The African Queen meets Swept Away in this sometimes laboured romantic comedy by director Ivan Reitman. Fortunately, he cast an old pro in Harrison Ford, as Quinn Harris, a South Seas charter pilot who must ferry New York fashion editor Robin Monroe (Anne Heche) from one island to another--a hop that falls flat when they fly into a mammoth storm that causes them to crash on a deserted island. The pair resent and resist each other, until they are forced to team up to escape from the island--and some modern pirates who want their heads. If that part of the story is unconvincing, you can always focus on the smouldering comic chemistry between Heche, who displays strong comic instincts, and the ever-reliable Ford. The script is just an excuse for these two flinty characters to strike increasingly romantic sparks off each other, which is always enjoyable to watch. --Marshall Fine, Amazon.com
The complete collection of every episode of classic Big Apple sitcom Friends.
THE PEOPLE V. O.J. SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY is a limited series that takes you inside the O.J. Simpson trial with a riveting look at the legal teams battling to convict or acquit the football legend of double homicide. Based on the book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin, it explores the chaotic, behind-the-scenes dealings and maneuvering on both sides of the court, and how a combination of prosecution overconfidence, defense shrewdness and the LAPD's history with the city's African-American community gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt.
The rag-tag New York team of Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo decide to head home and discover Africa for the very first time.
Nine years is a long time for any group of Friends to stick so closely together, but somehow the gang are still as daftly charming as ever. After the birth of Emma, Rachel comes to terms with being a mother surprisingly well. It's how everyone else deals with it that makes things interesting. Joey's accidental proposal creates weird friction between him and Ross, who breaks his finger throwing the show's first ever punch. Monica becomes desperately broody and attempts all manner of convoluted ways of persuading Chandler to father a child (unfortunately he inadvertently bankrupts them in a move to Tulsa!). Phoebe, on the other hand, occupies herself in the dating game, holding on to Mike (Paul Rudd) in the longest guest-star relationship anyone's ever had. Other surprise guests this year include Freddie Prinze Jr as an overly sensitive nanny (in the 200th episode), Christina Applegate as another of Rachel's sisters and Jeff Goldblum playing himself on the set of another movie on which Joey is trying to get a break. As always the sparks occasionally fly between Rachel and Ross, while the others manage to strain their own relationships to the max. The real reason for watching now is the one-off kooky scenarios in which they--or rather Joey--get into. His endless dating finally sees him stuck for remembering if he's already slept with a girl; he botches an attempt at eyebrow waxing; and he manages to make Chandler think Monica's after a breast enhancement. --Paul Tonks
The complete seventh series in one box set! Episodes comprise: 1. The One With Monicas Thunder 2. The One With Rachels Book 3. The One With Phoebes Cookies 4. The One With Rachels Assistant 5. The One With The Engagement Picture 6. The One With The Nap Partners 7. The One With Rosss Library Book 8. The One Where Chandler Doesnt Like Dogs 9. The One With All The Candy 10. The One With The Holiday Armadillo 11. The One With All The Cheesecakes 12. The One Where Theyre Up All Night 13. The One Where Rosita Dies 14. The One Where They All Turn Thirty 15. The One With Joeys New Brain 16. The One With Truth About London 17. The One With The Cheap Wedding Dress 18. The One With Joey's Award 19. The One With Ross and Monica's Cousin 20. The One with Rachel's Big Kiss 21. The One with The Vows 22. The One With Chandler's Dad 23. The One With The Wedding (Feature length special episode)
A US sitcom behemoth with a global brand, Friends shot out of the gate in 1994 with snappy writing and an attractive cast. The exploits of sensitive paleontologist Ross Geller (David Schwimmer), his obsessive-compulsive sister Monica Geller (Courteney Cox); Monica's roommate Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), a spoiled rich girl trying to live on her own; earthy aromatherapist/masseuse Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow); and Monica's neighbours across the hall -- sarcastic Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) and his struggling actor roommate Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc) became a nationwide obsession, a pop-culture icon (remember "The Rachel" haircut?) and a ratings hit for its entire run. The first two seasons were mostly centered on the on-off saga of Ross and Rachel, and while their relationship remained a strong presence through romantic rivals and even a baby, the other characters eventually moved from sideshow players into a shared comedic lead. But Friends was not without its heart. Most of the cast had dysfunctional relationships with their parents and went through loss, divorce, marriage, parenthood, and love triangles. The emotional pregnancies of Rachel (by Ross) and Phoebe (surrogate to her half-brother's triplets) won the actresses Emmy Awards, and Joey's tender feelings for Rachel in Season 8 won LeBlanc, the most improved actor in the series, a nomination. Most sitcoms run out of ideas by the fifth season, but Friends gave itself a refreshing jolt the minute Monica and Chandler wound up in bed together. Their budding romance was not only the one of the funniest arcs of the series, but one of the most sentimental, as they planned a wedding, struggled to have a child and eventually turned to adoption. By seasons seven and onwards, the characters had each "grown up" from young singletons to thirtysomethings finding permanence in their careers and love lives but never losing the laughs. Friends featured a parade of celebrity guests, but utilised most of the stars as more than mere cameos: The sextet's parents were all brilliantly cast, particularly Kathleen Turner as Chandler's drag-queen father and Teri Garr as Phoebe's dizzy mom. Everyone from George Clooney to Sean Penn to Julia Roberts to Bruce Willis has appeared on the sitcom, and Tom Selleck certainly enjoyed a career resuscitation after his recurring role as Monica's older man. But no star power ever penetrated the bond between the six stars and their unmatchable chemistry worked for ten seasons. Even though the show is probably repeated somewhere in the world every day, this boxed set of Friends remains watchable over and over again -- even if that theme song eventually grates on your nerves! --Sally Giles
After ten years and ten series of comic catastrophes it's time to bid farewell to the six chums with the very final fantastic collection of episodes of 'Friends'! 1. The One After Joey And Rachel Kiss 2. The One Where Ross Is Fine 3. The One With Ross's Tan 4. The One With The Cake 5. The One Where Rachel's Sister Babysits 6. The One With Ross's Grant 7. The One With The Home Study 8. The One With The Late Thanksgiving 9. The One With The Birth Mother 10. The One Where Chandler Gets Caught 11. The One Where The Stripper Cries 12. The One With Phoebe's Wedding 13. The One Where Joey Speaks French 14. The One With Princess Consuela 15. The One Where Estelle Dies 16. The One With Rachel's Going Away Party (aka The One Where Rachel Goes To Paris) 17. The Last One - Part 1 18. The Last One - Part 2
The eighth season of Friends picks up just moments after Monica and Chandler said, "I do." But the focus of this season is firmly on Rachel's pregnancy, as the story progresses from fatherhood revelations in "The One with the Red Sweater" and "The One Where Rachel Tells..." toward complicated new feelings for Rachel, Ross, and Joey, culminating in the maternity ward two-parter "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby." But it's not all Rachel's pregnancy story. Standalone highlights include "The One with the Rumor" in which the "We Hate Rachel" club started in high school by Ross and a certain Mr. Jennifer Aniston (an uncredited Brad Pitt) is revealed; while "The One with Monica's Boots" has Monica and Chandler arguing over finances when Phoebe and Ross are arguing over the attentions of Sting's wife, Trudie Styler (cameoing as herself). Relationship complications fall upon Phoebe as "The One with the Tea Leaves" hooks her up with a stellar cameo from Alec Baldwin. "The One with Joey's Interview" has Matt LeBlanc in top form preparing to be interviewed by Soap Opera Digest. But time starts to tick faster for everyone in "The One Where Rachel Is Late," as Joey's WWI movie finally arrives, but is overshadowed by the wait for Rachel's overdue arrival. Naturally it's all build-up to the cliffhanger finale and a final emotional surprise. --Paul Tonks
The rag-tag New York team of Alex the lion, Marty the zebra, Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo decide to head home and discover Africa for the very first time.
This handsome box set includes all the episodes from Series One--from our favourite coffee-drinking sextet's initial meeting in the pilot right up to the series cliff-hanger "The One Where Rachel Finds Out"--that Ross is in love with her, that is. Other highlights include: "The One With the Butt", in which Joey gets a big break as Al Pacino's stunt bottom; "The One With the Monkey" in which Ross acquires Marcel, his pet monkey; and the two-parter (imaginatively called "The One with the Two Parts") in which Joey starts dating Ursula, Phoebe's twin sister and Monica and Rachel double-date cute doctors played by George Clooney and Noah Wyle from ER. --Leslie Felperin
Seemingly low-key but as wittily crafted as the first two series, this season develops minor characters--Gunther, Central Perk's proprietor, who is in love with Rachel; Phoebe's half-brother Frank (played by rising-star Giovanni Ribisi); the chick and duck--who will play key parts later on while the foundations for crucial story lines developed in Series 4 are laid down. The most momentous story arc covers Rachel and Ross splitting up when she suggests they take a "break" and he sleeps with the girl from the copy shop. Phoebe gets to know her little brother Frank who falls in love with the much-older Alice, for whom Phoebe will bear triplets in a later series. Monica pines after Richard and then starts dating the millionaire Pete, although towards the end Chandler is trying to persuade her he's good boyfriend material--clearly an omen of things to come. --Leslie Felperin
All ten episodes of the award-winning mini-series based on the real-life experiences of American paratroopers who fought in Europe during the Second World War. From their training in Camp Toccoa, Georgia, through their landing in Normandy as part of the D-Day offensive, their participation in the Battle of the Bulge, and all the way up to the final surrender of the German forces, the series follows the adventures of Easy Company, a unit noted for its skill and bravery, but which also suffered a high number of casualties in its journey across Europe. Each episode also features excerpts from actual interviews with surviving members of the company.
The BBC's cameras have been given unprecedented access to one of Britain's busiest airport terminals. For months the producers have followed anyone and everyone to produce this portrait of life at the cutting edge of aviation. From check-in staff to cabin crew from pilots to paparazzi and from low-cost airline owners to their passengers all human life is here - and all played by Matt Lucas and David Walliams! Written by and starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams Come Fly With Me is directed by Paul King (The Mighty BooshM) and produced by Adam Tandy (The Thick Of It). Lindsay Duncan is the narrator.
In Washington DC, a female reporter faces a possible jail sentence for outing a CIA agent and refusing to reveal her source.
Yasss, Queen! Your favorite witty ensemble - Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally - reprise their infamous roles as Will, Grace, Jack and Karen for Season Two of Will & Grace. This season they return with new looks, new loves, and new guest stars. The legendary James Burrows, director of every original Will & Grace episode, returns with a slew of razor-sharp jabs and dirty martinis. Bonus Features: Gag Reel Deleted Scenes
Arguably the best series, this season's episodes really developed the characters as the show's popularity took off. Love is in the air as Rachel and Ross, both finally realising they're attracted to each other, nearly get it together, don't, and then finally do. Joey gets that role as Dr Drake Ramoray in Days of Our Lives and moves out of the flat he shares with Chandler, precipitating a bust-up between the two best buddies. Monica dates Richard, the hunky, older eye-doctor played by Tom Selleck, and Phoebe makes a video of that seminal song for a generation, "SmellyCat". --Leslie Felperin
You are cordially invited to join the festivities as the gang prepares for Monica and Chandler’s wedding alongside the episode where Joey dates Rachel and the first appearance of baby Emma. Series Nine includes the hilarious two-part finale where they all go to Barbados. Filled with humour and bittersweet emotion the tenth and final series of Friends finds Rachel Monica Phoebe Joey Chandler and Ross embarking on the next chapters in their lives. It’s guaranteed to be emotional! Series 8-10 feature these special guest stars: Hank Azaria Kristin Davis Morgan Fairchild Gary Oldman Denise Richards Winona Ryder Susan Sarandon Kathleen Turner Sean Penn Alec Baldwin Brad Pitt Freddy Prinze Jr. Jeff Goldblum Selma Blair Jon Lovitz Dermot Mulroney and Christina Applegate in an EMMY® award winning performance in the milestone 200th episode. Episode List: Season Eight: The One After I Do The One With The Red Sweater The One Where Rachel Tells Ross The One With The Videotape The One With Rachel's Date The One With The Halloween Party The One With The Stain The One With The Stripper The One With The Rumor The One With Monica's Boots The One With Ross's Step Forward The One Where Joey Dates Rachel The One Where Chandler Takes A Bath The One With The Secret Closet The One With The Birthing Video The One Where Joey Tells Rachel The One With The Tea Leaves The One In Massapequa the One With Joey's Interview The One With The Baby Shower The One With The Cooking Class The One Where Rachel Is Late The One Where Rachel Has A Baby - Part I The One Where Rachel Has A Baby - Part II Season Nine: The One Where No One Proposes The One Where Emma Cries The One With The Pediatrician The One With The Sharks The One With Phoebe's Birthday Dinner The One With The Male Nanny The One With Ross's Inappropriate Song The One With Rachel's Other Sister The One With Rachel's Phone Number The One With Christmas In Tulsa The One Where Rachel Goes Back To Work The One With Phoebe's Rats The One Where Monica Sings The One With The Blind Dates The One With The Mugging The One With The Boob Job The One With The Memorial Service The One With The Lottery The One With Rachel's Dream The One With The Soap Opera Party The One With The Fertility Test The One With The Donor The One In Barbados - Part I The One in Barbados - Part II Season Ten: The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss The One Where Ross is Fine The One With Ross's Tan The One With The Cake The One Where Rachel's Sister Baby-sits The One With Ross's Grant The One With The Home Study The One With The Late Thanksgiving The One With The Birth Mother The One Where Chandler Gets Caught The One Where The Stripper Cries The One With Phoebe's Wedding The One Where Joey Speaks French The One With Princess Consuela The One Where Estelle Dies The One With Rachel's Going Away Party The Last One - Part One The Last One - Part Two
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