This strange, 1985 experiment by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner) starred the up-and-coming Tom Cruise in a fairy-tale world of dwarfs and unicorns and demons. After the horn of a unicorn is broken, darkness and winter descend upon the world. Cruise's character, helped along by a magic sprite played by David Bennent (The Tin Drum), descends into hell to save paradise. This movie is almost a classic case of art direction gone amok. The somewhat amorphous Cruise doesn't lend much dramatic focus or artistic definition, but the drama between Tim Curry's satanic majesty and Mia Sara's character, who becomes a sort of princess of the netherworld, is pretty captivating. A mixed experience all around that makes one wish it had been more successful. --Tom Keogh
Though it's not in the same league as the classic screen musicals, Annie's heartwarming rags-to-riches storyline, social comment (shallow as it may be) and catchy songs make for an entertaining and unpretentious 90 minutes' viewing. Aileen Quinn is the irrepressible titular orphan, by no means as irritating as she looks in the cover picture; Albert Finney is Oliver Warbucks, the tyrannical tycoon (with a hidden heart of gold, of course) who adopts her for a week in the interests of good PR. The real show-stopper, though, is Carol Burnett as the gin-soaked harpy Miss Hannigan, ruling with an iron fist over an orphanage full of unruly girls, flirting with every man in sight and eventually scheming with her unscrupulous brother (Tim Curry) to kidnap Annie and reap a fat Warbucks reward cheque. While the songs--including "Tomorrow", "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" and "It's a Hard Knock Life"--are excellent, the kids' voices are shrill and the production pretty low-rent: Annie is very obviously a stage show brought to screen on a low budget. But while it lacks the polish that make the Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lerner and Loewe musicals so special, it's funny and sweet and has a rough charm all its own. On the DVD: The film is presented in widescreen, preserving its original 2.35:1 aspect, and is enhanced for 16:9 widescreen TVs; the soundtrack is Dolby surround, though as noted above the music score is relatively rough and ready so top-notch sound isn't actually as important as it would be in other musicals. The extras are pretty disappointing--an uninspired interactive menu features only the obligatory multi-language subtitles, (very) short biographies of the key cast members, a few publicity cards and posters, the theatrical trailer and--most interestingly--an isolated musical score. No commentary from director John Huston, no documentaries, nothing about the 1930s cartoon strip that was, apparently, one of the most popular of its day. There's actually more information in the accompanying booklet than there is on the disc. --Rikki Price
After sending shockwaves across contemporary culture and setting a new standard for provocative, socially-conscious horror films with his directorial debut, Get Out, Academy Award®-winning visionary Jordan Peele returns with another original nightmare that he has written, directed and produced. After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers (Emmy winner Elizabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon), Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway. Us pits an endearing American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.
Titles Comprise: Hogfather: It's the night before Hogswatch usually a time of joy on Discworld but there are suspicious goings-on and the criminal underworld is abuzz. The beloved Hogfather - the jolly bearer of glee and pork-related gifts for children everywhere - has vanished! Suddenly Discworld's entire mythical system is under threat. The fate of this magical time rests in the hands of a very motley group: A band of wizards headed up by a mystical university president named Mustrum Ridcully; a loyal manservant who goes by the of Albert; a level headed governess called Susan Sto Helit; and her grandfather who happens to be - Death. Plans must be made trolls must be fought fairies must be rescued and Death must take up the reins at the helm of the Hogfather's abandoned sleigh if the Hogfather and possibly more importantly the holiday is to be saved. Colour Of Magic: The Discworld - a magical realm quite unlike yet hauntingly familiar to ours - has got it's first tourist - Twoflower (Sean Astin). Rincewind (David Jason) an inept ex-student wizard is given the task of guiding Twoflower (Sean Astin) through the city state of Ankh Morpork. Rincewind has two problems: firstly as an expert coward he doesn't feel he's the best person to guard a naive - and extremely rich by local standards - tourist through one of the roughest cities in the multiverse. And secondly the world is coming to an end. Going Postal: Moist von Lipwig is a con artist of the highest degree: polite charming and skillful in his work. Nevertheless as the story begins he is confined to a cell in Ankh Morpork and scheduled to die within half an hour after having stolen AM0 000. He is saved when Lord Vetinari offers him a choice: he can walk out of the door (and fall to his death) or he can become Postmaster of the city's run down Post Office. Lipwig chooses the latter hoping for a chance to escape. Unfortunately for him Lipwig's first and last attempt at escape is thwarted by a golem named Mr. Pump who delivers Lipwig back to the office of the Patrician...
It's no secret that the popular animated feature release Anastasia played fast and loose with Russian Imperialist history. Never mind that the movie's debut coincided with DNA proof--provided by Britain's Prince Phillip, no less--that Anna Andersen was not Tsar Nicholas II's daughter Anastasia and that Russian-discovered bones were indeed that of the Tsar and his brutally murdered family. Anastasia's made-for-video sequel, Bartok the Magnificent, doesn't let historical fact get in its way either. Still, the animated adventure, which features Bartok the excitable albino bat (voiced again by Hank Azaria), is cute and funny, thanks to clever writing and great voice work. Bartok and his sidekick bear friend (an excellent Kelsey Grammer, who voiced Vlad in the original) have become street performers and become embroiled in the evil Ludmilla's plot to get rid of the next heir, a prince. While it's not a particularly fresh tale, Bartok the Magnificent is kept alive through Azaria and Grammer's well-timed and well-executed voiceovers. --N.F. Mendoza
It's a gorgeous Summer's day and two teams play a cricket game with a difference. It's the annual match between the local mental asylum and the villagers and in the scoring hut patients Crossley and Graves sit side-by-side recording every run over and fallen wicket. To keep themselves entertained Crossley recounts a terrifying story of how he came to possess supernatural powers that enable him to kill with a shout. It was he claims an ancient magic he learnt from spending many years with the Australian Aborigines. Although Graves dismisses the tale as an insane fantasy as the match continues the proceedings take on an emphatically sinister turn...
This is a terrible movie. Frank Marshall (Arachnophobia) demonstrates no control over story, actors, effects or general presentation in this adaptation of a Michael Crichton novel about an expedition into deep, dark Africa that runs into an unknown race of killer apes. The big monkeys attack and attack and attack and have to be fought off with machine guns and lasers--that's pretty much the story, except there's probably an even better one behind "fourth Ghostbuster" Ernie Hudson's bizarre decision to speak with a British accent. While Marshall wants us to root for the human characters, they're all so obnoxious and unbelievable you can't help but feel lousy for the poor apes when they get chopped to bits just for defending their homes against these twerps. If you're not feeling enough environmentalist ire these days, watch this and get angry. --Tom Keogh
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975): Relive Richard O'Brien's sinfully twisted salute to horror, sci-fi, B-movies and rock music - a 'sensual daydream to treasure forever' - starring Tim Curry (in his classic gender-bending performance), Barry Bostwick and Oscar winner Susan Sarandon. Do the 'Time Warp' and sing 'Hot Patootie' with Meatloaf again... and again... and again... at home, or in a movie theater, where it will probably be playing for another 25 years! Shoc...
Get ready for this year's number 1 Christmas treat. "Christmas In Wonderland" stars Hollywood legend Patrick Swayze in one of his final big screen roles, plus Tim Curry and Carmen Electra.
Based on the classic children's novel The Little White Horse The Secret Of Moonacre set in 1840's West Country follows Maria a 13 year old orphan as she embarks on a journey to the mysterious Moonacre Manor. Once there she finds herself in a world full of secrets and mystery. She discovers that she is the last Moon Princess and only has until the next full moon to undo the misdeeds of her ancestors to save the Moonacre estate disappearing into the sea forever. Along the way she seeks the help of a whole host of wonderful creatures and magical beasts.
Another masked avenger is reincarnated as a big budget movie. Idle playboy Lamont Cranston (Alec Baldwin), schooled in Tibetan mysticism, fights crime in late '30s New York while wearing a natty hat and false beak. He finds time to romance telepathic sweetie Margo Lane (Penelope Miller), whose crusty old scientist Dad (Ian McKellen) has just invented an atom bomb which is in danger of falling into the hands of Shiwan Khan (John Lone), conquest-happy last descendent of Genghis Khan.Director Russell Mulcahy turns out the regulation death traps (a locked chamber filling with water, a bomb timer which ticks away during the climax) and the Shadow breezes through via nifty "invisible" effects. It evokes the conventions and charms of 1930s' pulp fiction in rather more nostalgic mode than Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, and adds little of its own attitude, although a sly camp sensibility (notably in the extremely chi-chi Tim Curry and John Lone as the villains) goes for snickering at the expense of tension. A pleasant, eye-pleasing movie but, after the super-heroic likes of Batman, The Crow and The Mask, the merely mysterious Shadow seems somewhat grandfatherly and remote. --Kim Newman
A murderously funny movie based on the famous board game. And now with this special DVD version you can see all 3 surprise endings! Was it Colonel Mustard in the study with a gun? Miss Scarlet in the billiard room with the rope? Or was it Wadsworth the butler? Meet all the notorious suspects and discover all their foul play things. You'll love their dastardly doings as the bodies and the laughs pile up before your eyes.
Charlie's Angels: Cameron Diaz Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu are Charlies Angels - a trio of elite private investigators who with the latest in high-tech gadgets martial arts techniques and a vast array of disguises unleash their state of the art skills on land sea and air. Their goal to track down a kidnapped billionaire-to-be and keep his top-secret voice identification software out of his lethal hands. Aided by their faithful lieutenant Bosley (Bill Murray) and u
Get OutWhen Chris (Daniel Kaluuya), a young African-American man, visits his white girlfriend's (Allison Williams) family estate, he becomes ensnared in the more sinister, real reason for the invitation. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behaviour as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he could have never imagined.UsAfter spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers, Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home. When darkness falls, the Wilsons discover the silhouette of four figures holding hands as they stand in the driveway. Us pits an endearing American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.NopeNope reunites Jordan Peele with Oscar® winner Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out, Judas and the Black Messiah), who is joined by Keke Palmer (Hustlers, Alice) and Oscar® nominee Steven Yeun (Minari, Okja) as residents in a lonely gulch of inland California who bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Based on the Best-Selling Children’s Classic Books. Eloise comes to animated life in these delightful and hilarious adventures of The Plaza’s most famous six-year old. Imagination runs wild and being bored is never allowed in this long-awaited adventure featuring the talented voices of Lynn Redgrave as Nanny and Tim Curry as Mr. Salamone! Me Eloise: Eloise’s excitement surrounding her impending 6th birthday celebration is derailed by the arrival at the Plaza of a Japanese family and their world-famous 8-year-old daughter. Will Eloise’s mischievous ways jeopardize her new friend Yuko’s performance at Carnegie Hall and create chaos around her own birthday celebration? Little Miss Christmas: Eloise plans a multicultural holiday extravaganza at the Plaza but her surprise - an appearance by Santa Claus - may not occur according to plan. Eloise Goes To School: Eloise is ready to begin attending regular school. While she believes she is ready is the school ready for her? Eloise In Hollywood: Eloise makes a trip to Hollywood with visions of becoming a movie star. She will quickly discover stardom is not all it’s cracked up to be and Tinseltown is not as bright as she has dreamed. Eloise’s Rawther Unusual Halloween: When a developer is interested in buying the Plaza strange happenings begin to occur. A ghostly presence begins to make itself known - or does it? Eloise In Springtime: Springtime has arrived in New York City and love is in the air. But so is jealousy as Eloise learns a lesson about the true meaning of love and friendship.
Exploring the 1990 mini-series, based on Stephen King's iconic novel IT, this fan-funded documentary aims to tell a story heard by few and showcase a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage and photos seen by even fewer. From investigating the historical and cultural phenomenon of coulrophobia (the fear of clowns) to Tim Curry's magical portrayal of the notorious clown monster, this story promises to dig deeper into the Pennywise phenomenon than ever before. Featuring interviews with many of the cult classic's key players, including director Tommy Lee Wallace and cast members Tim Curry, Seth Green, and Richard Thomas, plus over fifty further cast and crew interviews and 700+ never-seen-before production photos. Product Features Special Features: The Extras of IT (10 mins) The Legacy Continues (9 mins)
Once upon a time, Santa operated with just a small workshop and a few elves. But, as Christmas has grown ever bigger, Santa has been forced to innovate! Now his cleverest elves develop amazing technology, including a hologram to hide the North Pole and a time machine to allow Santa to deliver presents to every home in the world, in just the one night. Bernard is an elf who dreams of creating such inventions, but his job is to clean the reindeer stables! Yet when he creates an amazing Christma.
Two stranded travelers find themselves at the mercy of a mad doctor and his eccentric guests in this send-up of science fiction films and sexual mores. The Rocky Horror Picture Show comes to Blu-ray for the first time to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Re-create The Midnight Movie Experience in your living room and celebrate 35 years of absolute pleasure with this picture-perfect specimen of Richard O'Brien's cosmic cult classic starring Tim Curry Barry Bostwick and Susan Sarandon.
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