The generic title of Martha - Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence suggests a bland, by-the-numbers romantic comedy. Its dialogue certainly doesn't help--there's a lot of piffle about destiny and "having only one chance", etc.--but there are some surprising differences. The plot centres around Martha (Monica Potter), an American trying to start a new life in London. She meets three men (Tom Hollander, Rufus Sewell and Joseph Fiennes, who played the title role in Shakespeare in Love). These three are best friends and all three fall in love with her but the one she falls in love with feels like he's betraying the others to be with her. Despite the resulting confusion, she pursues him to the end--which makes it unlike most current romantic comedies where the woman is a hapless love object to be captured by the right guy. But more entertainingly, Martha - Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence pays particular attention to the ways men delude themselves because the two friends Martha doesn't care for are both convinced she's hankering for them, which allows for some fairly subtle skewering of the male ego. It's a flimsy movie but no more so than Notting Hill and Joseph Fiennes, in particular, has a relaxed, winning charm that marks him as a rising star. --Bret Fetzer
Footage of the 16th annual WrestleMania event from World Wrestling Entertainment, held at the Arrowhead Pond of Anaheim in California in April 2000. The featured matches include a Triangle Ladder match for the Tag Team Championship with Edge and Christian Vs. The Hardy Boyz Vs. The Dudley Boyz, two-fall triple threat match with Chris Benoit Vs. Chris Jericho Vs. Kurt Angle, and in the main event Triple H Vs. The Rock Vs. Mick Foley Vs. The Big Show for the WWE Championship.
Finally... The Rock Returns Home to be The World's Most Electrifying Host of WrestleMania XXVII from Atlanta Georgia. The Great One will 'Lay the SmackDown' on all of the pomp and festivities that make WrestleMania the world's greatest annual pop-culture extravaganza. John Cena looks to dethrone the self-proclaimed 'most must see WWE Champion in history' The Miz. Undertaker's legendary 18-0 WrestleMania winning streak has never been in greater peril when Triple H challenges The Phenom. Alberto Del Rio looks to fulfill his destiny and take Edge's World Heavyweight Championship. A bitter and personal rivalry comes to a head when Randy Orton battles CM Punk. Jerry 'The King' Lawler makes his WrestleMania debut when he finally gets his hands on Michael Cole - with Stone Cold Steve Austin as special guest referee. All this and more when the Superstars of WWE invade the Georgia Dome for WrestleMania XXVII. No Holds Barred Match With 'The Streak' On The Line Undertaker Vs. Triple H World Heavyweight Championship Match Edge Vs. Alberto Del Rio Randy Orton Vs. CM Punk 6-Person Mixed Tag Team Match Trish Stratus Nicole 'Snooki' Polizzi and John Morrison Vs. Laycool and Dolph Ziggler WWE Championship Match The Miz Vs. John Cena Jerry 'The King' Lawler Vs. Michael Cole with Special Guest Referee 'Stone Cold! Steve Austin Rey Mysterio Vs. Cody Rhodes 8-Man Tag Team Match Big Show Kane Kofi kingston and Santino Marella Vs. The Corre (Wade Barrett Heath Slater Justin Gabriel and Ezekiel Jackson) Also Includes:The complete 2011 WWE Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony with honourees Shawn Michaels The Road Warriors with Paul Ellering 'Hacksaw' Jim Duggan Sunny Abdullah the Butcher 'Bullet' Bob Armstrong and Drew Carey. United States Championship Lumberjack Match Sheamus Vs. Daniel bryan
The second volume in the series of rediscovered blues performances from 1962-1966. Between those years huge tours were undertaken by the likes of Howlin' Wolf Willie Dixon T-Bone Walker Lightnin' Hopkins and many others. A popular stop-gap on the tour was a small TV studio in Germany where the acts would record their songs for posterity. It is from these shows that the recordings contained within are from. An amazing document of a historic time rediscover these bluesmen in the f
Two struggling, rather eccentric actors Tom (Dylan Moran) and O'Malley (Michael Caine) prove the little known adage that bad actors make great crooks.
The 1959 Newport Jazz Festival was a true musical watershed, as Jazz on a Summers Day reveals. This 75-minute film captures an event poised on the cusp of a new era, as the cool jazz of Jimmy Guiffre and the effortless scat of Anita ODay intermingle with the hard bop of the Gerry Mulligan Quartet and the smouldering fusion overtones of the Chico Hamilton Quintet. Theres a crisp contribution from Chuck Berry, a typically feel-good set from Louis Armstrong--including a hilarious duo with Jack Teagarden--and, as evening shades into night, a heartfelt performance from Mahalia Jackson, closing with a melting rendition of "The Lords Prayer". Bert Stern has assembled all these and more into a satisfying sequence, complete with footage of an enthusiastic and informal audience. Shots of the yachting line-up from the Americas Cup round out a blissful and what now seems blissfully naïve occasion. On the DVD: Colour picture quality has worn well, whereas sound has deteriorated notably at times: Thelonius Monks quarter-tones could easily be a semitone flat! Even so, its worth putting up with this to enjoy a tour through music-making whose relaxed spontaneity would be impossible to emulate today. --Richard Whitehouse
Based on the novels by Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe (1993-7) ran to 14 full-length television films that follow the adventures of the titular soldier through the later years of the Napoleonic Wars. The programmes are an outstanding achievement for the small screen, dominated by Sean Bean's central performance as the heroic, troubled outsider who turns out to be a resourceful and loyal leader. Bolstered by a strong supporting cast, particularly Daragh O'Malley as Harper and (in later episodes) Abigail Cruttenden as Jane, Sharpe is often visually striking, the action tense and gripping. Consistency is maintained by all 14 episodes being directed by Tom Clegg. On the DVD: Sharpe's sound is full-bodied stereo while the very "sharp" picture has been transferred slightly letterboxed at 14:9. Though looking much better than the original TV transmissions the occasionally cropped framing makes it apparent the films were shot in 16:9 widescreen, so it is regrettable they have not been transferred to DVD in that format. Otherwise these are first-rate releases. --Gary S Dalkin
The Story Of The Blues traces the four principal traditions of blues music: Blues Form - Country Blues - Urban Blues - Electric Blues and it's significant contribution to the development of jazz rock music and country and western music.
He's the most ominous presence in the history of WWE known for taking the souls of scores of Superstars and his historic WrestleMania undefeated streak. Now for the first time ever Undertaker's most dangerous conflicts are collected in Undertaker's Deadliest Matches. This set includes Casket Matches Buried Alive Matches Hell in a Cell Matches Last Ride Matches Body Bag Matches Boiler Room Brawls Concrete Crypt Matches and numerous other brutal bouts. Prepare for carnage. Matches Include: Body Bag Match Undertaker Vs. Ultimate Warrior Buried Alive Match Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs. Undertaker Hell in a Cell Undertaker Vs. Randy Orton Inferno Match Undertaker Vs. Kane Last Man Standing Match for The World Heavyweight Championship Undertaker Vs. Batista
Dean Cain stars as Mason Danvers a detective seeking vengeance on Victor Abbott (WWE Superstar ‘The Big Show’) the violent felon who brutally murdered Mason’s wife. To reach Abbot in jail Mason deliberately commits a crime to seek his revenge. Once inside the prison walls Mason discovers nothing is as it seems in this electrifying thriller packed with punishing action. Directed by the Soska Sisters.
Following the death of his girlfriend Nina, Rob is grief-stricken. But after a failed suicide attempt he begins to move on from the tragedy and falls for his colleague Holly. When Nina comes back from the grave to haunt them during their most intimate moments Rob and Holly try to figure a way out of their predicament. Special Features: A Look Behind Nina Forever Things That Are Not There Things That Were Not There
Five of Ireland's best stand up comedians deliver over 100 jokes in a way that only Irish comedians can!
Sheathing itself in bad taste, this film flaunts its tackiness, its machismo, and its very stupidity, which of course makes for a lot of dopey fun. Harley Davidson (Mickey Rourke) returns to his roots, the LA of 1996 (the film was set in the near future, as it was made in 1991). Burbank has become an airport, a new drug called Crystal Dream is all the rage and Harley's favourite bar is being torn down. To save it, he and the Marlboro Man (Don Johnson, at his most engaging) concoct an armed robbery that goes awry. Instead of cash, they end up with a shipment of Crystal Dream. Hunted by a drug dealer's goons, the two bark, fight, drink and squint at each other as they try to get themselves out of their mess. This is Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid for the monster-truck crowd, with plenty of breasts, choppers, broken pool cues and empty bottles. It's impossible to blame this film for being so emphatically trashy; its creators would consider that a compliment, anyway. --Keith Simanton, Amazon.com
Thicker Than Water' is a story of rival 'top dogs' from inner-city gangs who form an uneasy alliance during a bloody turf war and features a kicking soundtrack by some of rap's hottest stars. When the mixing equipment of DJ (Mack 10) goes up in flames and a record company executive double-crosses Lonzo (Fat Joe) the two become allies to achieve their dream of becoming music producers. DJ and Lonzo turn to Gator (CJ MAC) a successful drug-lord living the high life in New Orleans to raise the money they need and for a while the partnership is a success. But when someone rats to the police their relationship falls apart as the old rivalry resurfaces and threatens to destroy everything they've worked for...
What's in the basket? A question Duane Bradley is asked a lot when he arrives in New York and checks into the sleazy Hotel Broslin. Whi would guess it contains his grotesquely deformed brother Belial?! Seperated at birth, the Siamese twins have come looking for revenge on the doctors that left Belial for dead and now the basket-dweller's ready to wreak blood-soaked carnage. Where the original classic ends the sequels pick up and things start to get really wraped when the brothers meet their long lost aunt 'Granny Ruth' and her whole houseful of freaks. Special Features: A look at the making og the trilogy with Director Frank Henenlotter; Actors Kevin van Hentenryck, Beverly Bonner, Annie Ross; Producers Edgar Levans and James Glickenhaus; Make-up effects artists John Caglione Jr, Kevin Haney, Gabe Bartalos and Writer Uncle Bob Martin Interview with Graham Humphreys Video Introduction by Frank Henenlotter Audio Commentary by Frank Hennenlotter, Edgar Levins and Beverly Bonner Outtakes / Behind the Scenes 2001 Video Short: The Hotel Broslin Trailers / Rapid Spots Photo Gallery: Behind the Scenes, Promotional Material and Stills
Sharpe's Justice The Peninsular War is over and Sharpe returns to England with his reputation fully restored. He is soon ordered to the North of England to take command of a local militia force in his home town as it is troubled with unrest and machine-breakers. Sharpe finds that he is torn between two sides - that of the corrupt gentry and that of his own people the rough tough and spirited masses who are kept down by their superiors. He finds himself faced with one of the
Following the death of his girlfriend Nina, Rob is grief-stricken. But after a failed suicide attempt he begins to move on from the tragedy and falls for his colleague Holly. When Nina comes back from the grave to haunt them during their most intimate moments Rob and Holly try to figure a way out of their predicament. Special Features: A Look Behind Nina Forever Things That Are Not There Things That Were Not There
The Bigger They Are The Harder They Brawl! WWE presents True Giants an in-depth look at sports entertainment’s most successful gargantuan Superstars. From present day behemoths like Big Show Mark Henry and The Great Khali to titans like Andre the Giant Kevin Nash Haystacks Calhoun and other enormous athletes these true giants prove that size does matter! This set is packed with 7 hours of colossal matchups and vignettes including the Monster Mash Battle Royal Yokozuna vs. Hulk Hogan Andre the Giant vs.“Macho Man” Randy Savage and so much more!
All the high octane action and bravado from the 2006 Royal Rumble. Bout List: Cruiserweight Invitational: Kid Kash vs Funaki vs Jaime Noble vs Paul London vs Nunzio vs Gregory Helms Ashley Massaro vs Mickie James (with Trish Stratus as Special Guest Referee) JBL vs Boogeyman WWE Championship: Edge (C) vs John Cena World Heavyweight Championship: Kurt Angle (C) vs Mark Henry The 2006 Royal Rumble: Rey Mysterio vs Simon Dean vs Psicosis vs Ric Flair vs Big Show vs Jonathan
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