A news team is sent to South Africa to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.
For anyone who wants to catch a glimpse of the Los Angeles "lounge" scene that was in vogue during the early and mid-1990s, here's the movie that virtually defined that brief but colourful nightlife milieu. As an added bonus, it just happens to be a very funny, observant story about love, loss and male bonding among a group of friends who struggle to find decent jobs by day, and lurk through Hollywood's hottest nightclubs by night. A sort of latter-day Rat Pack, they include Mike (writer-actor Jon Favreau) and his closest buddy, Trent (Vince Vaughn), who are waiting for the big show-biz break that seems to be eluding them. Mike's twisted up about the girlfriend he left back East to pursue his going-nowhere standup comedy career, and Trent uses the word "money" as an adjective ("Man, we look totally money tonight") with such frequency that you may find yourself slipping into lounge-lizard mode after watching the movie. One of the most noteworthy indie-film success stories of the 90s, Swingers is a time-capsule comedy that seized its moment in the spotlight, launched several promising careers and continues to maintain its lasting appeal. --Jeff Shannon
The opening scenes of The Replacements see American football team, the Washington Sentinels, in dire straits. The players have walked out in a protest over pay at a vital point in the season, forcing the Sentinels' owner to bring veteran coach Jimmy McGinty (Gene Hackman) out of retirement to put together a replacement team. He assembles a group of oddballs and misfits including failed quarterback Shane Falco (Keanu Reeves), a boozing Welsh brawler (Rhys Ifans), a convicted former football pro, a deaf mute, a psychopathic ex-cop, a sumo wrestler and a kleptomaniac (Orlando Jones) who has trouble catching the ball. It is Falco's job to pull the team together and overcome his own problems to take the Sentinels to the playoffs. Howard Deutch (Pretty in Pink, Grumpier Old Men) directs this variation on a losers-make-good storyline that runs like Police Academy on the playing field. Keanu plays the Steve Guttenberg role. Sandra Bullock clone Brooke Langton provides the all-too-predictable cheerleading love interest, while Rhys Ifans delivers light relief as the team's chain-smoking kicker. On the DVD: The main feature is presented in letterboxed widescreen format with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound in three languages (English, Spanish and Italian). There are optional subtitles in 20 different languages. Interactive menus are slickly designed like the yard markings on an American football field and provide access to a range of special features. As well as a theatrical trailer and commentary by director Howard Deutch, there is a 15-minute HBO special "The Making of the Replacements" hosted by Orlando Jones and a 10-minute "Actors Guide to Football" which provides a detailed look at the way the entirely authentic football sequences were planned and filmed. --Chris Campion
For anyone who wants to catch a glimpse of the Los Angeles "lounge" scene that was in vogue during the early and mid-1990s, Swingers is the movie that virtually defined that brief but colorful nightlife milieu. As an added bonus, it just happens to be a very funny, observant story about love, loss, and male bonding among a group of friends who struggle to find decent jobs by day, and lurk through Hollywood's hottest nightclubs by night. A sort of latter-day Rat Pack, they include Mike (writer-actor Jon Favreau) and his closest buddy, Trent (Vince Vaughn), who are waiting for the big show-biz break that seems to be eluding them. Mike's twisted up about the girlfriend he left back East to pursue his going-nowhere standup comedy career, and Trent uses the word "money" as an adjective ("Man, we look totally money tonight") with such frequency that you may find yourself slipping into lounge-lizard mode after watching the movie. One of the most noteworthy indie-film success stories of the '90s, this time-capsule comedy seized its moment in the spotlight, launched several promising careers, and continues to maintain its lasting appeal. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Based on the hit movie starring Sandra Bullock this spin-off TV show follows the story of freelance programmer Angela Bennett (Brooke Langton) who receives a mysterious email leading her into an internet chat room with 'The Sorcerer'. Within minutes her bank account has been closed her credit cards have been cancelled and she's been arrested. For some reason everyone believes she is Elizabeth Marx an international criminal of some repute. Everyone she knows is dead and her form
A Christmas Tail is a heart-warming, family-friendly comedy about a young boy's hilarious relationship with his giant dog, Chilly. It's the week before Christmas in sunny California and 11 year old Bobby finds out his dad has accepted a new job working for the FBI in New York. His huge dog, Chilly, will need to find a new home, unless Bobby can house-train him in five days so he's ready for the family's new apartment. But when Bobby s plan is foiled by a gang of high-end dog thieves, can Chi...
Sarah is a successful advertising executive enjoying her independence in the big city. When activating her mobile phone for the first time in her new apartment she shares with her boyfriend Jake Sarah discovers that she can tune into the telephone converstions of other people's most intimate conversations... After sharing her secret with her best friend Krista Sarah is unwittingly drawn into a sinister and deadly turn of events...
You're money and you don't even know it! Spend a painfully funny night on the tiles with Mike Trent and the boys as the ""swingers"" hit the clubs and bars looking for love or even a little eye contact. When they're not trying to chat up women they're consoling each other about lost loves. The lovesick Mike (Jon Favreau) can't seem to shake a relationship rut. Mike's smooth fast-talking buddy Trent (Vince Vaughn) decides he'll do whatever it takes to show Mike a good time!
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