This is the first time that all episodes of writer-producer-director David Chase's extraordinary US television series The Sopranos have been brought together in one box set which is a seminal event for any fan of the series. The Sopranos is nominally an urban gangster drama but its true impact strikes closer to home chronicling a dysfunctional suburban family in bold relief. And for protagonist Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) there's the added complexity posed by heading twin families his collegial mob clan and his own nouveau riche brood.
WONDER WHEEL tells the story of four characters whose lives intertwine amid the hustle and bustle of the Coney Island amusement park in the 1950s: Ginny (Kate Winslet), an emotionally volatile former actress now working as a waitress in a clam house; Humpty (Jim Belushi), Ginny's rough-hewn carousel operator husband; Mickey (Justin Timberlake), a handsome young lifeguard who dreams of becoming a playwright; and Carolina (Juno Temple), Humpty's long-estranged daughter, who is now hiding out from gangsters at her father's apartment. Poetically photographed by Vittorio Storaro, WONDER WHEEL is a powerful dramatic tale of passion, violence, and betrayal that plays out against the picturesque tableau of 1950s Coney Island.
A mailman adopts a dog that, unbeknown to him, is an FBI drug-sniffing dog who has escaped from the witness relocatio programme. Mayhem ensues when a hit man is sent to destroy the dog.
Unlike the previous three, this fourth series of The Sopranos largely eschews an overriding story arc in favour of developing several interrelated plot strands, most of which are then left dangling tantalisingly at the end. This year Tony's many extra-marital affairs finally come home to roost, even as he faces challenges to his leadership from within and without. Paulie Walnuts simmers with resentment over his perceived neglect, a resentment only exacerbated by Christopher's promotion; while Christopher's growing drug habit undermines Tony's trust in him. Paulie makes overtures to Johnny Sack and the New York family; Sack himself bears a deadly grudge against Ralph Cifaretto, and also embroils Tony in a dispute between the two families. Ralph and Tony clash over a shared interest in both a race horse and a goomar--you just know it's going to end in something much worse than tears. The women have as many problems, though: Adriana has reluctantly turned FBI informer, a drug-addled Christopher squashes her dog, and she has to confess that she can't have children; Carmela falls maddeningly, frustratingly in love with one of Tony's closest companions; Janice inveigles herself into Bobby's affections in a display of breathtaking emotional manipulation; while Meadow can no longer conceal the disgust she feels about her father's business, and Dr Melfi is increasingly sidelined, since Tony's behavioural issues have become, to all practical purposes, untreatable. The whole ends on a downbeat note as personal disillusionment overshadows the mob politics. With the imminent arrival of Steve Buscemi to the cast, the fifth series is primed to be an explosive one. --Mark Walker
Boog Elliot and all their forest friends return with an all-new adventure that is their fastest and furriest yet - this time in a big top circus! When Boog's buddies can't make their annual guys-only getaway he decides to take a trip by himself. Stumbling across a visiting circus Boog switches places with a look-alike circus grizzly and takes over his part in the act. But when the circus decides to go back to Russia it's a race against time for Elliot McSquizzy Mr. Weenie and the gang to rescue Boog before it's too late!
The woodland gang return for some more misadventures in this riotous sequel to the animated hit, "Open Season"!
The second series of The Sopranos, David Chase's ultra-cool and ultra-modern take on New Jersey gangster life, matches the brilliance of the first, although it's marginally less violent, with more emphasis given to the stories and obsessions of supporting characters. Sadly, the programme makers were forced to throttle back on the appalling struggle between gang boss Tony Soprano and his Gorgon-like Mother Livia, the very stuff of Greek theatre, following actress Nancy Marchand's unsuccessful battle against cancer. Taking up her slack, however, is Tony's big sister Janice, a New Age victim and arrant schemer and sponger, who takes up with the twitchy, Scarface-wannabe Richie Aprile, brother of former boss Jackie, out of prison and a minor pain in Tony's ass. Other running sub-plots include soldier Chris (Michael Imperioli) hapless efforts to sell his real-life Mafia story to Hollywood, the return and treachery of Big Pussy and Tony's wife Carmela's ruthlessness in placing daughter Meadow in the right college. Even with the action so dispersed, however, James Gandofini is still toweringly dominant as Tony. The genius of his performance, and of the programme makers, is that, despite Tony being a whoring, unscrupulous, sexist boor, a crime boss and a murderer, we somehow end up feeling and rooting for him, because he's also a family man with a bratty brood to feed, who's getting his balls busted on all sides, to say nothing of keeping the Government off his back. He's the kind of crime boss we'd like to feel we would be. Tony's decent Italian-American therapist Dr Melfi's (Loraine Bracco) perverse attraction with her gangster-patient reflects our own and, in her case, causes her to lose her first series cool and turn to drink this time around. Effortlessly multi-dimensional, funny and frightening, devoid of the sentimentality that afflicts even great American TV like The West Wing, The Sopranos is boss of bosses in its televisual era. --David Stubbs
The woodland gang return for some more misadventures in this riotous sequel to the animated hit, "Open Season"!
Never Make A Bet You Can't Afford To Lose. Edward is a compulsive gambler who's lost everything and is forced to work as a numbers runner for Deepthroat a sadistic sociopath and big time professional gambler. From his high tech sanctuary Deepthroat takes perverse pleasure in putting Edward to the test...waiting for him to slip up and checking for every dollar. Edward tries to start a new life with his beautiful girlfriend but when some money is missing Deepthroat wants his payback and one last desperate gamble on human nature will decide their futures.
There''s a miracle on Sesame Street in this magical Christmas tale. Elmo Abby Cadabby and their new friend Stiller the Elf (voice of Ben Stiller) are going to count down to Christmas with the Christmas Counter-Downer. But all the counting boxes have gone missing and Christmas may never come again! Can Elmo and friends save Christmas? With the help of very special guests Sheryl Crow Jamie Foxx Anne Hathaway Jennifer Hudson Alicia Keys Brad Paisley Ty Pennington Steve Schirripa Tony Sirico and Kevin James (as Santa Claus) Elmo and friends will learn to believe in Christmas miracles.
Noah Munck and Steve Schirripa star in this children's made-for-TV adaptation. Forced to abandon his summer vacation at math camp, young suburbanite Nicholas Borelli II (Munck) is sent to stay with his Grandma Tutti (Rita Moreno) and tough Uncle Frankie (Schirripa) in Brooklyn. Despite his father (Carlo Mestroni)'s protestations, Nicholas bonds with his uncle who gladly shares their family heritage, helps him impress local Donna (Elisabetta Fantone) and transforms him into the street-smart character of Nicky Deuce. But young Nicky soon suspects his friendly uncle of being involved in some of the area's seedy activities...
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