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No more good news everybody--this fourth series of Futurama is the show's last. By turns frenetic and far-sighted, Matt Groening's futuristic comedy provided belly-laughs for self-confessed SF nerds, but somehow failed to connect with a broader audience, even though it was often funnier and sharper than stablemate The Simpsons. So now bid farewell to the Planet Express team--Fry, Leela, Zoidberg, Bender, Amy, Hermes, Prof Farnsworth--as well as to kindly Kif, cloned Cubert, megalomaniac Mom, mutants in the sewer, the cast of robo-sitcom All My Circuits, swashbuckling space lothario and William Shatner wannabe Zapp Brannigan, Elzar the four-armed chef, and all the other characters that made Futurama such a unique experience. This fourth and final year has all the elements that fans enjoyed so much--but also those elements that partially explain its cancellation. Recurring characters are great if you've watched the show before, as are the in-jokes; and the many parodies of classic science fiction are fine for the initiated, but risk leaving other viewers out in the cold. The show's strengths and perceived weaknesses are exemplified in the episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", in which the original cast of Star Trek play themselves: hilarious for Trekkers, but not really for anyone else. Elsewhere we find Leela discovering her real parents aren't aliens at all but in fact live in the sewers; Kif getting pregnant; Fry discovering the fossilised remains of his faithful pet dog; and Bender being converted to steam power. Despite some ups and downs, it's still the funniest animated show on TV. Those responsible for cancelling it can bite my shiny metal On the DVD: Futurama, Series 4 DVD box set includes a "Play All" function on each disc. Multifarious extras include cast and crew commentaries, deleted scenes, animatics, galleries and Easter eggs. --Mark Walker
When a regular guy dumps a superhero because of her neediness, she uses her powers to make his life a living hell.
Britain's greatest sex symbol, Mary Millington, makes you an offer you can't refuse as she and a gaggle of other beautiful girls set up a health farm. What she has in mind can't be good for you but at least you'll die smiling! A true British erotic classic! Product Features: In Bed with Josie Harrison Marks (new interview with Josie Harrison Marks, the daughter of Come Play With Me s director George Harrison Marks). Sex Is My Business (8mm softcore short film, 1975) 8mmillington Documentary (compilation of the tamer sequences from Mary s hardcore 8mm films) New Come Play with Me audio commentary by biographer Simon Sheridan and actress Sue Longhurst Come Play with Me original 1977 trailer
Available for the first time on DVD! A teacher of thirty years experience takes a job at a run-down multi-racial high school in Chicago and begins teaching the youngsters respect.
Young William Shakespeare is the up and coming playwright of the time but he has been disastrously struck with the bane of the writer's life - writer's block. His comedy Romeo & Ethel The Pirate's Daughter is not going anywhere and the playhouse is under threat of closure. What Will needs is a muse - and she appears in the form of the beautiful (and betrothed) Lady Viola. Shakespeare In Love is a brilliantly funny warm and fast moving romance from acclaimed director John Madden.
The very first film in the ever popular Doctor series. Here we are first introduced to Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) and follow his hilarious adventures as a student doctor in St. Swithins Hospital - from naive bumbling trainee to his first day as a fully qualified doctor. In these early formative years he learns how to cope with the occupational hazards of being a medical student such as fiery ward sisters frightening surgeons over-knowledgeable patients the eccentricities o
The advent of colour television and successful comedies on ITV had pressurised the BBC to bring back its top comedy shows. So in 1970 five years after their last series Harold and Albert were back on television - like they had never been away. Although these were the first Steptoe episodes to be made in colour only black and white versions exist today available here on DVD for the first time. Wilfred Brambell and Harry H Corbett return as Albert and Harold Steptoe the bic
Considered unfilmable for decades, Hunter S. Thompson's literary landmark of psychedelic excess finally met its cinematic match in anarchic visionary director Terry Gilliam (Twelve Monkeys) and two no-holds-barred star performances by Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro. Raoul Duke (Depp) and his volatile Samoan attorney Dr. Gonzo (del Toro) are en route to Las Vegas, ostensibly on a banal journalistic assignment, but the suitcase full of psychoactive narcotics in their possession tells another story. Beset by bats, horny lizards and runaway hotel carpet upon their arrival, the pair plunge deeper into the pharmaceutically enhanced neon underbelly of the City of Sin on a chemically charged savage journey to the heart of the American Dream. Flashback to Gilliam and Thompson's trip of a lifetime in an exclusive 4K restoration, accompanied by an outstanding selection of bonus material delving into the history of the film and the original book. 2-Disc Limited Edition Blu-Ray Contents: Two-disc edition featuring Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas in a new 4K restoration, and the documentary For No Good Reason about illustrator Ralph Steadman, featuring Terry Gilliam and Johnny Depp Limited edition packaging featuring iconic original art by Ralph Steadman Limited edition hardbound book featuring new writing by Roger Keen, an essay on Thompson on Film by Dr William Stephenson, a 1999 interview with Terry Gilliam by Ian Christie and original production notes Six collectors' postcards Double-sided fold-out poster of the original theatrical one-sheet and a sketch by Terry Gilliam Disc One Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas Brand new 4K restoration by Arrow Films from the original negative supervised by Terry Gilliam High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing New commentary by Terry Gilliam, moderated by Phil Stubbs New interview with producer Laila Nabulsi New interview with cinematographer Nicola Pecorini Newly filmed appreciation by Ian Christie, author of Gilliam on Gilliam More new extras in production and TBC at a later date! Four deleted scenes with new optional commentary by Gilliam, including the excised prologue A Dress Pattern Spotlight on Location, an original promotional featurette featuring interviews with Gilliam, Depp and del Toro Behind the scenes B-roll' footage and additional EPK interviews with Gilliam, Depp and del Toro Theatrical trailers and TV spots Extensive image galleries, including original production designs, storyboards and production stills Disc Two For No Good Reason (Limited Edition Exclusive) High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Extended interviews with Terry Gilliam, Bruce Robinson and Richard E. Grant Deleted Scenes Ralph Steadman Art Gallery Digital Teasers
Hilarious Out-takes and Bloopers!A special selection of no-holds-barred, hilarious out-takes and bloopers drawn from the smash-hit series most memorable moments. There;s more than 15 minutes to savour, so if you though you knew all there was to know about Men Behaving Badly, Watch-Out! You've never seen anything quite like this!!This Classic Christmas Special Episode.Jingle B***s! Jingle B***s! Jingle all the way It's Christmas in the house of Gary and Tony and what could be better than Christmas dinner, presents and lots and lots of beer! Gary is intent on cooking Christmas dinner and Tony has decided to buy just a few Christmas presents to shower his beloved Debs with! Meanwhile Dorothy decides it's her turn to lie in front of the telly and relax. What could be better Gary thinks this first Christmas Day together away from their families will be different from other years - will the anticipation live up to their expectations? (Probably Not!)
It's hard to believe, but for the first three seasons nobody really knew that Seinfeld was about, well, you know. It wasn't until season 4--unleashed here in a four-disc set that's equal in scope, quality, and quantity of bonus material to its predecessors--that the show really became something. In a series which can claim every installment as classic, the two-parter on disc 1 titled "The Pitch/The Ticket" truly stands out as a defining episode and, in retrospect, marked Seinfeld 4 as the breakthrough season. It's the one where (fake) NBC executives express their interest in working with Jerry Seinfeld on a TV show, then moves to the who's-on-first shtick of George successfully pitching Jerry on creating "a show about nothing." Scattered throughout the discs in commentaries by cast and creators and in numerous "Inside Look" documentaries, nearly everyone expresses some anxiety about the season having a story "arc" depicting Jerry and his "real" life becoming a sitcom. The show had been only marginally successful up to that point anyway, and with the edict, "no hugging, no learning," still in place, maybe messing with nothing was a bad idea. What makes the arc so arch is the self-reflexive way it details the reality of Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David coming up with the concept and pitching it to (real) NBC executives as a show that really was about, well, you know. In one of the many informally informative interview segments, Jerry remembers hitting a stride during this time when a lot of crazy ideas started to make sense. "Everything was just a wild guess," he says, "and it takes a while to get confident that you're guessing pretty good. I think sometime in season 4 we realized we were guessing pretty good." Oh, that we could all be so good at nothing. Season 4 also gave us the episodes "The Bubble Boy" ("He lives in a bubble!"), "The Pick" ("There was no pick!"), and, perhaps most memorably, "The Contest." Recalling how nervous he thought NBC might be about a show based on how long a person can remain--ahem--master of his domain, Larry David says that he kept the idea hidden for a long time. He may have had NBC sweating, but the episode goes by without anyone uttering the word that it's really about. The curmudgeonly David also observes that another famous season 4 episode, "The Outing," only made it on the air due to a network "note" about making sure it wouldn't be offensive to homosexuals. Hence we have the addition of another standard to the Seinfeld lexicon of American pop culture: "Not that there's anything wrong with that!" Not only wasn't there anything wrong with it, the episode won a GLAAD Media Award. Season 4 also brought Seinfeldits first Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series. Stay tuned for season 5 (and a move to the coveted Thursday-at-9 slot) when the volcano we now know was always brewing really blew its comedic top. --Ted Fry, Amazon.com
Writer/Director Cameron Crowe's affable twentysomething romantic comedy is less a tale of tortured love than a prescient portrait of a culture on the cusp of Generation X--that is Seattle, circa 1991. One-time Rolling Stone journalist Crowe, ever aware of pop trends, lovingly details a society newly beguiled by slackers, answerphones, self-analysis, the coffee-house fetish, post-AIDS safe sex and, most importantly, grunge music--Smashing Pumpkins, Mudhoney and Jane's Addiction pepper the soundtrack, while various Pearl Jam players cameo as members of the film's fictional grunge wannabes Citizen Dick. In the midst of all this sits a cosy residential apartment block, a perfect setting for the emotional crises of on-again, off-again, on-again couples Steve and Linda (Campbell Scott and Kyra Sedgwick) and Cliff and Janet (Matt Dillon and Bridget Fonda). Steve is a sensitive transport engineer whose game-playing backfires when he meets Linda, an environmental activist with a fear of rejection. Cliff is a feckless rock musician, and front man for Citizen Dick, whose inability to commit to Janet is forcing her to take desperate measures. Will the couples split? Will they reunite? And will they learn a little something about life, maturity and commitment along the way? As you'd expect from the man behind the cutesy teen classic Say Anything (his directorial debut), Crowe's relationship resolutions are often simplistic and sentimental ("You rock my world!" and "You belong to me!" are two such vocal denouements). And this, combined with a rambling narrative often makes the movie feel longer than its 95 minutes (an inter-title announcing "The Theory of Eternal Dating" sums it up). Nonetheless, there's enough wit, comic digression and tap-along gaiety elsewhere to make Singles an enjoyably slight romantic placebo. --Kevin Maher
Ray Barone seemingly has it all. A wonderful wife a beautiful family a great job a nice house on Long Island. There's only one problem...His obnoxious parents (who live across the street) and his jealous brother are always getting in the way! The complete sixth season of HBO's award winning comedy Everybody Loves Raymond. Episode List: 1. The Cult 2. Counseling 3. Homework 4. Pet The Bunny 5. Who Am I 6. Robert Needs Money 7. The Sigh 8. Anoying Kid 9. She's The One 10. Marie's Vision 11. The Thought That Counts 12. Grandpa Steals 13. Somebody Hates Raymond 14. Just A Formality 15. The Disciplinarian 16. Sweet Charity 17. Meeting The Parents 18. The Plan 19. Sleepover At Peggy's 20. Who's Next 21. The Shower 22. Baggage 23. The Bachelor Party 24. Robert's Wedding
Tommy Tiernan is a phenomenon in his homeland of Ireland. His DVD's sell in their thousands and he is second only to U2 when it comes to live ticket sales with his tours setting box office records wherever he goes - he played a staggering 166 dates at Dublin's 1000 seat Vicar Street Theatre. 'Cracked (The Comedians Cut) is his first official UK release in eight years and shows him at the height of his powers. It perfectly captures the passion energy charm and lyricism that make him one of the best comedians working in the world today. Following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival 2010 he is embarking on a sold out 7 week UK tour in the autumn and can be seen performing on Michael MacIntyre's Comedy Roadshow and Live At The Apollo in October and December.
Meet Frankenstein: The world of freight handlers Wilbur Grey and Chick Young is turned upside down when the remains of Frankenstein's monster and Dracula arrive from Europe to be used in a house of horrors. Dracula awakens and escapes with the weakened monster who he plans to re-energize with a new brain. Larry Talbot (the Wolfman) arrives from London in an attempt to thwart Dracula. Dracula's reluctant aide is the beautiful Dr. Sandra Mornay. Her reluctance is dispatched by Dracula's bite. Dracula and Sandra abduct Wilbur for his brain and recharge the monster in preparation for the operation. Chick and Talbot attempt to find and free Wilbur but when the full moon rises all hell breaks loose with the Wolfman Dracula and Frankenstein all running rampant. Meet The Mummy: In Egypt Peter and Freddie find the archaeologist Dr. Zoomer murdered before they can return to America. A medallion leads them to a crypt where a revived mummy provides the terror.
Tom Hanks stars in The 'Burbs, a sporadically funny extended sketch piece about a gaggle of suburban neighbours so preoccupied with mysteries taking place behind the closed doors of a newcomer that they go to extremes to look inside. The film is essentially a simple satire from director Joe Dante, for whom suburbia has been ripe territory for such comic-horror stories as Gremlins, Explorers, Matinee and Small Soldiers. Of all Dante's movies, The 'Burbs has the least story material to go around, and it depends heavily (and with modest success) on the comic powers of its cast--including Bruce Dern as a paranoid nut, Hanks as a Mr Normal type who loses perspective, and Rick Ducommun as Hanks' neurotic best friend. These appealing people hold one's attention, but by the end of the film, with nothing much having happened, even the cast can't mitigate an empty feeling. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
When an old and fading St. Dominic's church gets a young new priest (Crosby) things are bound to change. For starters young Father O'Malley meets the crusty old Father Fitzgibbons (Barry Fitzgerald) who doesn't think much of him or his ideas. The two have their differences but O'Malley is able to inspire some neighbourhood roughnecks to open their hearts and minds in a way the old priest simply could not do. Once the change has begun the church starts to find its way back into the
2002 marked Jim Davidson's 25th triumphant year in showbiz. Filmed in Edinburgh during his 2002 sell out tour this hilarious live show offers up Jim's views on everything from Tony Blair and the Pope to his advice on foreplay! This really is Jim Davidson at his absolute best and a show to treasure...
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