Based loosely on the story of ALICE IN WONDERLAND WHAT? is a dark comedy from Roman Polanski & writing partner Gerard Brach A young American Nancy (Sydney Rome) hitchhikes through Europe & finds herself in a remote Mediterranean villa Wherein she meets some strange inhabitants who lead her deeper into the weird & wonderful rabbit hole A cult classic not to be missed! ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Blackly comic psychodrama from director Robert Altman starring screen legends Bette Davis & Joan Crawford Jane Hudson (Davis) found fame as child star & Baby Jane& only to be eclipsed by her sister Blanche (Crawford) when the latter became a Hollywood glamour girl in the 1930s Blanche&s career was brought to an abrupt end by an accident for which Jane was seemingly responsible Now the two ageing sisters live together in their Hollywood mansion attended by their maid Elvira (Maidie Norman) When Jane discovers that Blanche is planning to sell their home & have her put away she begins a campaign of terror against her wheelchair-bound sibling Old rivals Davis & Crawford allegedly continued their on-screen conflict after the cameras stopped rolling
- Davis kicked Crawford in the head during the recording of one scene & Crawford retaliated by placing lead weights beneath her skirts for a sequence where Davis was required to drag her across the floor Actors Bette Davis Joan Crawford Victor Buono Directors Robert Aldrich Language English Number of discs 1 Classification 15 Studio Warner Home Video Run Time 128 minutes
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It is the long hot summer of 1963 & New York is filled with lovers dreamers & protestors Young African-American women grow out their hair & discover the taste of new freedoms Young men white & black travel south to fight against segregation praying for a society in which love is colour-free Written in the late 1960s & early 1970s but overlooked in Kathleen Collins's lifetime these stories mark the debut of a masterful writer whose electrifying voice was almost lost to history ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play On December 10 1936 King Edward VII King of England gave it all up
- ostensibly for the love of a woman This is the story of the abdication & subsequent life of Edward following his marriage to American divorcee Wallis Simpson
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Like most of the male population at Gilmore High Ryan (Shane West) has a serious crush on the beautiful & popular Ashley Grant (Jodi Lyn O& Keefe) & he is willing to do whatever it takes to win her over Ryan&s best friend Maggie (Marlo Sokoloff) meanwhile has attracted the attention of Ashley&s cousin Chris (James Franco) a babe magnet unused to rejection Although they have never mixed in the same social circles before the guys join forces & weave an hilarious web of fake e-mails plotted phone calls & contrived double dates in order to get the girls of their dreams in time for the prom A great teen remake of & Roxanne& & Whatever It Takes& shows how mistaken identities can be all part of the fun of falling in love Actors Shane West Marla Sokoloff Jodi Lyn O& Keefe James Franco Aaron Paul Richard Schiff Julia Sweeney Colin Hanks Kip Pardue & Scott Vickaryous Director David Raynr Certificate 15 years & over Year 2000 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English ; French Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes (approx)
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age has drifted down imperceptibly like dust Age comes to us all It is not a unique phenomenon but it is personal & it can be perplexing Poetry gives us a fresh way to think about growing older & these poems introduced by Sally Magnusson celebrate maturity widen perspectives & confront the inevitable The poets acknowledge the advent of age in rueful or upbeat mode celebrate the bonuses of friendship & late love survey the weaknesses of body & mind with black humour & face the final destination with indomitable spirit Whatever the Sea Scottish poems for growing older edited by Lizzie Mac Gregor is published in association with the Scottish Poetry Library & with support from the Baring Foundation It

Includes:: poems by Edwin Morgan Stewart Conn Alison Prince Douglas Dunn Vicki Feaver & Diana Hendry

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Whatever You Love from Louise Doughty
- the bestselling author of Apple Tree Yard now a major BBC 1 series
- is a heart-wrenching

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The bestselling author of It's Not How Good You Are It's How Good You Want To Be Paul Arden turns logic & common sense on its head in Whatever You Think Think the Opposite & gives you the confidence to take bigger risks & enjoy your work more than you can imagine Have you ever considered the extraordinary power of making bad decisions being unreasonable & taking dangerous unadvisable risks? Has it ever occurred to you that nothing is more dangerous than playing it safe or that the straight & narrow path may lead you right off a cliff? Paul Arden has become a global business guru on the strength of such radical insights His first book It's Not How Good You Are It's How Good You Want to Be became a word of mouth classic selling more than half a million copies Instead of the usual boring advice he offered daring quips aphorisms & paradoxes
- all seeking to revise what we habitually hold as our 'common sense' Whatever You Think Think the Opposite is an even more daring attack on the way we look at our work & our world Whether you sell manage or buy Arden will inspire you with his counterintuitive axioms startling anecdotes brilliant photographs & offbeat"ations from artists scientists & philosophers Whatever You Think Think the Opposite will force you to rethink everything & it will give you the confidence to take bigger risks & enjoy your work more than you can imagine' Brilliant bad charming irascible & totally off the wall Paul Arden is an original with extraordinary drive & energy blessed with a creative genius allied to a kind of common sense that just isn't well common' Roger Kennedy Saatchi & Saatchi Paul Arden spent 14 years as the Executive Creative Director at Saatchi & Saatchi He was responsible for some of the UK's most successful advertising campaigns
- British Airways Silk Cut Anchor Butter Inter City & Fuji In 1993 he set up the film production company Arden Sutherl&-Dodd His first book sold over half a million copies He has a weekly column in the Independent & recently opened a photographic gallery in his hometown Petworth

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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 Gilbert Grape feels trapped – with no father present & an eccentric family to care for he is struggling to cope His extremely overweight mother cannot leave the house & his developmentally challenged younger brother Alfie is running riot with his stubborn antics As much as Gilbert adores Alfie & shares a unique fatherly bond he can be difficult to care for The only way Gilbert can escape from the confines of his demanding role as head of the house is to run into the arms of an older married woman whom he is having a secret affair
- but the relationship is struggling as his mind is always elsewhere With their home falling apart at the very seams & Gilbert struggling to cope with all the demands his life puts upon him can the enigmatic new girl in town rescue Gilbert Grape & bring some happiness back in to his life? Brilliantly directed by Lasse Hallström (The Cider House Rules Dear John Salmon Fishing in the Yemen) this quirky whimsical & touching drama stars heartthrobs Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands Pirates of the Carribean) & Leonardo Di Caprio (The Wolf of Wall Street The Great Gatsby) in one of their best loved roles with Di Caprio receiving a best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for a film that made him a star
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This classic & What&s on my head?& game is written especially for children to play & enjoy What&s Up will provide hours of hilarious fun for kids of all ages & also encourages them to interact & to use their imaginations This parlour game has four categories of cards
- people sports transport & animals To get started shuffle the chosen cards & place them face down in the centre Each player puts a plastic card holder on their head These are adjustable so they fit heads of different sizes Then each player takes a card & without looking at it slots it into the plastic card holder on their head Each card has an image on it for example a lion a fire engine or a balloon & then each player has to guess & What&s on their head& by asking a series of searching questions where the answer can only be yes or no As well as being great fun the game teaches children to consider what question they need to ask in order to help them guess the answer The cards are graded for younger & older children & so can be played by children of different ages at the same time making this a prefect party or family game The player with the most cards correctly identified is the winner This game is for 2
- 4 players & suitable for ages 5 years & up A classic whats on my head game written especially for children to play & enjoy Each card has an image on it for example a lion a fire engine or a balloon Each child has to guess "what on my head" by asking a series of searching questions where the answer can only be yes or no Cards are graded for younger & older children Suitable for 2
- 4 players Not suitable for children under 36 months choking hazard


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