Released in 1971 (the same year Straw Dogs and A Clockwork Orange hit the screens, which must make 71 the annus mirabilis for violent films set in Britain), Get Carter opens with gangsters leering over pornographic slides and ends on a filthy, slag-stained beach in Newcastle. It's a low-down and dirty movie from beginning to end, and possibly the grittiest and best film of its kind to come out of Britain. The granddaddy of Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and all its ilk, director Mike Hodges' Get Carter offers revenge tragedy swinging-60s style, all nicotine-stained cinematography, shabby locations and the kind of killer catchphrases Vinnie Jones would die for ("You're a big man, but you're in bad shape. With me, it's a full-time job. Now behave yourself", says Michael Caine's deadpan anti-hero Carter before inflicting a few choice punches on Brian Mosley, aka Coronation Street's Alf Roberts, to name but one example from Hodges and Ted Lewis' exquisitely laconic script). Presenting the dark horse in his family of loveable Cockney geezer roles (Alfie, The Italian Job), Michael Caine plays the title role of Jack Carter, a man so hard he barely registers a flicker of regret watching a woman he's just had sex with plunge to her death. After taking the train up to Newcastle as the credits roll and Roy Budd's chunky bass-heavy theme tune plays, Carter returns to his hometown to attend his brother's funeral and investigate the circumstances of his death. Not that he's all that sentimental about family: he shaves nonchalantly over the open coffin, and shows affection to his niece Doreen (Petra Markham) by cramming a few notes in her hand and telling her to "be good and don't trust boys". Gradually, Carter unravels the skein of drugs, pornography and corruption tangled around his brother's death, which brings him up against supremely oleaginous kingpin Kinnear (played by the author of Look Back in Anger John Osborne) among others. A remake starring Sylvester Stallone is in the offing, but quite frankly it will be a 30-degree (Celsius) Christmas night in Newcastle before Hollywood could ever make something as assured, raw and immortal as this. --Leslie Felperin
The Carnival has come to town and it's a chance to see all sorts of exciting things! There is Mr. Bull's Jazz Band, Miss Rabbit as the Carnival Queen and even a very special appearance from Mr. Potato, showing off his very large balloon! Peppa and her family are also going on some exciting days out! They visit Tiny Land, where they see their favourite tiny landmarks, and go on a trip to the caves where Daddy pig braves the scary Ride of Doom'! Plus more fun stories
Life On Mars is the smash-hit cop show starring John Simm as a detective who is involved in a car accident and wakes to find himself transported back to 1973, a world dominated by Ford Cortinas, sheep-skin jackets and very hard coppers.
John Simm continues into a second thrilling series as Sam Tyler a driven and ambitious young detective determined to keep the streets of 21st Century Manchester safe. But after a near fatal car accident he has waken up dazed and confused in 1973. Has he gone back in time? Is he in a coma? Or has he simply gone insane? In an archaic CID unit he still must adapt to their old-fashioned technologies and etiquettes while working on some of the hardest cases in which he's ever been involved....
1966s Cast a Giant Shadow is based on Ted Berkmans biography of Colonel "Mickey" Marcus, the American soldier who served as an adviser in the fight to establish the state of Israel in 1948. It stars Kirk Douglas as the likeable "stiffneck" and WWII veteran persuaded to take up the cause. Israel back then was depicted as a negligible military force under threat of extinction at the hands of its Arab neighbours, hamstrung by a UN embargo on arms supplies. It takes Douglas at his most square-jawed to see off the Egyptian military and defy a blockade to beat a path through to Jerusalem. This is not cinema verité but Hollywood. Marcus dilemma--to settle into peacetime in America or follow his more natural, combative instincts abroad--is symbolised by a love triangle, involving wife Angie Dickinson and Santa Berger as Magda, the soldier whom he falls for in Palestine. Although lavish and spectacular, especially in the war scenes--filmed in the actual Middle Eastern locations in which they occurred--Cast a Giant Shadow is not entirely authentic (for a start, theyre driving 1950s vehicles in the 40s). Moreover, in the light of later troubles in the region, not everyone will be heart warmed by this depiction of plucky little Israel coping against Arab foes who are barely depicted as human throughout the film, merely as tanks and gunfire. Still, its an impressive enough relic of epic 1960s cinema, with cameos from Yul Brynner, John Wayne as Marcus wartime general, and Frank Sinatra as a pilot scattering the enemy by dropping soda dispensers on them. On the DVD: Cast a Giant Shadows restoration here is visually immaculate. The mono sound, however, is often indistinct, with a good deal of sibilant hiss. Disappointingly, the only extra is the original trailer.--David Stubbs
John Schlesinger's trailblazing Oscar winner, a touchstone of the New American Cinema explosion, in a new 4K restoration. One of the British New Wave's most versatile directors, JOHN SCHLESINGER (Billy Liar) came to New York in the late1960s to make Midnight Cowboy, a picaresque story of friendship that captured a city in crisis and sparked a new era of Hollywood movies. JON VOIGHT (Coming Home) delivers a careermaking performance as Joe Buck, a wideeyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy city women; he finds a companion in Enrico Ratso Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida, played by DUSTIN HOFFMAN in a radical departure from his breakthrough in The Graduate. A critical and commercial success despite controversy over what the MPAA termed its homosexual frame of reference, Midnight Cowboy became the first Xrated film to receive the best picture Oscar, and decades on, its influence still reverberates through cinema. Features: New 4K digital restoration, with an uncompressed monaural soundtrack Alternate 5.1 surround soundtrack, presented in DTSHD Master Audio Audio commentary from 1991 featuring director John Schlesinger and producer Jerome Hellman New selectedscene commentary by cinematographer Adam Holender The Crowd Around the Cowboy, a 1969 short film made on location for Midnight Cowboy ï· Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey, an Academy Award-nominated documentary from 1990 by Eugene Corr and Robert Hillmann Two short 2004 documentaries on the making and release of Midnight Cowboy Interview with actor Jon Voight on The David Frost Show from 1970 Interview from 2000 with Schlesinger for BAFTA Los Angeles Excerpts from the 2002 BAFTA LA Tribute to Schlesinger, featuring Voight and actor Dustin Hoffman Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Mark Harris
This seminal 1988 thriller made Bruce Willis a star and established a new template for action stories: "Terrorists take over a (blank), and a lone hero, unknown to the villains, is trapped with them." In Die Hard, those bad guys, led by the velvet-voiced Alan Rickman, assume control of a Los Angeles high-rise with Willis's visiting New York cop inside. The attraction of the film has as much to do with the sight of a barefoot mortal running around the guts of a modern office tower as it has to do with the plentiful fight sequences and the bond the hero establishes with an LA beat cop. Bonnie Bedelia plays Willis's wife, Hart Bochner is good as a brash hostage who tries negotiating his way to freedom, Alexander Godunov makes for a believable killer with lethal feet, and William Atherton is slimy as a busybody reporter. This film is exceptionally well directed by John McTiernan. --Tom Keogh
ALL 4 ACTION-PACKED MOVIES FROM THE TRANSFORMERS SAGA TRANSFORMERS From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes a thrilling battle between the AUTOBOTS⢠and the DECEPTICONSâ¢. When their epic struggle comes to Earth, all that stands between the evil DECEPTICONS⢠and ultimate power is a clue held by Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf). Join the fight for mankind in the extraordinary adventure that is this summer's coolest film FHM. TRANSFORMERS 2- REVENGE OF THE FALLEN The battle for Earth continues in this action-packed blockbuster from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg. When college-bound Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers, he must accept his destiny and join Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in their epic battle against the Decepticons, who have returned stronger than ever with a plan to destroy our world. TRANSFORMERS 3- DARK OF THE MOON A mysterious event from Earth's past threatens to ignite a war so big that the TRANSFORMERS alone will not be able to save the planet. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and the AUTOBOTS⢠must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the DECEPTICONS'⢠all-consuming evil in the smash hit from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg. TRANSFORMERS 4- AGE OF EXTINCTION From director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg comes the hugely entertaining* Transformers: Age of Extinction. With humanity facing extinction from a terrifying new threat, it's up to Optimus Prime and the Autobots to save the world. But now that the government has turned against them, they'll need a new team of allies, including inventor Cade Yeager ( Mark Wahlberg ) and the fearsome Dinobots!
After being murdered for quitting his role as a ruthless yet moral government assassin, Al Simmons (Michael Jai White) is sent to Hell, where he makes a pact with the demon Malebolgia--if Simmons is allowed to see his lover, Wanda, again, he will agree to lead the demon's armies to storm the gates of Heaven. Transformed into a superhuman entity with shape-shifting powers and quick regeneration capabilities, Simmons (soon to be dubbed "Spawn" by Malebolgia's crony, the Violator) returns to Earth and attempts to reunite with Wanda, not knowing that five years have passed. He also seeks revenge on his former boss and killer, Jason Wynn (Martin Sheen), who has made a deal with the Violator to develop a lethal virus to take over the world, where Wynn is promised to be king. Spawn wages an inner battle between good and evil as he tries to come to terms with selling his soul and what it could mean for humankind. Despite excellent special effects and great potential, Spawn seems to come up short. While White certainly displays verve in his characterisation of the twisted hero, he cannot overcome some forced dialogue. On the flip side, the usually engaging John Leguizamo portrays the sinister Violator--an evil monster masquerading as a rotund, weird-looking clown--as an irritating lackey who spews overbearing sarcasm and incessantly banal one-liners. Admitted, many of Spawn's action sequences are fun, and the transitions effectively brisk, but more could have been done to explore how Simmons grapples with his humanity in these daunting circumstances. But if you want sizzling action sequences and digital effects, this film should keep you happy. --Bryan Reesman
Why settle for one slice of pie when you can have four? This over-the-top, outrageous foursome of all American Pie Presents movies including Band Camp, The Naked Mile, Beta House and The Book of Love follows the hilarious and heartwarming antics of Erik Stifler and the Stifler clan. Whether it's spending a summer at the infamous band camp, running a mile in the buff, pledging a raucous fraternity, or discovering the Book of Love, the laughs just keep coming in this sexy and sidesplitting four-movie collection presented on Blu-ray for the first time by 88 Films. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS ¢ High Definition Blu-Ray (1080p) presentations of all four straight to video films ¢ Original lossless 5.1 / stereo audio options ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Rigid Slipcase packaging featuring original artwork by Tommy Pocket ¢ 80 Page Perfect Bound Book featuring an array of Behind the Scenes and Promotional Images from the four films ¢ DISC ONE -Â BAND CAMP ¢ High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of both the R-Rated and Unrated versions available via seamless branching ¢ 5.1 DTS-HD MA Soundtrack ¢ 2.0 DTS-HD MA Soundtrack ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ This One Time Writing Band Camp, an interview with screenwriter Brad Riddell ¢ Outtakes ¢ Deleted Scenes ¢ Band Camp Dirty Diary ¢ Poolside with the Playmates ¢ Band Camp's Dirty Secrets ¢ Rover Cam Uncut! ¢ Baby Got Back Music Video ¢ Unrated Love Lessons with Ginger Lynn ¢ Trailer ¢ Image Gallery ¢ DISC TWO -Â THE NAKED MILE ¢ High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of both the R-Rated and Unrated versions available via seamless branching ¢ 5.1 DTS-HD MA Soundtrack ¢ 2.0 DTS-HD MA Soundtrack ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Another Hot Slice - Directing The Naked Mile, an interview with Joe Nusbaum ¢ Stifler Rock - Composing The Naked Mile and Beta House, an interview with Jeff Cardoni ¢ The Yoga Guide for Getting Girls ¢ The Bare Essentials ¢ Deleted and Extended Scenes ¢ Outtakes ¢ Little People, Big Stunts ¢ Life on the Naked Mile ¢ Trailer ¢ Image Gallery ¢ DISC THREE -Â BETA HOUSE ¢ High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of both the R-Rated and Unrated versions available via seamless branching ¢ 5.1 DTS-HD MA Soundtrack ¢ 2.0 DTS-HD MA Soundtrack ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Audio Commentary with Director Andrew Waller, Writer/Co-Producer Erik Lindsay & Cast Members John White, Steve Talley, Jake Siegel, Meghan Heffern and Nic Nac ¢ Let The Games Begin - Directing beta house, an interview with Andrew Waller ¢ Revenge of the Nerd - Acting in Beta house, an interview with Nick Nicotera ¢ This is Sex, Not Shakespeare - Writing The Naked Mile and Beta House, an interview with Erik Lindsay ¢ Deleted Storylines ¢ Deleted Scenes ¢ Outtakes ¢ Exclusive Interview with Noah Levenstein ¢ Beta House - Not Just Another Slice of Pie featurette ¢ American Pie Presents: A Public Service Announcement short ¢ Ugo's foxy Fan on the Set ¢ Music Video Won More Time by God Made Me Funky ¢ Music Video Luv T'day by God Made Me Funky ¢ Trailer ¢ Image Gallery ¢ DISC FOUR -Â THE BOOK OF LOVE ¢ High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of both the R-Rated and Unrated versions available via seamless branching ¢ 5.1 DTS-HD MA Soundtrack ¢ 2.0 DTS-HD MA Soundtrack ¢ Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing ¢ Deleted Scenes ¢ From the Set ¢ On the Set ¢ Just the Tips: The Love Manual ¢ American Pie Trivia ¢ Gag Reel ¢ American Pie-cons ¢ Trailer ¢ Image Gallery
They're baaaaack! The ghastly ghosts and edge-of-your-seat suspense that made you cringe and cower in the original return in this heart-pounding other-worldly sequel filled with jolting state-of-the-art special effects. The Freeling family may have settled into a new home... but the spirts of the dead have not given up their desire to possess Carol Anne. Led by Kane a demon disguised as a preacher the spirts attempt to convince Carol Anne to join them on ""the other side"". But when
An all-access look into the life of a sporting icon featuring all new, neve before seen footage. Filmed over the course of several years, this feature documentary chronicles the astonishing rise of one of the most prolific, controversial, talented, outspoken and entertaining characters currently traversing the sporting and cultural landscape. From claiming benefits, a plumbing apprenticeship and small-scale fights in Dublin to Rolls Royces, casinos in Las Vegas and multi-million-dollar fight purses, this is the ultimate account of the incredible ascent of the Notorious Conor McGregor.
John Wayne teams with William Holden and eminent western director John Ford for this frontier actioner. Written by John Lee Mahin and Martin Rackin this faithful representation of one of the most daring cavalry exploits in history is both a moving tribute to the men who fought and died in that bloody war and a powerful action-packed drama. Based on an actual Civil War incident The Horse Soldiers tells the rousing tale of a troop of Union Soldiers who force their way deep into Sou
Tuck into the whole pie. Here they are all frantically funny and deliciously sexy slices of American Pie available together. Join the fun and experience everything from prom night and summer vacation to marriage and babies in this unforgettable collection packed with bonus features that every self-disrespecting pie love must own.
An assassin, betrayed and murdered by his boss, receives the chance to return from Hell--if he helps Satan conquer the world as the Spawn. Based on the comic book by Todd McFarlane, this action thriller tells the story of the burnt, scarred, Hellspawn, who keeps performing heroic deeds despite the best efforts of his demon guide and the unattainable temptation to return to his former life. Extras: Commentary featuring creator Todd McFarlane, director Mark A.Z. Dippé, producer Clint Goldman and visual effects supervisor Steve Spaz Williams Interview with Todd McFarlane The behind-the-scenes Making of Spawn featurette Spawn sketch gallery with over 200 original concept illustrations Scene-to-storyboard comparisons Original Todd McFarlane sketches Filter & The Crystal Method music video Original theatrical trailer And more
A mysterious event from Earth's past threatens to ignite a war so big that the Transformers alone will not be able to save the planet. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and the Autobots must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the Decepticons all-consuming evil in the smash hit from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
Brewster (Pryor) a lowly pitcher with the minor league Hackensack Bulls baseball team suddenly is left $300 million by a distant relative. But there's a catch; he must spend $30 million in thirty days without having any assets to show for it. And if he reveals it to a soul the real reason why he's throwing away all his cash he will forfeit everything! So aided and abetted by his team mate Spike (Candy) and a stream of hangers-on Brewster begins a spending spree that would bring a
The first, and only, X-rated film to win a best picture Academy Award, John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy seems a lot less daring today (and has been reclassified as an R), but remains a fascinating time capsule of late-1960s sexual decadence in mainstream American cinema. In a career-making performance, Jon Voight plays Joe Buck, a naive Texas dishwasher who goes to the big city (New York) to make his fortune as a sexual hustler. Although enthusiastic about selling himself to rich ladies for stud services, he quickly finds it hard to make a living and eventually crashes in a seedy dump with a crippled petty thief named Ratzo Rizzo (Dustin Hoffman, doing one of his more effective "stupid acting tricks," with a limp and a high-pitch rasp of a voice). Schlesinger's quick-cut, semi-psychedelic style has dated severely, as has his ruthlessly cynical approach to almost everybody but the lead characters. But at its heart the movie is a sad tale of friendship between a couple of losers lost in the big city, and with an ending no studio would approve today. It's a bit like an urban Of Mice and Men, but where both guys are Lenny. --Jim Emerson
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