One of the most critically acclaimed shows in TV history Homicide: Life On The Street re-invigorated a tired genre by focusing on the grueling work of solving murders instead of an endless succession of bloody crimes and car chases. Inspired by David Simon's Edgar Award-winning account of Baltimore homicide detectives and brought to television by director Barry Levinson (Rain Man Oz) and writer Paul Attanasio (Gideon's Crossing) Homicide boasted a powerhouse cast featuring Ned Beatty (Deliverance) Yaphet Kotto (Alien) Richard Belzer (Law & Order: SVU) and breakout star Andre Braugher (Frequency). The critical response was overwhelming: Homicide won multiple Emmy and Writer's Guild of America Awards and is one of just two shows in history to claim three Peabody Awards. Now Homicide debuts on DVD with this collector's set featuring all 13 episodes from the first two seasons. Episodes Comprise: 1. Gone For Goode 2. A Ghost Of a Chance 3. Son Of A Gun 4. A Shot In The Dark 5. Three Men And Adena 6. Dog And Pony Show 7. And The Rockets' Dead Glare 8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes 9. The NIght Of The Living Dead
Based on a memoir by former undercover cop Joe Pistone (whose daring and unprecedented infiltration of the New York Mob scene earned him a place in the federal witness protection program), Donnie Brasco is like a de-romanticised, de-mythologised version of The Godfather. It offers an uncommonly detailed, privileged glimpse inside the world of organised crime from the perspective of the little guys at the bottom of Mafia hierarchy rather than from the kingpins at the top. Donnie Brasco is not only one of the great modern-day gangster movies to put in the company of The Godfather films and GoodFellas, but it is also one of the great undercover police movies--arguably surpassing Serpico and Prince of the City in richness of character, detail and moral complexity. Donnie (Johnny Depp, a splendid actor) is practically adopted by Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino), a gregarious, low-level "made" man who grows to love his young protégé like a son. (Pacino really sinks into this guy's skin and polyester slacks and creates his freshest, most fully realised character since his 1970s heyday.) As Donnie acclimates himself to Lefty's world, he distances himself from his wife (a terrific Anne Heche) and family for their own protection. Almost imperceptibly his sense of identity slips away from him. Questioning his own confused loyalties, unable to trust anybody else because he himself is an imposter, Donnie loses his way in a murky and treacherous no-man's land. The film is directed by Mike Newell, who also headed up Four Weddings and a Funeral and the gritty, true crime melodrama Dance with a Stranger. --Jim Emerson
Glenn Close leads an incredible ensemble cast in Damages: The Complete Season 1. Close stars as hot-shot litigator Patty Hewes as she embarkes on the biggest class-action lawsuit in her firm's history. Patty has several weapons up her sleeve - deception betrayal and unflinching ambition being just a few. The opposition her team and anyone who gets in her way had better watch their backs as she manipulates her way through the case. Episodes Comprise: 1. Pilot - Get Me A Lawyer 2. Jesus Mary and Joe Cocker 3. And My Paralyzing Fear of Death 4. Tastes Like a Ho Ho 5. A Regular Earl Anthony 6. She Spat at Me 7. We Are Not Animals 8. Blame the Victim 9. Do You Regret What We Did? 10. Sort of Like a Family 11. I Hate These People 12. There's No 'We' Anymore 13. Because I Know Patty
Thirteen young men begin an adventure of a lifetime on a sailing trip captained by Christopher Chaldean. When disaster hits in the form of a huge storm the crew must fight to survive...
John Travolta (Face/Off Phenomenon) gives another brilliant performance in a suspenseful true story that's been praised as the greatest legal thriller of all time! Jan Schlichtmann (Travolta) is a cynical high-priced personal injury attorney who only takes big-money cases he can safely settle out of court. Though his latest case at first appears straightforward Schlichtmann soon becomes entangled in an epic legal battle...one where he's willing to put his career reputation and a
Tom Hanks in collaboration with HBO presents From the Earth to the Moon the dramatic story of the unforgettable Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech through the first manned expeditions into space to the defining moment of the space program- putting a man on the moon. ""One small step for man... one giant leap for mankind."" Powerfully told as never before though the unforgettable performances of Cary Elwes Sally Fiel
Based on Thomas Harris's novel, Jonathan Demme's terrifying adaptation of Silence of the Lambs contains only a couple of genuinely shocking moments (one involving an autopsy, the other a prison break). The rest of the film is a splatter-free visual and psychological descent into the hell of madness, redeemed astonishingly by an unlikely connection between a monster and a haunted young woman. Anthony Hopkins is extraordinary as the cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr Hannibal Lecter; Jodie Foster is equally memorable as the vulnerable FBI agent-in-training Clarice Starling. --Tom Keogh Hannibal is set 10 years after Silence of the Lambs, as Dr Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter (Anthony Hopkins, reprising his Oscar-winning role) is living the good life in Italy, studying art and sipping espresso. FBI agent Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore replaces Jodie Foster), on the other hand, hasn't had it so good. The film is so stylistically different from its predecessor that it forces you to take it on its own terms. Director Ridley Scott gives the film a sleek, almost European look that lets you know that, unlike the first film (which was about the quintessentially American Clarice), this movie is all Hannibal. Hopkins and Moore are both first-rate, but the film contrives to keep them as far apart as possible. When they do connect it's quite thrilling but it's unfortunately too little too late. --Mark Englehart Anthony Hopkins returns as Hannibal Lecter in Red Dragon, a prequel to The Silence of the Lambs and a remake of 1986's Manhunter, Michael Mann's fine film of Thomas Harris's terrific book, in which Brian Cox carved the ham thinner as a more menacing, less hokey cannibal. This film beefs up Lecter's role, as FBI agent Will Graham (Edward Norton) consults Lecter on the Tooth Fairy case, which means some pointed and familiar conversations, and the film then shifts focus from the investigation to the life and troubles of the mad and murderous but also abused and sympathetic Francis Dolarhyde (Ralph Fiennes, with a major tattoo and a harelip). It's hard not to compare the current cast with Mann's excellent players. Still, Red Dragon is a solid film of great material, with all the sudden shocks and disturbing whispers in places. --Kim Newman
January 1991 : The world is watching the Gulf War. Day and night millions tune into CNN-TV to see a real life and death drama played out in the cities and deserts of Iraq. As the US Forces take a starring role the PR department at the White House is working overtime. What they're looking for is a hero. What they find is a scandal. What a troubled officer must now uncover is the truth...
Anthony Hopkins Oscar winning pyschopath Hannibal Lector comes back into the life of FBI Agent Clarice Starling in this long awaited sequel to The Silence Of The Lambs.
Glenn Close leads an incredible ensemble cast starring as hot-shot litigator Patty Hewes as she embarkes on the biggest class-action lawsuit in her firm's history. Patty has several weapons up her sleeve - deception betrayal and unflinching ambition being just a few. The opposition her team and anyone who gets in her way had better watch their backs as she manipulates her way through the case. Episodes Comprise: 1. Pilot 2. Jesus Mary and Joe Cocker 3. And My Paralyzing Fear of Death 4. Tastes Like a Ho Ho 5. A Regular Earl Anthony 6. She Spat at Me 7. We Are Not Animals 8. Blame the Victim 9. Do You Regret What We Did? 10. Sort of Like a Family 11. I Hate These People 12. There's No 'We' Anymore 13. Because I Know Patty
A political drama which looks into the life of the Secretary of State as she tries to balance work with family
Anthony Hopkins Oscar winning pyschopath Hannibal Lector comes back into the life of FBI Agent Clarice Starling in this long awaited sequel to The Silence Of The Lambs.
State of CourageElizabeth McCord (Téa Leoni) has led many roles in life: wife, mother, Ph.D, and former CIA analyst, but as America's newest Secretary of State, she must master diplomacy at home and abroad with the help of her supportive husband, CIA Agent Henry (Tim Daly) and her teenage children. Using her sage counsel to advise President Conrad Dalton (Keith Carradine), even as she goes toe-to-toe with White House Chief of Staff Russell Jackson (Zeljko Ivanek), Elizabeth knows she can rely on her brilliant staff, spearheaded by seasoned State Department insider Nadine Tolliver (Bebe Neuwirth). Catch all the rising tension in this five-season collection, including historic appearances from former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright, Hillary Clinton and Colin Powell, playing themselves. The personal and political collide in 110 gripping episodes, including revealing special features, on 29 discs.
After receiving a scholarship to an exclusive prep school working-class teen David Green (Fraser) becomes a star athlete and wins the attention of a beautiful debutant (Amy Locane). But the ties of his newfound friendship are broken when a student reveals the secret David has tried to conceal - he is Jewish. Now David must take the most important stand of his life one that will touch the lives of many and forvever change the course of his future.
Suspenseful mysterious and action-packed The Event is 'a Lost meets 24 thrill-rides' (OK! Magazine). When everyman Sean Walker goes looking for his missing girlfriend he stumbles upon a massive government conspiracy that is bigger than the President himself. Jason Ritter (Parenthood) Blair Underwood (The New Adventures of Old Christine) and Laura Innes (ER) star in this epic series from the executive producer of 24. With great effects and stunning twists The Event is unlike anything you've ever seen before! This five-disc set includes all 22 thrilling episodes plus hours of explosive bonus features you won't see anywhere else. Special Features: The Making of the Event Dr. Dempsey Alternate Story Deleted Scenes Episode Recaps Commentaries
An irresistible melange of showbiz and politics, The Rat Pack is a sprawling HBO TV movie about the late-50s axis between Frank Sinatra's cool-talking cronies and the White House-bound Kennedy clan. Ray Liotta, William L Petersen and Joe Mantegna manage to give real performances as opposed to impersonations as Frankie, JFK and Dean Martin, and there's a stand-out turn from Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis Jr, who fantasises a blazing, gunslinging rendition of "I've Got You Under My Skin" as delivered to the cross-burning Nazi pickets outside his hotel campaigning against his marriage to a white Swedish starlet. Naturally the story goes over a lot of familiar ground (Marilyn Monroe, and so on,) but the Hollywood-Vegas angle, with the obvious criminal tie-ins, lends it a freshness. Angus McFadyen remains typecast as real-life actors, following up his Orson Welles (Cradle Will Rock) and Richard Burton (Liz, the Elizabeth Taylor biopic) by doing a squirming, but funny take on Peter Lawford, caught between the White House and Sinatra's vast, demanding ego. Its general style is somewhere between a Scorsese gangland epic and made-for-TV muckraking biopic and a lot of material from Shawn Levy's fine book Rat Pack Confidential is worked into the weave. On the DVD: The Rat Pack is a no-frills disc presented in a good-looking 16:9 anamorphic transfer, though as it's a TV movie this means trimming the top and the bottom of the image. --Kim Newman
Winner of the Palme d'Ore at Cannes, this new film from Dogma 95 director Lars Von Trier is a bizarre musical starring off-the-wall pop star Bjork.
Glenn Close leads an incredible case starring as hot-shot litigator Patty Hewes in Season One and Two of Damages. In Season One Patty embarks on the biggest class-action lawsuit in her firm's history but with a few weapons up her sleeve - deception betrayal and unflinching ambition - the opposition better watch their backs. In Season Two fresh from her greatest legal victory Patty is the undisputed champion in the ruthless world of high-stakes litigation. When a man from her past re-enters her life the manipulative lawyer is thrust into a murder case which leads to a conspiracy that goes all the way to the top. Episodes Comprise: Season One: 1. Pilot 2. Jesus Mary and Joe Cocker 3. And My Paralyzing Fear of Death 4. Tastes Like a Ho Ho 5. A Regular Earl Anthony 6. She Spat at Me 7. We Are Not Animals 8. Blame the Victim 9. Do You Regret What We Did? 10. Sort of Like a Family 11. I Hate These People 12. There's No 'We' Anymore 13. Because I Know Patty Season Two: 1. I Lied Too 2. Burn It Shred It I Don't Care 3. I Knew Your Pig 4. Hey! Mr. Pibb! 5. I Agree It Wasn't Funny 6. A Pretty Girl in a Leotard 7. New York Sucks 8. They Had to Tweeze That Out of My Kidney 9. You Got Your Prom Date Pregnant 10. Uh Oh Out Come the Skeletons 11. London of Course 12. Look What He Dug Up This Time 13. Trust Me
Based on the true life story that took place in the 1970s this movie follows the murder of Susan Reinert and her two children in Upper Merion Township in Pennsylvania a case that lasted seven years.
Emotional high-octane conspiracy thriller following Sean Walker (Jason Ritter) is an everyman who while investigating the mysterious disappearance of his fiance Leila (Sarah Roemer) unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history. Sean's quest sends ripples through the lives of an eclectic band of strangers including newly elected U.S. President Martinez (Blair Underwood) Sophia (Laura Innes) the leader of a mysterious group of detainees and Sean's shadowy father-in-law (Scott Patterson). Their futures are set on a collision course in a global conspiracy that could ultimately change the fate of humankind.
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