A family is terrorized by a cruel and noisy spirit in this period chiller.
As a producer, Roger Corman has always loved to make low-budget rip-offs of hit movies, and Piranha is his typically cheeky take on Jaws--and, as so often with Corman, in many ways it's funnier and more entertaining than the original. Directed with gusto by schlock-horror specialist Joe Dante and sharply scripted by John Sayles, it replaces one huge underwater toothy monster with dozens of little ones and ups the body count by a factor of 10 or so. Two hapless teenagers, hiking in a remote mountain region, stumble on a secret US military research lab. They don't last long, but their intrusion leads to the release into the local river system of a huge shoal of super-intelligent piranha, originally specially bred for use in Vietnam. Downstream from the virulent little munchers lie a kiddies' holiday camp and a tacky new waterfront theme park. Lunch time, fellas! Sayles, with his staunch left-wing credentials, slips in some mordant political satire at the expense of the military-industrial complex, and authority figures of any kind come off pretty badly, but the satire never gets in the way of the gleeful black humour. The two leads, Bradford Dillman and Heather Menzies, are fairly pallid, but there are ripe cameos from such cult horror-movie icons as Kevin McCarthy, Dick Miller and Barbara Steele. Pino Donaggio's score impudently borrows aspects of John Williams' famous Jaws theme while never quite infringing copyright. The movie was successful enough to spawn a much-inferior sequel, Piranha II: The Spawning (1982), which marked the inauspicious directing debut of one James Cameron. On the DVD: Piranha on disc comes with just the theatrical trailer as an extra. The transfer is a respectable job, reproducing the original's full-screen ratio. --Philip Kemp
Be My Valentine Charlie Brown: This classic and much-loved Peanuts story centers on the romantic yearnings of that eternally hapless hero Charlie Brown. As Valentine's Day approaches Lucy tries to get Schroeder to give her a card Sally chases after Linus and poor Charlie Brown dreams of getting just one valentine. Even Snoopy's mailbox is stuffed with those red heart-shaped cards - doesn't anyone love Charlie Brown? Snoopy's Getting Married: Sometimes when Cupid t
A mock documentary filmed mostly in and around LA with interviews of Cheech and Chong interspersed between four videos of songs from their last album. Songs include: 'Get outta my room' and 'Born in East LA'.
Superman Animated Vol.2: Little Piece Of Home
Lust, lies and manipulation rule in the courtroom, the classroom and the bedroom as Emmy Award® winner Viola Davis lays down the law in the sexiest drama to scorch the airwaves ABC Studios' How To Get Away With Murder: Seasons 1 & 2 on DVD. The eternal battle between good intentions and brazen self-interest intensifies as Annalise (Davis) and her students continue to blur the lines between defending and committing murder. As the body count rises, Frank, Bonnie and the Keating Five dive into a docket of daunting new cases that set the stage for more twisted secrets, bitter betrayals and gasp-worthy revelations, including the shocking truth about the connection between Wes and Annalise. It all adds up to two killer seasons of unending thrills and unravelling mysteries complete with arresting bonus features that take guilty as sin to a whole new level of obsession!
A bumbling professor accidently invents flying rubber or ""Flubber"" an incredible material that gains energy every time it strikes a hard surface. It allows for the invention of shoes that can allow jumps of amazing heights and enables a modified Model-T to fly. Unfortunately no one is interested in the material except for Alonzo Hawk a corrupt businessman who wants to steal the material for himself.
Blake Lively stars as Stephanie Patrick, an ordinary woman on a path of self-destruction after her family is tragically killed in a plane crash. When Stephanie discovers that the crash was not an accident, she enters a dark, complex world to seek revenge on those responsible and find her own redemption. Based on the novel by Mark Burnell, from director Reed Morano (The Handmaid's Tale) and the producers of the James Bond film series, The Rhythm Section also stars Jude Law and Sterling K. Brown. Bonus Features Deleted And Extended Scenes Stephanie's Journey
A major Columbia Pictures release in glorious Technicolor, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad was one of Hollywood's first modern fantasy action blockbusters. On a mission to rescue his fiancée, the Princess Parisa (Kathryn Grant), Kerwin Mathews acquits himself well as Sinbad, while Torin Thatcher is a suitably malevolent magician who has shrunken the princess in a bid to get Sinbad to undertake a perilous quest. Truth be told, no one remembers Ray Harryhausen films for the script or the acting; the real stars are the still impressive action set-pieces, a battle with a cyclops, a giant Roc, a dragon, and a duelling skeleton; this last anticipating a much more lavish battle with skeleton warriors in Jason and the Argonauts. The cast may be all-American rather than Arab but even so, everything about this film works, from the fabulous set design of the Sultan's palace which evokes a real fairytale atmosphere, to Bernard Herrmann's truly classic score. On the DVD: The film exhibits a strong anamorphically enhanced 1.85-1 ratio image, with powerful mono sound. At about 80 minutes, the extras last almost as long as the movie. The most important and extensive addition is "The Harryhausen Chronicles", a documentary, while "This is Dynamation" gives an introduction to the stop-motion animation process itself. Ray Harryhausen is an affable host, a modest man who talks engagingly about his work in a way that really makes one appreciate the sheer ingenuity and skill which went into making not just The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, but also Jason and the Argonauts, the subject of a further featurette on the disc. On top of this there are trailers for the aforementioned films, plus one for the disappointing but still fun Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Overall, a first-class film on an equally good DVD. --Gary S. Dalkin
Sean Connery and Rob Brown star as an eccentric, reclusive novelist and a talented young scholar & athlete. As the young man gets to know his mentor he must face up to a tough decision about his dreams to write and play sport.
September Song: Series 1
Hurricanes. Floods. Exile. Crime. Corruption. Betrayal. Greed. Neglect. Is That All You Got? New Orleans 25 months later. Crime and corruption are up culture is being trampled and the people who matter - the workers families and dreamers who still live here - have had enough. HBO's drama series Treme revisits the musicians chefs Mardi Gras Indians and other familiar New Orleans characters who continue to rebuild their lives their homes and their culture in the aftermath of the 2005 hurricane that caused the near-death of an American city. The series' focus is still on ordinary people but they no longer accept their lack of influence on the institutions that have controlled the city. Episodes Comprise: Knock with Me - Rock with Me Saints Me Donkey Want Water The Greatest Love I Thought I Heard Buddy Bolden Say Careless Love Promised Land Don't You Leave Me Here Poor Man's Paradise Tipitina
6-Part BBC drama from the creator of Skins. Childhood soulmates, Georgia and Holly, are only a few weeks into the so-called best years of their lives at university in Edinburgh, when Georgia gets drawn into an elite clique of alpha girls, led by lecturer Jude Monroe. Jude's brand of feminism is alluring, just like the circle of bright students she surrounds herself with. Georgia's effortless entry into the clique leaves Holly out in the cold. But Holly's jealousy soon escalates to panic as Georgia begins acting erratically. Alarmed by this transformation in her best friend, Holly is compelled to follow her into Jude s closely-guarded circle. What she discovers is a seductive world of lavish parties, populated by Edinburgh's highest powered business men and women. But it's a world underpinned by sordid compromise, and as Holly exposes its deeply corrupt core, the danger mounts from all angles, for her and Georgia. Can Holly reclaim her soulmate and at what cost to herself?
Fascinated by arson since her family's pizzeria burned to the ground when she was a little girl Reena has become a crack investigator. A visit home however brings a psycho out of the woodwork and now she must solve the case before anyone else is hurt. Based on Nora Roberts novel.
Annabelle's Wish is a magical animated feature based on the legend that on Christmas Eve Santa Claus gives all animals a speaking voice just for one night. A loveable calf named Annabelle born on Christmas Eve has a very special wish: to fly like on of Santa's reindeers. A special friendship forms between Annabelle and Billy a young boy who cannot talk. Along with a friendly bunch of barnyard animals they contend with Billy's mean Aunt and the bullies in the neighbourhood. Annabelle shows the true meaning of Christmas by making one very special wish come true.
Gemma Jones stars as Louisa Trotter a cook for the upperclass at a fancy hotel. Very similar in style to 'Upstairs Downstairs' this classic British TV series first aired in 1976.
Mona Lisa
The second season of Miami Vice arrives on DVD. Featuring a stunning roster of young directors up-and-coming character actors and stars from the music industry Miami Vice was one of the most innovative TV shows of the 80s. The brainchild of Michael Mann (Heat) and Anthony Yerkovich (Hill Street Blues) the series combined hard-hitting subject matter with slick production values and the best pop music of the era - not to forget
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