Michael Bertenshaw

Portia, a wealthy heiress of Belmont, is forced to set her suitors a challenge. The winner will win her hand in marriage; the losers will lose her hand and much more. In Venice, the epicentre of consumption, speculation and debt, Bassanio borrows money from his friend Antonio to finance his attempt. Antonio, in turn, takes out a loan from the moneylender Shylock. The loan will be repaid when Antonio’s ships return to the city. But if the ships fail to return, and the money cannot be repaid, Antonio will give to Shylock a pound of his own flesh. And they do fail. And Shylock will have his ‘bond’.

Shakespeare’s most outrageous comedy, The Taming of the Shrew introduces one of theatre’s great screwball double-acts, a couple hell-bent on confusing and outwitting each other right up to the play’s equivocal and controversial conclusion.

Helena loves the arrogant Bertram, and when she cures the King of France of his sickness, she claims Bertram as her reward. But her new husband, flying from Helena to join the wars, attaches two obstructive conditions to their marriage - conditions he is sure will never be met. Featuring Olivier-award winning actress Janie Dee as the Countess of Roussillon.

El Doctor llega a Londres el día de Nochebuena de 1851. Cuando acude a responder un grito de socorro, se encuentra con que ya hay alguien ayudando... un hombre que asegura ser viajero del tiempo, dueño de una TARDIS y llamarse "el Doctor". ¿Es este nuevo Doctor una futura regeneración de nuestro Doctor, o simplemente un impostor? ¿Pueden los dos Doctores vencer la amenaza Cybermen que está fraguándose bajo Londres?

El catedrático y afamado simbologista Robert Langdon se ve obligado a acudir una noche al Museo del Louvre, cuando el asesinato de un restaurador deja tras de sí un misterioso rastro de símbolos y pistas. Con la ayuda de la criptógrafa de la policía Sophie Neveu y poniendo en juego su propia vida, Langdon descubre que la obra de Leonardo Da Vinci esconde una serie de misterios que apuntan a una sociedad secreta encargada de custodiar un antiguo secreto que ha permanecido oculto durante dos mil años...

The meeting of the quiet Helen North and the charismatic Carla on a beautiful Greek island leads to tragic consequences.

One bloke, two policeman, three drugs - sit back, inhale and enjoy.

El joven periodista Edward Malone ha de cubrir una conferencia sobre dinosaurios impartida por el paleontólogo Summerlee. También participa el profesor Challenger, un investigador que presenta restos de un dinosaurio alado y propone que se organice una expedición al refugio amazónico de los últimos animales prehistóricos.

A woman is wrongly accused of murdering her husband in Edwardian London. Just before the outbreak of World War I, Edith Graydon married her boyfriend Percy Thomson. He survives the war but theirs is not a happy marriage. She doesn't really love him and he feels it every day. He's also possessive and their daily life is a constant battle. She meets and falls in love with Frederick Bywaters, her sister's one-time boyfriend. They have a long affair and her desperate attempts to get either a formal separation of divorce from her husband falls on deaf ears. They are at their wits end and Bywaters decides to do something about it. On a dark evening when Edith is walking with her husband, Bywaters stabs him to death. Edith is charged with murder along with Bywaters and both are found guilty. She claims her innocence right up until the day they are both executed by hanging in 1923. Based on a true story.

La armonía familiar de los Beasley, una familia modélica de una apacible ciudad británica de provincias formada por un veterano combatiente de la Primera Guerra Mundial, su mujer Marjorie y su hija menor Joyce, se ve súbitamente amenazada cuando deciden alojar un huésped en casa. (FILMAFFINITY)

Hiller, un experto en informática, fue sobornado por un grupo de ladrones de bancos para obtener detalles del sistema de seguridad en un banco de nueva construcción. Una vez dada toda la información, pensó que ya no vería más los ladrones. Pero le han rastreado a él y su a hijo en Londres. Retienen al hijo como rehén y le obligan a descifrar la información sobre la alarma y lparticipar en el robo.

This affecting biography chronicles the life and times of prominent European philosopher John Wycliffe, who was the first to translate the Bible into English. The 14th century, Oxford University scholar often found himself caught between opposing theological, political and societal forces: He defended England's autonomy against the pontiff's authority and championed the indigent against the wealthy's abuses.