Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Orson Welles&s TOUCH OF EVIL is nothing short of a masterpiece Beginning with a three-minute-plus tracking crane shot the film explodes onto the screen literally the marvelously expressive opening shot ends with a car blowing up & that detonation sets into motion a classic noir tale of betrayal & murder In a complex exploration of character & morality Welles plays the racist Captain Hank Quinlan a grotesque troubled & powerful figure who runs his small US border town according to his own version of the law Quinlan&s brutishness & vulgarity contrast starkly with the idealism & playboy good looks of Charlton Heston as Mike Vargas a Mexican detective trying to put away the leader of a dangerous family of drug dealers the Grandis In the US with his new bride Susie (Janet Leigh) Vargas becomes consumed with exposing Quinlan & his highly questionable methods too busy to see that his own beautiful blonde bride is in serious danger from both Quinlan & the Grandis In 1998 Welles&s film was restored closer to its creator&s original vision & it is a joy to behold Every shot is impeccably crafted every word of dialogue concise & pointed The camerawork (by Russell Metty & John Russell) is stunning particularly in the opening scene & the long single take in which Vargas believes he has caught Quinlan planting evidence The supporting cast led by Marlene Dietrich Dennis Weaver Akim Tamiroff & Joseph Calleia gives exhilarating performances TOUCH OF EVIL Welles&s last studio film is a near-perfect examination of the dark underbelly of society & the tragic downfall of a once proud man ...

Set in the town of Denton A TOUCH OF FROST focuses on Detective Inspector Frost & his long-suffering Superintendent Harry Mullett (Bruce Alexander) Based on the novels by RD Wingfield this long-running British crime drama features award-winning actor David Jason as Jack Frost; a man of unconventional methods & a gruff manner that often draw acrimony from suspects & fellow policemen alike But no one can dispute the efficiency of Frost's techniques This collection

Includes:: the episodes of series 15; the final series to be made in which one of British television's most acclaimed characters hangs up his hat & retires from Denton CID

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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 David Jason stars as Detective Inspector Jack Frost As Frost continues to interrogate Denton&s leading drug dealer he realises it&s going nowehere when he starts demanding his solicitor Meanwhile a con artist who steals cars from golf clubs is soon under suspicion when a dead body is found in the boot of one of his stolen cars ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Set in the town of Denton A TOUCH OF FROST focuses on Detective Inspector Frost & his long-suffering Superintendent Harry Mullett Based on the novels by RD Wingfield the British crime drama features award-winning actor David Jason as tough detective Jack Frost Frost is a man of unconventional methods & a gruff manner that often draw acrimony from suspects & fellow policemen alike But no one can dispute the efficiency of Frost&s techniques Also containing a good bit of humour the series takes place in a fictitious dreary town called Denton & features solid writing & unflashy but thoroughly engaging acting Contains every episode from the much-loved long-running show from series 1 to 15 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Comedy starring Jimi Mistry as Alim a South-Asian Canadian who thinks he&s living with the spirit of Cary Grant (Kyle Mac Lachlan) Alim lives in London & works as a stills photographer in the movie business He is trying with Cary&s help to live up to the glamorous standards of old Hollywood Alim&s partner Giles (Kristen Holden-Ried) is a handsome economist who&s charming intelligent comfortable with who he is & completely unaware of his lover&s fantasy life Alim & Giles are happy together despite Alim&s secret until Alim&s mother Nuru (Sureka Mathew) shows up for a visit & the whole charade begins to unravel ...

Using the same innovative production technique & brilliant aesthetic cheered by parents educators & children alike in the acclaimed Touch Think Learn series here is an alphabet that literally adds a new dimension to learning Raised die-cut pieces nestled in mirroring indented cut-outs engage readers on both visual & tactile levels An impressive gift this exquisitely executed design object is above all else a fabulously fun & educationally essential alphabet book ...

Tracklist Flowers & You New Halloween Rapture Displacement Benediction Eight Seconds Palm Dreams Softer Spoken Posing Holy Water Damage Skyscraper ...

Tracklist A1 A2 New Halloween A3 Rapture A4 & Now Its Happening In Mine A5 Uppers Downers A6 Adieux A7 Steps B1 Just Exist B2 Pathfinder B3 Flowers & You B4 Negotiating The Charade B5 The Great Repetition B6 Art Official B7 Displacement B8 Cadence C1 Harbor C2 Palm Dreams C3 Home Away From Here C4 Amends C5 Benediction C6 Banter 1 C7 Is Survived By C8 Condolences D1 Banter 2 D2 Circa 95 D3 Low Beams D4 I?ll Get My Just Deserve D5 I?ll Deserve Just That D6 Honest Sleep ...

Play your cards right from different patterns on the game board Each player tries to form three different patterns while attempting to thwart the other player&s progress Can be played individually or in teams Play your cards right & form different patterns on the game board Combines the fun of a board game with the excitement of a card game Can be played individually or in teams Ages 8 Players 2-6 ...

The anguished & volatile intensity associated with the artistic temperament was once thought to be a symptom of genius or eccentricity peculiar to artists writers & musicians Kay Jamison's work based on her study as a clinical psychologist & researcher in mood disorders reveals that many artists subject to exalted highs & despairing lows were in fact engaged in a struggle with clinically identifiable manic-depressive illness Jamison presents proof of the biological foundations of this disease & applies what is known about the illness to the lives & works of some of the world's greatest artists including Byron Van Gogh Schumann & Woolf ...