A special adaptation of two of Jackie Collins' bestselling novels. A story of passion power and greed that spans forty years and follows the fortunes of Gino Santangelo a tough street kid who grows up to become one of America's wealthiest and most powerful men and his daughter Lucky.
Tim Allen makes an impressive screen debut in Disney's well-written seasonal film The Santa Clause. Divorced toy company executive Scott Calvin is pleased to have his son Charlie for Christmas, though the boy himself isn't happy about it. But when Santa Claus accidentally topples off the roof of the house and falls with a thud in the snow, Scott finds himself taking the merry old elf's place and earning new respect in his son's eyes. When the night ends, the reindeer take them to the North Pole, and Scott discovers that by donning the fabled red suit, he's inadvertently agreed to become the next Santa Claus. It's an enjoyable, straightforward family film, anchored by the affable charisma of Allen.--Bret Fetzer Considering how lame a sequel it could have been, The Santa Clause 2 makes for a pleasant seasonal diversion. It's got the familiar smell of Disney marketeering, and more than a few parents will object to this further embellishment of the St Nick legend, but Tim Allen's amiable presence provides ample compensation. According to the "Missus Clause" in his North Pole contract, he can't continue to be the real Santa until he gets married. It's all as sweet as spiced eggnog, with that warmed-over feel of a mandated sequel, but the Christmas spirit does prevail with the sound of sleigh bells and Allen's rosy-cheeked "Ho, ho, ho!". --Jeff Shannon
Citizens of a small town, under the influence of a man in the midst of a mid-life crisis, come together to make an adult film.
From Frank Darabont acclaimed director of 'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'The Mist' comes this terrifying claustrophobic tale starring Jennifer Jason Leigh and Tim Matherson. Hard-working construction company owner Clint is married to Joanna but little does he know she's having an affair with a doctor and the pair are plotting to kill him and get a hefty insurance payout. One night Joanna injects her husband with poison and with the help of her lover they set about burying him in a shallow grave. But there's only one slight problem: Clint isn't dead!
Not your typical buddy movie Regular Guys is a refreshingly witty German comedy that takes a tongue-in-cheek peek at the complexities of relationships - gay straight and somewhere in-between. Christoph a macho cop goes on a bender after his fiance throws him out of the house. After waking in the arms of the very cute (and very naked!) Edgar a gay auto-mechanic Christoph's world is immediately changed. Did he - in a drunken haze - get it on with a man? If he did i
Wesley Snipes stars in this high-octane thriller set in the former Soviet Union. A former Soviet military leader has resurfaced in Chechnya where he's been stockpiling nuclear materials from an abandoned power plant. To protect his developments he has also kidnapped a number of hostages. Enter Painter (Snipes) a special agent known as ""The Marksman"". Painter and his posse only have a limited amount of time to resolve the conflict before US military forces wade in. However when thin
Blockbuster director Feng Xiaogang China’s answer to Steven Spielberg follows up his celebrated disaster movie Aftershock with this unflinching action-packed portrayal of one of the darkest times in China's history based on Liu Zhengyun's bestselling novel Remembering 1942. With a cast that includes Adrien Brody Tim Robbins and Fan Xu Back to 1942 is an epic reconstruction of the deadly drought of 1942 that took its toll on central China's Henan province during the war against Japan resulting in a loss of at least three million people. In the midst of the devastation an American journalist (Brody) searches for answers and slowly comes to understand that there may be a greater connection between these tragedies and his political theories than he once thought.
David Jason (Only Fools & Horses), Hugh Lloyd and Imogen Hassall star in this saucy Seventies British comedy, released for the very first time on DVD. Full time civil servant and part time fantasist Albert Toddey (David Jason) ventures into Londons seedy Soho for the first time in his life - and blunders straight into a criminal caper. Strippers are being kidnapped and sold as white slaves in the Middle East and Alberts new friend Stella (Imogen Hassall) has just disappeared too! Can Albert rescue the strippers? He knows where they are but theres just one little problem. In his mind, Albert is a super-cool man of action. In real life, however, hes a blundering idiot! If the two mysterious men from the ministry (Hugh Lloyd & Tim Barrett) dont manage to save the day, Albert may find himself heading off to the desert with the girls and starting on a new career as a palace eunuch!
Never was a treasure so sought after... Pirates of the Plain centres around a nine-year-old boy (Seth Adkins) with an overactive imagination. Whether it's shoot-outs with the James Gang or laser battles with alien robots little Bobby's playmates seem real to him. It frightens his mother Dee Wallace Stone while Bobby's grandpa (Charles Napier) thinks it's just Bobby's way of coping with not having many friends and a father that left two years prior. At the same
A passenger of a hijacked airliner who happens to be an airplane engineer works to deactivate a chemical weapons bomb after the hijackers kill the pilot and threaten to kill all the passengers on the plane
The Treasures of Athens & Olympia is a 3 part arts documentary series. This DVD contains all three episodes. The series narrated by Tim Marlow opens by looking at how 5th century Greece experienced the 'Great Awakening' in art and architecture and in the process became the source of Western civilisation. The second episode investigates how Greek art and architecture particularly painting developed both during the Byzantine period and in the 19th and 20th centuries. And how 'ne
Another case of murder most foul in Midsomer when plans for a new supermarket lead to muder by stabbing.
The Blind Side: Teenager Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) is surviving on his own, virtually homeless, when he is spotted on the street by Leigh Anne Tuohy (Sandra Bullock). Learning that the young man is one of her daughter's classmates, Leigh Anne insists that Michael-wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the dead of winter-come out of the cold. Without a moment's hesitation, she invites him to stay at the Tuohy home for the night. What starts out as a gesture of kindness turns into something ...
The second series of Happiness, Paul Whitehouse's rueful midlife crisis sitcom, sees the same cast of characters caught in the same rut but, in the great tradition of sitcom, never really going anywhere. Whitehouse's widower Danny Spencer is still making a tidy living doing the voiceover for a kiddie's animated Kung Fu Nurse Bear, still frustrated that while everyone loves the bear, no one either knows or cares who he is. There are some changes, though: Danny is less sympathetic, more bitter and prattish in this series; Clive Russell's ageing Lothario is still raving and squiring like a twentysomething, but gets a wake-up call; Fiona Allen's Rachel and pathetically, wonderfully whiney husband Mark Heap's marriage suffers a severe blip when the latter lapses hopelessly into an affair with Rachel's best friend Neela. Meanwhile, it's Johnny Vegas and Pearce Quigley as Sid and Charlie, who, having started off their own removals business ("We'll Do Anything!"), provide many of the series' biggest belly laughs, especially in their disposal of a cat they unfortunately run over. A match for the first series, the second year of Happiness is the same mix of ageing baby boomers grumbling over modern pop culture, convincingly inconsequential conversational banter and celebrity guest appearances, including Kathy Burke sportingly playing herself as an obnoxious old trout treating non-celebrities like underlings. On the DVD: Happiness, Series 2 has no extras on the DVD. --David Stubbs
Get ready for an unforgettable undersea adventure in the enchanting Back to the Sea! Meet Kevin (Yuri Lowenthal Ben 10) a young flying fish who lives in the New York harbour. He has a keen sense of adventure and a dream of leading his family back to Barbados - the mythical kingdom of the flying fish. However one fateful day his determination to explore lands him in trouble as he gets captured by a fishing ship and plunged into a fish tank - right in a famous restaurant in New York City's Chinatown. Whilst there Kevin befriends the owner's son and a and a handful of fishy friends. Together they embark on a daring quest to escape using trust and friendship and to get Kevin back home to the sea. Also stars Mark Hamill (Star Wars) Tim Curry (Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves) Christian Slater (Bullet to the Head) and Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants).
An uncredited adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's ""The Lurking Fear."" After a violent thunderstorm mutilated bodies are found at a Louisiana campground. Investigative reporter Clint Harrison uncover a dark local legend about the reclusive Dansen clan who may be connected with the murders. Determined to dig up the truth Clint and his buddies decide to spend a stormy night at the seemingly abandoned Dansen mansion...
A young psychotic man returns to his old neighbourhood after he is released from prison. He seeks the young lady he previously tried to rape and the young man who protected her.
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