In this star-studded Western, murder, robbery and betrayal plague a small, rural town and, secretly, one desperate farmer is at the centre of the action. Zachary Hallock (Joel McCrea) is broke. The farmer has just lost his wife, and looking for a place he and his son can call home decides to move West to begin a new life. At first, things seem to be shaping up: Zack finds a new bride (Emmy award-winning Barbara Hale, Perry Mason) and starts a new farm but now more than ever, money is tight. The town spirals into chaos when the local sheriff is shot down in the streets by a gang of outlaws, who are dead-set on making dirty money and terrorising anyone who gets in their way. Soon, Zach finds himself at the wrong end of a barrel, held up at gunpoint by the outlaws, who make him an offer he can't refuse His family needs money. His life is in danger. Tangled in a web of violence, betrayal, and deceit, Zach must choose between doing what is right, and what is necessary.
Dr. Sullivan Travis is the envy of his buddies at the Dallas country club. As they freely and frequently point out, he's the luckiest kind of doctor.
The story is set in rural Northumberland amidst the prejudices of the 1830s. The widowed Riah has become housekeeper at Moor House to a scholarly recluse Mr Miller. Her three children already able to read and write are given further tuition by Miller. But his devotion for one of them becomes more than academic...
Starring Academy Award� Nominee John Hawkes, Academy Award Nominee William H. Macy and Academy Award Winner Helen Hunt, the film is based on the true story of California-based journalist and poet Mark O'Brien. Portrayed by the exceptionally gifted John Hawkes--who gives a career-defining performance--O'Brien's story is the immensely poignant and surprisingly funny tale of a man, paralysed by polio who--at age 38--is determined to finally lose his virginity.
A huge success for ITV throughout the 1970s, General Hospital carried on in the tradition of Emergency - Ward 10 and other medical shows of the 1960s. This highly popular series offers a dramatic insight into life at a busy hospital, featuring both compelling medical storylines and those highlighting the often strained personal lives of the doctors, nurses and consultants. General Hospital initially ran for 270 half-hour episodes as a twice-weekly soap-style afternoon serial before being reformatted into a series of hour-long, self-contained dramas in 1975. Out of this first series, only a comparative handful remain in the archive and this set contains all episodes known to exist.
Titles Comprise:Beethoven: Fall in love with the big-hearted, wet-nosed star of this outrageous comedy hit from producer Ivan Reitman. With nefarious dognappers hot on his heels, an adorable puppy named Beethoven adopts the unsuspecting Newton family - and promptly grows up into 185 pounds of romping, drooling, disaster-prone St. Bernard! Charles Grodin is George, the none-too-thrilled father whose disdain for the cuddly canine turns to loyalty after Beethoven becomes the target of unspeakable animal experimentation. Now it's up to George to save the day in this fetching adventureFly Away Home: Inspired by a true story.Young Amy (Anna Paquin) is reunited with her father (Jeff Daniels) after a nine-year separation. One day, Amy discovers a nest of orphaned goose eggs and decides to take them home and nurture them until they hatch. When the newly hatched goslings adopt her as their Mother Goose, Amy and her father become airborne adventurers, battling against bad weather and a host of other pitfalls in their efforts to teach the geese to fly...Harry And The Hendersons: When you can't believe your eyes, trust your heart.When an average American family meets a legendary creature the fur is sure to fly. After John Lithgow's car accidentally hits 'Harry', his life is turned upside down when he makes friends with a real-life Bigfoot. It's a race against time to get Harry back to his natural environment in this hilarious comedy for the entire family. Incidentally, Harry won the Oscar for his outstanding make-up at the 1988 Academy Awards. Harry's good friend Rick Baker picked up the statuette on his behalf!Nanny McPhee: You'll learn to love her...warts and all.Emma Thompson, whose first screenplay won the 1995 Oscar for Sense and Sensibility, returns to screenwriting with Nanny McPhee, a motion picture adaptation of the Nurse Matilda books by Christianna Brand. Thompson, the only person to have won Oscars for both acting and writing, also plays the title role in Nanny McPhee, opposite Colin Firth, Kelly Macdonald and - in her first role for the big screen in two decades - Angela Lansbury. Stuart Little: When Stuart Little, an adorable little mouse with a big heart (voiced by Michael J. Fox), is adopted by the Little family as a brother for their son George (Jonathan Lipnicki), he finds he has a lot to adjust to in his new home. Whilst Mr and Mrs Little (Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis) fall in love with Stuart right away, George doesn't quiet know what to make of his new brother. And when Snowbell the family cat finds he's been displaced by a mouse, plans are soon afoot to get Stuart out of the Little house...permanently! Amazing special effects, comedy and adventure make this the biggest adventure a Little can have!Zathura: Adventure Is WaitingActor-turned-director Jon Favreau (Elf) delivers another work of intelligent, charming family fare with this space adventure, based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg, the author of Jumanji.
The Painted Desert: Filmed at the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona The Painted Desert follows the lives of two feuding cowboys J. Farrell MacDonald and William Farnum who clash over who will raise an orphaned boy they find at a deserted waterhole. Farnum takes the boy whom he names Bill but several years later the feud continues this time over water their adjacent ranches share. Tension escalates until the grown Bill played by William Boyd must choose between h
Written and directed by actor Tim Robbins (who also plays the title role), this 1992 mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate is smart, funny, and scarily prescient in its foreshadowing of the Republican revolution of 1994. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the filmmakers follow his campaign, Robbins gives needle-sharp insight into the way candidates manipulate the media. While the film follows Roberts's campaign, it also covers a fringe journalist (Giancarlo Esposito), who may have dug up the kind of dirt to push Roberts's campaign off the rails. Robbins captures the chilly insincerity of this right-wing populist and fills his cast with terrific supporting players, including Alan Rickman as the campaign's shadowy financier and Susan Sarandon and Peter Gallagher as a pair of airhead TV news anchors. --Marshall Fine
The lowest point in Disney's opportunistic revisionism of source stories for its animated features in the 1990s, Pocahontas presents the title character (voiced by Irene Bedard) as a voluptuous Indian babe who falls for the British plunderer Captain John Smith (Mel Gibson). Half-baked if trendy paganism abounds in the film's depiction of nature as possessing consciousness (though talking trees certainly aren't new to cartoons). But the dubious legitimacy of the film's premise and characterisations calls everything into question. The songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz--while Oscar-winning--fall short of the standard Menken achieved in superior Disney predecessors including The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. --Tom Keogh
Swingingly stylish adventures with super spies John Steed and Mrs Peel! Flashback to the Sixties with the coolest duo in crimefighting! The Town of No Return: Steed finds a town full of ghosts and Emma gets into a harness. The Gravediggers: Steed drives a train and Emma is tied to the tracks... The Cybernauts: Steed receives a deadly gift and Emma pockets it. Death at Bargain Prices: Steed fights in ladies underwear and Emma tries feinting. Castle De'ath: Steed becomes a strapping Jock and Emma lays a ghost. The Master Minds: Steed becomes a genius and Emma loses her mind.
The spirited Western stars Kevin Kline Scott Glenn Kevin Costner and Danny Glover as four unwitting heroes who cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day but first they have to break each other out of jail and learn who their real friends are. The spectacular cast also includes Rosanna Arquette John Cleese Brian Denehy Jeff Goldblum and Linda Hunt.
Features three John Wayne classics 'Blue Steel' 'Winds of the Wasteland' and 'The Trail Beyond'.
Meet Mary Fisher (Streep). She's got it all:a cliff-side villa overlooking the ocean a wholly satisfying career asia romance novelist and Ruth Patchett's husband. And when Ruth (Barr) discovers that her social-climbing spouse (Ed Begley Jr.) has been spending his time at Mary's pink-and-white-monstrosity-by-the-sea she doesn't just vow to get him back she vows to get even! Setting out to destroy his business accounts -as well as Mary's precious reputation and career - Ruth proves
After the success of Jurassic Park in 1993, the floodgates opened for digital special effects, and Jumanji is nothing if not a showcase for computer-generated creepiness guaranteed to give young children a nightmare or two. Whether that was the filmmakers' intention is up for debate, since this is a PG-rated adventure revolving around a mysterious board game that unleashes a terrifying jungle world upon its players, including gigantic spiders, huge mosquitoes, a stampede of rhinos, elephants, and every other jungle beast you can imagine. Robin Williams plays a man-child who's been trapped in the world of "Jumanji" for 26 years until he's freed by two kids who've discovered the game and released its parade of dangerous horrors. A chaotic and misguided attempt at family entertainment, the movie does offer a few good laughs, and the effects are frequently impressive, if not entirely convincing to the eye. --Jeff Shannon
Deth lives.... Beginning to get his life back together, Jack Deth is timejacked back to 2247 to save Angel City from a new wave of trancers. His mission - find the origin of this new wave of trancers and end it with extreme prejudice. With the help of Lena and R.J., a trancer camp escapee, Jack learns that the new trancer program is government sponsored, and that his usual shoot-everything-that-moves attitude might not work this time.nWith R.J. and Shark, a crystal powered cyborg, Deth will have to find a way inside the trancer program and shut it down.... For good. Extras Audio Commentary by Courtney Joyner and Tim Thomerson Deth's Reckoning: Making Trancers III Featurette Original Videozone
Angela's Ashes (Dir. Alan Parker 1999): Angela's Ashes the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir comes to life in this stirring film from acclaimed director Alan Parker (Evita) starring Academy Award-nominee Emily Watson (Breaking The Waves) and Robert Carlyle (The Full Monty). Life in impoverished Depression-era Ireland holds little promise for young Frank McCourt the oldest son in a tightly knit family. Living by his wits cheered by his irrepressible spirit and sustained by his mother's fierce love Frank embarks on an inspiring journey to overcome the poverty of his childhood and reach the land of his dreams: America. Stepmom (Dir. Chris Columbus 1998): Jackie (Susan Sarandon) is a divorced mother of two. Isabel (Julia Roberts) is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie's ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris) forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. It is the universal dilemma of the 'non-traditional family' they all love the children but the complex interplay between parents step-parents step-children ex-spouses and significant others is decidedly tricky. But when Jackie discovers she is ill both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest while they have the chance. Billy Elliot (Dir. Stephen Daldry 1998): Starring Julie Walters and newcomer Jamie Bell the film (based on a real-life story) follows the progress of little Billy Elliot a motherless 11 year-old from a poor Durham pit village. When young Billy chooses ballet classes over boxing lessons his life is changed forever. He decides to keep the lessons secret from his father a coal miner but when his ballet instructor persuades him to try out for the Royal Ballet School in London Billy must make the choice between family responsibilities and his dreams...
It's a jungle in there! When young Alan Parrish and his friend Sarah (Bonnie Hunt) begin to play a mysterious board game they don't realise its unimaginable powers until Alan is magically transported into the untamed jungles of Jumanji. Twenty-six years later Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter (Bradley Pierce) discover the dusty board and reawaken the game as they begin to play. Instantly the forces of Jumanji release a fully-grown bewildered Alan Parrish (Robin Williams) into
Rex introduces us to Africa where he follows the mighty Zambezi River through Zimbabwe Botswana and Zambia. This is a land with abundant wildlife and where Rex's beauty sleep is interrupted by roaming elephants right outside his tent! It is in this most natural of environments that rex is in search of tiger fish an incredibly strong fighter with enormous teeth. On the banks of the Zambezi we gain an insight into the daily lifestyle of the local people and see how they catch prepare and dry their fish. We move to the spectacular Victoria Falls where the Chobe and Zambezi Rivers meet. This is home to the highest commercial bunji jump in the world as well as exhilarating white river rafting. At Kariba we look back at the construction of the dam which through the years has cost the lives of 86 men. Rex drops in on the Kaiba Tiger Fishing Tournament where the emphasis is on taking part and having fun. Rex ends his African trip on the banks of the lower Zambezi in Zambia where he catches more tiger fish.
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