The Tarnished Angels
The irresistible pairing of Jack Nicholson and Adam Sandler is the best reason to see Anger Management, a comedy that might have been subtitled "The Funny and the Furious". Nicholson and especially Sandler have screen personas that partially rely on pent-up anxieties, so there's definite potential in teaming them as a mild-mannered designer of pet clothing for chubby cats (Sandler) who's been ordered to undergo anger management therapy with a zany counsellor (Nicholson) prone to occasional tantrums and devious manipulation. Surely this meandering comedy looked better on the page; director Peter Segal scores a few lucky scenes (particularly Sandler's encounter with a Buddhist monk, played by John C Reilly), but a flood of cameos (Heather Graham, Woody Harrelson, Rudolph Giuliani, and others) can't match the number of laughs that fall flat. As Sandler's understanding girlfriend, Marisa Tomei plays a pivotal role in a happy ending that leaves everyone smiling, with the possible exception of the audience. --Jeff Shannon
Having swept the board at the Academy awards Ben Hur achieved an outstanding feat in film history winning eleven oscars in 1959 including Best Picture Best Actor and Best Director. After a ten month production schedule and a then massive million budget this 1950''s epic movie has always represented a cinematographic feat that has rarely been bettered.
Love'S Labour'S Lost
Swingtown: Season 1
If nothing else, Doggystyle indicates a remarkable, if not exactly commendable, honesty in the relationship between Snoop Dogg and his fans. Snoop recognises that his absurdly wealthy, sexually indulged, permanently stoned persona is admired chiefly by priapic 14-year-old boys who don't understand why girls won't speak to them, and young men who think a booming car stereo is a signifier of awesome masculinity. He has delivered to these constituencies precisely the kind of video they would want. Doggystyle does not trouble itself with any actual promotional clips or artist interviews. Though Snoop occasionally deigns to wander in front of the camera and mime half-heartedly along to one of his songs, this is essentially a porn film, which is appropriate given that most of what Snoop has recorded in the last few years resembles uncannily the glutinous muzak that usually serves as a soundtrack for such things. It is not without amusement value, wholly inadvertent though this is--the editing of this "Soft" version of Doggystyle, intended to make it saleable in shops which are not patronised exclusively by men in overcoats, occasionally lends the joyless copulations of Snoop's mates a certain comedic appeal. --Andrew Mueller
Save the Cheerleader. Save the World. Heroes is a serial saga about people all over the world discovering that they have superpowers and trying to deal with how this change affects their lives...
The boys from IMAX bring you two of their classic films on this fantastic double feature boxed set. Robots (Dir. Chris Wedge 2005): Rodney Copperbottom voiced by Ewan McGregor is a small town robot who has a gift for inventing things and a hope of moving beyond his quaint surroundings. He works side by side in a restaurant with his dad who is a dishwasher - literally a dishwasher. You open his chest and load in the dishes. Rodney has dreams of something greater. Armed with
Rick Schroder heads the cast in this thriller about four former college friends who share a dark secret from their past. When three ex-college boys start recieving calls from an old school friend nearly eight years after they've left college they fear the worst... but they have yet to find out how bad the worst can be. A drunken party at the end of term leads to an accidentally shooting of an innocent girl. All four boys are involved in the crime and in their panic to to cover it up they bury her body in Devil's Glen. The evidence is hidden and all that is left is their guilt. Three of the boys carry on with their lives but one cannot forgive or forget what happened at Devil's Glen...
Robert Bradley gives up his job in the shipyards to work with his Uncle John as a carpenter. He starts to explore the surrounding countryside and soon encounters Millie a strange girl-child known as 'Thorman's Moth'...
In a land far, far away, a jealous witch casts a wicked spell turning a young king into a polar bear. The polar bear travels to the far off land of Winterland in search of a beautiful princess who he must remain with for seven years in order to reverse the spell. The princess and the polar bear form a warm and loving relationship and together, they journey back to the polar bear's magical kingdom in order to defeat the evil witch. Will they live happily ever after in this beautiful land or will the jealous witch ruin their plans? A captivating and enchanting fairytale for children, young and old.
Warren Schmidt (Jack Nicholson) is a man in his 60's. While trying to run his daughter's life, he realizes that he wasted his.
Part-time mayor Sarah (Ann Jillian) heads a town council desperate to find a doctor to keep open the small town's clinic. Fearing the town's decline, her hopes are raised when widower Michael (Robert Hays), a surgeon, returns to visit during the holidays. Unfortunately, the mayor's attempt to recruit Michael is complicated by their previous high school romance.
Beware the beast within... Returning to his parents' ancestral home Colum Kennedy (Allen Scotti) discovers an Irish village populated by animalistic shapeshifters. When a hauntingly beautiful woman (Julie Cialini) stirs ancient passions with him he must choose between his family and unleashing his own true nature.
Modern Times: In this delightfully madcap comedy Chaplin plays a hapless factory worker who cracks under the strain of his job and runs amok. Unemployed on the streets of Depression America he joins forces with a young woman fleeing the childcare authorities and they embark on a misadventure-filled search for happiness. The Great Dictator: Tomanian dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double a poor Jewish barber who one day is mistaken for Hynkel and comic catastrophes ensue! Gold Rush: The Tramp goes to the Klondike in search of gold and finds a whole lot more! Limelight: Fading comedian Calvero (Chaplin) and suicidally despondent ballet dancer Thereza (Bloom) look to each other to find meaning and hope in their lives... Charlie: The Life And Art Of Charles Chaplin: Richard Schickel's new documentary Charlie chronicles Charles Chaplin's brilliant career as an actor writer director producer and composer as well as his controversial and much publicised private life - his love affairs and four marriages his paternity suit scandal and persecution by the FBI culminating in a self-imposed exile from the United States. With its brilliant observations rare footage interwoven with scenes from Chaplin's greatest films and a remarkable series of newly recorded interviews Charlie is the definitive documentary overview of Chaplin and his Little Tramp.
This dense adaption of Ernest Hemmingway's novel features Gary Cooper as American soldier Lt. Henry and his illfated love affair with British Nurse Catherine portrayed by Hellen Hayes during World War I. Filmed in beautiful Italy the two lovers will stop at nothing to be together but Lt. Henry's internal struggles ultimately threaten the relationship. Hemmingway's theme of questioning the nature of war and fighting is fully recognised under Frank Borzage's direction.
""Michael this is Devon Miles. Your assignment this week is to tackle a crime organization based in an oddly familiar Californian town. In the course of the mission you will have to jump over some canyons or unfinished bridges in your talking sports car while your hair ruffles extravagantly."" The ultimate in 1980s action-adventure Knight Rider combines high-tech gadgetry with superb stunt sequences. Knight Of The Rising Sun: Michael and K.I.T.T. come to the aid of Nick O'Brien
Bad Girls is about a closed world governed by petty rules and harsh punishments. Where women prisoners and officers are thrown together in intense physical and emotional relationships. Left outside their homes their partners and their children. And inside they must negiotiate their position in the prisoners' hierarchy and.... make new sexual choices... Features all episodes from series 5 - 8.
Based on the unique real life story Charles Bronson stars as Machine Gun Kelly a cold blooded sadist whose 1930's rampage earned him the title of Public Enemy Number One by the FBI. His homicidal tendencies are linked to his personal sensitivity of his height. Together with his ever loving partner Flo Kelly decides to crown his criminal achievements with a high profile kidnapping. Unfortunately Kelly takes too great a gamble and his intended farewell to the criminal world results in his own bloody downfall.
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