Helena Bonham Carter and Gina McKee star in this new British comedy about an unlikely friendship between two Scottish women who help each other through life's ups & downs.
Slasher horror flick from director Brett Simmons. A group of teenage friends are taking a drive when they are hit by a murder of crows causing their truck to spin off the road and into a cornfield. After stumbling into an eerie scarecrow watching over the rows they soon begin to realise they are stuck in the middle of nowhere... and an evil force seems to be picking them off one by one.
The great warrior Genghis Khan collected orphans from his bloody battlefields and had them raised by his own mother. These adopted brothers grew up to become his most loyal bodyguards and advisers. Khan organised his Mongol soldiers into groups according to the decimal system. Soldiers were arranged in units of 10 (aravt), 100 (zuut), 1,000 (minghan) and 10,000 (tumen). A 10-person aravt of the Khan’s finest is ordered to locate a skilled doctor in the forest. En route, they discover an abandoned baby and take him into their care. Only the child belongs to a deadly enemy, now in hot pursuit... Though protecting the child from attack, the members of the aravt must also complete their mission. Through their actions, they demonstrate the benevolence and bravery of Mongol warriors as the final battle closes in.
Both a kind of home movie and a salute to the hip, pop-up sketch comedy of 1960s/early 1970s television--Laugh-In, Monty Python's Flying Circus, that sort of thing--Schizopolis is a hit-and-miss series of gags with vaguely connecting threads of Kafkaesque paranoia. Soderbergh himself stars as two people--one an ineffective dentist and the other a speechwriter for a cult movement called Eventualism, which has set out to "question all answers"--connected by their romances with the same woman, played by Soderbergh's real-life ex, Betsy Bramley. There isn't so much a story as a series of bits in which these characters often (though not necessarily) turn up, from press conferences on the subject of horse urination to old footage of nudists to a scene of an Eventualist exchange between husband and wife: "Generic greeting!" "Generic greeting returned!" None of this leads to a literal point but after a while an undercurrent of disease about making sense of the modern world becomes apparent beneath the jokes. Soderbergh (sex, lies, and videotape, Out of Sight) is certainly a filmmaker who goes his own way in life, always hitting his target in one spot or another and occasionally getting a bull's-eye for his trouble. Schizopolis is no bull's-eye and it has just as many detractors as admirers but it's impossible not to appreciate Soderbergh's conviction that making a film out on the fringes is a worthy endeavour. --Tom Keogh
Syd is a strung-out wealthy 20-year old guy whose life is about to go from meaningless to futile. After a massive drug spree he awakes to the news that he is about to lose his ""one true love"" forever... Syd's ex-girlfriend is moving from New York to Los Angeles. Syd has one more chance to win her back at her going-away party. Syd stocks up on cocaine and goes off to the party with Bateman a young English banker he's just met. Throughout the evening however - punctuated by regular drug breaks in the bathroom - we discover that Syd's relationship problems involve more than friction with his girlfriend. Is there a light at the end of the tunnel?
Sean Penn wrote and directed The Crossing Guard, a character-driven drama about a divorced couple (Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston) whose relationship never recovered following the death of their daughter at the hands of a drunk driver (David Morse). When the latter's character, a deeply regretful and changed man, gets out of jail, Nicholson, as the vengeful dad, decides to go after him. As a director, Penn is not so good with fluid storytelling and camera clichés, but he is amazing as an actor's director. The onscreen re-teaming of former real-life lovers Nicholson and Huston is more than just a voyeuristic exercise: Penn ingeniously uses the duo's palpable friction to bring a horrifying reality to the pain of a dead relationship. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Say goodbye to all you think you know and embrace new beginnings on the smartest, sexiest crime show on television. Crime novelist Richard Castle and no-nonsence detective Kate Beckett are made for each other - the only problem is, they don't seem to realise it. But Castle and Beckett have come a long way since their first case together. Are they finally ready to take their relationship to the next level? Experience again the gripping drama, clever dialogue and engaging characters with killer chemistry on the show that combines the perfect mix of suspense, humour and heart.
Season 1 Get on the beat with a new hit drama. Loaded with provocative banter and a talented cast. Castle: The Complete First Season is can't-miss entertainment. Rick Castle is a world-famous crime novelist whose stories come to life when a copycat killer follows his literary blueprint. Enlisted to help the NYPD stay a step ahead of the murderer, Castle realises working with the police can also supply him with a slew of ideas for his next book. The relationship gets a little more complicated – and a whole lot more fun – when he is paired with the attractive Detective Beckett, who doesn't appreciate Castle's unorthodox style. Experience every witty, suspense-filled moment of the original series in this 3-disc DVD collection. Packed with never before-seen bonus features, including a behind-the-scenes peek at the cast, this addictive series is a killer on DVD! Season 2 TV's most engaging and unlikely crime-solving duo is back in the spectacular second season of ABC's Castle. The banter flies faster than the bullets in this unique series, loaded with drama, romance and laughs. Best-selling mystery novelist Rick Castle's unique approach to crime solving may have won over Detective Kate Beckett, but their relationship is still on rocky ground. Relive all your favourite cases in this 6-disc DVD set. Packed with never-before-seen bonus features, including inside secrets from the set, this collection is a must have for every Castle fan!
Between his high-octane debut, Bad Boys, and 1998's wannabe blockbuster Armageddon, hotshot director Michael Bay forged his dubious reputation with this crowd-pleasing action extravaganza. In Rock, a psychotically disgruntled war hero (Ed Harris) seizes the island prison of Alcatraz and threatens to wage chemical warfare against nearby San Francisco unless the government publicly recognises the men who were killed under Harris's top-secret command. Nicolas Cage plays the biochemist who teams up with the only man ever to have escaped from Alcatraz (Sean Connery) in an attempt to foil Harris's terrorist scheme. As one might expect, what follows is an action-packed barrage of bullets, bodies, and climactic confrontations, replete with enough plot contrivances to give even the most jaded action fan cause for alarm. It's a load of hooey, but the cast is obviously having a grand old time, and there's enough wit to make the recycled action sequences tolerable. --Jeff Shannon
Inside an isolated airport seven anxious passengers learn that their charter flight has been grounded by a blizzard. Despite their pleas the pilot Cathy Garrett (Chase Masterson) tells them that she cannot depart until the storm abates. The unhappy passengers are soon stunned into silence by the arrival of Jack Edwards (Bruce Campbell) a convicted murderer escorted by two guards whose transport van has skidded off the highway en route to prison. Cathy tries in vain to make the agitated passengers feel at ease with phone lines down cell phones not working and radios only transmitting static. But these soon prove to the least of the passengers' problems as they realise that some members of the group are not who or what they seem...
The Next Time They Meet May Be The Last... With chills that will slice through you like a butcher's knife this edgy disturbing serial thriller centres on criminal psychologist Audrey MacLeah and the desperate manhunt for a vicious murderer who has slaughtered a string of successful young career women dumping their bodies in grotesque death poses. MacLeah may havea unique gift of delving into the twisted minds of psychopathic killers but she's also tormented by crippling flashbacks to a past terror. And she knows this particular sicko like no other... because she's the only one who's ever survived his vile grasp.
Play.com's favourite serial killer finds a very disturbing ally in Season 3. Dexter's desire to become a family man derails when he starts working with highly respected DA Miguel Prado (Jimmy Smits), a charming and powerful lawyer on the surface, but a dark and deranged would-be murderer underneath.To all around him, blood splatter analyst Dexter Morgan appears to be a perfect gentleman and respected member of the police force but, behind this convincing facade, Dexter harbours a terrifying secret. He is a serial killer.The Emmy-nominated series returns for an all-new season - and this time Dexter's got a new take on taking life. Having faced some of his darkest demons, Dexter's ready to put the past behind him. Now, with family life, a day job catching kills and an uncontrollable urge to do away with the ones that get away, Dexter's got his work cut out for him. And when a high-profile case sides him with powerful Assistant DA Miguel Prado, the pressure might be too great for even our most beloved serial killer.
This is a love story waiting to explode. Brooklyn NYC. Franklin Swift is a construction worker who's rarely more than one step away from the dole queue. Zora Banks is a music teacher who dreams of becoming a singer/songwriter. From different worlds a chance encounter throws the pair together - the attraction is instant and it's not long before the unlikely lovers move in together. At first they're lost in their passion for each other but all too soon real life begins to take its toll. Money is tight Franklin's past catches up with him while Zora reveals a frightening secret of her own...
The first ever Spice Girls music DVD features the videos for the current hit double A-side single 'Holler' & 'Let Love Lead The Way' and 1998's Christmas number one 'Goodbye'. Also included is an exclusive double-sided poster featuring images of the girls taken by top photographer Dean Freeman. 'Holler' is stunning and futuristic 'Let Love...' features the girls as the four elements - earth air fire and water. 'Goodbye' was filmed at a Gothic mansion in London in 1998.
Get ready to play with the Tweenies in two fantastic DVDs featuring your favourite friends - Bella Milo Fizz and Jake. Animal Friends - Join the Tweenies and all their animal friends as they dress up sing songs and listen to wonderful stories. Party Games Laughs and Giggles - It's time to come to the best party ever! Join Bella Milo Fizz and Jake for oodles of party fun songs and games.
It's 1973 Franco's on his way out and Spain is changing with the times. Alberto Lopez is a failing door-to-door encyclopaedia salesman on the brink of financial disaster until he and his lovely wife Carmen are offered a unique and lucrative opportunity to make their own amateur Super 8 'erotic' movies as part of a phoney ""Scandinavian World Encyclopaedia of Reproduction"". Little do they realize that this will unspool Alberto's passion for Bergmanesque filmmaking launch Carmen as
This riveting series puts a familial spin on Angels with Dirty Faces, the 1938 James Cagney-Pat O'Brien classic in which two childhood friends take divergent paths--one becomes a priest, and the other a hoodlum. In Brotherhood, Michael Caffee (Jason Clarke) is an idealistic and respectable Rhode Island state representative dedicated to the preservation of his close-knit lower-middle-class Irish neighbourhood, the Hill. His older brother, Michael (Jason Isaacs), is a gangster who returns home after a seven-year absence (one step ahead of a hit, two steps ahead of the Feds) to pick up where he left off. The stage is set for backroom skullduggery and mean streets thuggery, as both men pursue their visions of the American dream on opposite sides of the law. At the heart of this series is the conflict between the estranged brothers. With the exception of clueless matriarch MaryRose (Fionnula Flanagan), Michael is not exactly received with open arms. "You're a tornado," Tommy tells him early on. "You suck everything in and spit it out broken." Indeed, the man is a psychopath. When a henchman of neighbourhood mob boss Freddie Cork (Kevin Chapman) threatens a woman, Michael not only repeatedly bashes his head against a car, but for the coup de grace, cuts off his ear. In one gut-wrenching scene, he compels a woman to sell him her store by inducing her mentally challenged brother to play Russian Roulette. No wonder Tommy insists, "We're not the same in any way." But don't be too sure. Michael is a good man and devoted father and husband, but he isn't above (or beneath) using Michael's inside information to blackmail a stubborn colleague who won't vote his way on a freeway project that could destroy the Hill. As the season unfolds, he will be forced to make more ethically challenged deals with the powers behind the scenes, one of whom has a mysterious connection with his mother. Brotherhood mines the clash between personal and professional lives to flesh out its characters. "The people's business" doesn't pay well, and Tommy is forced to moonlight as a real estate developer, and perform all home repairs. Eileen (Annabeth Gish), his picture-perfect politician's wife, smokes pot and is having an affair with a man she knew in high school. Declan Gigg (Ethan Embry) is a conflicted policeman who grew up with the Caffees. Comparisons with The Sopranos are inevitable, but Brotherhood quickly establishes its own unique voice, if not accent. --Donald Liebenson
Titles Comprise: The Christmas Miracle All I Want For Christmas Stalking Santa
Based on the succesful alternative graphic novel this tells the story of two girlfriends spending the summer after high school graduation together.
Witty knowing and immensely entertaining Dorian Blues is a delightfully off-kilter coming-of-age tale from debut writer-director Tennyson Bardwell. Adolescence is proving a pain for Dorian (Michael McMillian). He's an outcast and the butt of classmates' fag jokes at high school and his football hero brother (Lea Coco) is constantly rescuing him. But everything finally begins to make sense when he realizes that he's gay. Before his arch-conservative dad (Steven C. Fletcher in a hilarious role) can throw him out of the house he's off to NYU where he encounters a new world of cafes sophisticates and handsome men but this life proves just as frustrating as his world back home. From the hysterical dinner table political discussions to the serious family moments and less-than-perfect life in college the writing and acting is directly from the heart and always rings true. Prepare to laugh out loud with this first-rate gay comedy.
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