Available for the first time on DVD! In the zany and outrageous tradition of Down and Out in Beverly Hills (also directed by Paul Mazursky) and Ruthless People (also starring Bette Midler) Scenes From a Mall teams up Midler with Woody Allen - a mix of combustible fun. During a spending spree in an upscale shopping centre this Beverley Hills couple's happy marriage takes an outlandish turn for the worst when they try to work out their marital differences... in public. You're sure to
A group of ultra-civilised European aristocrats on a hunting tour of New Mexico have to face a violent conflict with the real West...
Woody Allen's 1982 homage to Bergman and Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is a delight from start to finish and must rate as one of his most joyous films. The period setting--Edwardian up state New York--gives the whole thing a misty, elegiac quality. Part Midsummer Night's Dream (the magic supplied by visions through a spirit glass) and part Smiles of a Summer Night (Bergman's source material provides the basic plot and ensuing couplings), it's a gentle satire on male sexuality and frustration. Allen handles the angst with the lightest of touches. He plays a Wall Street broker who spends his holidays inventing flying machines (they work, with telling consequences). He and his wife (Mary Steenburgen) are increasingly depressed by their ailing sex life. Cue the arrival of weekend guests: crusty academic (Jose Ferrer) and beautiful blue-stocking fiancée previously in love with Allen (Mia Farrow, of course); and insatiable doctor (Tony Roberts) with his latest squeeze, a nurse (the excellent Julie Hagerty). Eighty minutes of unravelling, discovery and renewal follow, accompanied by a Mendelssohn sound track. This is one of Allen's most treasurable pictures. On the DVD: A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy is presented in widescreen that recaptures the pleasure which greeted the setting of this most pastoral of Allen's films on its first release; it really does glow with summery light. The standard stereo soundtrack is perfectly acceptable. Extras include the original theatrical trailer and multiple language soundtracks.--Piers Ford
It's the cosy little Boston bar where everybody knows your name... raise a glass to Cheers - the Emmy Award-winning smash-hit television series that kept the laughs uncorked for 11 seasons. Will wedding bells chime for Rebecca (Kirstie Alley) in Cheers: The Ninth Season?She believes they will when Robin decides to pop the question - much to Sam's (Ted Danson) dismay! Woody (Woody Harrelson) gets hooked on a home shopping show, while Norm (George Wendt) and Cliff (John Ratzenberger) investigate a fight between Sam and Frasier (Kelsey Grammer). And an appalled Carla (Rhea Perlman) must be civil to Cliff when she discovers that he's a judge for the Miss Boston Barmaid contest! Join the gang for another round of free-flowing laughs in this 26-episode volume of the classic TV sitcom.
Multi-award winning The Messenger is a timeless story that examines universal themes of redemption hope and the resilience of the human spirit. The first film directed by Oren Moverman a combat veteran of the Israeli army whose earlier screenplays include the Bob Dylan biopic I'm Not There (2007) and Jesus' Son (1999) The Messenger follows two officers (Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson) faced with the unenviable task of notifying the loved ones of fallen soldiers. The two men form an unlikely bond that is threatened when one of the officers finds himself drawn to a young widow (Samantha Morton) setting off an ethical dilemma that plays out in touching and surprising ways. The film is a deeply moving tale about the complex and unexpected ways that people reach out to and gain strength from each other offering a unique and inspiring vision that deftly balances strong emotion with humour compassion and empathy. The Messenger won the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Screenplay and the Critics Award and Grand Special Prize for Best Film at the Deauville Film Festival whilst Woody Harrelson garnered Best Supporting Actor Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations and won the Best Supporting Male Independent Spirit Award for his portrayal of Captain Tony Stone.
America has become a society steeped in violence and most decent ordinary people are sick of it. Or are they? From two of the world's most controversial filmmakers Quentin Tarantino and Oliver Stone comes one of the most controversial films ever made. Meet Mickey (Woody Harrelson) and Mallory (Juliette Lewis) - the most terrifying and relentless cold-blooded killers imaginable. Rejected by society these two lost souls embark on a murderous rampage. But as the body count soars so too does their notoriety and before long the greedy tabloid press has made them into cult heroes. In the media circus of life Mickey and Mallory have just become the main attraction...
Elephants tigers dancing bears and even a boxing kangaroo join the jugglers high-flying trapeze artists and fire dancers from some of Europe's top circuses. Guest ringmasters include: Tony Randall Woody Allen Merv Griffin Trini Lopez Jimmy Dean and Allen Silverman. Includes: Disc 1: 1. Host Tony Randall - Fire Dancers Tight Rope Magic Act International Dancing Polar Bears Archery 2. Host Merv Griffin - Elephants Trapeze Artists Marching Band Jugglers Gymnasts 3. Host Trini Lopez - Mattress Diver Magic Act Lion Tamer Ladder Gymnasts Comedy Act Acrobats Disc 2: 1. Host Allen Sherman - Acrobats Tiger Tamer Trapeze Artists Marching Band Comedy Act Moni the Elephant Fire Breather 2. Host Jimmy Dean - Tight Rope Clown Lion Tamer Marching Band Fire Dancing Trapeze Comedy Act 3. Host Woody Allen - Woody Boxing A Kangaroo International Dancing Extraordinary Dog Trainer Trapeze Artists Marching Band Magic Act Motorcycle Riders Disc 3: 1. Host Jack Carter - Fire Diver Swinging Acrobats Lion Tamer Balancing Gymnast Duo Indian Dancer 2. Host Bill Dana - Acrobats Bear Tamer Marching Band Contortionist Rope Climber Comedy Act 3. Host Tony Randall - Dancers Elephants Tight Rope Walkers Trapeze Artists Marching Band Magic Act High Wire Act Strong Man
Woody Allen's latest comedy follows the misadventures of a couple who plan a daring robbery in New York.
In a world with no guns a mysterious drifter a bartender and a young samurai plot revenge against a ruthless leader and his army of thugs headed by nine diverse and deadly assassins.
In this fun crime caper movie, a small-town bank robbery is botched in the most ironic of ways.
Supernatural stars Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki as Dean and Sam Winchester two brothers who travel the country looking for their missing father and battling evil spirits along the way. All the concluding episodes from Season 1.
Broadway Danny Rose is vintage Woody Allen. Danny (Allen) is a down-at-heel theatrical agent whose regular clients include talking bird acts and a man who twists balloons into animal shapes. His faith in these eccentrics never fails, despite the fact that everyone leaves him for another agent in the end. Complications ensue when one of his clients, an overweight crooner, starts a romance with a mafia widow (excellently played by Allen's partner of the time, Mia Farrow). The mob think Danny is her boyfriend, forcing the two of them to take evasive action, at one point dodging bullets among giant floats for a forthcoming Fourth of July parade. The script is witty, the acting superb, the situations inventive. The film is shot in black and white and looks superb for it. On the DVD: The DVD is widescreen, with extremely clear sound so you won't miss a single wisecrack. Dialogue is available in French, German, Italian and Spanish as well as English. It's a pity, however--since the film is so short (84 minutes)--that there are no extras apart from the theatrical trailer. --Ed Buscombe
The second DVD full of all-new fun-filled adventures with Woody the Woodpecker and friends!
How the East was won. Woody Harrelson and Kiefer Sutherland star in this buddy movie where the western meets New York! The Cowboy Way tells the story of two rodeo pals who leave New Mexico and come to New York to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a Cuban buddy. It isn't long before they're in crossfire of the underworld.
Based on the novel by cult author Barry Gifford. Perdita is a character that also pops up in Gifford's most famous novel The Wild Life of Sailor and Lula ; later filmed as Wild At Heart by David Lynch. This is the uncut version recently passed by the BBFC available on DVD for the first time. An explosive cocktail of humour love sex and action. Perdita Durango (Rosie Perez) is an unscrupulous woman who loves taking people for a ride and living life to the limit. Romeo Dolorosa (Javier Bedem) her demonic lover is dark sensual and highly daring. One fine day the destinies of Perdita and Romeo become one and no one or nothing can put a stop to it. Determined to become the most powerful outlaws in the country Perdita and Romeo are hired by the Mafia to transport an illegal cargo of human ingredients form Mexico to Las Vegas. Together the wanton spitfire and her psychic drug-dealer set the Tex-Mex border alight with their torrid passions bizarre kidnapping crimes and black magic rituals.
"Doesn't he know he's got the greatest gift anyone can have, the gift of laughter?" Woody Allen stars as filmmaker Sandy Bates, who, like John Sullivan in Preston Sturges's Sullivan's Travels, no longer wants to make comedies. As studio executives threaten to wrest control of his latest film, he reluctantly attends a weekend film-culture festival in his honour, where he is besieged by journalists ("I'm doing a piece on the shallow indifference of celebrities"), groupies ("I drove all the way from Bridgeport to make it with you"), and persistent oddballs ("Can I talk to you about my idea I have for a movie? It's a comedy based on the whole Guyana mass suicide"). After the exhilarating Manhattan, Stardust Memories was a dramatic departure that threw critics and fans for an outraged loop. But out of all of Allen's films, it is perhaps the one most ripe for rediscovery. It poses the same dilemma Stephen King would later tackle in Misery: What happens when a popular artist is held captive by an adoring audience that doesn't want him to change? The answer may come from an extraterrestrial, who in one of the many fantasy sequences advises the comedian, "You want to do mankind a real service? Tell funnier jokes." The film is impeccably cast with Charlotte Rampling, Jessica Harper, and Marie-Christine Barrault (of Cousin/Cousine) as the three women in Sandy's life. There are also choice bits by Sharon Stone as a fantasy woman on a train, Daniel Stern as an aspiring actor, Louise Lasser as Sandy's overwhelmed secretary, Laraine Newman as an unimpressed studio executive, and Tony Roberts as Tony Roberts. My own aunt, Victoria Zussin, utters the film's most famous line as the patron who tells Sandy she loves his movies, especially "your early funny ones." --Donald Liebenson
Blue Streak (1999): Jewel thief Miles Logan (Martin Lawrence) finds the only way he can recover a diamond he stole two years prior is to impersonate a detective who along with his rookie partner ends up using his wits to solve crimes... Money Train (1995): Fresh from their successful double-act in White Men Can't Jump Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson reunite once more... Foster brothers they share a lifelong dream of robbing the `Money Train' that collects millions of dollars each night from New York City subway stations. Only two things stand in their way: they're cops and their boss. As far as he's concerned they're his trains it's his money and he's never been robbed. But on New Year's Eve plans are in motion and the action is switching to overdrive! Striking Distance (1993): Tom Hardy (Bruce Willis) is a fifth generation Pittsburgh cop. Formerly a homicide detective he publicly challenged the police department including several of his family members about the identity of the serial killer who took his father's life. Convinced that a newly active serial killer is the same gunman who murdered his father - despite the fact that another man is already behind bars for that crime - Hardy is working out of his jurisdiction to catch the killer. The maverick cop finds himself at odds with his new partner (Sarah Jessica Parker) as he skirts around the system and defies his uncle (Dennis Farina) his father's successor as the Chief of Homicide. A high-powered suspenseful drama with mind-blowing action Striking Distance is Bruce at his wisecracking best.
2012: From Roland Emmerich director of The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day comes the ultimate action-adventure film exploding with groundbreaking special effects. As the world faces a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions cities collapse and continents crumble. 2012 brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Terminator Salvation: The year is 2018. Judgment Day has come and gone. At the behest of Skynet an army of Terminators roams the wastelands killing or collecting humans. The only hope for the survival of humanity is Resistance fighter John Connor: a man whose destiny has always been intertwined with the fate of human existence. As the future of the world teeters on the brink of the future John has been warned about his whole life something totally new shakes his belief that mankind stands a chance against the machines: the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington) a man from the past whose last memory is of being on death row before awakening in this post-apocalyptic nightmare. In the face of an ever-adapting Skynet John must decide whether Marcus can be trusted as he prepares to face the enemy head-on. Children of Men: In a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind...
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