Cinema Films, DVD Films, DVD Boxsets, DVD TV Series

[Captain WH Rollins]

29th January 1959 - Walt Disney's "Sleeping Beauty" released

29th January 1964 - Dr Strangelove", directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers and George C. Scott, premiered

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[Captain WH Rollins]

A really good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the last week of January:

1917 (15)
Jojo Rabbit (12A)
Little Women (U)
Uncut Gems (15)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG)

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[QF-Charles]

Only on my first cup of coffee but here are some of my favourite shows-movies. No order just random.

-The West Wing
-Boston legal
-Blacklist
-Yes Minister
-Faulty Towers
-Downton Abbey
-Twin Peaks
-Criminal Minds
-Columbo
-The Twilight Zone
-Mash
-House
-The Good Wife
-Gilmore Girls
-The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
-Lost

-Star Wars (Original 3 only - IV-V-VI)
-The Godfather
-Bourne
-Grumpy Old Men
-Pink Panther
-Ice Age (Yes, the animation)

Various Box sets of -
-David Lean
-James Stewart
-Tracy and Hepburn
-Cary Grant
-Danny Kaye
-Gregory Peck

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[Captain WH Rollins]

30th January 1931 - "City Lights", American silent romantic comedy film directed by Charlie Chaplin, starring himself and Virginia Cherrill, premiered at Los Angeles Theater

30th January 1933 - "Lone Ranger" began a 21-year run on ABC radio

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[Captain WH Rollins]

Only on my first cup of coffee but here are some of my favourite shows-movies. No order just random.

-The West Wing
-Boston legal
-Blacklist
-Yes Minister
-Faulty Towers
-Downton Abbey
-Twin Peaks
-Criminal Minds
-Columbo
-The Twilight Zone
-Mash
-House
-The Good Wife
-Gilmore Girls
-The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
-Lost

-Star Wars (Original 3 only - IV-V-VI)
-The Godfather
-Bourne
-Grumpy Old Men
-Pink Panther
-Ice Age (Yes, the animation)

Various Box sets of -
-David Lean
-James Stewart
-Tracy and Hepburn
-Cary Grant
-Danny Kaye
-Gregory Peck

Need more coffee to update

A really interesting selection of films and TV series, there is much to enjoy about the selection

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Captain WH Rollins

 

[Captain WH Rollins]

1st February 1893 - Thomas Edison completed worlds first movie studio at West Orange, New Jersey

1st February 1929 - "The Broadway Melody" directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Bessie Love is released. The first film with sound to win an Oscar, Outstanding Picture 1930

1st February 1940 - NBC performed the first inter-city television broadcast from its station in New York City to another in Schenectady, New York by General Electric relay antennas

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[Captain WH Rollins]

A really good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the first week of February

1917 (15)
Parasite (15)
Queen & Slim (15)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG)

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3rd February 1932 - "Shanghai Express" directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Marlene Dietrich, premiered in Los Angeles

3rd February 1951 - "Victor Borge Show" debuted on NBC TV

3rd February 1960 "- La Dolce Vita" directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg premiered in Italy

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4th February 1970 - "Patton" directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott premiered in New York, won Academy Award for Best Picture 1971

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[Captain WH Rollins]

The Shape of Water (2018) - this romantic dark fantasy film is set against the backdrop of cold war America of the 1960's, it is the story of a hidden government laboratory and the discovery of a secret classified experiment - this film is the winner of multiple film awards - priced at £3.00 - standard DVD format.

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6th February 1921 - "The Kid", silent film starring Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan, released

6th February 1943 - Singer Frank Sinatra debuted on radio's "Your Hit Parade"

6th February 1972 - the 29th Golden Globes: "The French Connection", Gene Hackman

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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018) - a dark drama about a mother who becomes frustrated and angry at the local police's ineptitude to solve her daughter's murder. When the investigation slows down to a crawl, the mother takes matters into her own hands. The winner of multiple film awards, it is priced at £4.99 for standard DVD.

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8th February 1915 - "The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by DW Griffith, opened at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles

8th February 1926 - Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio became Walt Disney Studios

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9th February 1964 - the first appearance of the Beatles on the "Ed Sullivan Show" 73.7 million people watched

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11th February 1938 - world's first science fiction TV programme, broadcast of the play R.U.R. by Karel Čapek

11th February 1954 - the 6th Emmy Awards: I Love Lucy, Donald O'Connor and Eve Arden win

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A really good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the second week of February

1917 (15)
Emma (U)
Parasite (15)
First Love (15)
Queen & Slim (15)
The Lighthouse (15)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG)

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12th February 1914 "The Squaw Man", first feature length film shot in Hollywood, directed by Cecil B. DeMille is released in the US

12th February 1968 - the 25th Golden Globes "In the Heat of the Night", Rod Steiger wins

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La La Land (2017) - winner of multiple films awards, this was the acclaimed film of 2017 - the story of an actress and a jazz musician chasing the Hollywood dream and finding each other - priced at under £3.00 for the standard DVD format.

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[Captain WH Rollins]

A really good selection of cinema films to watch out for, during the third week of February 2020

1917 (15) - Emma (U) - Parasite (15) - First Love (15) - Queen & Slim (15) - The Lighthouse (15)
The Personal History of David Copperfield (PG)

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Birdman (2014) - a multiple award winning black comedy drama, about an actor playing an iconic superhero, as he tries to stage a broadway play, and deal with the struggles of his life - priced at less than £3.00 for standard DVD format

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