""Funny and poignant. Sarandon and Portman sparkle!"" -Jami Bernard NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Adele is a flashy flirtatious dreamer. Her daughter Ann is a quiet no-nonsense realist. On the surface they're like oil and water but deep down they're two of a kind. ""Susan Sarandon makes magic"" (Chicago Tribune) and ""Natalie Portman soars"" (NY-1) in this funny and touching story about a mother who knows best...and a daughter who knows better!
Actor-director Griffin Dunne made his filmmaking debut with this ethically ambiguous and not-very-funny movie about a pair of jilted lovers (Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick) who conspire to break up a relationship between their ex-sweethearts (Tchéky Karyo and Kelly Preston). Part classic screwball comedy, part nightmare along the lines of Martin Scorsese's After Hours (in which Dunne starred), part tribute to Hitchcock's Rear Window, Addicted to Love is all over the map and seriously hampered by the sheer, unwarranted nastiness aimed at the innocent characters played by Karyo and Preston. The DVD release includes production notes, original theatrical trailer, optional widescreen and standard formats, and optional French and Spanish soundtracks. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
This outstanding drama traces the turbulent life of a seaman brutalised by a life of hard work and hard drinking and the challenges facing the three children he abandons as they struggle to make their way in Depression-era Liverpool. Featuring powerful performances from Robert Newton Susan Shaw Kathleen Harrison and a young Richard Burton – appearing here in only his third film – Waterfront is presented in a brand-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio. When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife he leaves her impoverished with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns sacked and humiliated trailing trouble in his wake... Bonus Features: Image Gallery Original Pressbook PDF
Ivanhoe stars Christopher Lee (The Lord of the Rings) Ciaran Hinds (Rome) Sian Phillips (I Claudius) and Victoria Smurfit (The Shell Seekers). Wonderfully accurate BBC adaptation of the novel written by Sir Walter Scott. Set at the end of the 12th Century the story of knights is interwoven with castles revenge and redemption.
A beautiful young woman is charmed into a loveless marriage by a dashing aristocrat. But life at the old mansion is not all that it seems and this is not a Mills & Boon style romantic tale. The barred and gated crypt below the ancient house contains a deadly secret. Mysterious events lead to head rolling revelations about a secret cult known as The Red Monks. But who's past is more deadly?
Sit-com favourites John Alderton and Robin Nedwell share the role of a homeless writer with a highly appropriate pen-name. Along with his many pseudonyms the roguishly charming Mike Upchat has a rare ability to pass himself off as the character which best fits any given situation. And since Mike lives out of a left-luggage locker in Marylebone Station that situation will often require his equally amazing ability to chat his way in and out of any beautiful girl's life usually via the bedroom. But if Mike Upchat isn't the first Mike Upchat then he probably isn't the only Mike Upchat... A playful inventive sitcom penned by Billy Liar creator Keith Waterhouse The Upchat Line appeared in 1977 with its equally successful sequel airing the following year. In a twist ingeniously encompassing Alderton's departure Robin Nedwell plays the man who inherits the Upchat persona when Mike raffles the key to his left-luggage locker. Both series are included on this set.
Join us in a classic tale of adventure romance bravery and a really mean mouse.... Clara is on the verge of gowing up with dreams of traveling the world in the grand ballet. Then during the annual Christmas party the mysterious family friend Drosselmeier tells her a story about a young man named Hans who rescued a princess who was put under a spell by the Mouse Queen and her whining son. As punishment for his good deed the Mouse Queen managed to transform Hans into a nutcracker (prince of the dolls) before her death; the same nutcracker Drosselmeier had and gives to Clara that day. When midnight comes Clara finds herself trapped in the middle of a battle between the mice and her toys being lead by the confused nutcracker. If the prince of the dolls can defeat the Mouse King and win the hand of a fair maiden it can break the curse upon him. However Clara must chose between the dreamworld of her new companion and his adventures or her real world where the dreams and adventures of growing up still await her.
Here in all it's glory is Crossroads on DVD for the very first time. Meg and Sandy Richardson Benny Hawkins Adam Chance Shughie McFee - the names still strike a chord in the memories of a generation of people who sat entranced watching the latest escapades of the staff and customers of Crossroads motel. Entranced but usually for the wrong reason! Would the walls wobble? Would the actors dry up or start laughing mid sentence? Anything could happen. Unrepeated for many years th
Magpie (2 Disc)
Welcome to the world of the City Rats where eight lives collide in a Pulp Fiction style blend that reveals London's true dark and twisted underbelly, which stars Danny Dyer (Football Factory) and Tamer Hassan (Cass).
By strumming his guitar with words of inspiration Woody Guthrie instilled hope in the hearts of downtrodden Americans everywhere during the 1930s Depression. The extraordinary life of this legendary balladeer and poet is captured in this elegantly crafted beautiful film directed by Hal Ashby that won two Oscars (Best Cinematography Best Original Song Score/Adaptation Score). It is 1936 and the Great Depression is forcing droves of people from the dust bowls of Texas to the allur
Six stories spanning centuries. One soul. Tom Hanks and Halle Berry lead an all-star cast in interwoven tales as time shifts between past, present and future. As characters reunite from one life to the next, their actions generate consequences: A killer evolves into a hero. An act of kindness inspires a revolution. Cloud Atlas combines science fiction, drama, mystery, action and romance into a film that's utterly, wonderfully epic(Solvej Schou, EW.com). SPECIAL FEATURES A Film Like No Other: See how three visionary directors came together, divided their tasks and created a cohesive masterpiece Everything Is Connected: The cast and filmmakers delve deeper into the connections that tie the story together Spaceships, Slaves & Sextets: Unravel the mysteries, themes and subtext of Cloud Atlas with the cast, filmmakers, author and producers The Bold Science Fiction of Cloud Atlas: Explore the film's cutting-edge future with tales of cloning and extraplanetary exploration And More!
After a mysterious explosion at the Xavier mansion and the resulting disappearances of Professor Xavier and Jean Grey the distraught X-Men disband. But soon Wolverine Storm Beast and the others find themselves together again to battle the increasingly powerful Mutant Response Division and to prevent a catastrophic future that Xavier has warned must never come to pass. With help from their allies the heroic X-Men wage war against formidable foes as the present and future collide. But who will win? Discover for yourself as this extraordinary series is presented together in one complete collection like never before.
When waitress Betty's low-life boyfriend is killed she becomes 'Nurse Betty' in order to win the heart of a fictional doctor from her favourite TV show! This award-winning comedy stars Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman & Chris Rock.
Deputy Sheriff 'Coop' (Robert Redford) is the son of a revered Indian scalper who fought in the Indian wars. But now they are over 'Coop's' job is to stop any Indians from getting liquored up and causing trouble on the settlements. Having to take orders from Dr Elizabeth Arnold (Susan Clark) who is in charge of the Indian's welfare riles with Coop's masculinity and their tempestuous relationship descends into sexual frustrations. But when a quarrelsome Indian Willie Boy (Robert Blake) kills his lover's father and runs away with her Coop has to gather together a posse to hunt Willie Boy across the desert to a showdown at Ruby Mountain.
This paranoia-fuelled thriller, more intelligent and imaginative than you would have reason to believe, owes a huge debt to The Stepford Wives with its premise of a goody-good high school clique programmed by an evil doctor to be wholesome, academically driven and shining examples of clean living. Unlike its predecessor, though, David Nutter's film opts to open up its premise for everyone to see, diluting the scares but amplifying the creepy atmosphere. There's never any question of what's happening to the students of Cradle Bay High, who go from being druggies and sex fiends to the academically excellent Blue Ribbons, but it's a lot of fun to see these programmed teens run amok--and start killing people--when their hormones kick in. And considering they're all horny teenagers, this happens, oh, at least a few times a day. Model-perfect James Marsden, with stunning cheekbones and piercing blue eyes, is the new kid in town who stumbles on the plot with a little help from metalhead Nick Stahl. Moody Marsden stirs up trouble when he refuses to join up with the Blue Ribbons, prompting his concerned parents to consider signing him up for the program, especially after it turns Stahl into a vest-wearing, pep-rallying brainiac. The satire isn't entirely fulfilled (the evil kids hang out at the yoghurt shop and spout inspirational platitudes), but once the action kicks in it's quite an enjoyable ride, thanks primarily to Bruce Greenwood (The Sweet Hereafter) as the mad scientist behind it all and Katie Holmes (Go) as Marsden's love interest. Refusing the advances of the star football player and fighting gamely alongside Marsden, Holmes manages to deck a few bad guys with a fervour that squarely puts her in Linda Hamilton and Jamie Lee Curtis territory. Steve Railsback stars as the colluding chief of police and Dan Zudovic as a janitor with a penchant for getting rid of "rats," rodent and otherwise. --Mark Englehart, Amazon.com
An adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel set in the 19th century of Bathsheba Everdene and the three very different men who come to love her...
Children of Dune is the sequel to the Sci-Fi Channel's Frank Herbert's Dune (2000), and surpasses that earlier mini-series in every way. The screenplay is again by John Harrison, who has combined Herbert's novels Dune Messiah and Children of Dune into three 84-minute TV movies, and continues the labyrinthine space opera with little concession to the uninitiated. Indeed, this a very rare attempt to put the complexity of printed SF on screen, and if the result is sometimes rather hermetic it is perhaps inevitable when realising Herbert's Byzantine, pseudo-Shakespearean tragedy. The same tableaux-like qualities infuse the new Star Wars films and the similarities between Herbert's and Lucas' worlds have never been more obvious than here. Performances range from excellent--Julie Cox, Alice Krige, Alex Newman (much better here than in the first series) and James McAvoy--to a surprisingly wooden Susan Sarandon. The set-pieces are exceptional, with many individual images sufficiently memorable to stand comparison with the work of Ridley Scott. Production-wise this is surely the most beautiful mini-series ever made, with gorgeous lighting by cinematographer Arthur Reinhart, breathtaking set design from Ondrej Nekvasil and a ravishing score from Brian Tyler. By TV standards the CGI is first-rate and, though rarely looking real, establishes a credible science fictional universe. Even when rather baffling, the production achieves moments of dramatic grandeur and a sense of wonder not experienced in TV SF since Babylon 5. On the DVD: Children of Dune on DVD has one feature-length episode on each disc. The picture is presented at 1.77:1 anamorphically enhanced for widescreen TVs. Shot in high definition, its clarity and detail is superb with virtually no blemishes to the image at all. Colour has a painterly beauty that is remarkable. However, some shots look inaccurately framed, with what was presumably a 4:3 image being a little too closely cropped for widescreen presentation. It's a minor flaw and really only noticeable in some close-ups. Sound is a richly luxuriant Dolby Digital 5.1, which gives no ground to any modern blockbuster movie. Perfunctory extras are confined to the first disc and consist of an interesting but short look at the special effects (13 minutes), a storyboard comparison for one key scene and a photo gallery. --Gary S Dalkin
Hit the streets with famous mystery novelist Rick Castle and street-smart Detective Kate Beckett as they take on New York City's most fascinating cases while they try to solve the mystery of their own relationship. Acclaimed actor Nathan Fillion stars in the series that has become a favourite of fans and critics around the world. Relive the romance, excitement and every brilliant moment of all seven seasons, plus a host of captivating bonus features in one magnifi cent DVD collection. ABC Studios' Castle: Seasons 1-7 will bring hours of witty, wild and wonderful fun
Bill Murray voices everyone's favourite feline who must crawl off the sofa to save a kidnapped puppy in this live-action/CGI comedy.
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