Colin Blakely
3) Galileo
Publisher
Kino International Corporation
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
This bio-pic is about Galileo, the 17th century Italian who laid the foundations of modern science. Galileo made himself one of the world's first telescopes and discovered the moons of Jupiter. He supported Copernicus' theory that the Earth revolved around the Sun. This brought him into conflict with the Catholic Church. By threatening him with torture, the Church forced him to recant his views in front of a tribunal, and sentenced him to house arrest....
Publisher
Distributed by Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"It never occurs to Trevor that dishy blondes don't usually sell jazz records door-to-door. He orders a set of Bix Beiderbecke LPs but receives the wrong items. While trying to locate the missing music, he and his girlfriend, Jill, stumble upon black market goods in a church basement, secret meetings in a parking lot. They find corruption at the highest levels. Helping them out are a couple of friends, an overzealous police officer, an elderly snoop,...
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber Corp
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
When a beautiful woman claims that her dear husband has disappeared, the investigation takes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to Scotland, where they uncover a plot involving a clandestine society, Her Majesty's Secret Service, and the Loch Ness Monster! But before he can deduce matters to the elementary, Holmes makes an error that may jeopardize the national safety of Britain and ruin his reputation.
8) Equus
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A middle-aged psychiatrist tries to find out why a young man has blinded six horses entrusted to his care.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The scene is Victorian London, where [a] wealthy widow is being sued for breach of promise by her much-younger ex-fiancé. [A] highly respected barrister is engaged to defend her in court who 40 years earlier had been his lover. He is driven to hilarious distraction by her adamant insistence that she has never seen him before in her life"--Container.
11) The dogs of war
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Hired by an international cartel, soldier of fortune Jamie Shannon (Walken) organizes a strike force to wrest control of an impoverished but mineral rich west African nation from a madman. An intricate game ensues where double cross is the rule: Shannon and his handpicked men find themselves caught between the cartel and the dictator they were to depose. To escape this dilemma, Shannon and his men apply their own code of honor.
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The scene is Victorian London, where wealthy widow Hepburn is being sued for breach of promise by her much-younger ex-fianc.̌ Olivier is the highly respected barrister engaged to defend Hepburn in court. The usually reserved Olivier relishes the opportunity to see Hepburn, who 40 years earlier had been his lover. He is driven to hilarious distraction by Hepburn₂s adamant insistence that she has never seen him before in her life.
Series
Criterion collection volume 417
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Northern England, the early 1960's. Frank Machin is a coal miner who is mean, tough and ambitious enough to rise up and become an immediate professional rugby star. The rugby league team is run by local employer Weaver. Machin lodges with Mrs Hammond, whose husband was killed in an accident at Weaver's, but his impulsive and angry nature stop him from being able to reach her as he would like. He becomes increasingly frustrated with his situation....
14) Charlie Bubbles
Series
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A married writer has an affair with his secretary.
Series
Publisher
Ambrose Video Pub
Pub. Date
[2000 or 2001]
Language
English
Description
A dramatization of Shakespeare's famous play which explores the calamitous consequences of an overwhelming passion by telling the story of Antony, the once-heralded leader who becomes stupified with passion and degenerates into a fool, and the multi-faceted Cleopatra.
Publisher
Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
Driven over the edge by the maddeningly incompetent Inspector Clouseau, former Chief Inspector Dreyfus commandeers a doomsday device and threatens to destroy the world. His only demand? Clouseau's death! But thanks to his nemesis' dumb luck, the assassins hired to kill him can't seem to finish the job - although Clouseau may do it himself by tripping over his own two feet.
17) Nijinsky
Publisher
Olive Films
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the lives, the loves, and the madness of ballet's legendary and mercurial star Vaslav Nijinsky. Onstage, Nijinsky, the most celebrated dancer of the early 20th century, was in flawless control. Offstage, he was in turmoil, torn between the beautiful ballerina he married and Sergei Diaghilev, the domineering mentor he loved. Diaghilev was the impresario and founder of Ballets Russes.