Wayne's World: Wayne and Garth the horny heavy metal-loving teenage heroes of the popular Saturday Night Live skit hit the big screen. They're still doing their cable-access show out of the Wayne's basement in Aurora Illinois; only now a sleazy TV executive named Benjamin Oliver wants a piece of the action. As the babe 'n' band obsessed adolescents negotiate the shark-infested waters of network television Wayne finds 'amore' in the form of a heavy metal femme fatale with a penchant for skin-tight costumes. But can Wayne keep his new lady love out Oliver's unsavory clutches? Wayne's World 2: Wayne and Garth are finished with high school. But Wayne's struggling to find his place in the real world of full-fledged adults. In a way-cool dream Wayne's escorted by a Native American to a meet the late great Jim Morrison who advises the troubled teen to put on an outdoor concert: If you book them they will come. So Wayne heeds the word and stages his very own Waynestock. If he can pull off the concert while protecting Cassandra his super-babe-of-a-girlfriend from evil record producer Bobby Cahn he can prove once and for all... he's worthy!
In a small town evil spreads quickly. A journalist returns to his hometown to research the mysterious memories that have haunted him since childhood. But soon the closely held secrets of small-town life turn into unimaginable terror when a fearsome stranger arrives - looking to sink his teeth into a new home. This is the latest version of Stephen King's vampiric novel. The Previous version was directed by Tobe Hooper and featured performances from the likes of James Mason
A film by Mike Nichols of Carrie Fisher's semi-autobiographical novel, Postcards from the Edge is an intermittently hilarious, occasionally tear-stained account of an actress' struggle with addiction and with her competitive star mother. Meryl Streep turns in yet another flawlessly perfect performance as Suzanne, who is coping with cleaning up while making yet another idiot cop film. Shirley Maclaine is effective and overpowering as her hard-drinking Old Hollywood star mother perpetually trying to remould her daughter, singing Sondheim songs at parties, showing off her still-perfect legs and occasionally driving into trees. Among the many guest stars, Dennis Quaid is self-effacingly unpleasant as an unreliable boyfriend, Gene Hackman charismatic as a fatherly director and Annette Benning impressive in a cameo as a starlet rival. Nichols' standard slickness is very much on display here; this is perhaps too obviously manipulative a film in which the emotional detail is never quite as impressive as the central performances and script deserve. On the DVD: The DVD takes the rather subversive risk of giving the commentary role to Carrie Fisher, who discusses entertainingly how the screenplay evolved from her original novel, occasionally making clear that certain sentimentalisations of the characters were not her idea; she argues coherently that the film makes Meryl Streep's character a little too much the martyr. She also gives us a lot of faintly scurrilous Hollywood and family gossip. It also provides the theatrical trailer and filmographies for the director and major players. --Roz Kaveney
Gwyneth Paltrow stars in this new comedy as a young woman from meager beginnings who dreams of becoming a first class international flight attendant
A Beautiful and Captivating tribute to the Icon of the 80s. I Am Patrick Swayze is a feature documentary film exploring the 1980s most recognisable leading man, who challenged Hollywood's very notions of masculinity and redefined what it meant to be the Sexiest Man Alive. Featuring never-before-seen home videos, photographs and original interviews with those who knew Patrick Swayze best including the illustrious co-stars of his biggest films this documentary dives beyond his status as a sex-symbol to reveal the complexities of an often misunderstood movie star. From his ferocious drive, to his most iconic roles and off-camera battles with alcohol and cancer, Patrick's family, friends and collaborators reflect on the life and legacy of the man they endearingly called ˜Buddy'. Whether he was leading a pack of ˜outsiders', performing acrobatics 10,000 feet in the air, strutting in full drag, or sweeping women, literally, off their feet, he approached every role with vulnerability and fearlessness. I AM Patrick Swayze channels the same tenderness and strength that defined not only Patrick's beloved characters, but the remarkable man he was a man who was born to be either a Texan cowboy, prolific dancer, all-star athlete or a true artist, who instead decided to be all of them. I Am Patrick Swayze features an all-star cast including co-stars Demi Moore, Rob Lowe, Sam Elliott, Jennifer Grey, C. Thomas Howell, Marshall R. Teague, Kelly Lynch and Lori Petty, his family, including Patrick's widow, Lisa Niemi, and brother, Don Swayze, choreographer George de la Pena, director Roland Joffe, agent Nicole David, manager Kate Edwards, personal assistant Rosemary Hygate, stuntman Cliff McLaughlin, and bodyguard Frank Whiteley.
For better or worse, David Mamet's hit play Sexual Perversity in Chicago is watered down into this romantic comedy about a couple (played by Rob Lowe and Demi Moore) who get together and then fall apart due to Lowe's character's inability to commit. Jim Belushi is on hand as the gratuitously swinish best friend who looks at women as meat, and Elizabeth Perkins is entertainingly arch as Moore's gal pal and Belushi's nemesis. There is nothing about this 1986 film by Edward Zwick (co-creator of TV's thirtysomething and director of Glory and Courage Under Fire) that is at all reminiscent of Mamet, but that doesn't make it bad or dull. While one can feel the script straining to fill in gaps where chunks of the original play have disappeared, Zwick often successfully tells the story without words at all, relying on the actors to convey pure emotion. Lowe is good, and the then-willowy Moore's understated performance reminds one of the actress she might have been before she became a spectacle. --Tom Keogh
As rites-of-passage films featuring a young man's sexual initiation in the arms of a beautiful woman go, Class (1983) has plenty going for it, not least its attractive cast: Andrew McCarthy as Jonathan, Rob Lowe as Gatsby-ish best friend Skip and Jacqueline Bisset as the beautiful woman who is old enough to know better and just happens to be Skip's mother. Lewis John Carlino's film has moments of insight, taking a few well-aimed shots at the vaguely sinister network of American public school life. In the first reel it neatly subverts the bullying scenario that threatens when the geekish Jonathan arrives at the school, while offering the briefly intriguing sight of Lowe in scarlet bra and pants. And there's a subplot of deceit and complicity that both strengthens and threatens the friendship that rapidly forms between Skip and Jonathan. In many ways, though, the most interesting element of the picture--Skip's relationship with his dysfunctional family--is left unexplored. Jonathan's deflowering and subsequent interludes are merely titillating. And Bisset's Ellen, a desperately sad character, becomes superfluous once the revelation that she is the "teacher" sets the boys' friendship on the path to fraternal solidarity. On the DVD: Class is presented in widescreen anamorphic format and looks as good as its leading players, although the Dolby Digital mono soundtrack has odd moments of flatness that detract from the cinematic experience. Extras are limited to the cinema trailer that now looks like a red rag to the puritanical objectors who were appalled by the graphic scenes in which Jonathan loses his virginity to the predatory Ellen. --Piers Ford
Wayne's World celebrates 30 years with this limited edition (schwing! ) steelbook. The party-on movie of the '90s never gets old with its rockin' tunes, radical babes and your excellent hosts, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey), making their big-screen debut in this hysterical send-up of pop culture. Directed by Penelope Spheeris (SUBURBIA) and featuring Rob Lowe, Tia Carrere and (we're not worthy! ) Alice Cooper. Bonus Features Commentary By Director Penelope Spheeris Wayne's World Extreme Close-up: Exclusive Cast & Crew Interviews
Dedicated government employee Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live) and her fellow colleagues return for big laughs from the small town of Pawnee, Indiana, in the hilarious third season of Parks and Recreation. Their funny antics continue as they ramp up for their most important project yet: The Harvest Festival. As Leslie Knope plans, prepares and publicises, her co-workers take on other challenges such as a crippling flu, the statewide softball tournament and the sad demise of a l...
Las Vegas wise-guy Nick D Angelo (Rob Lowe) has plans to move to England and pursue the woman of his dreams, Lady Victoria - the IT girl royal who is the darling of the British press and public alike. When the dice role his way and he comes into some money, he pays a hacker to change his school records so he can con his way into Oxford University, where Lady Victoria just happens to be studying. When Nick arrives in Oxford, he finds that not only does he have to change to meet the standards of this old English institution, but that the only way to catch Victoria's eye is by joining the college rowing team - a plan that brings him into conflict with his own ideals and her well-connected fianc! It's a hysterical sprint to the finish for the two suitors and there can be only one winner!
With the Civil War over Frank and Jesse James (Bill Paxton and Rob Lowe) retreat to the family farm where they witness the murder of their younger brother while Yankee soldiers turn their backs. The James boys feel they have no choice but to seek their own justice. They join the younger brothers to form a gang of rebels that wage a bloody war against its corrupt enemies in robbing their banks stagecoaches and train. In retaliation their adversaries hire famed detective Allan Pinkerton (William Atherton) to stop them. When his nephew is gunned down by the James Gang Pinkerton vows he will not rest until the day the notorious brothers are brought to justice at the end of a rope.
Before Elvis before Elton John Madonna and Lady Gaga there was Liberace - infamous pianist outrageous entertainer and flamboyant star of stage and television. A name synonymous with showmanship and extravagance he lit up every stage he performed on as bright as his candelabras and with a unique flair that gained him millions of devoted fans across the globe. In the summer of 1977 handsome young stranger Scott Thorson walked into Liberace's dressing room and despite their age difference and seemingly different worlds the two embarked on a secretive five-year love affair. To the outside world Scott was an employee at most a friend but behind closed doors his life with Liberace was an intense rollercoaster of hedonistic fun flamboyance and excess. Starring Michael Douglas as Liberace and Matt Damon as Scott Thorson Behind The Candelabra tells the fascinating true story of their glamorous life together and their tempestuous relationship - from the glitz and glamour of the early days in Las Vegas to their very bitter and public break-up.
Rob Lowe doesn't want to get serious. Demi Moore doesn't want to get used. Together they're an unforgettable couple in the sexy contemporary comedy. After drinks at a favourite Chicago hangout Danny Martin (Lowe) and Debbie Sullivan (Moore) head to Danny's place to indulge in the predictable single's quest - the one-night stand. Their affair is casual sensual and supposedly over until something surprising happens. They want to see each other again. It's the start of an intense relationship that irritates Danny's rowdy best friend (James Belushi) and astounds Debbie's cynical buddy/roomie (Elizabeth Perkins) who do everything possible to break them up. But Danny and Debbie wind up living together and midst the daily drudge of domestic life they begin to realise that making love is easy saying ""I love you"" more difficult and being in love the hardest of all.
From the people who brought you the The Office - An American Workplace - comes Parks and Recreation, the hit BBC FOUR comedy series. Golden Globe winner & Emmy nominated comedy superstar Amy Poehler (Saturday Night Live, Baby Mama)stars as Leslie Knope,Deputy Director of the Parks & Pecreation Department in Pawnee,Indiana - it's most enthusiastic public servant - whose dreams are way bigger than her political talents! She ambitiously tries to solve all of her town's problems turning a neighbourhood hole in the ground into a new public park, hosting a local telethon, ridding the golf course of possums and getting unhealthy energy bars out of park vending machines. The funny antics continue as they ramp up for their most important civic project yet: The Harvest Festival. As Leslie Knope plans, prepares and publicises, her co-workers take on other challenges such as a crippling flu, the state-wide softball tournament and the sad demise of a local icon: a miniature horse named Li'l Sebastian. By her side - but not necessarily doing anything - are her friends and colleagues: lady-killer Tom Haverford (Aziz Ansari); disinterested intern April (Aubrey Plaza); best gal pal Ann (Rashida Jones); shoe-shine extraordinaire Andy (Chris Pratt); charismatic city-planner Mark Brendanawicz (Paul Schneider); their anti- government boss Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) Also featuring an array of guest stars including Rob Lowe (The West Wing), Will Arnett (Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock), Andy Samberg (Saturday Night Live), Megan Mullally (Will & Grace) and Will Forte (Saturday Night Live). Enjoy all 90 episodes from Seasons 1-5 of this hilarious series. BONUS FEATURES: EPISODE COMMENTARIES DELETED SCENES EXTENDED CUT EPISODES PROMOS BLOOPER REEL GAG REEL WEBISODES CAMPAIGN ADS PATTON OSWALT'S SCI-FI FILIBUSTERAND MUCH, MUCH MORE...
From the novel by John Irving comes this darkly comic tale of an eccentric New England family. As the father moves them from one place to the next setting up a new hotel each time the assortment of oddball characters seem to become involved in ever more bizarre situations. Frannie becomes obsessed with the boy who attacks her John becomes obsessed with Frannie his sister and both of them fall for a girl who is so insecure she hides in a bear outfit Frank is coming to terms with his homosexuality and the youngest Lilly is convinced she isn't growing. The family pet is a flatulent dog that ends up stuffed and causes more trouble than when it was alive...
Aaron Sorkin's American political drama The West Wing, set in the White House, has won innumerable awards--and rightly so. Its depiction of a well-meaning Democrat administration has warmed the hearts of countless Americans. However, The West Wing is more than mere feel-good viewing for sentimental patriots. It is among the best-written, sharpest, funny and moving American TV series of all time. In its first series, The West Wing established the cast of characters who comprise the White House staff. There's Chief of Staff Leo McGarry (John Spencer), a recovering alcoholic whose efforts to be the cornerstone of the administration contribute to the break-up of his marriage. CJ (Alison Janney) is the formidable Press Spokeswoman embroiled in a tentative on-off relationship with Timothy (Thirtysomething) Busfield's reporter. Brilliant but grumpy communications deputy Toby Ziegler, Rob Lowe's brilliant but faintly nerdy Sam Seaborn and brilliant but smart-alecky Josh Lyman make up the rest of the inner circle. Initially, the series' creators had intended to keep the President off-screen. Wisely, however, they went with Martin Sheen's Jed Bartlet, whose eccentric volatility, caution, humour and strength in a crisis make for such an impressively plausible fictional President that polls once expressed a preference for Bartlet over the genuine incumbent. The issues broached in the first series have striking, often prescient contemporary relevance. We see the President having to be talked down from a "disproportionate response" when terrorists shoot down a plane carrying his personal doctor, or acting as broker in a dangerous stand-off between India and Pakistan. Gun control laws, gays in the military, Fundamentalist pressure groups are all addressed--the latter in a most satisfying manner ("Get your fat asses out of the White House!")--while the episode "Take This Sabbath Day" is a superb dramatic meditation on Capital punishment. Handled incorrectly, The West Wing could have been turgid, didactic propaganda for The American Way. However, the writers are careful to show that, decent as this administration is, its achievements, though hard-won, are minimal. Moreover, the brisk, staccato-like, almost musical exchanges of dialogue, between Josh and his PA Donna, for instance, as they pace purposefully up and down the corridors are the show's abiding joy. This is wonderful and addictive viewing.--David Stubbs
Aaron Sorkin's American political drama The West Wing is more than mere feel-good viewing for sentimental US patriots. It is among the best-written, sharpest, funny and moving American TV series of all time. In its first series, The West Wing established the cast of characters who comprise the White House staff. There's Chief of Staff Leo McGarry (John Spencer), a recovering alcoholic whose efforts to be the cornerstone of the administration contribute to the break-up of his marriage. CJ (Alison Janney) is the formidable Press Spokeswoman embroiled in a tentative on-off relationship with Timothy (Thirtysomething) Busfield's reporter. Brilliant but grumpy communications deputy Toby Ziegler, Rob Lowe's brilliant but faintly nerdy Sam Seaborn and brilliant but smart-alecky Josh Lyman makes up the rest of the inner circle. Initially, the series' creators had intended to keep the President off-screen. Wisely, however, they went with Martin Sheen's Jed Bartlet, whose eccentric volatility, caution, humour and strength in a crisis make for such an impressively plausible fictional President that polls once expressed a preference for Bartlet over the genuine incumbent. The second series of The West Wing takes up where the first one left off and, a few moments of slightly toe-curling patriotic sentimentalism apart, maintains the series' astonishingly high standards in depicting the everyday life of the White House staff of a Democratic administration. With Aaron Sorkin's dialogue ranging as ever from dry, staccato mirth to almost biblical gravitas, an ensemble of overworked (and curiously undersexed) characters and an overall depiction of the workings of government that's both gratifyingly idealised yet chasteningly realistic, The West Wing is one of the all-time great American TV dramas. --David Stubbs
A deadly virus is unleashed by a military lab wiping out almost the entire population of Earth. A few terrified individuals set out on a desperate race to find other survivors...
Scorsese's classic tale based on the true life rise and fall of a small time gangster gets the two disc 'Special Edition' treatment with many new & exclusive DVD extras.
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