When The Shawshank Redemption was released in 1994, some critics complained that this popular prison drama was too long (142 minutes) to sustain its plot. Those complaints miss the point, because the passage of time is crucial to this story about patience, the squeaky wheels of justice and the growth of a life-long friendship. Only when the film reaches its final, emotionally satisfying scene do you fully understand why writer-director Frank Darabont (adapting a novella by Stephen King) allows the story to unfold at its necessary pace. Tim Robbins plays a banker named Andy who is sent to Shawshank Prison on a murder charge, but as he gets to know a life-term prisoner named Red (Morgan Freeman), we soon realise his claims of innocence are credible. We also realise that Andy's calm, quiet exterior hides a great reserve of patience and fortitude, and Red comes to admire this mild-mannered man who first struck him as weak and unfit for prison life. So it is that The Shawshank Redemption builds considerable impact as a prison drama that defies the conventions of the genre (violence, brutality, riots) to illustrate its theme of faith, friendship and survival. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Actor and Screenplay, it's a remarkable film (which many movie lovers count among their all-time favourites) that signalled the arrival of a promising new filmmaker. --Jeff Shannon
Sarah Hyland (Modern Family) and Matt Prokop (High School Musical 3: Senior Year) team up in this comedy about makeovers that really matter. After it girl Dylan (Hyland) accidentally drops her expensive handbag into the mall fountain, she's surprised when film geek Josh (Prokop) retrieves it for her. After Josh rescues her bag, Dylan jumps at the chance to be the subject of his new documentary. Dylan hopes the film will clinch her campaign for Blossom Queen-she claims that winning is her only life goal! Josh, meanwhile, plans to make a hard-hitting expose about popularity; but as he gets to know Dylan, he discovers that her real persona is more interesting than the faux facade she has created. At the last minute, Josh decides his film should introduce this awesome girl to the world, but how will Dylan react when she sees it? Also featuring 10 episodes of the hit series Shake It Up for over 5 hours of content!
Documentary filmmaker Robert Mugge explores the juke joints of Mississippi in this fascinating documentary tracing the origins of the blues down to the nearly extinct clubs where many bluesmen first made their names. Actor Morgan Freeman introduces us to his own club which attempts to recapture some of the original spirit and passion of the old juke joints sparking a lengthy voyage of discovery for Mugge and his team.
Charlie Parker was a creative talent who would explore invent and push the boundaries of phrasing improvisation and tempo further than anyone before and then further still and his influence on jazz today when played by any musician of note can still be heard today. Despite his early death there is a wealth of recorded material to testify why he is considered the true genius behind modern jazz. This tribute in recognition of the man and his music was recorded featuring a number of
Dr Alan Grant (Sam Neill) returns in this sequel, and after a plane crash finds himself once again leading a team of people as they try to avoid all sorts of deady new dinosaurs.
All Clara wants is a key a one-of-a-kind key that will unlock a box that holds a priceless gift from her late mother. A golden thread, presented to her at godfather Drosselmeyer's annual holiday party, leads her to the coveted key - which promptly disappears into a strange and mysterious parallel world. It's there that Clara encounters a soldier named Phillip, a gang of mice and the regent who preside over the three Realms: Land of Snowflakes, Land of Flowers and Land of Sweets. Clara and Phillip must brave the ominous Fourth Realm, home to the tyrant Mother Ginger, to retrieve Clara's key and hopefully return harmony to the unstable world. Features: On Pointe: A Conversation With Misty Copeland Unwrapping The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Deleted Scene: The Stahlbaums Arrive Follow Your Ribbon Clara Asks About Her Mother Left, Left, Left, Left, Left Out With The Old Music Video - Fall On Me Performed by Andrea Bocelli Featuring Matteo Bocelli Music Video - The Nutcracker Suite Performed by Lang Land
People come. People go. Nothing ever happens, one world-weary patron (Lewis Stone) of Berlin's finest hotel comments. Movie audiences knew better. They were witnessing the glorious comings, goings and intersecting stories of a starry array billed as the greatest cast in stage or screen history! Ruined aristocrat John Barrymore. Terminally ill clerk Lionel Barrymore. Ruthless tycoon Wallace Beery. Scheming stenographer Joan Crawford. And disillusioned ballerina Greta Garbo. Teaming them was a masterstroke whose success fostered more star-packed extravaganzas. The radiant film captured the 1931-32 Best Picture Academy Award. What a grand showcase of the allure and style of classic movie-making! Special Features: Commentary by Jeffrey Vance and Mark A. Viera Behind the Story: Short Feature: Checking out: Grand Hotel Behind the Story: Short Feature: Hollywood Premiere of Metro Goldwyn Mayer’s Grand Hotel Behind the Story: Short Feature: Nothing ever happens Behind the Story: Short Feature: Just a word of warning Trailer: Grand Hotel (1932) Trailer: Week-End at The Waldorf (1945)
When five friends return home from a high school reunion it is clear between them they share a dark secret. Their bond of secrecy is put under threat as the story of a friend who was buried alive begins to surface. They must attempt to survive the dark forces that lead them back to the shallow grave as one grisly event after another continues to plague them...
Hillsong Live returns with a companion DVD to their new album A Beautiful Exchange. Recorded at Hillsong Church in Australia these powerful worship songs explore themes including sacrifice & redemption (A Beautiful Exchange) extraordinary love (Our God Is Love) and comforting hope (Forever Reign) which is the first radio single launching May 7. Led by well-known worship leaders Reuben Morgan Joel Houston and Darlene Zschech to name a few this Blu-ray delivers almost 120 minutes of moving worship music. Tracklisting: 1. Our God Is Love (Live) 2. Open My Eyes (Live) 3. Forever Reign (Live) 4. The One Who Saves (Live) 5. Like Incense/Sometimes By Step (Live) 6. The Greatness Of Our God (Live) 7. The Father's Heart (Live) 8. You (Live) 9. Love Like Fire (Live) 10. Believe (Live) 11. Thank You (Live) 12. Beautiful Exchange (Live) 13. Hillsong London The Answer (Bonus Feature) 14. Hillsong London God Our Salvation (Bonus Feature) 15. Hillsong London For All You Are (With You Are Good) (Bonus Feature) 16. Hillsong London All Things New (Bonus Feature) 17. Hillsong London Glorious One (With To Bring You Glory) (Bonus Feature) 18. Documentary A Beautiful Exchange: Behind the Scenes (Bonus Feature)
Dilema-Dick Tracey (Ralph Byrd) investigates the robbery of a shipment of furs where two guards have been viciously murdered. Tracy realizes he is dealing with a vicious criminal nicknamed The Claw who has a vicious hook instead of a hand. Gruesome-The square jawed detective goes up against Gruesome (Boris Karloff) who uses Dr.A.Tomic's experimental gas (which causes people to freeze) to commit daring bank robberies. Cueball-A diamong heist goes badly for the thief when he gets strangled by nasty psychopath Cueball who takes the ice for himself. When Cueball continues to murded people he believes are trying to swindle him. Dick Tracey. (Morgan Conway) allows his girlfriend Tess to act as a buyer for the gems but his plan backfires when she's captured by the homicidal Cueball.
Martin (Phifer) has spent his life being a good son a good brother and a good friend but his luck with women is all bad. The softly spoken art columnist hasn't had a date in three years since losing his fianc''e to bi-curiosity and when he meets Paula (Miller) the pretty young art professor who lives upstairs Martin's lack of experience is all too apparent. Enter brother Junnie (Andre B. Blake) an expert in scamming and scheming. This ultimate 'player' intends to teach Martin how to get any woman he wants. Sporting a new look and attitude Martin is becoming a regular Casanovaias he spends every night on the prowl with Junnie. But it isn't long before reality closes in. A missed deadline places his job in jeopardy he's losing the respect of his best friend and worst of all Paula is under the impression that he's a womanizer. Do nice guys really finish last? Is responsibility a blessing or a curse? And when is being a player just too much work?
Two brothers make it their life goal to track down the judge who sentenced them to an asylum. They are surprised to find out the judge is no pushover and they have a hard fight on their hands...
Featuring original footage exclusive interviews and tracks dedicated to Kurt this director's cut DVD music documentry is a moving tribute to Kurt the man and his music from those who were inspired by his extraordinary genius. Bringing together his peers his friends those close to the band and not forgetting the loyal fans who keep his memory alive. Nirvana exploded onto a music scene that had no mind no depth and no substance. A young audience sick to the teeth of formula pop and sugar-coated safe rock was quickly seduced by the dark and dangerous charisma of this loud angry band hailing from 'nowhere' USA. This band was different it was multi-dimensional the songs could be angry ugly or beautiful as hell: Kurt Cobain's voice and the thrashing guitars a nightmare or the saddest lament for lost humanity. These paradoxes were the driving force behind one of the best live bands of all time - a real fans' band that loved nothing better than to entertain an audience.
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Tracklist: 1. Fish - Slightly Alien 2. On My Head - Morgan 4 3. Dedicated - Jewels 4. Deadly Sins - Quince 5. Sublime Entity - Kaleida 6. If Everyday Was Friday - Friday 7. Driving Me Crazy - Strong 8. Identity - Vivid 9. Outside - Slightly Alien 10. Sleeping - Orange Spliff Fish 11. Letting Go - Zed 12. Happy Now - Ambershades 13. Up All Night - Dekoder 14. No No No - Jewels 15. Pleasure Seakers - Flawed 16. Understand - Gracie 17. Let It Be Me
Titles Comprise:Wanted: 25-year-old Wes (James McAvoy) was the most disaffected cube-dwelling drone the planet had ever known. His boss chewed him out hourly his girlfriend ignored him routinely and his life plodded on interminably. Everyone was certain this disengaged slacker would amount to nothing. There was little else for Wes to do but wile away the days and die in his slow clock punching rut. Until he met a woman named Fox (Angelina Jolie).After his estranged father is murdered the deadly sexy Fox recruits Wes into the Fraternity a secret society that trains Wes to avenge his dad's death by unlocking his dormant powers. As she teaches him how to develop lightning-quick reflexes and phenomenal agility Wes discovers this team lives by an ancient unbreakable code: carry out the death orders given by fate itself.The Incredible Hulk: The explosive action-packed adventure in one of the all-time most popular superhero sagas unfolds with a cure in reach for the world's most primal force of fury: The Incredible Hulk. We find scientist Bruce Banner (Edward Norton) living in shadows scouring the planet for an antidote. But the warmongers who dream of abusing his powers won't leave him alone nor will his need to be with the only woman he has ever loved Betty Ross (Liv Tyler).Upon returning to civilization our brilliant doctor is ruthlessly pursued by The Abomination - a nightmarish beast of pure adrenaline and aggression whose powers match The Hulk's own. A fight of comic-book proportions ensues as Banner must call upon the hero within to rescue New York City from total destruction...
Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook. Limited to 4000 Units. From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to The Fifth Element writer/director Luc Besson has created some of the toughest most memorable female action heroes in cinematic history. Now Besson directs Scarlett Johansson in Lucy an action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.
The evening was going to be a normal Blues Brothers tribute show for Oliver and Stanley Rosenblum, The Jews Brothers till their agent JJ decides to send them to a mythical western town called Eldorado. With Cannibals, music and dancing this is not what Oliver and Stanley expected, especially when they find out that they are the main course of the day. YES folks its Mamma Mia for horror fans... In this comedy horror musical with a touch of Rocky Horror and Blazing Saddles thrown in.
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