From Richard Adams' best seller comes a beautifully realized animated adventure about a nomadic band of rabbits. Nestled among the rolling hills and peaceful meadows of England lives a community of rabbits. When their warren is threatened a small group of brave rabbits escapes into the unknown countryside in search of a new home. Led by the visionary Fiver the courageous Bigwig the clever Blackberry and the honerable Hazel they face daunting challenges and use their strength and cunning to survive while pursuing their dream. Along their trek they make an unlikely friend - a looney seagull named Kehaar - and battle the vicious General Woundwort the cruel leader of another warren.
Meet Albert (John Cleese) a magnificent puddin' who can turn himself into just about any puddin' you can imagine. Only problem is that everyone is trying to steal him and he has the annoying habit of running away at every possible opportunity! It's up to his three friends to look after Albert Bunyip Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. They are out to save the puddin' from the most dastardly puddin' thief of them all - Buncle. So grab your biggest spoon and make sure you're ready to tuck in.
Inspired by the writings of the Swiss novelist Robert Walser Institute Benjamenta is the first live-action feature from the acclaimed surrealist animators the Quay Brothers. Jakob (Mark Rylance) enrols into the Benjamenta Institute a dilapidated boarding school for the training of servants. He then tries to unravel the hidden mysteries of the school his fellow pupils and Frau and Herr Benjamenta the siblings who run it. A fascinating symphony of light and shade constructed on the prevailing Quay themes of death decay and nothingness.
If we men married the women we deserved...We should have a very bad time of it. 1890s high society provides the setting for Oscar Wilde's sparkling comedy of morals and manners in which an 'ideal' husband must fight to save both his marriage and reputation when a blackmailing adventures threatens him with a political scandal.
The Incredible Hulk tells the story of scientist Bruce Banner and his raging alter ego The Incredible Hulk! Bombarded by gamma rays from an ill-fated Gamma reactor test Banner must now search for a cure for the creature within him whilst on the run from General Ross his Hulkbusters and the Leader's Evil. Aside from The Incredible Hulk himself we are treated to some of Marvel's amazing roster of heroes and villains. In the two part Return of the Beast The Incredible Hulk tangles with The Leader The Gargoyle and the hideous Abomination whilst in Raw Power he's up against the malevolent ZZZAX. In Helping Hand Iron Fist he goes mano-a-mano with Iron Man and War Machine in what proves to be a spectacular showdown! This DVD set contains every episode from this classic Marvel series making it a must for any fan of The Incredible Hulk or true animation enthusiast.
This collection features a trio of films directed by 'the master of the macabre' Mario Bava. Black Sabbath (1963): Italian horror master Mario Bava's spine-tingling horror anthology. In the first tale A Drop Of Water a woman steals a ring off of the finger of a corpse only to be haunted by the angry spirit of the ring's owner. In The Telephone a woman is harassed by phone calls from the dead. Finally Boris Karloff plays a vampire-like creature in The Wurdalak who feeds off the blood of its family. The Girl Who Knew Too Much (1963 aka The Evil Eye): The mystery of the Alphabet Murders in Rome was left unsolved ten years ago. When Nora Davis (Roman) travels there on vacation she gets tangled in a web of death starting with Edith an old friend of the family. As Nora tries to find some help for Edith she witnesses the stabbing murder of yet another woman. She soon discovers that the murder actually happened ten years ago to Emily Craven and that the Alphabet Murderer is looking for is still looking for the letter 'D'. The Mask of Satan (1960 aka Black Sunday/Revenge of The Vampire): Buxom B-movie queen Barbara Steele stars in this atmospheric film about the long dead evil Princess Asa and her brother who are accidentally brought back to life. Asa goes on a quest to murder her twin descendent Princess Katia (also played by Steele) and seduces many unknowing victims along the way.
We all need heroes Set in a divided Belfast in 1970 this is the story of two boys whose friendship breaks down the barriers. Based on Owen McCafferty's acclaimed play it tells the tale of two kindred spirits obsessed with 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and how this infatuation leads them from fantasies into petty crime. The two boys play at becoming their heroes gaining the courage against all the odds for a daring escape to Australia. This heart warming comedy intro
Captain Stanley (Ray Winstone) captures fugitive Burns brothers Charley (Guy Pearce) and Mikey (Richard Wilson) at the scene of bloody rape and murder. Informing Charley that he must kill his older brother Arthur (Danny Huston) in order to be set free Stanley drags Mikey to a decrepit jailhouse while he waits for Charley to carry out the deed... Director John Hillcoat's second collaboration with melancholic musician Nick Cave (here contributing the film's screenplay and soundtrack) is a taut character study of desperation amid the mesmerising backdrop of the 19th century Australian outback.
Nutty Professor (1996): Eddie Murphy stars as Dr Sherman Klump a kind calorically challenged genetics professor who longs to shed his 400-pound frame in order to win the heart of beautiful Jada Pinkett. So with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum Sherman becomes Buddy Love a fast-talking pumped-up plumped-down Don Juan. Can Sherman stop his buff alter ego before it's too late or will Buddy have the last laugh? Look Who's Talking (1989): Starring Kirstie Alley John Travolta and the wise-cracking voice of Bruce Willis Look Who's Talking is the box-office smash which takes an hilarious off-beat look at motherhood and romance from baby Mikey's point of view. Led on and let down by boyfriend Albert (George Segal) 32 year old Mollie (Kirstie Alley) is looking for a proper father for her son. Little Mikey favours cab driver-turned-baby-sitter James (John Travolta). It's a case of baby knows best but by the time he learns to talk it could be too late! Bicentinnial Man (1999): From director Chris Columbus comes this original funny and heart-warming film. When Richard Martin (Sam Neill) introduced a robot named Andrew (Robin Williams) to the family nobody expects anything more than an ordinary household appliance. But this is no ordinary robot! Andrew is a unique machine with real emotions a sense of humour and a burning curiosity to discover what it means to be human. Over the course of his service with the Martins spanning two hundred years and several generations Andrew discovers much about the intricacies of life and love and finds there are many things he can teach as well as learn. Will Andrew ever achieve his goal to become human and possess the freedom to pursue a life of his own? And will he be prepared to pay the cost? Karate Kid (1984): Daniel (Ralph Macchio) arrives in Los Angeles from the East Coast and faces the difficult task of making new friends. However he becomes the object of bullying by the Cobras a menacing gang of karate students when he strikes up a relationship with Ali (Elisabeth Shue) the Cobra leader's ex-girlfriend. Eager to fight back and impress his new girlfriend but afraid to confront the dangerous gang Daniel asks his handyman Miyagi (Noriyuki Pat Morita) whom he learns is a master of the martial arts to teach him karate. Miyagi teaches Daniel that karate is a mastery over the self - mind and body - and that fighting is always the last answer to a problem. Under Miyagi's guidance Daniel develops not only physical skills but also the faith and self-confidence to compete despite tremendous odds as he encounters the fight of his life in the exciting finale to this entertaining film.
We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story (1993): The voices of the above stars bring a handful of dinosaurs back to life in the modern day in this Steven Spielberg production. Lavish animation and imagination bring to life this delightful tale of dinosaurs in New York City. A group of very friendly very intelligent dinosaurs take a trip to Manhattan and brighten the lives of two very special lonely children. Ghostbusters (1984): Gaggles of little green ghosts spooks and a host of paranormal occurrences are on the rampage in New York. Can anyone save the world from these supernatural creatures? Only three unemployed and enterprising university parapsychologists when they go into the 'GHOSTBUSTERS' business. Bill Murray Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis star in the freelance crusaders who team up and the Ghostbusters squad. Armed with ectoplasmic swats and patented booby traps they walk a fine line between scientific genius and lunacy in their quest to rid the city of these slimey haunting monsters. The unique comic talents of Murray (Lost In Translation) Aykroyd (Evolution) and Ramis (Analyze This) together with Sigourney Weaver (Galaxy Quest) and Director Ivan Reitman create undoubtedly the most hilarious and successful comedy ever produced. Short Circuit 2 (1988): Number Five aka Johnny Five that incredible lovable robot form the smash hit Short Circuit is back and taking the big city by storm in this action-packed comedy adventure. Upbeat Johnny's out for some urban input but some street hoods a greedy banker and a gang of crooks see his naivete as their high-tech ticket to easy street. Will Johnny survive the big bad city and its big bad city slickers? Keep your wires crossed when you switch on this high voltage film. Batteries Not Included (1987): When an unscrupulous real estate developer sends thugs into a deteriorating tenement to get rid of the last five tenants they need nothing short of a miracle to stay where they are. In this delightful fantasy presented by Steven Spielberg little stands between the brave holdouts and the street. But one night when all hope seems lost tiny visitors from outer space mysteriously glide through their windows. As if in answer to their prayers the incredible creatures begin to turn the tide with their magical powers.
Liam Neeson gives a bravura performance as the title character in KINSEY, which details the controversial and dramatic rise of sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey. Raised in a sexually repressed household with a preacher father (John Lithgow) who believes the zipper is the devil's work, young Kinsey goes against his father's wishes and studies biology, eventually becoming a leading authority on the gall wasp. His skill at classification, organization, and research, combined with his own burgeoning sexuality following his marriage to Clara McMillen (Laura Linney), leads him to begin investigating the nature of human sexuality. Working at Indiana University, Kinsey finds that sex is something many Americans have been waiting a long time to talk about. Unfortunately, others consider his work to be disgusting and want it ended. Writer-director Bill Condon (GODS AND MONSTERS) alternates between short black-and-white scenes of Kinsey answering his own sex survey questions, with longer colour scenes that flash back to the important moments of his life. Kinsey's boyhood through his formative years, and his obsessions with the gall wasp and human sexual behaviour, are thoroughly documented. The publication of the seminal books SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE HUMAN MALE (1948) and SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR IN THE HUMAN FEMALE (1953) mark his primary achievements. Interestingly, it is the second book that causes the biggest panic, as a repressed society refuses to believe that women have the same needs and desires as men. Neeson and Linney make a wonderfully refreshing couple, freely sharing each other for all to see. Peter Sarsgaard, Chris O'Donnell, and Timothy Hutton lend fine supporting work as Kinsey's staff. KINSEY is an enlightening, engaging, yet frightening film, revealing how far the understanding of American sexuality has come--and how far it still has to go.
The greatest trilogy in film history, presented in the most ambitious sets in DVD history, comes to a grand conclusion with the extended edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Not only is the third and final installment of Peter Jackson's adaptation of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien the longest of the three, but a full 50 minutes of new material pushes the running time to a whopping 4 hours and 10 minutes. The new scenes are welcome, and the bonus features maintain the high bar set by the first two films, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. What's New? One of the scenes cut from the theatrical release but included here, the resolution of the Saruman storyline, generated a lot of publicity when the movie opened, as actor Christopher Lee complained in the press about losing his only appearance. It's an excellent scene, one Jackson calls "pure Tolkien," and provides better context for Pippin to find the wizard's palantir in the water, but it's not critical to the film. In fact, "valuable but not critical" might sum up the ROTK extended edition. It's evident that Jackson made the right cuts for the theatrical run, but the extra material provides depth and ties up a number of loose ends, and for those sorry to see the trilogy end (and who isn't?) it's a welcome chance to spend another hour in Middle-earth. Some choice moments are Gandalf's (Ian McKellen) confrontation with the Witch King (we find out what happened to the wizard's staff), the chilling Mouth of Sauron at the gates of Mordor, and Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) being mistaken for Orc soldiers. We get to see more of Éowyn (Miranda Otto), both with Aragorn and on the battlefield, even fighting the hideously deformed Orc lieutenant, Gothmog. We also see her in one of the most anticipated new scenes, the Houses of Healing after the battle of the Pelennor Fields. It doesn't present Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) as a savior as the book did, but it shows the initial meeting between Éowyn and Faramir (David Wenham), a relationship that received only a meaningful glance in the theatrical cut. If you want to completely immerse yourself in Peter Jackson's marvelous and massive achievement, only the extended edition will do. And for those who complained, no, there are no new endings, not even the scouring of the Shire, which many fans were hoping to see. Nor is there a scene of Denethor (John Noble) with the palantir, which would have better explained both his foresight and his madness. As Jackson notes, when cuts are made, the secondary characters are the first to go, so there is a new scene of Aragorn finding the palantir in Denethor's robes. Another big difference is Aragorn's confrontation with the King of the Dead. In the theatrical version, we didn't know whether the King had accepted Aragorn's offer when the pirate ships pulled into the harbor; here Jackson assumes that viewers have already experienced that tension, and instead has the army of the dead join the battle in an earlier scene (an extended cameo for Jackson). One can debate which is more effective, but that's why the film is available in both versions. If you feel like watching the relatively shorter version you saw in the theaters, you can. If you want to completely immerse yourself in Peter Jackson's marvelous and massive achievement, only the extended edition will do. How Are the Bonus Features? To complete the experience, The Return of the King provides the same sprawling set of features as the previous extended editions: four commentary tracks, sharp picture and thrilling sound, and two discs of excellent documentary material far superior to the recycled material in the theatrical edition. Those who have listened to the seven hours of commentary for the first two extended editions may wonder if they need to hear more, but there was no commentary for the earlier ROTK DVD, so it's still entertaining to hear him break down the film (he says the beacon scene is one of his favorites), discuss differences from the book, point out cameos, and poke fun at himself and the extended-edition concept ("So this is the complete full strangulation, never seen before, here exclusively on DVD!"). The documentaries (some lasting 30 minutes or longer) are of their usual outstanding quality, and there's a riveting storyboard/animatic sequence of the climactic scene, which includes a one-on-one battle between Aragorn and Sauron. One DVD Set to Rule Them All Peter Jackson's trilogy has set the standard for fantasy films by adapting the Holy Grail of fantasy stories with a combination of fidelity to the original source and his own vision, supplemented by outstanding writing, near-perfect casting, glorious special effects, and evocative New Zealand locales. The extended editions without exception have set the standard for the DVD medium by providing a richer film experience that pulls the three films together and further embraces Tolkien's world, a reference-quality home theater experience, and generous, intelligent, and engrossing bonus features. --David Horiuchi
When Night Falls The Adventure Begins! Based on the classic story ""A Thousand and One Nights "" this lavish production brings to life some of the most timeless fables to come down through the ages. A legendary heroine Scheherazade (Mili Avital) saves her kingdom and her own life by seducing her husband Schahriar's (Dougray Scott) imagination with the fantastical tales of Aladdin Ali Baba and other larger-than-life heroes warriors and djinns. Mind-blowing adventure and extraordinary special effects set against the backdrop of mysteries Arabia make this an exhilarating trip through the grandest adventures of all time.
A supernatural, occult thriller from Iron Maiden's Bruce Dickinson and Monty Python director and editor, Julian Doyle, about a shy lecturer who becomes possessed by the late black magician, Aleister Crowley when an experiment goes awry.
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Goodnight Mr Tom: John Thaw (Inspector Morse) stars as the widowed and cantankerous Tom Oakley in this charming film adaptation of the prize-winning children's novel by Michelle Magorian. When the Second World War is declared Tom finds that his quiet life in the village of Little Weirwold is set to change when nine-year old Willie Beech (Nick Robinson) is evacuated from London and billeted on him. Willie is a quiet sad child with a deprived and disturbing past but he slowly begins to flourish under the care of 'Mister Tom' and enjoys an idyllic village life. Gradually a strong bond of friendship develops between the two. Then quite suddenly his mother (Annabelle Apsion) summons Willie back to the terrors of Blitz-torn London. Tom is left feeling lonely and wondering if he will ever see his dear friend again. Buried Treasure: John Thaw is Harry Jenkins in this brand new ITV film a gruff self-obsessed estate agent used to getting his own way. Until that is he returns from a game of golf to find the police on his doorstep with news of his estranged daughter's death and discovers for the first time that he is the grandfather of a mixed-race little girl. Saffron his spirited and strong-willed granddaughter proves to be quite a match for him and a trip to London in search of her father forces Harry to face up to a few home truths. He realises that things need to change if he is to play a part in Saffron's life. Brilliantly acted this powerful and moving drama evokes Harry's inner struggle for salvation.
When the FBI spot high-grade counterfeit cash they seek the help of convict Tris Stewart (Lloyd Bridges) in tracking down the manufacturers. Stewart's hands-on experience in counterfeiting makes him a vital asset but turning him into an informant won't be easy. As soon as Stewart is let loose to investigate he makes a run for it reuniting with his criminal cohorts and girlfriend Meg (Barbara Payton). Little does he know that the law is watching him every step of the way.
Subject to harrowing scientific experiments, two dogs make a flight for freedom from the animal research laboratory. On making their way through the lab, they break a glass container used by bubonic plague researchers. They soon discover that the outside world is not the haven they hoped to find.
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