Items Matching Tag 'Bob Hoskins'

Brazil (Blu-ray Details)
Brazil is a Terry Gilliam`s surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme. Everyone is monitored by a secret government agency that forbids love to interfere with efficiency. When a daydreaming bureaucrat (Jonathan Pryce) becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero (Robert De Niro) and a beautiful mystery woman (Kim Greist), he becomes the...

The Street Series 3 (DVD Details)
The popular Manchester-based drama from BAFTA award winning writer Jimmy McGovern (Cracker) continues with a glittering cast including Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies), Bob Hoskins (Mrs Henderson Presents) and Timothy Spall (Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban). As usual, life in the street is never dull. When wounded soldier Nick returns from Afghanistan his hero's welcome is short-lived when...

Unleashed (UK) (DVD Details)
Written and produced by Luc Besson, and directed by Louis Leterrier, Unleashed features a fantastic performance from martial arts superstar, Jet Li. On and beneath the mean streets of Glasgow, fiery gangster Bart (Hoskins) is merciless with debtors, would-be rivals and anyone else he takes a passing dislike to. Bart maintains his stranglehold through his unwitting enforcer, Danny (Jet Li),...

Prayer For The Dying, A (UK) (DVD Details)
Based on the best-selling book by Jack Higgins, this is the story of a veteran IRA terrorist who must kill once more in order to get out of his destructive lifestyle. In this drama of crime, murder and political intrigue, he and two other men fight to sustain their own codes of honour, and it`s most certain that not all of them can survive......

Brazil (UK) (DVD Details)
Brazil is a Terry Gilliam`s surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme. Everyone is monitored by a secret government agency that forbids love to interfere with efficiency. When a daydreaming bureaucrat (Jonathan Pryce) becomes unwittingly involved with an underground superhero (Robert De Niro) and a beautiful mystery woman (Kim Greist), he becomes the...

Who Framed Roger Rabbit (Vista Series) (US) (DVD Details)
It`s 1947 Hollywood and Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) a down-on-his-luck detective, is hired to find proof that Marvin Acme, gag factory mogul and owner of Toontown, is playing hanky-panky with femme fatale Jessica Rabbit, wife of Maroon Cartoon superstar, Roger Rabbit. When Acme is found murdered, all fingers point to Roger, and the sinister, power-hungry Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) is on a...

Lost World, The (BBC series) (UK) (DVD Details)
At the dawn of the 20th Century an expedition leaves smog-filled London, led my maverick Professor Challenger (Bob Hoskins), to explore a distant plateau in the verdant green of South America. They find a world where nature has run wild and men battle not only with creatures of unimaginable savagery - dinosaurs - but also with his own primitive ancestors. What each character will learn in the...

Last Orders (UK) (DVD Details)
This adaptation of Graham Swift`s 1996 Booker Prize winning novel Last Orders by writer/director Fred Schepisi is an affecting movie about death, friendship and booze starring a first rate cast of British actors. Jack Dodds (Michael Caine) was a regular guy, so why the strange last order to have his ashes thrown off the pier at Margate? And why did his wife Amy (Helen Mirren) refuse to do it? As...

Nixon (UK) (DVD Details)
Oliver Stone turns his attention to one of the most controversial figures in American history, President Nixon. Anthony Hopkins stars as the President in a film that traces his political career, from his battles with the CIA and J. Edgar Hoover, his plans for world peace with Henry Kissinger, his apocalyptic vision of Vietnam, to the whole of the Watergate affair.

Enemy at the Gates (UK) (DVD Details)
An all-star cast lights up the screen in this riveting epic hailed as "a vivid dramatization of one of history`s titanic turning points." (Gene Shalit, TODAY) The year is 1942 and the Nazis are cutting a deadly swath through Russia. Under the leadership of Khrushchev (Bob Hoskins), the citizens of Stalingrad are mounting a brave resistance, spurred by the exploits of their local hero, Vassili...

Enemy at the Gates (US) (DVD Details)
An all-star cast lights up the screen in this riveting epic hailed as "a vivid dramatization of one of history`s titanic turning points." (Gene Shalit, TODAY) The year is 1942 and the Nazis are cutting a deadly swath through Russia. Under the leadership of Khrushchev (Bob Hoskins), the citizens of Stalingrad are mounting a brave resistance, spurred by the exploits of their local hero, Vassili...

Captain Jack (UK) (DVD Details)
Rebellious and irreverent, Captain Jack is a man on a mission. Come hell or high water, he`s determined to follow in the footsteps of Whitby`s unsung hero, Captain Scoresby, who set sail from the town bound for the Arctic in the 18th century. Assembling a crew of oddballs and misfits, the cantankerous captain weighs anchor and voyages into the unknown. His ship has been certified unseaworthy...

Live Virgin (UK) (DVD Details)
Ronny Bartolotti is Hollywood`s most successful adult film director. But rival Joey Quinn (Bob Hoskins) has just discovered the next big thing - a virtual sex machine! Now Ronny`s 18-year-old daughter Katrina is about to give dad a taste of his own medicine. She`s about to share her first sexual experience with millions of Americans in the biggest product launch of the century - and only a...

Zulu Dawn (UK) (DVD Details)
This dramatic and true story recounts the breathtaking defeat of British forces at the hands of a 25,000 strong and relentlessly determined Zulu army in 1879. General Lord Chelmsford (brilliantly portrayed by Peter O`Toole) is the man responsible for the fatal decision to split up the troops based on faulty information provided by the fake Zulu prisoners. Colonel Durnford (Burt Lancaster) is...

Brazil: Criterion Special Edition (Region Free) (DVD Details)
Gathering footage from both the European and American versions, Director Terry Gilliam has assembled the ultimate 142-minute cut of his most celebrated film. Criterion is proud to present its landmark special edition of Brazil in an exclusive three-disc set. DISC ONE: The restored windscreen transfer of the film with a remastered Dolby Surround soundtrack and Gilliam`s shot-by-shot commentary....

Hook (UK) (DVD Details)
Peter Pan - the hero who never grows old - has grown up! And he`s even forgotten how to fly! Enter the magical, mystical world of a hundred fun summers as the ageless avenger and faithful fairy Tinkerbell return to Never Never Land in search of Peter`s forgotten childhood, his lost children, and a fearless confrontation with his evil pirate enemy - Captain Hook. Dustin Hoffman, Robin...

Spice World: The Movie (UK) (DVD Details)
Welcome aboard the Spicebus for a rollercoaster ride around London with The Spice Girls in their debut movie `SpiceWorld`. The girl`s first live concert at the Royal Albert Hall is in just five day`s time. With trusty bus driver Dennis (Meatloaf) at the wheel, they hurtle from guest appearances to parties, photoshoots and even dance camp! But when the evil tabloid editor Kevin McMaxford...

Pink Floyd: The Wall (UK) (DVD Details)
Directed by Alan Parker and starring Bob Geldof and Bob Hoskins, the BAFTA Award-winning film `The Wall` tells the story of a man named Pink Floyd who, as a child, lost his father in World War II. Being raised by an overprotective mother, Pink leads a dreary life, finally turning to drugs. As a result of the drugs and his gloomy memories, Pink spirals into a void of insanity. Released in its...