Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis wrote the script, but Bill Murray gets all the best lines and moments in this 1984 comedy directed by Ivan Reitman (Meatballs). The three comics, plus Ernie Hudson, play the New York City-based team that provides supernatural pest control, and Sigourney Weaver is the love interest possessed by an ancient demon. Reitman and company are full of original ideas about hobgoblins--who knew they could "slime" people with green plasma goo?--but hovering above the plot is Murray's patented ironic view of all the action. Still a lot of fun, and an obvious model for sci-fi comedies such as Men in Black. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
101 Films presents Brain Dead, a mind-bending nightmare based on a story from The Twilight Zone writer Charles Beaumont, starring Bill Pullman (Independence Day), Bill Paxton (Aliens), Bud Cort (Harold and Maude) and George Kennedy (Cool Hand Luke). Title 016 on the 101 Films Black Label and released on Blu-ray for the first time in the UK, this limited edition version includes slipcase and booklet. The Eunice Corporation is on the ground floor of an exciting growth industry, utilizing a memory re-sculpting technique pioneered by eccentric neurosurgeon Rex Martin (Bill Pullman). It envisions nationwide clinics where anyone can lose the hang-ups of an unhappy childhood, a failed romance or a botched career. At Eunice's New You outlets, a simple operation will give customers peace of mind. Or it might leave them brain dead. But when Martin refuses to cooperate with Eunice, he soon finds himself plunged into a surreal existence that intertwines dreams and reality. Has Martin slipped over the edge into madness? Or have corporate profit mongers given him a push, making him the guinea pig in his own experiment? To know the answer is to know true terror! Special Features: Brand New Extras The Brains Behind the Nightmare, a new documentary on Brain Dead Tales from the Cranium, an interview with director Adam Simon Limited edition booklet: Includes A Dimension of Mind' by Sean Hogan and Evil Brains from the Movies' by Barry Forshaw Additional Extras Audio commentary with co-writer/director Adam Simon and filmmaker Rodman Flender Deleted Scenes Theatrical Trailer 2K Scan of the original film elements
All I Want For Christmas: An offbeat but festive comedy that will cheer the whole family, 'All I Want For Christmas' stars Leslie Nielsen as an irreverent Santa and Hollywood icon Lauren Bacall as the grandmother of two young children intent on making their holiday wish come true. Surviving Christmas: It's madness, mischief and mayhem when rich executive Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) decides to rent himself a family for the holidays. Tired of spending Christmas alone, Drew makes th...
A freewheeling portrait of Ken Kesey and the Merry Prankster's fabled road trip across America in the legendary Magic Bus. In 1964, Ken Kesey set off on a LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World's Fair. He was joined by The Merry Band of Pranksters, a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac's On the Road, and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus. Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip, shooting footage on 16MM, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen...until now.
Marvellous Jackie Chan action-fests including Shanghai Noon Twin Dragons and Rumble In The Bronx. Shanghai Noon (2000): Two cultures collide when East meets West in Shanghai Noon a wildly hilarious stunt-filled action-adventure-comedy starring the death-defying action hero Jackie Chan Owen Wilson and Lucy Liu. Chan plays Chinese Imperial Guard Chon Wang (say it out loud) who hightails it to the wild and woolly West to rescue the beautiful kidnapped Princess Pei Pei (Liu). When he meets up with laid-back outlaw cowboy dude Roy O'Bannon (Wilson) - the best mismatch ever made in the rough and tumble Old West - the two face jail brawls bordellos and the vilest villains this side of the Great Wall! Spectacular stunts outrageous irreverence and epic vistas reign as East meets West in a battle for honor royalty and a fortune in gold! It's a real kick. Twin Dragons (1992): The night that wealthy Mrs Chan gives birth to identical twins all hell breaks loose in the hospital! A wounded gangster escapes from a police escort in the emergency room and snatches one of the twins as hostage. The distraught parents lavish all their love and affection on the remaining twin throughout his childhood. He studies music and becomes a world-famous conductor. The abducted baby is abandoned by the gangster and found by a dance hall hostess who takes the infant home and brings him up as best she can. His youth is spent in the company of thieves and gangsters but he manages to get a job as a mechanic. Years later when the two Chans by coincidence meet face to face - chaos reigns. There is no time to establish a relationship but they both run headlong into great danger and a series of mind blowing stunts that only Jackie Chan & Jackie Chan can deliver. Rumble In The Bronx (1995): No one brings more death-defying entertainment to the screen than fearless martial arts superstar Jackie Chan. In this awe-inspiring and often amusing action-thriller Chan outdoes himself with the most eye-popping stunts ever filmed each more amazing than the last! Chan plays Keong a Hong Kong cop who gets more than he bargained for when he visits relatives in a crime-ridden section of New York. Soon Keong is brawling with Mafia kingpins and unleashing his lethal skills on unsuspecting thugs. From the first astonishing action sequence to the last in which Chan is matched against a giant hovercraft in a deadly show of brute strength 'Rumble in the Bronx' is the definitive action-adventure film; one your have to see to believe!
Captain Jack Sparrow returns only to find that the infamous Davy Jones is after his soul.
Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud (the late Dennis Weaver) of Taos N.M. is assigned to the 21st Precinct of the NYPD to study local police methods and where he can stay close to his girl Chris Coughlin a writer for her father's paper the New York Chronicle. McCloud is a keen and brilliant investigator who cuts an unusual figure in a trademark Stetson and sheepskin coat... Series 1: 1. Who Says You Can't Make Friends In New York City? 2. Horse Stealing On Fifth Avenue 3. The Concrete Corral 4. The Stage Is All The World 5. Walk In The Park 6. Our Man In Paris Series 2: 1. Encounter With Aries 2. Top Of The World Ma! 3. Somebody's Out To Get Jennie 4. The Disposal Man 5. A Little Plot At Tranquil Valley 6. Fifth Man In A String Quartet 7. Give My Regrets To Broadway
Share the wonder and enchantment as Walt Disney's Beloved Classic continues in Lady And The Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure - now more exciting than ever through the magic of Blu-Ray! For the first time ever, high definition picture and sound enliven this heartwarming tale featuring a new generation of hilarious canine pals as well as Jock, Trusty and all the characters you love! Lady and Tramp's mischievous pup Scamp is always in the doghouse. Now, an itch for freedom is sending him on the ultimate adventure! Scamp joins up with the Junkyard Dogs, a notorious pack that includes his idol, the streetwise Buster, and a sweet and sensible stray named Angel. Will Scamp choose the collar-free life with his new pals or embrace the pampered life he had at home? With nonstop laughs and paw-tapping songs, Lady And The Tramp 2: Scamp's Adventure is a new breed of Disney fun your whole family will love! Special Features: Puppy Trivia Tracks The Making of Lady and the Tramp 2: From Tramp to Scamp Sing-along Songs Bonus Shorts Audio Commentary with the Directors and Producer
Police Story 2 (1989) is one of those rare sequels that's more fun than its predecessor. Jackie Chan plays his usual rule-breaking cop, loyal to superiors that carp at the destruction he leaves in his wake but are prepared to take credit for every success he has. Here he finds himself up against vengeful gangsters whose plans he frustrated in the first of the series; but he also has to combat a ruthless team of extortionists with a taste for explosions both large and small--blowing up large buildings, turning people into human bombs and torturing people with firecrackers are all part of their repertoire. He has girlfriend trouble, too, since his fiancée is worried that he always puts the job first. Like its predecessor and the quasi-sequel First Strike (1996), Police Story 2 is transitional between Chan's early more fight-orientated Hong Kong movies and his later, blander Hollywood films. The fights and stunts here are most of the point of what is essentially a very good generic Jackie Chan vehicle; he takes on progressively larger groups of opponents, coping, for example, with a dozen gangsters armed with swords in a terraced garden by leaping from level to level and paying each opponent individual attention. The final fight in a fireworks factory is a Chan classic, depending as it does as much on the comedy of frustrating repetition as on daring stunts. --Roz Kaveney
The countryside isn't always as calm and peaceful as it's made out to be, and the animals in this neighbourhood can't help but ruffle a few feathers. With tales including a fox who unwittingly mothers a family of chicks, a rabbit who plays the stork and a duck who steps in as Santa Claus, if you think life in the country is a walk in the park, think again! From the creators of the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest & Celestine, and voiced by some of Britain's finest acting talent, The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales is a collection of hilarious and heart-warming adventures that the whole family will love.
A Secret Service agent is called out of retirement to investigate an assassination attempt on his friend. His investigations lead him to discover the existence of a underground organisation called The Pentangle with connections all the way to the top.
A groundbreaking comedy and a subtle satire of the UK building industry in the 1960s (which is still frighteningly relevant today!) an excellent cast of comedians in their early days (Ronnie Barker Richard Briers Peter Butterworth Bernard Cribbins) will have you rolling in the aisles!
Directed by Academy Award-winner Fred Wolf, 'The Point' tells the story of Oblio, a round-headed boy living in the land of 'Point,' where everything and everybody has a point. Oblio, along with his trusty dog, Arrow, is banished to the Pointless Forest. The tale is narrated by Ringo Starr and includes songs written and sung by Grammy Award-winner Harry Nilsson. The definitive collector's edition. Special Features: Who Is Harry Nilsson? Pitching The Point. Making The Point. Legacy of The Point.
After SpongeBob's beloved pet snail Gary is snail-napped, he and Patrick embark on an epic adventure to The Lost City of Atlantic City to bring Gary home.
Featuring all the episodes from series 1-4! Series 1: Allie Henshall and dependable husband Gavin Ferraday own a successful hairdressing business. They plan to expand to a second site accross the road but their dreams are shattered when Mia and her husband Finn beat them to it and open a rival salon... Series 2: After making her choice of Finn over her husband Gavin Allie returns to Manchester to find that Gavin is making the most of his newfound single life. As she
Hugh Grant stars in this satire of American identity, in which the President becomes a guest judge on the reality TV show.
Based on the best selling and ground-breaking Armistead Maupin books that started life as a daily serial in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1976 the small screen adaptation of 'Tales of the City' wonderfully evoked a unique time and place - the freewheeling San Francisco of the 1970s and forever changed the landscape of television.
An amiable knock-off of the Ealing comedy style, The Smallest Show on Earth starts with aspiring novelist Bill Travers and his "nice gel" wife Virginia McKenna inheriting a cinema from a hitherto unknown uncle and discovering that it isn't the sumptuous modern Grand, which specialises in those "smash 'em in the face, knock 'em over the waterfront" pictures, but the decrepit Bijou, known locally as "the fleapit". The initial plan, set up by lawyer Leslie Phillips, is to sell off the cinema to the owner of the Grand so he can knock it down to make a car park, but our heroes are put off by the arrogant bullying of the rival manager (Francis De Wolff) and succumb to the inept charms of the crazed, aged staff--drunken projectionist Peter Sellers, doddery commissionaire Bernard Miles and dotty ticket lady Margaret Rutherford (who joined the team as a piano accompanist). In the 1950s, there was a run of gentle British comedies in which outmoded and broken-down local institutions (steam trains, tugboats, vintage cars) were saved by collections of committed eccentrics who despised the new-fangled bus services or soulless council bureaucracies and were willing to resort to a little larceny (in this case, arson). The Smallest Show slots in perfectly with the cycle, getting laughs from the Bijou's already outmoded programme of scratchy Westerns and desert dramas (which increase ice cream sales) and sentiment over the staff's midnight screenings of silent movies that remind them of better days. It's likeable rather than hilarious, with Sellers and Miles buried under crepe hair and fake wrinkles competing to out-dodder each other and losing the picture to the inimitable Rutherford, who doesn't have to fake her eccentricity. Pin-up, June Cunningham, is the glamorous usherette and Sid James plays her annoyed Dad. On the DVD: The Smallest Show on Earth is presented in a decent print, but with no extras. The film is also available as part of the four-disc Peter Sellers Collection. --Kim Newman
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