After building up the duo's popularity through recordings and several performances on Saturday Night Live, John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd--as "legendary" Chicago blues brothers Jake and Elwood Blues--took their act to the big screen in this action-packed hit from 1980. As Jake and Elwood struggle to reunite their old band and save the Chicago orphanage where they were raised, they wreak enough good-natured havoc to attract the entire Cook County police force. The result is a big-budget stunt-fest on a scale rarely attempted before or since, including extended car chases that result in the wanton destruction of shopping malls and more police cars than you can count. Along the way there's plenty of music to punctuate the action, including performances by Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, and James Brown that are guaranteed to knock you out. As played with deadpan wit by Belushi and Aykroyd, the Blues Brothers are "on a mission from God," and that gives them a kind of reckless glee that keeps the movie from losing its comedic appeal. Otherwise this might have been just a bloated marathon of mayhem that quickly wears out its welcome (which is how some critics described this film and its 1998 sequel). Keep an eye out for Steven Spielberg as the city clerk who stamps some crucial paperwork near the end of the film.-- Jeff Shannon
Last Man Standing K-1 2002 - Battle Of Britain: Heavyweight Martial Arts Tournament - 8 men enter - 1 man survives! K-1 fuses centuries of tradition from the martial arts into a thoroughly modern and electrifying spectator sport. The K-1 World Grand Prix is a heavyweight tournament with rules that are acceptable to all standing martial arts. The letter K appears in Karate Kung Fu Kickboxing and Taekwondo and the number 1 simply means the best and the strongest martial arti
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They are mutants, genetically gifted human beings - the worlds newest and most persecuted minority group.
This dark melodrama based on the John Patrick story 'Love Lies Bleeding' stars Barbara Stanwyck as the wonderfully wicked Martha Ivers a wealthy and domineering woman who controls a small town after inheriting a large family fortune. She lives with her weakling husband a district attorney running for mayor played by Kirk Douglas in his feature film debut - a role that's an unusual departure from his later work. What no one in the town knows however is that Stanwyck and Dougl
Rock had arrived - and in 1964 and 1965 thirteen of the world's top teenage recording acts were assembled for two spectacular shows.The TAMI and TNT shows were the greatest dance concerts ever filmed. Now they are together in one rock 'n' roll extravaganza featuring 37 of the sixties red hot chart toppers. Rock legend Chuck Berry introduces all 13 artists whose exceptional vintage performances make it clear why these groups influenced an entire generation and are still making the top ten today!
Seven unlikely heroes band together to battle oppression in this epic tale from China.
Three fab DVDs from those heroes in a half shell. Featuring Volumes 5 and 6 and the Movie
Scarface: In the spring of 1980 the port at Mariel Harbour was opened and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami... wealth power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name - Scarface! Al Pacino gives an unforgettable performance as Tony Montana one of the most ruthless gangsters ever depicted on film in this gripping crime epic inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title. Casino: Robert De Niro Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in Director Martin Scorsese's riveting look at how blind ambition white-hot passion and 24-carat greed toppled an empire. Las Vegas in 1973 is the setting for this fact-based story about the Mob's multi-million dollar casino operation - where fortunes and lives were made and lost with a roll of the dice...
Not since the legendary London Rock 'N' Roll show of 1973 have so many peerless masters of classic rock been gathered together on the one stage. The Giants of Rock 'N' Roll is just that - the gathering together of the main movers of the music that shook and continues to shake the world. From the primal shrieks of the ever-explosive Little Richard to the metronomic rock riffs of Bo Diddley the fluid emotive blues of B.B. King the funky New Orleans melting pot gumbo of Fats Domino the Steamy gettin' down funk of James Brown the masterful jazz tingle of Ray Charles and the keyboard thumping thunder of Jerry Lee Lewis The Giants of Rock 'N' Roll is a rockin' rhythm feast for the senses.
Field Of Dreams (Dir. Phil Alden Robinson 1989): 'Field of Dreams' begins in an Iowa cornfield when Ray Kinsella hears a mysterious voice - ''If you build it he will come'' and sees a brief vision. With the support of his wife Annie Ray Kinsella pursues his dream and encounters several memorable characters along the way Terence Mann a legendary yet reclusive author ''Doc'' Graham and the infamous Shoeless Joe Jackson. 'Field of Dreams' is the story of a simple Iowa farmer who against all odds finds the courage to believe in his dreams. For The Love Of The Game (Dir. Sam Raimi 1999): Legendary Detroit Tigers pitcher Billy Chapel (Kevin Costner) has always been better at baseball than at love. Just ask Jane (Kelly Preston) his on-again off-again girlfriend. At the end of a disappointing season just before what may be the last professional game of his life Jane tells Billy she's leaving him. Now with his career and his love life in the balance Billy battles against his physical and emotional limits as he plays the game of his life. And now with every pitch Billy comes closer to making the most important decision of his life. The suspense doesn't end until the last ball is thrown in this heartwarming drama about love life and the perfect game.
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