A box set of titles featuring one of America's most celebrated and controversial contemporary actors Sean Penn. The Assassination Of Richard Nixon: A chilling drama that explores and exposes the dark side of the American Dream The Assassination of Richard Nixon focuses on the tragic true story of Sam Bicke (Sean Penn) a disillusioned everyman who in 1974 was driven to plot the assassination of the 37th president of the United States. Despite the fact that his marriage i
The UFC returns to the Land Down Under for UFC 127: Penn vs. Fitch. This will mark the second time the UFC has held an event in Sydney Australia. Headlining will be former two-division New Releases UFC Champion BJ Penn facing former top Welterweight contender Jon Fitch in a bout with huge implications for the Welterweight division. Leading middleweight contenders Michael The Count Bisping and Jorge Rivera meet over three rounds while George Sotiropoulos enters the Octagon to meet German striker Denis Silver in a Lightweight battle. Also main card action will be a Welterweight slugfest between Chris Lytle and Carlos Condit and Middleweights Kyle Noke vs. Chris Camozzi.
Based on Cecily Von Ziegesar's teen novels Gossip Girl follows the lives of the teenagers who attend an elite private school in New York City. The privileged prep school teens discover the latest on friendships relationships and jealousy in their complex world of Manhattan's Upper East Side from the blog of the all-knowing yet utterly secretive Gossip Girl.
A musical journey to Jamaica's Golden Age of music Rocksteady. The film features the music and stories of the legendary singers and musicians of the Rocksteady era. They come together after 40 years to record an album of Rocksteady hits to perform together again at an All-Stars reunion concert in Kingston Jamaica and to tell their story.
In the early 1970s, a group of young surfers from a tough neighbourhood south of Santa Monica took up skateboards and off-handedly changed the world. At least it appears so after watching Dogtown and Z-Boys, a documentary about how twelve "Z-Boys" (including one girl) resuscitated a dead sport and created a lifestyle that spread infectiously to become a worldwide counterculture phenomenon, namely high-flying "vert" (i.e. vertical) skateboarding and punk rock abandon. Director Stacy Peralta, one of the original Z-Boys, and Craig Steyck, the photographer whose publicity first made them famous, would have you believe that with empty pools as their springboard, the clan single-handedly carved a niche that grew into what is now referred to as "extreme sports" (snowboarding seems particularly implicated). Degrees of accuracy aside, the hoard of original footage Peralta and Steyck have access to makes for an engaging portrait of "accidental revolutionaries" whose mythology as expressed by themselves (all but one of the original crew give extensive interviews) and those they influenced (including Henry Rollins, Jeff Ament of Pearl Jam, and Sean Penn, who narrates) is far more entertaining than any evenhanded version could ever hope to be. --Fionn Meade
The story of larger-than-life politician Willie Stark, who transcended the poverty of the Great Depression to become the governor of Louisiana.
Capote (Dir. Bennett Miller) (2005): In 1959 Truman Capote a popular writer for The New Yorker learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb Kansas. Inspired by the story material Capote and his partner Harper Lee travel to the town to research for an article. However as Capote digs deeper into the story he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work 'In Cold Blood'. To that end he arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners especially with Perry Smith a quiet and articulate man with a troubled history. As he works on his book Capote feels some compassion for Perry which in part prompts him to help the prisoners to some degree. However that feeling deeply conflicts with his need for closure for the book which only an execution can provide. The conflict and mixed motives for both interviewer and subject make for a troubling experience that would produce a literary account that redefined modern non-fiction.... All The Kings Men (Dir. Steven Zaillian) (2006): Absolute power corrupts absolutely in writer-director Steven Zaillian's (Schindler's List) adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's classic novel ""All the King's Men"" featuring an all-star cast led by Sean Penn Jude Law Kate Winslet Patricia Clarkson James Gandolfini Mark Ruffalo Anthony Hopkins. All the King's Men charts the spectacular rise and fall of a charismatic Southern politician ""Boss"" Willie Stark (Penn). Law co-stars as Jack Burden the once idealistic now embittered ex-reporter who unwittingly fuels Stark's corrupt political ambitions. Gandhi (Dir. Richard Attenborough) (1982): In South Africa a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Upon his return to his native India and fed up with the unjust political system he joins the Indian Congress Party which encourages social change through passive resistance. When his ""subversive"" activities land him in jail masses of low-skilled workers strike to support his non-violent yet revolutionary position. Back in India Gandhi renounces the Western way of life and struggles to organize Indian labor against British colonialism. A strike costs many British soldiers their lives so the crown responds by slaughtering 1 500 Indians. Enraged the ascetic spiritual leader continues to preach pacifism until he has lead India out from under the tyranny of British imperialism.
Two lovers (Christian Slater Patricia Arquette) are thrust into a dangerous game of high-stakes negotiations and high-speed adventure. The pair come into unexpected possession of a suitcase of mob contraband. Fleeing to Los Angeles they hope to sell the goods and begin a new life. But both sides of the law have other ideas...
Glendon Wasey (Sean Penn) is a fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Gloria Tatlock (Madonna) is a missionary nurse seeking the curing powers of opium for her patients. Fate sets them on a hectic exotic and even romantic quest for stolen drugs. But they are up against every thug and smuggler in Shanghai.
Enemy At The Gates: While the Nazi and Russian armies hurl rank after rank of soldiers at each other and the world fearfully awaits the outcome of the battle of Stalingrad the celebrated Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) quietly stalks his enemies one man at a time. His fame however soon thrusts him into a duel with the Nazi's best sharpshooter Major Konig (Ed Harris) and the two find themselves waging an intense personal war while the most momentous battle of the
Main card Quinton Jackson vs. Lyoto Machida Matt Hughes vs. B.J. Penn Gerald Harris vs. Maiquel Falco Phil Davis vs. Tim Boetsch George Sotiropoulos vs. Joe Lauzon Preliminary card Karo Parisyan vs. Dennis Hallman Mike Lullo vs. Edson Barboza Paul Kelly vs. T.J. O'Brien Tyson Griffin vs. Nik Lentz Matt Brown vs. Brian Foster Aaron Simpson vs. Mark Muoz
Inside the Actors Studio: Leading Men Boxset (De Niro Crowe Pacino Penn)
Jimmy (Chisholm) is young ambitious and desperate to sell his late father's business. However his alcohol problems have prompted him to attend a rehabilitation course for drink drivers. Here he meets salesman Paul (Procter) taxi driver Mark (Devenport) and retired property tycoon Richard (Bennett). Bonds are unexpectedly formed through the workshops but equally Richard's millions become a lure to the others who plot to sell him Jimmy's ailing business and to relieve him of his wealth!
A romantic adventure for the dangerous at heart... Sean Penn is Glendon Wasey a quick-witted fortune hunter looking for a fast track out of China. Madonna is Gloria Tatlock a determined missionary nurse seeking the healing powers of opium for her patients. She wants to help the suffering...he wants the boat fare back to the States. So fate sets them on a hectic exotic chaotic and quite often romantic quest for stolen drugs. The trouble is the opium they're after is also the target of every thug and smuggler in Shanghai. It's a wild rickshaw-race adventure with every concubine Kung Fu killer and crime boss in town in hot pursuit! You're in for a Shanghai Surprise as Sean Penn and Madonna star in this high-flying grand adventure set in 1937 China with music by former Beatles guitarist George Harrison.
Meet Hugo Dugay (Alyssa Milano) a lonely disenfranchised female pool cleaner. She has 44 pools to clean today her mother Minerva (Cathy Moriarty) is a chronic gambler and her father Henry (Malcolm McDowell) is a lost soul trying to kick a menu of addictions. These are the least of her problems as today's clients range from a film director who shot and killed a movie extra for over acting (Robert Downey JR) to a bully who flouts the law to have his pool filled by 6:30pm. Through all this she picks up a mysterious hitchhiker (Sean Penn) and a new customer suffering from ALS (Lou Gaehrig's Disease) which keeps him trapped in a wheelchair.Through Hugo's day begins with threats from a menacing customer confrontations with her dysfunctional parents and the promise of too much hard work this magical person who comes into her life makes all that wrong turn right.
UFC 112: Invincible (2 Discs)
American Gangster:Ridley Scott's American Gangster is a brutal, slick, and stylish portrayal of real life cult figure and international drug smuggler Frank Lucas. With tangled webs, deceit, strong aggression, shady characters and sinister plans, American Gangster has the gritty and pleasurable nostalgia of classic gangster films such as The Godfather and Scarface. Drug-kingpin Frank Lucas smuggles heroin into the US by hiding it with the bodies of soldiers killed during battle in Vietnam. By delivering a product that is far superior to his competitors, Lucas has rapidly established his status as Harlem's most innovative drug dealer. While Lucas delicately constructs his own criminal empire, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), one of the few honest detectives in a corrupt system, senses a sizeable shift within the hierarchy of the drug underworld and sets out to investigate this hitherto unknown power player that has come out of the shadows to dominate the drug trade. But with Detective Trupo (Josh Brolin), Roberts' crooked and jealous colleague, wanting to obstruct and ruin the integrity of his idealistic counterpart, Roberts is left with little option other than to take desperate measures to end Lucas' rule in Harlem.Academy Award winning lead actors Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe both turn in exhilarating and exceptional performances. With an engrossing story, powerful dialogue, realistic violence, and sharp stylish scenes, American Gangster delivers a complete, memorable, finely made, and richly satisfying crime epic that can be savoured again and again.Carlito's Way : The year is 1975 and former gangster Carlito Brigante has just been released from jail after serving the first five years of a long sentence. Carlito's lawyer David Kleinfeld has discovered a loop hole in the law and this time, Carlito is determined to go straight. He wants to retire to the Bahamas and set up a small business with his girlfriend Gail. All he needs is a stake. Suddenly Kleinfeld comes forward with the perfect proposition. Just a small debt of friendship. Consider it a favour. But if Carlito's learned anything from the streets, it's that a favour will kill you faster than a bullet...Casino: Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in Director Martin Scorsese's riveting look at how blind ambition, white-hot passion and 24-carat greed toppled an empire. Las Vegas in 1973 is the setting for this fact-based story about the Mob's multi-million dollar casino operation - where fortunes and lives were made and lost with a roll of the dice...
Men Of Honour: One of those rare films that grabs you by the gut and never lets go 'Men Of Honour' was inspired by the life of Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.) an African American who dared to dream of becoming a U.S. Navy Master Diver. Despite a bigoted training officer (Robert De Niro) and a tragic shipboard accident Carl never gives up and achieves the impossible in an incredible finish that will leave you cheering. Tigerland: Roland Bozz after being conscripted into the US army joins a platoon of other young soldiers preparing to fight in Vietnam. He has no interest in fighting for his country and tries to get sent home as a trouble maker but his superiors mistake his defiance as intelligence and he soon gets a chance to try his hand at leadership... The Thin Red Line: A powerful front line cast including Sean Penn Nick Nolte Woody Harrelson and George Clooney explodes into action in this hauntingly realistic view of military and moral chaos in the Pacific during World War II. Nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director (Terrence Malick) The Thin Red Line is an unparalleled cinematic masterpiece.
Carlito's Way: The year is 1975 and former gangster Carlito Brigante has just been released from jail after serving the first five years of a long sentence. Carlito's lawyer David Kleinfeld has discovered a loop hole in the law and this time Carlito is determined to go straight. He wants to retire to the Bahamas and set up a small business with his girlfriend Gail. All he needs is a stake. Suddenly Kleinfeld comes forward with the perfect proposition. Just a small debt of friendship. Consider it a favour. But if Carlito's learned anything from the streets it's that a favour will kill you faster than a bullet... (Brian De Palma 1993) Carlito's Way Rise To Power: From the producer of Scarface and Carlito's Way comes this explosive prequel charting Carlito Brigante's ascension within the heroin business. Seduced by the power of the brutal New York underworld Carlito Brigante enters a deadly circle of greed and retribution. Carlito is on the fast-track to becoming Spanish Harlem's number one kingpin but quickly learns that the only way to survive at the top is through loyalty to his friends and respect for the rules of the street. (Michael Scott Bregman 2005)
It begins with a death… or is it a murder? A woman runs in front of a car but the D.A. in charge of the case suspects there is more to the story than meet the eye… The investigation leads him to the woman’s husband who, he discovers, has experienced violent separation from all of his previous lovers. Finding one of his first girlfriends, the D.A. convinces her to testify against him; doing so will open up the depths of her soul and form a powerful and dark relationship between them.
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