The Best of Mike Myers is a compilation of sketches from his six seasons on the American show Saturday Night Live, and features the star in his pre-Austin Powers days appearing in various garbs and characters, though not as Powers himself. There are, however, two Wayne's World segments, Myers' other great cinematic triumph (in collaboration with Dana Carvey), in which he plays the zonked-out heavy-metal dude who presents a cable show from his basement. One features Aerosmith guesting, waylaid by Wayne's mum and given the tour of the house, or "walk of shame"; the other has Madonna, in a parody of her In Bed With... era. Other characters include Sprockets, a stern and Teutonic techno-obsessed host, and Lothar of the Hill People, an ancient chieftain. Considering he is Liverpool-born, Myers is happy to peddle some curious American stereotypes of the British: that they have bad teeth, as in the "Hedley & Wyche" sketch ("one tube lasts a lifetime") or that they all behave like characters from a Terry-Thomas movie. Among the featured guests in these sketches are Steve Martin, Tom Hanks (as Aerosmith's roadie), Nicole Kidman as a six-year-old girl, Roseanne Barr and Danny DeVito. Sometimes, as is SNL's wont, the sketches go on several minutes too long and lack sharpness, while the star guests don't always put in Oscar-winning performances. However, amid the self-indulgence there are a number of very funny moments. On the DVD: The Best of Mike Myers DVD is a straightforward transfer of the TV original with no extra features. --David Stubbs
Love Never Dies. Francis Ford Coppola returns to the original source of the Dracula to create a modern masterpiece. It follows the tortured journey of the devastatingly seductive Transylvanian Prince (Gary Oldman) as he moves from Eastern Europe to 19th century London in search of his long lost Elisabeta who is reincarnated as the beautiful Mina (Winona Ryder)...
Stressed out police officer Shane Cooper (True Blood star Ryan Kwanten) relocates to the dusty farming village of Red Hill with his pregnant wife Alice to start a family. But when news of a prison break sends the local law enforcement officers into a panic Shane's first day on duty rapidly turns into a nightmare. For Jimmy Conway a convicted murderer serving life imprisonment busts out of jail and heads to the sleepy settlement seeking bloody revenge. Caught in the middle of the terrifying confrontation Shane is forced to take the law into his own hands in order to survive. A taut horror western which unfolds over the course of a single day and night and told with explosive action and chilling violence director Patrick Hughes' highly satisfying shocker is a heady combo of No Country for Old Men Assault on Precinct 13 and Dead Man's Shoes.
Filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1995 this rendition of Verdi's 'Otello' is beautifully crafted by leading stars Placido Domingo and Renee Fleming. This was the first major success for Fleming at the Met and as this release illustrates she tackled the character of Desdemona wonderfully.
An innocent women is jailed for smuggling cocaine. During her sentence she is at the mercy of the warden and her inmates forcing her to find a way out...
Beverly Hills 90210: Season 8 (7 Discs)
Winner of the Best New Director award at the San Sebastian Film Festival, Benedikt Erlingsson s critically acclaimed debut feature OF HORSES AND MEN is a darkly comic country romance about the human streak in the horse and the horse in the human. Set in the stunning Icelandic countryside, love, death and sex become interlaced in this playful, affectionate yet unflinching portrait of a remote valley community as seen from the horses perspective. Unique and highly entertaining, OF HORSES AND MEN was Iceland s official submission for the 2014 Oscars and won in six categories at the 2014 Edda Awards (the Icelandic Film and Television Academy), including Director of the Year, Screenplay of the Year and Best Film.
It's Christmas time in Cleveland, Ohio and four young ladies are on the verge of completing their mandatory thirty days of community service. With only one night to go, they are required to make a series of in-home visits to the older and less fortunate. Upon arriving at their final stop for the night, they become introduced to a pleasant older woman who graciously welcomes them into her home for the evening. However, as darkness falls and the cold settles in, they begin to realize that there is far more to their seemingly innocent host than meets the eye.
Following on from her guest appearance as Jaime Sommers in The Six Million Dollar Man Lindsey Wagner so impressed the big-wigs at ABC that they offered her the chance to reprise/resurrect her role in this spin-off series The Bionic Woman. Post-parachute accident Jaime Sommers' chances of survival were not looking good. Steve Austin realising the potential rehabilitation Jaime could receive contacted his old boss Oscar Goldman in an effort to save the
Danny Glover and Ray Liotta deliver 8 000 lbs. of fun and laughs in Disney's jumbo-sized hit comedy! A seasoned army captain (Glover) is teamed with a hard-nosed officer (Liotta) to conduct the ""biggest"" military manoeuvre ever - to secretly transport a full-grown elephant to a remote and virtually inaccessible jungle village. By land sea and air calamity and chaos prevail upon their hilariously mismatched team of would-be heroes. But with a little luck - and tons of hard work -
Tiffani and her friend Casey try to lure the gorgeous Zack with a phony online profile using the image of Tiffani's buff ex Ryan... which works fine until the real Ryan shows up. Only through some fancy footwork advice from his Aunt Helen and mentor Harry and a daring sexual escapade can Casey figure out how to set things right and perhaps even find the love he's been seeking.
It will scare you to death! In the winter of 1972 a young filmmaker named Roger Watkins began work on what is commonly referred to as the most vile and disgusting film ever made. Under the pseudonym of Victor Janos Watkins wrote directed produced and starred in The Last House on Dead End Street. Roger Watkins stars as Terry Hawkins a down and out pornographer fresh out of prison. Disgusted by the world around him he begins work on a series of snuff films-target
Bergman brings a refreshing wit to this dark domestic comedy tale of a married couple who desperately need each other. David (Gunnar Bjrnstrand) is a gynaecologist who is involved with a young patient. His wife Marianne (Eva Dahlbeck) learns of this transgression and begins an affair with his best friend. They attempt a trial separation however an ecounter upon a train bound for Copenhagen reminds them of the good times and connection they have with each other. Mirroring the
This is the thrilling story of a Federal Agent whose pursuit of an escaped witness brings him directly in contact with a highway haunted by a treacherous past. Set in the desert on a condemned stretch of road just off the historic Route 66. Darkly humurous and suspenseful 'Route 666' is a uniquely macabre horror film where a desert highway's legacy of evil meets the present in a gory confrontation.
Following a tragic schoolbus accident high-profile lawyer Mitchell Stephens (Ian Holm) descends upon a small town. With promises of retribution and a class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of the grieving community Stephens begins his investigation into the details of the crash. But beneath the town's calm he uncovers a tangled web of lies deceit and forbidden desires that mirrors his own troubled personal life. Gradually we learn that Stephens has his own agenda and that everyone
Frank Sinatra stars as professional poker player Frankie Machine who returns to Chicago after serving time for possession of heroin determined to become a changed character and make it as a jazz drummer. The odds are stacked against him however for with a neurotic and invalid wife and the presence of his old drug pushing friends it is not long before he gives in to temptation and is back on the drugs again....
A teenager journeys through a series of foster homes after her mother goes to prison for committing a crime of passion.
Made over the course of fifteen years For No Good Reason explores the connection between life and art through the eyes of seminal British artist Ralph Steadman. Insightful humorous and visually stunning this is a study in honestly friendship and the ambition that drives an artist. Ralph's rise to prominence began in the early 1970's during the fallout from the love and hope that had swept the western world during the 1960's. This legendary time for music literature art and philosophy was the catalyst along with his developing relationship with writer Hunter S Thompson for Ralph to express and chart the wreckage that followed; a large-scale disintegration of a demoralised counter-culture. His art gained recognition in the press and popular-culture publications both in the UK and US for its bold comment on his fiercely heartfelt politics. The film is a richly creative visual feast about the power and importance of art to achieve Steadman's aim I learnt to draw... to try to change the world. Director Charlie Paul spent 15 years meticulously amassing the footage and creating the remarkable animations for the film to match the same anarchic energy anger and free spirit of Steadman's pictures. Through Johnny Depp's lead in this intimate portrait we are able to reach to the heart of what make this artist tick his friendships and fallings out his love for art and his passion for civil liberties. For No Good Reason is a riot of stories and images as we take a trip through the wild and dark days of Steadman's time with Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas writer Thompson the Rumble In The Jungle; gunfights with literary giant William S Burroughs and his fiercely heartfelt politics. This is an invention energetic occasionally harrowing but inspiring and uplifting film with contributions from Terry Gilliam Richard E. Grant and music from Slash All American Rejects Jason Mraz James Blake Ed Harcourt and Crystal Castles.
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