First, J.K. Rowling's delightful bestseller, then an unforgettable movie: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone is sheer screen enchantment. At its center is Harry, orphaned, unloved, rescued, enrolled as a wizard-in-training at Hogwarts Academy and as his telltale forehead scar shows, destined for great things. Enter into the world of Hogwarts and experience the rich characters, lavish surroundings, wizardly tools and customs, the high-flying sport of Quidditch ... and much more beyond imagining. For the most magic ever to visit your house, see you on Platform 9-3/4!
Adapted from the acclaimed graphic novel this dark film follows the police investigation into the Jack The Ripper killings in Victorian London, with Johnny Depp as Scotland Yard Detective Fredrick Abberlines.
This 2-disc 20th Anniversary release includes Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone feature film and a brand new bonus disc, The Magical Movie Mode on Blu-ray. The Harry Potter Magical Movie Mode is a wondrous new way to experience Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Discover ï¬lmmaking secrets, spell incantations, creatures, magical artifacts and more in this enchanting collection of fun activities and curiosities. Test your knowledge with the Hogwarts Trivia Challenge, and let the magic begin! Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the son of two wizards and also has magical capabilities of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he learns new spells, plays the popular wizarding sport Quidditch and, along with best friends Ron and Hermione, works to once again face the Dark wizard from his past. Special Features: A wondrous new way to experience Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stoneâ¢! Discover filmmaking secrets, spell incantations, magical creatures and artifacts, and more in this enchanting collection of fun activities and curiosities. Test your knowledge with the Hogwarts Trivia Challenge, and let the magic begin!
If, as they say, you're in a certain mood, Message in a Bottle can be just the ticket. Based on Nicholas Sparks' bestselling novel, this handsome but overly calculated romantic tale stars Robin Wright Penn as Theresa, a Chicago Tribune researcher who finds a note encased in a green bottle that has floated onto a Cape Cod shore. The message within is a heartfelt, yearning declaration of love to a woman named Catherine but the author is unknown until Theresa (rather improbably) tracks him down in North Carolina. He's Garret Blake (Kevin Costner), a taciturn builder of sailboats and a grieving widower whose late wife, poetically speaking, was the intended recipient of the seafaring note Theresa found. Theresa, a divorcée with a son, decides to meet Garret, only to find him as bottled-up as his message. Nevertheless, a romance blooms on the strength of quality time in a sailboat and lots of cuddling, though the script tosses in bits of conflict to keep their relationship spicy. Directed by Luis Mandoki (When a Man Loves a Woman), this love story is entirely by the numbers, with Costner inhabiting (rather than performing) a stock fantasy of a man perfect in every way save his broken heart. Penn brings more vibrancy to her equally predictable part but fortunately for all, Paul Newman, John Savage, Robbie Coltrane and Illeana Douglas are on hand in nicely textured character parts. Sometimes predictability is exactly what one wants when settling in for an evening of home video, and this movie fits the bill nicely. The appealing cinematography is by ace cameraman Caleb Deschanel. --Tom Keogh
Adapted from the acclaimed graphic novel this dark film follows the police investigation into the Jack The Ripper killings in Victorian London, with Johnny Depp as Scotland Yard Detective Fredrick Abberlines.
The magical adventure begins when Harry Potter is invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The 20th Anniversary special edition includes a set of five exclusive Gruffalo postcards. The Gruffalo is one of the most loved children's stories of all time and tells the story of a mouse who is forced to rely on his wits for survival when confronted by three hungry animals. To scare them away he invents an imaginary monster with terrible teeth and terrible claws. But what happens when he comes face to face with his own creation? Featuring an all-star voice cast of Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Robbie Coltrane, James Corden, John Hurt, and Tom Wilkinson. Also available in the collection of much-loved family films based on the wonderful books written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, are: The Gruffalo's Child, Room On The Broom, Stick Man, The Highway Rat and Zog.
Harry returns for his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry along with his best friends Hermione and Ron. He ignores warning s not to go back to Hogwarts by a mysterious house elf named Dobby. Soon into the school year strange things start happening...
The story of a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards with unique magical powers of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry he finds the home and family he has never had.
Message In A Bottle: Grieving widower Garret Blake builds boats for a living. Rebuilding his life - that's another matter. But that's before Theresa Osborne comes to his North Carolina village. Theresa a lonely divorcee and researcher for the Chicago Tribune knows Garret is the author of the message she found inside a bottle on Cape Cod beach. And she knows the message spoke to her in a way that profoundly touched her heart. Kevin Costner as Garret and Robin Wright Penn as T
Jazz Icons: John Coltrane provides an epic 95-minute overview of a true giant of 20th-century music. Three separate shows reveal Coltrane's ascending creative arc from hard bop innovator as a member of the Miles Davis Quartet in 1960 to consummate bandleader in 1961 to unrivalled jazz visionary in 1965. This DVD not only features Trane's classic quartet with Elvin Jones (drums), Jimmy Garrison (bass) and McCoy Tyner (piano), but also spotlights him onstage with other jazz legends including Stan Getz, Eric Dolphy and Oscar Peterson. Includes mind-blowing versions of his signature tunes My Favorite Things and Impressions.
The story of a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards with unique magical powers of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry he finds the home and family he has never had.
The World famous saxophonist, John Coltrane showing performance footage, much of which has never been seen before, including a 1946 recording of John Coltrane playing alto saxaphone whilst in the Navy.
Tom Dowd And The Language Of Music profiles the extraordinary life and legendary work of music producer/recording engineer Tom Dowd. Historical footage vintage photographs and interviews with a who's who list of musical giants from the worlds of jazz soul and classic rock shine a spotlight on the brilliance of Tom Dowd whose creative spirit and passion for innovative technology helped shape the course of modern music.Tom Dowd's credits include recording sessions with Aretha Franklin Ray Charles Eric Clapton Otis Redding John Coltrane The Allman Brothers Band Tito Puente Dizzy Gillespie Thelonious Monk Cream Rod Stewart Lynyrd Skynyrd Booker T & the MG's and countless other musical luminaries.
Nuns On The Run (Dir. Jonathan Lynn 1990): Following in the great Carry On... tradition with a bit of Monty Python thrown in for good measure Nuns On The Run is a classic slice of slapstick comedy starring Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane. Brian and Charlie work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to leave he sets them up to be killed after they help rob the local Triads of their drug dealing profits. Brian and Charlie decide to steal the money for themselves but when their escape doesn't go to plan they have to seek refuge in a nuns' teacher training school. Disguised as nuns Brian and Charlie have to avoid their boss Triads police and Brian's girlfriend. There's also the problem of them being men disguised as nuns in an all women institution. Time Bandits (Dir. Terry Gilliam 1981): All the dreams you've ever had.... and not just the good ones. The first of three Terry Gilliam films collectively referred to as his Trilogy of the Imagination (along with 'Brazil' and 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen') 'Time Bandits' is a wonderfully inventive fantasy with a massive cult following and universal appeal. A sleeper hit in 1981 the film grossed well over eight times its million budget. Co-written by Gilliam and fellow Monty Python veteran Michael Palin (who also appears in the film) 'Time Bandits' tells the story of Kevin (Craig Warnock) a young imaginative boy kidnapped by a band of mischievous dwarves who have stolen a map of the universe detailing the locations of holes in the space-time continuum from the Supreme Being (Ralph Richardson). The dwarves with Kevin in tow set off on a bizarre journey back and forth though time with the intention of looting the fortunes of history's rich and famous. Along the way they meet the likes of King Agamemnon (Sean Connery) Robin Hood (John Cleese) and Napoleon (Ian Holm) among others and even get to sail on the Titanic moments prior to its unfortunate encounter with an iceberg. Unknowingly the diminutive bandits are being watched by the spectre of Evil Genius (David Warner) who wants the map for his own typically wicked purposes...
From Hell (Dir. Albert Hughes Allen Hughes 2001): 'From Hell' referring to the return address on a letter penned by the Ripper is about people who are in hell trying to survive the grimmest circumstances. At the core are five impoverished prostitutes who share a desperate friendship drawn tighter as their ranks are terrorized by a gruesome murderer. Mary Kelly Kate Eddowes Liz Stride Dark Annie Chapman and Polly exist on the brink earning a meagre living with their bodies in a society that concurrently dishonours and feeds upon them. Owning virtually nothing of value they are threatened by a monster that would steal from them their only possession: existence. Quills (Dir. Philip Kaufman 2000): Academy Award Winner Geoffrey Rush (Shine) stars as the infamous Marquis de Sade who has shocked generation after generation with his highly charged erotic writings. Rush's powerful performance is supported by an exceptional ensemble cast including the seductive Kate Winslet (Titanic) rising star Joaquin Phoenix (Gladiator) and Academy Award Winner Michael Caine (Cider House Rules) . Imprisoned from the world in an asylum the prolific Marquis crafts his tales of perversion with the help of a chambermaid the beautiful and innocent Madeleine. When their relationship is discovered it results in a disturbing and provocative confrontation between one man's freedom of expression and the State's need for control.
The story of a boy who learns on his eleventh birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards with unique magical powers of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry he finds the home and family he has never had.
Featuring spectacular archive footage seemless performances and vivid pivotal interviews with an extraordinary array of the most famous and infamous figures in the American jazz scene including Armstrong Basie Parker Coltrane Monk Charles Holiday Vaughan BB King Duke Ellington Dizzy Gillespie Tony Bennett Billy Taylor Carmen McRae Charles Mingus Wynton Marsalis Miles Davis and Ella Fitzgerald Masters Of Jazz is the most impeccably detailed and indispensible 12 hou
Edward Scissorhands (1991): An Avon lady discovers the half-made creation of a mad scientist living in the neighborhood's old abandoned castle. The scientist died leaving the shy boy with scissors for hands. When she attempts to bring him into suburbia his hands a metaphor for adolescence make for some awkward and hilarious situatons. An unforgettable contemporary fairy tale a poignant celebration of a visionary spirit struggling to survive in an unforgiving world. (Dir. Ti
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