The cutting wit of Tina Fey (the first female head writer for US comedy breeding ground Saturday Night Live) brilliantly fuses pop culture and smart satire. Fey wrote Mean Girls, in which a formerly home-schooled girl named Cady (Lindsay Lohan) gets dropped into the sneaky, vicious world of the Plastics, three adolescent glamour-girls who dominate their public high school's social heirarchy. Cady first befriends a couple of art-punk outsiders who persuade her to infiltrate the Plastics and destroy them from within--but power corrupts, and Cady soon finds the glory of being a Plastic to be seductive. Mean Girls joins the ranks of Clueless, Bring It On, and Heathers, cunning movies that use the hormone-pressurized high school milieu to put the dark impulses of human nature--ambition, envy, lust, revenge--under a comic microscope. Fey manages to skewer everyone without forgetting the characters' hapless humanity; it's a dazzling and delightful balancing act. --Bret Fetzer
A one time big Western movie star sets out to find the child he never knew he had.
An unlikely Hero will rise!A new hero is born in this hilarious animated adventure of epic proportions! Timo a student at the Gladiators’ Academy in Rome has no desire to become a legendary gladiator like his stepfather. That is until the mesmerizing Lucilla walks into his life. With the help of an unlikely band of sidekicks Timo is determined to be the gladiator of her dreams and embarks on an action-packed journey to become the Colosseum’s first victor!
This second ironic send-up of the old 70s American sitcom is even funnier than the first, The Brady Bunch Movie. Shelley Long and Gary Cole return as the married heads of the merged family known as the Bradys, while Christopher Daniel Barnes and Christine Taylor reprise their roles as eldest stepsiblings Greg and Marcia. As with the first film, the clever premise finds the Brady clan caught in a kind of 1970s time warp, while the rest of the world has moved well into the 90s. Greg is still looking for a "groovy girlfriend", Mr. Brady thinks the idea of a cable that sends 50 channels to one's TV set must be a joke, and Mrs. Brady spends hours at the beauty shop only to look exactly the same as she went in. There's a plot involving an imposter (Tim Matheson) who claims to be Carol's long-lost husband, but the real charge in this comedy comes from the way these pseudo-hip characters deal with sexual taboos (is there any real reason that Greg and Marcia shouldn't get it on?) and the incredulous reactions of other people. --Tom Keogh
This extraordinary tale of hope, friendship and survival inside a maximum security prison celebrates the decade since its release with a new three disc special edition.
Summerslam 1990: Ultimate Warrior vs. Rick Rude Hulk Hogan vs. Earthquake Randy Savage vs. Dusty Rhodes Jim Duggan & Nikolai Volkoff vs. The Orient Express Jake Roberts vs. Bad News Brown The Hart Foundation vs. Demolition Warlord vs. Tito Santana Sensational Sherri vs. Sapphire Texas Tornado vs. Mr. Perfect Power and Glory vs. The Rockers Summerslam 1991: Hulk Hogan & Ultimate Warrior vs. Gen. Adnan Col. Mustafa & Sgt. Slaughter (special referee Sid Justice) The Legion of Doom vs. The Nasty Boys Virgil vs. Ted DiBiase Big Bossman vs. The Mountie The Natural Disasters vs. The Bushwhackers Irwin R. Schyster vs. Greg Valentine Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect Davey Boy Smith Ricky Steamboat & Texas Tornado vs. Power & Glory and The Warlord
In 1850 a few miles outside Boston the household of the dour Mr. Wentworth receives two unannounced visitors from Europe Eugenia and Felix the daughter and son of his half sister. Gertrude one of Wentworth's two daughters is instantly infatuated with her cousins and trouble brews...
Ice skating champions Torvill and Dean are back with new celebrities ready to take to the ice in the third series of the hit entertainment show Dancing On Ice. The third series sees the following celebrities slipping into their skates! Chris Fountain Sarah Green Tim Vincent Aggie MacKenzie Greg Rusedski Suzanne Shaw Steve Backley Linda Lusardi Michael Underwood Natalie Pinkham Gareth Gates Samantha Mumba and Zaraah Abrahams
When Santa is in trouble Olive the reindeer who is actually a kind-hearted dog and her friend Martin the Penguin head for the North Pole. However an evil mailman has other plans for Santa this year and it's going to be quite an adventure for Olive! Produced by The Simpsons creator Matt Groening.
Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen), the sober yet heartening hero of the exemplary mystery series Foyle's War, isn't so much a reserved Englishman as he is an all-round minimalist. He might not approve of lavish praise for himself or Kitchen's sterling portrayal, but he's a man used to spinning gold from disappointment. Stuck investigating murders while lesser colleagues are given key intelligence posts to fight Hitler in 1940, a restless Foyle is faced with the brutal killing of a German woman in a coastal village. Was it misplaced revenge against all of Germany that did her in, a controversial family trust, or something else--something worse? While Foyle deliberates and stews in career frustration, he has a paradoxical, revivifying effect on several human casualties of war and on justice itself. This is a fine mystery with a welcome detective hero. --Tom Keogh
Vote first. Ask questions later. Tim Robbins stars in his directorial debut as right-wing folksinger Bob Roberts in this satirical mockumentary. Bob Roberts is joined on his Pennsylvania senatorial campaign trail by a British documentary filmmaker who offers insight into Roberts his staff and his supporters. Roberts is the anti-Bob Dylan wowing his supporters with tunes such as ""Times Are Changin' Back"" and ""Wall Street Rap."" With his clean-cut good looks and squeaky-clean
Meantime, made in 1983, was only Mike Leigh's second film to reach the big screen, though by now he was far from a novice director. Yet 10 years after his first movie, Bleak Moments (1971), he couldn't get funding for a single cinematic feature and was obliged to make films for television. Meantime, first shown on Channel 4, was given a limited theatrical release, heralding his eventual return to the cinema. The title is a double-edged pun. It suggests the waiting-around no-time-in-particular that the characters inhabit, but it's also Leigh's barbed comment on the mean-spirited politics of the Thatcher era, when millions of people were tossed on the scrapheap of unemployment. Leigh has sometimes been accused of caricaturing and being condescending to his characters, but Meantime is notable for wry compassion in its portrayal of a bunch of no-hopers stuck in their East End limbo. Not a lot happens. Mark (Phil Daniels) and his retarded brother Colin (Tim Roth) hang about the streets and pubs, banter with their skinhead mate Coxy (Gary Oldman), half-heartedly chat up local girls, bicker with their parents. Their aunt Barbara--who bettered herself and moved to the relative poshness of Chigwell--offers Colin a job helping her decorate, but he backs out of it. Nobody's going anywhere much. But the view's not totally forlorn. Leigh leaves us with a brief, unexpected moment of warmth and solidarity between the two brothers. On the DVD: It's paltry stuff. A so-called "trailer" proves to be a plug for other DVD releases in the same series. Otherwise it's just a scene menu, and English subtitles for the hard of hearing. The early 80s TV-quality images are badly shown up by the DVD's visual acuity. --Philip Kemp
Survivor Series 1989: Ultimate Warrior Jim Niedhart & The Rockers vs. Bobby Heenan Andre the Giant Haku & Arn Anderson Rick Rude Mr. Perfect Jacques & Raymond Rougeau vs. Roddy Piper Jimmy Snuka & The Bushwhackers Hollywood Hogan Jake Roberts & Demolition Axe & Smash vs. Ted DiBiase Zeus & The Powers of Pain Randy Savage Canadian Earthquake Dino Bravo & Greg Valentine vs. Jim Duggan Bret Hart Ronnie Garvin & Hercules Dusty Rhodes Brutus Beefcake Red Rooster & Tito Santana vs. Big Bossman Bad News Brown Rick Martel & Honkytonk Man Survivor Series 1990: Hollywood Hogan Ultimate Warrior & Tito Santana vs. Ted DiBiase Rick Martel Warlord Hercules & Paul Roma Nikolia Volkoff Tito Santana & The Bushwhackers vs. Sgt. Slaughter Boris Zuhkov & The Orient Express Hulk Hogan Jim Duggan Big Bossman & Tugboat vs. Earthquake Haku Dino Bravo & The Barbarian Rick Martel Warlord Hercules & Paul Roma vs. Jake Roberts Jimmy Snuka & The Rockers Ted DiBiase The Undertaker Honkytonk Man & Greg Valentine vs. Dusty Rhodes Koko B. Ware & The Hart Foundation Ultimate Warrior Kerry Von Erich & The Legion of Doom vs. Mr. Perfect Demolition Axe Smash and Crush
Scott Adkins (The Bourne Ultimatum) stars as Casey Bowman who returns home one day to find someone has brutally killed his wife Namiko (Mika Hijii) and their unborn child bereft Casey has only one thing left to live for...Revenge. The only clues to Namiko's killer are the barbed wire marks left around her neck. So with the help of his trusted friend Nakabara (Kane Kosugi) the trail sends Casey from Osaka to Bangkok to the jungles of Rangoon in search of the assassin. Honing his battle skills to a new level Casey is now the embodiment of the invisible and deadly warrior that is the very definition of the title of Ninja.
Top Gun: In the role that made him one of the world's biggest stars, Tom Cruise rides into the Danger Zone in the smash-hit film that defined the modern-day blockbuster! Cruise plays Maverick, a hotshot flyer who is sent to the Navy's prestigious Top Gun program. But in order to become the best of the best, he'll need the help of his wingman (Anthony Edwards) and new-found love (Kelly McGillis). Co-starring Val Kilmer, this high-octane hit will take your breath away! War of the Worlds: An earth-shattering adventure that both rivets and amazes (Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune),War of the Worlds reunites superstar Tom Cruise and Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg for one of the most awe-inspiring cinematic experiences of all time! A contemporary retelling of H.G. Wells classic, the sci-fi thriller reveals the extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family. Fleeing from an extraterrestrial army of killer Tripods that annihilate everything in their path, Ray Ferrier (Cruise) races to keep his family safe. War of the Worlds is an action-packed adventure that explodes with spectacular special effects! Mission: Impossible: Tom Cruise ignites the screen in the hit big-screen blockbuster that launched one of today's biggest, and still-growing, action movie franchises. Ethan Hunt (Cruise), is a top secret agent, framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from government assassins, breaking into the CIA's most impenetrable vault, clinging to the roof of a speeding bullet train, Hunt races like a burning fuse to stay one step ahead of his pursuers... and draw one step closer to discovering the shocking truth. Days of Thunder: From the engine roar and fever pitch of professional stock car racing, Days of Thunder explodes with some of the most spectacular racing action ever captured on film. Tom Cruise plays race car driver Cole Trickle, whose talent and ambition are surpassed only by his burning need to win. Discovered by businessman Tim Daland (Randy Quaid), Cole is teamed with legendary crew chief and car-builder Harry Hogge (Academy Award®winner Robert Duvall*) to race for the Winston Cup at the Daytona 500. A fiery crash nearly ends Cole's career and he must turn to a beautiful doctor (Nicole Kidman) to regain his nerve and the true courage needed to race, to win and to live Jack Reacher: Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise, Mission: Impossible-Ghost Protocol) leaps off the pages of Lee Child's bestselling novel and onto the big screen in the explosive thriller that critics are calling a superior thriller. When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defence: Get Jack Reacher! The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
Comedy about Carnelle (Hunter) a sexually-loose hellraiser who enters the Miss Firecracker contest in the very old-fashioned town where she was raised Yazoo City Mississippi. Carnelle's not the usual kind of contestant -- but her cousin is a famous winner -- and Carnelle's determined to equal her no matter what the obstacles.
It's summer vacation and like all good frat house boys Bruce Tucker and Joe Gillespie are off to Palm Springs to sample the local delicacies and view the native wildlife. Their only problem comes in the form of travelling partner and nerd-extraordinaire Wendell Tvedt. In return for teaching his astronomy major son 'the ways of the world' Wendell's father has agreed to let the boys use his summer apartment. The fun starts when two members of a rival fraternity Charles Lawlor III an
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