Struggling filmmakers - Kennedy, Cory and James - finally catch the break they were looking for when they are hired to shoot a 'behind-the-scenes' documentary for a major studio production. But their dream job quickly turns into a nightmare when they explore the legendary, haunted location and find something far worse than anything Hollywood could create. Terror becomes reality for the filmmakers as they uncover the malevolent secrets of the hospital, and the sinister doctor who once ran it. Trapped inside the hospital with no apparent way out, our crew is tormented by the evil, unspeakable fear.
Jaws revolutionised Hollywood, single-handedly invented the summer blockbuster, spawned three increasingly poor sequels, and became the first film to gross more than 100 million dollars. Unlike many recent blockbusters, however, in Jaws the audience really cares about the fate of the men engaged in their duel with the monster. Granted the shark looks fake, but we willingly suspend our disbelief as storytelling and character development count for far more than mere special effects, adding enormously to the movie's suspense, excitement and sheer terror. The cast and screenplay are exemplary, but it was Steven Spielberg who emerged as the film's true star, while John Williams' unforgettable Oscar-winning score made him almost as much of as household name as the young director.On the DVD: For a Steven Spielberg movie and an all-time classic, this 25th Anniversary Edition release is impressive, but not all it could be. The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 ratio picture is superb, as is the re-mixed Dolby Digital 5.1 sound (the film was originally released in mono). It is a joy to see the film's picture and sound quality rescued from years of television and VHS screenings, offering a reminder of what all the fuss was about in the first place. The deleted scenes are quite interesting, offering more background on Brody, Hooper and Quint, including the latter's bizarre vocal duel with a boy playing the recorder! The four photo galleries are good, but some captions would have helped enormously. Disappointingly, there's no director's commentary, the best extra being a 50-minute documentary, "The Making of Jaws". This is excellent, and quite different from the BBC television production, "In the Teeth of Jaws". Even if you've seen that, there's much more to learn here. --Gary S. Dalkin
This new CGI comedy tells the simple story of a 10 year-old boy... his robot dog... battling evil... rescuing his parents... saving the Earth... and returning home in time for dinner!
1876, the Black Hills of South Dakota. In an age of plunder and greed, the richest gold strike in American History draws a throng ofrestless misfits to an outlaw settlement where everything and everyone has a price. Welcome to Deadwood ... a hell of a place to make your fortune.Timothy Olyphant, Ian McShane, Molly Parker and Keith Carradine star in Deadwood.
When talk radio host Emma Lloyd (Uma Thurman) advises one of her listeners to break up with her boyfriend (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), the jilted ex sets about getting his revenge.
In the first season, the hosts didn't understand the nature of their reality. They didn't have an element of choice. All that changes with the pull of a trigger. In Season Two, chaos takes control as the rancher's daughter, Dolores Abernathy (series star EVAN RACHEL WOOD) takes charge, Maeve Millay (series star THANDIE NEWTON) is on a mission and the mysterious Man in Black (series star ED HARRIS) is back. A dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness, the birth of a new form of life on Earth, and the evolution of sin, the series also stars JEFFREY WRIGHT, JAMES MARSDEN, TESSA THOMPSON, LUKE HEMSWORTH, RODRIGO SANTORO and more.
A Christmas Story takes us back to the innocent days of 1940s American,a time when all a young boy wants for Christmas is a BB gun. Young Ralphie has his heart set on getting one and he sets out on a full scale offensive to make sure his wish comes true. Product Features 4K: Commentary by Bob Clark and Peter Billingsley Blu-ray: Commentary by Bob Clark and Peter Billingsley A Christmas Story Featurette A History Deleted Scene Get a leg up The leg lamp spot Jean Shepherd original radio reading Theatrical trailer
Judged entirely on its own merits, Jaws 2 isn't a bad film. It even has some passably scary moments (Brody discovering a charred body in the waves; the swimming boy racing the shark back to his dinghy). But it's absolutely impossible to judge this movie on its own merits. Despite being given a great big Panavision camera to play with director Jeannot Szwarc can't hide his TV-movie origins, nor can the script, both of which spend far too long landlocked with the bickering inhabitants of Amity Island. Where the original film boldly set out to sea with Robert Shaw's Ahab-like Quint, in a misplaced desire to attract a teenage audience this movie dwells at interminable length on the courting rituals of the local youth; where Spielberg's original is a masterpiece of pacing and carefully timed tension-building, Jaws 2 sags terribly whenever the plastic shark swims out of sight. Roy Scheider comes off best, reprising his role as Chief Brody, while Lorraine Gary's role as his wife is expanded (she must be a glutton for punishment: she also starred in Jaws 4: The Revenge). Taken as a sequel Jaws 2 is inferior in every way; taken as an unassuming TV movie it's a respectable, workmanlike effort; but looking forward at what was to follow, it begins to look like a minor masterpiece. --Mark Walker
Based on Liane Moriarty's bestselling book, this subversive, darkly comedic dramaseries tells the tale of three mothers of first-graders whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder. Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley head up a stellar cast in this Monterey-set dramathat begins with a suspicious homicide at an elementary-school fundraiser. Though the victim and the perpetrator initially remain a mystery, it appears that the murder was spawned by rivalries and secrets surrounding the trio of young moms.
Inspired by the 1973 motion picture of the same name, Westworld is a one-hour drama series about a futuristic theme park populated by artificial beings. Written and directed by Michael Crichton this dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the evolution of sin is set at the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past. It explores a world in which every human appetite, no matter how noble or depraved, can be indulged. 1. Pilot 2. Chestnut 3. The Stray 4. Six Impossible Things 5. Contrapasso 6. Trace Decay 7. Trompe L'Oeil 8. The Adversary 9. Job's Root 10. The Bicameral Mind.
Welcome to Maplin's Britain's favourite holiday camp where the sun-drenched summer never ends. Here we find our heroic Yellow Coats involved in all kinds of jolly japes and comic capers in the chalets in the Hawaiian Ballroom and all around the Olympic-sized swimming pool. So roll up your trousers and get those knobbly knees out it's time for a complete season of fun and frolics - come on campers Hi-De-Hi!
Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley star in an HBO limited drama series that tells the darkly comedic story of three northern-California mothers whose seemingly perfect lives unravel to the point of murder. In addition to Witherspoon (Oscar®-winner for Walk the Line, Oscar®-nominated for Wild) as Madeline, Kidman (Oscar®-winner for The Hours, HBO's Hemingway & Gellhorn) and Woodley (Divergent series, Golden Globe-nominated for The Descendants), the cast includes Alexander Skarsgård (True Blood, The Legend of Tarzan) as Perry, Celeste's handsome yet volatile husband; Laura Dern (Oscar®-nominated for Wild, Emmy®-nominated for HBO's Enlightened) as Renata Klein, a high-powered career mom; Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation) as Ed, Madeline's current husband; James Tupper (Revenge) as Nathan, Madeline's ex; Zoe Kravitz (the Divergent films) as Bonnie, Nathan's new wife; and Kathryn Newton (Supernatural) as Abigail, Madeline's teenaged daughter. Big Little Lies is based on the bestselling 2014 novel by Australian author Liane Moriarty. Big Little Lies is directed by Jean-Marc Vallée (Oscar®-nominated for Dallas Buyers Club) and written by Emmy®-winner David E. Kelley (Ally McBeal). EPs include Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Bruna Papandrea, Per Saari, David E. Kelley, Jean-Marc Vallée and Gregg Fienberg. Episodes: Episode 1: Somebody's Dead Episode 2: Serious Mothering Episode 3: Living the Dream Episode 4: Push Comes to Shove Episode 5: Once Bitten Episode 6: Burning Love Episode 7: You Get What You Need Extra Content: Inside the Episodes About Big Little Lies
The team behind Re-Animator turn up the H.P. Lovecraft dial to 11 to bring you a true tour-de-force of the horror genre, From Beyond. Directed by Stuart Gordon we follow a group of scientists who have created The Resonator, a machine which allows humans to view things outside of perceptible reality. But what they see is way outside their wildest nightmares and soon creep into their reality. With copious amounts of latex and bare flesh, From Beyond adds a raw, contemporary touch to the original story as well as barnstorming performances from Jeffrey Combs and Barbara Crampton.New 4K remaster from the Original Negatives presented in Ultra High Definition (2160p) in 1.85:1 Aspect RatioPresented in High Dynamic Range (HDR10) LPCM Stereo DTS-HD MA 4.0 (LCRS) DTS-HD MA 5.1 Optional English Subtitles ¢ Audio Commentary by Kim Newman and Sean Hogan Audio Commentary by Stuart Gordon, Bryan Yuzna, Barbara Crampton & Jeffrey Combs Don't Bite the Pineal Gland - Jeffrey Combs on From Beyond All Aboard the Love Machine - Barbara Crampton on From Beyond Back From Outer Space - Ken Foree on From Beyond Monster Unleashed - Brian Yuzna on From Beyond Reflections with Stuart Gordon A Director's Perspective Lost and Found Interview with Composer Richard Band Storyboards Intro and Storyboard Comparison Original Trailer Stills Gallery Reversible sleeve featuring brand-new art by Ilan Sheady and original art
From the award winning team that brought you GRAVITY comes a tense cat and mouse thriller set on the US/ Mexican Border. Moises (Gael Garcia Bernal, Mozart in The Jungle) is traveling by foot with a group of undocumented workers across a desolate strip of the border between Mexico and the United States, seeking a new life in the North. They are discovered by a lone American vigilante, Sam (Jeffrey Dean Morgan, The Walking Dead) and a frantic chase begins. Set against a stunningly brutal landscape, Moises and Sam engage in a lethal match of wits, each desperate to survive and escape the desert that threatens to consume them.
Fortune comes with a price. 1876 the Black Hills of South Dakota. In an age of plunder and greed the richest gold strike in American History draws out a throng of restless misfits to an outlaw settlement where everything-and everyone-has a price. Welcome to Deadwood...a hell of a place to make your fortune. Episodes Comprise: 1. A Lie Agreed Upon (Part1) 2. A Lie Agreed Upon (Part2) 3. New Money 4. Requiem For A Gleet 5. Complications 6. Something Very Expensive 7.
There's Something About Mary is one of the funniest films in years, recalling the days of the Zucker-Abraham-Zucker movies, in which (often tasteless) gags were piled on at a fierce rate. The difference is that co-writers and co-directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly have also crafted a credible story line and even tossed in some genuine emotional content. The Farrelly brothers' first two pictures, Dumb and Dumber and Kingpin, had some moments of uproarious laughter, but were uneven. With Mary, they've created a consistently hilarious romantic comedy, made all the funnier by the fact that you know that they know that some of their gags go way over the line. Cameron Diaz stars as Mary, every guy's ideal. Ben Stiller plays a high-school suitor still hung up on her years later; the obstacles standing between him and her include a number of psychotic suitors, a miserable little pooch and, oh yeah, a murder charge. The Farrellys' admittedly simplistic camera work, which adapts easily to a TV screen, and the fact that you'll likely to laugh yourself so silly over certain scenes you'll want to replay them to see what you were missing while you were busy convulsing, make this a perfect film for home-viewing. --David Kronke, Amazon.com
Originally released in 1974, The Odessa File is set in Hamburg a decade earlier. Its starting-point is the Nazi support network Odessa, and its involvement with Egyptian plans to destroy Israel. Peter Miller is a freelance journalist whose interest appears initially to be a professional one, before a personal dimension finally becomes apparent in his confrontation with SS Captain Roschmann. Kenneth Ross adapts a well-honed screenplay from Frederick Forsyth's bestseller, and director Ronald Neame captures a typically Cold War sense of individuals and organisations playing out a scenario of political right and wrong. John Voight, long before he became a cameo star, makes a sympathetic lead, able to judge between the moral and material aspects of his profession. Mary Tamm is photogenic, if uninvolving, as his girlfriend, while Maximillian Schell is a convincing Nazi stereotype. Andrew Lloyd-Weber contributes a serviceable score, centred on the catchy "Christmas Dream" sung by Perry Como. Not a classic suspense thriller, but an enjoyable and thoughtful one. On the DVD: the letterbox widescreen format preserves the 2.35:1 aspect ratio of the cinema release with decent if not exceptional clarity, with optional 16:9 TV enhancement. There are French, German, Italian and Spanish overdubs, and subtitles in 21 languages. Detailed filmographies for Neame, Voight and Schell are included and the theatrical trailer is to the point in a way they so rarely are these days. --Richard Whitehouse
After Rick Grimes wakes up from a coma to discover the world has been ravaged by a zombie apocalypse, he leads a group of survivors as they attempt to sustain and protect themselves, not only against attacks by walkers but by other groups willing to ensure their survival by any means necessary. Based on one of the most successful and popular comic books of all time, written by Robert Kirkman, The Walking Dead vividly captures the tension, drama and devastation following a zombie apocalypse.
Season 1 1876. The Black Hills Indian Cession, two weeks after Custer's last stand. Witness the birth of an American frontier townand the ruthless power struggle between its just and unjust pioneers. In an age of plunder and greed, the richest gold strike in American history draws a mob of restless misfits to an outlaw set tlement where everything and everyone has a price. The settlers, ranging from an ex-lawman to a scheming saloon owner to the legendary Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane, share a constant restlessness of spirit, and survive by any means necessary. W elcome to Deadwood... a hell of a place to make your fortune. Season 2 1877. A new day is dawning in the Black Hills outlaw camp of Deadwood. F or better or worse, times are changing, and the transformation from camp to town is imminent. Unsavoury new arrivals looking to cash in on the lucrative anarchy and a government of outsiders usher in an era of hard decisions and brutal power struggles among the camp's founders. Seth Bullock is the new Sheriff and forced to stand his ground against two conniving brothel owners: cutthroat Al Swearengen, and his chief rival, the cunning Cy T olliver. The women of Deadwood prove their mettle as Calamity Jane, Alma Garret, T rixie and Joanie stake their claim in this dangerous town of scheming misfits, all learning the hard way fortune comes with a price Season 3 The lawless era in Deadwood is coming to an end. As the town's first elections approach, it becomes apparent that, like it or not, civilisation is on its way. But a civilised town is not necessarily a peaceful town, and the power struggles that determine the fate of Deadwood have never been more brutal. A ruthless newcomer, businessman George Hearst, threatens to reshape the town in his own image, forcing Deadwood's settlers including the steadfast lawman Seth Bullock and the cutthroat saloon owner Al Swearengen to form strategic alliances if they expect to thrive, and survive. While bloody conflicts change the face and fate of the town, the citizens of Deadwood come to the harsh realisation... some fortunes are better left unclaimed.
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