Release date: 1998-11-11
List Price: $99.98
Price: $44.74
Review Inspector Morse (Collection Set 4) / Bfs Entertainment:The set includes the following: "Happy Families" "Dead on Time" "Greeks Bearing Gifts" "Who Killed Harry Field" "Death of the Self" "Absolute Conviction"
Release date: 2002-06-04
Run time: 412 min.
List Price: $69.99
Price: $57.95
Review Poirot - The Movie Collection 2 / Acorn Media:DETECTIVE EXTRAORDINARE! The incomparable HERCULE POIROT cracks his most challenging cases in four movie-length episodes from the popular TV series. As portrayed by DAVID SUCHET in this acclaimed British production, Agatha Christie's brilliant Belgian sleuth became the most watched detective in the history of the PBS Mystery! series and a hit all over again on A&E. Set in and around elegant, upper-crust 1930s London. DUMB WITNESS — Poirot confronts a case where the only witness is the victim's fox terrier. HERCULE POIROT'S CHRISTMAS — Choosing work over a cold flat, Poirot spends Christmas in a picturesque village solving a baffling mystery. HICKORY DICKORY DOCK — When a killer stalks a London student hostel run by Miss Lemon's sister, Poirot races against time to trap the culprit. MURDER ON THE LINKS — On holiday with Hastings at a French seaside resort, Poirot gets drawn into a case that seems eerily familiar.
Release date: 2001-03-06
Creator: Alfred Hitchcock
Price: $99.98
Review The Best of Hitchcock - Volume 2 (The Birds, Vertigo, Torn Curtain, Marnie, The Trouble With Harry, Saboteur, Frenzy, Alfred Hitchcock Presents #3) / Universal Studios:
Actors & Directors
- Louise Campbell
- John Howard
- Reginald Denny
- E.E. Clive
- James P. Hogan
- John Barrymore
Run time: 480 min.
Price: $79.95
Review The Bulldog Drummond Collectors' Series / Homevision:Generations of mystery lovers and movie buffs have followed the exploits of Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, the ex-British army officer with a flair for adventure. Based on Herman Cyril McNeile's detective stories, the popular series flourished for decades. During the 1930s, a range of top character actors and film legends portrayed Bulldog, his archenemies, and his fellow crime smashers. These eight magical episodes capture the era's grand style, wit, and priceless performances.
Release date: 1999-08-03
Run time: 999 min.
Creator: Alfred Hitchcock
List Price: $179.98
Price: $54.98
Review Alfred Hitchcock Collection (14pc) / Universal Studios:
Release date: 2001-03-06
Creator: Alfred Hitchcock
Price: $39.98
Review Essential Hitchcock (Rear Window, The Birds, Psycho) / Universal Studios:
Release date: 2002-08-27
Run time: 400 min.
Price: $49.95
Review Poirot: Complete Collection (4pc) / A&E Home Video:Four beautifully made mysteries comprise this boxed-set collection of Agatha Christie classics, in which David Suchet perfectly captures the brilliant detective Hercule Poirot. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, in which yet another of Poirot's retirements is interrupted with murder, is an admirable adaptation of a nearly unfilmable plot. Lord Edgeware Dies offers the pleasing combination of murder, theater folk, and a glimpse of a besotted Poirot. Evil Under the Sun features cold-blooded murder at a sunny health resort, and Murder in Mesopotamia doubles the fun by dropping all the intrigue into an archaeological dig. Each mystery is lovingly crafted with clever direction, a clear fondness for Christie's work, and painstakingly accurate period settings. Suchet and Hugh Fraser (as Captain Hastings) make a marvelous pair, capturing both the easy companionship and the frequent bickering of true friendship. Special DVD features include an index of all the Hercule Poirot stories and biographies of Agatha Christie and David Suchet. -Ali Davis Dressed to the nines, impeccably mannered and infuriatingly arch, Hercule Poirot is a detective like no other. Agatha Christie's dapper Belgian sleuth has delighted mystery fans for generations, and David Suchet has won universal praise for his pitch-perfect portrayal of Poirot on screen. Now, Suchet's first four feature-length Poirot mysteries are available together in this collector's set. [+]Produced by Brian Eastman (Traffik, Jeeves & Wooster), these exquisitely crafted tales of death and deception were filmed on location throughout Europe and the Middle East. THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD-Poirot's retirement in a quiet country village is abruptly ended by the death of his disagreeable neighbor. LORD EDGWARE DIES-Intervening in a sticky marital situation, Poirot suddenly finds himself in the midst of murder. MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA-Poirot is visiting an ancient site in Iraq when the head archeologist's unpopular wife is killed. EVIL UNDER THE SUN-Death intrudes on Poirot's island holiday, and only he can determine who is responsible.
Release date: 1998-11-11
List Price: $99.98
Price: $59.99
Review Inspector Morse (Collection Set 3) / Bfs Entertainment:Inspector Morse Set 3 contains: 1) Fat Chance 2) Second Time Around 3) Masonic Mysteries 4) Driven to Distraction 5) Sins of the Father 6) Promised Land
Release date: 2001-03-06
Creator: Alfred Hitchcock
List Price: $99.98
Price: $75.00
Review The Best of Hitchcock - Volume 1 (Psycho, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Topaz, Rope, Shadow of a Doubt, Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock Presents #1) / Universal Studios:
Actors & Directors
- Geoffrey Palmer
- Barry Foster
- Roy Marsden
- Ray Brooks (II)
- Herbert Wise
- John Vine
Run time: 295 min.
List Price: $49.98
Price: $28.97
Review P.D. James - Death of an Expert Witness / Lance Entertainment:This three-part, 1983 drama remains an honorable and largely captivating effort to adapt the unique structure of a P. D. James mystery novel to television. Despite bizarre production values-including intense lighting (presumably to accommodate the all-video shoot) and a near-absence of tone that often makes good actors look as if they're knocking about between rehearsals-the show holds up where it counts. James's extensive, pre-murder set-up survives a script translation, and the terrific cast infuses urgency into the story of a forensic scientist (Geoffrey Palmer) bludgeoned to death by any one of many suspects: among them a hostile ex-lover (Meg Davies), her brother and the victim's boss (Barry Foster), and an angry cousin (Brenda Blethyn) living as "a friend" with the deceased's ex-wife. So many possibilities, and the rather dour but thorough Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh (Roy Marsden), burdened by the recent death of his wife, sifts through them all with deceptive impartiality and quiet self-disapprobation. -Tom Keogh.
Release date: 2001-03-27
Run time: 153 min.
Price: $39.99
Review Agatha Christie's Poirot, Vol. 8 / Acorn Media:Like a box of gourmet chocolates, this three-episode collector's set of Agatha Christie's Poirot-eighth in a series of 12-contains scrumptious delights for the connoisseur of British mysteries. And if one of these episodes were to be wrapped in gold foil, it would have to be "The Chocolate Box," in which Hercule Poirot revisits a 20-year-old case that was never officially solved. Having perfected the mannerisms of an older, fussier Poirot, here David Suchet has the opportunity to reveal a young, eager junior detective on the Brussels police force, who longs to solve the case not only for the sake of the truth, but also for the sake of the young woman who begged for his help. Both intriguing and bittersweet, this episode is the dark chocolate truffle of the set. By comparison, "The Case of the Missing Will" and "The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman" are lighter confections, but with murder at their tart center. In the first, Poirot must execute the final wishes of an old friend who is killed on the eve of drafting his will; several red herrings and a surprising solution enliven this classic murder-mystery scenario. Hastings's acquisition of an Italian roadster and Miss Lemon's new gentleman friend turn out to have an unexpected connection with each other and with the murdered man in "The Adventure of the Italian Nobleman," which culminates in a car chase that claims more than one victim. Of course, the best thing about this set is that unlike a box of chocolates, viewers can savor its contents again and again. -Larisa Lomacky Moore.
Actors & Directors
- Ronald Wilson
- Jimmy Gardner
- Ian Carmichael
- Derek Newark
- Clifford Rose
- Sheila Keith
Run time: 180 min.
List Price: $59.99
Price: $57.99
Review Lord Peter Wimsey: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club / Acorn Media:"I'm investigating when a man died of natural causes," states aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, "but it's beginning to look more interesting everyday. " So it is in this impeccably mounted 1972 BBC miniseries, which would make Dorothy L. Sayers's peerless literary creation proud. Ian Carmichael stars in his signature role as the stylish, cultured, and erudite Wimsey, whose investigation into the death of General Fentiman is as irresistible as "poking sticks into a peaceful and mysterious-looking pond to see what was on the bottom. " Fentiman died in his favorite chair at the staid Bellona Club. Oddly enough, his sister died the same day. Wimsey agrees to try and determine when Fentiman died ("I shall enjoy it," he exults). In a nutshell, as one character states (which is always helpful in increasingly complicated cases like this), dispersion of the inheritance will become "uncommonly awkward" depending on who died first. The "whendunit" becomes a whodunit when it is revealed that the general was poisoned. The unflappable Wimsey has a colorful gallery of suspects to consider, including the increasingly unhinged George, one of the general's grandsons (why is he smashing a bottle of digitalis?), and Ann Dorland, who stands to benefit most if the general died first (what's the deal with the books on chemistry and poisons she has recently purchased?). [+]Other memorable characters further enliven the proceedings, among them the Munns, George's bickering (and at one point blackmailing) landlords. As the very British title suggests, this is not a crime thriller to set the pulse racing (the discovery of Fentiman's body is referred to as "something rather unpleasant"). But as the mystery unfolds over the course of 180 minutes (and 4 volumes), it is as captivating as a good late-night read. -Donald Liebenson.
Release date: 1998-11-11
Run time: 600 min.
Price: $99.98
Review Inspector Morse (Collection Set 1) / Bfs Entertainment:Inspector Morse Set 1 contains: 1) The Dead of Jericho 2) The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn 3) Service of All the Dead 4) The Wolvercote Tongue 5) Last Seen Wearing 6) Last Bus to Woodstock
Actors & Directors
- Basil Rathbone
- George Zucco
- Marjorie Lord
- Roy William Neill
- Henry Daniell
- Nigel Bruce
Run time: 270 min.
Price: $59.98
Review The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Vol. 1 (Voice of Terror / Secret Weapon / In Washington / Faces Death) / Mpi Home Video:Contains four classic feature films: SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE VOICE OF TERROR (1942) - When taunting saboteurs warn of a Nazi invasion of the British Isles through a horrific radio menace, the British Intelligence's Inner Council calls in Sherlock Holmes to help in the crisis. SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET WEAPON (1942) - The great detective must stop the Nazis from getting their hands on a new bombsight, wrapped in a code of dancing men. SHERLOCK HOLMES IN WASHINGTON (1943) - Top-secret documents are missing and a British secret service agent is dead. Holmes and Watson go to Washington to recover the documents before they fall into the wrong hands. SHERLOCK HOLMES FACES DEATH (1943) - Holmes and Watson are summoned to Musgrave Manor to investigate a murder. Holmes solves a complicated puzzle of an ancient family ritual to expose the murderer. BONUS MATERIAL Commentary from renowned British author David Stuart Davies Photo Gallery Original Movie Posters Television Archive.
Release date: 1998-09-08
List Price: $59.98
Price: $89.65
Review The Hitchcock Collection (Rebecca, The Paradine Case, Spellbound, Notorious) / Starz / Anchor Bay:
Actors & Directors
- Frederick Treves
- Michael McClain
- Giles Foster
- Jeffrey Daunton
- David Ponting
Run time: 200 min.
List Price: $49.95
Price: $60.00
Review P. D. James - Devices and Desires, Vol. 1 - 6 / A&E Home Video:When Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh takes up residence in a cottage left to him by an eccentric aunt, he wants nothing more than to escape. But on his lonely stretch of coastline, a serial killer has been murdering local women, and when the administrator of the controversial nuclear power station is found dead, she is assumed to be his latest victim. But Dalgliesh suspects otherwise, and he reluctantly involves himself in the increasingly complicated case. He soon discovers that more than one killer is involved, and must race to unravel the tangled web of truth before another victim is claimed. This acclaimed adaptation of P. D. James' bestselling novel is personally endorsed by "the Queen of Crime" herself.
Release date: 1998-11-11
Price: $99.98
Review Inspector Morse (Collection Set 2) / Bfs Entertainment:Inspector Morse Set 2 contains: 1) The Setting of the Sun 2) The Ghost in the Machine 3) The Last Enemy 4) Deceived by Flight 5) The Secret of Bay 5B 6) Infernal Serpent
Release date: 2001-05-01
Run time: 330 min.
Price: $39.95
Review An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Box Set) / Wgbh Boston:Based on a novel by best-selling crime writer P. D. James, Helen Baxendale stars as private detective Cordelia Gray in this murder mystery series, featuring two three-part mysteries-Sacrifice and A Last Embrace. Inheriting a ramshackle detective agency from her eccentric ex-policeman boss, Cordelia is thrown into a world of excitement and danger as she takes on an unlikely career as a private detective! Young, headstrong, and sometimes scared, Cordelia quickly learns the ropes. In Sacrifice, she investigates an apparent suicide in which things are not what they seem. In A Last Embrace, Cordelia's investigation of a man's alleged infidelities uncovers lies, secret lovers, betrayal^Eand murder!.
Actors & Directors
- Selina Boyack
- Akbar Kurtha
- Edward Bennett
- Maurice Phillips
- Clive Owen
- Frank Harper
- Jonas Grimås
- Rupert Holliday-Evans
Run time: 360 min.
List Price: $39.95
Price: $15.00
Review Second Sight 2 (3pc) / Wgbh Boston:Second Sight 2 follows the critically acclaimed, highly popular miniseries Second Sight-a co-production of BBC1 and WGBH (via the latter's Mystery! program on PBS)-with three bracing, two-part thrillers challenging ordinary notions of perception and deduction. Clive Owen returns as Chief Inspector Ross Tanner, whose eyesight is failing (his doctor sounds less certain this time that Tanner will absolutely go blind), subjecting him to blurry, distorting vision and even occasional hallucinations. Unwilling to give up his job, Tanner continues to rely upon confidantes working under him in his Special Murder Unit (now called the "Special Money Unit," investigating cold crimes and unusual cases), particularly Catherine Tully (Claire Skinner), who became Tanner's "eyes" in Second Sight and is his lover in the first story here, "Hide and Seek. " Created and written by Paula Milne, Second Sight was most interesting as a study of a man who can no longer use his eyes to solve crimes and must turn to a kind of sixth sense, heightened intuition, instead. Second Sight 2 extends that idea into chilling storylines in which only Tanner can "see" what his colleagues merely look upon. "Hide and Seek" is a strong and tragic tale in which Tanner re-opens an investigation into the apparent murder of a world-class violinist. While the SMU team pokes through three possible murder scenarios, Tanner takes the extraordinary measure of building a mock-up of the victim's home within police headquarters. (Meanwhile, Catherine endures the humiliation of being found out as Tanner's secret girlfriend. ) "Parasomnia" is an absolutely spooky story about a sleepwalker (who fascinates Tanner on several levels) who has no memory of crossing town in her nightdress and bashing in her fiancé's head. Finally, "The Kingdom of the Blind" finds Tanner's young son missing during an investigation into the racially charged killing of an activist. [+]Through all of these, Owen's laser-focused, powerful performance is something special to behold. -Tom Keogh Inspector Ross Tanner must solve three mysteries, before his colleagues solve his. Clive Owen (Gosford Park) returns as Detective Chief Inspector Ross Tanner in three new cases of Second Sight. Afflicted with a rare and incurable eye disease, Tanner's vision is slowly dimming, yet his crime-solving senses are as sharp as ever. He's just been chosen to head the Special Murder Unit, an elite group assigned only the toughest cases. Tanner must hone his observation skills while staying several steps ahead of his colleagues—who are unaware of his debilitating secret. Hide and Seek Tanner's increasingly intimate relationship with Detective Inspector Tully (Claire Skinner) is put to the test as they attempt to unravel the brutal murder of a renowned violinist. Tanner must devise some unorthodox strategies to reveal what his eyes can't show him. Parasomnia The daughter of a powerful lord wakes up covered in blood. Then her fiancé is discovered bludgeoned to death in his own apartment. As Tanner gropes for clues in the night, his new deputy Jack Boyd (Mark Bazeley) suspects him of alcoholism, and wants him tossed from the unit. Kingdom of the Blind Tanner is caught in the middle of a war between black youths and neo-Nazis. While investigating the murder of a young activist, Tanner's son disappears-now the case is personal.
Actors & Directors
- Nigel Bruce
- Roy William Neill
- Paul Cavanagh
- Arthur Hohl
- Gerald Hamer
- Basil Rathbone
Run time: 270 min.
Price: $59.98
Review The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Vol. 2 (The House of Fear/The Spider Woman/Pearl of Death/The Scarlet Claw) / Mpi Home Video:
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James - Devices and Desires, Vol. 1 - 6, Inspector Morse (Collection Set 2), An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Box Set), Second Sight 2 (3pc), The Sherlock Holmes Collection, Vol. 2 (The House of Fear/The Spider Woman/Pearl of Death/The Scarlet Claw)Top headlines: Video: Blind clerk realizes long-held dream: July 20: For the law clerks at the U.S. Supreme Court, the summer marks the start of an intense year in a highly coveted job. 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