Loading ...This documentary captures the French-Canadian diva Celine Dion touring the world with her child and husband. In addition to footage of the award winner performing many of her most well-loved hits, the movie shows how she attempts to maintain a stable family life during these hectic tours. Starring: Celine Dion. Director: Stephane Laporte.
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)
Biopic of punk legend Ian Dury. Andy Serkis will play the polio-afflicted frontman in the film. Arthur Darvill, James Jagger, Tom Hughes, Shakraj Soornack, Clifford Samuel and Joe Kennedy are also on board to play Dury’s band members the Blockheads. Directed by Mat Whitecross. With Luke Evans, Olivia Williams, Andy Serkis.
Bigger Stronger Faster
In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. We reward speed, size and above all else: winning – at sport, at business and at war. Metaphorically we are a nation on steroids. Is it any wonder that so many of our heroes are on performance [...]
Twilight in Forks: The Saga of the Real Town
Twilight in Forks is the definitive DVD documenting the town of Forks made famous by the Twilight books and movies. Since the Twilight movies weren t filmed in the real Forks, this is your opportunity to see the town that Stephenie Meyer based her epic teen romance books on. Are there truly vampires and werewolves [...]
The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights
In 2007 the legendary American duo White Stripes toured Canada. Besides playing the usual venues they challenged themselves and played in buses, cafés and for Indian tribal elders. Music video director Emmett Malloy followed the band and managed to capture both the special tour, extraordinary concert versions of the band’s minimalist, raw, blues-inspired rock songs [...]
No Distance Left to Run
Blur’s music brings back the 1990s with a great emotional rush, and rightly or wrongly, they are associated with the Britpop craze and the huge and now almost unimaginable popularity of Tony Blair. Albarn supported Blair in the early 90s and had meetings with him – though to his credit, he was always less infatuated [...]
The Avon Barksdale Story: Legends Of The Unwired
Discover the incredible true story of the Baltimore drug kingpin who served as the inspiration for a key figure in the first season of The Wire. Back in the 1980s, the Lexington Terrace Projects was one of the most dangerous areas in Baltimore. Much to the chagrin of the local authorities, Nathan Avon “Bodie” Barksdale, [...]
American Pit Bull
In this documentary from Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Marilyn and Chuck Braverman, the remarkable yet tragic history of the American Staffordshire Terrier – aka the Pit Bull Terrier – is explored from the era when it was considered the “All American Dog” to it’s later reputation as a vicious attack dog frequently used by drug dealers. [...]
The Butch Factor
From the Castro culture of the 1970s to today s Bears and gym rats, this fascinating investigation of gay men and sexuality blows the lid off old stereotypes and showcases a battalion of interviewees including muscle men, rodeo riders, rugby players and cops. The men speak candidly on topics from homophobia to metrosexuality to embracing [...]
The Cove
Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renown dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taijii, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health. In the 1960s, Richard O’Barry enjoyed a lucrative career as a specialized animal trainer; he captured the five dolphins [...]
Vampires: Why They Bite
Vampires are currently topping the bestselling lists and raking in millions at the box office. Historian Lisa Hilton explores our enduring fascination and traces the origins of our favourite bogeyman, charting the transformation of the vampire from monster to heartthrob. Presenter: Lisa Hilton Producer: Jacqui Wilson Executive Producer: Clare Sillery
Interpreting the Lost Symbol
An unofficial companion piece to Dan Brown’s 2009 thriller The Lost Symbol, this documentary examines the history of Freemasonry and other groups and individuals explored in the novel. Interpreting the Lost Symbol is an in-depth analysis of the new novel from the bestselling author Dan Brown which again features his renown protagonist Robert Langdon (Da [...]
9/11: Phone Calls From The Towers
Featuring newly-uncovered audio recordings, previously unseen home movies and powerful testimony from the victims’ families, 9/11: Phone Calls from the Towers tells the stories of some of the people trapped in the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001. As the programme shows, these recorded messages and memories of the private calls remain a treasured [...]
More Than A Game
Five talented young basketball players from Akron, Ohio star in this remarkable true-life coming of age story about uncommon friendship in the face all too common adversities. Coached by a charismatic but inexperienced player’s father, and led by future NBA superstar LeBron James, the “Fab Five’s” improbable seven-year journey leads them from a decrepit inner-city [...]
Larry the Cable Guy: Tailgate Party
The man who added the catch phrases “Git-R-Done” and “Lord, I Apologize” to the American lexicon and drew fans by the pickup truckload to his shows proved to be one of the most successful comics of the early 2000s. Dan Whitney, known better as Larry the Cable Guy, claims he was born in the back [...]
I Believe in UFOs: Danny Dyer (2010)
Back in July of 2009 Dyer had the following to say about the upcoming documentary: “It’s called I Believe. It shows a different side to me. Rather than running around with dangerous, deadly men and all that, I’m trying to break the mould. I’ve always had a thing about UFOs since I was a kid. [...]
Reclaiming the Blade
Filmmaker Daniel McNicoll explores the emerging movement to reclaim the ancient medieval and renaissance martial arts in this documentary narrated by Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies, and produced on corroboration with Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson. The Medieval and Renaissance blade was a remarkable weapon crafted with the utmost attention to detail. Though the [...]
Seven Signs of the Apocalypse
Are there real, verifiable connections between the prophecies of the past and what is happening in the world right now? Are the signs of the apocalypse happening before our eyes? For example, the first sign is ”Plagues and Pandemics.” From drug-resistant staph in American hospitals to outbreaks of Ebola in the Third World — are [...]
Act of God (2009)
Documentarian Jennifer Baichwal helmed this reflective documentary that ponders the spiritual, emotional, and metaphysical ramifications of being struck by a lightning bolt. According to the National Weather Service, the odds of this incident befalling any given person are about one in 700,000, which makes many a survivor question why he or she fell prey to [...]
Nostradamus: 2012
It’s a year that many have prophesized will bring a catastrophic end to life as we know it. Whatever is in store a massive cosmic collision, a global environmental disaster, an Armageddon-like religious showdown, or a more subtle transformation many believe that 2012 will mark a major shift in the history of our planet. But [...]
Britney: For the Record
Its all about Britney Spears! In the defining documentary BRITNEY: FOR THE RECORD, MTV follows Britney Spears, the world’s most-talked-about megastar, through every step of her storied 2008 comeback. The raw documentary takes fans backstage at the 2008 VMAs where she took home three Moon Men, into the recording studio, and into the mind of [...]
Brothers at War
“Brothers at War” is an intimate portrait of an American family during a turbulent time. Jake Rademacher sets out to understand the experience, sacrifice, and motivation of his two brothers serving in Iraq. The film follows Jake’s exploits as he risks everything—including his life—to tell his brothers’ story. Often humorous, but sometimes downright lethal, “Brothers [...]
Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup (2009)
Dramatically narrated by Daniel Sunjata of FX s Rescue Me, and an outspoken advocate for the First Responders, Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup first examines mysterious and infamous events that reshaped world history from the Reichstag Fire in 1933 that catapulted Hitler to dictatorship – to the Gulf of Tonkin Incident in 1964 that [...]
2012: Mayan Prophecy and the Shift of the Ages (2009)
Is December 21, 2012 the end of the world as we know it? Climate change seems inevitable with countless hurricanes, earthquakes and innumerable disasters around the globe in recent years. What did the ancient Maya know and why did they place such significance on this date? As we near the final date of the Mayan [...]
Collapse (2009)
Americans generally like to hear good news. They like to believe that a new president will right old wrongs, that clean energy will replace dirty oil and that fresh thinking will set the economy straight. American pundits tend to restrain their pessimism and hope for the best. But is anyone prepared for the worst? Meet [...]
Peacetime (2009)
The whole story takes place on the 18th of April in the year 1945. The battles had ceased in Europe, but Brazil still found itself tecnically at war. The encounter between the interrogator, a customs official and former-torturer for the Political Police of Presedent Vargas and a Polish ex-actor who had lived the horrers of [...]
Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)
What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism? Years ago, that love seemed so innocent. Today, however, the American dream is looking more like a nightmare as families pay the price with their jobs, their homes and their savings. Michael Moore takes us into the homes of ordinary people whose lives [...]
The Possessed 2009
Joan Crawford is her usual upwardly mobile self in this melodrama co-starring Clark Gable. She plays Marian Martin, a cynical small-town girl determining to give up the idea of marriage. Kept by wealthy attorney Mark Whitney (Gable), Marian assumes a new identity as a divorced woman of the world, but her newfound life of luxury [...]
The Cove (2009)
In the 1960s, Richard O’Barry enjoyed a lucrative career as a specialized animal trainer; he captured the five dolphins that were used in the popular television series Flipper, and taught them the tricks and special commands they used on the show. Four decades later, O’Barry has renounced his former life as a trainer and become [...]
Richard Hammond Top Gear Uncovered (2009)
Richard Hammond Top Gear Uncovered (2009) – Being a Top Gear presenter is often described as being the best job in the world, especially if you work in a factory gutting chickens, (which I used to do). So in this DVD, featuring stunts and tomfoolery never seen on TV, I show you how to master [...]