Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall star in this legendary science fiction masterpiece. Astronaut Taylor (Heston) crash lands on a distant planet ruled by apes who use a primitive race of humans for experimentation and sport. Soon Taylor finds himself among the hunted, his life in the hands of a benevolent chimpanzee scientist (McDowall). Winner of an Honorary Academy Award' for Outstanding Make-up Achievement and nominated for two Oscars, (1968 Best Costume Design and Best Original Score) Planet of the Apes is grand entertainment from its visually
arresting beginning to the chilling last moment.
A message in a bottle is the last thing Phyllis and Jinn expect to find when they're sailing through space. But it provides them with the most sensational holiday reading under the suns. Contained within is the extraordinary story of Ulysse Merou, Earth-dweller. In the year 2500, or thereabouts, he and his fellow scientists discover the far-flung planet which so closely resembles their own. But there is one essential difference on Soror. The race of beautiful naked people whom the incredulous cosmonauts first encounter are seemingly incapable of speech or reason. And the beings by whom Merou and his crew are swiftly and efficiently taken prisoner are creatures who walk, talk, dress and behave exactly as the rulers of Earth. Except they are apes...
Double Academy Award winner Michael Cane has rarely looked cooler as the well dressed heavy, attempting to uncover the facts behind the death of his brother, in this hard-boiled thriller. The film tracks Caine as he becomes embroiled in the sinister underworld of crime and pornography. John Osborne (Look bank in anger) stars as the flesh peddlers
Soaring even higher in a state-of-the-art digital transfer from restored elements and with dynamically remixed digital audio, the Academy Award'-winning adventure also now includes eight minutes integrated into the film by director Richard Donner. Enjoy more footage of the Krypton Council, a glimpse of stars of prior Superman incarnations, more of Jor-El underscoring his son's purpose on Earth and an extended sequence inside Lex Luthor's gauntlet of doom. Christopher Reeve (Superman/Clark Kent), Marlon Brando (Jor-EI), Gene Hackman (Luthor) and Margot Kidder (Lois Lane) give indelible performances that fuel the film's aura of legend. Looks like a swell night for flying. Why not come along?
On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous sidekick from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T Chance and his two deputies: one a drunk, the other a cripple. Place your bets.
John Wayne is Chance in Rio Bravo, a lean Western classic packing solid heroics and a strong emotional core. He