Life sucks for Jim. His best friend Michael is now hanging with the cool kids and Jim's only companion is his dog. He's stuck in a small town where nothing ever exciting happens, until Dean, a mysterious American, moves in to the house next door. Dean is older, good-looking, and in Jim's eyes the coolest guy he's ever met. Jim can't believe his luck. Dean offers him friendship, helps him win the girl of his dreams and he soon becomes the most popular boy in school. But when it turns out Dean is hiding a dark secret, Jim is forced to question if his newfound popularity is worth it.
Finally the movie that proves that Justice isn't always Poetic Jungle Fever isn't always pretty and Higher Learning can be a waste of time. Don't Be A Menace... is a parody of the popular hood movies made by African-American directors in the '90s; in particular John Singleton's Boyz 'N the Hood and the Hughes Brothers' Menace II Society are the recipients of some big-time lampooning! The plot focuses on Ashtray a do-gooder who comes to South Central L.A. to live with his father. Unfortunately Dad turns out to be a poor role model as he extols the virtues of unsafe sex and drunk driving. Ashtray's cousin Loc Dog is no better with his hair-trigger temper and extensive weaponry (including a nuclear bomb). Ashtray manages to find romance with a pretty poet named Dashiki but it turns out that she's a little too popular with the men in her neighborhood - and not for her writing skills. Will Ashtray become disillusioned by what he's seen and experienced in South Central?
Although the superhero comic book has been a duopoly since the early 1960s, only DC's flagship characters, Superman and Batman (who originated in the late 1930s) have established themselves as big-screen franchises. Until now--this is the first runaway hit film version of the alternative superhero X-Men universe created for Marvel Comics by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and others. It's a rare comic-book movie that doesn't fall over its cape introducing all the characters, and this is the exception. X-Men drops us into a world that is closer to our own than Batman's Gotham City, but it's still home to super-powered goodies and baddies. Opening in high seriousness with paranormal activity in a WW2 concentration camp and a senatorial inquiry into the growing "mutant problem", Bryan Singer's film sets up a complex background with economy and establishes vivid, strange characters well before we get to the fun. There's Halle Berry flying and summoning snowstorms, James Marsden zapping people with his "optic beams", Rebecca Romijn-Stamos shape-shifting her blue naked form, and Ray Park lashing out with his Toad-tongue. The big conflict is between Patrick Stewart's Professor X and Ian McKellen's Magneto, super-powerful mutants who disagree about their relationship with ordinary humans, but the characters we're meant to identify with are Hugh Jackman's Wolverine (who has retractable claws and amnesia), and Anna Paquin's Rogue (who sucks the life and superpowers out of anyone she touches). The plot has to do with a big gizmo that will wreak havoc at a gathering of world leaders, but the film is more interested in setting up a tangle of bizarre relationships between even more bizarre people, with solid pros such as Stewart and McKellen relishing their sly dialogue and the newcomers strutting their stuff in cool leather outfits. There are in-jokes enough to keep comics' fans engaged, but it feels more like a science fiction movie than a superhero picture. --Kim Newman
Rio Grande was the last and least memorable of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy (following Fort Apache and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon), but it none the less maintains an interesting continuity about the gentlemanly rules of military conduct. Here the focus is on the family. While creating a heated controversy over his handling of the Apache war, John Wayne must also contend with disgruntled wife Maureen O'Hara and estranged son Claude Jarman Jr, a new recruit trying to earn his father's love and respect. Ford suggests that there are two conflicting codes of honour in every cavalry officer's life, the personal as well as the professional, and that it takes an act of heroism to maintain both. It's fascinating to observe Wayne's progression throughout the trilogy, as his personal stakes intensify. This is the first of five onscreen appearances between the Duke and O'Hara, each filled with a competitive spirit and stormy sexuality. --Bill Desowitz, Amazon.com
Every episode from all seven seasons of the Golden Globe-winning drama from 'Sopranos' writer Matthew Weiner, set in a prestigious advertising agency in early 1960s New York, where sexism is a way of life and everyone smokes like a chimney. In this highly competitive, all white, male-dominated environment, the indefatigable Don Draper (Jon Hamm) is the top ad executive, but there are plenty of young guns eager to topple him from his perch. Season 1 episodes are: 'Smoke Gets in Your Eyes', 'Ladies Room', 'Marriage of Figaro', 'New Amsterdam', 'Five G', 'Babylon', 'Red in the Face', 'The Hobo Code', 'Shoot', 'Long Weekend', 'Indian Summer', 'Nixon Vs. Kennedy' and 'The Wheel'. Season 2 episodes are: 'For Those Who Think Young', 'Flight 1', 'The Benefactor', 'Three Sundays', 'The New Girl', 'Maidenform', 'The Gold Violin', 'A Night to Remember', 'Six Month Leave', 'The Inheritance', 'The Jet Set', 'The Mountain King' and 'Meditations in an Emergency'. Season 3 episodes are: 'Out of Town', 'Love Among the Ruins', 'My Old Kentucky Home', 'The Arrangements', 'The Fog', 'Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency', 'Seven Twenty Three', 'Souvenir', 'Wee Small Hours', 'The Colour Blue', 'The Gypsy and the Hobo', 'The Grown-Ups' and 'Shut the Door. Have a Seat'. Season 4 episodes are: 'Public Relations', 'Christmas Comes But Once a Year', 'The Good News', 'The Rejected', 'The Chrysanthemum and the Sword', 'Waldorf Stories', 'The Suitcase', 'The Summer Man', 'The Beautiful Girls', 'Hands and Knees', 'Chinese Wall', 'Blowing Smoke' and 'Tomorrowland'. Season 5 episodes are: 'A Little Kiss: Part 1', 'A Little Kiss: Part 2', 'Tea Leaves', 'Mystery Date', 'Signal 30', 'Far Away Places', 'At the Codfish Ball', 'Lady Lazarus', 'Dark Shadows', 'Christmas Waltz', 'The Other Woman', 'Commissions and Fees' and 'The Phantom'. Season 6 episodes are: 'The Doorway: Part 1', 'The Doorway: Part 2', 'Collaborators', 'To Have and to Hold', 'The Flood', 'For Immediate Release', 'Man With a Plan', 'The Crash', 'The Better Half', 'A Tale of Two Cities', 'Favors', 'The Quality of Mercy' and 'In Care Of'. Season 7 episodes are: 'Time Zones', 'A Day's Work', 'Field Trip', 'The Monolith', 'The Runaways', 'The Strategy', 'Waterloo', 'Severance', 'New Business', 'The Forecast', 'Time & Life', 'Lost Horizon', 'The Milk and Honey Route' and 'Person to Person'.
Graham Chapman (the dead one from Monty Python) writes and stars in the movie of his own life story. Although Chapman selfishly dropped dead in 1989 he had taken the trouble to record himself reading his book and those recordings have now been used to provide Chapman's voice in the film. Fellow Pythons John Cleese, Terry Jones, Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam also turn up, along with a few surprise guest including Cameron Diaz, Stephen Fry and Lloyd Kaufman.
Filmmaker Julien Temple chronicles the life of the antiestablishment icon known to the world as Joe Strummer.
From Bethlehem to Jerusalem Rome to London Aled Jones goes in search of the people places and fascinating stories behind Britain's best loved carols. Part-road trip in the footsteps of Titchmarsh and Dimbleby part-musical history lesson in the style of Rock Family Trees Aled's Christmas Carols is an entertaining and enlightening journey into our musical heritage and the spiritual heart of the country. Inter-cut through the film will be a concert performance by Aled where he sings the carols before exploring the stories behind the lyrics and melody of each. Aled will explore the history behind some of the most sung carols of all time meeting historians musicians priests and experts who will reveal the stories behind the tunes we all love to sing at Christmas. The carols features include: Once in Royal David's City Away in a Manger O Little Town of Bethlehem O Come All Ye Faithful Silent Night and more.
The District Nurse the hit BBC drama arrives on DVD for the first time. In the 1920s District Nurse Megan Roberts (Nerys Hughes) is assigned to a poor Welsh mining village where life has hardly changed since Victorian times. Solace is found in booze and religion. Viewed with deep suspicion by many of the locals she soon finds herself battling against powerful farmers local officials and mine owners who care nothing about the villagers' welfare. Digitally remastered for e
A collection of the very best musical performances from the Amnesty International series of Secret Policeman's Ball series from the years of 1979-1991 featuring some of the finest talents in the music industry. ""The Policeman's Ball DVD's are wonderful... chock full of nostalgic fun moments.""
Season Four of Star Trek: Discovery finds Captain Burnham and the crew of the U.S.S. Discovery facing a threat unlike any they've ever encountered. With Federation and non-Federation worlds alike feeling the impact, they must confront the unknown and work together to ensure a hopeful future for all.
Pop stars and movies don't normally make the best combinations; despite featuring three musicians trying their hands at the acting game On the Line is a delightful movie. The biggest draw will undoubtedly be Lance Bass and Joey Fatone of US boy band N*SYNC and while many critics may be ready with their pot shots the pair not only bring a surprisingly deft acting ability to the screen but a chemistry clearly borne of years together in a band. The film bravely refuses to play the predictable teen comedy card, opting instead for a more mature tale of romance. On the Line succeeds not only thanks to the performances but because its theme of lost opportunities is a universal one. Certainly not a film without its faults (Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora's cameo is simply dreadful), On the Line has the courage of its convictions and at least tries to do something other than the expected. The result is an enjoyable effort and one that suggests Bass and Fatone may well have a prosperous future ahead of them when that Justin Timberlake fellow inevitably dumps them to go solo. On the DVD: On the Line is certainly a diverting if not startling DVD package. The commentary from director Eric Bross and the excellent Emmanuelle Chriqui is lively and informative. There is a selection of deleted and alternative scenes as well as outtakes. The HBO special is fine, if essentially one long advert for the movie. Unsurprisingly, the film enjoys a high-profile soundtrack (unwisely including the odd N*SYNC tune, rather blurring the edges of credibility) and the audio quality is suitably superb. --Phil Udell
Highlights the best UFC action from the whole of the 2011 campaign featuring over 30 fights and 13 title matches.
Returning to the sketch-show format of their earlier days, Monty Python' s The Meaning of Life was always going to feel less ambitious and less coherent than their cinematic masterpiece, The Life of Brian. And inevitably given the format, some sketches are better than others. But, for a movie that has been much-maligned, The Meaning of Life actually features some of the Pythons' most memorable set-pieces: the exploding Mr Creosote has to be the most wonderfully grotesque creation of a team whose speciality was the grotesque; while the sublime "Sperm Song" mixes satire and lavish visual humour in a musical skit of breathtaking audacity. Elsewhere, Eric Idle produces another musical gem with "The Universe Song" ("Pray that there's intelligent life somewhere out in space / 'Cause there's bugger all down here on earth!"), while the Grim Reaper's appearance at an achingly tedious dinner party is the Pythons doing what they do best: mocking their own middle-class origins. Best of all, perhaps, is Terry Gilliam's modest introductory feature, "The Crimson Permanent Assurance", a 20-minute epic tale of the little men rebelling against the corporate system, a theme and a visual style that foreshadows his own masterwork, Brazil. Admittedly too many sketches sacrifice subtlety for shock tactics (the organ donation scene in particular requires a strong stomach), but when this film works it's nothing less than vintage Python. --Mark Walker
Coming from a working class northern background Kavanagh has risen to the top of an elite profession. However his dedication to justice has taken its toll on his private life... Episode comprise: 1. Previous Convictions 2. The More Loving One 3. Time Of Need 4. Endgames 5. The End Of Law (2 hour special episode)
The story of a man who wanted to keep the world safe for democracy...and meet girls. When John Winger (Bill Murray) loses his job his car his apartment and his girlfriend-all in one day-he decides he only has one option: volunteer for Uncle Sam. Way over their head they eventually learn the ropes and manage to take a top-secret U.S. recreational vehicle behind the Iron Curtain on a road trip...
I Love you, Man After realtor, Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd), builds up the courage and pops the question to his girl friend Zooey (Rashida Jones), he is overjoyed with happiness. Although, it soon comes to Peter’s attention that he has no friends worthy of being his best man, in fact, he doesn’t have many friends at all. Peter quickly sets out on a mission to find a friend, going on “Friend dates” set up by his family. However, he finds no one worthy of being a best man, that is until he meets Sydney Fife (Jason Segal) at an open house viewing. Sydney is a laid back, straight-talking guy and despite their clash in personalities they quickly hit it off. Soon enough they begin to spend lots of time together, but Peter’s new found friendship leaves Zooey feeling jealous. As Peter and Zooey’s relationship begins to feel the strain, can Peter maintain his friendship with Sydney? Hilarious bro-mance with a great supporting cast including a side-splitting cameo from Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk, King of Queens). She's Out Of My League Comedy about an airport security guard, Kirk (Jay Baruchel) who must battle his insecurities when he starts to date a girl his friends consider to be too high a calibre for him, Molly (Alice Eve). But his friends and family’s input on the relationship begin to sabotage it and may cost Kirk the best thing that has ever happened to him. A light-hearted romcom that will have you laughing out loud and cringing at the same time!
Tricia's husband Daniel has been missing for seven years. Her younger sister Callie comes to live with her and helps her find the strength to finally declare him legally dead 'in Absentia'. As Tricia tries to move on with her life she is haunted by terrifying visions while her sister finds herself drawn to an ominous tunnel near the house which is linked to other unexplained disappearances. It becomes clear the tunnel holds a dark secret, something lies in the shadows and Daniel may be suffering a fate far worse than death.
The daddy of all private investigators. Featuring all the episodes from series 1 Vincent stars Ray Winstone as the eponymous private investigator; a headstrong passionate man whose methods often bring him into conflict with the authorities.
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