Derek Jacobi
The Vampire Chronicles continue with Anne Rice's spellbinding new novel, in which the great vampire Marius returns. The golden-haired Marius, true Child of the Millennia, once mentor to The Vampire Lestat, always and forever the conscientious foe ... [... more]
Random House |
Nanny McPhee (Full Screen)
The Sound of Music-Cheaper by the Dozen-Mary Poppins movie: The Sound of Music's Von Trapp kids look like the Brady Bunch compared to Cedric's seven imps who eat their own for lunch When nanny number eighteen comes they quickly hatch a plot but quickly [... more]
CDN$38.95
Amazon CA |
Gladiator (Widescreen)
From Amazon.com: A big-budget summer epic with money to burn and a scale worthy of its golden Hollywood predecessors, Ridley Scott's Gladiator is a rousing, grisly, action-packed epic that takes moviemaking back to the Roman Empire via computer-generated [... more]
CDN$20.83
Amazon CA |
The Gathering Storm (Widescreen)
From Amazon.com: A remarkable cast lends emotional richness to The Gathering Storm, an HBO movie about the life of Winston Churchill just prior to the onset of World War II. Faced with bankruptcy, his career in decline, Churchill (Albert Finney) is beset [... more]
CDN$18.70
Amazon CA |
The Jury
A Brilliant Masterpiece: I thoroughly enjoyed this work because it is focuses not just on the trial but on the personel lives of the jury members. I was glued to the screen the entire time that this show was on and I bought the DVD as soon as I could. If [... more]
CDN$59.98
Amazon CA |
Henry V (Widescreen)
Amazon.com Essential Video: Very few films come close to the brilliance Kenneth Branagh achieved with his first foray into screenwriting and direction. Henry V qualifies as a masterpiece, the kind of film that comes along once in a decade. He eschews the [... more]
CDN$14.95
Amazon CA |
Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon ...
Stylish and boldly unflattering portrait of an artist: Before seeing this film, I was familiar with Francis Bacon's paintings, but knew very little about him as a person. Visually, this film is extremely faithful to his paintings. It's full of shattered, [... more]
CDN$26.04
Amazon CA |
Henry V
Amazon.com Essential Video: Very few films come close to the brilliance Kenneth Branagh achieved with his first foray into screenwriting and direction. Henry V qualifies as a masterpiece, the kind of film that comes along once in a decade. He eschews the [... more]
CDN$15.98
Amazon CA |
Pyramid
Good intro to pyramids and Egyptology: David McCauley, in the video based on his book Pyramid, presents a view of life in the Fourth Dynasty during the reign of Khufu and an account of the building of Khufu's pyramid complex at Giza. While this animated [... more]
CDN$26.03
Amazon CA |
Body (Widescreen/Full Screen)
From Amazon.com: Why is the career of Antonio Banderas so troubled? Because the man is unquestionably a movie star. Even in a movie like The Body--in which he plays a priest sent by the Vatican to investigate whether or not a skeleton found in a tomb in [... more]
CDN$9.95
Amazon CA |
Cadfael: One Corpse Too Many -
We deal with what is: As complex as any of the Cadfael series, this one tells the story of how Master Hugh Beringar becomes sheriff. Also as Cadfael states, "By my reckoning there is one corps too many." From the back Jacket: When a Novice Monk [... more]
CDN$29.99
Amazon CA |
Philby, Burgess and Maclean -
Actor: Anthony Bate Actor: Michael Culver Actor: Patrick Holt Actor: Richard Hurndall Actor: Derek Jacobi Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Binding: DVD Director: Gordon Flemyng EAN: 0625712521690 Format: NTSC MPN: 5216 Release Date: 2007-10-30 Theatrical Release [... more]
CDN$24.99
Amazon CA |