A major Columbia Pictures release in glorious Technicolor, The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad was one of Hollywood's first modern fantasy action blockbusters. On a mission to rescue his fiancée, the Princess Parisa (Kathryn Grant), Kerwin Mathews acquits himself well as Sinbad, while Torin Thatcher is a suitably malevolent magician who has shrunken the princess in a bid to get Sinbad to undertake a perilous quest. Truth be told, no one remembers Ray Harryhausen films for the script or the acting; the real stars are the still impressive action set-pieces, a battle with a cyclops, a giant Roc, a dragon, and a duelling skeleton; this last anticipating a much more lavish battle with skeleton warriors in Jason and the Argonauts. The cast may be all-American rather than Arab but even so, everything about this film works, from the fabulous set design of the Sultan's palace which evokes a real fairytale atmosphere, to Bernard Herrmann's truly classic score. On the DVD: The film exhibits a strong anamorphically enhanced 1.85-1 ratio image, with powerful mono sound. At about 80 minutes, the extras last almost as long as the movie. The most important and extensive addition is "The Harryhausen Chronicles", a documentary, while "This is Dynamation" gives an introduction to the stop-motion animation process itself. Ray Harryhausen is an affable host, a modest man who talks engagingly about his work in a way that really makes one appreciate the sheer ingenuity and skill which went into making not just The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, but also Jason and the Argonauts, the subject of a further featurette on the disc. On top of this there are trailers for the aforementioned films, plus one for the disappointing but still fun Golden Voyage of Sinbad. Overall, a first-class film on an equally good DVD. --Gary S. Dalkin
The laughs are unmistakably wild in this outrageously funny hit comedy starring film favourites Tim Allen and Martin Short. When successful broker Michael Cromwell (Allen) travels to the Amazon jungle to get his wife's signature on divorce papers he discovers the surprise of his life. He has a 13-year-old son who's been raised among the natives! After Michael agrees to take the boy back to his own ""Jungle"" New York City he quickly learns the teen has more skill with a blowpipe t
From producer Antonio Banderas comes The Missing Lynx an original animated comedy-adventure that will charm and excite viewers of all ages. Meet Felix; a jinxed lynx who's clumsy as he is unlucky. After one of his countless mishaps he finds himself in the Animal Recovery Centre but his luck worsens further when the centre is attacked! The animals find themselves pursued by an eccentric millionaire named Noah who has hired Newmann the self-proclaimed greatest hunter in the world to collect animals for an Ark he is building. Felix assembles a ragtag band of animals - Gus a paranoid chameleon; Beety a daredevil goat; Astarte a brave falcon and Rupert a poor-sighted mole - to foil Noah's plans and these crazy comrades learn the value of working together in this unlikely tale of friendship and heroism.
Starring Gael Garcia Bernal (Amores Perros Y Tu Mama Tambien) this is the inspiring Oscar-nominated true story of the advertising executives who fought a dictator with an advertising campaign. Chile 1988. International pressure forces dictator General Pinochet to call for a referendum on his presidency. Brash young advertising executive Rene Saavedra (Bernal) spearheads the opposition campaign but after years of 'disappearances' and threats to himself and his colleagues can they really win the election using happiness? NO is the concluding part of highly acclaimed director Pablo Larrain's Pinochet trilogy following on from Tony Manero and Post Mortem. Special Features: Behind The Scenes UK press interview with Pablo Larrain 56th BFI London Film Festival Q&A with Pablo Larrain Theatrical trailer UK Screening Q&A with Gael Garcia Bernal and Eugenio Garcia Amnesty International UK Interview with Gael Garcia Bernal Image Gallery
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
Penélope Cruz stars in this Spanish drama from film-maker Julio Medem. When unemployed teacher and single mother Magda (Cruz) is diagnosed with breast cancer, she begins to doubt everything around her. While watching her son play football she meets talent scout Arturo (Luis Tosar) who takes a shine to both Magda and her son. When Arturo receives a phone call with news that his wife and daughter have been in a car accident, Magda goes with him to the hospital. As she has told no-one else of her illness, Magda decides to confide in Arturo and the two grow closer, bonding over ill fate. When she discovers that she is pregnant Magda realises that she has something to live for and changes her ways to ensure she is around to see her daughter grow up.
This Audrey Hepburn Collection box set contains the following films: Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sabrina, Funny Face, Paris When It Sizzles and Roman Holiday.
From the director of Wolf Creek and staring Daniel Radcliffe, JUNGLE is the true story of one man s fight for survival as he ventures in to the Amazon rainforest. What starts as a dream adventure quickly descends in to a harrowing and desperate nightmare.
For every outcast who has tried to fit in, comes the prequel to the worldwide hit 'Dumb & Dumberer.' Lovable goofballs Harry & Lloyd return in an adventure of truly idiotic proportions.
In 1953, before any American studio exec used the phrase "high concept", Henri-George Clouzot's The Wages of Fear boasted a premise so literally explosive that audiences were excited before they got into the theatres. With an oil-fire burning out of control deep in the South American jungle, two lorryloads of highly unstable nitro-glycerin have to be driven through miles of unstable terrain littered with dangerous turns, crumbling planks, falling rocks and mediocre hardtop. One good jolt will vaporise truck, nitro, drivers and a substantial swathe of the countryside, so the company recruits desperate souls among the loser tramps who loiter around the nowhere town of Las Piedras, begging for any kind of work. On the road, Clouzot stages a string of unforgettable sequences: one stretch of badly paved track can only be crossed by driving at under six miles an hour or over 40; a mountain turn requires that the trucks back out onto a rickety, rotten wooden structure; a 50-ton boulder has fallen into the road, and one of the drivers calmly drains a litre of nitro into his thermos to blow it up, only remembering when the fuse is lit that this will rain pebbles all over the countryside and a few good hits on the cargo will set it off. This is perhaps as great a mix of action-adventure and contest as The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and still a textbook example of sustained suspense. On the DVD: The print is in great shape, though the image is a little soft; the menu has a clever explosive aspect and uses the same vintage artwork as the sleeve cannily combined with a snippet. There are trailers for both Wages and Clozuot's other masterpiece, Les Diaboliques, as well as biographies of the principal cast, eight stills and three posters.--Kim Newman
Five hapless inner-city low-lifes unsuccessfully attempt to burgle a pawnbroker's safe, but wind up gaining more than they lose.
Al Pacino cuts a noble figure in this very enjoyable drama by director Brian De Palma (Scarface), based on a pair of books by Edwin Torres. Pacino plays a Puerto Rican ex-con trying hard to go straight, but his loyalty to his lowlife attorney (a virtually unrecognisable Sean Penn) and enemies on the street make that choice difficult. Penelope Ann Miller plays, somewhat unlikely, a stripper who has a romance with Pacino's character. The film finds De Palma tempering his more outlandish moves (think of Body Double or Snake Eyes) just as he did with the popular Untouchables and Mission: Impossible. But while Carlito's Way was not as commercially successful as those two movies, it is a genuinely compelling work graced with a fine performance by Pacino and a surprising one from Penn. --Tom Keogh
Walt Disney's Cinderella based on the world's greatest fairy tale has captivated audiences for generations with its spellbinding story memorable music spectacular animation and unforgettable characters. Experience the magic in this Royal Edition - with Disney Enhanced Home Theatre Mix and music videos - and you too will believe that dreams really do come true.
Eighties icons Crockett and Tubbs come to the big screen in this Michael Mann-directed adventure.
When her husband goes missing during their Caribbean vacation a woman sets off on her own to take down the men she thinks are responsible.
An enthralling documentary about director Terry Gilliam's aborted attempt to shoot a new Don Quixote movie in Spain.
Marina (Demi Moore), a blonde Southern belle with a clairvoyant streak, sees signs--a shooting star with two tails, a snowglobe that washes up on the beach, a wedding band inside of a fish--telling her that her true love is about to come ashore. And soon enough, a boat lands on the beach in front of her home; only the guy inside is a stout butcher from New York City named Leo (George Dzundza). Still, portents are portents, and the next thing you know she's married and running barefoot around a butcher's shop in Greenwich Village, where she inspires various residents with her predictions. Leo, however, is frightened by his wife's abilities and encourages her to see Alex (Jeff Daniels), a psychiatrist who works across the street. To placate him, she does--and soon begins to suspect that she's misread her signs and married the wrong man. The Butcher's Wife could use a little more humour about Marina's powers (her pronouncements are dizzyingly earnest) but the movie is buoyed up by a fantastic supporting cast, particularly Margaret Colin as a soap opera actress, Frances McDormand as a lesbian dress shop owner and Mary Steenburgen as a dowdy church choir leader who just wants to sing the blues. Like Marina, you know what's going to happen but the cast manages to make getting there charming. --Bret Fetzer
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