Extermination is not just a business. It's a way of life. Directed by Sam Raimi and written by the brothers Coen: Joel and Ethan. Ernest Tread called the exterminators. He had a rat in his place of business - his partner. Unfortunately the exterminators dispatched the wrong rat!
Prankster Dom Joly adds a marvellously surreal edge to the hidden camera show in Trigger Happy TV, all of whose episodes are set to a great soundtrack of downbeat anthems. Joly not only waylays unsuspecting members of the public and minor celebrities, he subjects them to any number of odd or downright bizarre scenarios. Among many other gems here we have the millionth customer at the sex shop, the MI6 recruiting officer whose potential recruitee is frighteningly willing to become an assassin, the infuriating traffic warden ("You can't park here"), the workmen who eat and sleep in the middle of the street, the cultured punk, the obvious burglar, the park warden who eats all the birds, and the ice cream man who is incapable of serving anything. Best of all, perhaps, are the creature features: the snail literally crawling across the zebra crossing, the vain gorilla-gram, not to mention sundry sadistic squirrels, dangerous dogs and randy rabbits. Oh yes, and there's still that guy with the huge mobile phone, though it must have been increasingly hard for Joly to find anyone who didn't know that character already. Trigger Happy TV gamely exploits the British public's unwillingness to confront strangers, but it also hearteningly demonstrates their innate politeness when placed in awkward situations. In how many other countries could he approach people in the street to insult and bemuse them without running a serious risk of assault? --Mark Walker
A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.
Jimmy Corona (James Lorinz) is a struggling writer down on his luck. His girlfriend Lori (Sandra Bullock) has walked out and debts are piling up. After several hilarious failed suicide attempts he decides to write a book about the Mafia.Jimmy goes to see his uncle Tony (Tony Darrow) a New York Wiseguy who agrees to get him into the Mob. He is partnered with Bink Bink Boreli (John Costelloe) a young thug on the rise who soon grows tired of Jimmy's inability to hand the Goodfella lifestyle!Eventually Jimmy is put to the ultimate test... he will have to kill someone to make his bones or face up to his luck finally running out...Sandra Bullock lights up the screen as she strips down to her sexy lingerie as Jimmy's girlfriend and Steve Buscemi puts in a cameo as an oddball obsessed with conspiracy theories!
Ultraviolet: Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil The Fifth Element) Cameron Bright (X-Men 3) Nick Chinlund (The Legend of Zorro) and William Fichtner (The Longest Yard) star in this story of a woman caught in a futuristic civil war between the government and a subculture of disease modified humans in whom speed strength and intelligence are magnified. In the film she must fend off the human government to protect a young boy who has been marked for death. Resident Evil: Apocalypse: Milla Jovovich returns as Alice one of only two survivors of the contained biochemical disaster in the first Resident Evil. This film begins where the first film left off with Alice in the heart of the ravaged and deadly Raccoon City. She has been subjected to biogenetic experimentation by the vast Umbrella Corporation and become genetically altered with super-human strengths senses and dexterity. These skills and more will be needed if anyone is to remain alive. DOA: Dead Or Alive: You're invited... A number of fighters are invited to DOA an invitational martial arts contest where combatants are then pooled against one another in a knock-out style tournament: the conquered is sent home while the conqueror progresses to the subsequent round. Four scantily-clad female fighters begin as rivals but consequently find themselves teaming up against an altogether mightier force..... Check your brains at the door and engage your sense of shameless high-kicking fun: it's the Hollywood interpretation of Tecmo's videogame brawler Dead or Alive!
This cult send-up of the pretensions of the American west stars Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston as Jack McKee and Cecil Colson; two cattle rustlers who use a panel truck and chainsaws in their work instead of a lariat. Henry Beige (Slim Pickens) is hired by the recently arrived ranchers to investigate the losses and brings a touch of the old West to the story and the solution of the crime. Rancho Deluxe's script was written by cult author (and sometimes script-writer) Thomas McGu
Coachella the feature length film based on America's premiere showcase for alternative cutting-edge music comes to DVD filled with one classic performance after another gathered from the 6 year history of the festival. The iconic headliners and forward-looking newcomers include Radiohead The Arcade Fire Bjork Bright Eyes The Mars Volta Morrissey Pixies Red Hot Chili Peppers The White Stripes and many more. Coachella: The Film is already taking its place beside concert epics such as Woodstock as the musical portrait of a generation.
She's mysterious she's exciting and she's turning his life upside down. Straight from the mean streets of New York the waif-like Jane (Calista Flockhart - TV's Ally McBeal) works her way into the life and heart of a cynical young writer. The spark that ignites between them sends them on a drug fuelled rollercoaster ride through the underbelly of New York City and Atlantic City. Jane's inner demons begin to haunt their relationship. The ride gets wilder until the stakes are lif
A dance based fitness DVD, that's more than just a workout - with some specially filmed additional features.The main programme features Essex favourites Sam, Billie and Lydia as they are put through their paces by one of the hottest dance choreographers on the UK scene - Glenn Ball, in a workout designed by Glenn together with fitness trainer and co-choreographer Deanne Berry. The fitness programme will run for 60 minutes and will contain 3 specially developed 'complete' 20 minute workout sections, each with their own warm up and cool down. The works outs can run independently - perfect for today's busy lives, or they can be played back to back for one full-on hour long routine. The sections are:Totally Retro Reem - The girls will dance it out to their favourite club classic dance tracks from the 80s and 90s. Burn those carbs before Marbs - Trainer Glenn is an expert in turning combat moves into dance base fitness routines. The girls follow his expert tuition. Well Jel Workout - A faster paced cardio routine, as the girls burning some of their late night energy on the dance floor. The only way to to look reem, dance reem and be reem.The additional features will also include Harry Derbidge, another Essex favourite, who will be on hand to offer his support to the 3 girls as they style their way to that Essex look - the only way they know how.
Ultraviolet: Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil The Fifth Element) Cameron Bright (X-Men 3) Nick Chinlund (The Legend of Zorro) and William Fichtner (The Longest Yard) star in this story of a woman caught in a futuristic civil war between the government and a subculture of disease modified humans in whom speed strength and intelligence are magnified. In the film she must fend off the human government to protect a young boy who has been marked for death. Serenity: Can't stop the signal... Beloved television cult director Joss Whedon (Buffy The Vampire Slayer Angel) makes a spectacular first foray onto the big screen with Serenity the cinematic adaptation of his wildly popular but short-lived sci-fi series Firefly. A mix of space western comedy and drama Serenity follows captain Malcolm ""Mal"" Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and his ragtag crew as they trade their way around the edges of civilized society. Of particular interest are two passengers they take on Simon and River Tam (Sean Maher and Summer Glau) a brother and his telepathic sister on the run from the corrupt governing Alliance. As notorious former members of the anti-Alliance opposition Mal and his crew make it difficult for Simon and River to stay hidden. Everything goes completely awry when a government assassin is sent to retrieve River. As Mal is forced to choose between his close-knit crew and the brother and sister newcomers it becomes apparent that River harbors both a dangerous secret and astounding fighting powers and Mal decides that discovering the truth about what she knows might just be worth his time. Many of the film's action sequences revolve around Summer Glau's martial arts skills in her portrayal of River. Glau prepared for her role with Hong Kong stuntwoman Ming Lu as well as stunt coordinators Chad Stahelski and Hiro Koda and as a result performed nearly all the stuntwork herself. In addition to the stellar stunts realistic graphics and an often haunting score the film's actors display a rare chemistry that brings viewers both into their lives and into a possible version of humanity's future. Resident Evil 2: Milla Jovovich returns as Alice one of only two survivors of the contained biochemical disaster in the first Resident Evil. This film begins where the first film left off with Alice in the heart of the ravaged and deadly Raccoon City. She has been subjected to biogenetic experimentation by the vast Umbrella Corporation and become genetically altered with super-human strengths senses and dexterity. These skills and more will be needed if anyone is to remain alive.
In 1993 a group of childhood friends in Omaha Nebraska released 100 copies of a casette tape by a 13 year old singer - songwriter / little brother Conor Oberst. Two years later the name Saddle Creek Records was etched in vinyl and what began as a collective local music scene would soon gain attention as a centre of independent music in America. 'Spend An Evening With Saddle Creek' is the strory of the record label as told by the people who made it happen. With extensive interviews
A genetically modified subculture of humans fight for survival in this sci-fi adventure.
As an overdose of eye candy, Ultraviolet can be marginally recommended as the second half of a double-feature with Aeon Flux. Both films are disposable adolescent fantasies featuring a butt-kicking babe (in this case, the svelte and sexy Milla Jovovich) in a dystopian future, and both specialize in the kind of barely-coherent, video-game storytelling that's constantly overwhelmed by an over-abundance of low-budget CGI. Director Kurt Wimmer fared much better with his earlier film Equilibrium, but he's trying for a lively comic book vibe here (beginning with Hulk-like opening credits) with a digitally enhanced, Tron-like color palette. It largely suits this late-21st century story of a "blood war" between the ultra-violent Violet (Jovovich), member of a vampire-like group of resistance fighters infected with a man-made virus called the Hemophage, and the human Vice Cardinal Daxus (Nick Chinlund), who's determined to eliminate Violet's kind once and for all. Wimmer takes all of this way too seriously, crafting a plot involving Violet's rescue of a human clone boy (Cameron Bright) that's intended as an homage to John Cassevetes' 1980 drama Gloria, but Wimmer's good intentions are mostly lost in a repetitive series of chaotically choreographed fight scenes, mostly involving the tight-bodied Jovovich wiping out dozens of armour-clad enemies. It's all too numbingly hectic to qualify as a satisfying movie, but sci-fi buffs should give it a look anyway, if only to see how locations in Shanghai and Hong Kong contribute to the film's futuristic design.--Jeff Shannon
This timeless fairytale is brought to you again..... Based on the classic children's fairy tale this great story shows how true love always prevails and that true beauty is within....
This box set features the following films: A History of Violence (Dir. David Cronenberg) (2005): Tom Stall is a loving family man and a well respected citizen of a small Indiana town. But when two savage criminals show up at his diner Tom is forced to take action and thwart the robbery attempt. Suddenly heralded as a hero who took the courage to stand up to crime people look up to Tom as a man of high moral regard. But all that media attention has the likes of mobsters showing up at his doorstep charging that Tom is someone else they've been looking for. Is it a case of mistaken identity or does Tom have a history of violence that no one knows about? American History X (Dir. Tony Kaye) (1998): Derek Vinyard (Edward Norton) the charismatic leader of a group of young white supremacists lands in prison for a brutal hate-driven murder. Upon his release ashamed of his past and pledging to reform Derek realises he must save his younger brother Danny (Edward Furlong) from a similar fate. Running Scared (Dir. Wayne Kramer) (2006): Joey Gazelle (Paul Walker) is a low-level mafia thug who finds himself in the middle of a drug-deal gone wrong in which a hail of gunfire and some dead undercover cops are the net results. Fleeing from the scene Joey is charged with dispensing one of the steel revolvers used to kill the cops. Instead he stashes the gun in his own basement just in case he ever needs insurance against his own gang. Unfortunately Joey's 10-year old son Nicky (Alex Neuberger) and his best friend Oleg (Cameron Bright) see where the weapon is hidden. Oleg whose Russian mob-connected step-father is physically abusive towards him and his mother steals the gun to exact revenge. This forces Joey to embark on a nightmarish 18 hour journey to locate Oleg and the gun before his own gang the Russian mafia or bad cop Detective Rydell (Chazz Palminteri) finds them or the true link between the gun and the crimes....
The continuation of the Upstairs Downstairs saga which follows the lives of the two servants Thomas and Sarah. Episodes included: The Poor Young Widow Of Peckham There Is A Happy Land Return To Gethyn Putting On The Ritz The New Rich and Love Into Three Won't Go.
Day on Fire is a haunting portrayal of violence. In New York four women go about their lives oblivious to the menace that is coming their way. Their paths intersect against the backdrop of a ghastly suicide bombing in Israel and the strange foreboding wanderings of a mysterious man cruising the city for a woman. A doctor a journalist a singer and a model; As the women come together the forces that will lead them to ther fates are gathering on both sides of the ocean. though the day begins innocently before the sun sets each will come face to face with the terror and misery that the modern world brings and each will hope for some redeeming moment.
Once Upon a Time in America has a chequered history, having been chopped from its original 229-minute director's cut to 139 minutes for its theatrical release. The longer edition presented here benefits from having the complete story (the short version has huge gaps) about turn-of-the-century Jewish immigrants in America finding their way into lives of crime, as told in flashback by an ageing Jewish gangster named Noodles (Robert De Niro). On the other hand, it's almost four hours long, and this sometimes-indulgent Sergio Leone film is no Godfather. Still, it is notable for the contrast between Leone's elegiac take on the gangster film and his occasional explosive action, as well as for the mix of the stoic, inexpressive De Niro and the hyperactive James Woods as his lifelong friend and rival. --Marshall Fine
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