This 6 DVD set contains the three Mozart operas composed to texts by Da Ponte presented in contemporary stagings by the director Peter Sellars. Sung in the original Italian but relocated to contrasting worlds of late-twentieth-century America Le nozze di Figaro takes place in the ersatz elegance of Fifth Avenue Don Giovanni in the darker streets of brownstone New York and Cosi fan tutte in the chrome-&-neon surroundings of a seaside diner.
Chuckie and the rest of the Rugrats gang travel to the Euroreptarland theme park in Paris, to help him find a new mommy.
1000 years ago during a time known as the Silver Millennium the universe was at peace and ruled by Queen Serenity from her palace in the heart of the Moon Kingdom. But with great good also came great evil... the Negaverse an evil universe run by the villainous Negaforce. After a failed attempt by the Negaforce to destroy Earth and the Moon Kingdom Queen Serenity sent her only daughter Princess Serena (Sailor Moon) and her court of princesses (Sailor Scouts) into the future to modern day Earth accompanied by two celestial guardians. A Moon Star Is Born: Earth is threatened by the Negaverse and its evil Queen. Serena a 14 year old schoolgirl discovers that she is 'Sailor Moon' and that her destiny is to save the world. Talk Radio: With the help of her guides and protectors Luna the magic cat and the mysterious Tuxedo Mask Sailor Moon defeats the evil Queen and saves her friends. Good prevails over Evil as Sailor Moon discovers - believe in yourself and anything is possible. Slim City: The Evil Queen of the Negaverse has discovered that people put an absurd amount of energy into crazy diets and fitness. She sends her henchman Jedyte to pose as a fitness instructor and capture the human energy. Sailor Moon saves the day and exposes the plot. So You Want To Be A Star: Superstar Saffron visits Serena's school and organises a talent contest. But does Saffron really work for the Negaforce and is the contest really a ploy to sap human energy from the contestants? You can be sure Sailor Moon Tuxedo Mask and Luna the cat will come to the rescue! Computer School Blues: As Jedite redeems himself he finds a new way to target human energy: computers. There is a new student that's been transfered to Crossroads Junior High. Her name is Amy and Luna has a suspicious feeling about her... Time Bomb: As Serena and her new best friend Amy goes shopping Jedite plans a new energy stealing attack by focusing on alarm clocks!
Get ready for one of the most exciting anime of all time as FUNimation the company that introduced Dragon Ball Z to the USA and Pierrot creators of Fushigi Yuugi Lum the Invader Girl and Key the Metal Idol team up to bring you...Yu Yu Hakushoi! One of Yusuke's teammates has been badly injured and Kuwabara insists on fighting the next enemy all by himself. Before the bickering group can disagree a ferocious roar slices through the castle. Byakko the second Saint Beast is waiting! Now Kuwabara must stay true to his word and face the great White Tiger alone. Even if his new-and-improved Spirit Sword is enough to defeat this monster many more dangers still await the team in Maze Castle! Episodes: 16. Byakko the White Tiger 17. Byakko's Lair 18. Seiryu the Blue Dragon
Yellowstone is a land of constant contrast. Lush flourishing forests standing next to cracked gaping landscapes. Half-frozen rivers beside boiling patches of earth. Enter this amazing land and follow our crew as they employ ground-breaking film techniques to create a totally unique experience. From prehistory to the present Yellowstone offers an unparalleled look at the indescribable beauty of this national park. Whether soaring over a snow-capped mountain climbing into the heart of a steaming geyser or standing in the shadow of a two-ton bear you'll do things you couldn't otherwise do. While watching Yellowstone you'll see things no tour guide can show you.
Yu Yu Hakusho: Vol.6
This classic horror box-set contains ten gore fest titles on 5 discs. Includes: 1. Tormented (Dir. Bert I. Gordon) 2. Screaming Skull (Dir. Alex Nicol) 3. Nightmare Castle (Dir. Allan Grunewald) 4. Track of the Vampire (Dir. Stephanie Rothman & Jack Hill) 5. Revolt of the Zombie (Dir. Victor Halpem) 6. Werewolf vs. Vampire Women (Dir. Leon Klim) 7. Blood Creature (Dir. Gerry de Lion) 8. Werewolf in a Girls Dormitory (Dir. Richard Benson) 9. Giant Gilla Monster (Dir. Ray Kell
The Christmas Star (Dir. Alan Shapiro 1986): Disney gives families a gift full of the spirit of the season as Ed Asner plays Horace McNickle a counterfeiter who escapes prison through his extraordinary likeness to St. Nick. The Police are closing in but Christmas is near so there are redsuited ones everywhere. McNickle is desperate to recover loot from an earlier caper and can't make a move until he takes advantage of two neighborhood kids who really believe he is Santa. After the kids come through it dawns on him that he has always missed the true meaning of the holidays. rather than make good on his escape he tries to make good on his promises. I'll Be Home For Christmas (Dir. Arlene Sanford 1998): Jake Wilkinson (Jonathan Taylor Thomas) a wheeling dealing self-centered college student has one thing on his mind: get home for Christmas dinner or forfeit the vintage Porsche his father promised him. Just days before his deadline Jake awakens in the California desert - stranded and penniless wearing a Santa suit and a white beard glued to his face! Desperate to claim his gift he flies crawls cons races bullies and even sleighs his way east. But his non-stop mission turns into a non-stop comedy of errors as a multitude of colourful and offbeat strangers look to 'Santa' for help and kindness. The closer Jake gets to home the closer he gets to the true meaning of Christmas and the importance of family... One Magic Christmas (Dir. Phillip Borsos 1985): Christmas is a time of enchantment... when a wondrous feeling larger than life captures the soul...but not for everyone. Academy Award-Winner Mary Steenburgen stars as a young mother Ginny Grainger who is disillusioned with Christmas and finds its approach as adding only more pressures to an already stress-filled existence. Thanks to the unshakable faith of her young daughter Abbie and a guardian angel named Gideon (played by Harry Dean Stanton) Ginny's spirit of hope and Christmas is re-kindled through a miraculous yuletide experience in which she sees what life would be like if Christmas did not exist. In the tradition of It's A Wonderful Life and A Christmas Carol One Magic Christmas is a renowned holiday favourite not to be missed! It will touch your heart and warm your soul but most of all...it will leave you inspired with the true spirit of Christmas!
Mac Sinclair music mogul has got it all. CeCe is sexy sassy street wise and the headstrong niece of Mac's trusted housekeeper. After a run in with the law CeCe is put on lockdown at Mac's waterfront mansion by a vengeful judge with an old score to settle. CeCe and Mac living under one roof becomes a clash between Old School style and New Skool Flava. Sparks fly in this romantic comedy set in the vibrant world of the music business.
The Weight Of Water: A century old double murder haunts Jean a photographer who travels to the scene of the crime to investigate. The sole survivor of the slaughter was a woman whose unhappy marriage mirrors Jean's. Past and present collide when a cataclysmic storm burgeons into jealousy and suddenly it becomes clear to Jean who the real killer is... Basic Instinct: Michael Douglas stars as Nick Curran a tough but vulnerable detective. Sharon Stone co-stars as Catherine Tramell a cold calculating and beautiful novelist with an insatiable sexual appetite. Catherine becomes a prime suspect when her boyfriend is brutally murdered - a crime she had described in her latest novel. But would she be so obvious as to write about a crime she was going to commit? Or is she being set up by a jealous rival? Obsessed with cracking the case Nick descends into San Francisco's forbidden underground where suspicions mount bodies fall and he finds within himself an instinct more basic than survival... Light Sleeper: In Paul Schrader's compelling character study 'Light Sleeper' John Le Tour (Willem Dafoe) is loyal decent lumbering: A 40 year old drug runner who suffers from insomnia but seems to be sleepwalking through life. When John's boss the bubbly but sharp witted Ann (Susan Sarandon) decides to retire John must rethink his life's path. But breaking out of the life he's led will take some doing especially after coming into contact with his ex-girlfriend (Dana Delany) a recovering drug addict and becoming embroilled in a mysterious murder. With echoes of Schrader's script for 'Taxi Driver' 'Light Sleeper' is one of the director's most memorable explorations of the underbelly of American life.
Titles Comprise: The 300 Spartans:Released just a few years before a similar British film Zulu this 1962 English gladiator film depicts the tiny army of Sparta and their efforts to stave off an attack by Persian forces which greatly outnumbered the Spartans. Led by King Leonidis (Richard Egan) the Spartans army consisted primarily of a security force who guarded the palace. This rousing gladiator epic boasts an incredible cast including Diane Baker Ralph Rich
David Summer (Dustin Hoffman) is a quiet American mathematician who has moved with his wife Amy (Susan George) back to a remote Cornish farmhouse near the village where she grew up. The couple have relocated to rural England in an attempt to flee the violence of America but their placid life is brutally interrupted when the savagery and violence they sought to escape engulfs them and threatens to destroy their lives.
Join in the adventures of the little girl who became a giant among her people in this spectacular action filled tale based on the much-loved children's classic by master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen.
Mr Woodcock (Dir. Craig Gillespie) (2007): Mr Woodcock stars Sean William Scott as John Farley a self-help author who returns to his hometown only to discover that his mother (Susan Sarandon) has fallen in love with his old high school nemesis Mr. Woodcock (Billy Bob Thornton) - the gruff no-nonsense gym teacher who had put him through years of mental and physical humiliation. Determined to prevent history from repeating itself John sets out to stop his mother from marrying the man who had made life miserable for him and his classmates. Elf (Dir. Jon Favreau) (2003): After inadvertently wreaking havoc on the elf community due to his ungainly size a man raised as an elf at the North Pole is sent to the U.S. in search of his true identity. This charming fantasy is packed full of hysterically funny moments and is destined to be a future classic! Dumb And Dumber (Dir. Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly) (1994): Harry (Daniels) and Lloyd (Carrey) are too lame to live (and too dense to die) as a pair of deliriously dim-witted pals on a cross-country road trip to return a briefcase full of cash to it's rightful owner. Along the way they'll confound cops kidnappers and anyone and everyone who has the misfortune of crossing their paths in this comic caper for every idiot in the family!
According to critic Pauline Kael Straw Dogs was "the first American film that is a fascist work of art". Sam Peckinpah's only film shot in Britain is adapted from a novel by Gordon M Williams called The Siege of Trencher's Farm which Peckinpah described as a "lousy book with one good action-adventure sequence". The setting is Cornwall, where mild-mannered US academic David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) has bought a house with his young English wife Amy (Susan George) in the village where she grew up. David is mocked by the locals (one of whom is Amy's ex-boyfriend) and treated with growing contempt by his frustrated wife, but when his house comes under violent siege he finds unexpected reserves of resourcefulness and aggression. The movie, Peckinpah noted, was much influenced by Robert Ardrey's macho-anthropological tract, The Territorial Imperative. Its take on Cornish village life is fairly bizarre--this is a Western in all but name--and many critics balked at the transposition of Peckinpah's trademark blood-and-guts to the supposed peace of the British countryside. A scene where Amy is raped caused particular outrage, not least since it's hinted she consents to it. Not for the first time in Peckinpah's movies there are disquieting elements of misogyny, and it doesn't help that the chemistry between Hoffman and George is non-existent. (Impossible to believe these two would ever have clicked, let alone married.) But taken as a vision of irrational violence irrupting into a civilised way of life Straw Dogs is powerful and unsettling, and the action sequences are executed with all Peckinpah's unfailing flair and venom. Oh, and that title? A quote from Chinese sage Lao-Tze, it seems, "The wise man is ruthless and treats the people as straw dogs." The film was long withheld from home viewing in Britain by nervous censors, but this release presents it complete and uncut. --Philip KempOn the DVD: Straw Dogs is as jam-packed a disc as is possible for a film made before the days of obligatory "making of" features. Both the sound and visuals have transferred well, and, like the script, have aged well. There's a bumbling original interview in the style of Harry Enfield's Mr. Cholmondley-Warner, along with stills and original trailers. The new material includes a feature on the history of the film's censorship and commentaries by Peckinpah's biographers musing over interesting fan-facts (though none of the speakers have any first-hand experience of the making of the film). However, Katy Haber's commentary, and interviews with Susan George and Dan Melnick, offer a much more in-depth and intimate portrayal of the man and the making of the film. --Nikki Disney
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