Cinema of Powell & Pressburger - Collection One Drama Directed by: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger Sister Clodagh: [to Mr. Dean] "You are objectionable when sober, and abominable when drunk!" The Powell & Pressburger Collection One Blu-ray boxset (Imprint Collection #456–#461) gathers six seminal films from the first phase of the legendary British filmmaking partnership of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, …
“Kolchak: The Night Stalker” (1974 – 1975) Television / Sci-Fi Twenty Episodes Created by: Jeff Rice Featuring: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Jack Grinnage and Ruth McDevitt Carl Kolchak: [voiceover] "Buck Finemann, seventy two years old. Cantankerous old geezer. No-one liked him much, but they allowed him to play poker with them once a week because he …
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“Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons” (1967 – 1968) Television / Sci-Fi Thirty Two Episodes Created by: Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Featuring: Sylvia Anderson, Ed Bishop, Gary Files, Cy Grant, Donald Gray, David Healy, Janna Hill, Martin King, Francis Matthews, Paul Maxwell, Liz Morgan, Lian-Shin, Charles Tingwell, Jeremy Wilkin, Neil McCallum and Shane Rimmer The Mysterons: [Their last line, from series finale] “This is the voice of the Mysterons. We know you can hear us, …
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“The Rockford Files: Series 1 - 6” (1974-1980) TV Drama One Hundred and Twenty Three Episodes Created by: Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell Featuring: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Gretchen Corbett and Stuart Margolin Jim Rockford: [to the hood who has just kidnapped him] "Does your mother know what you do for a …
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“Workaholics: Series 1 - 7” (2011-2017) TV Comedy Eighty Six Episodes Created by: Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Kyle Newacheck, Connor Pritchard and Dominic Russo Featuring: Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, Jillian Bell, Maribeth Monroe and Erik Griffin Adam Demamp: "I'm like one of those dragons from Avatar!" When Workaholics premiered, it arrived disguised as a …
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“The Brokenwood Mysteries Series 1 - 11” (2014-present) TV Drama Forty Three Episodes Featuring: Neill Rea, Fern Sutherland, Nic Sampson, Jarod Rawiri, Cristina Serban Ionda, Pana Hema Taylor and Rawiri Jobe Kristin Sims: “Jacinta O'Connor, I'm arresting you for the murders of Nate Dunn and Evelyn Dunn. You have the right to remain silent.” Jacinta O'Connor: “It's a little late for that.” "The Brokenwood …
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“Hacks Series 1 - 3” (2021 - 2024) Television Series / Comedy Twenty Seven Episodes Created by: Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky Featuring: Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Carl Clemons-Hopkins, Megan Stalter, Paul W. Downs, Rose Abdoo and Mark Indelicato Ava: [during the heated exchange that takes place the first time Ava and Deborah meet] …
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“Are You Being Served? Series 1 - 10” (1972 - 1985) Television Series / Comedy Seventy Episodes Created by: Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft Featuring: Mollie Sugden, Trevor Bannister, Frank Thornton, John Inman, Wendy Richard, Arthur Brough, Nicholas Smith, Larry Martyn, Harold Bennett, Arthur English and James Hayter Mrs. Slocombe: [removes her gas mask] "What about this …
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"Bewitched: Seasons 3 & 4" (1966 - 1968) Comedy / Television Sixty Episodes Created by: Sol Saks Featuring: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Dick Sargent and David White Uncle Arthur: [to Endora] "When I think of you as a blood relative, I long for a transfusion." The gradual high-definition restoration of Bewitched has been one of …
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"Bewitched: Seasons 5 & 6" (1968 - 1970) Comedy / Television Sixty Episodes Created by: Sol Saks Featuring: Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Agnes Moorehead, Dick Sargent and David White Uncle Arthur: [to Endora] "When I think of you as a blood relative, I long for a transfusion." With the high-definition restoration of Bewitched continuing across its later …
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"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Series One" (1962) Mystery / Television Running Time: 3000 minutes Created by: Alfred Hitchcock Featuring: James Mason, Robert Redford, Vera Miles, Peter Falk, Jayne Mansfield, Angie Dickinson, Tony Randall, John Forsythe, Peter Graves, Gene Barry, William Conrad, Bob Crane, Dean Stockwell, Diana Dors, Dabney Coleman, Gig Young, Christopher Lee, Martin Landau, …
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“Upstart Crow Series 1 - 3” (2016 - 2020) Television Series / Comedy Twenty Two Episodes Created by: Jeremy Dyson, Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith Featuring: Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith Edward: "Hello, hello. What's going on? What's all this shouting? We'll have no trouble here." When The League of Gentlemen first aired on the …
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“Doctor Who - Season One” (2024) Television Series Sci-Fi Eight Episodes Written by: Russell T Davies Featuring: Ncuti Gatwa Ruby Sunday: "Who are you?" The Doctor: "I'm the Doctor!" The arrival of Doctor Who: Season 1 (2024) on Blu-ray marks a pivotal moment in the show’s long and often tumultuous history. After the 60th anniversary specials successfully reignited global …
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“Doctor Who: The War Games" (1969) Television Ten Episodes Directed by: David Maloney Written by: Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke Featuring: Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury The Doctor: "All these evils I have fought, while you have done nothing but observe! True, I am guilty of interference. Just as you are guilty of failing to use …
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“Aaahh!!! Real Monsters” (1994-1997) Animated / Television Fifty-two Episodes Created by: Gábor Csupó, Peter Gaffney and Igor Kovalyov Featuring: Charlie Adler, Christine Cavanaugh, David Eccles, Gregg Berger, Jim Belushi and Tim Curry Ickis: "Hey, Krumm, I think you're having a bad hair day." When Nickelodeon’s Aaahh!!! Real Monsters first premiered in 1994, it felt like nothing else on …
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“Upstart Crow Series 1 - 3” (2016 - 2020) Television Series / Comedy Twenty One Episodes Created by: Ben Elton Featuring: David Mitchell, Liza Tarbuck, Rob Rouse, Gemma Whelan and Mark Heap Will: [Repeated line on having a good idea] "Hang on. Hang the futtock on!" Upstart Crow (2016–2020), written by Ben Elton, is a clever, affectionate, and …
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“The Darling Buds of May” (1991-1993) Drama Twenty Episodes Created by: H.E. Bates Featuring: David Jason, Pam Ferris, Philip Franks and Catherine Zeta-Jones Sidney Charles 'Pop' Larkin: “This calls for a cocktail!” Once again recently released on DVD is the now constant favorite David Jason starring “The Darling Buds of May” (1991-1993), a relatively short lived television show that is now …
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“Bottom Series 1 - 3” (1991 - 1995) Television Series / Comedy Eighteen Episodes Created by: Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall Featuring: Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall Richie: [on various occasions seducing women, well, trying anyway] "May I say, what a SMASHING blouse you have on?" In the pantheon of British sitcoms, there are a few that …
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“UFO – The Complete S.H.A.D.O. Files” (1970 - 1971) Television Series / Science-Fiction Twenty-six Episodes Created by: Gerry & Sylvia Anderson and Reg Hill Featuring: Ed Bishop, Michael Billington, Gabrielle Drake, George Sewell, Vladek Sheybal, Wanda Ventham, Ayshea Brough, Antonia Ellis, Keith Alexander, Harry Baird, Peter Gordeno, Dolores Mantez, Gary Myers, Norma Ronald and Grant Taylor Ed …
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“Flow” (2024) Animated Drama Running Time: 114 minutes Written by: Gints Zilbalodis and Matīss Kaža Directed by: Gints Zilbalodis Music by: Gints Zilbalodis and Rihards Zaļupe Gints Zilbalodis' 2024 animated feature, Flow, is a truly unique and mesmerising cinematic experience that stands apart in the contemporary animation landscape. Eschewing dialogue entirely, the film tells a profoundly affecting …
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