One of Herschell Gordon Lewis' most weird and wonderful films The Gruesome Twosome saw a return to form for its director after a short diversion into less gory (and less commercially successful) celluloid territory. Mrs Pringle's Little Wig Shop is a family business specialising in hairpieces crafted from human hair. Located on a college campus the shop is well served by the number of young women eager to change their style. But the laws of supply and demand are such that the Pringles are forced to make a few sacrifices... human sacrifices. Wielding his trusty electric carving knife Mrs Pringle's son Ronald helps his Mom out by scalping those unfortunate enough to enquire about the room that the old lady has to rent. This outrageous and blackly comic movie features a truly surreal opening sequence that has to be seen to be believed. You'll flip your wig!
Executive producer Robert Rodriguez (Grindhouse, Spy Kids) is the driving force behind this energetic reboot of the popular Predator films, which pits the dreadlocked alien hunters against a rogues' gallery of human antiheroes, led by a bulked-up Adrien Brody. The Oscar winner acquits himself nicely in the role of a gritty mercenary who finds himself stranded on a jungle planet with a host of criminals and professional killers (among them such scene-stealers as Walton Goggins and Danny Trejo), as well as a seemingly innocent doctor, well played by Topher Grace. They've been deposited there to serve as living targets for a horde of Predators--whose looks, designed by Gregory Nicotero and Howard Berger, are impressively varied and sleek--that use the planet as their private hunting grounds. Laurence Fishburne is also on hand as a soldier who has managed to survive for years in the jungle; he, Brody, and Grace do much to make the pulpy dialogue by Alex Litvak and Michael Finch (adapting a premise penned by Rodriguez in the mid-'90s) palatable. Likewise, Hungarian director Nimrod Antal (Vacancy) lends a great deal of atmosphere and Rodriguez-style momentum to the picture--perhaps more than necessary, since the end result is, like the 1987 original with Arnold Schwarzenegger, a fun B-movie and nothing more, designed entirely to give moviegoers a slick, unchallenging roller-coaster ride. Having said that, it's a vast improvement over the 1990 sequel and the dreadful tie-ins with the Alien franchise, and should provide movie monster aficionados with an afternoon's worth of thrills. --Paul Gaita
Before 'Battle Bots' 'The Matrix' 'The Terminator' or any of their imitators there was Survival Research Laboratories. Founded by the visionary Mark Pauline SRL utilizes incredibly complex props and robotics to create a unique spectacle unlike anything seen before. In this DVD collection Jon Reiss encapsulates the humour terror artistic bravado and technical genius behind the menancing machines and weaves it into a gloriously cacophonous whole.
Old-school U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens is reassigned from Miami to his childhood home in the poor rural coal-mining towns in Eastern Kentucky.
Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: LANGUAGES: English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), Dutch ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (1.78:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: Box Set, Interactive Menu, Multi-DVD Set, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: Philip Winchester stars as Robinson Crusoe in this exciting series based on the classic Daniel Defoe tale. Set in the 17th century, CRUSOE follows the famous castaway as he navigates the wilds of an uncharted island using his wits and a handful of ingenious gadgets wrought from primitive materials. This captivating set includes every episode of the entire series which was canceled after its first season, featuring Sam Neill THE TUDORS as Crusoe s friend Jeremiah Blackthorn, and newcomer Tongai Arnold Chirisa as the castaway s native ally, Friday. ...Crusoe - 6-DVD Box Set ( Robinson Crusoe )
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