Lucille Ball was already one of America's best-loved TV stars when she launched 'The Lucy Show' in 1962. A follow-up to the ground-breaking 'I Love Lucy' which had put US family life on hold on Monday evenings throughout its showing 'The Lucy Show' has become a comedy classic in its own right. Gale Gordon stars alongside Lucille Ball in this delightful situation comedy episode.
Two women on opposite sides of the globe - Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) - find themselves in a similar predicament. Desperate for a change of scenery the two women meet on the Internet and swap houses for the Christmas holiday to discover if a change of address can really change your life.
The first DVD compilation of its type this features an episode from each of three classic American television police shows. Each episode contains a special guest star; Ironside 'Tagged for Murder' with Bruce Lee Columbo 'A Stitch in Crime' with Leonard Nimoy and Kojak 'The Birthday Party' with none other than Richard Gere. COLUMBO: A STITCH IN CRIME Dr Barry Mayfield (Leonard Nimoy) is a brilliant young heart surgeon on the staff of a major Los Angeles Hospital. However he cannot accept that the hospital's senior heart specialist the revered Dr Edmund Hiedeman has invited a foreign specialist to help them with their work on a drug that will combat transplant rejection. Veteran Nurse Sharon Martin believes that Mayfield is a cold opportunist who would like to take all the credit for the research project. Even she doesn't know how far he will go to reach his goal. IRONSIDE: TAGGED FOR MURDER When George Bellingham is electrocuted in his own pool Detective Sgt Ed Brown refuses to accept the accidental death verdict and discusses his suspicions with Ironside. They track down a series of mysterious numbers on the dead mans watch which leads them to some former friends of Bellingham's including a retired general who tells the strange story of a robbery in the closing days of the war. With special guest star Bruce Lee. KOJAK: BIRTHDAY PARTY Kojak's young niece Ellena is kidnapped during her birthday picnic by an unidentified woman. The kidnappers call Kojak's office threatening the safety of the child unless one of their accomplices being held for the murder of a policeman is released immediately from the precinct house. A furious Kojak works against the clock to discover the identity of the kidnappers and save his niece. With special guest star Richard Gere.
Features the four episodes 'Drug Pushing Teenager' 'Assault And Robbery' 'Big Betty' and 'Big Number'.
Harry Woltz is a homocide detective with a secret life; a life in which his addiction to gambling and the high life have left him with a large debt to the thuggish owners of the Tom Tom Club. Now they demand he pay-up but he can't. So Harry is offered an alternative...
In Bud the C.H.U.D. a couple of high-school kids loose the cadaver for the next day's science experiment, then hit on a plan to steal a body from the local hospital to replace it. Unfortunately what they dont know is that the hospital is home to a rather more sinister and dubious military trial, the sole remaining C.H.U.D (Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dweller), who has been cryogenically frozen after the experiment went horribly wrong. Unwittingly they thaw Bud the C.H.U.D, who has the rebel-boy charm of James Dean and the personal tastes of Hannibal Lector. Bud then lumbers off on a cannibalistic rampage infecting everyone he munches on (including the family dog) and turning the town into a whole army of C.H.U.Ds. Only the Colonel (played with great melodramatic gusto by Robert "Napoleon Solo" Vaughn) and the kids who unleashed him can save the town from a fate worse than death. This tongue-in-check schlock horror movie is worth watching just for the late-80s nostalgia, the performances are clichéd and the plot wafer thin, but the humour hits the spot and Brian Robbins as the eponymous Bud positively eats his way into your heart. On the DVD: the DVD is unfortunately devoid of any special features other than a filmography and the film stock has a kind of graininess that comes from being low budget (rather than purposefully art house). It wont be to everyones taste but you cant beat the pure entertainment factor of a cannibalistic poodle. --Kristen Bowditch
In the course of one intense hilarious week from Sunday to Saturday Johnny (Mike Starr) must use all his wits and charms to pay off a debt in a comic plot that snowballs into a suspenseful climax. Johnny is the owner of a deli a middle aged happy-go-lucky perpetually-behind-the-eight-ball kinda guy... a gambler with a heart of gold. Johnny's mother has been giving her son a week for years to play a special number - but Johnny stopped playing the number five years ago. The inevitable day comes when Mrs Amico's number comes up and he scrambles to raise the money...
John Wayne - The Restored Collection' brings The Duke's classic early westerns to DVD as they have never been seen before. Using the original negatives held in the vaults of Republic Studios the films have been remastered to a standard of the highest possible quality. In Texas Terror the sheriff keeps his town crime free. But soon he's on the trail of a gang of villains responsible for murder. The Dawn Rider finds a man setting out to avenge the death of his father. In The Trail Beyond a cowboy travels to Canada to look for missing relatives.
Harry Bliss (Nicholson) is the owner of the House of Bliss Guard Dog Agency he's a liar and smart with it. Life's far from perfect and his marriage is on the rocks but hey he's seeing a marriage guidance counsellor. When a famous opera singer Joan Spruance (Ellen Barkin) starts to receive mysterious phone calls and her house is ransacked she moves into the Hollywood home of her sister Andy (Beverly D'Angelo). However life with her sibling is no easier. Besieged by Andy's ex-lovers harassed by her own husband and stalked by a killer she decides to hire protection -a guard dog! Harry is soon offering more than protection to the sexy Joan in this wacky entertaining comedy.
Girl Next Door (Dir. Luke Greenfield 2004): Matthew never saw her coming...but all his friends had! Teenager Matthew's dreams come true when a former porn star moves in next door. However after falling in love with her Matthew finds out that he's going to have to do a whole lot of crazy things to keep her! This DVD boasts an 'Uncut' version of the film which includes all the bits that you couldn't get to see in the cinema! Say It Isn't So (Dir. James B. Rogers
In 1959 screenwriter Rod Serling first opened the door to the "dimension of imagination" that is The Twilight Zone, a show quite unlike anything that had gone before, and better than much that has followed in its wake. This original and daring television series ran for a magnificent five seasons from 1959 to 1964 and still looks as fresh as ever, particularly on DVD. What distinguished the series (and still does) is the quality of the scripts, many of which were penned by Serling, but with significant contributions from veteran sci-fi authors and screenwriters such as Richard Matheson. Actors of the calibre of Robert Redford, Burgess Meredith, Lee Marvin and William Shatner gave some of their best small-screen performances, while an unforgettable main title theme by Bernard Herrmann and musical contributions from young turks such as Jerry Goldsmith underlined the show's attraction for great creative talent both behind and in front of the cameras. On the DVD: A neat animated menu with a winking eye guides the viewer "Inside the Twilight Zone", which consists of digests of background information on the individual episodes, as well as a general history of the show, a season-by-season breakdown and a potted biography of Serling. --Mark Walker
Hugh Grant stars in this adaptation of the Nick Hornby novel about a feckless, wealthy, single 30-something who invents an imaginary son as a way of meeting available single parents, and consequently develops a friendship with a troubled 12 year old boy.
Jack Bruce is best known in his most famous role as bass player and lead vocalist in the power super group Cream with Ginger Baker and Eric Clapton. Bruce wrote most of Cream's aroiginal material including the classics Sunshine Of Your Love White Room Politician and I Feel Free. Cream sold over 35 million albums and were awarded the first ever Platinum disc with their album Wheels Of Fire. DVD 1: Grugahalle Essen (1980) - 105 minutes. White Room Post War Hit And Run Runnin
Some Like It Hot (Dir. Billy Wilder 1959): Nominated for 6 Academy Awards and winner for costumes Some Like It Hot is the quintessential madcap farce from legendary director Billy Wilder and screenwriter I.A.L. Diamond. With dazzling performances by Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis and a memorably comic turn by Marilyn Monroe Some Like It Hot is not only one of Wilder's funniest satires but is one of the greatest of all film comedies. When Chicago musicians Joe and Jerry accidentally witness a gangland shoting they quickly board a southbound train to Florida disguised as Josephine and Daphne the two newest - and homeliest - members of an all-girl jazz band. their cover is perfect... until a lovelorn singer falls for ""Josephine"" an ancient playboy falls for ""Daphne"" and a mob boss who refuses to fall for their hoax wants them put on ice for good! The Misfits (Dir. John Huston 1961): A down-on-her-luck divorced woman meets and falls for a disenchanted outcast cowboy who earns his living by capturing wild mustangs. When she witnesses this cruel spectacle she teams up with a jaded rodeo performer in an attempt to free the horses. Last screen appearance for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe who was married to playwright Arthur Miller during the course of the filming.
Honeymoon With Mom
Zulu is one of the great movies, an epic adventure of courage in the face of incredible odds. Based on a true story, it tells the amazing tale of 100 British soldiers who stood fast against an overwhelming force of 4,000 of the Zulu nation's mightiest warriors in the defence of Rorkes Drift in 1879.Set amongst the stunning South African scenery, Zulu is a landmark action film and a fitting tribute to some of the most magnificent acts of heroism in the history of warfare. Michael Caine's role as the arrogant but courageous Lt. Bromhead brought him international fame, and there are powerful performances from other great British actors including Stanley Baker and Jack Hawkins.
The last of the original Andy Hardy films which had seen fifteen releases in nine years sees Andy (Mickey Rooney) return home from the Second World War and enrol into college. As he also wishes to rekindle his relationship with Kay Wilson (Bonita Granville) he selects the same college as she is attending for his higher education hoping it will also be the path to true love.
A man with a screenplay to sell sets out to find a backer. Unfortunately all those he approaches with money and influence insist that the screenplay be 'sexed up' and made more violent...
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