Discover the world of fine art with the people who made it happen. Arata Isokai: The architect of the Museum of Contemporary Art reveals the motivation of the design of his symbolically imaginative buildings. Eui Kyu Kim: The renowned Korean Artist who creates spiritual canvases that emphasise the curves and contours of the body. Ed Ruscha: Considered to be one of the first modern artists who embraced the impersonality of billboard advertising to philosophise
This DVD features the Phallus in Wonderland storyline including Crack in the Egg, Gor-Gor, Have You Seen Me and more, plus a cameo by Gibby from the Butthole Surfers.
This box set features the following films: Million Dollar Baby (Dir. Clint Eastwood) (2004): Frankie's previous career was blighted by an injury to one of his prize fighters Scrap (Morgan Freeman) who lost the sight in his right eye during a particularly brutal bout; Scrap now wiles away the hours working as a cleaner in Frankie's gym. Wary of similar occurrences being inflicted on the prestigious young talent that passes before him Frankie lets a succession of great boxers slip through his fingers. But when the brash confident young boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) strides into the gym Frankie's life is irretrievably altered. Initially refusing to train Maggie due to her gender and age Frankie relents when faced with her tenacity spirit and burning ambition. The combination of Maggie's talent and Frankie's tutelage paves the way for the adroit fighter to rise steadily through the ranks of women's boxing with the unlikely coupling forming a genuinely touching bond in the process. Brokeback Mountain (Dir. Ang Lee) (2005): From Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee comes an epic American love story Brokeback Mountain; the winner of the Golden Lion Award for Best Picture at the 2005 Venice Film Festival winner of four Golden Globes and winner of three Oscars (Best Director for Ang Lee Best Score for Gustavo Santaolalla and Best Adapted Screenplay for Diana Ossana & Larry McMutry)! The film is based on the short story by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx adapted by Diana Ossana and the great Larry McMurtry (scribe and author of The Last Picture Show). Set against the sweeping vistas of Wyoming and Texas the film tells the story of two young men - a ranch-hand and a rodeo cowboy - who meet in the summer of 1963 and unexpectedly forge a lifelong connection; one whose complications joys and tragedies provide a testament to the endurance and power of love. Hotel Rwanda (Dir. Terry George) (2005): Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions inspired by his love for his family an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages.
The Stargate is an intergalactic gateway developed by an ancient civilization that links other planets from other solar systems to ours. The U.S. Air Force assembles a Stargate team headed by Colonel Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson of ""MacGyver"") for interstellar peace-keeping missions. Boasting incredible special effects sequences rapid-fire pacing and awesome scenes of alien warfare Stargate SG-1 is your gateway to pulse-pounding sci-fi action!
When narcotics detective Ike Walters visits his former partner Stetson Avery in rural Greentown he inexplicably finds himself the target in a deadly game of deceit befriended by the alluring yet suspicious Renee Dupa Ike discovers that his life has been placed on the line and that nothing is what it seems to be....
Assasination Of Richard Nixon The mad story of a true man. A chilling drama that explores and exposes the dark side of the American Dream The Assassination of Richard Nixon focuses on the tragic true story of Sam Bicke (Sean Penn) a disillusioned everyman who in 1974 was driven to plot the assassination of the 37th president of the United States. Despite the fact that his marriage is breaking up and that he is trapped in a sales job he finds demeaning Sam tries desperately to succeed both at home and at work; all he wants is to win his family back and to start a business of his own. However in a society worn down by political corruption and the Vietnam War there is not much room left for dreamers. Sam's world unravels against the backdrop of the Watergate scandal which exposes culpability at the highest levels of society. With images of Nixon - ""the greatest salesman of them all"" - flooding the airwaves Sam believes he has found the person responsible for his and America's problems and makes his appointment with destiny. (Dir. Niels Mueller 2004) The Corporation A fascinating feature length documentary expose that dissects the concept of the corporation throughout recent history up to its present-day global dominance. 150 years ago the corporation was a relatively insignificant entity. Today it is a vivid dramatic and pervasive presence in all our lives. The the church the monarchy and the communist party in other times and places the corporation is today's dominant institution. But history humbles dominant institutions. All have been crushed belittled or absorbed into some new order. The corporation is unlikely to be the first to defy history. In this complex and highly entertaining documentary Mark Achbar teams up with co-director Jennifer Abbott and writer Joel Bakan to examine the far-reaching repercussions of the corporation's increasing preeminence. Based on Bakan's book The Corporation: The Pursuit Of Profit And Power the film is a timely critical inquiry that invites CEOs whistle blowers brokers gurus spies players pawns and pundits on a graphic and engaging quest to reveal the corporation's inner workings curious history controversial impacts and possible futures. Featuring illuminating interviews with Noam Chomsky Michael Moore Howard Zinn and many others The Corporation charts the spectacular rise of an institution aimed at achieving specific economic goals as it also recounts victories against this apparently invincible force.... (Dir. Jennifer Abbott Mark Achbar 2003) Manic A troubled young man (Gordon-Levitt) is committed to a juvenile mental institution where he's forced by his counselor (Cheadle) to confront the source of his rage or face the grim prospect of a life behind bars... (Dir. Jordan Melamed 2001)
An old church in a modern North American city is undergoing a renovation. Construction equipment and piles of debris cover the grounds. A deep pit has been dug for new sewer pipes. Night falls. A woman crawls from the pit. She weak and covered with mud her face beaten her throat cut. She is unable to speak remember who she is or how she got there. This is Laura. Hungry thirsty she ventures out into the city stealing food and warm clothes to survive. As she wanders the streets she begins to see things that jar her memory: a picture on a wall a historical marker a map. Slowly she starts to out the pieces together - the old river front a house and a family a lover and a jealous suitor. She embarks on a trek across the city trying to blend in and adjust to a modern world she has never seen before. Julian a mysterious young man employed by the church is sent out to find her. He seems to know more about her than she does tracking her quickly deducing that she is headed home to the place where she used to live - more than a hundred years ago. Is Laura reincarnated? Resurrected and risen from the grave? Or is she just the unfortunate victim of a horrible crime buried in the mud and left for dead? Is Julian really trying to help her as he claims or is he part of the conspiracy a plot to kill her?
Iron Swallow (Dir. Cha Chuen Yee 1978): Revenge is a dish best served cold. and bloody! Chai Ling (Judy Lee) universally hailed as one of the best female martial artists on celluloid is hell-bent on avenging her ultimate revenge and will not let anyone get in the way of her terrible and mutilating punishments! Time may heal all wounds but new ones will be opened as body after body begins to pile up not only at the hands of the Iron Swallow Chai Ling but also a mysterious assassin played by fight choreographer Wong Wing San (Incredible Kung-Fu Mission Return of the Chinese Boxer); hell-bent on framing the Iron Swallow and preventing her long sought after final revenge duel where friend turns against friend and blood-lines must end! Killer Of Snake Fox Of Shaolin (Dir. Man Wah 1978): Popular kung fu leading man Carter Wong stars in this supernatural martial arts thriller as he must save a father and his daughter from the powerful snake god known for his deadly kung fu!
Meet The Robinsons:Lewis is an orphan who dreams of finding the family he's never known. That journey takes an unexpected turn and leads him into a world where anything is possible THE FUTURE. There he meets an incredible assortment of characters and a family beyond his wildest imagination The Robinsons who help lead him on an amazing and hilarious adventure with heartfelt results. Chicken Little: The all-animal town of Oakey Oaks's most infamous resident Chicke
He stands eight feet tall... weighs over three hundred pounds... and has been seen only one hundred times in the past thirty years. Some call him Bigfoot. Sasquatch. Or Yeti. But in the deep dark woods of Texarkana he's known as the legend of Boggy Creek. Charles B Pierce creator of such classics as The Town That Dreaded Sundown and the original The Legend of Boggy Creek returns with Boggy Creek II: And The Legend Continues! As reported sightings of the feared man-beast increase anthropologist Brian Lockhart (Pierce) and his team of student researchers venture in to the swamps of Texarkana to investigate. Armed with firearms and sophisticated surveillance gear Lockhart's team uncovers such terrifying encounters as a near-fatal aquatic attack on a lone jet skier the brutal slaying of a hapless drunkard on a moonlit lane and a state trooper's lethal battle with the creature in his own backyard. But the investigators soon find that invading the territory of others exacts a price as they come face to face with not one but two primal terrors in a harrowing and unforgettable climactic encounter! Beautifully photographed in the ominous backwards of the South Boggy Creek II is a fascinating adventure into the wild weird realm of the unknown.
Skinned Alive (1989): The Crawldaddy family have been travelling cross-country selling fine human leather apparel. Unfortunately they break down right in the middle of a killin'. Paul a disturbed ex-cop discovers the clans dark secret. Will he save his own skin or protect those around him. Scarred (2005): In a small town area with the local residents gripped by rumors of a woman haunting the woods since her face became disfigured searching for a new face.The rumors become reality when a family is besieged by the ghastly figure during a seemingly innocuous camping trip. Jigsaw (2002): A college art class tackles a bizarre project but after a night of drunken confessions Jigsaw comes to life to haunt rising from the ashes targeting each of the creators for a brutal death the shape of their own fears. Jigsaw. Pieces (1982): A chainsaw wielding madman roams a college campus in search of beautiful young co-eds to slash and kill. This secret psycho has a secret of his own: he's collecting human body parts to complete his own thesis. Sawed: A group of teenagers set out to find a serial killer and begin to suspect that a victim from a decade before could be responsible for the present killing frenzy...
This fantastic TV Classic Comedy Box Set will provide a feast of laughter with movie versions of some of the most popular sitcoms ever made. The set comprises movie versions of Rising Damp Porridge George and Mildred Bless This House and Please Sir.
The creative minds behind Disney/Pixar's groundbreaking animated blockbusters invite you back inside the toy box for a heartwarming and hilarious movie experience you'll never forget. In Toy Story 3, Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen) and the rest of the Toy Story gang return for an all-new adventure, along with a few new faces - some plastic, some plush - including Barbie's counterpart Ken (voiced by Michael Keaton), a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Prickle...
Donnie Brasco: The true story of an FBI undercover agent (Johnny Depp) who becomes Donnie Brasco 'The Jewel Man' to infiltrate one of the mob families. Donnie manoeuvres his way into the confidence of ageing hit man Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino) who trusts Donnie and vouches for him to the mob. But Lefty and Donnie become friends when they should be enemies. As Donnie moves deeper and deeper into the Mafia chain of command he realises he is not only crossing the line between federal agent and criminal but it also leading his friend Lefty to an almost certain death sentence... Charlie: Luke Goss teams up with Steven Berkoff to tell the real life story of `Charlie Richardson' the head of the notorious `torture gang'. In the sixties London was owned and ruled by two families north of the river the Krays the Richardsons to the south. Now for the first time in his own words `Charlie' reveals what really happened when he was arrested and tried in what notoriously became known as the `Torture Trial'. Traffic: A high-ranking judge with a vendetta against drugs learns his own daughter is a cocaine addict - a San Diego housewife must suddenly take over her husband's drug dealing business when he is arrested - a Mexican police officer struggles to do the right thing in the midst of corruption. Michael Douglas Catherine Zeta-Jones and Benicio Del Toro star in Steven Soderbergh's amazing intertwined stories of the failing war on drugs.
The creative minds behind Disney/Pixar's groundbreaking animated blockbusters invite you back inside the toy box for a heartwarming and hilarious movie experience you'll never forget. In Toy Story 3, Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen) and the rest of the Toy Story gang return for an all-new adventure, along with a few new faces - some plastic, some plush - including Barbie's counterpart Ken (voiced by Michael Keaton), a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants (voiced by Timothy Dalton) and a strawberry-scented bear named Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear (voiced by Ned Beatty). As Andy prepares to depart for college, Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the rest of Andy's faithful toys wonder what will become of them. But, when a mix-up lands them at Sunnyside Daycare, they meet a host of new toys and soon discover a wild new adventure is just beginning. Buzzing with hours of bonus features, including the Pixar short film Day & Night, Toy Story 3 goes to infinity and beyond!
Breakfast Club (Dir. John Hughes 1985): Without doubt John Hughes' The Breakfast Club is one of the greatest teen movies of all-time if not the best. Without it we might not have witnessed the phenomenal rise of the 'brat pack'; the group of actors synonymous with the teen films of the '80s. They were five teenage students with nothing in common faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their High School library. At 7am they had nothing to say but by 4pm they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. To the outside world they were simply the Jock the Brain the Criminal the Princess and the Kook but to each other they would always be the Breakfast Club. The film's title comes from the nickname invented by students and staff for detention at the school attended by the son of one of John Hughes' friends. Thus those who were sent to detention were designated members of ""The Breakfast Club"". Fast Time At Ridgemont High (Dir. Amy Heckerling 1982): Based on the humorous bestselling novel Fast Times at Ridgemont High details the individual struggles of teenagers as they deal with independence success sexuality money maturity school and just making it through the formative year. Features music by The Go-Go's Graham Nash Jim Buffet Stevie Nicks Tom Petty The Cars and Quarterflash. Endless Love (Dir. Franco Zeffirelli 1981): A modern variation on the Romeo and Juliet theme Endless Love features that Oscar-nominated song performed by Lionel Richie and Diana Ross. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli this timeless romance stars Brooke Shields as Jade who becomes the true love and obsession of the boy next door David. However their young love is so overwhelming that they loose touch with everything else forcing the parents of these star-crossed lovers to try to seperate them with disastrous effects. Now David has to win back their approval but can he do it before they are seperated forever?
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