Marty Starr (Mayall) founder and head of Purple Starr Records and the man responsible for transforming the timid but talented Mavis Davis (Horrocks) into successful singing superstar Marla Dorland. But times have changed and Marla's stardom is beginning to fade. To make matters worse Marty is behind on alimony payments to his ex-wife his house has been repossessed his prized Jaguar car has been blown up and his life is being threatened by Mob boss Rathbone (Aiello) whose talentless son Marty is being forced to promote. Listening to an old Elvis record Marty stumbles across a macabre idea as he recalls some of the countless former pop stars whose untimely deaths resulted in posthumous success. Believing that Marla's passing could make her a legend thereby reviving her career and his fortunes Marty begins plotting her tragic demise...
Made with the full cooperation of the real-life Texas Rangers this sprawling historical western stars Fred MacMurray as Jim Hawkins one of three outlaws working the Lone Star State in the years following the American Civil War. Both Jim Hawkins and his partner in crime Wahoo Jones (Jack Oakie) decide to go straight but their bandit pal Sam McGee (Lloyd Nolan) has not quite seen the light as they have. Eventually Jim and Wahoo join the fledgling Texas Rangers an organization
Based on the novel by Gillian Slovo Red Dust is Tom Hooper's debut film. Police officer Dirk Hendricks (Bartlett) files an amnesty application for Alex Mpondo (Ejiofor) a member of the South African Parliament who can't remember the torture he once endured as a captive political activist. South African-born attorney Sarah Barcant (Swank) meanwhile returns to her homeland to represent Mpondo as well as Steve Sizela Mpondo's friend who arrested along with him and never heard from
The Last Run is a dark sexy comedy that confronts male/female relationships amidst a beauty obsessed and media driven society. Steven Goodson is your average twenty-eight year old guy toiling away as an accountant. His girlfriend Chloe is every guy's dream a stunning model who takes your breath away. For three years Steven has been 'the man'! However this happiness and his entire identity is shattered the instant he finds out that Chloe has strayed! Devastated Steven turns for support to his best friend who bluntly tells him the only way to get over Chloe is to 'go on a run' and sleep with as many women as he possibly can. Steven thinks this is 'bad medicine' and instead is determined to replace Chloe with another beautiful model. He wants to feel the power of the 'arm piece' again.
Farscape is genre television at its most ambitious, inspired both by the cult appeal of Babylon 5 and the continuing success of the Star Trek franchise, but taking a visual and conceptual leap beyond those shows. Making extensive use of CGI, prosthetics and state-of-the-art puppetry, courtesy of Jim Henson's Creature Shop, the Farscape concept has a freshness that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design is all bio-mechanical curves and the script, which is peppered with post-modern pop culture references and movie in-jokes, never takes itself too seriously. It may be expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and sounds--in Dolby Digital 5.1) like every penny made it to the screen. Ben Browder plays leading man John Crichton as a latter-day Buck Rogers but with an entirely believable sense of bewilderment, not to mention loss; the rest of the living ship Moya's crew also has plenty of difficult issues to deal with, allowing Farscape's writers licence to develop their characters in often unexpected ways. The result is episodic TV sci-fi that continually pushes at the accepted boundaries of the format. Box Set 6: after the nail-biting cliffhanger at the end of the first, the second series gets off to a shaky start in "Mind the Baby", as all the loose plot ends have to be gathered and resolved. Crais apparently has a change of heart, and Scorpius takes his place as Crichton's new nemesis. In "Vitas Mortis" D'Argo falls for a lonely Luxan, with catastrophic and barely plausible results for Moya. "Taking the Stone" showcases Chiana's grief in an episode that manages to be even more confusing. Fortunately by the fourth episode, "Crackers Don't Matter", the show has really hit its stride once again: the crew slowly succumbs to a state of paranoia-fuelled madness, fighting and trying to kill one another thanks to the presence of an odd light-seeking alien. Crichton has a string of great lines ("I hate it when villains quote Shakespeare") and much fun doing an impersonation of Jack Nicholson in The Shining. In "The Way We Weren't" there are shocking revelations about both Aeryn and Pilot's past lives and the show's gift for surprising as well as emotionally convincing character development is once more brought to the fore. Extra features on the DVD include a handful of deleted scenes, cast biographies, a picture gallery and TV trailer. --Mark Walker
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge: In ""Bulldog Drummond's Revenge"" debonair detective Captain Hugh ""Bulldog"" Drummond embarks on a mission to find out who stole the highly explosive element ""hextonite"". The clever thief tries to throw Drummond off his trail but Drummond manages to retrieve the explosives only to have them stolen again. In hot pursuit Drummond and his friends board a train at Victoria Station where the cunning thief disguised as a woman tries to smuggle the ""hextonite"" out of London. Bulldog Drummond's Peril: In ""Bulldog Drummond's Peril "" Captain Hugh ""Bulldog"" Drummond is in Geneva getting ready for his upcoming marriage. He receives a diamond as wedding present from his best friend's father-in-law Professor Bernard Goodman. But this seemingly innocent gift starts of a chain of disastrous events that include theft murder and kidnapping. Because Professor Goodman had artificially generated the jewel the nefarious Sir Raymond Blantyre head of the Metropolitan Diamond Syndicate of London makes it his mission to destroy Goodman's laboratory and stop production of the artificial diamonds. Then it looks as if someone's murdered the Professor... and it is up to Drummond to discover the truth.
Subversive American para-military groups join forces to overthrow the US Federal government by continuing to blow up domestic soft targets. The military sends in their top insurgent unit the Black Corps headed by Lt Jack Tannen to stop the UPM's violence once and for all.
The Longest Yard: It was hard to put a team together... until they found out who they were playing. Director Peter Segal and comedian Adam Sandler join forces once more for a fun remake of the 1974 classic The Longest Yard. In the role of Paul ""Wrecking"" Crewe first immortalized by Burt Reynolds (who appears here as Nate Scarborough) Sandler plays an ex-football star whose career ended amidst allegations of point shaving. Fed up he drunkenly steals his unfriendly wife's (an uncredited Courtney Cox Arquette) luxury car and drives it into a multi-car pileup. This lands Crewe in a cruel Texas state penitentiary. His only respite comes from Warden Hazen (James Cromwell) who wants Crewe to help lead his well-equipped prison-guard football team to the league championship. Crewe timorously agrees suggesting the creation of an opposing team of convicts to the give the guards an easy tune-up before the season. To the ragtag inmates this is the chance they've been waiting for and they hustle to get their team together so they can exact some revenge on the harassing guards. (Dir. Peter Segal 2005) The Benchwarmers: Get off the bench and get into the game. Gus and his geeky buddies Richie and Clark are scouted by a millionaire geek Mel who wants to form a baseball team and compete with the meanest Little League teams in the state. A stellar ballplayer Gus becomes a role model for geeks and outcasts everywhere. But when his fans learn that Gus himself was once a school bully they feel outraged and betrayed until Gus takes extraordinary steps to win back their admiration and trust... (Dir. Dennis Dugan 2006)
Now you can get fit with a fun and accessible approach with Latin Grooves! Included on this DVD are two 20 minute fat-burning dance workouts with Desi Bartlett which feature high energy high profile spicy dance styles such as Rumba Salsa and Merengue.
The Big Tall Wish - An over-the-hill prize-fighter gets a boost from a little boy whose a big fan with a very rare gift in a disillusioned world - an unswerving belief in magic. Showdown with Rance McGrew - TV cowboy star Rance McGrew finds himself in a real Old West saloon where Jesse James challenges him to a showdown over television's negative depiction of outlaws. A Piano in the House - Fitzgerald Fortune a cynical critic uses a magical player piano to disclose his party-guests' hidden selves. He delights in the game but when the tables are turned a painful truth is revealed. Night Call - Lonely and confined to a wheelchair Elva Keene starts to get numerous mysterious phone calls. Terrified she screams the words that will doom her.
Set at the turn of the century Joseph Rudd decides to move his family to a small rural farm in Australia. It's a tough life in the bush what with the lousy weather marsupials reptiles insects and other vermin but they have to stick together through thick and thin to keep the family together and the selection going.
Ed Reece, an old travelling salesman, decides to end his days in the place in which he was born. Therefore he convinces his elder son to acompany him on his last long voyage of farewell.
Amadeus triumphs as gripping human drama sumptuous period epic glorious celebration of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - and as the winner of eight 1984 Academy Awards including Best Picture (produced by Saul Zaentz) Actor (F. Murray Abraham) Director (Milos Forman) and Adapted Screenplay (Peter Shaffer). Now in a revitalized digital transfer and including more than 20 minutes of extra scenes not seen on its original release Amadeus remains a screen triumph! Amadeus won 8 Academy Awards including Best Picture Actor Director and Adapted Screenplay. About as close to perfection as movies get. USA Today
When you go undercover remember one thing: who you are. In an effort to halt the escalating violence of fanatical football supporters four young policemen are sent undercover. One of these John (Reece Dinsdale) soon finds his own personality changing and feels a sense of belonging he never felt on the force...
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