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Sir David Jason returns for a second series of Roy Clarke's much loved sitcom, reprising his role as Granville running the shop with his son, Leroy and continuing to serve the locals with a keen and inventive eye on a profit. Over the series, beginning with a Christmas episode, Granville is still being frustrated in his courtship of the forgetful Mavis by her formidable sister, Madge. He is sure however, that under Gastric's noisy stomach lies a man that would be deeply attractive to Madge and could distract her from his wooing of Mavis. Can he get them together? There's more romance with Mrs. Featherstone who has her eye on a new local, Mr. Newbold but can she surrender her desire for Granville? Elsewhere, Nurse Gladys has a new job to keep her occupied and Mrs Hussein is always full of local gossip. And Eric and Cyril are always in trouble with their wives but luckily they have Granville to sell them a solution. - Director:
- Dewi Humphreys
- Cast:
- Lynda Baron, James Baxter, Duggie Brown
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Open All Hours is back after 28 years. This new six part series together with the original 2013 Christmas special sees Sir David Jason reprise his role as Granville who has inherited the corner shop from his beloved but miserly Uncle Arkwright. He's now running the business with his cheerful and good looking son, Leroy, who was the result of a whirlwind romance one night in Blackpool twenty odd years ago. The poor lad has never really met his mother and Granville does his best to keep it that way. Granville continues to serve the locals with a keen eye on a clever profit from familiar and new faces including Nurse Gladys Emmanuel, the formidable Mrs. Featherstone and pessimitic Wet Eric. He is also still trying to woo the lovely Mavis who is now under the watchful eye of her fearsome sister, Madge and Granville tries to find a way through with help from his new neighbour, Gastric. - Director:
- Dewi Humphreys
- Cast:
- Lynda Baron, James Baxter, Catherine Breeze
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"Stardust" sees hero Jim (David Essex) now enjoying the nomadic 'gigs and groupies' life of The Stray Cats (with band mates Paul Nicolas, Keith Moon, Dave Edmunds and Karl Howman). When he achieves all his wildest dreams of international stardom, the sweet taste of success begins to turn sour, reflecting the tragic days when the pressures proved too great for many talented musicians of the 1960's. - Director:
- Michael Apted
- Cast:
- David Essex, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman
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PLEASE NOTE THAT DUE TO PUBLISHER ERROR THE DVD MENU WILL SHOW THE WRONG FILM. PLEASE CLICK PLAY FILM AS DISC CONTAINS THE CORRECT FILM.Mo Lundy (Boyd Holbrook) is an innocent man who went to prison for a murder he did not commit. Once freed, Mo looks to put the past behind him by working in a shelter caring for abandoned animals, whilst finding the encouragement he needs from his boss, Linda (Academy Award Winner Octavia Spencer). However, Mo's tenuous stability is again upended when Doris (Elisabeth Moss), a desperate and blood-soaked woman, turns up unexpectedly at his work one night. With the intention of helping her, Mo takes Doris to his apartment but as the truth of Doris' situation is revealed, Mo realizes that by sheltering her, his newfound freedom is in jeopardy. - Director:
- Jason Lew
- Cast:
- Elisabeth Moss, Boyd Holbrook, Octavia Spencer
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Mickey (Philip Seymour-Hoffman) makes ends-meet by partaking in petty crime and gambling, with his friend Arthur (John Turturro), and then spending most of it in the local flea-pit bar before stumbling home to his long-suffering wife Jeanie (Christina Hendricks). When his mentally unstable step-son, Leon, is killed by a co-worker on a construction site - a crime that is quickly covered up and explained away as an 'accident', nobody in the depressed blue collar neighbourhood of God's Pocket is particularly sorry, except of course his own mother. Mickey tries to bury the bad news along with the body, but when Jeanie demands the truth, Mickey finds himself stuck in a struggle between a body he can't bury, a wife he can't please and a debt he can't pay . - Director:
- John Slattery
- Cast:
- Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christina Hendricks, Richard Jenkins
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Multi award winning, comedy superstar, John Bishop is back with his brand new video. Recorded during his mammoth 150 date sell out tour of UK and Ireland at the iconic London Palladium in 2018. Here on this very video, you too can experience him 'Winging It'! John shares his opinions on the royal family and how Kate Middleton could have been Mrs Bishop. You'll find yourself carried along with his brilliantly observed feelings about hitting the big 50, how to deal with the 'empty nest', the menopause, the moment he finally managed to impress his mates with his fairly new found fame and getting a 'name-check', live on stage in Boston, from his idol Bono! His everyman style of delivery make the 90 minutes pass in a flurry of belly laughs and nostalgia. - Director:
- Not Available
- Cast:
- John Bishop
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When scientists find a way to shrink humans to five inches tall, Paul Safranek (Matt Damon) and his wife Audrey (Kristen Wiig) decide to ditch their stressed out lives in order to get small and live large in a luxurious downsized community. Filled with life-changing adventures and endless possibilities, Leisureland offers more than riches, as Paul discovers a whole new world and realises that we are meant for something bigger. - Director:
- Alexander Payne
- Cast:
- Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau
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Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) is an affable loner who works in a bathtub factory by day and hangs out at his flat above a disused bowling alley by night chatting to his pet cat, Mr. Whiskers, and loyal dog Bosco - whose voices he hears. Eager to socialise, Jerry asks Fiona from accounts (Gemma Arterton) out on a date, but when she stands him up he later accidentally stabs her to death, repeatedly, in the woods. Covering his tracks, under strict advice from Mr. Whiskers, Jerry is now beyond the reach of his well-meaning psychiatrist Dr. Warren (Jacki Weaver) and things are looking bad for Lisa (Anna Kendrick) who has taken a shine to him. Despite Bosco trying to keep him on the straight and narrow, Mr. Whiskers is the loudest voice in Jerry's head and all he can hope for now is salvation. - Director:
- Marjane Satrapi
- Cast:
- Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick
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The Lives of Others (2006)Das Leben Der Anderen
In this outstanding psychological and political thriller, we get a fascinating insight into the lengths and depths that the East European government went to in order to keep tabs on the lives of its population in 80's. When cold and brutal official Wiesler (Ulrich Mühe) is given the task of spying on acclaimed playwright Dreyman (Sebastian Koch) and his actress girlfriend, he relishes the task, knowing that if he uncovers subversive behaviour he will gain favor with his boss. But the longer he listens in on the couple, their friendships, passions and ideas, the more he realises that his own life and the harsh political regime are lacking in color and joy in many respects. Slowly he begins to doubt morality of is job and politics. As the lines between orders and compassion become blurred, Wiesler becomes more involved with his subject, walking a dangerous path between his duty and his new found reality. - Director:
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
- Cast:
- Ulrich Mühe, Klaus Münster, Martina Gedeck
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"That'll Be the Day" is a nostalgic trip back to the late 1950's, time of brothel-creeper shoes, drainpipe trousers, sideburns and greased-back hair. David Essex makes his screen debut as wayward hero Jim MacLaine, who lives a life of dead-end jobs and one-night-stands and dreams of becoming a rock star. Ringo Starr, as his fairground buddy, epitomizes the period and is joined by Billy Fury and Keith Moon in a living tapestry of memories for rock fans. - Director:
- Claude Whatham
- Cast:
- David Essex, Ringo Starr, Rosemary Leach
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Melissa McCarthy stars as Michelle Darnell, a titan of industry who is sent to prison for insider trading. After doing her time, Michelle emerges, ready to re-brand herself as America's latest sweetheart, but not everyone she steamrolled is so quick to forgive and forget. With nowhere to go and no one to scam, Michelle is forced to move in with former assistant Claire (Kristen Bell) and her young daughter, Rachel (Ella Anderson). Now at her lowest point, Michelle wastes no time in devising a winner-takes-all plan to rebuild her empire. Can she reclaim her status as the No.1 screwer, or will the love of one family screw her for good? - Director:
- Ben Falcone
- Cast:
- Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Bell, Peter Dinklage
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Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård and Emily Watson star in 'Chernobyl', the critically acclaimed five-part mini-series. On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukrainian SSSR suffered a massive explosion that released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and Western Europe. Dramatising the true story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, Chernobyl shines a light on the brave men and women who fought an unprecedented war against an invisible enemy, and who suffered and sacrificed, saving millions of lives, often at the cost of their own. - Director:
- Johan Renck
- Cast:
- Jessie Buckley, Jared Harris, Stellan Skarsgård
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Deadwood: The Movie (2019)Deadwood
In this original movie directed by Daniel Minahan and based on the iconoclastic, Emmy-winning HBO' series, David Milch's unforgettably profane characters reunite in the wake of South Dakota's statehood. Sins of the past return with a vengeance, old feuds are revived, and allegiances are tested as modernity stakes its claim on this remote and dangerous and town. - Director:
- Daniel Minahan
- Cast:
- Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker
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Indigenous Detective Jay Swan (Aaron Pedersen) arrives in the frontier mining town of Goldstone on a missing persons enquiry. What seems like a simple 'light duties' investigation soon opens into a web of crime and corruption implicating the local Mayor (Jacki Weaver), mining boss and Aboriginial Land Council. - Director:
- Ivan Sen
- Cast:
- Aaron Pedersen, Alex Russell, Jacki Weaver
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Based on the infamous 1941 true story, Whisky Galore! is a charming and heart-warming tale of a close-knit Scottish island community who mischievously relieve a sinking cargo ship of cases of whisky during wartime scarcity. The ensuing merriment is threatened when Excise Men try to spoil the party by catching the crafty locals, red handed, with the bottled loot. After enduring a 'dry' period, the shipwreck and its amber cargo was like manna from heaven to the islanders, to whom whisky was part of the very life blood of their Island! - Director:
- Gillies MacKinnon
- Cast:
- Ellie Kendrick, James Cosmo, Eddie Izzard
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