a frustrated expatriate finds himself trapped between the decadence of his own people & the corruption of the natives they claim to rule Coming Up for Airdramatizes the frustration of every little man in his hopeless struggle against bourgeois respectability Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a sort of comedy in which minor poet Gordon Comstock engages briefly with romantic dreams before realizing that salvation is to be found not in escape from his life but engagement with it ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play An all-star cast including George Clooney Brad Pitt Frances Mc Dormand Tilda Swinton & John Malkovich come together in this outrageous spy comedy about murder blackmail sex addiction & physical fitness! When a disc filled with some of the CIA’s most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined but dim-witted gym employees the duo are intent on exploiting their find But since blackmail is a trade better left for the experts events soon spiral out of everyone’s & anyone’s control resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters! From Joel & Ethan Coen the Academy Award-winning directors of No Country For Old Men & The Big Lebowski comes this brilliantly clever & endlessly entertaining movie that critics are calling smart funny & original ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Covert intelligence operative Michael Westen has been punched kicked chocked & shot Now he being burned & someone going to pay When Michael receives a notice blacklisting him from the intelligence community & compromising his very identity he must track down a faceless nemesis without getting himself killed in the process Meanwhile Michael is forced to double as a private investigator on the dangerous streets of Miami in order to survive Fully loaded with sly humour Burn Notice is a fresh spin on the spy genre with plenty of precarious twists to keep you guessing & enough explosive action to keep you rivited ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play One of the smartest sexiest shows on television Burn Notice combines thrilling espionage action & wry humour with intricate plot twists & gripping suspense After being mysteriously blacklisted from the intelligence community former CIA operative Michael Westen must rely on his extraordinary skills to uncover the secrets behind his burn notice As he gets closer to the truth Michael & his hard-hitting team take on a deadly onslaught of crime lords drug cartels & international terrorist threats Now for the first time own the entire series & experience the full rush of Burn Notice! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play When intelligence agencies need to dispense with one of their spies they serve a burn notice A burn notice informs other agencies that the spy has become unreliable effectively ending his or her career BURN NOTICE follows Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) whose intelligence career comes to an abrupt halt after a botched job in Nigeria Westen returns home to Miami Florida only to discover that he has been cut off from all his contacts in the agency & his bank account has been frozen Without a penny to his name Westen decides to work as an unlicensed private investigator using the money he makes to launch his own investigation into his fate with the intelligence agency Westen&s new career presents him with plenty of opportunities to delve into Miami&s seedy underbelly with drug dealers gunrunners prostitution rings & gangsters all coming under his watchful eye Features the complete second series of the show ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Burn Notice stars Jeffrey Donovan (Changeling) as Michael Westen everyone favorite blacklisted spy Stranded in sun-soaked Miami he continues to use the only tools he has at his disposal his wits his charm his special ops training & his friends -Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar) a beautiful ex-IRA operative who also happens to be Michael ex-girlfriend Sam (Bruce Campbell) a washed-up military intelligence contact who works as Michael&s sidekick & his mother (Emmy Award winner Sharon Gless) who Michael has spent most of his adult life trying to avoid This season opens with Michael emerging from the water completely free from interference by the organization that burned him but now under investigation by the police Michael faces a new foe in Miami Police Detective Michelle Paxson (recurring guest star Moon Bloodgood Terminator Salvation) who becomes obsessed with uncovering the truth about Michael Also in the upcoming season we see Michael & team help a kidnapped child take on Latin American thugs & deal with some familiar faces while Michael works to get back into the CIA Ben Shenkman (Grey Anatomy) also recurs as Stickler a freelance spy broker who makes a living by contracting current & former spies to do work on the side This season we also see the return of some of the most popular characters from the first two seasons including Jay Karnes as weapons dealer Brennen & Seth Peterson as Michael brother Nate ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play It all comes down to this—the thrilling final season of one of television’s hottest shows where everything is finally revealed Separated from his friends & family & on the verge of losing it all Michael Westen goes deep undercover joining forces with a mysterious woman & infiltrating a sinister terrorist network With time running out Michael must do whatever it takes to stay alive & protect his loved ones; but now he may be forced to go too far Packed with explosive action & exciting plot twists Burn Notice Season Seven comes fully equipped with exclusive bonus features available only on DVD ...