
BANANARAMA The Historical Collection - Remastered in Widescreen AI. 42 singles

BANANARAMA The Historical Collection - Remastered in Widescreen AI. 42 singles
2023-01-01
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9.5Covering a 35-year period between 1985 and 2020, ‘SMASH – The Singles’ works chronologically through the duo’s classic output, opening with their debut hit West End Girls and journeying through 2020’s Monkey Business. Select physical editions of ‘SMASH’ collect the duo’s videos on Blu-Ray for the first time, with a second disc containing bonus clips and lyric videos (including songs not featured on the audio tracklist), with a bumper 66 visuals presented in total. The remastered videos especially are a treat to behold, particularly from an act like Pet Shop Boys, for whom the image has always gone hand-in-hand with the music and serves to enhance the overall experience.
5.5This new version of Nagasaki's Yami utsu shinzô (1982) is neither a remake nor a sequel. It is both those things, and at the same time it is also a documentary, a portrait of the consequences of passing time, and an occasionally very funny reflection on what the hell the point is of all this filmmaking business anyway. Shigeru Muroi and Takashi Naito, back then young hopefuls willing to take chances, now among the most established and recognisable actors in Japan, return to play the roles they assumed in the 1982 film, each of their characters having gone their own way. Alongside, another young couple (Honda and the ever-brilliant Eguchi) find themselves in the exact same situation as their older counterparts 25 years earlier. Their paths cross, an opportunity arises: for the elder two to redeem part of their own lives, for the younger couple to find a helping hand in their darkest hour.
5.5University students investigate a noise phenomenon in haunted woods known as 'th'rattlin'.
5.5Azem has retired after 30 years working as a truck driver. However, he still hasn't gotten used to this quiet lifestyle. His friends help him go through this important moment of his life.
5.7Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming officer, but there is competition when a new, brash, Guardsman enters the picture. Dad hates the new guy, mostly because he is like himself.
A Dutch family on their last full day of their camping holiday in France. On the moment that nobody wants to join father Aad on the traditional hiking tour, everybody experiences their own adventure.
3.0Rodney hates salads, the gym and daylight, until that is, Kate comes along and changes everything.
10.0Strawberry Shortcake berry bake shop adventures.
6.0Joyce, a homicide detective finds herself in a new case: a woman is raped and murdered, her hands tied and her tongue cut off. Shocking as that is, the exact same thing happened to Joyce's mother twenty years ago.
5.7Two siblings face their problems and undergo a profound inner transformation at a time when they both rediscover themselves. Lidia struggles to cope with her newborn baby: she can’t handle the expectations, doesn’t recognize her body, and distances herself from home and her boyfriend. Her brother Lauro works in a funeral agency. Divorced with a son, he grapples with accepting his bisexuality. Though the siblings rarely saw each other, their shared challenges bring them closer on a journey of rediscovery and profound inner transformation. The light at the end of the tunnel isn’t an illusion; the tunnel is.
6.0An essay film that compares various acts of resistance and revolutionary struggle from the 1920s to the present day. An alternative cartography of Manhattan reminiscent of Sebald’s novels.
6.0A young man's obsession with capturing the beauty of his wooden figure gets in the way of his personal life, his passion for his art driving a wedge between himself and his best friend.
5.2A woman after killing her husband and his friends goes into post-traumatic shock and withdraws from any form of communication. A feminist journalist becomes interested in the case and resolves to unravel the truth behind the murders.
6.0Han Xiaoqiao, a flower mover, works hard for her family every day, her useless husband and dumb daughter work more. Han Xiaoxiao, an optimist by nature, firmly believed that everything would be fine, and had always faced everything with an optimistic attitude. At this time, the upcoming film "Boxer Mum" gave her the opportunity to compete for the role of the main actress. In order to motivate her husband and daughter, Han Xiaoxiao began to learn boxing and enter the competition, but she did not know that she had fallen into a trap... Facing this confusing prospect, she looked back and relied on her family, Han Xiaoxiao, who raised her fist, where would she go in the end?
7.6County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
5.5Featuring everything from Old-Time Gospel to Honky Tonk and Bluegrass, the beloved performance show Country’s Family Reunion started all the way back in 1996, Country music legends gathered in an informal setting to sing nostalgic songs, share their stories, and provide a fascinating behind-the-scenes glimpse into their histories. The reunions soon became a favorite cable television show that ran for over two decades.
0.0Claudio walks around the city without realizing that he is being followed.
6.9Almost a decade since larger-than-life glam-rock enigma Brian Slade disappeared from public eye, an investigative journalist is on assignment to uncover the truth behind his former idol.
4.0A young girl, after looking through a fashion magazine, decides to go to Paris. For that, she'll need a portable airport.
6.5On a trip to attend a wedding, a young girl sees herself amidst a major rampage at a construction site of a flying city after a slight malfunction of her means of transportation.
0.0A teenager is resurrected as a plant-headed zombie, searching to find his past happiness and humanity. How long will it all last though, knowing that life may change again when the sun goes away?
7.1In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
10.0An engaging music video, an explosion about the present and the future. A cry of resistance in the midst of neglect. A reflection of our society in pieces.
0.0A greatest hits DVD of her singles whilst signed to EMI Records as a solo artist. Featuring the videos for Light of My Life, In Walked Love, Naked, Undivided Love, One Kiss from Heaven, Arms Around the World, Let's Go Round Again, All That Matters, 2 Faced, Beautiful Inside and Stuck in the Middle with You.
“I am incredibly greedy for feelings," says Kora. She explains this hunger for affection by her dramatic childhood as a four-year-old, estranged from her parents. She is constantly looking for love and people. I love and can't live without a person, I hate as sincerely as possible. Neither a duck, nor a cat, nor a beach, a tree, the sun, nor the stars, the sea, nor the cosmos - everything I admire - can replace this wicked man for me." Kora creates fairy tales all the time. Five of the tales she tells come from the album "Bed": "Just Be," "That's What You're In The World For," "They Say Love Lives in Heaven," Bed" and "They Say Love Lives in Heaven - Reprise." The link between the songs is an "interview" with Kora, her opinion on various topics forming a portrait of the performer.
8.0Career-spanning retrospective of Siouxsie & The Banshees' video output
8.0A collection of music videos by Big Audio Dynamite. Featuring videos for The Bottom Line, E=MC^2, Medicine Show, C'mon Every Beatbox, V-Thirteen, Sightsee M.C!, Just Play Music, James Brown, Contact, Rush, and The Globe.
0.0In this reflective short film, the Weeknd speaks to his younger self, encouraging him to ask questions about the future and remember the light before it's all gone.
0.0In this remarkable video, "The New Dance Group Gala Concert: Retrospective 1930s-1970s" viewers will enjoy viewing dances of some of the most influential Modern Dance pioneers including: Mary Anthony, Ronne Aul, Talley Beatty, Valerie Bettis, Irving Burton, Jane Dudley, Jean Erdman, Eve Gentry, Joseph Gifford, Hadassah, Sophie Maslow, Donald McKayle, Daniel Nagrin, Pearl Primus, Anna Sokolow, Joyce Trisler, Charles Weidman.