Midsummer approaches & Inspector Kurt Wallander prepares for a holiday with the new woman in his life hopeful that his wayward daughter & his ageing father will cope without him But his restful summer plans are thrown into disarray when a teenage girl commits suicide before his eyes & a former minister of justice is butchered in the first of a series of apparently motiveless murders Wallander's desperate hunt for the girl's identity & his furious pursuit of a killer who scalps his victims will throw him & those he loves most into mortal danger WINNER OF THE CRIME WRITERS' ASSOCIATION GOLD DAGGER ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Inspired by the 1932 Boris Karloff classic The Mask of Fu Manchu & starring Françoise Blanchard who had mesmerised with her performance in Rollin s The Living Dead Girl (1982) the previous year Sidewalks marks a rare departure for Jean Rollin away from his more usual vampire themes With Sidewalks of Bangkok Rollin wanted to pay homage to the adventure films that he had loved watching in his youth & in many ways Sidewalks is a homage to them Rollin mixes themes of action crime & mystery while throwing in some scenes of sadistic sex for good measure creating an almost comic book tribute to his heroes ...

An intricate web of relationships is examined by Ed Burns (THE BROTHERS Mc MULLEN SHE'S THE ONE) in SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK Burns who also wrote & produced the film stars as Tommy Reilly a boy from Queens turned successful Manhattanite After being kicked out of the apartment he shared with his girlfriend he is back in the dating scene When he meets a divorced schoolteacher (Rosario Dawson) the connections between the additional main characters in the ensemble--played by Stanley Tucci Heather Graham Brittany Murphy & David Krumholz--are identified slowly but surely a divorced couple an adulterous married man & his mistress & a doubting wife Burns' look at relationships leaves no stone unturned as the main characters & their friends discuss their love lives Filmed throughout New York City the characters' stories are spliced together by their own personal monologues in documentary-style scenes Well-delivered witty & humorous banter that is reminiscent of the works of Woody Allen keeps the story moving as does the shooting technique of following behind the characters with the camera Tucci in particular delivers a standout performance as a two-timing lecherous dentist ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Following ABOUT SCHMIDT & ELECTION Alexander Payne once again focuses on the comedy of personal tragedy in the hilarious & poignant SIDEWAYS Paul Giamatti (AMERICAN SPLENDOR) plays Miles the film&s antihero a failed author & self-defeatist who still pines for his ex-wife who divorced him years before Meanwhile Miles&s old friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church) is getting married & the two set off on a bachelors& road trip through California wine country While Miles looks forward to male bonding over the best bottles the vineyards can offer Jack is a playful philanderer who just wants to get laid Thus this fortysomething odd couple find themselves in conflict leading to a chaotic week of disagreements miscast romance with some local women (Virginia Madsen & Sandra Oh) & eventually total meltdown Payne&s artistic direction & excellent character construction will have viewers reeling with laughter while also feeling true compassion for these two easy-to-read buddies The film offers beautiful photography of the California countryside some unique insight into the wine industry & a soundtrack featuring tunes by Luna Pat Travers Bonnie Raitt & others Viewers will come away from SIDEWAYS with a smile on their faces & a thirst for a nice glass of Pinot Noir ...

There has been a terrible mistake Wayside School was supposed to have been built with thirty classrooms all next to each other in a row Instead it was built with the thirty classrooms all on top of each other
- thirty storeys high! That may be why all kinds of strange stuff happens at Wayside School Especially on the thirtieth floor It is a school full of unusual characters too Mrs Gorf the meanest teacher in the world Terrible Todd who always gets sent home early John who can only read upside down It is a crazy mixed-up school brilliantly brought to life by the irresistible Louis Sachar
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The eagerly anticipated fifth instalment in The Grantchester Mysteries series now a major ITV drama Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is beginning to think that the life of a full-time priest (and part-time detective) is not easy So when a bewitching divorcee in a mink coat interrupts Sidney's family lunch asking him to help locate her missing son he hopes it will be an open & shut case The last thing he expects is to be dragged into the mysterious workings of a sinister cult or to find himself tangled up in another murder investigation But as always the village of Grantchester is not as peaceful as it seems From the theft of an heirloom to an ominous case of blackmail Sidney is once again rushed off his feet in this eagerly anticipated fifth instalment in The Grantchester Mysteries series ...

Loveable full-time priest & part-time detective Canon Sidney Chambers is back continuing his investigations A mysterious stranger seeks sanctuary in Grantchester's church; a shooting weekend in the country has a sinister end; a friend receives poison pen letters; a piano falls on a musician's head; a school cricket match has an explosive finish; & on a holiday in Italy Sidney is accused of stealing a priceless painting On the home front his new curate has become irritatingly popular with the parish & his daughter is starting to walk & talk ...

The sixth book in the James Runcie's much-loved series adapted for ITV's Grantchester which stars James Norton as Sidney Chambers Perfect for fans of M C Beaton It is May 1971 & the Cambridgeshire countryside is bursting into summer Archdeacon Sidney Chambers is walking in a bluebell wood with his daughter Anna & their ageing Labrador Byron when they stumble upon a body Plunged into another murder investigation Sidney discovers a world of hippies & psychedelic plants where permissive behaviour seems to hide something darker This is the first of many disturbing secrets that Sidney unearths beneath the tranquil surface of the diocese a celebrated photographer is accused of rape; a priceless religious text vanishes from a Cambridge college; the authentication of a lost masterpiece proves a slippery business; & Sidney's own nephew goes missing Endeavouring to fit in his clerical duties around sleuthing Sidney continues to reflect on the divine mysteries of love life & faith while wrestling with the earthly problems of parish scandals a progressive new secretary the challenges of parenthood & a great loss ...

It is the 1960s & Canon Sidney Chambers is enjoying his first year of married life with his German bride Hildegard But life in Grantchester rarely stays quiet for long Our favourite clerical detective soon attempts to stop a serial killer who has a grievance against the clergy; investigates the disappearance of a famous painting after a distracting display of nudity by a French girl in an art gallery; uncovers the fact that an accidental' drowning on a film shoot may not have been so accidental after all; & discovers the reasons behind the theft of a baby from a hospital in the run-up to Christmas 1963 In the meantime Sidney wrestles with the problem of evil attempts to fulfil the demands of Dickens his faithful Labrador & contemplates as always the nature of love The third in The Grantchester Mysteries' series
- six detective novels spanning thirty years of British history
- these four longer stories are guaranteed to delight the many fans of Canon Sidney Chambers

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Now a major prime-time six-part series Grantchester for ITV Sidney Chambers the Vicar of Grantchester is a thirty-two year old bachelor Sidney is an unconventional clergyman & can go where the police cannot Together with his roguish friend Inspector Geordie Keating Sidney inquires into the suspect suicide of a Cambridge solicitor a scandalous jewellery theft at a New Year's Eve dinner party the unexplained death of a well-known jazz promoter & a shocking art forgery the disclosure of which puts a close friend in danger Sidney discovers that being a detective like being a clergyman means that you are never off duty ...