Monthly Archiv: June, 2025

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil COMPLETE mini series

The Life and Loves of a She-Devil COMPLETE mini series

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098849/

Ruth has everything. A large, warty body, a standard house in the suburbs, two whiney children, a dog, a cat and a guinea pig. She also has Bobo, her unfaithful accountant husband who resents her very existence. Bobo wants, and is wanted by, Mary Fisher. Mary Fisher lives in a lighthouse by the sea and writes about love. When Bobo leaves Ruth for the novelist, she decides that Mary Fisher doesn’t know the first thing about love. Ruth intends to teach her.

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Riders Of Death Valley COMPLETE S01

Riders Of Death Valley COMPLETE S01

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034102/

Promoted and advertised as "The Million Dollar Serial", most of which appears to have been spent on advertising and the most elaborate pressbook ever put out by Universal on a serial (or 95% of their feature films for that matter), Universal’s 51st sound-era serial (following "Sky Raiders" and before "Sea Raiders" and, to quote the late Oliver Drake who wrote the original story,…"we were lucky they didn’t call it ‘Land Raiders’), "Riders of Death Valley" remains a favorite for the 7-12 year-old kids who saw in on original release in 1941, and a major disappointment for those who came later and never saw it in the 35mm version shown on a screen in a 350-seat grind-house theatre, and now question what all the excitement was about. Hey, you had to have been there. Actually, it is just one long prolonged chase after another for the most part and, even worse, it is usually the 5-6 good guys running from 2-3 of the bad guys (which even had eight-year-old kids of 1941 wondering what’s up)…

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Wired 2008 COMPLETE mini tv series

Wired 2008 COMPLETE mini tv series

http://www.tv.com/shows/wired/

Louise (Jodie Whittaker) is a fun-loving single mum who is delighted when she’s offered a promotion at ZBG Banking, where she works. Things turn sour however, when she realises she’s actually been given the job targeted as part of a conspiracy to coerce her into facilitating a L250 million internet bank theft. Her best friend, Anna (Charlie Brookes), who’s had her head turned by the glamour and glitz of the criminal world and is persuaded to divulge the secrets of Louise’s murky past to her devious boyfriend Phillip (Laurence Fox), which he uses to entice her into his plot. As the conspiracy progresses, people begin to disappear. Will she be safe?

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The Talisman COMPLETE mini series

The Talisman COMPLETE mini series

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081943/

Based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott, THE TALISMAN is a Crusades story of heroism, love and intrigue. Sir Kenneth, a bold Scottish knight, finds himself involved in political machinations and court intrigue as he discovers that enemies are not always who they seem to be.

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