Sophisticated to a point, this well-executed wolf-man tale works due to its clever setting and enormous star power. We all know Jack Nicholson can go nuts but the script makes his character aware of his changes, sometimes for the better, early on. The setting, a publishing house in the middle of a takeover, gives the characters dramatic life before the horror elements kicks in. A senior editor about to get the boot, Nicholson's character becomes a new man after being bitten by a wolf. He takes on challenges at work, lives a more robust life and attracts a new love. But will his new-found energy consume him? Director Mike Nicholson keeps the action alive in the first half but the film peters out at the end with cheap theatrics and the overuse of slow motion. Michelle Pfeiffer has little to do as simply the love interest with a grittier than average personality. Better is James Spader as a smarmy colleague. Nicholson is in fine form, relying on his keen gift to spark interest (a twitch of the head, a look in the eyes), instead of heavy doses of movie make-up. Giuseppe Rotunno's sweeping camerawork sets the mood quite well. Wolf is easy to recommend, with the added feature it's hardly gratuitous. --Doug Thomas
His wife just left him for another man; and so did his boyfriend.... Ben (Bates) is a man full of energy that he doesn't know what to do with. He's lost a grip on what gives his life purpose he's not sure that teaching is of any use or that he's even meant to be a teacher and he's feasting off the dregs of his relationships. In this first American Film Theatre Collection release Harold Pinter makes a very impressive directorial debut creating intricate characterisations in a movi
Episodes include: The Man From Nowhere: A stranger enters Jean's flat and claims to be her husband... When The Spirit Moves You: Marty demonstrates how a ghost detective can sometimes do better than his mortal counterparts... Somebody Just Walked Over My Grave: Marty finds himself accusing his partner of seeing things! Could You Recognise the Man Again? Jeff and Jean are non-plussed to find a dead body in the back seat of their car...
There's always one friendship that lasts forever. The Melbourne-filmed adaptation of Robin Klein's much-loved 1985 novel tells the story of Erica (Saskia Burmeister) a prickly smart disaffected teenager with a penchant for hypochondria and a gift for fantasy. Erica's life is turned upside-down when a new girl arrives at school: Alison Ashley (Goodrem) clever well-bred well-behaved well-off and seemingly in possession of every virtue talent and good fortune that Erica
A broken wand forces Sooty to stop his magic show. With Sweep stuck in the sawing-in-half box and Richard transformed into a chicken, Sooty must put things right if he's going to impress World Famous Magicians Paul Daniels and Debbie Magee...
Gene Hackman stars as an ex-con who decides to pull off the biggest jewelry heist of his career, but mayhem ensues when the gang of jewel thieves he teams up with turn on him.
Megalomaniacs. Spies. Thieves. Phantoms. Mad scientists. The world is full of dangerous people. But don't fear -- Wonder Woman is here! Lynda Carter returns as Wonder Woman for all 24 episodes of the third and final thrill-packed season of the series. Teamed with flint-jawed government agent Steve Trevor (Lyle Waggoner) and using the alias of Diana Prince Wonder Woman whips out her bracelets and lariat to battle evil. And what a battle it is. Her foes include a time traveler from the
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
California Street is a classic Neil Simon comedy that takes place at the Beverly Hills Hotel during the weekend of the Academy Awards celebration. Herb Ross's film follows the misadventures of four groups of guests including a divorced couple battling over the custody of their daughter (Jane Fonda and Alan Alda) a husband who gets caught with a hooker in his room by his wife (Walter Matthau and Elaine May) a British actress nominated for an Oscar and her straying gay husband (Maggie Smith and Michael Caine) and two competing doctors and their wives forced to share a hotel room (Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor).
Something funny is happening in L.A.... Steve Martin is Harris Telemacher a wacky television weatherman who thinks his life is perfect except for an erratic relationship with a style-conscious girlfriend (Marilu Henner). Then one bright and smoggy L.A. day an electronic freeway sign changes his life when its advice leads him into a frivolous romance with a young and beautiful blonde (Sarah Jessica Parker) and ultimately to true love with the woman of his dreams (Victor
Kerwin Matthews (5 Against the House) and J Lee Cobb (The Family Secret) star in a film noir exposé of murder and corruption in the fashion world. When a Korean war veteran takes a job at his father's fashion business, he finds they are paying the mob to shut out the union. When pro-union employees begin getting murdered, he decides to take on the gangsters. Based on true stories about mob involvement in the garment industry, The Garment Jungle stands as a pro-union response to On the Waterfront, and is no less tough and controversial than that film original director Robert Aldrich (Kiss Me Deadly) was fired for his refusal to compromise, with Vincent Sherman (Affair in Trinidad) stepping in to complete production. Extras: Indicator Standard Edition Special Features 2K restoration Original mono audio Audio commentary with film historian Kevin Lyons (2020) It's a Jungle Out There (2007, 20 mins): archival interview with actor Robert Loggia, conducted by Alan K Rode of the Film Noir Foundation following a screening of The Garment Jungle Law of the Jungle (2020, 15 mins): writer and film programmer Tony Rayns discusses Robert Aldrich and The Garment Jungle Rip, Sew and Stitch (1953, 17 mins): comedy starring the Three Stooges, in which the trio play tailors who find themselves caught up in criminal activities Original theatrical trailer Image gallery: publicity and promotional material New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
This DVD set brings to life all the excitement and enchantment of C.S. Lewis' Narnia; a timeless land where animals can talk mythical creatures roam the land and where four good children fight an epic battle between good and evil... - Disc One - The Lion The Witch and The Wardrobe: Peter Susan Edmund and Lucy stumble through the back of an old wardrobe and are magically transported on a breathtaking adventure through the enchanted land of Narnia. - Disc Two - Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: Prince Caspian calls the Pevensie children back to Narnia to help fight a mighty battle. Years later Lucy Edmund and their cousin Eustace join Caspian aboard the Dawn Treader on a quest to the edge of the world. - Disc Three - The Silver Chair: Aslan sends Eustace and school friend Jill on a dangerous journey to save Prince Rilian from the enchanted Silver Chair and return him to his rightful throne in Narnia. - Disc Four - Special Features: A whole disc of exciting extras including: a 2003 Cast Reunion Interview with the Pevensie Children; Blue Peter Clips; Costume and Set Design Features; Special Effects; Outtakes; Narnia Quiz; Trivia Pages; Biographies and much more.
It seems that Hercule Poirot's luxuriant lifestyle catches up with him when at the opening of his good friend Captain Hasting's new restaurant he suffers a minor heart-attack. He's overweight and has a poor diet and on doctors orders he's sent along with trusty Hastings to the island retreat Sandy Cove to aid his recovery. Upon their arrival Poirot is immediately struck by the eccentric characters already there in particular Arlena Stuart the famous yet scandalous socialite. Despite his orders to relax he observes Arlena openly flauting her affair in her front of her husband with a grief stricken younger man. As his little grey cells work over time he forsees tragedy...
This Top Gear Special is another epic expedition for Jeremy Clarkson Richard Hammond and James May. This time around our intrepid adventurers travel across the wilds of Burma taking three lorries on what could be Top Gear's toughest challenge to date!
Narrated by John Bishop, this ultimate extended extravaganza celebrates the best of the Clarkson, Hammond and May years, featuring classic footage, inside facts and quirky statistics from 13 years of the world's biggest motoring show. Laugh with some of the funniest, oddest and silliest moments from Top Gear in alphabetical order with each of the letters introduced by a star guest from the Top Gear celebrity fold. Top Gear From A-Z goes behind-the-scenes of some of the show's most iconic moments featuring a trio of middle aged men engaging in stunts, pranks and pratfalls with incredible cars and amazing locations.
In the S.A.S. drama Ultimate Force Ross Kemp plays Sergeant Henno Garvie the tough and charismatic leader of Red Troop who with his men puts his life on the line in the name of his country. This release features every episode from the four series.
Jagged Edge was one of a series of entertaining if porous thrillers crafted by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas before he wrote the ridiculous Showgirls. This 1985 movie is a taut mystery about an attorney (Glenn Close) who defends a newspaper publisher (Jeff Bridges) accused of murder. The fact that Close's character falls for him is more convenient than plausible, but it is a necessary emotional bridge for Eszterhas and director Richard Marquand (Eye of the Needle) to build toward a powerful finale. Scary, fun as courtroom dramas go, the film is well serviced by the two lead stars and has impressive support from co-star Peter Coyote and especially from Robert Loggia, who plays Close's cop buddy. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Gemma Jones stars as Louisa Trotter a cook for the upperclass at a fancy hotel. Very similar in style to 'Upstairs Downstairs' this classic British TV series first aired in 1976.
A surreal fairytale featuring the world's first communist princess, a bizarre fish and a malevolent dwarf that haunted the nightmares of generations of children from the mid-'60s onwards, The Singing Ringing Tree is presented here in High Definition for the first time.
Horace Rumploe (Leo McKern) is a down-at-heel yet brilliant barrister. Fond of quoting Wordsworth he comes to the defence of shoplifting vicars overly amorous teachers and many others who pass through the doors of the Old Bailey. He is famed for always winning his cases but there is one person who he has never beaten - his wife ""She Who Must Be Obeyed""! This 2 DVD disc set contains all 6 episodes from Series 1 and for the first time is fully sub-titled.
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