John Flynn has directed some good, tough, pacy thrillers and Best Seller, along with the 1973 The Outfit, can claim to be the best of them. It kicks off with not one but two slam-bang action sequences and then, having grabbed our attention, pitches us straight into its twisty plot premise. Brian Dennehy, reliably watchable as ever, plays an ageing cop-turned-novelist who has hit a writer's block since his wife died. James Woods at his most suavely sinister is a hitman with dirt to dish on the head of a big corporation. Woods proposes a Faustian pact. He provides Dennehy with the full crooked story on the mobster-turned-corporate boss and the cop writes it up. Dennehy gets a best seller; Woods gets his revenge and comes out looking like a hero. The dialogue, courtesy of screenwriter and horror-movie director Larry Cohen (It's Alive; Q--The Winged Serpent), is satisfyingly hard-boiled and slips in plenty of subversive sideswipes at rampant capitalism. ("It's the American Way, Dennis," says Woods, detailing how he helped his boss rise via robbery and murder. "I'm a businessman, an executive.") This certainly isn't the only movie to get mileage out of the symbiotic relationship between cop and crook (see Michael Mann's Heat), but it works several neat variations on the theme, with Dennehy and Woods both at the top of their respective forms. If the film never quite lives up to its potential--the required final confrontation between the two principals doesn't materialise and Victoria Tennant is thrown away as Dennehy's love-interest--it remains a way better than average thriller with its roots deep in the best B-movie traditions. On the DVD: Best Seller on disc has no extras apart from the theatrical trailer. The transfer is good and clean, and preserves the original's full-width framing. --Philip Kemp
Steve Martin takes his wild and crazy persona and splits it into an hilarious battle of the sexes within the same body. Ambitious attorney RogerCobb is assigned to alter the will of ailing millionaire Edwina Cutwater (Lily Tomlin), who wishes to bequeath her estate to a healthy young woman (Victoria Tennant)--after Cutwater's guru transfers the old eccentric's soul to her healthy body. No one believes for a second it will actually work until Ms. Cutwater awakens in Roger's body and he becomes, literally, a man possessed, fighting for control of himself. Martin delivers a hilariously animated performance as a body torn between two masters as it wrestles with itself in a spastic walk down a city street. Directed with comic aplomb by regular Martin collaborator Carl Reiner, All of Me combines the best of Martin's self-scripted films--anarchic moments of inspired physical comedy--with a solid (if somewhat silly) narrative holding the scenes together. Screenwriter Phil Alden Robinson went on to script and direct Field of Dreams. --Sean Axmaker
Dantes Inferno
Michael B. Jordan, Dakota Fanning, Maisie Williams, and David Tennant star in the new show from the producers of RWBY. Fifty years in the future, an oppressive authoritarian force threatens to conquer the world. A daring team is recruited to pilot a new form of weaponized neuroscience that powers devastating mecha, but they must be willing to sacrifice everything to save the world.
The third instalment of Doctor Who is full of new thrills new laughs new heartbreak and some terrifying new monsters. From the moment the Doctor walks into the life of medical student Martha Jones he changes it forever. In Elizabethan London they meet William Shakespeare at the Globe Theatre while back in present day London 76-year-old Professor Lazarus recaptures his youth with consequences that threaten Martha's entire family. And the Doctor's sworn enemies the Daleks w
Life is like a hurricane when Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck discover their uncle is none other than trillionaire treasure hunter Scrooge McDuck! Unfortunately, Scrooge hasn't been adventuring in years. It's up to the nephews and their action-ready friend Webby to shake him out of his funk by stirring up some supernatural trouble in his home. They may even convince Scrooge to take them on the most epic family road trip of all time to the underwater city of Atlantis! Together, the team must survive dangerous foes, treacherous temple traps and their overprotective uncle, Donald Duck, to prove that family is the greatest adventure of all!
David Tennant returns to his role as The Doctor along with his new companion Martha Jones (Freema Ageyman).
It's Time for Tree Fu!;Join Tom and his magical friends in another 6 amazing action-packed adventures.;Challenges come in all shapes and sizes in Treetopolis and it s only with YOUR help performing Tree u moves that Tom can create spectacular Big World Magic and save the day!;Tree Fu Tom join the fun come along now everyone. Move with Tom he needs you to save the day and do Tree Fu!;Episodes;One For All! - Treefle Tom - The Great Journey - Not So Fast - Hovering Humblebugs - Treasure Hunt
This limited edition collector’s set includes the 50th anniversary special; The Day of the Doctor Matt Smith’s Farewell; The Time of the Doctor the Series 7 finale; The Name of the Doctor and the Eighth Doctor’s (Paul McGann) surprise regeneration into John Hurt’s War Doctor; The Night of the Doctor. The collection also includes an exclusive cut of the read-through of The Day of the Doctor featuring Matt Smith and David Tennant deleted scenes new-to-DVD cinema trails and Mark Gatiss’ award winning drama about the genesis of Doctor Who; An Adventure in Space and Time. The hilarious Five-ish Doctors – starring Peter Davison Colin Baker Sylvester McCoy and a host of special guests - will also be included on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time.
Something funny is happening in L.A.... Steve Martin is Harris Telemacher a wacky television weatherman who thinks his life is perfect except for an erratic relationship with a style-conscious girlfriend (Marilu Henner). Then one bright and smoggy L.A. day an electronic freeway sign changes his life when its advice leads him into a frivolous romance with a young and beautiful blonde (Sarah Jessica Parker) and ultimately to true love with the woman of his dreams (Victoria Tennant). Set against the backdrop of Los Angeles it's the most hilariously romantic L.A. story you'll ever experience.
It's Time For Tree Fu! In Weather Bother, Zigzoo invents a new machine to create the perfect weather for each of his friends, but trying to keep everyone happy soon ends in catastrophe. Whether it's hot, cold, icy or back to normal, Zigzoo just can't please anyone for long! Tom needs help from YOU to do Big World magic and overcome the weather chaos caused by his demanding friends. Join Tom and friends in Weather Bother and 6 other exciting episodes.
Hot on the heels of the acclaimed third series Doctor Who returns for a fourth instalment with a familiar face alongside the Doctor. Award-winning comedienne Catherine Tate returns as the Doctor's new companion revisiting her role as Donna Noble who featured in the 2006 Christmas special The Runaway Bride. Martha Jones - who left the Doctor at the end of Series Three to break the unrequited circle of love she felt for him - will also return. Episodes Comprise: Partners In Crime The Fires Of Pompeii Planet Of The Ood
From the makers of Tiger Spy In The Jungle, comes Earth Flight. Amazing sights from five continents are revealed in a whole new light as this five-part series joins the journeys of snow geese, cranes, falcons, albatross, eagles and other birds. Using cutting edge new filming techniques to show everything in exquisite detail, viewers have a uniquely privileged perspective flying 9,000 metres high over the sands of the Sahara or skimming metres over the Great Wall of China. The birds are shown up-close in flight and interacting with other animals down below, from barnacle geese encountering herds of migrating reindeer, to pelicans plunging into hundreds of nurse sharks. Spycams film right in the heart of the flock with microlights, hang-gliders and wirecams making up the aerial filming arsenal, while slow-motion techniques reveal extraordinary detail
Doctor Who: The Cybermen Collection (2 Discs) (Dr Who)
Take a trip through time and space to meet creatures and enemies that always came back for more... Doctor Who - The Monster Collection: The Cybermen contains two exciting stories! The Cybermen were once human but chose to replace all living tissue with plastic and steel. Seeing emotions as a weakness they removed those too and now Cyber massive armies try to upgrade the universe... The Tomb of The Cybermen is a four-part story from 1967. Starring Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor it is set in eerie Cybermen tombs on Telos. The Rise of The Cybermen and The Age of Steel were first shown in 2006. The Tenth Doctor played by David Tennant falls into a parallel universe and witnesses the creation of the Cybermen.
Limbo Lust Gluttony Greed Anger Heresy Violence Fraud and Treachery! These are the 9 Circles of Hell made famous by Dante Alighieri in his famed masterpiece Dante's Inferno his first story of The Divine Comedy. Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic will take you on a harrowing trip through Hell as Dante braves the forces of evil slaying demons and monsters of extraordinary imagination all to save his love Beatrice from the clutches of Hell's master - Lucifer. The companion piece to the hit Electronic Arts game Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic is inventively told through the eyes of visionary animation directors from around the world - including the creative teams behind some of the boldest animated movies of all time (Ghost In The Shell Blood: The Last Vampire Tales Of The Black Freighter and Samurai Champloo). 6 Directors 6 terrifying visions of Hell 1 heart-stopping epic adventure!
Hot on the heels of the acclaimed third series Doctor Who returns for a fourth instalment with a familiar face alongside the Doctor. Award-winning comedienne Catherine Tate returns as the Doctor's new companion revisiting her role as Donna Noble who featured in the 2006 Christmas special The Runaway Bride. Martha Jones - who left the Doctor at the end of Series Three to break the unrequited circle of love she felt for him - also returns. Set Comprises: The Sontaran Stratagem: Martha Jones summons the Doctor back to modern-day Earth but an old enemy lies in wait. The Poison Sky: As the Sontarans choke the Earth the Doctor battles to keep both Martha and Donna alive. The Doctor's Daughter: On the planet Messaline in the middle of an endless war the Doctor meets the most important woman of his life. The Unicorn And The Wasp: In 1926 Agatha Christie disappeared for 10 days. Was it amnesia? A nervous breakdown? Or a Giant Alien Wasp..?
David Tennant returns to his role as The Doctor and meets his brand-new companion in the highly anticipated third series of Russell T. Davies's Doctor Who. The new series sees newcomer Freema Agyeman's first appearance as the Doctor's new companion medical student Martha Jones.
Take a trip through time and space to meet creatures and enemies that always came back for more... Doctor Who - The Monster Collection: The Sontarans contains two exciting stories! The Sontarans are a short battle-loving race from the planet Sontar. Bred for war these cloned creatures have produced one of the most powerful armies in the universe. The Time Warrior is four-part adventure from 1973/74 and marks the first appearance of the Sontarans in the series. Jon Pertwee stars as the Third Doctor. The Sontaran Stratagem and The Poison Sky was first shown in 2008 and brought the Sontarans back to the new series to fight the Tenth Doctor played by David Tennant.
This latest incarnation stars the Scottish actor David Tennant as the 'good doctor' ably flanked by the lovely Billy Piper resuming her role as the Timelord's spunky sidekick Rose. Episodes Comprise: 1. The Impossible Planet 2. The Satan Pit 3. Love & Monsters
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