In 16th century England, a playwright named William Shakespeare is anonymously used by an Earl to write a political play. The Earl's identity is revealed as he navigates through conspiracy theories, secrecy, and the politics of the time.
Van Helsing: The London Assignment is a prequel to the 2004 Van Helsing film. It follows the legendary monster hunter, Van Helsing, as he is sent to London to investigate a series of gruesome murders. Alongside his partner, Carl, Van Helsing uncovers a plot by the evil Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde to create an army of unstoppable creatures. With time running out, Van Helsing must stop this diabolical plan and save the city from destruction.
We learn the true stories behind various nursery rhymes. Little Jack Horner: a servant to a city official was delivering a present to King Henry VIII, baked, as was the custom of the time, in a pie. The present was the deed to a valuable estate, which Horner stole. Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary: Mary Stuart brought "quite contrary" French style to the Scottish court. After a series of disastrous romances, she was jailed; the jailer's son, captivated by her, helped her escape. After a brief but disastrous attempted coup, she fled to England, where her sister, Queen Elizabeth, soon grew jealous and had her imprisoned. London Bridge: The bridge, finished in 1209, was soon lined by shops with luxury apartments upstairs, turning into a popular commercial and cultural zone. The Great Fire that broke out in 1666 spread to the bridge, but the houses were rebuilt. Over the ages, things decayed. In 1823, things finally got bad enough that the bridge was demolished and replaced.
Pool of London (1951) is a gripping crime drama set in the bustling city of London. The film follows the story of a jewel thief and an interracial romance amidst a backdrop of deception, eavesdropping, and drunkenness. As tensions rise, the characters find themselves caught in a web of diamonds, customs, and Scotland Yard investigations. With its film noir elements and intense car chases, Pool of London keeps viewers on the edge of their seats.
Olivia is a woman with supernatural powers who becomes a serial killer. She uses her abilities to manipulate and control others, ultimately leading to murder. The story takes place in London, England and explores themes of prostitution, voyeurism, and the supernatural. Olivia's complex relationship with her husband and her mother adds a layer of complexity to the plot.
When a serial killer from the 1800s is resurrected in modern-day Arizona, a police officer races against time to stop him. As murders start happening again, the officer becomes haunted by the past and must navigate a cursed object and a haunted house attraction to catch the killer.
In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an insane asylum. The hapless publisher manages to escape. Soon after, the four collaborators begin dying one-by-one. Oddly their obituaries appear in a rival publication before they are actually killed.
In 1972, the Arizona State Park bought the London Bridge. Tom Jones (as himself) is magically transported to the bridge's new location where he, befuddled, sings with other celebrities, has adventures and gets kidnapped by “the villain”.
When a wealthy businessman announces a contest with a million dollar prize, a group of contestants set out on a wild adventure involving toxic waste, car crashes, and a chase through the Arizona desert.
Based on Geoffrey Fletcher’s book, this captivating documentary exposes the real London of the swinging sixties. Turning its back on familiar sights, the film explores the hidden details of a crumbling metropolis. With James Mason as our Guide, we are led on an tour of the weird and wonderful pockets of London from abandoned music-halls to egg breaking factories.
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
An American is visiting Britain and finds himself in possession of a briefcase full of secret documents that the spies of many different countries seem determined to get.
A smaller scale Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysées can be found just outside Shanghai; a copy of St. Peter’s in Rome can be found in Yamoussoukro, in the Ivory Coast: a journey over three continents to see the architecture of imitation, the uncanny world of the fake.
A woman is forced to confront her dark side when she investigates her husband's suspected infidelity.
A series of murders in the West End of London baffle the officers of Scotland Yard and draw the interest of a crime reporter to the case.
A mad scientist named Dr. Dreadful leads a terrorist organization called the Hand of Pleasure.
Millionaire shipbuilder Freddie Gates decides to publicize his ships by hiring Jack Hylton and his orchestra to broadcast from his yacht.. Brian Gates, Freddie's son, has a low-approval-rating and a high dislike for jazz music and refuses board ship with the band on board. His father enters a conspiracy with singer Dorothy Drew to get him on the yacht, where the broadcasts will be made. Brian falls in love with Dorothy, but calls of the romance when he sees her dancing and singing with Hylton's band in Paris. Dorothy induces three members of the band to shanghai Brian when the yacht sails. A rival shipowner, determined to stop the broadcasts, bribes the crew to desert the ship and all hands are left stranded in mid-ocean on the yacht. The band-members manage to extricate them from their predicament and they get back to London, where Hylton is acclaimed and Brian marries Dorothy.
Mystery directed by Francis Searle.
The Bowery Boys tangle with Scotland Yard, diamond smugglers and a gem-toting canine during an ocean cruise.
A habitual loser at the race-track is approached by a man who claims to be an inventor with a machine that can see into the future; but can it predict the winner of tomorrow's race? And just whom is the “inventor” trying to escape anyway?