Overnight, Jimmy Connelly (Orlando Bloom - Troy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Lord of the Rings) has become a sex symbol in his neighbourhood and Britain's boxing hope and he's not quite sure what to do with the extra attention! Jimmy's a milkman, you see, and he loves it, but when one day at his local gym, he accidently puts Britain's contender for the boxing World title out of action, he is propelled from amateur boxer onto the world stage and set to fight against the current World champion. He's going to have to shape up and he's going to need all the help he can get! Orlando Bloom is hilarious in this quirky comedy that will make you laugh out loud.
Beyblade is an animé tie-in to the high-tech spinning top toys. It has some of the standard faults of the cheaper Japanese animations--such as static backgrounds and overly perky facial design--but it makes inventive use of the idea that the competitions of the Beybladers are the outward manifestation of more occult conflicts in another realm. Young Tyson is a keen and inventive Beyblader--in the first episode, he works out a way of quadrupling the speed and force of his top--but it helps that his Beyblade is inhabited by the spirit of an ancestral dragon. Thus equipped, he moves through one round after another of an international competition, sometimes in alliance with the haughty Kai and his gang and sometimes opposing them, and always helped by Kenny and Dizzi, the spirit beast that inhabits Kenny's laptop. How much of this you want to watch will ultimately depend on how many duels between spinning tops you are going to be interested in, but the byplay between physical and spirit realms, and the conflict of characters is moderately interesting as well. --Roz Kaveney
Tracklist: 1. Men Are Like Streetcars - Bonnie Koloc 2. There's A Space In The Place - Bonnie Koloc 3. It Ain't Easy - Long John Baldrey 4. Everyday I Have The Blues - Long John Baldry 5. Entres Dos Aguas - John McLaughlin Paco Da Lucia & Larry Coryell 6. Lotus Feet - John McLaughlin Paco Da Lucia & Larry Coryell 7. Dust My Broom - David Bromberg 8. Chump Man Blues - David Bromberg 9. I'll Never Be Your Fools - David Bromberg
A disgraced medium finds that a new client opens a world of devious intrigue.
Superb football action with all our favourite heroes of the pitch displaying their famous skills to the best of their abilities. Really Bend It Like Beckham: In this programme which was filmed in Madrid David shares his knowledge skills and experience. His technique is dissected using the ultimate in technology and the programme is broken down into easy-to-use sections - control space-making skills passing and working for space turning skills and forward play crossing closing down and defending finishing and free kicks. Michael Owen: The World At His Feet: Not since Pele at the tender age of 17 in Sweden '58 has a teenage footballer taken the world by storm. Fast forward to France '98: Michael Owen had arrived on the world stage. After only one year in England's Premier League with Liverpool Michael took his place in Glenn Hoddle's final squad of 22 players with a nation full of expectation behind him. Michael delivered. His goal against Argentina was voted best goal of the tournament. All The Goals Of World Cup '98: From the opening strike by Brazilian Cesar Sampaio to the last by Emmanuel Petit they are all here - all 171 goals. See Davor Suker score 6 to win the Golden Boot ahead of both Italian Christian Vieri and Argentine Gabriel Batistuta with 5. Also see three of the worlds top strikers Ronaldo Sales and Hernandez all score 4 each and will anyone ever forget Michael Owens fantastic goal against Argentina? Or how about Dennis Bergkamp's last minute winner also against Argentina? This DVD will again show you the teamwork behind the world's super strikers; the flair of Brazil to the passion of the host country and champions France. The great ones the lucky ones and the unusual ones - all the goals of the 1998 World Cup are here on one great DVD! Football Superstars - David Beckham: David Beckham is the icon of modern football a marketing persons dream and a global superstar. The England captain has the ability to terrify opposing defences with his incisive passing pin-point crossing and long-range shooting. Still yet to hit his peak Beckham is sure to become one of the greatest players in English football history.
The railroad's got to run through the town of Rock Ridge. How do you drive out the townfolk in order to steal their land? Send in the toughest gang you've got...and name a new sheriff who'll last about 24 hours. But that's not really the plot of Blazing Saddles just the pretext. Once Mel Brooks' lunatic film many call his best gets started logic is lost in a blizzard of gags jokes quips puns howlers growlers and outrageous assaults upon good taste or any taste at all! Cleavon Little as the new lawman Gene Wilder as the wacko Waco Kid Brooks himself as a dimwitted politico and Madeline Kahn in her Marlene Dietrich send-up that earned an Academy Award nomination all give this sagebrush saga their lunatic best. And when Blazing Saddles can't contain itself at the finale it just proves the Old West will never be the same!
Two friends spend their days smoking pot and talking about sex in a sharp and witty film about America's Generation X.
This boxset features American Ninja 1 2 and 3. American Ninja (Dir. Sam Firstenberg 1985): US army private Joe Armstrong is escorting a supply convoy when it is ambushed by rebels. Instinctively he defends himself using the martial art of Ninjitsu - an ability that puts him under suspicion by his commander and fellow soldiers. In a plot riddled with dark intrigue Armstrong now finds himself a lone warrior fighting corruption within his ranks. In the depths of the Philippino jungle he discovers a dark secret in his past. He has been initiated into the deadliest art of the Orient and he must now face his destiny and fight the evil Black Star Ninja in the ultimate martial arts battle. This is a seminal Ninja movie with breath taking action as swift and sure as the blade of a samurai sword! American Ninja 2 (Dir. Sam Firstenberg 1987): On a remote Caribbean island Army Ranger Joe Armstrong saves an old friend from the clutches of The Lion an evil super-criminal who has kidnapped a local scientist and mass-produced an army of mutant Ninja warriors. American Ninja 3 (Dir. Cedric Sundstrom 1989): Jackson is back and now he has a new partner karate champion Sean as they must face a deadly terrorist known as The Cobra...
This exclusive DVD captures one of the highly acclaimed clinics presented by celebrated jazz musicians and educators David Friesen (bass) and Jerry Hahn (guitar) during their 2003 tour sponsored by high-end handmade string manufacturer Thomasik-Infeld. The workshop aims to broaden students' vision of music by explaining: practice techniques how to listen what to listen for strengthening the time feel participating in a small group format understanding purpose and commitment an
Kill Bill (2004): Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! In part 1 of Quentin Tarantino's delirious revenge movie Uma Thurman plays 'The Bride', a woman seeking vengeance on those who massacred her wedding party... Inspired by countless Japanese swordplay actionfests (the classic Lady Snowblood among them), yakuza gangster thrillers (offering a cameo opportunity to genre icon Sonny Chiba) and Chinese martial arts movies (hence the knowing appearance of Jackie Chan contemporar...
Governments, multinational corporations and religious organizations have secretly wielded tremendous power by holding back critical data or spreading misinformation to further their own aims. This program exposes the almost inconceivable stories of deceit, conspiracy, sanctioned piracy and scientific knowledge hidden from the world for far too long!Keeping the Faith: The Mystery of Mass SuicideHow can the charismatic energy of any leader translate into the voluntary death of hundreds, even thousands, of people? Throughout the course of civilisation incidents of mass suicide have shaken humanity to the core. Yet history records very different social attitudes toward these extreme events. From the martyrdom of the Jews at Masada to the debauchery and carnage perpetuated by Jim Jones in Guyana, are these the acts of the morally righteous or the morally depraved? In the end, what made them do it?Science Fraud: E=MC$The cold fusion debacle and the purported discovery of the Piltdown man stand as two of the greatest shams perpetrated over the course of scientific history. Have we learned anything from the real or alleged goldbricks of the past? Experts in the field think not. Today's scientists are under considerably more pressure to achieve results in their field. If they don't, they risk losing research grants or, perhaps more importantly, their chance at university tenure. How do these inherent conflicts of interest impact the integrity of medical and scientific discovery, and how do they affect our society at large?
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: The point of a good production of Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia is to have a Rosina and a Figaro who will knock your socks off in their respective arias, while holding back enough in all those crescendo ensembles in which the farce plot reaches its several culminations that the other stars get a chance to shine too. Cecilia Bartoli and Gino Quilico give full-blooded enough performances when on stage by themselves that self-effacement seems far from imminent, yet both are capable of less, and give it when it is needed. Of the others, David Kuebler is an attractively raffish Almaviva, while Robert Lloyd turns Basilio into a memorable cameo. Gabriele Ferro is one of the most intelligent of Rossini conductors--he understands the relationship between the pulse of the music and its dramatic function, and he is also outstanding in the delicacy of phrasing, even in climaxes, that ensures that every voice, every instrument, gets the moment of glory Rossini intended. Michael Hampe's solid reliable unfussy production keeps everything moving without drawing attention to itself. L'Italiana in Algeri: Rossini's first real hit as a writer of comic opera, L'Italiana in Algeri is one of those almost unsinkable works difficult to get entirely right. Michael Hampe's production for the 1987 Schwetzinger festival captures both its charm and its sense of menace--the court of the Bey is both a setting for farce and a place in which the Italian characters are at the mercy of a despot who will not necessarily find things funny. Gunther von Kannen's Mustafa is a convincing Bey of Algiers, with all the arrogance of power and the vulnerability to mockery that goes with it. His adversary, the tough witty proto-feminist Isabella, is given real presence in Doris Soffel's performance--it is entirely credible, listening to her throaty mezzo, that everyone else should be more-than-a-little in love with her. The slightly effete tenor of Robert Gambill as her lover Lindoro makes him a perfect partner in intrigue for her. Conducting Rossini is not just a matter of winding the crescendos up and letting them go; Ralf Weikert is particularly fine in the complicated finale of Act 1 with its imitations of bells and drums and its complicated vocal lines. --Roz Kaveney
By the marginal-or-miss standards of British TV spin-offs, Ali G in da House is well above adequate, even though it drags out every smart line or decent routine until they lie dead on the screen just begging for a laugh track. The film pulls back a bit from the absolute obnoxiousness of the Ali G TV skits, which makes Sacha Baron Cohen's character bearable at feature length, but also significantly less funny. Here it is finally confirmed that Ali is a weedy white kid called Alistair who pretends to be Jamaican, rather than a weedy white comedian doing a Jamaican character. Believe it or not, there's actually a plot, with a scheming Chancellor of the Exchequer (Charles Dance) recruiting Ali as a parliamentary candidate for Staines in a devious attempt to unseat Prime Minister Michael Gambon. Yet this framework is really an excuse for the sketch-like bits, such as a Los Angeles ghetto movie fantasy, Ali G addressing a meeting of lesbian feminists ("I've seen a lot of your videos"), and Charles Dance forced to read a budget speech in Ali G speak. Oddly, the film makes early-1990s jokes about Tories rather than going after New Labour, but any political satire here comes in second to knob-polishing jokes and sometimes-hilarious patter. Luckless inhabitants of the M4 corridor will nod ruefully at the final gag, in which Ali G persuades the PM not to devastate Staines and nods agreement as Gambon reassures him, "it's all right, we'll destroy Slough instead". --Kim Newman
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