Return to Oz is a 1985 live-action sequel that split critics and audiences alike: you don't fool with Mother Nature, spit into the wind, remake Casablanca, or trash the land of Oz. The 1939 classic musical is so beloved that it's almost impossible to imagine seeing Dorothy in shock therapy, a crumbled yellow brick road, the ruins of Emerald City, and the Tin Man turned into stone. But L Frank Baum, the author of the original Oz books, portrayed just that with his continuing stories of Dorothy. When you get by these tough facts, the film version is solid entertainment for the over-seven set. Dorothy (a 10-year-old Fairuza Balk in her debut) is back in Kansas, where Aunt Em (Piper Laurie) is at the end of her rope: her niece is not sleeping and going on about a place called Oz. Therapy may be the answer, but luckily the scary clinic goes dark before Dorothy can be, er, cured (but the lead-up will scare the munchkins out of most kids). She wakes up in the land of Oz, now in tatters, and searches for its king, the Scarecrow. A new set of friends, including a tin soldier, a talking chicken, and a pumpkin man, help her against new villains, including Princess Mombi (Jean Marsh)--complete with a set of detachable heads--and the evil Nome King (Nicol Williamson with a great assist from Will Vinton's Claymation). The sole directorial effort of Oscar-winning editor Walter Murch is stuffed with marvellous effects that foreshadow later works by Tim Burton and the Henson non-Muppet films. --Doug Thomas
Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer, Jay, is pressured by his partner, Gal, into taking a new assignment.
Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer, Jay, is pressured by his partner, Gal, into taking a new assignment.
Sci-fi action thriller in which a scientist creates an android version of herself and equips it with both the passionate emotions she lacks and a nuclear bomb. The trouble begins when the android, named EVE VIII (Renee Soutendijk), is taken out for a test run and ends up in the midst of a bank robbery where its internal bomb is accidentally activated. The situation escalates when EVE becomes emotionally unglued and launches into a destructive rampage while enacting out its repressed creator's darkest desires. Col. Jim McQuade (Gregory Hines) and EVE's creator Dr. Eve Simmons (also Soutendijk) are tasked with stopping her but can they succeed in outsmarting the android?
""Flintstones meet the Flintstones They're the modern stone-age family From the town of Bedrock They're a page right out of history Let's ride with the family down the street Through the courtesy of Fred's two feet When you're with the Flintstones Have a yabba-dabba-doo time A dabba-doo time You'll have a gay old time!"" This box set features all the episodes of The Flintstones Season 2. Originally released as an animated version of The Honeymooners. Hanna-Barbera's classic cartoon series has ofetn been credited as an inspiration for The Simpsons. . Living in the town of Bedrock modern stone-age family Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their goofy best-friend neighbours Barney and Betty Rubble comically trudge through prehistoric daily lives populated by animals-cum-household-appliances with refreshingly sophisticated zaniness and humor. Yabba dabba doo indeed! Episodes comprise: 1. Dino Goes Hollyrock 2. Fred's New Boss 3. Invisible Barney 4. Bowling Ballet 5. The Twitch 6. Here's Snow in Your Eyes 7. The Buffalo Convention 8. The Little Stranger 9. Baby Barney 10. Hawaiian Escapade 11. Ladies Day 12. Nuttin' But the Tooth 13. High School Fred 14. Dial S for Suspicion 15. Flash Gun Freddie 16. The Kissing Burglar 17. Wilma the Maid 18. The Hero 19. The Surprise 20. Mother-In-Law's Visit 21. Foxy Grandma 22. Fred's New Job 23. The Blessed Event 24. Carry On Nurse Fred 25. Ventriloquist Barney 26. The Big Move 27. Swedish Visitors 28. The Birthday Party
Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer, Jay, is pressured by his partner, Gal, into taking a new assignment.
Its creator made it in her own image. The military made it deadly. Now only one man can stop her! The perfect wartime machine Eve III is an android armed with a nuclear warhead designed to infiltrate any hostile area. When she is caught in the crossfire of a bank robbery she locks into battlefield mode and will self-destruct unless her creator and a counter-insurgency expert can overcome their personal differences and stop her.
James Fenimore Cooper's classic tale of the English Indian scout Hawkeye and his Mohican friends during the French and Indian War remains a favourite adventure.
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