Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From Peter Greenaway (Nightwatching The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover) one of the most inventive ambitious & controversial film-makers of our time comes a sumptuous period drama told in explicit detail exploring the life of celebrated 16th century Dutch printer & engraver of erotic prints Hendrik Goltzius Attempting to seduce the Margrave of Alsace (F Murray Abraham Amadeus Homeland) into paying for a printing press to make & publish his erotic imagery Goltzius promises the Margrave a spectacular illustration of the Old Testament s biblical stories erotic takes on figures such as Adam & Eve Lot & his daughters Samson & Delilah & John the Baptist & Salome To tempt the Margrave further Goltzius & his printing company offer to perform dramatisations of these erotic tales for his court Recently awarded Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema at the 2014 BAFTA s Peter Greenaway returns to the cinematic arena of The Draughtsman s Contract with GOLTZIUS & THE PELICAN COMPANY a film that showcases Greenaway s hallmarks of breath-taking visual framing & a fascination with sex & death Winner of the award for Best Film Out of Official Competition at Rome Film Festival GOLTZIUS & THE PELICAN COMPANY is Peter Greenaway s second biopic on Dutch Masters (following Rembrandt portrait Nightwatching) ...

Tracklist A1 Hangover 327 A2 Revolutionary Kind 431 A3 Bring It On 410 B1 Blue Moon Rising 448 B2 Las Vegas Dealer 354 B3 We Haven't Turned Around 629 C1 Fill My Cup 438 C2 Rhythm & Blues Alibi 503 C3 Rosalita 404 D1 California 723 D2 Devil Will Ride 656 ...

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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 A new event series from Stefano Sollima the writer & director of ‘ Romanzo Criminale’ based on Robert Saviano’s best-selling book & the subsequent Cannes Golden Palm winning film of the same name Gomorrah is the inside story of fierce Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra as seen through the eyes of Ciro (Marco D’ Amore) the obedient & self-confident right-hand man of the clan’s godfather Pietro Savastano (Fortunato Cerlino) whose loyalty is tested to its limits over twelve blood-drenched episodes Ciro knows better than anyone what it means to be a loyal clan member But when Pietro decides to sacrifice many of his own only to make a blood-drenched statement to rival clan boss Salvatore Conte something dies in Ciro – for one of the many victims of the bloodshed is his foster father Attilio himself an ever-loyal clan member ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Based on the bestselling expose of the Neapolitan mafia by award-winning journalist Roberto Saviano Gomorrah is an unforgettable & compelling story of power money & blood Five stories are woven together in modern day Naples set in a brutal world from which there is no escape & no mercy Gomorrah is directed by acclaimed & multi award-winning director Matteo Garrone It won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes 2008 & was a multi prize winner at the European Film Academy awards with honours including Best European Film & Best European Director ...

' All my life my Stradivarius had been waiting for me as I had been waiting for her ' At 7 years old Min Kym was a prodigy the youngest ever pupil at the Purcell School of Music At 11 she won her first international prize She worked with many violins waiting for the day she would play 'the one' At 21 she found it a rare 1696 Stradivarius perfectly suited to her build & temperament Her career soared She recorded the Brahms concerto & a world tour was planned Then in a train station cafe her violin was stolen In an instant her world collapsed She descended into a terrifying limbo land unable to play another note This is Min's extraordinary story
- of a young woman staring into the void wondering who she was who she had been It is a story of isolation & dependence of love loss & betrayal & the intense almost human bond that a musician has with their instrument Above all it's a story of hope through a journey back to music' The hours fell away as I read this spellbinding tale of love loss & above all devotion to art'
- Susan Cain author of international bestseller Quiet The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

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Night is falling as murder detective Jack Caffrey arrives to interview the distraught victim of a car-jacking What he hears horrifies him The car was taken by force & on the back seat was a passenger An eleven-year-old girl Who is still missing Before long the jacker starts to communicate with the police & Caffrey becomes certain that he is planning to take another car & another child Who is the car-jacker? How is he choosing his targets? &
- most urgent of all
- can Caffrey find the child? Before it's too late

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When a Lesley Kinnock buys a lottery ticket on a whim it changes her life more than she could have imagined Lesley & her husband Mack are the sudden winners of a GBP15 million Euro Millions jackpot They move with their 15-year-old daughter Rosie to an exclusive gated estate in Buckinghamshire leaving behind their ordinary lives
- & friends
- as they are catapulted into wealth beyond their wildest dreams But it soon turns into their darkest nightmare when one beautiful spring afternoon Lesley returns to their house to find it empty their daughter Rosie is gone DC Maggie Neville is assigned to be Family Liaison Officer to Lesley & Mack supporting them while quietly trying to investigate the family & she has a crisis threatening her own life
- a secret from the past that could shatter everything she's worked so hard to build As Lesley & Maggie desperately try to find Rosie their fates hurtle together on a collision course that threatens to end in tragedy Money can't buy you happiness The truth could hurt more than a lie One moment really can change your life forever


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Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Focusing on the disappearance of a young girl within a crime-saturated neighbourhood Gone Baby Gone is an urban mystery of failure that mixes high-wire suspense with vivid characters & provocative themes This dark hard-bitten & powerful adaptation of Dennis Lehane's haunting & emotional crime novel Gone Baby Gone sees Ben Affleck in his debut directorial role produce an intense crime thriller that is constantly surprising & deeply compelling Dorchester a tough district of Boston where the gritty working class streets are lined with the wreckage of broken families & dreams is home to private investigator Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) With professional partner & girlfriend Angela (Michelle Monaghan) Patrick investigates minor criminal cases Their approachable tone & familiarity with the neighbourhood enables them to talk to people the police cannot When four-year-old Amanda Mc Cready (Madeline O' Brien) is abducted from her bedroom after her drug addicted mother Helene (Amy Ryan) leaves her alone the local police unit led by Capt Jack Doyle (Morgan Freeman) & his ace detective Remy Bressant (Ed Harris) use all their resources to try & track the little girl down With the police making no headway Patrick & Angela are bought in by Amanda's proud & virtuous aunt Bea to start their own investigation As Patrick & Angela delve further down a path in to the dark heart of the neighbourhood they uncover an intensifying web of sordid lies & a labyrinthine maze of class corruption evil & innocence With every clue or fact that is revealed tension mounts & much like Clint Eastwood's adaptation of Lehane's Mystic River Gone Baby Gone packs an emotionally powerful punch that keeps you ultimately involved & unaware of what is around the corner By opting for a cast that consists of established & confident actors like Morgan Freeman & Ed Harris paired with real-life toughened Bostonians straight out of local pool-halls & clubs Ben Affleck has managed to portray the tough real feel of the streets of South Boston with natural grit & charm & has adapted Dennis Lehane's best-selling novel Gone Baby Gone in to a terrifying & intellectually engaging feature Actors Casey Affleck Michelle Monaghan Morgan Freeman & Ed Harris Director Ben Affleck Certificate 15 years & over Year 2007 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 49 minutes (approx) ...

Based on the novel by MYSTIC RIVER author Dennis Lehane GONE BABY GONE marks the directorial debut of actor Ben Affleck Featuring a solid cast including Ed Harris Morgan Freeman & Affleck's brother Casey in the lead role as a private detective GONE BABY GONE centres on the disappearance of a young girl in the working class neighborhood of Dorchester in South Boston With plenty of twists & turns the movie works as a solid crime thriller but it's as a study of a place--and one's ability to either accept & embrace or ultimately break free from it--that the film flowers Beneath the movie's street-tough justice & cop shop politics sits a very complicated view of the world which Affleck delves into unflinchingly thanks in large part to his ability to extract some excellent performances from his cast Casey Affleck offers a nice mix of both steely resolve & vulnerability while Harris presents a strong performance as a conflicted emotionally tortured cop Of particular note is Amy Ryan as the mother of the abducted girl Her character's outrageous foul-mouthed demeanor ultimately ends up feeling both tragic & pathetic with the only appropriate reactions being either pity or rage It makes for an uncomfortable but affecting dichotomy GONE BABY GONE signifies a confident & impressive turn behind the camera for one of Hollywood's more contentious stars A Boston native himself Affleck takes great care in evoking his city's entirety from its undeniably ugly underbelly to what feels like an almost primordial sense of community It speaks to Affleck's substance as a director & of good things to come ...