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Starring:  David Thewlis,  Miranda Richardson, Ken Stott, Sophie Rundle,  Kyle Soller, Finn Cole,  Chloe Pirrie,  Lucy Chappell Synopsis:   A mysterious Inspector investigates the wealthy Birling family and their dinner guests following the suicide of a young woman. DVD Special Features:   An Inspector Calls – An Introduction / The Enduring Power of An Inspector Calls Although always aware of  JB Priestley ’s  An Inspector Calls , I’d never seen it either as a play or on screen but this BBC adaptation of the masterpiece mesmerised me from start to finish and sent shivers of realisation down the back of my neck as all the pieces of the puzzle fitted slowly into one another. Created by Drama Republic, the smart production company behind the enthralling  The Honourable Woman  starring  Maggie Gyllenhaal , this revision features David Thewlis as Inspector Goole alongside  Ken Stott  and  Miranda Richardson ...

Strange Pilgrims  (original  Spanish-language  title:  Doce cuentos peregrinos ) is a collection of twelve loosely related  short stories  by the Nobel Prize–winning Colombian  writer  Gabriel García Márquez . Not published until 1992, the stories that make up this collection were originally written during the seventies and eighties. Each of the stories touches on the theme of dislocation and the strangeness of life in a foreign land, although quite what "foreign" means is one of García Márquez's central questions. García Márquez himself spent some years as a virtual exile from his native Colombia. Bon Voyage, Mr. President An overthrown Latin American president, Mr. President, is exiled to Martinique. The 73-year-old man develops a peculiar pain in his ribs, lower abdomen, and groin. He travels to Geneva, Switzerland in search of a diagnosis. After extensive medical testing, he is informed that the problem resides in his spine. A risky ope...

PARIS -- Jean-Paul Salome's "Female Agents" ("Les Femmes de l'Ombre") doesn't pretend to be much more than an old-fashioned action flick with a feminist slant. Unashamedly targeting popular audiences, the movie boasts high production values and packs sufficient star-power to appeal broadly in both home and foreign markets. The pitch is an all-woman commando unit parachuted into occupied France in May 1944 to rescue a British agent captured while reconnoitering the terrain ahead of the Normandy landings. Resistance fighter Louise (Sophie Marceau) heads up a team that includes feisty prostitute Jeanne (Julie Depardieu), good-time cabaret artiste Suzy (Marie Gillain) and nervous explosives expert Gaelle (Deborah Francois), patriots one and all.   Linking up with radio operator Maria (Maya Sansa) already in situ, they get the job done in double-quick time. Then they are charged by their London controllers with a follow-up mission to kill Karl Heindrich (Mor...