A slick, smart vehicle for Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, Housesitter offers an acceptably daffy premise and enough inventive business to sustain it through to the, not unexpected, happy ending. Architect Martin builds a dream home for his childhood sweetheart (Dana Delaney) only to be rejected when he proposes marriage. After a one-night stand, Hawn--a daffy waitress with a gift for making up improbable but convincing lies--moves into Martin's house and tells his parents (Donald Moffatt, Julie Harris) and the whole community that she is his surprise new wife. When he sees how this impresses Delaney, Martin goes along with the charade, encouraging wilder and wilder fictions and doing his best to join in so that he can rush through to a divorce and move on to the woman he has always wanted. Hawn has to recruit a couple of winos to pose as her parents and impress Martin's boss into giving him a promotion, but we glimpse her real misery at his eventual intention to toss her out of the make-believe world she has created because her own real background is so grim. Its sit-com hi-jinx are manic enough not to be strangled by an inevitable dip in to sentiment towards the end, and Hawn, who always has to work hard, is better matched against the apparently effortless Martin than in their subsequent pairing in Out-of-Towners. Martin, often wasted in comparatively straight roles, has a few wild and crazy scenes as Hawn prompts him into joining her improvised fantasies. Director Frank Oz, a frequent Martin collaborator (Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Little Shop of Horrors, Bowfinger), is the model of a proper, competent, professional craftsman when he sets out to put a comedy together--but the film misses streaks of lunacy or cruelty that might have made it funnier and more affecting. On the DVD: The disc offers a pristine widescreen non-anamorphic transfer, letterboxed to 1.85:1. There are no extra features to speak of, just text-based production notes, cast and director bios, plus a trailer and an assortment of language and subtitle options. --Kim Newman
Morgan and Jason (Sean Astin and Mathew Lillard) are two of the most ineligible bachelors in town. Budding philosophers they pride themselves on their resistance to the female art of persuasion. Determined to maintain their single status they travel the California coast surfing philosophizing and washing dishes to earn their keep. When a good friend submits to the vows of matrimony the two truth-seekers reluctantly travel home for the wedding. While there Jason falls for an ol
A failed amusement park owner devises a plan to commit gruesome murders in the park as a publicity stunt to sell tickets.
Mystery writer Sian Anderson (Meg Foster) leaves her boyfriend John for three weeks of intense writing in the isolated Greek town of Monemvassia. Upon her arrival in the ancient deserted walled-in fortress she is met by Elias Appleby (Robert Morley) the rotund eccentric landlord who guides her through mysterious underground passageways to the house where she will work. He warns her to stay inside at night because of the killer winds that arrive at night. Creepy thriller from Greek director Nico Mastorakis (Island of Death).
In AMERICAN NINJA 2: THE CONFRONTATION (1987) Michael Dudikoff (AVENGING FORCE) and Steve James (THE EXTERMINATOR) return to duty on a Caribbean island – where a series of disappearances point to the presence of a local crime syndicate. Have our muscular twosome finally met their match? Or will the prowess and perfection of Dudikoff’s specialised training overcome his greatest challenge yet? Perhaps the crown jewel of the entire mythology AMERICAN NINJA 2 hits hard and takes few prisoners!
In this fast-moving programme Steve Rider looks back on the development of rallying in the 1970s - the decade when it truly came of age metamorphosing from a sport with a genteel clubman's image to the days of glamorous superstars and huge manufacturer investment. Illustrated with terrific footage of all the great cars and personalities you can relive the legendary form of memorable drivers Clark Blomqvist Makinen and Mikkola and once again enjoy the glory days of manufacturers l
William Shatner stars as Sgt. T.J. Hooker a veteran cop who rejected a detective's badge to return to the streets and train young recruits in T. J. Hooker an hour-long contemporary police drama series produced by Spelling/Goldberg Productions in association with Columbia Pictures Television. Also starring in the series are Adrian Zmed as Vince Romano; a young Vietnam veteran who finds a new home on the force as Hooker's partner; and Richard Herd as Captain Dennis Sheridan a politically-minded officer with an eye to the chief's job. Appearing in the series in a recurring role is Lee Bryant as Hooker's ex-wife Fran who still holds a great deal of affection for her ex-husband. Hooker teaches the recruits at the Police Academy while working out of the nearby precinct. A tough-minded sergeant he returned to street duty by his own choice after his involvement in the fatal shooting of his partner. In the academy classrooms and on the fields Hooker exposes the young recruits to the realities of police work and the pressures it brings on them and their families. On the streets Hooker believes in strong law enforcement and he is often in conflict with Captain Sheridan who likes to present the police department with a lighter image. The Sergeant and his partner Romano are exposed to danger every day while battling all kinds of crime. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Protectors [ 90 min ] 2. The Streets 3. God Bless the Child 4. Hooker's War
1. Pictured Within 2. Wait a While 3. Sitting In A Dream 4. Love is All 5. Wring That Neck 6.1 Concerto for Group and Orchestra - Movement I 6.2 Concerto for Group and Orchestra - Movement II 6.3 Concerto for Group and Orchestra - Movement III 7. Ted the Mechanic 8. Watching the Sky 9. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming 10. Pictures of Home 11. Smoke on the Water Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall - London - 25th and 26th September 1999
Yul Brynner stars as one of seven master gunmen who aid the helpless farmers of an isolated village pitted against an army of marauding bandits in this rousing action tale based on Akira Kurosawa's classic Seven Samurai. Released in 1960 John Sturges' masterpiece garnered an Oscar nomination for Elmer Bernstein (for Best Score) and launched the film careers of Steve McQueen Charles Bronson Robert Vaughn and James Coburn.
'Strange Things Happen At Sundown' is the story of vampires run amuck in New York City. There's a group of low level mobsters with fangs there's an old-age vampire who does mob hits for money there's a pair of vampire lovers on the run. Throw in a born again Christian trying to bring one of the vampires over to her side an Italian girl from Brooklyn bitten by vampires and left to endure an agonising three-day turn and a psychotic four-hundred year old blood sucking housewife with
Intergalactic adventure with an interplanetary resistance group battling for survival against a totalitarian super-power. Roaming a universe of boundless space and restrictive discipline freedom-fighter Blake with the crew of spaceship Liberator is locked in combat with the all-powerful forces of the Federation. Episodes comprise: 1. Aftermath 2. Powerplay 3. Volcano 4. Dawn of the Gods 5. The Harvest of Kairos 6. City at the Edge of the World 7. Children of Auron 8. Rumou
Drop Dead Fred (Dir. Ate De Jong 1991): When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home when her marriage breaks up she recreates her imaginary childhood friend Fred to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates Elizabeth desperately attempts to win back her husband and return to normality with comical results! Parole Officer (Dir. John Duigan 2001): Simon Garden (Steve Coogan) a useless parole officer
Recorded live in Japan 2001 Eric Clapton Vocals & Guitar Andy Fairweather Low Vocals & Guitar Steve Gadd Drums Nathan East Vocals & Bass Greg Phillinganes Keyboards Paulinho Da Costa Percussion Tracks Include: Key To The Highway Layla Bell Bottom Blues River of Tears Badge Hoochie Coochie Man Cocaine Wonderful Tonight Sunshine Of Your Love
Based on an idea by Gene Roddenberry Andromeda confidently wears its debt to Star Trek on its sleeve, recalling the best sci-fi of Roddenberry's heyday. The two-part premiere "Under the Night" and "An Affirming Flame" make for a terrific introduction to the lead character, Captain Dylan Hunt, played by Kevin (ex-Hercules) Sorbo. He's a sympathetically flawed idealist in command of the Andromeda Ascendant, a massive 1.4 km long starship of the now-disbanded Systems Commonwealth. The fall of civilisation has meant that although she ought to be a relic she remains the zenith of technological advancement. In the series opener we see Captain Hunt in battle against 10,000 enemy ships, winning a bout of fisticuffs with a close friend turned enemy traitor, wrestling with the shock of being frozen in time for 300 years and then diplomatically negotiating his way out of a salvage rights battle for his ship. The Andromeda Ascendant's emotionally driven, life-like computer is desired by the Eureka Maru salvage vessel, and feisty Captain Beka Valentine can barely stop her engineer Harper from drooling about tinkering with her. The Maru's shipmates are similarly driven: Rev Bem (from another sworn enemy race) has a spiritual calling, while cutesy-pie Trance Gemini's motivations are part of her winning mysteriousness. One final addition is the show's muscle, Tyr, the enemy with a conscience. But it's Dylan's show all the way, though he's no flawless hero: in "To Loose the Fateful Lightning" he makes a really stupid mistake. On the DVD: the first box set contains the show's first five episodes. From the excellently animated menus there are links to some standard fare: trailers for each of the (uncut) episodes, a Web link, biographies of the seven leading cast and a 16-picture Production Design Gallery of the Andromeda Ascendant. Much more interesting are the mini interviews with Sorbo (nine minutes) and Producer/Writer Robert Hewitt Wolfe (eight minutes), an archive of deleted scenes and audio comments by Sorbo per episode. Picture is standard TV format 4.3 and sound is plain stereo. --Paul Tonks
Titles Comprise: Nico: Chicago cop Nico Toscani (Steven Seagal) is on to something big. Suspects collared in a drug raid are allowed to walk and Nico himself is asked to turn in his badge. He may be off the force - but not out of the action. Steven Seagal makes his sensational screen debut as Nico smashing his way into the top ranks of action stars as he tracks ex-CIA operatives trafficking drugs and plotting a political assassination. Bullitt: In one of his most memorable roles Steve McQueen stars as Detective Frank Bullitt a hard-driving tough-as-nails San Francisco cop. Bullitt has just received what sounds like a routine assignment: keep a star witness out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours then deliver him to the courtroom on Monday morning. But before the night is out the witness will lie dying of shotgun wounds and Bullitt a no-glitter all-guts cop won't rest until he nabs the gunmen and the elusive underworld kingpin who hired them. Famed for it's Lalo Schifrin score and one of the greatest car chases in cinema-history 'Bullit' won the 1969 Oscar for Best Film Editing (Frank P. Keller). Dirty Harry: Harry Callahan is a tough streetwise San Francisco cop whom they call Dirty Harry. In this action classic you'll see why... A rooftop sniper (Andy Robinson) calling himself Scorpio has killed twice and holds the city ransom with the threat of killing again. Harry will nail him one way or the other no matter what the system prescribes. Filming on location director Don Siegel made the City by the Bay a vital part of Dirty Harry a practice continued in its four sequels. The original remains one of the most gripping police thrillers ever made.
Episodes 12 - 16
Jet Li stars in this science fiction tale about a killer travelling through parallel universes, killing other versions of himself to gain power.
The hilarious urban comedy from the creators of Two Pints Of Lager And A Packet Of Crisps about a group of friends caught in that tricky place between their teens and 2.4 children is back - and this time it's even more painfully funny.
From the Academy-Award - winning Coen brothers (Fargo, True Grit), The Big Lebowski is a hilariously quirky comedy about bowling, a severed toe, white Russians and a guy named... The Dude. Jeff The Dude Lebowski doesn't want any drama in his life... heck, he can't even be bothered with a job. But, he must embark on a quest with his bowling buddies after his rug is destroyed in a twisted case of mistaken identity. Special Features: Making of the Big Lebowski Introduction by Mortimer Young Jeff Bridges Photography Production Notes
Stuart Little: Join the fun when the Little family adopts an adorably spunky boy named Stuart (voiced by Michael J. Fox) who looks a lot like a mouse. Mr. and Mrs. Little (Hugh Laurie and Geena Davis) fall in love with Stuart right away but their older son George (Jonathan Lipnicki) isn't so sure what to make of his new brother and the family's white cat Snowbell (voiced by Nathan Lane) devises a dastardly plan to get Stuart out of the house...permanently. Stuart Little 2: Stuart rescues an injured bird Margalo from the clutches of a menacing falcon. Margalo heals quickly under the care of the Littles and soon becomes a treasured member of the family but their joy is shattered when Margalo disappears. Stuart must summon all his courage to find her as he learns the true value of trust family and friendship in this heart warming adventure for the entire family.
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