Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This affecting bittersweet tale--adapted from Brian Friel&s semi-autobiographical Tony Award-winning play--examines the emotional lives of the five unmarried Mundy sisters in 1936 rural Ireland In their mutual care is 8-year-old Michael (sweetly understated Darrell Johnston) the illegitimate son of youngest sister Christina (Braveheart&s Catherine Mc Cormack) A voice-over from the adult Michael recalls that significant summer in the month of August during the feast of Lughnasa The bolder town folk dance around a fire to Lugh an ancient god of light Yes this is fiercely Roman Catholic Ireland & Lugh a pagan god but that irony is at the core of the film the hypocrisy of tradition The dramatic change in the richly metaphoric movie comes with the arrival of two men eldest sibling--and only Mundy brother--Jack (Michael Gambon) a priest returning from many years in Africa now addled & Christine&s long-absent lover & Michael&s father the charmingly flighty Gerry (Rhys Ifans) Beautiful music & excellent performances highlight the film which also features gorgeous cinematography of the Irish countryside Meryl Streep is stern eldest sister Kate; Kathy Burke is lively Maggie; Brid Brennan (who appeared in the stage play) is thoughtful caretaker Agnes; & Sophie Thompson is simple sweet Rose It&s a quiet film but one filled with ironic & haunting meaning Dancing at Lughnasa was directed by Circle of Friends Pat O& Connor --NF Mendoza Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe) Number of discs 1 ...

A young boy tells the story of growing up in a fatherless home with his unmarried mother & four spinster aunts in 1930's Ireland Their lives are interrupted by the arrival of two men
- the boy's long-lost father who is off to Spain to fight the war against Franco & an elderly uncle who has come home to die after a lifetime in America Although life goes on as before for the boy & five sisters something will happen that will destroy their peaceful existence as they once knew it
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Students & journalists farmers & birdwatchers ex-wives adolescent lovers
- & dancing girls All ordinary people
- or are they?

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' The funniest man I ever saw & the saddest man I ever knew' This is how WC Fields described Bert Williams the highest-paid entertainer in America in his heyday & someone who counted the King of England & Buster Keaton among his fans Born in the Bahamas he moved to California with his family Too poor to attend Stanford University he took to life on the stage with his friend George Walker Together they played lumber camps & mining towns until they eventually made the agonising decision to 'play the coon' Off-stage Williams was a tall light-skinned man with marked poise & dignity; on-stage he now became a shuffling inept 'nigger' who wore blackface make-up As the new century dawned they were headlining on Broadway But the mask was beginning to overwhelm Williams & he sank into bouts of melancholia & heavy drinking unable to escape the blackface his public demanded ...

The fourth part of the sensational My Struggle series that has been hailed as perhaps the most significant literary enterprise of our times' (Guardian) Fresh out of high school Karl Ove moves to a remote fishing village to work as a teacher He has no interest in the job itself
- or in any other job for that matter his sole aim is to save money & start writing All goes well to begin with but as the nights grow longer his life takes a darker turn Drinking causes him blackouts his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation & to his own great distress he develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students & all the while the shadow of his father looms large
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Jayne Torville & Christopher Dean take their version of the hit TV series on the road As with the series a judging panel made up of Robin Cousins Nicky Slater Karen Barber & Jason Gardiner will be on hand to give their verdicts on the celebrity dancers before the audience vote on their favourite dancer of the night ...

The first three series of ITV&s popular ice skating show Record-breaking gold medal-winning ice skating duo Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean return to the rink to oversee a group of celebrity skaters each hoping to be crowned Britain&s new ice sensation Series one contestants include David Seaman John Barrowman Kelly Holmes Andi Peters Sean Wilson Bonnie Langford Tamara Beckwith Andrea Mclean Gaynor Faye & Stefan Booth Series two contestants are Kyran Bracken Clare Buckfield Kay Burley Neil Fox Stephen Gately Phil Gayle Duncan James Ulrika Jonsson Lisa Scott-Lee Lee Sharpe & Emily Symons Series three contestants include Gareth Gates Chris Fountain Suzanne Shaw Greg Rusedski Linda Lusardi Zaraah Abrahams Tim Vincent Michael Underwood Natalie Pinkham Samantha Mumba Steve Backley Aggie Mackenzie & Sarah Greene Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Award-winning dramatist Stephen Poliakoff blows open the volatile world of 1930s London in a story about a black jazz band&s rise to success before violence & prejudice brings it crashing back to earth Set in an extraordinary period of immense change the Louis Lester Band arrives at the forefront of an emerging musical movement jazz As the band grows in popularity & starts to mix with the upper classes the intoxicating combination of music money & parties pull the characters into a glamorous but perilous world Soon the band begins to feel immune from the prejudice hovering beneath the surface of society but the sudden death of one of the band members creates a catastrophic turn in their fortunes They immediately find themselves confronted by betrayal & their privileged position is quickly torn away from them as they begin to discover who their friends really are A stellar cast including Chiwetel Ejiofor John Goodman Matthew Goode & Jacqueline Bisset star in this explosive new drama where for a moment music transcends the divisions of class & race until fear & hate once again tear them apart Actors Jenna-Louise Coleman John Goodman Austin Hardiman Nicholas Blatt Peter Brown Calvin Dean & Martine Richards Director Stephen Poliakoff Certificate 12 years & over Year 2012 Languages English ...

The hilarious & poignant new novel from the best selling author of The Kicking the Bucket List When a boxset of Broadchurch is more appealing than having sex with your husband then perhaps it's time to hide the remote Cait & Matt have been married for 30 years They are rock solid An inspiration to others Stuck together like glue But Cait can't shake off the feeling that something is missing The whole world should be their oyster now that Matt has retired so why does she feel shut up like a clam? Things get more complicated when Tom Lewis the man who broke her heart at university makes a reappearance
- still as charming as ever Her friends widow Lorna & newly-single Debs have their own views of what Cait should do
- but she isn't in the mood to listen When Tom makes Cait an unexpected offer Cait feels the pull of a different life Has she got the guts to take the plunge or does it take more courage to give her marriage another chance? Funny & thoughtful this is a book for anyone who ever wondered what if?

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' The wisdom & knowledge that Judy has learned from her experience with cancer can be our guide & coach'
- Bernie Siegel MD Author
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