Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Blu-ray)
[ 20th Century Fox Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 24/Aug/2012 ] British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless slowly begins to charm in unexpected ways. |
Beyond The Edge (Blu-ray)
[ Rialto Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 5/Mar/2014 ] For the first time ever, and with the support of the Hilary family, Sir Edmund's story is 'relived' using both original colour footage and photgraphs and dramatised recreations of the assault. |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Blu-ray)
[ 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 30/Sep/2008 ] Butch & Sundance are the two leaders of the Hole-in-the-Wall Gang. Butch is all ideas, Sundance is all action & skill. The west is becoming civilized and when Butch & Sundance rob a train once too often, a special posse begins trailing them. |
Chicago [Renee Zellweger] (Blu-Ray)
[ Buena Vista Home Entertainment Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Mar/2008 ] Renee Zellweger is Roxie Hart, a murderess who becomes front page news in 1920s Jazz Age Chicago. After shooting her no good lover full of lead, it's off to death row with her, where she encounters the queen bee warden (Queen Latifah). |
Cinderella [Disney] (Blu-ray)
[ Disney Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 3/Oct/2012 ] Cinderella is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Productions' 12th animated feature film Cinderella (1950). In the original film, Cinderella is voiced by American singer and actress Ilene Woods. |
Gladiator [2-Blu-ray Disc Definitive Edition]
[ Universal Pictures Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Oct/2009 ] Roman general Maximus (Russell Crowe) goes from hero to zero, then fights back to win the heart of an Empire in this action-packed and emotionally charged blockbuster. Stunning special effects and superb performances from Russell Crowe and Joaquin... |
Guess Whos Coming to Dinner (Blu-ray)
[ Kaleidoscope Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 22/May/2019 ] When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel to San Francisco to meet her parents. Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife Christina (Katharine... |
The Hurt Locker (Blu-ray)
[ Roadshow Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Jul/2010 ] Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy, and every object could be a deadly bomb. |
Mary Poppins [50th Anniversary Edition] (Blu-ray)
[ Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 4/Oct/2006 ] It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Embraced by millions around the world, Mary Poppins is one of Disney's most enchanting fantasies and the motion-picture hit that made "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" a household word! |
The Railway Man (Blu-ray)
[ DreamWorks Home Entertainment Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 28/May/2014 ] Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman and Stellan Skarsgard star in The Railway Man, a war drama adapted from Eric Lomax's memoirs about his experiences in a POW camp. |
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (Blu-ray)
[ 20th Century Fox Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Jul/2015 ] Check in again for more love and laughter as new arrival Richard Gere joins an all-star ensemble cast - including Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy and Dev Patel. Returning for this heartwarming sequel to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel! |
Water for Elephants (Blu-ray)
[ 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Oct/2011 ] A veterinary student abandons his studies after his parents are killed, and joins a traveling circus as their vet. |
JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB
Kander/Ebb: Chicago: The Musical Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton / 1997 Broadway Cast [ RCA Records / CD - released 28/Jan/1997 ] CHICAGO: THE MUSICAL won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show. |
CHARLES GOUNOD
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gounod: Symphonies 1 & 2, Faust Ballet Music Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conducted by Sir Neville Marriner [ Philips / CD - released 1/Dec/1998 ] Recorded: 1997 Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London |
W. A. MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Serenades 'Incls 'Gran Partita' Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner / Holliger Wind Ensemble [ Philips The Best of the Complete Mozart Edition / CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] "This reissue … tends to sweep the board. The playing is marvellous, and Marriner's choice of tempi is equally apt. The Argo recording, rich in texture and detail, sounds admirably fresh here. […] The sparkle of this music-making is irresistible." |
GEORGES BIZET
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bizet: Symphony In C / L'Arlesienne - Suites Nos.1 & 2 Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner, with John Stenhouse (saxophone) and Christine Messiter (flute) [ EMI Classics Red Line / CD - released 20/Jun/1997 ] "Vivacity and elegance are present in full measure, and one can only admire a violin section that can play the finale up to speed without hazard or apparent strain. Indeed, tempos are finely judged throughout." (Gramophone) |
FREDERICK DELIUS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Delius: Orchestral Works [Incls. 'The Walk to the Paradise Garden' & 'A Song Before Sunrise'] Academy St Martins in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner [ Decca the British Collection / CD - released 26/Mar/1989 ] Original recording from 1979 |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mozart: Symphony No. 40 and 41 Academy St Martins in the Fields (soloists), Neville Marriner (conductor) [ Philips / CD - released 1/Jul/1999 ] Recorded: 1979 NOTE: Cover may differ from that shown |
BARBER / MAHLER / BACH / CHOPIN / RAVEL / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Accentus-Transcriptions Accentus Chamber Choir / Laurence Equilbey [ Naive / CD - released 24/Apr/2004 ] Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine (Awards Issue 2003)"Stunning displays of choral technique and control make this a disc to savour." |
PETER SCULTHORPE
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sculthorpe: Requiem and other works Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / Adelaide Chamber Singers / Arvo Volmer, James Judd (cond) with William Barton (didjeridu) [ ABC Classics / 2 CD - released 20/May/2007 ] "The heartfelt new Requiem is the crowning glory of this Sculthorpe set" Editor's Choice Gramophone Magazine July 2007 |