Here is the Christmas feast of your dreams, starting with Oysters on the Half-Shell served over rice with a tangy Mignonette Sauce, a perfect counterpoint to silky Home-Smoked Salmon, served in delicate bundles filled with Cucumber Salad. It wouldn't be a Pepin Christmas without foie gras, and Jacques prepares both a classic baked terrine of Foie Gras in a delicate Cognac Aspic as well as a simple Salt-Cured Foie Gras served with roasted nuts, crunchy sea salt, and sweet preserves. The...
In this surprise-filled celebration of Spring, Jacques and Claudine prepare a sumptuous Easter dinner for friends, starting with Caviar served with Buckwheat Blini and Frozen Vodka the perfect adult answer to Easter eggs. Salmon Steaks with a tangy, fresh Sorrel Sauce and delicate little cucumber balls make an easy first course. And of course, there's lamb in this case, spring Lamb Loins in Ambush, coated with a ground lamb and vegetable mousse, served over fresh fava beans. Jacques'...
A family friend is graduating from college, and Jacques and Claudine need no better excuse to create a splendid al fresco buffet lunch. There's delicate Smoked Trout with a creamy Egg-and-Pepper Salad just right for a sunny June afternoon. And Jacques' classic Chicken Galantine a boneless chicken stuffed with pork, black mushrooms, pistachios and armagnac, poached in a rich stock and served in it's own aspic might be the world's most elegant picnic food. A succulent baked Ham Georgia with a...
It's a special one-hour tribute to two great cultures and two great cuisines, as Jacques and Claudine create a French-American "fusion" celebration of the Independence Day and Bastille Day. A whole, poached Salmon with a light, creamy Mousseline Sauce is an easy, elegant way to feed a large group. It's followed by charming little crocks filled with Rillettes of Rabbit the classic French party spread that's perfect with country bread and a crisp white wine. For the main course: a whole Grilled...
Money. Sex. Power. They're all part of this crisp, stylish suspense thriller from the director of The French Connection and the screenwriter of Basic Instinct. David Caruso(Kiss of Death)plays Corelli, a D.A. up to his neck in a case that may lead where he doesn't want to go. Chazz Palminteri (The Usual Suspects) portrays Matt, a prominent attorney, local power broker and Corelli's longtime pal. Linda Fiorentino (The Last Seduction) is Matt's wife Trina: a clinical psychologist who's bold,...
In Jade Eyed Leopard, big-cat filmmakers and National Geographic Explorers Beverly and Dereck Joubert follow Toto, a leopard with unusually bright aquamarine eyes, as she learns fundamental survival skills. Narrated by Academy Award-winning actor Jeremy Irons, this special films Toto during the first three years of her life as she experiences the challenges and triumphs on her way to becoming an adult.
A defense attorney (Glenn Close) falls for her client, a rich, handsome publisher (Jeff Bridges) who may or may not be what the prosecution claims he is: a cold-blooded murderer.
Jaha's Promise tells the story of a young woman who returns home to campaign against the brutal practices that almost destroyed her life. Jaha Dukureh was subject to female genital mutilation as a baby and when she was 15 she was taken to New York City to marry a middle-aged man she'd never met before.
Vic Brady draws young Don Gregor into a life of crime. He then blackmails Gregor's plastic surgeon father into fixing up his face so he can evade the cops.
A security guard is shot in a botched robbery attempt, and a wounded witness is able to identify the killers. One of the gunmen, the spoiled son of a famous plastic surgeon, panics and threatens to go to the cops. His partner, a ruthless thug with nothing to lose, has other ideas, though - desperate plans that include murder and radical facial surgery.This low budget melodrama with a shocking twist was written and directed by Edward D. Wood Jr., the celebrated creator of Plan 9 From Outer...
In Jail Bait (1954), Vic Brady draws young Don Gregor into a life of crime. He then blackmails Gregor's plastic surgeon father into fixing up his face so he can evade the cops. In Child Bride (1938), a schoolteacher in a rural community campaigns to stop the practice of older men marrying young, underage girls.
Vicki is seventeen and her older friends call her Jailbait. Her boyfriend Robert is frustrated because Vicki doesn't want to do the wild thing, but he's willing to wait. After a party gets out of hand, Vicki escapes with the help of Lorraine, who takes her in as a houseguest. While Lorraine teaches Vicki etiquette, Robert wonders what happened to his girlfriend. And Vicki soon learns more about Lorraine's job as an "executive liaison
Ed Slayden (Dick Purcell) and his gang are pressuring reformed criminal Mike Eagen (Joseph King) to move some stolen furs that came at a deadly price. Looking to lay low, Eagen slugs a cop, expecting a 30-day rap. But it's Eagen's second offense, so the judge ups the assault to a felony and sentences him to two years in the big house. Eagen refuses to explain his actions to the three people trying to help him: Detective Captain Rourke (Barton MacLane), crime reporter Ken Williams (Craig...
A filmmaker sets out to make a new project in order to figure out how he's screwed up every relationship he's ever had.
Jake's Closet takes you back to the terrors of childhood in a suspenseful and deeply moving story that dives into the mind of a little boy struggling under the stress of his fracturing family.
In Cornwall, around 1800, a young woman discovers that she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.
In Cornwall in 1819, a young woman discovers that she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.
Jamaica Inn is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock starring Charles Laughton and featuring Maureen O'Hara in her first major screen role. The film is a period piece set in Cornwall in 1819. Jamaica Inn houses a gang of cutthroats and thieves led by innkeeper Joss Merlyn (Leslie Banks). The gang is responsible for shipwrecks which cause ships to run aground on the rocky Cornish coast, and then kill the survivors and steal their cargo. One evening, a young Irish woman, Mary...
As soon as 1956's Rock Around the Clock sounded the opening notes of the first-ever rock 'n' roll movie, others were sure to follow. Did they ever: 1956 and 1957 boogie-woogied, doo-wopped and shimmy-shaked with, among others, Jailhouse Rock, Shake, Rattle and Rock and this star-packed Jamboree! The music is cued here by the era's microphone gods (including Dick Clark) and sung by performers who made the world spin at 45 RPM. See the fiery Jerry Lee Lewis, string-twanging Carl Perkins,...
Before James Balsamo filmed slimy creatures and big-breasted bikini babes as a Hollywood director, he played in bands. Be ready to head bang and rock along with the wild and wacky music videos from those bands! See James Balsamo jump from genre to genre playing punk to metal to even an acoustic guitar, all while a 7-foot robot badger decapitates a hip hop robot with a sword on stage. There's a ton of wacky music video madness in "James Knows How to Rock"
Before James Balsamo filmed slimy creatures and big-breasted bikini babes as a Hollywood director, he played in bands. Be ready to head bang and rock along with the wild and wacky music videos from those bands! See James Balsamo jump from genre to genre playing punk to metal to even an acoustic guitar, all while a 7-foot robot badger decapitates a hip hop robot with a sword on stage. There's a ton of wacky music video madness in "James Knows How to Rock"!
James Balsamo rocks your socks off with 2 films filled with music videos from bands he was in before he was making monster movies!
Glamster, the lord of zombies has escaped from hell to play heavy metal! James Balsamo, brings you music videos from the greatest band you've never heard of... "S.H.O.U.T."! James, also has some of his heavy metal brothers like members of the band GWAR, Suffocation, and 3 Inches of Blood tell you about how amazing lead singer Glamster, and his band is in "S.H.O.U.T. the Shockumentary of the Century" This film will make you want to pick up a sword and scream your lungs out for Glamster!