Both of the hit animated movies in one package. Full of verve and wit, Shrek is a computer-animated adaptation of William Steig's delightfully fractured fairy tale. Our title character (voiced by Mike Myers) is an agreeable enough ogre who wants to live his days in peace. When the diminutive Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow) evicts local fairy tale creatures (including the now-famous Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio and the Gingerbread Man), they settle in the ogre's swamp and Shrek wants answers from Farquaad. A quest of sorts starts for Shrek and his new pal, a talking donkey (Eddie Murphy), where battles have to be won and a princess (Cameron Diaz) must be rescued from a dragon lair in a thrilling action sequence. The story is stronger than most animated fare but it's the jokes that make Shrek a winner. The PG rating is stretched when Murphy and Myers hit their strides. The mild potty humour is fun enough for the 10-year-old but will never embarrass their parents. Shrek is never as warm and inspired as the Toy Story films, but the realistic computer animation and a rollicking soundtrack keeps the entertainment in fine form. Produced by DreamWorks, the film also takes several delicious stabs at its cross-town rival, Disney. --Doug Thomas In Shrek 2, the newlywed Shrek and Princess Fiona are invited to Fiona's former kingdom, Far Far Away, to have their marriage blessed by Fiona's parents--which Shrek thinks is a bad, bad idea, and he's proved right: the parents are horrified by their daughter's transformation into an ogress, a fairy godmother wants her son Prince Charming to win Fiona, and a feline assassin is hired to get Shrek out of the way. The computer animation is more detailed than ever, but it's the acting that make the comedy work--in addition to the return of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, and Cameron Diaz, Shrek 2 features the flexible voices of Julie Andrews, John Cleese and Antonio Banderas, plus Jennifer Saunders as the gleefully wicked fairy godmother. --Bret Fetzer
When Muffy St. John invited her college friends up to her parents' secluded island home for the time of their lives she forgot to tell them it just might be the last time of their lives! As soon as the kids arrive on the island someone starts trimming the guest list; one murder at a time. And what starts out as a weekend of harmless ""April Fool's Day"" pranks turns into a bloody battle for survival...
King Of The Hill is another animation hit from Beavis and Butthead creator Mike Judge who also voices the starring character Hank Hill a propane gas salesman in the fictional town Arlen Texas. Hank is often besieged by the idiosyncrasies of society but he finds (some) serenity in his home-life with his wife substitute Spanish teacher Peggy his awkward son Bobby and his live-in niece-in-law Luanne Platter. Adding flavour to the ordinary dish the series serves are Hank's friends divorcee military barber Bill Dauterive paranoid Dale Gribble (with an obsession with Government conspiracy theories) and the gibberish spouting Boomhauer. Episodes Comprise: 1. Death Of A Propane Salesman 2. And They Call It Bobby Love 3. Peggy's Headache 4. Pregnant Paws 5. Next Of Shin 6. Peggy's Pageant Fever 7. Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men 8. Good Will Hunting 9. Pretty Pretty Dresses 10. A Fire Fighting We Will Go 11. To Spank With Love 12. Three Coaches And A Bobby 13. De Kahnstructing Henry 14. The Wedding Of Bobby Hill 15. Sleight Of Hank 16. Jon Vitti Presenets: Return To La Grunta 17. Escape From Party Island 18. Love Hurts And So Does Art 19. Hank's Cowboy Movie 20. Dog Dale Afternoon 21. Revenge Of The Lutefusk 22. Death And Texas 23. Wings Of Dope 24. Take Me Out To THe Ball Game 25. As Old As Hills
Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood visits 1969 Los Angeles, where everything is changing, as TV star Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his longtime stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) make their way around an industry they hardly recognize anymore. The ninth film from the writer-director features a large ensemble cast and multiple storylines in a tribute to the final moments of Hollywood's golden age.
Narcotics cops Mike and Marcus are back - this time investigating the flow of ecstasy into Miami and a dangerous criminal kingpin whose plan to control the city's drug traffic has touched off an underground war.
An average Joe, can't believe his luck. Though he's stuck in a seemingly dead-end job as an airport security agent, against all odds, Molly, a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe, falls for him.
Something is killing the homeless of New York city by melting them. Two brothers and a maverick cop set out to stop the ruthless gang behind the killings.
From producer and director Steven Spielberg, with a script by screenwriter and playwright Tony Kushner, comes West Side Story. An adaptation of the 1957 musical, the film tells the tale of forbidden love and the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. Product Features Over 90 minutes of behind-the-scenes bonus extras including the stories of west side story & the songs.
Sports documentary that chronicles the career of British heavyweight boxer Lennox Lewis, narrated by Dr Dre. From his challenging upbringing the film explores the meticulous manner in which Lennox built upon his career to become one of the greatest heavyweight champions of all time.
Arguably the best film by Joel and Ethan Coen, the 1990 Miller's Crossing stars Gabriel Byrne as Tom, a loyal lieutenant of a crime boss named Leo (Albert Finney) who is in a Prohibition-era turf war with his major rival, Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito). A man of principle, Tom nevertheless is romantically involved with Leo's lover (Marcia Gay Harden), whose screwy brother (John Turturro) escapes a hit ordered by Caspar only to become Tom's problem. Making matters worse, Tom has outstanding gambling debts he can't pay, which keeps him in regular touch with a punishing enforcer. With all the energy the Coens put into their films, and all their focused appreciation of genre conventions and rules, and all their efforts to turn their movies into ironic appreciations of archetypes in American fiction, they never got their formula so right as with Miller's Crossing. With its Hammett-like dialogue and Byzantine plot and moral chaos mitigated by one hero's personal code, the film so transcends its self-scrutiny as a retro-crime thriller that it is a deserved classic in its own right. --Tom Keogh
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels reprise their signature roles as Lloyd and Harry in the sequel to the smash hit that took the physical comedy and kicked it in the nuts: DUMB AND DUMBER TO.
Life's a gamble. Robbie Box is one of life's good guys. Except that his gambling addiction threatens everything. In the lowlife circuit of pubs bookies and smoky gambling dens he rides a rollercoaster from bankruptcy to wealth and back again but when it jeopardises his relationship with his long-suffering family Robbie is determined to give it all up. Until the next big game all-night poker session or race meeting...
John Candy has one of his finest opportunities in this film by John Hughes (The Breakfast Club) about a perpetual screw-up (Candy) who gets his act together enough to watch over his brother's kids effectively. The late actor scores big points resurrecting elements of his more decadent persona from SCTV days, but he also has some persuasively touching, sentimental moments. Hughes's direction is not as focused as it was only a few years before, but there's no mistaking his touch. The DVD release has a widescreen presentation, production notes, biographies, Dolby sound, optional Spanish and French soundtracks. --Tom Keogh
Award-winning, investigative reporter, Lee Strobel, is exactly where he wants to be in his career: enjoying a recent promotion to legal editor at the Chicago Tribune. Unfortunately, life at home is not such smooth sailing, as Lee struggles to understand and accept his wife Leslie's sudden newfound faith. Utilising his journalistic and legal training, Lee decides to try and disprove the claims of Christianity in order to save his crumbling marriage, pitting his resolute atheism against Leslie's growing faith. Chasing down the biggest story of his career, Lee comes face-to-face with unexpected results that could change everything he knows to be true.
Available for the first time on DVD! 'Down And Out In Beverly Hills' is a remake of Jean Renoir's magnificent film 'Boudu Saved from Drowning' (Boudu sauv des eaux). Bette Midler and Richard Dreyfuss star as Barbara and Dave Whiteman a nouveau riche Beverly Hills couple whose entire household is turned upside down with one act of uncharacteristic generosity. On a typically sunny afternoon Dave spies Jerry (Nick Nolte) a homeless man attempting to drown himself in their swimmi
Footage of the 14th annual WrestleMania event from World Wrestling Entertainment, held at the FleetCenter in Boston, Massachusetts in March 1998. The featured matches include Triple H Vs. Owen Hart, The Rock Vs. Ken Shamrock, The Undertaker Vs. Kane and in the main event Shawn Michaels defended his WWE Championship Vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin.
Fatal Attraction was the most controversial hit of 1987, a film nominated for six Oscars that launched a whole up-market psycho sub-genre. In an elaboration of Play Misty for Me (1971), Michael Douglas plays a married middle-class everyman who has an opportunistic weekend affair with New York publishing executive, Glenn Close. The twist is that Close's Alex is a borderline psychotic. She won't let go, and the film moves from a study of modern sexual mores to an increasingly tense thriller about neurotic obsession. The performances are exceptional and two set-pieces, one which gave us the term "Bunny Boiler" and another in a fairground, provide metaphorical and literal rollercoaster rides. Only a laughable sex scene--in a sink, anyone?--and a melodramatic finale shamelessly ripping-off the 1955 French classic Les Diaboliques and Psycho (1960) prevent a good thriller being a great one. Even so, Fatal Attraction is still a film worth seeing again, even if it's hard to wonder what all the fuss was about in 1987. On the DVD: Fatal Attraction on disc has a new 28-minute documentary featuring the principal players explaining how wonderful each other are. More substantial is a 19-minute feature on creating the visual look, with sections on cinematography, costume and make-up design. A worthwhile 10-minute piece examines the social impact of the movie and the controversy it generated. Seven minutes of the three stars in rehearsal is intriguing, but more interesting is the opportunity to see the original, low-key ending, rejected after test screenings. Much of the best documentary material focuses on how the finally released ending came about, while Lyne's commentary is thoughtful and illuminating. The original trailer is included and there are 16 sets of subtitles, including English for the hard of hearing, as well as an alternative German dub. The sound has been remixed from stereo into a subtly involving Dolby Digital 5.1, and the 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer looks fine, though there is some very minor print damage. --Gary S Dalkin
In 1977 an independent documentary movie shone a light on the world of bodybuilding becoming a huge box office hit and creating an international sensation. It launched one man's multi-million dollar career and changed the world of bodybuilding and physical exercise forever: Pumping Iron.
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