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.

The Doctor arrives in Victorian London. It's Christmas, but snow isn't the only thing descending on the tranquil and jubilant civilization, as familiar silver giants from an alternate reality are amassing in numbers. The Cybermen are on the move again, and the only beings who can stop them are the Doctor and... another Doctor?

O simbologista e académico americano Robert Langdon viaja até Paris para lançar um novo livro, mas é subitamente chamado pela polícia francesa quando o conservador do Museu do Louvre é morto de uma forma macabra e as pistas apontam para ele. Compete agora a Langdon, com a ajuda de Sophie Neveu, criptógrafa e neta do conservador, fugir da polícia, resolver o crime e descobrir um segredo milenar que pode mudar a face do mundo.

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.

Misture uma parte de dinossauros animados com duas partes de aventura e acção e tem um novo clássico da BBC.Bob Hoskins lidera um elenco de estrelas neste filme cheio de acção adaptado do clássico conto de aventuras de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. No virar do século, uma expedição sob a liderança de um académico rebelde, Professor Challenger, troca a enevoada Londres pelas florestas húmidas e chuvosas da América do Sul em busca de uma terra lendária - onde se diz que o tempo parou... e onde dinossauros ainda habitam. Acompanhando o Professor Challenger estão um académico rival, Professor Summerlee, o famoso e pretendido caçador, Lord Roxton e um jovem repórter, Edward Malone. A eles se junta na selva Amazónica um colono, Theo, e a sua sobrinha, Agnes. Juntos, vão embarcar numa assustadora aventura. Aquilo que vão aprender na sua luta pela sobrevivência neste mundo perdido, vai mudar as suas vidas para sempre.

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.

In 1950s England, sailor Harold Guppy arrives in a small seaside town looking for his estranged brother. After a brief reunion, Harold finds a room for rent in the house of Mrs. Beasley, her meek husband and their teenage daughter, Joyce. It's clear that Harold has a troubled past, but his future is about to get more perilous yet. Despite the rosy surface, Harold soon finds himself in a tawdry sexual tug-of-war that won't end well.

Hiller, a computer expert, was bribed by group of bank robbers to obtain details of the security system at a newly-built bank. Having obtained the information, he thought he'd seen the last of the robbers. But now they've traced him and his son to London. They hold the son hostage and force Hiller to decode the information about the alarm and then to take part in the robbery.

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.