Genres:Comedy Countries:UK Directors:Dominic Brigstocke Actors:Ricky Gervais | Stirling Gallacher
Filmed during a limited run at the Bloomsbury Theatre in London, the show is based around Ricky’s fascination with the animal kingdom (including that curious species, the human being) and covers subjects as diverse as classifying bats, gay animals and the Great War poets. From the moment the curtain goes up, it becomes clear that David Attenborough has nothing to worry about as Gervais accompanies a short film on animal copulation with a unique and not entirely scientific narration! Fans will wonder if any subject is taboo as the comedy drifts from his interpretation of the Bible (including what really went on in the Garden of Eden) to parts of the animal kingdom that the BBC never dared to cover. Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Drama | Romance Countries:France | Italy | Netherlands | Russia | UK Directors:Sally Potter Actors:Tilda Swinton | Quentin Crisp | Jimmy Somerville | John Bott | Elaine Banham | Anna Farnworth | Sara Mair-Thomas | Anna Healy | Dudley Sutton | Simon Russell Beale | Matthew Sim | Jerome Willis | Viktor Stepanov | Charlotte Valandrey
Orlando, a man of ideal nobility starts his search for love, poetry, a place in society and a meaning in life, in and around the court of historical England in the late 16th century. The blessing of eternal life from Queen Elizabeth I enables him a long and deep philosophical quest, accompanied by the features of "noble" English life with a good taste for irony. Both sides of the coin are shown when Orlando, partly fed up and disgusted with how men think and act, returns from his ambassadorship in the Far East as exactly the same person, let alone his sex. Orlando, a woman of ideal nobility continues her journey to realize the truth about life, love, and approaching one's own sex in the late 18th century England. For one who lived four hundred years and haven't aged a day, finding humanity's forgotten need for androgynity as the key to the happiness of her own as well as her daughter's. Sally Potter's adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Orlando not only tells the story on film with brilliant visual design, but also tries to extend the plot as Woolf would have, had she lived to the end of the twentieth century. Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Drama Countries:UK | USA Directors:Mark Rydell Actors:Katharine Hepburn | Henry Fonda | Jane Fonda | Doug McKeon | Dabney Coleman | William Lanteau | Christopher Rydell | Troy Garity
The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea — whom they haven't seen for years — feels she must be there for Norman's birthday. She and her fiance are on their way to Europe the next day but will be back in a couple of weeks to pick up the fiance's son. When she returns Chelsea is married and her stepson has the relationship with her father that she always wanted. Will father and daughter be able to communicate at last? Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Comedy Countries:UK Directors:Craig Griffith Actors:Stewart Lee
It's one of the scandals of our time that Joe Pasquale's Return of the Love Monkey is avaliable everywhere, but this masterclass in honest intelligent comedy is on sale only at a solitary website and its author's live gigs. The Pasquale comparison is relevant, as the squeaky unfunny man is one of Lee's most fruitful targets, alongside Robbie Williams, Dan Brown and the 60,000 born-again Christians who waged a hate campaign against Lee for directing Jerry Springer the Opera. Charges of blasphemy were dropped, "because it's not 1508", but Lee's life was turned upside down. With unflinching reflections on "a bit of a difficult year" allied to almost supernatural stagecraft, this set is high art in comparison with most stand-up. Especially Pasquale's'. Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Comedy | Drama | Romance Countries:UK Directors:Steve Kelly Actors:Tamer Hassan | Danny Dyer | Ray Panthaki | Susan Lynch | Kenny Doughty | James Lance | MyAnna Buring | Natasha Williams | Jake Canuso | Richard Mylan | James Doherty | Philip Herbert | Katrine De Candole | Vyelle Croom | Emily Bowker
Eight haunted people meet and fall apart - looking for redemption in each other. Jim is throwing watermelons off his office roof. He's testing the effect for a possible suicide. But then there is Sue on an adjacent roof about to jump herself. They meet, delay their departure and set off searching for other ways out than down. Sue's ex-boyfriend, Dean, is struggling with his creativity. His paintings are getting panned and his poetry ripped apart. He needs a muse - and who better than Gina, the experimental prostitute with dodgy legs who lives next door. However, Dean soon finds out that Gina never does anything for free. After a short fling with Dean, Olly is lost in a world of sexual confusion when forced to look after his deaf-mute brother Chris for the day. Olly discovers that not only does Chris has gay feelings too, but is more comfortable with them than he is. They embark on a searing quest through Soho's gay community to help Chris loose his virginity. But no-one has more to hide than oldest brother Pete. He's being stalked by Carol, a timid old lady looking for her son - a guy Pete knew from his violent drug days. Fearfully Pete opens his frozen heart to Carol and they begin a treacherous journey to the woods to find her lost son. By the end, each lost soul finds a solution in darkness or in light. Connections are made or missed and longed-for families brought together for a moment of hope. Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Adventure | Biography | Drama | History | War Countries:Kuwait | Lebanon | Libya | Morocco | UK Directors:Moustapha Akkad Actors:Anthony Quinn | Irene Papas | Michael Ansara | Johnny Sekka | Michael Forest | Damien Thomas | Ahmed Abdelhalim | Habib Ageli | Mohammad Al-Gaddary | Nicolas Amer | Bruno Barnabe | Mohamed Basri | John Bennett | Martin Benson | Robert Brown
Handsomely-mounted historical epic concerns the birth of the Islamic faith and the story of the prophet Mohammed — who, in accordance with the tenants of Islam, is never seen or heard (as this is offensive to certain islamic schools of thought). In Mecca in the 7th century, Mohammed is visited by a vision of the Angel Gabriel, who urges him to lead the people of Mecca to cast aside the 300 idols of Kaaba and instead worship the one true God. Speaking out against the corrupt political and military leaders who rule Mecca. With the help of his uncle, a brave warrior named Hamza (Anthony Quinn), Mohammed and his followers return to Mecca to liberate the city in the name of God. The Message (originally screened in the U.S. as Mohammed, Messenger of God) proved to be highly controversial during its production and initial release. Unfounded rumors had it that Mohammed would not only be depicted in the film, but that he was to be played by Charlton Heston or Peter O'Toole. This resulted in angry protests by Muslim extremists, until director Moustapha Akkad hired a staff of respected Islamic clerics as technical advisors. The Message was shot in two versions, one in English and one in Arabic (entitled Al-Ris-Alah), with different actors taking over some of the roles due to language r equirements. Download:DivXiPod
Genres:Comedy | Drama | Romance Countries:UK | USA Directors:Willard Carroll Actors:Angelina Jolie | Sean Connery | Gena Rowlands | Gillian Anderson | Madeleine Stowe | Ryan Phillippe | Dennis Quaid | Christian Mills | Kellie Waymire | April Grace | Anthony Edwards | Ellen Burstyn | Jay Mohr | Tim Halligan | Michael Emerson
Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in L.A. Paul produces Hannah's TV cooking show, and they must move beyond gentle barbs when she wants to know about an affair of his years ago. Mark is dying of AIDS, and his mother comes to his bedside: they must talk truthfully. Men have scalded Meredith so she rebuffs Trent's charm, but he persists. The trendy, prolix Joan tries to pull the solitary Keenan into her orbit: why is he reluctant? An adulterous couple meet at hotels for evening sex, but she is unwilling for the relationship to grow. Hugh tells tall tales, usually tragic, to women in bars. By the week's end, their parallel stories converge. Download:DivXiPod
Genres: Comedy
