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Othello

Shakespearean drama of jealousy and paranoia, covetousness and intrigue. This is the tragic tale of Othello the Moor and his bride Desdemona, driven to jealousy and death by the malicious plotting of those closest to them. The renowned tenor, Placido Domingo plays the title role in a lavish production, directed by Franco Zeffirelli.

Superhero - X-Men/ X-Men 2/ Daredevil - Director's Cut/ Elektra

Four films. X-Men - In the near future, children are being born with special X-Factors which allows them to perform extra-ordinary feats - flight, telekinetics, laser beams from the eyes and more. Under the guidance of Dr. Charles Xavier, the mutants are trained to use their powers to oppose a powerful mutant terrorist organisation. X-Men 2 - The mutants continue their struggle against a society that fears and distrusts them. After an attack by an unknown assailant possessing extraordinary abilities, there is a political and public outcry for a Mutant Registration Act and the former Army commander, William Stryker, heads an anti-mutant group. As Wolverine searches for clues to his origin , Stryker puts an anti-mutant programme into operation and launches an attack on Xavier's mansion. Newly escaped from his plastic prison, Magneto proposes a partnership with the X-Men to combat their common and formidable enemy. Daredevil - Director's Cut - Based on the popular Marvel Comics character, this is the story of Matt Murdock, the son of a boxer who was killed by petty criminals for refusing to take a dive. The young Matt is determined to fight crime, despite a childhood accident that robbed him of his sight. That same accident, however, also granted him exceptionally advanced senses of hearing, touch, taste and smell, as well as providing him with a strange sort of mental radar that helps to compensate for his lack of vision. After training hard in the martial arts, as well as excelling in law school, Murdock becomes a lawyer by day and a vigilante calling himself Daredevil by night. Elektra - Resurrected, Elektra must come to terms with her own death as well as the brutal murder of her parents. Trained in the strict discipline of ninjutsu, she still harbours feelings of revenge for these wrongs. Forced into exile, she becomes an assassin - the best in the business. But Elektra realises this is not the right way for her life and searches desperately for redemption and a reason to live...

Business Is Business

Amsterdam's red light district - a hotbed of sin and perversion. Here, clients with unique and perverse fetishes come and go with regularity. For hooker Blonde Greet, such bizarre activities are a way of life and a means by which to run a successful business. However, when Blonde falls in love, she finds that business and pleasure do not make happy bedfellows. This bawdy and controversial sex-comedy was the debut feature by director Paul Verhoeven, and offers a unique opportunity to glimpse his talent in its earliest form.

Secret Ballot

An unsuspecting soldier awakens to discover that his normal routine for the day will be different as it is election day. A ballot box is parachuted down as a young woman pulls up to the shore of the remote island. To the soldier's surprise, he discovers that she is the government bureaucrat in charge of local voting. Not exactly enamoured with the thought of having to drive this woman to the remote areas of the island, the soldier is also worried that the election might also put him out of a job. As the unlikely pair set out neither of them realise how one day together can change their lives.

Stan Ridgway - Holiday In Dirt

This is the companion DVD to Stan's 2001 album Holiday In Dirt, which received much critical acclaim. The last 4 years have been spent getting the best film and video makers to create short films for each song on the CD. The Holiday In Dirt DVD contains short films from Phil Harder (Incubus, Matchbox 20, Remy Zero), Rick Fuller (Paul Westerberg, Barenaked Ladies, Wilco), Carlos Grass (Cracker, Oasis, L7), Jim Ludtke (The Residents) and the man who may have created the first music video Chuck Statler (Devo, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe). It is a must-have for fans of Stan Ridgway as well as for fans of music videos and independent films.