The Happy Family Plan
[ 0 Comments ] Written by Quin Rose on 24/03/10 @ 3:00PM. Located In Syndicated News
'Happy Family Plan' is a popular Japanese game show in which fathers take on challenges such as memorising the breeds of dogs or playing a musical instrument to win prizes for their families.The film opens as Fujio, who has lost his job in the 1990s economic downturn in Japan, relocates with his wife and children to his father-in-law's home in Yokohama. As Yuko, his wife, opens her own business and the children settle into their new life, Fujio is left to his own devices.
Meanwhile, his son has secretly entered the family as contestants on 'Happy Family Plan' and, after losing money in a failed business venture, Fujio agrees to take up the challenge - he must learn to play 'Home Sweet Home' on the piano, live on TV in just seven days. And he has never played the piano before...
The Happy Family Plan is a funny, heart-warming tale that reminds us of the importance of family, community and the joy of reaching a goal no matter how big or small.
Release date: 24 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan
Languages: Japanese
Subtitles: English, Japanese subtitles
Runtime: 99.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMA8015
Baccano! Collection
[ 0 Comments ] Written by Quin Rose on 17/03/10 @ 3:00PM. Located In Syndicated News
Don't let nobody tell you there's no future in a life of crime, because some rackets can last forever. But we'll get around to all that immortality jazz later. A mafia turf war is raging on the mean streets of the Big Apple, a place where regular joes bounce between backdoor booze joints and the breadline. But this caper ain't about a simple gangland brawl. It's about hoods who can't seem to die proper after catching a bullet or five between the eyes. Sadistic hit-men and the dames they love, mad bombers going boom, monsters going bump and soul sucking alchemists bootlegging an elixir of eternal life.Just remember, Baccano! ain't about beginnings and ends. It's about the twists and turns, bub. Paths don't cross in this story - they collide. Every Dick and Jane plays the lead and it's gonna be a bumpy ride.
Contains all 16 episodes
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan
Languages: Englsih, Japanese
Subtitles: English subtitles
Runtime: 400.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMB238
Blade of the Immortal Vol 2
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For Manji, even the gift of death is not welcome when given at the wrong time by the wrong man. Shizuma Eikuu, a mysterious monk, challenges Manji. He shares Manji's curse of eternal life, and he fights with a special poison that can even kill the worms that hold Manji together. But even that is no match for the poison that lives in the human heart. The latest Ittou-Ryuu challenger is the most troubled of them all, and this makes her the strongest one on one fighter Manji has ever seen.Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan
Languages: ENGLISH & JAPANESE
Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles
Runtime: 100.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMA4302
Blade of the Phantom Master: Shin Angyo Onshi
[ 0 Comments ] Written by Quin Rose on 17/03/10 @ 3:00PM. Located In Syndicated News
Legend tells of a secret army, the Amen Osa, the phantom masters. Hidden warriors waiting to strike from the shadows to protect justice and defend the Jushin Empire from tyrants thieves. But Jushin has fallen, and its citizens live in fear of zombies, beasts and sadists.Now from the ashes of destruction, a hero appears to defend the people. His name is unknown, and no man knows who serves. Is he the last of the Amen Osa? The answer will be revealed when the blade of the phantom master is unleashed.
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan and South Korea
Languages: ENGLISH & JAPANESE
Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles
Runtime: 90.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMA4304
Bleach V20
[ 0 Comments ] Written by Quin Rose on 17/03/10 @ 3:00PM. Located In Syndicated News
After their huge but unfinished battle with the Bounts, Uryu and the group rest and prepare their strategy for the next round. At Ichigo's house, the mod souls try to be useful by setting traps for the Bounts. But their good intentions backfire with unexpected and hilarious results. With allies like these, who needs enemies?!Contains episodes 80-83.
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan
Languages: ENGLISH, JAPANESE
Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles
Runtime: 100.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMA4202
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 V3
[ 0 Comments ] Written by Quin Rose on 17/03/10 @ 3:00PM. Located In Syndicated News
Nunnally has started working as the viceroy of Area 11. Refusing to be a mere figurehead, she aspires to re-establish the "Specially Administrated Zone of Japan," the cursed utopian project that once ended up wiping out thousands of innocent Japanese.Lelouch suffers a serious existential crisis because his beloved sister - the very reason why he started his rebellion - now leads the enemy forces. Eventually he declares his intention to join the SAZJ along with all members of the Black Knights. Has he given up on his ambition and decided to surrender? Or has his gifted mind conceived another incredible strategy?
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan
Languages: English, Japanese
Subtitles: English subtitles
Runtime: 100.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 2 & 4
Catalogue: MMA4283
Death Note Relight 2 – L’s Successors (Director’s Cut)
[ 0 Comments ] Written by Quin Rose on 17/03/10 @ 3:00PM. Located In Syndicated News
Light and L have battled to the bitter end over the Death Note - but what does the story look like from Ryuk's point of view? Go back to where it all began and watch the epic battle from a new perspective - through the eyes of the one who started it all!Four years have passed since Light claimed his victory at L's grave. Light has joined the National Police Agency and taken on the identity of the "new L." Kira's judgments of the citizens of the world have intensified, and many nations have come to accept Kira, either from fear or adulation.
Near, L's successor, must ponder the question of how L was defeated if he is to succeed where his famed predecessor failed. At the headquarters of the anti-Kira organization the SPK, he proclaims that the new L is none other than Kira and calls upon the Japanese task force to declare war on Light.
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan
Languages: ENGLISH, JAPANESE
Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles
Runtime: 90.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMA4297
El Cazador De La Bruja Collection 1
[ 0 Comments ] Written by Quin Rose on 17/03/10 @ 3:00PM. Located In Syndicated News
Ellis is an amnesiac with a bounty on her head, and Nadie's trigger finger is the only thing keeping her friend from falling into the wrong hands. They're looking for pieces of Ellis's past, and every mile of open highway brings the girls closer together - but their special bond is bound to be tested.At the dusty border crossroads where ancient spirits and modern science meet, a storm of conspiracy is brewing low in the desert sky. Someone out there can explain the hazy mysteries of Ellis's past. If she and Nadie just keep moving south, the Hunter and the Witch will get their answers soon enough.
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan
Languages: ENGLISH & JAPANESE
Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles
Runtime: 325.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMB825
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Vol. 5
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For months, the Gundam Meisters have been carrying out armed interventions in an attempt to eradicate war from the world. Now a new group known as Team Trinity has appeared, claiming that it is also part of Celestial Being and that it can do the job better. As Team Trinity's Gundam Thrones begin a rampage, mercilessly killing soldiers and civilians alike, Setsuna and his fellow Gundam Meisters find themselves on a dangerous collision course with the newcomers.Meanwhile, the nations of the world are uniting their forces so that they can fight against the invincible Gundams. But is there a darker conspiracy manipulating these events from behind the scenes?
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan
Languages: ENGLISH, JAPANESE
Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles
Runtime: 100.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 2 & 4
Catalogue: MMA3531
Nabari Collection 1 (Slimpack)
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In the shadows of this modern world, ninjas fight for control of an ancient technique which holds untold strength. This coveted power dwells within apathetic Miharu, a fact the guy really couldn't care less about - until the clashing rival clans bring their battle to him.Now Miharu struggles to understand the mystery buried in his soul, and must choose a side if he hopes to survive. But when conflict is waged in secret, and lethal ninjas hide in plain sight, friend and foe prove difficult to tell apart.
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan
Languages: ENGLISH & JAPANESE
Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles
Runtime: 325.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMB821
Naruto Shippuden Collection 01 (Eps 01-13)
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Naruto Uzumaki is back! After two and a half years of training on the road with Jiraiya of the Sannin, Naruto is back in the Village Hidden in the Leaves and he's ready to show off his new skills. He and Sakura team up to take on their old master Kakashi, who's pretty impressed with their progress. They'll have plenty of opportunity to put it into action when news arrives from the Sand Village that Gaara, Naruto's former rival and now Kazekage of the Sand, has been kidnapped! And the culprits are the very same group who are after Naruto - the Akatsuki!Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan
Languages: ENGLISH, JAPANESE
Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles
Runtime: 325.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMB741
Vexille (Blu-Ray)
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Japan, 2077: A female agent named Vexille is dispatched to Tokyo to investigate whether the Japanese are developing robotic technology, which has been banned by the U.N. due to its potential threat to humankind. For ten years, Japan has cut itself off from all outside contact, the changed society within hiding a shocking secret.Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Japan
Languages: ENGLISH & JAPANESE
Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles
Runtime: 109.0 mins
Format: Blu-Ray
Catalogue: MMA3015
Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – Collection 1 (Single Case Edition)
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Joan Hickson is the perfect little old spinster lady whose meekness and fondness for knitting belie a needle-sharp brain and a genius for unravelling crime. The world of Miss Marple is a bygone rural England of vicars and retired colonels, live-in servants, close-knit village communities&8230;and murder!Oozing period atmosphere, star-studded casts and swimming with red herrings, the first 3 popular crime stores from the original BBC series, filmed entirely on location, are included in this 3 DVD collector&8217;s set, presented in their original format.
Discover why Joan Hickson is considered the most popular Miss Marple of them all.
EPISODES
The Body In The Library (Parts 1, 2 and 3)
Who is the mystery blonde lying strangled in the library of Gossington Hall? Fortunately for the Bantrys, Miss Marple is their neighbour.
The Moving Finger (Parts 1 and 2)
A nasty case of poison-pen letters brings Miss Marple to the East Anglian village of Lymston.
A Murder Is Announced (Parts 1, 2 and 3)
The village of Chipping Cleghorn is intrigued by the local newspaper prediction of a murder at Little Paddocks. But when the lights go out at the appointed hour no-one thinks it&8217;s a joke any more.
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Subtitles: English for the Hard of Hearing subtitles
Runtime: 400.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMA2970
Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – Collection 2 (Single Case Edition)
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A POCKETFUL OF RYEEpisode 1
Rex Fortescue, head of a family firm of financiers, dies suddenly in his office in the City. Yew poisoning is diagnosed. Inspector Neele&8217;s only clue is a handful of rye found in the deceased&8217;s jacket pocket.
Fortescue had two sons: Percival (cautious and orthodox) and his younger brother, Lance, flamboyant, outgoing and last heard of in Africa. The family live at Yew Tree Lodge, a sombre house in the commuter belt. Rex had recently married a very much younger woman, Adele, who has a lover, Vivian. The house is presided over by Mary Dove, a cool, superior young housekeeper. Among the staff is a young housemaid, Gladys, who was trained in the Hampshire village of St Mary Mead by none other than Miss Jane Marple.
Suspicion falls on the members of the household when the poison is identified as yew. The arrival of Lance causes more tension. Before his death Rex had secretly invited his prodigal son to rejoin the family firm. He was already on his way with his wife Pat when he read of his father&8217;s death. Shortly after his arrival, Adele is found dead. She too has been poisoned and it seems that almost everyone has a financial motive.
Miss Marple hears of the double murder on the radio .The connection to her is clear &8211; the nursery rhyme: A Pocketful Of Rye
THE MURDER AT THE VICARAGE
Colonel Lucius Protheroe has never been popular, but Miss Marple is surprised to overhear the Reverend Leonard Clement, vicar of St. Mary&8217;s, complaining about him most vehemently. As the day progresses, just how much he is loathed in the village becomes evident.
Bill Archer, recently released from prison for poaching, is warned by Mary, the vicarage maid, to keep out of the Colonel&8217;s way as he is hell-bent on putting Archer back inside.
Even Lettice, the Colonel&8217;s daughter, is mad at her father, after an incident involving Lawrence Redding, an attractive young artist. She can now understand why her mother left him many years ago.
Clement later discovers Ann, the Colonel&8217;s second wife, in the arms of the artist. She confesses her love for Redding and her unhappiness with Protheroe.
Griselda finds her &8216;at home&8217; party for the village gossips dominated by discussion of the Colonel&8217;s faults. The recent arrival of the mysterious, reclusive Mrs Lestrange and her relationship with Dr Haydock barely gets a mention.
The following day, the Colonel is found dead. Detective Inspector Slack arrives at the scene of the crime and is none-too-pleased to find Miss Marple already there, and as far as he is concerned the case is concluded when the next day Lawrence Redding confesses to killing the Colonel. But Dr Haydock maintains that at the time of death Redding was elsewhere, and Ann Protheroe insists that she shot her husband and Redding has confessed to save her &8211; although another witness contradicts her whereabouts at the time the shot was heard.
Miss Marple has her own theories and Slack, with his usual bad grace, is forced to turn once again to her for help.
SLEEPING MURDER
Newly arrived from New Zealand, Giles and Gwenda Reed are searching for a suitable home in England. Hillside, a Victorian villa overlooking the seaside resort of Dillmouth, seems ideal. But no sooner have they bought it and moved in, than strange things begin to happen. Gwenda can&8217;t shake off the feeling that she has been here before and she feels an irrational sense of terror every time she climbs the stairs. To dispel her mounting panic she agrees to join Giles in London where he is visiting a distant cousin, Raymond West.
Raymond is also playing host to his favourite aunt, Jane Marple. As part of her birthday celebrations he has arranged a theatre visit to see The Duchess of Malfi. During the performance Gwenda screams and runs terrified from the theatre. Later that night she tells Miss Marple of the vision she had of being on the stairs in Hillside, looking down into the hall at the body of a young woman who has been strangled, and knowing that her name was Helen.
Giles and Gwenda return to Devon, determined to uncover the secret of Hillside and the identity of Helen. Miss Marple, fearing the consequences, follows them to Dillmouth under the pretext of &8220;needing a little sea air&8221;.
It is soon established that, as a very young child, Gwenda had lived at Hillside with her father, Major Halliday, and his new young wife, Helen Kennedy. Helen&8217;s sudden disappearance one night had been the subject of much local conjecture. It is Dr Kennedy, Helen&8217;s older brother, who eventually comes forward to recount his story of the events that led up to her departure, and explain the subsequent fate of Major Halliday.
Gwenda is much distressed to learn that, contrary to local gossip, Helen had run off with another man. It was her father&8217;s firm belief that he had strangled her and in consequence had ended his life in a sanitorium for the mentally ill. Even the fact that there was no body, and that Dr Kennedy subsequently received letters from Helen from abroad, could not shake his protestations of guilt.
Miss Marple hints that they should search for &8220;the other man&8221; &8211; the someone else in Helen&8217;s life. Giles and Gwenda visit the sanitorium. They meet Dr Penrose, who expresses his doubts about Major Halliday&8217;s insanity and gives Gwenda the diary her father had been keeping up to his death. In it she reads: &8220;I always knew &8211; from the very first &8211; that there was someone else.&8221;
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Subtitles: English for the Hard of Hearing subtitles
Runtime: 300.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMA2971
Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – Collection 3 (Single Case Edition)
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1. At Bertram&8217;s HotelLondon, the mid 1950s. Miss Marple is staying at Bertram's Hotel in London. She loved the place as a girl and is delighted to find it remarkably unchanged. In fact, everything is too perfect. Beneath the well-polished Edwardian fa&231;ade, Miss Jane Marple can sense something sinister&8230;
2. Nemesis
Set in the mid 1950s, Nemesis was Agatha Christie&8217;s last and one of her most complicated Miss
Marple stories.A recently dead friend asks Miss Marple to investigate a crime.There are no clues &8211;
just a coach tour of historic homes and gardens. Murder is on the itinerary.
3. 4.50 From Paddington
Elspeth McGillicuddy is travelling on the 4.50 train from Paddington, London to St Mary Mead to visit her old friend, Miss Marple. On the way, the train draws to a halt and another train draws alongside it. In the carriage opposite, the window blind suddenly snaps up, revealing a tall, dark man strangling a woman to death. Almost immediately the train chugs away, leaving a shocked Mrs McGillicuddy to realise that she has witnessed a murder.
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Subtitles: English for the Hard of Hearing subtitles
Runtime: 300.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMA2972
Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple – Collection 4 (Single Case Edition)
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1. A Caribbean MysteryMiss Marple is holidaying in Barbados, courtesy of her generous nephew. Ever-alert, she spends her first day at the Golden Palm Hotel taking stock of her fellow guests: hotel owners Tim and Molly Kendal; Edward and Evelyn Hillingdon who, with Greg and Lucky Dyson, spend their time on botanic expeditions which are not what quite they appear to be. Then there is eccentric millionaire Jason Rafiel, his secretary, Esther Walters, and his servant, Jackson. And finally there is Major Palgrave, the hotel bore, whose fund of interminable tales make him a joke amongst the other guests. He corners Miss Marple with a tale about a strange coincidence. Just as he is about to show her an astonishing photograph, the Major's attention wanders.
He never does finish the story &8211; the Major is found dead on the floor of his cottage. Everyone except Miss Marple accepts that he died of natural causes. But with so many weird and wonderful characters lurking in and around the hotel, it seems that even she will have difficulty pointing the local police in the right direction.And when more murders follow, she knows that it is vital for her to crack the case.
2. They Do It With Mirrors
Why is Ruth van Rydock worried about her sister? To reassure her old friend, Miss Marple agrees to go down to Stonygates, the rambling country mansion where Carrie-Louise lives with her third husband, Lewis Serrocold. There she finds herself in the midst of a bizarre m&233;nage &8211; an extended family and a reformatory for young criminals &8211; where violence seems just below the surface.
Shots are fired in a darkened room, but the victim is discovered elsewhere. Miss Marple soon deduces the identity of the killer but not how it was done &8211; until she discovers Inspector Slack&8217;s secret hobby.
3. The Mirror Crack&8217;d From Side To Side
The famous actress Marina Gregg has moved into Gossington Hall (scene of The Body in the Library). At a reception for her at the village fete, local busybody Heather Badcock dies after drinking a cocktail. Inspector Craddock is put on the case and, with some guidance from his aunt, Miss Marple, concludes that Marina was the killer&8217;s real target. There is certainly no shortage of suspects. Could Marina&8217;s film director husband Jason and her producer Ardwyck Fenn be scheming for the insurance? Ella Zielinsky, Marina&8217;s secretary, has a more passionate motive: she is madly in love with Jason. Or would the chance to step into Marina&8217;s role make Lola Brewster, a rival and ambitious actress, contemplate murder? Then there is the mysterious Margo Bence, top fashion photographer: what secrets lie in her enigmatic past?
Older and frailer she might be, but Miss Marple still has all her intuitive powers and they are fully stretched when Ella becomes the second murder victim. It is only after she pieces together the full story of what happened on the day of the fete that she and Craddock are finally able to confront the killer.
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Subtitles: English for the Hard of Hearing subtitles
Runtime: 336.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMA2973
Baby Bliss
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As a mother of four and a teacher of baby yoga for many years I have found that yoga has helped my children as much as me to thrive. Baby yoga is a particularly beautiful way to bond and spend time with a young baby and can be started as young as newborn.The benefits of Baby yoga are endless and it is great for parents, grandparents and carers alike. With stimulating eye contact baby yoga helps nurture a greater responsiveness and deeper bonding between carer and baby, whilst on a physiological level it is stimulating all the systems within the baby&8217;s body simultaneously. The digestive system is stimulated to relive colic and wind, the respiratory system is stimulated to aid lung development and breathing, muscles and joints are mobilized to activate and strengthen the baby&8217;s muscles and tissues and by relaxing the baby a more quality sleep can be achieved. All of this helps to establish a healthy foundation for your baby&8217;s body and mind but Baby yoga also helps the parent or carer to feel more confident and involved with the child.
Baby yoga is wonderful for all carers and it can also be particularly helpful if your baby has been separated from you at birth in the hospital and you feel you missed out on that early bonding time. It can also be very helpful to mothers suffering from post natal depression as it offers a guided activity to do with a creature who is otherwise really too young to do much more than sleep, feed or cry!!!
Included within the DVD are three sequences.
1. Baby yoga : 12 minutes
2. Baby yoga and Massage : 20 minutes
3. Playtime yoga for more active older babies : 10 minutes
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: Australia
Languages: English
Runtime: 54.0 mins
Format: DVD, All Regions
Catalogue: MMA8810
Blott on the Landscape
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Grotesque characters, sexual embarrassment, comic violence and pompous bureaucracy keep the laughs flowing in the acclaimed adaptation of Tom Sharpe's hilarious novel.The rolling hills, the idyllic woods - this is rural England at its most beautiful. Unfortunately Sir Giles Lynchwood, an MP of few principles and curious tastes, plans to build a motorway right through it. For generous recompense, he is prepared to demolish the grounds of his country pile that stands in the way of the proposed highway.
Sir Giles hasn't bargained for the devious resistance of his wife, Lady Maud, and her fiercely patriotic and loyal gardener, Blott. With her dynamism and his skills in guerrilla warefare, they fight to save her ancestral home, countering bureaucracy and pomposity with their own ingenious and unprincipled strategies.
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Subtitles: English for the Hard of Hearing subtitles
Runtime: 320.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMA5023
Chris and Don
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CHRIS & DON: A LOVE STORY is the true-life story of the passionate three-decade relationship between British writer Christopher Isherwood (whose Berlin Stories was the basis for all incarnations of the much-beloved Cabaret) and American portrait painter Don Bachardy, thirty years his junior. From Isherwood&8217;s Kit-Kat-Club years in Weimar-era Germany (the inspiration for his most famous work) to the couple&8217;s first meeting on the sun-kissed beaches of 1950s Malibu, their against-all-odds saga is brought to dazzling life by a treasure trove of multimedia. Bachardy&8217;s contemporary reminiscences (in the Santa Monica home he shared with Isherwood until his death in 1986) artfully interact with archival footage, rare home movies (with glimpses of glitterati pals W.H. Auden, Igor Stravinsky and Tennessee Williams), reenactments, and, most sweetly, whimsical animations based on the cat-and-horse cartoons the pair used in their personal correspondence. With Isherwood&8217;s status as an out-and-proud gay maverick, and Bachardy&8217;s eventual artistic triumph away from the considerable shadow of his life partner, CHRIS & DON: A LOVE STORY is above all a joyful celebration of a most extraordinary couple.Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: United States
Languages: English
Runtime: 90.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: AF021
Eden is West
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Legendary Greek director Costa-Gavras (Z, Missing, The Ax) returns with perhaps his most personal film, a playful fairy tale which tackles both the hardships suffered by illegal immigrants to Europe, and the magical nature of a world in which every experience is full of both promise and threat.Just as in the Odyssey of Homer, the adventures of Elias begin on the Aegean Sea. A rusting trawler packed with men, women and children clandestinely approaches the bright lights of an emerging shore&8212;we may not know where they all began but we know where they hope to arrive: the West, a real as well as mythical place. For Elias (Riccardo Scarmarcio) this is literally Eden Club Paradise, the name of the resort where he washes up and begins his extraordinary journey to reach Paris. In Elias travels across a microcosm of contemporary Europe, Costa-Gavras has crafted an epic story for our times, one full of heart, humour and wondrous complexities.
Release date: 17 Mar, 2010
Country of origin: France, Greece and Italy
Languages: French, German, Greek, English
Subtitles: English subtitles
Runtime: 110.0 mins
Format: DVD, Region 4
Catalogue: MMA8814