From writer, executive producer and series showrunner, Veena Sud (Cold Case), The Killing is based on the wildly successful Danish television series Forbrydelsen and tells the story of the murder of a young girl in Seattle and the subsequent police investigation.The Killing ties together three distinct stories around a single murder including the detectives assigned to the case, the victim's grieving family, and the suspects.Set in Seattle, the story also explores local politics as it follows politicians connected to the case. As the series unfolds, it becomes clear that there are no accidents; everyone has a secret, and while the characters think they've moved on, their past isn't done with them.
Pierce Brosnan returns for his second stint as James Bond in Tomorrow Never Dies and he's doing it in high style with an invigorating cast of co-stars. It's only appropriate that a Bond film from 1997 would find Agent 007 pitted against a media mogul (Jonathan Pryce) who's going to start a global war--beginning with stolen nuclear missiles aimed at China--to create attention-grabbing headlines for his latest multimedia news channel. It's the information age run amok and Bond must team up with a lovely and lethal agent from the Chinese External Security Force (played by Hong Kong action star Michelle Yeoh) to foil the madman's plot of global domination. Luckily for Bond, the villain's wife (Teri Hatcher) is one of his former lovers and, at the behest of his superior "M" (Judi Dench), 007 finds ample opportunity to exploit the connection. Although it bears some nagging similarities to many formulaic action films from the 90s, Tomorrow Never Dies (with a title song performed by Sheryl Crow) boasts enough grand-scale action and sufficiently intelligent plotting to suggest the Bond series has plenty of potential to survive into the next millennium. Armed with the usual array of gadgets (including a remote-controlled BMW), Brosnan settles into his role with acceptable flair and the dynamic Yeoh provides a perfect balance to the sexism that once threatened to turn Bond into a politically incorrect anachronism. He's still Bond, to be sure but he's saving the world with a bit more sophisticated finesse. --Jeff Shannon --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. On the DVD: Somewhat disappointingly there is no specific "making-of" documentary for Tomorrow Never Dies: instead we get a generic "Secrets of 007" made-for-US-television feature, a promotional piece that does however include footage from the set of TND. There is also a very brief special effects reel, which highlights the novel (for a Bond movie) use of CGI, as well as a breakdown of key sequences with their storyboards. Elsewhere, composer David Arnold enthuses about writing Bond music from a fan's perspective and Sheryl Crow's music video is included as are theatrical trailers and a text piece on some of the gadgets. There are two commentaries: the first from producer Michael Wilson and stunt coordinator Vic Armstrong; the second has director Roger Spottiswoode in conversation with "friend and colleague" Dan Petrie Jr. Only die-hard fans would have wanted both, the rest may find themselves switching between the two. The film, of course, looks and sounds stunning. --Mark Walker
Four young people are caught in a tug-o-war of evil between an Imperial Wizard and a corrupt General. With the help of the kind Wizard Ning escapes from jail where he was unjustly put. On the run he meets a young scholar and two sisters who are trying to rescue their father from the ruthless General... A second all-action instalment of the saga of the supernatural from Ching Siu-Tung the action director of such classics as Hero House Of Flying Daggers
True Legend is the extraordinary journey of a man - a martial arts hero - whose greatest dream is to create a unique school of martial arts for the world to follow. All his life Su Can has been pursuing the summit in martial arts. There are two things he holds dearest to his heart - the dream of creating a unique kind of martial arts that will pass on to generations; and his beloved wife. Su has a happy family and his wife is the joy of his life. But owing to a turn of fate and Su's own stubbornness he loses his wife and his family is destroyed. After losing his wife Su cannot live with himself and collapses totally. He is drunk all the time and becomes a crazy beggar in everyone's eyes. Everyday his young son ties him with a piece of rope and leads him through the streets greeted by people's curious and disdainful gazes. But all this time during his spiritual exile his dream for the highest peak in martial arts is still alive. In his madness Su continues his practice to perfect his skills and fists.
While celebrating with her friends in her new apartment on the thirteenth floor, a young girl unexpectedly jumps off the balcony committing suicide. Her mother goes insane and her older sister, decides to investigate her mysterious death. She finds that there have been many suicides of young women living in Apartment 1303...
Nick’s a lucky guy. Tonight he’ll be having dinner with Jill Goddard the hottest actress on earth. She’s promoting her latest movie and he’s won the main prize in an online contest. Then he gets a call. Some guy named Chord explains that dinner has been cancelled. And it’s Jill’s fault: she’s a high- maintenance diva and everybody hates her guts. Chord says he can make up for it. He offers Nick the tools to spy on Jill from his computer for the rest of the night in a way that no fan could dare dream of. The terrible truth begins to reveal itself. It looks like Chord has set up the whole situation with Nick playing a part in a much bigger plan...
Filmmaker Davis Guggenheim reminds us that education "statistics" have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN.
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Pierce Brosnan leaps into action as Agent 007 in this spectacular thrill ride of death-defying stunts unstoppable action and amazing high-tech gadgets in the most electrifying Bond film yet. Someone is pitting the world's superpowers against each other - and only James Bond can stop it. When a British warship is mysteriously destroyed in Chinese waters the world teeters on the brink of World War III - until 007 zeros in on the true criminal mastermind. Bond's do-or-die mission takes him to Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) a powerful industrialist who manipulates world events as easily as he changes headlines from his global media empire. After soliciting help from Carver's sexy wife Paris (Teri Hatcher) Bond joins forces with a stunning yet lethal Chinese agent Wai Lin. In a series of explosive chases brutal confrontations and breathtaking escapes they race to stop the presses on Carver's next planned news story: global pandemonium! With powerhouse action sequences including a wild motorcycle pursuit through (and over!) Saigon Tomorrow Never Dies sees Bond back to his best in this high-octane action adventure. With powerhouse action sequences including a wild motorcycle pursuit through (and over!) Saigon 'Tomorrow Never Dies' sees Bond at his best in this high-octane adventure.
Samuel L Jackson and Colin Farrell swagger through S.W.A.T., a guns-and-big-trucks macho extravaganza based on the 1970s TV show of the same name, in which police teams are brought in to take care of extremely dangerous situations. Jackson plays a sergeant brought out of retirement to form a new squad, which includes rebellious Farrell and tough babe Michelle Rodriguez. After a lot of training and head-butting with a smarmy police captain, the squad gets assigned to transfer the head of a European crime cartel (Olivier Martinez) who's declared on television that he'll give $100 million to anyone who gets him out. Every scumbag in Los Angeles descends to claim the money, turning a routine transfer into a bullet-filled gauntlet. Despite some gaps in logic and a generic flavour, S.W.A.T. will satisfy most action-movie junkies. --Bret Fetzer
From the burning cities of East Germany during World War II to London's swinging 60s-era, a young man searches for love and freedom.
A harsh, cutting, and wickedly funny look into the darker side of show business, Swimming with Sharks tells the story of a naive and eager assistant (Frank Whaley) and his slide into the cut-throat world of Hollywood power struggles. Whaley goes to work for a top movie executive (Kevin Spacey) who almost immediately begins to wear down his new assistant's exuberance with his whining, egomaniacal tantrums and relentless verbal abuse, even as he promises his young charge a chance to move up the ladder. Culminating in a violent and ultimately ironic confrontation between mentor and protégé, this brutal 1994 black comedy benefits from some razor-sharp writing and terrific comic turns from both Whaley (Hoffa) as one whose idealism is irrevocably shattered, and Spacey (Seven, L.A. Confidential), deliciously funny as a caustic, belligerent, and ultimately sad figure. A savage indictment of both the movie business and the price of ambition, Swimming with Sharks is one of the best black comedies in recent years. --Robert Lane
A devastating comet strike two years ago has resulted in a world of famine drought and rampaging disease. Mankind's survival rests with seven human guinea pigs who carry immunity to the deadly virus who enlist the help of a bounty hunter...
Four short fables in which characters collide with fate - and each other - comprise "The Air I Breathe" an ambitious and absorbing drama from debuting director/writer Jieho Lee.
The Fast And The Furious (Dir. Rob Cohen 2001): Roaring along at breakneck speed Dom (Vin Diesel) and his crew meet on the streets of L.A. each night to show off their high-powered racers. When new guy Brian (Paul Walker) wants to add his fuel to the fire he can't getup the money to race but offers up his car as collateral. In their tiny jacked compacts Dom Brian and Edwin (Ja Rule) burst into a high-gear race with Brian nearly beating perennial champion Dom. But in the final moments he loses the race and his car. Brian's debt is quickly cleared however when he saves Dom both from the cops and from a potentially violent encounter with Johnny Tran (Rick Yune) a rival gang lord. Dom takes Brian under his wing - a decision that disgusts his gang but delights his sister Mia (Jordana Brewster). 2 Fast 2 Furious (Dir. John Singleton 2003): Now an ex-cop on the run Brian O'Connor (Paul Walker) hooks into outlaw street racing. When the Feds strong-arm him back O'Connor's no rules; win-or-die skills are unleashed against an international drug lord. With his velocity-addicted buddy (Tyrese) riding shotgun and a drop-dead gorgeous undercover agent (Eva Mendes) dialling up the heat 2 Fast 2 Furious accelerates the action into a desperate race for survival justice... and mind blowing jaw-dropping speed! The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (Dir. Justin Lin 2006): Shaun Boswell has always been an outsider. A loner at school his only connection to the indifferent world around him is through illegal street racing - which has made him particularly unpopular with the local authorities. To avoid jail time Shaun is sent out of the country to live with his uncle in the military in a cramped apartment in a low-rent section of Tokyo. In the land that gave birth to the majority of modified racers on the road the simple street race has been replaced by the ultimate pedal-to-the-metal gravity-defying automotive challenge... drift racing a deadly combination of brutal speed on heart stopping courses of hairpin turns and switchbacks. For his first unsuccessful foray in drift racing Shaun unknowingly takes on D.K. the ""Drift King "" with ties to the Yakuza the Japanese crime machine. The only way he can pay off the debt of his loss is to venture into the deadly realm of the Tokyo underworld where the stakes are life and death.
A young surfer rallies his friends to stop a billionaire from rewriting history as a way to horde Helium 3, the clean energy of the future. Click Images to Enlarge
Fast & Furious feels like something of a reunion for the popular franchise. After neither filled out the starring roles in the third film, Tokyo Drift, both Vin Diesel and Paul Walker returned to the franchise for this fourth, and between them managed to power it to become the most successful in the series to date. With Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster also returning, Fast & Furious goes back to the streets where the series started, as once-rivals Diesel and Walker face, for the first time, a shared enemy. This, of course, is just the necessary groundwork before all concerned can jump into a series of impressive vehicles and drive them really, really quickly. Which, of course, they do. Its brilliantly shot, too, with razor-sharp editing, fast pacing and some outstanding camerawork that leaves you feeling at the very heart of the action. Theres not a great script underpinning it all, and a few more action sequences wouldnt hurt, but the slower moments are ably carried by the returning cast. Its hard to work out whether Fast & Furious needed Diesel and Walker the most, or whether the actors themselves needed the film, but marrying them all together really does pay dividends. Naturally enough, theres scope left behind for a fifth film, which given the major success that Fast & Furious deservedly enjoyed is no threat whatsoever. It might not be anywhere near the most intelligent film youll see in your life, but its a movie that knows what it wants to do, and has a great deal of fun doing it. More, please --Jon Foster
I Know What You Did Last Summer (Dir. Jim Gillespie 1997): On the magic Summer's night of high school's end Julie Helen Ray and Barry get into Barry's new Beamer and drive out to celebrate their lives and hopes before them. But on the road they have a terrible accident; hit and kill a man. In the shock and panic that follow they dump the body in the sea rather than reporting the accident. As the body sinks the hand of the dead man breaks the surface in a last grasp at life then disappears into the murky depths. The four friends realise they are now guilty of murder and swear to take their secret to their graves. But now someone is stalking them someone who knows who they are knows what they did last Summer and seeks revenge... I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (Dir. Danny Cannon 1998): Remember Ben Willis? He's the fisherman who killed the boy who was driving the car when it went off the road in the fatal accident that killed his daughter Sara. He's the man in the slicker with a hook in his hand ready to exact bloody justice. Well he's back.... I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer (Dir. Sylvain White 2006): When a seemingly harmless Fourth of July prank goes horribly wrong resulting in the death of a friend four teenagers from a small Colorado town agree to take their secret to the grave... Come the next Fourth of July the group of friends are going to find themselves fighting for there very lives as a terrifying killer stalks each and every one of them. It's a race against time to uncover the malevolent murderer before they all end up six feet under.
Gotham City faces two monstrous criminal menaces: the bizarre sinister Penguin (Danny De Vito) and the slinky mysterious Catwoman (Michelle Pfeiffer). Can Batman (Michael Keaton) battle two formidable foes at once? Especially when one wants to be mayor and the other is romantically attracted to Gotham's hero? Like the Academy Award winning 1989 original Batman Returns is directed by movie-making wizard Tim Burton. And like the first blockbuster it's a dazzling adventure that leaves you breathless.
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