From creator and Executive Producer Darren Star (Melrose Place Beverly Hills 90210) and based on the series of articles by Candace Bushnell ""Sex and the City"" stars Sarah Jessica Parker Kim Cattrall Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon in a hilarious outspoken and outrageous look at dating mating and relating in New York. ""Sex and the City"" goes places network television cant take you with this release of its entire first season--12 episodes on 2 discs. Sarah Jessica Parker stars as Carrie Bradshaw a New York-based writer who draws on her personal experiences--and those of her friends--for her newspaper column on the ""relationship"" habits of New Yorkers. Episodes comprise: 1. Sex and the City 2. Models and mortals 3. Bay of Married Pigs 4. Valley of Twenty-Something Guys 5. The Power of Female Sex 6. Secret Sex 7. The Monogamists 8. Three's a Crowd 9. The Turtle and the Hare 10. The Baby Shower 11. The Drought 12. Oh Come all ye Faithful
The fourth series of Sex and the City is just as smart and sexy as ever, mixing caustic adult wit and sharply observed situation comedy on the mean streets of Manhattan, though this time the quartet of singleton city girls must endure even tougher combat in the unending war of love, sex and shopping. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) finally seems to have found her ideal life partner when she is reunited with handsome craftsman Aidan. But can their relationship survive trial by cohabitation? Meanwhile Charlotte (Kristin Davis) seems to have both her dream Park Avenue apartment and a solution to her marital problems with Trey (Kyle MacLachlan), as well as conquering his fearsome mother. But when the subject of babies comes up everything starts to unravel for her, too. It's not just Charlotte having baby issues either: after what seems like an eternity of enforced sexual abstinence, Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) is horrified to discover she's pregnant. And as for the sultry Samantha (Kim Cattrall), she's on a quest for monogamy, first with an exotic lesbian artist then with a philandering businessman, with whom to her utter dismay she just might have fallen in love. --Mark Walker
Released to box-office indifference in 1986, Manhunter introduced Hannibal Lecter and established the rules of the modern race to find serial killer thriller five years before The Silence of the Lambs packed cinemas everywhere. This was Michael Mann's third feature, reuniting William L Petersen and Dennis Farina from his debut Thief (1981) as FBI agents hunting the killer dubbed "The Tooth Fairy". Petersen's Will Graham is the man who put Lecktor (as it is spelt here) behind bars, and as in Lambs consults with the Doctor, played with understated malevolence by Brian Cox. Manhunter is an exceptionally well-photographed film: Mann's regular cinematographer Dante Spinotti created sparse, elegantly framed, often mono-chromatically lit compositions which are essential to the shifting psychological moods. The performances are very good, and the typically 1980s, Vangelis-esque electronic score effectively sustains tension. Once the killer is introduced the scenes with Joan Allen have a genuinely unsettling, almost surreal quality. There is at least one serious plot flaw--how does "The Red Dragon" get his letter to Lecktor? Manhunter never packs the sheer excitement of Lambs, nevertheless, it is a powerful and compelling thriller which remains far superior to the third instalment in the series, Hannibal (2001). On the DVD: In addition to the trailer there is a revealing 10-minute conversation with Dante Spinotti in which he explains how he created the very distinctive look of Manhunter. Also included is a more general 17-minute retrospective "making-of" documentary. This is good but too short, the extras failing to live up to the wealth of material on the Lambs and Hannibal DVDs. The anamorphically enhanced 2.35:1 image is generally very good, being just a little soft in one or two early scenes. The sound is listed as Dolby Digital 5.1, but appears to replicate the main stereo signal in the rear channels. Audio is none the less powerful and clear, though lacks the sheer edge and atmospherics of some more recent thrillers. --Gary S Dalkin
In 'Grudge Match ' De Niro and Stallone play Billy 'The Kid' McDonnen and Henry 'Razor' Sharp two local Pittsburgh fighters whose fierce rivalry put them in the national spotlight. Each had scored a victory against the other during their heyday but in 1983 on the eve of their decisive third match Razor suddenly announced his retirement refusing to explain why but effectively delivering a knock-out punch to both their careers. Thirty years later boxing promoter Dante Slate Jr. seeing big dollar signs makes them an offer they can't refuse: to re-enter the ring and settle the score once and for all. But they may not have to wait that long: on their first encounter in decades their long-festering feud erupts into an unintentionally hilarious melee that instantly goes viral. The sudden social media frenzy transforms their local grudge match into a must-see HBO event. Now if they can just survive the training they may actually live to fight again.
Disgraced Admiral Yi is reinstated to lead a crippled Korean naval force against an impending Japanese invasion by sea. Having already suffered devastating losses Yi only has twelve ships to command against over three hundred Japanese vessels. Facing insurmountable odds Yi embarks with his men on a suicidal mission to stall the Japanese in their pursuit of Korean shores accepting their fate of almost certain death.
Young-nam was a top graduate of the Korean police academy, but due to misconduct is transferred to a post at a small seaside village. On her first patrol she encounters the mysterious Dohee; a young girl excluded by her local community. As Young-nam adapts to her new life, she witnesses Dohee's situation and is compelled to protect the girl from her family by letting her move in. All is well with this unconventional arrangement until Dohee's drunken father decides he wants her back.
Fifteen Minutes partners Robert De Niro and Saving Private Ryan's Edward Burns in a thriller satire on America's "reality TV" industry. De Niro plays celebrity detective Eddie Fleming, who must reluctantly work with arson investigator Jordy Warsaw (Burns) when a grisly fire is discovered to conceal a murder. This is the work of Emil (Karel Roden) and Oleg (Oleg Taktarov), East European psychos bent on a maniacal spree of killings. All of these are videotaped by Emil, who renames himself after his hero Frank Capra, in a perverse tribute to the US of A, where "no one is responsible for what they do!". Soon the duo decide to sell their footage to Kelsey Grammer's creepily shameless frontline TV journalist. As a pair of loons whose scariness is just the right side of cardboard villainy, Roden and Taktarov steal the movie as well as their camcorder. However, the central theme of voyeurism and video murder was dealt with far more effectively in the 1992 Belgian movie Man Bites Dog and, while the action tears along in explosive fashion, it does so at the expense of both plausibility and the anti-media satire, which seems hitched crudely onto the bumper of what is essentially a satisfying but conventional blockbuster thriller. --David Stubbs
In the fifth installment of the ""Amityville"" series six friends move into the infamous haunted home. Soon their lives are turned upside-down when supernatural forces residing in the cellar wreak bloody havoc upon them.
Christian Slater and Winona Ryder star in this black comedy set amidst the bitchy politics of high school.
Splash into nine full seasons!Join the HAWAII FIVE-0 elite team, protecting the Hawaiian islands from massive terrorist attacks, organised crime syndicates and scandalous government murders. Led by Steve McGarrett (Alex O'Loughlin), detective Danny "Danno" Williams (Golden GlobeT nominee Scott Caan*), Chin Ho Kelly (Daniel Dae Kim), Kono Kalakaua (Grace Park), Captain Lou Grover (Chi McBride), Tani (Meaghan Rath) and Junior (Beulah Koale). Experience all the explosive action, gripping drama and excitement in this Seasons 1-9 Collection, featuring the NCIS: Los Angeles crossover episode "Touch of Death", and the re-imagining of the classic 1973 episode "Hookman".
3...Extremes took you to the edge; now 3 Extremes II pushes you over with three more nightmarish tales of terror from Kim Jee-Woon (A Tale Of Two Sisters) Nonzee Nimiburr (Nang Nak) and Peter Ho-Sun Chan (producer of The Eye The Eye 2 and 3...Extremes). Memories: A woman wakes up on a street without memory and wanders the streets trying to contact the only phone number she has on her while her husband cannot remember why she left him...then discovers a mutilated body hidden in his car. The Wheel: Extravagant cursed puppets cause fires death physical pain and a little girl to be possessed. Going Home: A father in search of his missing son is abducted by a man who keeps his dead wife in his apartment under the impression she will ""wake up.""
Rich and successful with two lovely children, Robert and Linda Edelman seem to have the perfect marriage. But beneath the surface gloss lies another story; for years, Linda has suffered violent physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her husband. Finally, she summons the courage to file for divorce. But, with her marriage nearly over, the real nightmares begin. Enraged, Robert vows revenge on the wife who has dared to stand up to him. Determined to keep both his reputation and his child...
Director Barry Levinson treats The Natural as a kind of shrine to America's national pastime, baseball, complete with all the possible mythic resonance that can be gleaned from the subject. Fans of the Bernard Malamud novel may be dismayed, but anyone who fell for the similarly mythic Field of Dreams will be hooked. Levinson displays an unabashed devotion to the game, although the film could use more of the realities of chewing tobacco and pine tar. The story opens as a young man (Robert Redford, in soft lighting) emerges from the sun-dappled heartland as maybe the best baseball player anybody's ever seen. On his way to the majors, he is waylaid by an enigmatic black widow (Barbara Hershey) and vanishes for many years. When he re-emerges, a silent mystery, he lands a spot with a New York team and begins tearing up the league--he's still the natural. Redford is fine, and Kim Basinger and Oscar-nominated Glenn Close are effective as the women in his life. The crowning touch is the soaring, extraordinary music by Randy Newman, the singer-songwriter turned orchestral composer. --Robert Horton, Amazon.com
Director Curtis Hanson and a terrific cast serve up a thrilling tale of police corruption and Hollywood glamour in this film of James Ellroy's novel. Three cops (Kevin Spacey Russell Crowe Guy Pearce) a call girl (Kim Basinger) a mysterious millionaire (David Strathairn) a tabloid journalist (Danny DeVito) and the Chief of Detectives (James Cromwell) fuel a plot rife with mystery ambition romance and humour. The film captured 1998 Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Basinger) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson).
The bizarre world you met in 'Planet of the Apes' was only the beginning... What lies beneath may be the end! The second installment in the Planet Of The Apes series. Here an earthling sent to find the astronauts of the original film discovers not only a world of intelligent talking apes but an underground cult of grotesque ""humans"" who are the survivors of a nuclear blast years ago. Unfortunately these mutants worship a nuclear bomb a weapon which not only is the
Se Hee (Sung Hyun Ah) and Ji Woo (Ha Jung Woo) have been together for years but their relationship is slowly dying down their love changing into a mere mildly pleasing familiarity. To solve her problems Se Hee makes a drastic decision: change her facial appearances completely through plastic surgery and start a new life. Weeks later Ji Woo meets a strange waitress at a cafe. She calls herself Sae Hee and even though he's never seen her before something feels strangely familiar...
Recently widowed and bringing up two teenage children local general practitioner and forensic surgeon Dr. Paul Dangerfield is a morose and brooding man dedicated to his profession sometimes at the cost of his personal relationships. Episodes Comprise: 1. Police Brutality 2. The Accidental Shooting 3. A Patient's Secret 4. Victim of Rape (1) 5. Victim of Rape (2) 6. Peeping Tom
The complete first series of familial mishaps with the dysfunctional Porter family! On the Surface the Porters are a normal family - indeed even the series' title 2 Point 4 Children the fabled average family size alludes to their normality (as well as the fact that the husband/father is still a bit of a child himself). Yet though the individual members - central-heating engineer Ben; his wife catering worker Bill; and their teenage children David and Jenny - are unexceptional t
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The second longest running drama in TV history and cultural phenomenon that defined nighttime drama is finally coming to DVD! Dubbed ""The Original Desperate Housewives"" (William Heck USAToday) Knots Landing depicts the lives and loves of five suburban families who live in this always interesting upper-middle class southern California cul-de-sac. Episodes Comprise: 1. Pilot 2. Community Spirit 3. Let Me Count The Ways 4. The Lie 5. Will The Circle Be Unbroken 6. Home Is For The Healing 7. Land Of The Free 8. Civil Wives 9. The Constant Companion 10. Small Suprises 11. Courageous Convictions 12. Bottom Of The Bottle: Part 1 13. Bottom Of The Bottle: Part 2
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