Faking it has never been so good! In this hilariously charming crime caper set in the eccentric London art world Nick Edwards owes 50 000 to the super-smooth yet brutal crime-lord Foster Wright and has four days to find the cash. Nick knows nothing about working a heist of that size but when he stumbles across a lost sketch by the legendary Italian artist Antonio Fraccini he believes he's in the clear. The problem is it's only worth 15 grand! With the help of the eter
Clint Eastwood is Walt Coogan, a deputy sheriff from Arizona on the loose in the urban jungle of New York. Searching for a violent prisoner he has let slip ("It's got kinda personal now"), Coogan, in Stetson and cowboy boots, runs up against hippies, social workers and a bluntly hostile New York police chief played by Lee J. Cobb. It's a key film in the Eastwood oeuvre, the one in which his definitive persona first emerges, marrying the cool, laid-back westerner of the Rawhide TV series and the Italian westerns to the street-wise, kick-ass toughness which would be further developed in the Dirty Harryfilms. Directed by Eastwood's mentor, Don Siegel, Coogan's Bluff has pace, style and its share of typical Eastwood one-liners (to a hoodlum: "You better drop that blade or you won't believe what happens next"). Like all Eastwood's successful movies, it cunningly plays it both ways. Coogan represents the old-fashioned conservatism of the west in conflict with the decadence of city life. Yet he's the perennial outsider, hostile to authority, a radical loner who gets the job done where bureaucracy and legal niceties fail. The film was to be the inspiration behind the TV series McCloud, in which Dennis Weaver took the Eastwood role. --Edward Buscombe
Seen through the eyes of a squad of American soldiers the story begins with World War II's historic D-Day invasion then moves beyond the beach as the men embark on a dangerous special mission. Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) must take his men behind enemy lines to find Private James Ryan whose three brothers have been killed in combat. Faced with impossible odds the men question their orders. Why are eight men risking their lives to save just one? Surrounded by the brutal realitie
A thrilling world of action, adventure and romance inspired by Dumas' legendary characters.
Tom Hanks wanted to prove his dramatic talent in the mid-1980s, and Nothing in Common gave him a ripe opportunity. Playing an emotionally immature Chicago advertising executive, Hanks offers a prototype of his later, better role in Big--the joking man-child with seemingly limitless reserves of energetic humour, perfectly suited to director Garry Marshall's trademark blend of featherweight comedy and sentiment. The movie wanders aimlessly before settling into its dramatic groove, involving Hanks caring for his ageing, diabetic father (Jackie Gleason, well cast in his final screen role) after his mother (Eva Marie Saint) files for divorce and strikes out on her own. Like Marshall's Pretty Woman, the film hits several grace notes and finds unexpected depth in its characters and their need for loving connections. Meanwhile, there's cheesy nostalgia in the 80s trappings, including songs by Carly Simon and Christopher Cross. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com
Land Girls follows the lives and loves of four girls away from home during the Second World War all doing their bit for Britain. Nancy Joyce Bea and Annie have joined the Women's Land Army for very different reasons but they all share a common goal - to help serve their country and to help win the war. As they adapt to their new surroundings and begin the hard work they realise that their lives will change forever.
Beethoven's 5th is the hilarious all-new adventure starring America's favourite lovable dog. While exploring his new surroundings Beethoven ""digs up"" a dirty Andrew Jackson $10 bill. When it turns out that the $10 bill is part of a 1920's fortune gold fever strikes Cedar Woods and the race is on to find the long lost loot. Suddenly everybody wants to be Beethoven's best friend hoping he'll lead them to the cash... but none of them are prepared for what is really hiding in the wood
Raining Stones is classic Ken Loach--an overtly bleak piece of drama shot through with defiant humour, a story of life beyond the edge of society. Bob (Bruce Jones in a role that foreshadows his more ludicrous Coronation Street character) is unemployed and struggling to make ends meet, especially with the added pressure of his young daughter's first communion and the expense involved. And that's it really--one man's struggle to maintain his dignity and provide for his family. Despite the film's frequent moments of comedy (more often than not provided by Loach regular Ricky Tomlinson), Raining Stones is ultimately more than a little disheartening. The film is in many ways similar to Loach's previous film, Riff Raff (1991), but here the examples of a community pulling together are countered with backstabbing and exploitation. In the end, there are no winners or losers in Loach's world, only those who survive and those who don't. --Phil Udell
Top Gun A look at the danger and excitement that awaits every pilot at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school: Tom Cruise is superb as Maverick Mitchell a daring young fighter who's out to become the best and Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civilian instructor who teaches Maverick a few things you can't learn in a classroom... Days Of Thunder 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 race car driver Cole Trickle's career until he turns to a beautiful doctor (Nicole Kidman) to regain his nerve and true courage needed to race to win and to live.
Collection of eight fan favourite episodes of the 1950s-based comedy series that became a worldwide success in the 1970s. Set in Milwaukee, it follows the fortunes of the Cunninghams, a middle-class family led by Howard and Marion (Tom Bosley and Marion Ross), with their sons Richie and Chuck (Ron Howard and Gavan O'Herlihy), and daughter Joanie (Erin Moran). While hanging out at Arnold's Drive-in, high school student Richie strikes up a friendship with local biker, 'The Fonz' (Henry Winkler), who, after moving into the vacant apartment above the Cunninghams' house, becomes Richie's guide to everything that is 'cool' in the world, dispatching advice on girls, clothes and style. The Fonz (along with his catchphrases - 'Sit on it' and 'Heeeyy'), became a hugely popular icon of the time. The episodes are: 'All the Way', 'Fonzie Drops In', 'Haunted', 'Guess Who's Coming to Christmas', 'Richie's Flip Side', 'Fonzie Moves In', 'The Motorcycle' and 'They Call It Potsie Love'.
From Roy Ward Baker - 'the Grand Old Man' of British horror comes a collection of stories that will reach out and grip you in a vice of fear. Based on the spine-chilling comic-books ""Vault of Horror"" & ""Tales from the Crypt"" and featuring a sensationally star-studded cast these are the tales of five hapless men huddled together in a vault beneath the Thames each awaiting the fulfilment of their own prophetic nightmares. See Curt Jurgens as a murderous magician with a few rope
All 12 episodes of the Flash Gordon series Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe are featured on this three DVD box set. Starring Buster Crabbe as Flash with Carol Hughes as Dale and Charles Middleton as the Evil Mind the Merciless.
Since its release in 1998, Steven Spielberg's D-Day drama Saving Private Ryan has become hugely influential: everything from the opening sequence of Gladiator ("Saving Marcus Aurelius") to the marvellous 10-hour TV series Band of Brothers has been made in its shadow. There have been many previous attempts to recreate the D-Day landings on screen (notably, the epic The Longest Day), but thanks to Spielberg's freewheeling hand-held camerawork, Ryan was the first time an audience really felt like they were there, storming up Omaha Beach in the face of withering enemy fire. After the indelible opening sequence, however, the film is not without problems. The story, though based on an American Civil War incident, feels like it was concocted simply to fuel Spielberg's sentimental streak. In standard Hollywood fashion the Germans remain a faceless foe (with the exception of one charmless character who turns out to be both a coward and a turncoat); and the platoon, led by Tom Hanks, consists of far too many stereotypes: the doughty sergeant; the thick-necked private; the southern-man religious sniper; the cowardly corporal. Matt Damon seems improbably clean cut as the titular private in need of rescue (though that may well be the point); and why do they all run straight up that hill towards an enemy machine-gun post anyway? Some non-US critics have complained that Ryan portrays only the American D-Day experience, but it is an American film made and financed by Americans after all. Accepting both its relatively narrow remit and its lachrymose inclinations, Saving Private Ryan deserves its place in the pantheon of great war pictures. On the DVD: This DTS edition of Saving Private Ryan presents the movie with astonishingly vivid surround sound that is audibly superior to the standard Dolby Digital version. With a wider dynamic range and a more spacious soundfield, the battles really do spill over into your living room. There are new animated menus but because the DTS data stream requires greater space on the disc, the 30-minute behind-the-scenes documentary included on the previous release is omitted. --Mark Walker
20th Century Fox brings you three action blockbusters on this fantastic boxed set. The Day After Tomorrow: Where will you be? From the Director of 'Independence Day' comes a spectacular roller-coaster ride that boasts pulse-pounding action and sensational mindblowing special effects. When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age tornadoes flatten Los Angeles a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. No
When the Falcon (Tom Conway) and his sidekick Goldie Locke (Edward Brophy) rescue an exotic Brazilian beauty (Madge Meredith) from kidnappers, they find themselves caught up in a deadly international conspiracy!The girl's uncle has perfected a formula for creating industrial diamonds - a priceless secret that ruthless gangsters are well prepared to kill for. In a desperate race against time, the Falcon and Goldie must jump a train from New York to Miami and deliver the formula to a friendly scientist. The gangsters are closing in fast - and the Falcon is in for one of the greatest adventures of his crime-busting career!
Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are identical twins living in the fictional city of Empire with no knowledge of each other, having been separated at birth and given up for adoption. Henry is a shy mechanic living in a slum who loves Beverly, his best friend's sister, and also baby-sits for his neighbour Rosie, a prostitute. Freddy, a driver for the gangster Mr. Paris, is slick and self-confident, married to the materialistic Sharon. One day, Sonya, who works in a morgue, comes across a letter indicating that the twins are actually the offspring of European nobility and owed a large sum of inheritance money. She decides track them down and as their two worlds collide, the twins lives will never be the same again.
Set against the stunning scenery of the South African bush this boxed set contains both Series One and Series Two of Wild at Heart the story of Danny Trevanion a widowed English vet and his new extended warring family. Sarah Danny's second wife decides the family should all go on holiday to return a sick monkey to its natural habitat in Africa. She hopes the trip as well as being a break from their normal city routine will bring them all closer together as a family. The holiday becomes a permanent adventure when they decide to stay to run a game reserve presenting life-changing opportunities for the whole Trevanion family.
Joel McCrea stars a s a local ranch hand who risks losing his best friend and the woman he loves when forced into a showdown with ruthless cattle thieves. When Molly Wood a well-educated Easterner arrives in a small Wyoming town to be the new schoolmarm the Virginian and his best friend Steve are immediately attracted to her and vie for her affection. In hopes of making quick money and against the warnings from his friend Steve falls in with the corrupt Trampas' gang and is caug
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