Tiles and tribulations... There is a dedicated community of people for whom Scrabble is more than a domestic nicety - it is an obsession. They devote years of their lives to mental and physical preparation and travel the country - some full-time - competing in cutthroat tournaments. The dictionary is studied with religious devotion each obscure word another weapon for the ultimate battle. For some the game keeps them teetering on the safe side of sanity. For others it has pushed them just over. Some scrape by on the meager winnings alone. In another corner of the Scrabble universe - New York City's Washington Square Park - you'll find a ragtag bunch oblivious to anything besides the games at hand - restaurateurs grizzled veterans the seemingly homeless - all obsessing about words with a Q but no U: QAT QAID QINTAR... This is Not your grandmother's Scrabble. Word Wars delves into both of these worlds focusing on four of the game's highest-ranked players as they advance from heated competition in neighborhood parks and clubs to highly organized regional and national tournaments culminating in the 2002 National Championship in San Diego where the top prize is $25 000 and an appearance on the Today Show. Word Wars is a thoroughly entertaining and hilarious look at the competitive world of Scrabble!
Everyone's falling in love with the wrong person in this hilariously hot all-star romantic comedy - A Pyromaniac's Love Story! William Baldwin stars as the outrageous Garet who tries to win the love of his sweetheart (Erika Eleniak) withia blazing crime of passion... but she's got the hots for Sergio (John Leguizamo) who's carrying a big torch for a hot-tempered waitress named Hattie (Sadie Frost)! Mixed-up romantic signals and comic confusion abound until the smoke finally clears a
To safeguard a priceless national treasure the Greek government has requisitioned the luxury cruise liner Argo Theti for use as an undercover cargo carrier.The plan falls apart when the cruise ship is attacked by a submarine belonging to a fanatical billionaire art collector Elgin Bates.During the assault a fuel tank is ignited blasting a gaping hole in the ship's hull.Oxygen is now the most valuable commodity for the surviving passengers and crew trapped in an airtight compartment below decks. As the oxygen decreases the massive ship succumbs to the pull of the ocean dropping ninety feet down and crashing onto a ledge overhanging one of the deepest tracts in the Aegean Sea.As the ship teeters over the gaping mouth of the abyss the pressure causes the hatches to blow. One after the other decks corridors and cabins are rapidly flooded.Underwater under pressure they're fighting for their lives in the cruel deep.
Harry Woltz is a homocide detective with a secret life; a life in which his addiction to gambling and the high life have left him with a large debt to the thuggish owners of the Tom Tom Club. Now they demand he pay-up but he can't. So Harry is offered an alternative...
In the course of one intense hilarious week from Sunday to Saturday Johnny (Mike Starr) must use all his wits and charms to pay off a debt in a comic plot that snowballs into a suspenseful climax. Johnny is the owner of a deli a middle aged happy-go-lucky perpetually-behind-the-eight-ball kinda guy... a gambler with a heart of gold. Johnny's mother has been giving her son a week for years to play a special number - but Johnny stopped playing the number five years ago. The inevitable day comes when Mrs Amico's number comes up and he scrambles to raise the money...
International criminals steal a Top Secret Defence microchip and after a high-speed car chase they are arrested and land in the same jail as Slick and Carny our two bungling dim-wits! Just before Slick and Carny are about to be released the criminals slip the microchip into Carny's food to smuggle it out. But the bowls get mixed up and the ciminals don't know which one ate the chip! Waiting outside to nab them are Miss Clorine the devious mastermind behind the heist of the microchi
In this drama a psychologist endeavours to balance his turbulent personal life, with those of his troubled patients. Unfortunately, he tends to get equally personally involved in both.
Tracklisting Includes: 1. Make Me a Pallet on Your Floor 2. Drop Down Mama 3. The Cuckoo 4. Railroad Bill 5. Street Corner Rag.
This imaginative comedy from director Barry Sonnenfeld (Get Shorty) is a lot of fun, largely on the strength of Will Smith's engaging performance as the rookie partner of a secret agent (Tommy Lee Jones) assigned to keep tabs on Earth-dwelling extra-terrestrials. There's lots of comedy to spare in this bright film, some of the funniest stuff found in the margins of the major action (a scene with Smith's character being trounced in the distance by a huge alien while Jones questions a witness is a riot.) The inventiveness never lets up, and the cast--including Vincent D'Onofrio doing frighteningly convincing work as an alien occupying a decaying human--hold up their end splendidly. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com On the DVD: This Collector's Edition disc contains a "Visual Commentary" that features director Barry Sonenfeld and actor Tommy Lee Jones in an anecdotal conversation, but with the unique twist that they are displayed as silhouettes on your TV screen (imagine you're sitting in the back row of the cinema and they are up front) using a pointer to highlight particular events on screen. If you have a widescreen TV, the menu prompts you to switch to 4:3 mode to see this. There is also a "Visual Effects Scene Deconstruction" in which the tunnel scene and the Edgar Bug fight scene are dissected into their constituent parts; an in-depth documentary, "Metamorphosis of MIB", which charts the progress of the concept from comic book to screen; five "Extended and Alternate" scenes; trailers, including a teaser for MIB II; and Will Smith's "Men in Black" music video. --Mark Walker
While camping Jean and her three friends are abducted by extra terrestrials. She returns to consciousness in a US Military Hospital especially designed to rehabilitate alien abductees. Her army interrogators soon resort to torture lobotomy and even the execution of uncooperative and mutated patients. Jean escapes only to discover the awful truth about the bloody conflict between humanity and the conquering forces of extraterrestrial evil.
I Need That Record! is a tour-de-force tale of greed media consolidation homogenized radio big box stores downloading and technological shifts in the music industry told through candid interviews crestfallen record store owners startling statistics and eye-popping animation.
Hitch (Dir. Andy Tennant 2005): In Andy Tennant's delightful romantic comedy Hitch Will Smith stars as Alex Hitchens an urban date doctor who helps the common man woo the woman of his dreams. Hitch will use any means necessary--dance lessons back waxing--to instill romantic confidence in his clientele. Why? He was once a lonely wallflower himself who learned about love and heartbreak the hard way. His latest project Albert Brennaman (Kevin James) may be his most difficult. Brennaman a junior accountant prone to clumsiness has fallen head-over-heels for one of his clients Allegra Cole (Amber Valleta) a well-known celebrity. To complicate things further Hitch's dating dogma is shaken when he meets and falls for a beautiful gossip columnist Sara Melas (Eva Mendes) whose sharp wit easily pierces his cool fa''ade. Conflict arises when Melas uncovers Hitch's true profession and blames him for her best friend being dumped. Men In Black (Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld 1997): Secret agents 'K' (Tommy Lee Jones) and 'J' (Will Smith) work for a highly funded yet unofficial government agency which tracks civilisation-infiltrating extraterrestrial. K and J must prevent an alien terrorist (Vincent D'Onofrio) from assassinating two galactic ambassadors on Earth for a conference dooming the Earth to certain destruction! Men In Black 2 (Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld 2002): Agent J and Agent K are back! Agent J (Will Smith) needs help with a new breed of alien terror intent on destroying the planet. He is sent to find Agent K (Jones) restore his memory and enlist him in the fight of a lifetime...
The exploits of two cousins as they try avoid being killed by the mob while at the same time preventing the mob leader's greatest ever heist.
Comedy Double Pack: Seriously Funny - Mike Reid / Live And Large In Blackpool - Ted Robins (2 Discs)
The Grinch: A foul-tempered green and hairy creature who lives on Mount Crumpit the Grinch hates Christmas almost as much as the residents of Whoville the town at the bottom of his mountain. One night he decides to steal Christmas away from the Whos by taking all their decorations presents and Christmassy things. However he soon learns a valuable lesson about the true spirit of the festive season! The Cat In The Hat: Grab a place on the couch or go find a seat for you're in for a wonderful Dr.Seuss treat! The Cat in the Hat who goes by that name is played by Mike Myers of comedy fame! It starts with two kids on a cold cold wet day. Their mum is at work and they've no games to play! Then in walks the fun in the form of a Cat who pulls out the laughs from the brim of his hat. Things really get wild when The Cat and his crew (who go by the names of Thing One and Thing Two) take over the house of Conrad and Sally in this fine family film that's right up your alley!
Ernest P. Worrell grows a hand out of the top of head and tries to destroy the world.... The funniest thing since the depression. From his neon lit cave Dr. Otto is on the verge of attaining his deranged dream of world domination. Can that bubble-headed Lance Sterling stop the diabolical scientist with fifteen fingers? Is Otto your old buddy Ernest? Will those wicked wenches ruin their beautiful manicures? If Lance can unravel the riddle without wrinkling his nose... if the
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