Packed with the best of the irrepressible children's favourites, The Tweenies: Song Time Is Fab-A-Rooney!/Songtime 2 truly is a must for the DVD-owning Tweenies fan. With double the fun normally found on a video, the DVD features almost 100 minutes of non-stop singing and dancing. The majority of the DVD is made up of what the Tweenies do best--action songs--and viewers can choose to watch either the whole of Song Time is Fab-a-Rooney! or Songtime 2, or, via the menu screen, they can choose any one of the featured songs from a list. The menu screen also features a "Web Link" choice, which will take viewers watching the DVD on a PC straight to the Tweenies' Web site. The picture quality and stereo sound of this DVD are superb (this was tested on a PlayStation 2 and it was impeccable) and it bears all the quality hallmarks you would expect from a BBC title. The content is fun, upbeat and educational, and in DVD format will provide fun for years to come. --Lucie Naylor
By the mid-'70s even Dylan's most ardent supporters began taking his artistic decline for granted. Albums like New Morning and Planet Waves were fine works but lacked the visionary spark of his seminal '60s recordings. At 34 he was already being written off as a has-been. That presumption is what made Blood On The Tracks such a glorious sucker-punch of a record. One of Dylan's most mournful efforts this album which easily ranks among his best is full of stori
The sequel with balls! The nightmare lives on... but humanity may not! The Phantasm saga reaches its terrifying climax in a horrific explosion of gut-wrenching battles lethal flying spheres and a spine-tingling quest to discover once and for all the secret of the mysterious Tall Man. For years the Tall Man (Angus Scrimm) has waged a gruesome war against humanity slowly populating the world with his undead legions. But two determined heroes Mike (A. Michael Baldwin) and
A legendary event in Japan Pride FC matches the world's elite fighters in competitions of honour and art. Imagine Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner versus Kick boxer Judo specialist versus Wrestler... this is Pride FC. Each match is the culmination of years of training by these athletes the finest representatives of their martial art who not only compete for victory but also to defend their fighting style! From big-time knockouts to punching submissions you don't want to miss the drama spectacle and excitement of Pride FC! Pride 21: Bob Sapp (Brazil) vs. Kyoshi Tamura (Japan). Achmed Labasanov (USA) vs. Gary Goodridge (Japan). Alex Stiebling (Russia) vs. Anderson Silva (Holland). Gilbert Yvel (Brazil) vs. Jeremy Horn (Japan). Renzo Gracie (USA) vs. Shungo Oyama (Holland). Fedor Emelianenko (USA) vs. Semmy Schilt (Japan). Don Frye (USA) vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (Brazil). Bonus Fight: Daniel Gracie (Canada) vs. Takashi Sugiura (Russia). Pride 22: Ryan Gracie (USA) vs. Shungo Oyama (Japan). Quinton Jackson (USA) vs. Igor Vovchanchyn (Ukraine). Mario Sperry (Brazil) vs. Andrei Kopylov (Russia). Heath Herring (USA) vs. Iouri Kotchkine (Russia). Paulo Filho (Brazil) vs. Akira Shoji (Japan). Anderson Dilva (Brazil) vs. Alexander Otsuka (Japan). Guy Mezger (USA) vs. Norihisa Yamamoto (Japan). Kevin Randleman (USA) vs. Michiyoshi Ohara (Japan).
Unleashed: Serve no master. Written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by Louis Leterrier Unleashed features a fantastic performance from martial arts superstar Jet Li. On and beneath the mean streets of Glasgow fiery gangster Bart (Hoskins) is merciless with debtors would-be rivals and anyone else he takes a passing dislike to. Bart maintains his stranglehold through his unwitting enforcer Danny (Jet Li) who he has 'raised' since boyhood. Danny has been kept as a near-prisoner: trained to attack and if necessary kill. Danny knows little of life except the brutal existence that Bart has so cruelly fashioned for him. However when Danny has a chance encounter with the sightless piano tuner Sam (Morgan Freeman) he senses true kindness and compassion for the first time and experiences the transforming power of music. When a sudden gangland coup separates Danny from Bart and the gang Danny escapes the underworld. Taking refuge with Sam and his stepdaughter Victoria (Kerry Condon) Danny finds a family of sorts and a future... However the mob will not give up their prize asset so easily and Danny must soon call upon his skills once more to protect his family and bury his past. (Dir. Louis Leterrier 2005) Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Amazing martial arts fighting sequences (choreographed by Yuen wo Ping - The Matrix) stunning special effects action adventure and romance have made Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon the most talked about movie of the year. Martial arts masters Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) and Shu Lien (Michelle Yeoh) battle against evil forces to recover their stolen sword the legendary Green Destiny. (Dir. Ang Lee 2000) Kung Fu Hustle: From walking disaster to Kung Fu master: it's a new comedy unlike anything you have seen before! In the 1940's Chinese province of Guangdong petty thief Sing (Stephen Chow) aspires to become a member of the notorious Axe gang the fiercest cruel and most widespread crime syndicate in the city. However Sing is just a street rascal (trying to ignore the fact that his heart is actually in the right place) and so he ventures into the run-down Pig Sty Alley to prove his worth. However in attempting to extort money from the hairdresser Sing unwittingly exposes the plump landlady her hen-pecked husband the camp tailor and rugged coolie as martial arts masters in hiding. Coming to the attention of the Axe gang who want to clear out the apartments Sing's actions have set off a relentless chain of events that brings the clans together in an explosive battle! Stephen Chow continues his unique comedy style that first came to the attention of the West in Shaolin Soccer mixing slapstick in the finest tradition of Buster Keaton; to marvellous martial arts choreographed by none other than Yuen Woo-ping (The Matrix Kill Bill); to dance sequences with tuxedoed gangsters; to moments of genuine pathos concerning Sing's mysterious history involving a beautiful mute lollipop vendor... (Dir. Stephen Chow 2004)
This is the universally acknowledged grandaddy of all Star Wars parodies and the only film to feature flying steam iron spaceships and 'Dynaspace' sound! It's time you were reunited with your old friends and fiends Fluke Starbucker Augie Ben Doggie Princess Ann-Droid Ham Salad and the evil Darf Nader!
Drink and drugs love affairs and divorces hirings and firings ever changing line-ups... and the members of Fleetwood Mac even found time to make some great music. With spectacular footage of the band in action as its backdrop this is the fascinating story of a band which used creative tensions to produce some of the most enduring of all rock music. It features: - Interview with Mac Bass Player and author Bob Brunning - Interview with former guitarist Bob Weston - the man sacked in 1973 for his affair with Mick Fleetwood's wife - Interview with band associate John Mendelssohn - Musical and critical analysis by Mat Snow of Mojo magazine former Melody Maker US editor Chris Charlesworth and acclaimed author and journalist Chris Salewicz
This value-for-money Zombie Double Feature is billed as "Flesh Creepers, Volume 1", and offers a double billing of George A Romeros classic Night of the Living Dead (1968) and Steve Sekelys rather less fondly remembered Revenge of the Zombies (1943). Night of the Living Dead is a masterpiece, but it has also slipped through a copyright loophole which means it has been issued on video and DVD by a great many distributors in as many variant versions. This one isnt ruined by colorisation or dodgy new footage as a couple of rival releases are, but it is soft-looking print, free of censor cuts but very washed-out-looking. The background notes inexcusably get the date of the film wrong, crassly tagging it "think Blair Witch 1964", and mention the existence of extras-filled special DVD editions, which rather rubs in the fact that this no-frills effort has none of the commentaries or documentaries found on other releases. Revenge of the Zombies is a sluggish hour-long wartime B-picture, with John Carradine underplaying for once as a Nazi scientist creating an army of zombies (ie: a handful of shuffling extras) in the Louisiana swamplands. Comedy relief Mantan Moreland has the best moments and the trudging-around-the-backlot zombies ("things walkin aint got no business to be walkin") are fun, but it isnt especially good of its kind. On the DVD: The Zombie Double Feature presents both films in "horrorscope", which means letterboxing and blurry image. The only extra is a list-like essay about the habits of flesh-eating zombies in Romero films.--Kim Newman
Tracklist: 1. Trenchtown Rock 2. Them Belly Full (But We Hungry) 3. I Shot The Sheriff 4. Rebel Music (3 O' Clock Roadblock) 5. Lively Up Yourself 6. Crazy Baldhead 7. War / No More Trouble 8. The Heathen 9. No Woman No Cry 10. Jamming 11. Get Up Stand Up 12. Exodus
May 29th 2003 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Bob Hope; he made audiences laugh in every decade of the 20th century having become a star in vaudeville radio television and in Hollywood movies. This 5 volume collection pays tribute to Bob Hope the boy from Eltham one of the best loved entertainers who ever lived! Comprises: Bob Hope At The Movies Bob Hope On TV The Comedy Hour My Favourite Brunette The Road To Bali.
Set around a London bus depot, On the Buses starred Reg Varney as Stan, an ageing bachelor and driver of the No.11 bus who still lives with his Mum (Doris Hare), his plain sister Olive (Anna Karen) and disgruntled brother-in-law Arthur (Michael Robbins). At work, he fraternises with the laddish and lecherous Jack (Bob Grant), with whom he pursues innumerable (and improbable) giggly, mini-skirted "clippies" (conductors) and cheeks the beady-eyed and punctilious bus inspector, Blakey (Steven Lewis) Despite its immense popularity, On the Buses hasn't dated well. Like the buses themselves, the jokes don't arrive very often and when they do, they're visible a long way off. The studio audience whoops cathartically at anything remotely alluding to sex--even a bared male nipple--making you wonder at the repressed nature of British society in 1969. In later decades it would come to be treasured as somewhat creaky kitsch by audiences nostalgic for an age of politically incorrect innocence. On the DVD: On the Buses has no extra features here. The original black and white versions have scrubbed up reasonably well, although defects such as fading sound and poor dubbing have proven beyond amendment. --David Stubbs
Featuring an outstanding cast of rapidly rising talent, Sorted is a hallucinogenic cocktail of thriller and insider's eye view of the London club scene. Debut director Alexander Jovy has promoted raves and is a qualified lawyer, so it's unsurprising his club scenes, filmed on real nights at the Ministry of Sound and other clubs, are completely authentic. The story has young lawyer Carl, Matthew Rhys, coming from Yorkshire to investigate the death of his high-flying (in every sense) brother. Jovy portrays the gulf between Carl's world in his relationship with classy, conventional Sunny (Sienna--Take a Girl Like You--Guillory), and the hedonistic fantasyland of the club scene represented by fallen Pre-Raphaelite angel Tiffany (Fay--Eyes Wide Shut--Masterson). Straddling the two worlds is a remarkable Jason Donovan as Martin, customs officer by day, glam transvestite by night. Unfortunately atmospheric drama soon gives way to lightweight thriller conventions while Tim Curry's camp villain (surely a parody of DeNiro's Louis Cypher from Angel Heart), creates expectations of a much darker conclusion. Sorted is ultimately old-fashioned, romantic and soft-centred where it needs far more edge, but is nevertheless so luxuriantly stylish it may mark Jovy as his generation's answer to Ridley Scott. A word of warning: several scenes feature very powerful stroboscopic lighting effects. --Gary S. Dalkin On the DVD: The expansive, beautiful colour-saturated cinematography is well captured by the 2.35:1 anamorphic transfer and the Dolby Digital 5.1 sound mix is stunning. There are 10 text profiles of cast and crew, together with seven video interviews comprising over 45 minutes of footage. Also provided is a 26-page electronic press kit, the original trailer and 10 minutes of deleted scenes, with optional director's commentary. The featurette is actually a montage of behind-the-scenes shots edited to the movie's haunting love theme, while the outtakes edit assorted gaffs to the main dance anthem. The alternately informative and trivial director's commentary also features producer Mark Crowdy; together they make good company. --Gary S. Dalkin
Is Bob Dylan the most influential singer-songwriter ever? Bob Dylan was an inspiration to hordes of imitators and millions of fans; but until now there has never been an authoritative independent review of the factors that shaped his early years. Drawing on rare footage of Dylan in performance this powerful and penetrating film features the impartial and forthright views of a leading team of critics and working musicians. Step outside the sanitised world of official releases and take along hard analytical look at the Bob Dylan legend. This hard hitting film critique pulls no punches and deals frankly with the thorny issue of acoustic versus electric. In order to ensure editorial freedom the film has not been censored viewed or approved by past or present management or Bob Dylan himself. Features rare archive performances of: Blowin' In The Wind Maggie's Farm Mr Tambourine Man All Along The Watchtower It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding) Highway 61 Revisited Just Like A Woman and many more.
Modern-day auteurs of the cinematic world the Coen Brothers have built a reputation as one of the most visionary and idiosyncratic filmmakers of the late 20th century. Combining thoughtful eccentricity wry humour arch irony and often brutal violence the films of the Coen brothers have become synonymous with a style of filmmaking that pays tribute to classic American movie genres -- especially film noir -- while sustaining a firmly post-modern feel. For the first time ever all eleven of the Coen Brothers titles available in one box set which cover the first 20 years of their output Blood Simple (1984): A rich but jealous man hires a private investigator to kill his cheating wife and her new man. But when blood is involved nothing is simple. Raising Arizona (1987): When a childless couple of ex-con and an ex-cop decide to help themselves to one of another familys quintuplets their lives get more complicated than they anticipated. Miller's Crossing (1990): Tom Reagan an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss tries to keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties. Barton Fink (1991): In 1941 New York intellectual playwright Barton Fink comes to Hollywood to write a Wallace Beery wrestling picture. Staying in the eerie Hotel Earle Barton develops severe writers block. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994): A nave business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam. Fargo (1996): Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson. The Big Lebowski (1998): 'Dude' Lebowski mistaken for millionaire Lebowski seeks restitution for his ruined rug and enlists his bowling buddies to get help O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000): Set in 1930s Deep South three stumblebum convicts escape to go on a quest for treasure and meet various characters while learning where their real fortune lies. The Man Who Wasn't There: (2001) A laconic chain-smoking barber blackmails his wifes boss and lover for money to invest in dry cleaning but his plan goes terribly wrong. Intolerable Cruelty: (2003) A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverley Hill lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce. The Ladykillers: (2004) An eccentric if not charming Southern professor and his crew pose as a band in order to rob a casino all under the nose of his unsuspecting landlord: a sharp old woman.
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