They're bigger than the Loch Ness monster! Ronnie and Will two lads from Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. Dressing up in bizarre costumes the duo act as modern highwaymen robbing coach loads of tourists in the Highlands; eventually earning them the tag the Clown and the Wolfman. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy in the Bill Forsyth vein.
If you were to argue Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein ranks among the top-10 funniest movies of all time, nobody could reasonably dispute the claim. Spoofing classic horror in the way that Brooks' previous film Blazing Saddles sent up classic Westerns, the movie is both a loving tribute and a raucous, irreverent parody of Universal's classic horror films Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Filming in glorious black and white, Brooks recreated the Frankenstein laboratory using the equipment from the original Frankenstein (courtesy of designer Kenneth Strickfaden), and this loving attention to physical and stylistic detail creates a solid foundation for non-stop comedy. The story, of course, involves Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) and his effort to resume experiments in re-animation pioneered by his late father. (He's got some help, since dad left behind a book titled How I Did It.) Assisting him is the hapless hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman) and the buxom but none-too-bright maiden Inga (Teri Garr), and when Frankenstein succeeds in creating his monster (Peter Boyle), the stage is set for an outrageous revision of the Frankenstein legend. With comedy highlights too numerous to mention, Brooks guides his brilliant cast (also including Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars and Gene Hackman in a classic cameo role) through scene after scene of inspired hilarity. Indeed, Young Frankenstein is a charmed film, nothing less than a comedy classic, representing the finest work from everyone involved. Not one joke has lost its payoff, and none of the countless gags have lost their zany appeal. From a career that includes some of the best comedies ever made, this is the film for which Mel Brooks will be most fondly remembered. No video library should be without a copy of Young Frankenstein. And just remember--it's pronounced "Fronkensteen". --Jeff Shannon
The smash hit show with a truly contemporary take on ""Happily Ever After"" returns to DVD as it takes another darkly comedic look at suburbia where the secret lives of housewives aren't always what they seem. Give in to temptation and experience every deliciously juicy plot twist and turn of Season 2! Episodes Comprise: 1. Next 2. You Could Drive A Person Crazy 3. You'll Never Get Away From Me 4. My Heart Belongs To Daddy 5. They Asked Me Why I Believe In You 6. I Wish I Could Forget You 7. Colour And Light (aka: I Must Be Dreaming) 8. The Sun Won't Set 9. That's Good That's Bad 10. Coming Home (aka: I've Got You Under My Skin) 11. One More Kiss 12. We're Gonna Be Alright 13. There's Something About A War 14. Silly People 15. Thank You So Much 16. There Is No Other Way 17. Could I Leave You? 18. Everybody Says Don't 19. Don't Look At Me 20. It Wasn't Meant To Happen 21. I Know Things Now 22. No One Is Alone 23. Remember (Part 1) 24. Remember (Part 2)
Experience the television phenomenon that has fans cheering and critics raving! Desperate Housewives is refreshingly original bracingly adult and thoroughly addictive! Now you can spend the night with the beautiful powerful and delightfully manipulative ladies of Wisteria Lane and relive every minute of the hottest television event. The complete first season reveals all the 'dirty laundry' on the desperate housewives and their intriguing neighbours. With spectacular bonus
Welcome to the sexiest street in suburbia, where the lawns are green and the scandals ripe. Rediscover every delectable moment of this sinfully original series, from the stunning beginning on Mary Alice's unusual day, through the climactic finale. This collection gathers all eight seasons together in a sizzling set that is totally desperate and dangerously delightful.
The action gets even wilder in the sizzling seventh season of ABC's acclaimed dramatic comedy, Desperate Housewives.Experience all the humour, mystery and juicy thrills in this spectacular 6-disc collection. It's high noon on Wisteria Lane as a brandnew rival (Vanessa Williams) stirs up even more excitement, deceit and romance in the neighbourhood. Lynette gets jealous when Renee starts spending time with Tom, and Bree finds herself falling for Keith (Brian Austin Green). Meanwhile, Gabrielle makes a shocking personal discovery, Susan copes with a life-threatening event and a mysterious shooting has everyone on edge. Through all the drama, the world's most famous housewives are bound together by the friendship they share and the secrets they keep. Relive every red-hot episode and dive deeper into television's most addicting primetime series with never-before-seen bonus features. It's the perfect gift for every Desperate Housewives fan!
Based on Neil Gaiman's international best-selling book and helmed by "The Nightmare Before Christmas" director Henry Selick, "Coraline" invites you to open the door to the furthest reaches of your imagination!
A brand new restoration of 80's classic Restless Natives, directed by Michael Hoffman. Ronnie and Will are two free-wheeling lads living on a housing estate in Edinburgh. Broke and bored, the two decide to politely rob coachloads of tourists travelling through the Highlands for a bit of cash. Donning a wolf and a clown mask and armed with a puffer gun shooting out curry powder, the duo soon become a hit with the tourists and the public alike. As the two follow in the great tradition of Robin Hood and Rob Roy, their exploits make them a tourist attraction bigger than the Loch Ness Monster. Featuring an infectious soundtrack by Big Country and stunning Highlands scenery, this much-loved film is a thoroughly enjoyable gem.
It's the final, climactic season of the iconic series that redefined life in the suburbs - ABC's Desperate Housewives! The stakes are higher than ever as the world's most celebrated housewives are united by their involvement in the slaying of Gaby's loathsome stepfather. The desperation mounts when Bree receives an anonymous I know what you did message worded identically to Mary Alice's fateful note. Meanwhile, Rene tries to spark up some romance with hot new Aussie neighbor Ben, Lynette and Tom navigate the rough waters of their separation and Susan jumps headfirst into a relationship with a volatile art professor who is determined to draw out her wilder side. Ultimately, the suspense builds to a fever pitch when Bree is arrested and tried for murder! Mysteries will be solved, and loyalties are tested as the excitement soars to all-time heights. Kiss the ladies of Wisteria Lane goodbye and complete your collection with this thrilling 5-disc set, featuring all 23 wickedly entertaining episodes and exclusive, never-before-seen bonus features!
Years may pass but desperation is timeless. Experience the rare cultural phenomenon that is also a hit with the critics as the women of Wisteria Lane return in a sexy and stormy seven-disc DVD set that will have you begging for more. Bound by enduring friendships and shared secrets the Housewives are always there for each other. How will their alliances be challenged by the arrival of Edie's mysterious new husband and who will go head-tohead for Housewife Of The Year? It promises to be the most wonderfully wicked season yet for the sirens of suburbia. Wisteria Lane's neatly manicured lawns can no longer hide the dirt of television's hottest women. Dig deep into every provocative episode complete with never-before-seen bonus features and enjoy Desperate Housewives like never before on DVD.
Tootsie inevitably looks dated in some respects now, but it's still fabulous in others--the sexual politics look distinctly faded in their sniggering approach to sexual ambiguities, while the sardonic portrayal of a showbiz that loathes perfectionism is still both timely and hysterically funny. Dustin Hoffman's portrayal of Michael Dorsey is a memorable self-caricature--the man is so obsessed with the craft of acting that he refuses to sit down when playing a tomato in a commercial, and so producers run away rather than work with him. By playing Dorothy Michaels playing her soap character, Dorsey gives himself the freedom to be a bad and popular actor. He is so busy with the surface of being a woman--the voice, the hair, the frocks--and with all the bad faith of his and Dorothy's emotional lives, that he learns to relax into the pleasure of performance. This aspect of the film is far more interesting, ironic and funny than the corny New Man moralising about sexual roles that goes with it. Jessica Lange got, and earned, an Oscar for her sensitive straight woman performance as the colleague Michael falls for, and Bill Murray, Teri Garr, Geena Davis (momentarily) and Charles Durning all turn in reliable supporting roles. Sydney Pollack directs efficiently rather than inspiredly--oddly, he earns almost more credit for his well-observed performance as Michael's world-weary agent. On the DVD: The DVD is presented in crisp Dolby Digital sound and with the original theatrical visual ratio of 2.35:1; enhanced for 16:9 widescreen televisions. It is dubbed into French, German, Italian and Spanish and has subtitles in most European languages as well as Arabic, Hindi and Hebrew. The only special features are the theatrical trailer and filmographies for the leading performers and director. --Roz Kaveney
Join the ladies of Wisteria Lane for the first two seasons of the smash hit show with it's truly contemporary take on 'Happily Ever After'! Season 1 - Episodes Comprise: 1. Pilot 2. Ah But Underneath 3. Pretty Little Picture 4. Who's that Woman? 5. Come in Stranger 6. Running to Stand Still 7. Anything You Can Do 8. Guilty 9. Suspicious Minds 10. Come Back to Me 11. Move On 12. Every Day a Little Death 13. Your Fault 14. Love Is in the Air (a.k.a. What I Did for Love) 15. Impossible 16. The Ladies Who Lunch 17. There Won't Be Trumpets 18. Children Will Listen 19. Live Alone and Like It (a.k.a. An Unexpected Song) 20. Fear No More 21. Sunday in the Park with George 22. Goodbye For Now 23. One Wonderful Day Season 2 - Episodes Comprise: 1. Next 2. You Could Drive A Person Crazy 3. You'll Never Get Away From Me 4. My Heart Belongs To Daddy 5. They Asked Me Why I Believe In You 6. I Wish I Could Forget You 7. Colour And Light (aka: I Must Be Dreaming) 8. The Sun Won't Set 9. That's Good That's Bad 10. Coming Home (aka: I've Got You Under My Skin) 11. One More Kiss 12. We're Gonna Be Alright 13. There's Something About A War 14. Silly People 15. Thank You So Much 16. There Is No Other Way 17. Could I Leave You? 18. Everybody Says Don't 19. Don't Look At Me 20. It Wasn't Meant To Happen 21. I Know Things Now 22. No One Is Alone 23. Remember (Part 1) 24. Remember (Part 2)
Anybody who has written him off because of a string of stinkers--or anybody who's too young to remember The Goodbye Girl--may be shocked at the accomplishment and nuance of Richard Dreyfuss's performance in Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Here, he plays a man possessed. Contacted by aliens, he (along with other members of the "chosen") is drawn toward the site of the incipient landing: Devil's Tower, in rural Wyoming. As in many Spielberg films, there are no personalised enemies; the struggle is between those who have been called and a scientific establishment that seeks to protect them by keeping them away from the arriving spacecraft. The ship, and the special effects in general, are every bit as jaw-dropping on DVD as they were in the theatre (well, almost). Released in 1977 as a cerebral alternative to the swashbuckling science fiction epics then in vogue, Close Encounters now seems almost wholesome in its representation of alien contact and interested less in philosophising about extra-terrestrials than it is in examining the nature of the inner "call." Ultimately a motion picture about the obsession of the driven artist or determined visionary, Close Encounters comes complete with the stock Spielberg wives and girlfriends who seek to tether the dreamy, possessed protagonists to the more mundane concerns of the everyday. So a spectacular, seminal motion picture indeed (albeit one with gender politics that are all too terrestrial). --Miles Bethany
Ray Tango (Sylvester Stallone) and Gabe Cash (Kurt Russell) are rival L.A. policemen with one thing in common: each thinks he is the best. Team them and they're like oil and water. But frame them for a crime and they're like a match and kerosene. Stallone and Russell deliver sweaty excitement sex appeal and outrageous laughs in this action-comedy from the director of Runaway Train. The two stage a prison breakout that's a breathless rush of weapons and wisecracks then roar after the shadowy crimelord (Jack Palance) who set them up. Tango & Cash are out to clear their names. Join them and feel the rush.
ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE is a spectacular 4K restoration and reimagining of the 1982 cult classic from Francis Ford Coppola. Six minutes of footage have been added to replace the original negative, previously thought to be destroyed, resulting in a brand-new REPRISE version, approved by Coppola himself. ONE FROM THE HEART: REPRISE tells the story of a Las Vegas couple (Teri Garr, Frederic Forrest) whose break-up on the 4th of July leads them both to a night on the strip in pursuit of their romantic fantasies (Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski). But in this town of gamblers and dreamers should they bet it all on dreams, or give true love another roll of the dice? Featuring breathtaking design, show-stopping set pieces, the stunning photography of Vittorio Storaro (Apocalypse Now, The Last Emperor) and accompanied by the wonderful Oscar nominated* music of the one and only Tom Waits, this neon explosion of colour, sound and innovation is a cinematic valentine for all movie loversProduct FeaturesUHD Disc 1 / Blu-Ray Disc 1: One From The Heart: Reprise ¢ NEW The Look of One From The Heart ¢ NEW The Cast of One From The Heart ¢ NEW Reinventing the Musical: Baz Luhrmann on One From The Heart¢ NEW The Choreography of One From The Heart ¢ NEW One From The Heart: Reprise, Restoration Comparison ¢ NEW 2024 Trailer ¢ Francis Ford Coppola feature commentary UHD Disc 2 / Blu-Ray Disc 2: One From The Heart: 1982 Cut ¢ The Making Of One From The Heart ¢ The Dream Studio ¢ The Electronic Cinema ¢ Tom Waits and the Music From One From The Heart ¢ Deleted Scenes ¢ Videotaped Rehearsals ¢ Francis Ford Coppola speaks to the Exhibitors ¢ Press Conference at the Studio ¢ This Ones From The Heart Music Video ¢ Stop Motion Demo ¢ Tom Waits Score - Alternate Tracks ¢ 2003 Theatrical trailer ¢ 1982 Theatrical trailer
This season, more of the shockingly delicious secrets viewers have come to know and love await Mary Alice's circle of girlfriends.
Join the residents of Wisteria Lane for another series of episodes from American suburbia... Episodes: Disc One: 1. Listen To The Rain On The roof 2. It Takes Two 3. A Weekend In The Country 4. Like It Was Disc Two: 5. Nice She Ain't 6. Sweetheart I Have To Confess 7. Bang 8. Children And Art Disc Three: 9. Beautiful Girls 10. The Miracle Song 11. No Fits No Fights No Feuds 12. Not While I'm Around Disc Four: 13. Come Play Wiz Me 14. I Remember That 15. The Little things You Do Together 16. My Husband The Pig Disc Five: 17. Dress Big 18. Liaisons 19. God That's Good 20. Gossip Disc Six: 21. Into The Woods 22. What Would We Do Without You? 23. Getting Married Today
This sensational, extremely influential, 1974 low-budget horror movie directed by Tobe Hooper (Poltergeist, Lifeforce, Salem's Lot), may be notorious for its title, but it's also a damn fine piece of moviemaking. And it's blood-curdling scary, too. Loosely based on the true crimes of Ed Gein (also a partial inspiration for Psycho), the original Jeffrey Dahmer, Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows a group of teenagers who pick up a hitchhiker and wind up in a backwoods horror chamber where they're held captive, tortured, chopped up, and impaled on meat hooks by a demented cannibalistic family, including a character known as Leatherface who maniacally wields one helluva chainsaw. The movie's powerful sense of dread is heightened by its grainy, semi-documentary style--but it also has a wicked sense of humour (and not that camp, self-referential variety that became so tiresome in subsequent horror films of the 70s, 80s and 90s). OK, in case you couldn't tell, it's "not for everyone", but as a landmark in the development of the horror/slasher genre, it ranks with Psycho, Halloween, and A Nightmare on Elm Street. --Jim Emerson
If you were to argue Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein ranks among the top-10 funniest movies of all time, nobody could reasonably dispute the claim. Spoofing classic horror in the way that Brooks' previous film Blazing Saddles sent up classic Westerns, the movie is both a loving tribute and a raucous, irreverent parody of Universal's classic horror films Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Filming in glorious black and white, Brooks recreated the Frankenstein laboratory using the equipment from the original Frankenstein (courtesy of designer Kenneth Strickfaden), and this loving attention to physical and stylistic detail creates a solid foundation for non-stop comedy. The story, of course, involves Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) and his effort to resume experiments in re-animation pioneered by his late father. (He's got some help, since dad left behind a book titled How I Did It.) Assisting him is the hapless hunchback Igor (Marty Feldman) and the buxom but none-too-bright maiden Inga (Teri Garr), and when Frankenstein succeeds in creating his monster (Peter Boyle), the stage is set for an outrageous revision of the Frankenstein legend. With comedy highlights too numerous to mention, Brooks guides his brilliant cast (also including Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars and Gene Hackman in a classic cameo role) through scene after scene of inspired hilarity. Indeed, Young Frankenstein is a charmed film, nothing less than a comedy classic, representing the finest work from everyone involved. Not one joke has lost its payoff, and none of the countless gags have lost their zany appeal. From a career that includes some of the best comedies ever made, this is the film for which Mel Brooks will be most fondly remembered. No video library should be without a copy of Young Frankenstein. And just remember--it's pronounced "Fronkensteen". --Jeff Shannon
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