Posted by Notcot on Dec 7, 2012 in
Steampunk 
The Badger is back! At Toad Hall, lair of multibillionaire. Baron Aristotle Krapaud, a cabal of industrialists and fat cats plot the violent overthrow of the French state by the intervention of horribly beweaponed automaton soldiers. Meanwhile, the brutal murder of a famous Parisian artist, mysteriously stabbed to death in his locked and guarded studio, is subject to the investigations of the tenacious Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard, placing him and his faithful adjunct, Detective Sergeant Roderick Ratzi, in pursuit of the mysterious masked assassin stalking the cut-throat commercial world of the Grandville art scene. Bete Noire signals the welcome return to anthropomorphic steampunk detective fiction of master storyteller and graphic novel pioneer “Bryan Talbot” with the third stand-alone volume of the Eisner and Hugo Award nominated “Grandville” series.As the body count mounts and events spiral exponentially out of control, aided by his brilliant deductive abilities and innate ferocity, LeBrock battles against outrageous odds in this funny, high octane thriller, an adventure shot through with both high art and comic book references, a glorious illegitimate offspring of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Ian Fleming – with animals! Follow the Badger!
Price : £ 11.69
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Posted by Notcot on Jul 16, 2011 in
Cult Film 
This box-office hit from 1969 is an important pioneer of the American independent cinema movement, and a generational touchstone to boot. Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper play hippie motorcyclists crossing the Southwest and encountering a crazy quilt of good and bad people. Jack Nicholson turns up in a significant role as an attorney who joins their quest for awhile and articulates society’s problem with freedom as Fonda’s and Hopper’s characters embody it. Hopper directed, essentially bringing the no-frills filmmaking methods of legendary, drive-in movie producer Roger Corman (The Little Shop of Horrors) to a serious feature for the mainstream. The film can’t help but look a bit dated now (a psychedelic sequence toward the end particularly doesn’t hold up well) but it retains its original power, sense of daring and epochal impact. — Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
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Posted by Notcot on May 27, 2010 in
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Posted by Notcot on May 15, 2010 in
Cult Film 
Average Rating: 4.0 / 5 (41 Reviews)
Amazon.co.uk Review
This box-office hit from 1969 is an important pioneer of the American independent cinema movement, and a generational touchstone to boot. Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper play hippie motorcyclists crossing the Southwest and encountering a crazy quilt of good and bad people. Jack Nicholson turns up in a significant role as an attorney who joins their quest for awhile and articulates society’s problem with freedom as Fonda’s and Hopper’s characters embody it. Hopper directed, essentially bringing the no-frills filmmaking methods of legendary, drive-in movie producer Roger Corman (The Little Shop of Horrors) to a serious feature for the mainstream. The film can’t help but look a bit dated now (a psychedelic sequence toward the end particularly doesn’t hold up well) but it retains its original power, sense of daring and epochal impact. — Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Easy Rider
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Posted by Notcot on May 10, 2010 in
Home Cinema & Video 
Average Rating: 5.0 / 5 (3 Reviews)
Product Description
Immerse yourself in high-quality digital video and audio. The DV-420Vs advanced upscaling adds a new dimension to your DVDs by elevating sharpness, colour and contrast to create 1080p levels of detail. A speedy 1.4x quick scan mode increases convenience in searching for scenes or re-viewing disc chapters. Play back music, DivX video and high resolution photo files stored on a USB memory device: the DV-420V has a front USB port. Create MP3s from your CD collection; the DV-420V includes an MP3 encoder, making CD ripping to your USB device quick and easy.
- DVD/-R/-RW/+R/+RW/CD/-R/-RW Play
- 1080p upscaling via HDMI
- 1 x USB Port
- CD T0 USB Recording
- 49.5mm x 420mm x 215mm
Pioneer DV420VK Multi-format DVD Player with USB Port
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Posted by Notcot on Apr 26, 2010 in
Home Cinema & Video 
Average Rating: 5.0 / 5 (1 Reviews)
Product Description
Slim. Smart. Quick. Just 58mm high, the glossy BDP-120 gives you the latest specification, BD-Live, full support for Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio Essential bitstream output and decoding and supports AVCHD discs from your HD digicam. A 1GB USB drive (which is included) gives you storage for BD-Live content. Plug the USB in the port and youre ready to go. Begin playback of your Blu-ray films without delay; a quick-start feature enables start-up in a blink.
- Blu-ray/DVD/-R/-RW Playback
- Dolby TrueHD/DTS-HD Master Audio
- PureCinema Progressive Scan
- KURO LINK
- 58mm x 420mm x 268mm
Pioneer BDP120 Blu-ray disc player with BD-Live, 36-bit Deep Colour and Quick Start
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