Robot Chicken: Season 4 Box Set (Adult Swim) (2 Discs)
Save the Last Dance enjoyed a profitable release in early 2001, with box-office earnings that exceeded anyone's expectations. Its performance illustrates the staying power of a formulaic film that avoids the pitfalls and clichés that would otherwise render it forgettable. Since there's nothing new here, you'll appreciate the original quirks in a character-based plot that's just around the corner from Flashdance, and just as familiar. Sara (Julia Stiles) gave up a promising ballet career when her mother was killed while rushing to attend her daughter's crucial audition to Juilliard; Sara blames herself for the accident, and at her new, mostly African-American high school in Chicago, she's uncertain of her future. Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas) has no such doubts; his own future is bright, and his attraction to Sara is immediate; they connect (predictably), and Sara's dormant funk emerges, with Derek's coaching, as she learns hip-hop dancing in a local club. Obligatory subplots are equally routine: Derek's sister (Kerry Washington) is a single mom struggling with her child's absentee father; Derek's best friend (Fredro Starr) feels trapped in his gangster lifestyle; and Sara's once-estranged father (Terry Kinney) is doing his best to correct past mistakes. Within the confines of this standard follow-your-dream drama, director Thomas Carter capitalises on a script that allows these characters to be real, intelligent, and thoughtful about their lives and their futures. It's obvious that Stiles's dancing was intercut with that of a professional double, but that illusion hardly matters when the rest of the film's so earnestly positive and genuine. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WORLD'S MOST POPULAR TRADING CARD GAME After falling through a time-slip Yusei Fudo (who has just had his powerful card stolen by a mysterious stranger) meets with Judai Yuki and Yugi Muto who agree to help Yusei defeat the evil Paradox who is planning to destroy Pegasus before he can invent Duel Monsters. For the first time ever all three Yu Gi Oh heroes are united for their first adventure together. Comes with an exclusive limited edition Super Rare Malefic Red-Eyes B. Dragon Yu Gi Oh collectable trading card.
Created by horror legend George A. Romero, Tales from the Darkside was a syndicated television series adapted from his Creepshow feature franchise. Similar in style and themes to shows such as The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery and Tales from the Crypt, each episode told a dark tale that ventured into horror, fantasy, sci-fi and black comedy, and ended with an unexpected twist.
Catherine Cookson was born Catherine McMullen in 1906. Her life began in poverty and she grew up believing her real mother was her sister. In a life that could have been taken from any of her own novels Catherine aspired to achieve more than many of her time. From poverty to wealth she left the sadness behind to start a new life in Hastings where she was to meet her husband Tom Cookson. As a form of therapy Catherine began to write and never stopped and became one of the world's be
In Digging Up The Marrow, filmmaker Adam Green receives a package from a strange man (Ray Wise, Twin Peaks, X Men First Class, Robocop) claiming that he can prove that monsters exist. As the lines between fantasy and reality are increasingly blurred, he and his crew are taken on a mysterious, fantastical, and terrifying journey into the shadows and deep underground. Written and directed by Green an inspired by the original monster genre art of artist and Executive Producer, Alex Pardee, Digging Up The Marrow was an Official Selection at Frightfest.
Randy, raucous and unexpectedly romantic, "Sex Drive" follows three friends on the road trip of a lifetime!
The Turtles are run out of the city by Shredder and the Kraang and retreat to April’s farmhouse upstate. As they get used to their new environment they’ll encounter new mutants and creatures within the wild woods!
Robson Green returns as clinical psychologist Dr Tony Hill in a new series of ITV1's Wire in The Blood - and the cases he faces now are his most disturbing yet. With his calls to Carol Jordan going unanswered and with the appeal courts investigating his influence in a previous case Tony must once again pit himself against the horrific serial killers stalking the northern town of Bradfield. But do the police and the new D.I. in particular still want his help? Do they still trust his instincts as they hunt a callous sex fiend luring desperate young girls to their grisly deaths? Based on the best selling novels by award-winning author Val McDermid Tony must also find the callous killer attacking prostitutes with razor blades and delve into the murky secretive world of Masonry. Are they behind a wave of horrific sacrificial deaths? And in the episode Wounded Surgeon when a convict blames his profiling for what looks like a gross miscarriage of justice Tony is finally forced to question whether he still has that uncanny ability to see into the minds of killers and rapists. Has his tumour effected his judgement? Starring Robson Green (Soldier Soldier Reckless Northern Lights) and Simone Lahbib (Bad Girls Heartless Monarch Of The Glen) as D.I. Alex Fielding Wire In The Blood refuses to shy away from revealing the darker side of human nature.
Take a Turtle-y awesome trip back to the Time of Dinosaurs with Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past! Join Leo, Donnie, Raph and Mikey as they make new dino-sized allies, battle aliens from the future trying to rule the galaxy, save the day and get back home! Dinobunga!
Dr Tony Hill is a clinical psychologist joining forces with ambitious Detective Inspector Carol Jordan (Hermione Norris) to solve a series of baffling and brutal murders.
This thrilling adventure series takes actor and passionate fisherman Robson Green on the adventure of a lifetime to the greatest fi shing destinations ever seen. Spanning 30 countries across six continents and with over 25 hours of fishing this 14-disc boxed set contains the complete Series One to Five of Extreme Fishing with Robson Green. From Australia to Zimbabwe Alaska to The Zambia Robson is out to find the greatest fishing adventures searching for the largest fastest strongest and deadliest of catches.
Dee Stanton's life is on the up. At work she is being encouraged to study to become a solicitor and at home Dominic Milne has just proposed. But things take a turn for the worse when a fit of conscience Dee confesses that the father of her son Jamie whose memory he idolises is not actually dead but is the most heinous of criminals convicted of murdering four teenage girls.... When a female schoolmate of Jamie's is murdered an attempt is made on another girl's life and both Jam
Casino Royale Introduces JAMES BOND before he holds his licence to kill. No less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, Bond is elevated to 00 status. M (Judi Dench), head of the British Secret Service, sends the newly promoted 007 on his first mission to Madagascar, the Bahamas and eventually to Montenegro to face Le Chiffre, a ruthless financier attempting to recapture funds in a highstakes poker game at the Casino Royale. When Bond is placed under the watchful eye of the treasury official Vesper Lynd, his initial skepticism of her turns into a deepening interest as Le Chiffre's cunning and cruelty come to bear on them both in a way Bond could never imagine, and he learns his most important lesson: Trust no one. Quantum of Solace On a nonstop quest for justice that crisscrosses the globe, Bond meets the beautiful but feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who leads him to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a ruthless businessman and major force within the mysterious Quantum organisation. When Bond uncovers a conspiracy to take control of one of the world's most important natural resources, he must navigate a minefield of treachery, deception and murder to neutralise Quantum before it's too late!
Come and join in with Little Bear Duck Owl Cat and others in twelve enchanting adventures. Episodes comprise: What Will Little Bear Wear? Hide And Seek Little Bear Goes To The Moon Birthday Soup Polar Bear Gone Fishing Up All Night Little Bear's Bath Father Bear Comes Home A Flu Exploring Fishing With Father Bear.
Bond is back! Back to the beginning of James Bond's career, MI6's newest recruit (Daniel Craig, the first blonde 007) is tasked with taking down a man known as 'Le Chiffre' (Mads Mikkelsen), a money launderer for terrorists who is raising operational funds at a casino game in the Bahamas... The first Bond adventure since 1987 to be based on one of Ian Fleming's original novels, Paul Haggis (Oscar winning writer/director of Crash) adapts Casino Royale for a new generatio...
Shot at British Instructional Films' newly opened Welwyn Studios A Cottage on Dartmoor marked another milestone for Anthony Asquith following his impressive 1928 debut Shooting Stars. A straightforward but beautifully realised tale of sexual jealousy the film easily counters the entrenched criticism that British cinema in the silent era was staid stagy and lacking emotion. ""
Three episodes from the Fourth series of the classic TV whodunnit. Features the stories The Holy Thief The Potter's Field and The Pilgrim Of Hate.
Dinosaur King: Vol. 1
Action-packed Season Three develops major characters and plot lines brewing over the last couple of years. The Mayor, this season's major baddie, wants to become an invincible demon by slaughtering everyone at Sunnydale High's graduation ceremony but he's going to torture them all by giving his speech first. Bad-girl vampire-slayer Faith wants to get one over on Buffy and becomes even more rotten. Angel comes back from hell but isn't sure what to do about his girlfriend. Willow meets her evil gay vampire duplicate from another dimension. Xander loses his virginity but still has to contemplate his essential uselessness. Cordelia gets less whiny and has to work in a dress-shop when her father becomes bankrupt. Giles wears tweed and drinks tea, though it is revealed that he used to be a warlock and in a punk band. Besides the soap opera, there are monsters, curses and vampires (inevitably). --Kim Newman On the DVD: The DVDs are presented in a standard television 4:3 picture ratio and in a clear Dolby sound that does full justice both to the sparkling dialogue and to the always impressive indie-rock and orchestral scores. Special features include an overview of Season Three by its creator Joss Whedon, and by writers Marti Noxon, David Fury, Doug Petrie and Jane Espenson and documentaries on the weapons, clothes special effects of the show and the speech/verbal tone which makes it what it is-"Buffyspeak". The episodes "Helpless", "Bad Girls", "Consequences" and "Earshot" have commentaries by, Fury, Petrie, director James Gershman and Espenson, in which we find out some fascinating details about the way the scripts mutate and about the particular illuminations added to scripts by actors' performances. After complaints about the Season 2 DVD packaging, the disc envelopes include a protective coating. --Roz Kaveney
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