
A police officer is found in a burnt out car and his colleagues are hot on the trail of James Dillon, a convicted murderer. When Dillon's ex-wife is found dead, casino owner Tony Sullivan is suspected of the original murder...
Ninja Scroll - The Series - Vol. 2 - Dangerous Path
Jubei Kibagami wanders the countryside of feudal Japan as a ninja for hire. A conflict between two rival ninja groups sees Jubei drawn into deadly battle. He is the only one who protects the sacred treasure - the Dragon Stone. It also becomes clear that he is the only man capable of using the stone. The Kimon are becoming more desperate in their desire to possess the stone and the Light Maiden and Hiruko are equally determined that they should not. Features four episodes.
Featuring spectacular archive footage, seamless performances and vivid, pivotal interviews with an extraordinary array of the most famous and infamous figures in the American jazz scene, including Armstrong, Basie, Parker, Coltrane, Monk, Charles, Holiday, Vaughan, BB King, Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Tony Bennett, Billy Taylor, Carmen McRae, Charles Mingus, Wynton Marsalis, Miles Davis, and Ella Fitzgerald. Each film is filled with film clips of featured performers, never before seen footage, historic recordings exclusively restored for this UK release telling the epic story of 20th Century Jazz. Prolific jazz historian and producer Toby Byron has amassed critical acclaim and numerous awards for his pioneering series. Disc One: Jazz Pioneers - 'Satchmo - The Life Of Louis Armstrong': The first, long overdue appraisal and exploration of the legendary trumpeter, singer and jazz pioneer who became a symbol of 20th Century American culture. 'Count Basie - Swingin' The Blues': No one was more committed to the fusion of blues than Basie who led the greatest swing band of all time for five decades, ensuring a legacy that would live forever. Disc Two: Jazz Innovators - 'Celebrating Bird - The Triumph Of Charlie Parker': The most significant award winning portrait of Parker's evolution of jazz from Armstrong's 20's to the peak of bebop's perfection in the 1950's. 'The World According To John Coltrane': Depicting the musical tribulations of the multi-faceted genius who repelled convention, spiriting the soundtrack of the turbulent 1960's to the airwaves of the world. 'Thelonius Monk - American Composer': Epitomising just what a jazz musician should be, the pianistic ringleader of the bebop revolution took Harlem and the music world in his 'stride' - style in the late 1950's. Disc Three: Vocal Legends - 'Ray Charles - The Genius Of Soul': Battling poverty and blindness, Charles' life saw him reach the ranks of musical master maintaining versatility, innovation and a crusade never less than breathtakingly assured. 'Lady Day - The Many Faces Of Billie Holiday': An award winning portrait of a legend in her time, a crusading black and female artist, reaching her peak in the 1940's, remaining the essence to jazz to this day. 'Sarah Vaughan - The Divine One': The story of the century's most glorious jazz/pop singer who manipulated her voice like an instrument, remaining a masterful artist and performer for over 50 years. Disc Four: A History Of Jazz - 'Bluesland - A Portrait In Music': Creative and highly visual exploration of the complexity, poetry, irony, humour, eroticism and powerful subtext of the music that underlies every popular form of the 20th Century. 'The Story Of Jazz': A rich, evocative, first hand account of how jazz developed into a constantly evolving ever enduring musical expression that has become an absorbing, vividly universal language all of it's own.
John Wayne stars as a young man who comes West to work his late father's share of a gold claim. But 'The Duke' has to contend with claim jumpers first. The original black and white version with fully restored picture and soundtrack.
Man In A Suitcase - Complete Series
Unjustly thrown out of the CIA, armed with only a suitcase and a gun, McGill works as a private investigator in the world of espionage. Travelling the world, McGill is a 'gun for hire'. Contains the complete series of 30 episodes: Brainwash, The Sitting Pigeon, Day Of Execution, Variation On A Million Bucks (1), Variation On A Million Bucks (2), Man From The Dead, Sweet Sue, Essay In Evil, The Girl Who Never Was, All That Glitters, Dead Man's Shoes, Find The Lady, The Bridge, The Man Who Stood Still, Burden Of Proof, The Whisper, Why They Killed Nolan, The Boston Square, Somebody Loses, Somebody... Wins?, Blind Spot, No Friend Of Mine, Jigsaw Man, Web With Four Spiders, Which Way Did He Go, McGill?, The Property Of A Gentleman, The Revolutionaries, Who's Mad Now?, Three Blinks Of The Eye, Castle In The Clouds and Night Flight To Andorra.
Justice just hit the streets. JCVD plays an Iraq combat veteran hired to protect a former world heavyweight boxing champion from a murderous rap mogul. Assuming control of his specially formed team, 'The Hard Corps', complications arise when he falls for the boxer's delectable sister...
Like many holiday films, THIS CHRISTMAS mines the ample humor and drama of a family Christmas. Ma'Dere (Loretta Devine) is the matriarch to the large and loving Whitfield family, which consists of her three daughters--Kelli (Sharon Leal), Lisa (Regina Kin
Nancy is a divorced mother of three who is so busy raising her children that she's forgotten to take care of herself as well. With Christmas fast approaching, she decides to take her kids to the mall to meet Santa Claus, not knowing that her youngest daug
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