It's been called "the Ishtar of the 90s", but that's giving this film too much credit. Danny Glover and Joe Pesci (who could have used their Lethal Weapon series buddy Mel Gibson in here) star as slow-witted friends who take their dream fishing vacation in the Florida Everglades and end up having a series of disasters. The trouble is, director Christopher Cain can't get a handle on any of the comedy essentials for a project such as this. The result is a badly timed, badly toned, unfunny movie wasting a lot of great talent across the board. --Tom Keogh
When the Khmer Rouge captured the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh in 1975 many thought the killing would end. Instead it started a long nightmare in which three million Cambodians would lose their lives in the killing fields... 'The Killing Fields' is an epic true story of friendship and survival produced by David Puttnam (Chariots of Fire) and directed by Roland Joffe (The Mission). Sam Waterston plays Sydney Schanberg whose war coverage entraps him and other journalists in Cambodia'
Supposedly based on an actual event which remains unsolved to this day 'Picnic At Hanging Rock' is suffused with menace mysticism and languorous adolescent sensuality. In the year 1900 a group of schoolgirls set out on a St. Valentine's Day picnic from which two never returned. With this hauntingly beautiful film director Peter Weir marked the dawn of a new age in Australian cinema.
Disney's THE MUPPETS Complete 6 Movie Collection : The Muppets (2012) ; The Muppet Movie ; The Great Muppet Caper ; The Muppet Christmas Carol ; Muppet Treasure Island ; The Muppets Wizard of Oz. All in Fantastic Boxset (Individual Slimline cases) - Limited Release in UK (Region 2) in English.
From the makers of the highly successful cult classic TV series comes Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - one of the most outrageous, most irreverent, and most hilarious big-screen spoofs ever! A mad scientist, in his quest for world domination, concocts a diabolical scheme to subject the human race to the worst movie ever made: 1955's This Island Earth. It's up to one test subject's quick wit, sharp sense of humor, and utter intolerance for cinematic garbage to foil the plans of the scientist and to save the Earth. Experience the hijinks and low jabs of Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie - where the worse the movie is, the better time you'll have!
An Ivy League professor is lured back to his Oklahoma hometown where his twin brother a small-time pot grower has concocted a scheme to take down a local drug lord.
They were five students with nothing in common faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high-school library. At 7am they had nothing to say but by 4pm they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. John Hughes creator of the critically acclaimed Sixteen Candles wrote directed and produced this hilarious and often touching comedy.
Kermit's Swamp Years is the full-length version of a one-off American cable television feature that sets out to show us the formative years of the future host of The Muppet Show. Its focus is a childhood adventure involving Kermit and his two best friends: a somewhat delinquent frog called Croaker, and a tremulous toad named Goggles. Though the film was, obviously, made some years after the death of Kermit's creator, Jim Henson, the wit, spirit and joy that informed Sesame Street and The Muppet Show are all discernible here. Henson's resounding genius was to understand that children can tell when they are being treated like idiots, and that they don't much care for it, which is why The Muppet Show is still enjoyed by adults who grew up with the programme, and why none of those adults will object to sitting through Kermit's Swamp Years with their children. On the DVD: Kermit's Swamp Years is presented anamorphically in 1.78:1 widescreen. Extras include behind-the-scenes footage, which reinforces the fact that the human magic necessary to animate the muppet characters is far more interesting and impressive than any amount of the computer wizardry now favoured by most similar films. There are also some quite well-done muppet pastiches of the common DVD special features, interviews with, and commentary from, the stars, and a collection of bloopers and out-takes. --Andrew Mueller
Kids love Muppet Treasure Island, a take on Robert Louis Stevenson's pirate classic, about the pirate Long John Silver (Tim Curry) and his takeover of a ship in order to track down buried treasure. His friend and then nemesis is earnest cabin boy Jim Hawkins (Kevin Bishop), who teams with the captain of the ship (Kermit the Frog) and several shipmates (including Gonzo, Ratso, and Fozzie) to foil Long John's nefarious plot. An odd subplot finds Captain Kermit stopping at a desert island to find his long-lost love (Miss Piggy--who else?). The Muppets have not lost their wild sense of humour, which works on enough levels to amply entertain children and their parents in imaginative fashion. --Marshall Fine
When the fleet puts in at San Francisco sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner... A jamboree for fans of Hollywood musicals with music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.
From the creator of 'Jaws' comes this new story... 30 years after a strange shark hybrid escapes out to sea from an island naval research station Simon Chase a marine biologist his ex-wife Amanda and their teenage son Max are working in that same facility. They then experience shark-like attacks against their boat and on the island but the only one who'll believe their story is an unbalanced drunk called werewolf. Together they explore the old naval buildings and discover a hidden cavern where they encounter a shark-like creature that stands on two legs! Barely managing to escape its deadly jaws Amanda and Simon dig up the old research notes and make a horrifying discovery: the creature is made from human DNA and werewolf is directly implicated!
Great Guns (Dir. Monty Banks 1941): Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy join the army to protect their country...but who will protect the army from them? In Great Guns the comic team play a chauffeur and a gardener whose hypochondriac employer (Dick Nelson) a wealthy young man with little experience is drafted. Convinced that he needs them in order to survive in the service they join up as well. Of course the Texas cavalry post to which they're all assigned is made far worse for the wear by the presence of these well-meaning troublemakers and there is never a dull moment in this classic featuring two of the cinema's most revered comic actors! Jitterbugs (Dir. Malcolm St. Clair 1943): Considered the best of the Laurel and Hardy projects filmed at Twentieth Century Fox this energetic musical comedy also introduces singer Vivian Blaine. Stan and Oliver star as a traveling two-man jitterbug band who operate out of a dilapidated jalopy and form an unlikely partnership with a likable con man (Bob Bailey). When the trio joins a carnival they meet Susan a naive young singer (Vivian Blaine) whose mother has been swindled by grifters. Suddenly chivalrous the three orchestrate a sting operation using disguises - with Laurel dressed as Susan's disheveled aunt and Hardy as a rich Texan - to get the woman's money back. Although things don't go as planned the inimitable comedy duo provide nonstop laughs from start to finish in this delightful caper. The Big Noise (Dir. Malcolm St. Clair 1944): The zany antics of legendary comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy come to life in this romp about two phony private detectives. The duo play janitors accidentally hired as sleuths to protect a new super-bomb destined for the War Department in Washington D.C. However the bomb's inventor has loaded his house with crazy contraptions that entrap and confuse the protectors. Meanwhile next door is the biggest threat of all - a gang of crooks determined to get their hands on the inventor's deadly creation. Through a series of crazy misadventures our heroes end up in a remote-controlled airplane along with the bomb and head straight for trouble.
In 2001 Nelson Mandela joined the people of London in Trafalgar Square to celebrate the 7th anniversary of free elections in South Africa. Mandela along with R.E.M The Corrs Ladysmith Black Mambazo Dave Stewart Hugh Masekela and Baaba Maal took part in an unforgettable night. This television special directed and produced by Tony Gregory has now been re-mastered for a 2013 release with net profits going to The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and The Prince's Trust. Mandela returns to Trafalgar Square after 40 years... Track Listing: Mbawula feat . Manhattan Bros -The Lion Sleeps Tonight The Corrs - What Can I Do So Young Breathless Lisa Roxanne - Got No Flow Billy Ocean - Going Gets Tough Baaba Maal - Fanta Commonwealth - That's the Way It Goes Lebo Mathosa - Lord Dave Stewart Feat . Gary Mudbone Cooper - One Love Beverley Knight - Greatest Day Of My Life Hugh Masekela - Tonight Atomic Kitten - Whole Again Mel B - Feels So Good Ladysmith Black Mambazo - Long Walk To Freedom R.E.M - Imitation of Life Losing My Religion Man on The Moon Labi Siffre - Something Inside So Strong Special Features: Includes Backstage Footage: Sir Trevor McDonald Andy Kershaw Sharon Corr Richard E. Grant Sara Cox Graham Norton Michael Stipe Hugh Masekela Beverley Knight The Corrs
Paz de la Huerta (“Boardwalk Empire”) turns up the body heat in this wickedly entertaining story of a fatal attraction. By day nurse Abby Russell (de la Huerta) lovingly attends to the patients at All Saints Memorial Hospital; by night Abby prowls nightclubs luring unfaithful men into dangerous liaisons. After Danni – a young sensitive nurse – joins the hospital staff Abby pursues her friendship. However when the friendship turns to obsession Danni spurns Abby unleashing Abby’s fury and a rampage of terror.
""I hate to advocate weird chemicals alcohol violence or insanity to anyone... but they've always worked for me."" Bill Murray stars as Hunter S. Thompson the legendary reporter with a sideways way of looking at the news due in part to his love of alcohol and weird chemicals. In his journalistic adventures he covers a free-for-all San Francisco drug trial has a one-on-one bathroom interview with Richard Nixon and gives away his Superbowl tickets so that he can review the g
The national press dubbed them The Black Beatles , four working class boys from one of Liverpool s toughest neighbourhoods who became Britain s most enduring black soul and funk act ever. With a string of hits, they dominated the international charts throughout the 1970s with iconic songs like You to Me Are Everything, Can t Get By Without You and Can You Feel the Force. But The Real Thing s meteoric success was also tempered with personal tragedy, drug addiction and racial prejudice. Simon Sheridan s widely acclaimed documentary tells the incredible true story of Britain s first black music revolution, and features illuminating interviews with the band, plus Billy Ocean, Kim Wilde, David Essex, Trevor Nelson, Paul Barber, Denise Pearson and Louis Emerick. Narrated by Jacob Anderson (from TV s Game of Thrones). Extras: Full uncut theatrical version Audio commentary by director/producer Simon Sheridan and Dr Abigail Gardner New animated video for 'You To Me Are Everything' Three exclusive new films: Real Love A Fan s Perspective; Eddy Amoo Child of the Ghetto and A Night at the Café The Real Thing Concert Live in London.
Al Pacino plays a Maryland lawyer who takes on a judicial system rife with deal making in And Justice for All, an awkward blend of satire and sentimentality. Topical director Norman Jewison can't seem to help Pacino get comfortable with the mismatched material, which pushes the film into outrageousness at some turns and mawkishness at others. The script by Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin is more an accumulation of random ideas and moments than a congruent story. However, it's interesting to see the large cast of good actors, most of whom were unknowns at the time including Christine Lahti who made her film debut here. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
When a Montana boy moves to Florida and unearths a disturbing threat to a local population of endangered owls three middle-schoolers take on greedy land developers corrupt politicians and clueless cops. Determined to protect his new environment the boy and his friends fight to prevent the adults from making a big mistake. Based on Carl Hiaasen's Newbery Honor-winning book.
Now He Knew Her as Other Men Had! In 1900 Naomi Murdoch deserted her small-town family to go on the stage. Some ten years later daughter Lily invites Naomi back to see her in the Riverdale high school play. Her arrival sets the whole town abuzz wakes up old conflicts and sets off new emotional storms.
In its boldest season ever, this reality series focuses exclusively on the biggest, most bruising heavyweight contenders in ultimate fighting, featuring former UFC champs Suga Rashad Evans and Quinton Rampage Jackson as coaches. With challengers from as far afield as the NFL, the UFC, the IFL and EliteXC, this is no-holds-barred, bare-knuckle mixed martial-arts fighting at its raw, bloody best. This season also features Kimbo Slice as one of the competitors. Includes all 12 episodes, the Finale plus bonus features.
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