Parker er den mest dristige, grundige og hensynsløse tyv i branchen. Han er ekspert i planlægning og udførelse af tilsyneladende umulige røverier. Det eneste, han forlanger af sit team er ubetinget loyalitet, samt at hans plan følges til punkt og prikke. Men da det sidste job ender med et dødsfald på grund af uforsigtighed, afslår Parker at deltage i gangsterchefen Melanders næste store kup. Melander og hans bande er dog ikke villige til at acceptere et nej, så Parker bliver sønderbanket og efterladt til at dø. Han overlever dog mod alle odds, og sværger en grusom hævn mod dem, der forrådte ham.
Ray er en helt utrolig og inspirerende beretning om at tage kampen op mod livets genvordigheder. Filmen vandt 2 Oscar® - herunder Bedste skuespiller for Jamie Foxx' fantastiske præstation - og blev nomineret til 4 andre - herunder Bedste film.
Ray Charles overvandt uoverkommelige forhindringer på sin vej fra den spæde start til international stjernestatus og satte sit tydelige præg på musikken gennem årtier. Ray er en underholdende og uforglemmelig film, som kombinerer den fortryllende historie med skuespillerpræstationer i verdensklasse og fantastisk musik.
An aging comic icon, Jackie Burke, has seen better days. Despite his efforts to reinvent himself and his comic genius, the audience only wants to know him as the former television character he once played. Already a strain on his younger brother and his wife, Jackie is forced to serve out a sentence doing community service for accosting an audience member. While there, he meets Harmony, the daughter of a sleazy Florida real estate mogul, and the two find inspiration in one another, resulting in surprising consequences.
Peter Bowman tages som gidsel af en illegal gruppe, mens han er udstationeret i Sydamerika. Hans kone Alice er dybt rystet og falder først til ro, da Peters søster og en gidselekspert fra forsikringsbureauet ankommer. Men det viser sig, at Peters firma er på fallitens rand, og at alle forsikringer er annuleret. Forsikringsmanden rejser hjem, og Alice står alene tilbage.
A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems.
Six London school-leavers attempt to make it in the world, balancing the challenge of trying to make a name for themselves in the music industry against the pressures and tragedies of everyday life.
A retired detective is pulled back into the action by his former partner, they uncover a hidden underworld of sex, drugs and murder in the wealthy community controlled by kingpin Harvey Stride, and his femme fatale enforcer.
A documentary looking at the British Government's atomic weapons design, construction and testing on the Australian Monte Bello Islands in 1951.
The Yorkshire Dales - 'from which no traveller wishes to return'. Sheltering under the Pennines, the Dales have escaped the human ravages of time. There is magic here; skysweeping hillsides and weirdly weathered rocks; Wensleydale cheese; ruined abbeys and castles and standing drystone walls; fellracing and potholing, photography, traditional songs and a commentary spoken by Robert Shaw.
A BAFTA award nominated film dramatising how one firm and its employees faced the inevitable changes caused by automation and made the best of the situation.
A docu-almanac about British sports personalities.
Kids help around the farm on the South Devon coast.
Folk traditions of the Scottish Highlands.