When a man wishes for a son he learns what it means to be a father...
Collection of nine short animated films telling the backstory of the Matrix.
First broadcast in 1983 with its second series airing in 1986, Auf Wiedersehen Pet was an unlikely comedy hit about a group of British labourers forced to work in Germany during the recession. Scripted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, (previously responsible for Porridge and The Likely Lads) its main players are likable stereotypes from all over England: Barry (Timothy Spall), the bumbling, haplessly pretentious Brummie; gentle West Country giant Bomber (Pat Roach); amiable scouse Moxey (Christopher Fairbank); and the three Geordies, nervous Neville (Kevin Whately), loudmouth xenophobic lummox Oz (Jimmy Nail) and put-upon Dennis (Tim Healy), the reluctant gaffer of the mob. The second series saw the lads reunited to work for a dubious entrepreneur called Ally Fraser to whom Dennis owes money, and the location varying from Spain to Derbyshire. Gary Holton (cheeky cockney Wayne) died during the making of the series and Clement and La Frenais farmed out several episodes to other writers, such as Stan Hey, but the characters were well established by this point and the comedy held up. An episode in which the gang upset the locals of a stuffy country pub with their very presence is particularly memorable. A belated third series followed in 2002. --David Stubbs
It Could Happen to You: (1994) Warm-hearted cop Charlie Lang (Nicholas Cage) lives in Queens with socially ambitious wife Muriel (Rosie Perez) faithfully completing his lottery ticket every week. Charlie's life changes forever when he walks into the caf where bankrupt waitress Yvonne Biasi (Bridget Fonda) brings him a cup of coffee. Realising he has no money for a tip Charlie promises Yvonne that if he wins the lottery he'll give her half the prize. Amazingly they win - to the tune of $4 million! Muriel is furious when Charlie insists on keeping his promise but when she reluctantly agrees the whole of New York celebrates. But they soon find that money brings out both the best and worse in people and that instant fortune and fame has changes their lives forever... My Best Friend's Wedding: (1997) Roberts' dazzles as commitment-shy Julianne Potter who suddenly realises she is in love with her best friend Michael (Dermot Mulroney). There's just one catch - he's about to marry someone else. Now she has to win him back and with just four days the help of her resourceful boss (Rupert Everett) and the benefits of an extremely devious mind Jules will do anything to steal him back - except tell him the honest truth! Sleepless In Seattle: (1993) Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) is a widowed father who thanks to the wiles of his worried son becomes a reluctant guest on a radio call-in show. He's an instant hit with thousands of female listeners who deluge his Seattle home with letters of comfort. Meanwhile inspired in equal parts by Sam's story and by classic Hollywood romance writer Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) becomes convinced that it's her destiny to meet Sam. There are just two problems: Annie's engaged to someone else and Sam doesn't know that they're made for each other.
Good enough to suggest long-term franchise potential, The Bourne Supremacy is a thriller fans will appreciate for its well-crafted suspense, and for its triumph of competence over logic (or lack thereof). Picking up where The Bourne Identity left off, the action begins when CIA assassin and partial amnesiac Jason Bourne (a role reprised with efficient intensity by Matt Damon) is framed for a murder in Berlin, setting off a chain reaction of pursuits involving CIA handlers (led by Joan Allen and the duplicitous Brian Cox, with Julia Stiles returning from the previous film) and a shadowy Russian oil magnate. The fast-paced action hurtles from India to Berlin, Moscow, and Italy, and as he did with the critically acclaimed Bloody Sunday, director Paul Greengrass puts you right in the thick of it with split-second editing (too much of it, actually) and a knack for well-sustained tension. It doesn't all make sense, and bears little resemblance to Robert Ludlum's novel, but with Damon proving to be an appealingly unconventional action hero, there's plenty to look forward to. --Jeff Shannon
The complete first series of familial mishaps with the dysfunctional Porter family! On the Surface the Porters are a normal family - indeed even the series' title 2 Point 4 Children the fabled average family size alludes to their normality (as well as the fact that the husband/father is still a bit of a child himself). Yet though the individual members - central-heating engineer Ben; his wife catering worker Bill; and their teenage children David and Jenny - are unexceptional t
First broadcast in 1983, Auf Wiedersehen Pet was an unlikely comedy hit about a group of British labourers forced to work in Germany during the recession. Scripted by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, (previously responsible for Porridge and The Likely Lads) its main players are likeable stereotypes from all over England: theres Wayne (the late Gary Holton), a cockney charmer and womaniser; Barry (Timothy Spall), the bumbling, haplessly pretentious Brummie; gentle West Country giant Bomber (Pat Roach); amiable Scouse Moxey (Christopher Fairbank); and the three Geordies; nervous Neville (Kevin Whately), loudmouth xenophobic lummox Oz (Jimmy Nail) and put-upon Dennis (Tim Healy), the reluctant gaffer of the mob. The show spawned a second series in 1986 then a belated follow-up in 2002. The plotlines were entertaining--capers usually involving misunderstandings or hangovers or both: Oz eating rat poison, Oz attempting to smuggle porn, Neville waking up after a large night out with a German girls name mysteriously tattooed on his arm; Denniss tentative relationship with a German woman named Dagmar while on the rebound from his recent divorce. However, the real meat of Auf Wiedersehen Pet was in the interplay of the characters--who were confined in prison camp-style conditions--and Clement and Le Frenais rueful sense of the comedy of men in crisis. Tim Healys Dennis in particular was a classic example of the indignity of the traditional grafter who suddenly finds himself struggling in mid-life, a condition exacerbated at having to "wet nurse" a bunch of wayward geezers, as he frequently complains. --David Stubbs
There are only a few days left before the Mother's Day, as several families have to come to terms with how they'll be spending the big day. Whether it's dealing with a new love, a lost love, or no love at all, this Mother's Day will prove to be one for the romantic comedy ages and one to be remembered by audiences for decades to come. Sweet, complex, funny and moving just like moms across the world.
HBO presents Season 4 of the acclaimed comedy created by Armando Iannucci (Oscar®-nominee for co-writing In the Loop) that takes a sharp, satirical look at the insular world of Washington politics, following the whirlwind day-to-day existence of the onetime VP and now-president Selina Meyer. After POTUS stepped down and Selina was sworn in at the end of Season 3, Season 4 begins with President Meyer about to give her first major speech as President, though it remains to be seen if her term will outlast that of America's shortest-serving president, William Henry Harrison. Selina and her staff grapple with how to make her seem presidential', while also deciding who will make the best running mate. With the stakes higher than ever before, Veep continues to prove that in Washington, even the most banal decisions can have a ripple effects, with unexpected and often hilarious consequences.
Absolutely Fabulous was first broadcast in 1992 and became an instant hit. Originally a sketch on the French and Saunders Show, Jennifer Saunders saw its potential and created one of the most ground-breaking and debauched comedies on British TV. Centred around the hip London fashion scene the series follows Edina (Saunders) and Patsy (Joanna Lumley), two women who refuse to grow up and are constantly on a mission to lose weight, gorging themselves with cocaine and/or champagne, endlessly throwing parties (or throwing up at parties), and sporting outrageous outfits which were the height of fashion at the time--honestly sweetie! The superb comic performances offered star status to Julia Sawalha as Edina's straight-laced daughter and Jane Horrocks as the sublimely dippy Bubble, and re-invented the careers of Joanna Lumley and June Whitfield. Saunders meanwhile secured her status as one of the top female comedians Britain has ever produced. Although its consciously chic clothing looks a little dated now, its mad characterisations endure and the jokes remain as hilariously slick and apt as ever. Ab Fab remains a landmark in TV since it was the first time that female comedians and writers had had the freedom and exposure to satirise problems close to their own heart, from their own perspective. With Feminist writers claiming that the ideals of feminism were dead in the 1990s and that female concerns were moving in the wrong direction--towards the "Laddette Culture"--and reports claiming that careers were taking a central role, forcing motherhood onto the back-burner, the series sought to embody and satirise these new supposedly "female" characteristics. As the show continued to grow in popularity both in Britain and the States, plans were made to transfer the formula to America. However, as with many other great British series, the content was considered too risky for American audiences due to the amount of sex and drug references. Thus domestic audiences breathed a sigh of release that their beloved Ab Fab would forever stay British to the core. --Nikki Disney
A new comedy about narrowing it down to the one you love.
Peter Pan - the hero who never grows old - has grown up! And he's even forgotten how to fly! Enter the magical, mystical world of a hundred fun summers as the ageless avenger and faithful fairy Tinkerbell return to Never Never Land in search of Peter's forgotten childhood, his lost children, and a fearless confrontation with his evil pirate enemy - Captain Hook.Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Juila Roberts and Bob Hoskins hook up for the fantasy flight for a lifetime, as dream-maker Steven Spielberg brings this amazing tale of adventure to the screen. All children grow up... except one!
A big-budget movie crew descends upon the sleepy town of Waterford Vermont. Soon money will change hands careers will be jeopardised and love will bloom. Pity the poor film director (William H. Macy) who's arrive only to discover that the local mill - a crucial location for his movie The Old Mill - burned down in 1960. On top of this he is faced with a problematic cast and crew. The idealistic screenwriter (Philip Seymour Hoffman) would rather pursue a pure-hearted local girl (Rebecca Pidgeon) than do a last-minute rewrite; the bimbo starlet (Sarah Jessica Parker) is now baulking at her contractual nude scene; and a local teenager (Julia Stiles) is only too willing to exploit the indiscretions of the film's skirt-chasing star (Alec Baldwin). And of course the power-wielding producer (David Paymer) is panicking about everything. David Mamet's State and Main is a hilarious screwball comedy and movie satire.
Denis Leary stars as the grown-up Dawg. A womanizing cheat of a man who misses his own grandmother's funeral due to his philandering. Nonetheless his grandmother leaves him a million dollars on one condition...Dawg must find 12 of the woman he has 'known' and apologise for his heartless behavior in the past. This takes Dawg on the journey of his life.
Every episode from the first to twelfth seasons of the American fantasy drama about two brothers who battle supernatural forces. Sam and Dean Winchester (Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles) were raised to fight the paranormal by their father, John (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), after their mother was killed by a malevolent demon. Bound together by blood and tragedy, the brothers spend their lives battling a host of spirits, demons and other dark forces.
Dance like Bollywood stars! Enticing Graceful Sensuous! Dance moves from Bollywood's biggest hits are choreographed into a new kind of workout combining coordination strength and stamina with Asian sensuality. Energetic and seductive! Songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber's ""Bombay Dreams"" and the Bollywood film ""Kal Ho Naa Ho"" provide the music to 3 dances. Each with an increasing level of difficulty and unique style which varies from playful and sensual to dynamic and powerful. All dances are introduced step-by-step while a warm-up and cool-down shape the workout. You'll dance in barefeet seductively moving your hands and hips. Whirl a silk veil to the rhythm or drape it around you like a sari! 3 Dances with warm-up step-by-step and cool-down.
Mark Watson (C. Thomas Howell) needs a scholarship to get into Harvard Law School. There's one available for a black student. The only problem is that Mark's not black...yet. But thanks to an overdose of tanning pills a new hair-do and a lowered voice he miraculously passes for African-American and receives full tuition. Now with the help of his excessive best friend (Arye Gross) a fierce professor (James Earl Jones) and the beautiful classmate (Rae Dawn Chong) he falls in love with Mark is about to learn some once-in-a-lifetime lessons about racism discrimination sex-crazed white girls and basketball. Leslie Nielsen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus co-star in this wild hit comedy filled with heart soul and the hilarious truths that colour us all.
After losing his job, a middle-aged man reinvents himself by going back to college.
It's the early 60's and hard-boiled private eye Philip Marlowe played by James Caan is as cynical as ever but also a newlywed. Moving to the small desert town of Poodle Springs after marrying the daughter (Dina Meyer) of a billionaire Marlowe becomes immersed in deadly intrigue surrounding the murder of another investigator. Uncovering a sinister scheme to relocate the state border of Nevada that might involve his wealthy father-in-law the world-weary Marlowe encounters a web of greed lust and murder as dark and as deadly as he has ever seen. With a talent for attracting trouble Marlowe finds it in Poodle Springs in the form of bigamy gambling pornography and double identity
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