Tom Hanks was a relatively unknown TV actor with a sitcom as his biggest credit when relatively unknown director Ron Howard (best known for his own sitcom acting) cast him in this surprise hit. It made stars of Hanks, Daryl Hannah and John Candy and an A-list director out of Howard. Hannah is a mermaid who comes to Manhattan in search of Hanks, the guy she has twice saved from drowning. Hanks runs a business with his loveable, blowhard brother (Candy), whose goal in life is to have a letter published in Penthouse. When this perfect woman shows up, Hanks can't believe his luck and plunges into a dizzyingly romantic relationship, unaware of her sea-water secret. But the mermaid needs to soak and unfurl her tail from time to time, which leads to complications, including her capture by the government for scientific study (what else?). Hanks is winningly charming and Hannah is a perfect match in this enjoyably high-spirited comedy, though the biggest laughs belong to Candy. --Marshall Fine
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Episodes include: Loose Lips Sink Relationships Rules Of Engagement Bed Bath And Byond and Star-Spangled Banter.
Acclaimed filmmaker Christopher Nolan directs an international cast in this sci-fi actioner that travels around the globe and into the world of dreams. Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is the best there is at extraction: stealing valuable secrets inside the subconscious during the mind's vulnerable dream state. His skill has made him a coveted player in industrial espionage but also has made him a fugitive and cost him dearly. Now he may get a second chance if he can do the impossible: inception.
In this info-packed DVD parts of the acoustic and electric guitar are described. Viewers will also learn: how to tune up how to get good tone with an amplifier how to hold the pick left- and right-hand positioning open chords power chords strumming patterns string muting soloing and more. Features rock blues and country rock styles a jam session with a live band and a detailed booklet.
Mutant X takes the useful SF trope of the mutant minority persecuted by the state and adds potentially interesting spins on which it rarely delivers. After a couple of pilot episodes that pushed into OTT visual stylishness, the show has settled into mildly repetitive though watchable blandness: for the most part it avoids story arcs and a large cast of regulars in favour of plugging its characters into the stock plots of television SF, such as doubles, vengeance crusades and untrustworthy lovers. On the DVD: Mutant X Series 1, Volume 4 contains the following episodes: "The Lazarus Syndrome". Both Emma and GSA agent Pamela are targeted by Caleb, a vampiric mutant whose kiss drains life force from mutants and who rises again each time he is killed. "Interface". Emma tries to convert her school friend Michelle, a GSA agent and super-hacker; their escape from GSA is easy, perhaps too easy. "Presumed Guilty". A memory-stealing mutant frames Adam for a murder and Eckhart exploits the situation to find out Mutant X's whereabouts. "Ex Marks the Spot". Shalimar's unreliable former lover Zack involves Mutant X in the heist of a Faberge egg in which important genetic code has been hidden. The DVDs also contain trailers and interviews with Michael Shea (Adam) and show runner Howard Chaykin. --Roz Kaveney
Smallville: The Complete First Season Between the boy Clark Kent thought he was and the man he is destined to become lie the compelling stories of Smallville the popular action series that re-imagines the Superman saga from its roots. Watch. Wonder. Enjoy. A legend grows up in Smallville. Smallville: The Complete Second Season This year finds Clark Kent grappling with his calling as he explores his true origins: was he sent to Earth to save humanity or destroy it? Lana and Clark grow closer than ever before. Lex gets married. Lionel lures Chloe toward the dark side. Martha and Jonathan Kent receive miraculous news. And Pete becomes a keeper of Clark's secret. One thing we can't keep secret: the legend grows stronger in Smallville! Smallville: The Complete Third Season The fascinating reinterpretation of Superman mythology and its classic characters continues in an event-packed 22-episode Season 3 that includes Clark's embracing of his dark side...and the devil's bargain Jonathan makes with Jor-El to rescue his son. Other highlights: Perry White and villainous Morgan Edge debut in the series. Clark hones a sensational new power. Chloe lets slip an intriguing reference to someone named Lois Lane. And the secret to Clark's true identity burdens Pete obsesses Lex and drives a wedge between Lana and Clark. The challenges of today shape tomorrow as never before in Smallville. Smallville: The Complete Fourth Season Clark Kent will have plenty of reasons to remember his senior year! The thrilling reinterpretation of the Superman legend evolves in Season 4 whose 22 episodes include the quest for 3 Kryptonian crystals and Clark's bold attempt to keep those mysterious stones from destroying Earth. Clark also becomes a highly recruited football star. Lana embarks on a new romance and Lois Lane - smart opinionated and entirely annoying to Clark - comes to Smallville Chloe learns the scoop of the century. Lionel becomes a straight-up nice guy (stay tuned) Lex steps further into darkness and a new calling awaits Clark - an awakening to a destiny that only he can accept and fulfill. Smallville: The Complete Fifth Season An astonishing season of destiny! Clark Kent now carries a full load of classes at Central Kansas U. but that's not all he carries. He carries the full weight of his - perhaps the world's - destiny. We call this season Superman in Training series co-creator Alfred Gough says. Clark is going to accept his destiny. During this exciting pivotal season: Clark faces rogue Kryptonians. Lex Luthor launches a vicious political campaign. The Fortress of Solitude rises. Clark's love for Lana Lang deepens and he and Lois Lane remain friendly adversaries. He also crosses paths with AC (aka Aquaman) Victor Stone (aka Cyborg) and the mysterious Milton Fine (aka Brainiac). A dark tragedy - one even Clark's powers can't prevent - strikes. These and more key elements of Superman lore fall into place. Smallville: The Complete Sixth Season They tried to be friends. But their chosen paths set them on a collision course. The Clark Kent - Lex Luthor rivalry explodes into the fierce good-versus-evil battle fans have long expected in Season 6 of the spectacular series that reinterprets the characters and events of Superman mythology from its core. Adding to the rivalry: Lana Lang becomes Mrs. Luthor. Clark would be stunned to find out why she says yes. Smallville: The Complete Seventh Season When Clark's cousin Kara (Supergirl) arrives on the scene Clark advises her to keep a low profile and master her powers but Kara has other ideas and becomes the focus of Lex Luthor's powerlust.
Eric's Revenge: Missing presumed dead in a fire that destroyed his home Eric Matthews returns a year later to the site now occupied by a massive shopping mall. Demented even insane Eric is obsessed with being reunited with his childhood sweetheart no matter who he kills. Offerings: John Radley has a curious way of liking someone. Be nice to him and you'll start receiving severed body parts. Fingers ears noses... it's only after Tim wakes up with his head in a vi
The Fat Cats bring you the hottest UK boaters going big in 11 countries. The film that will resurrect the UK Kayaking scene.
The C.I.A. inherit footage of the slaughter of a Hollywood movie crew while on location. One crew member the teenage daughter of the slain director escapes the carnage to tell the blood-thirsty tale of staying alive and a counter-revolutionary army's ruthless objectives that must be stopped!
The film follows the Stereophonics from their earliest pre-signed performances through to their latest sell-out stadium tours. Created from hundreds of hours of footage taking in the earliest pre-signed performances home-movies of their very first gigs as Zephyr and Tragic Love Company through to their latest sell-out stadium tours and the making of recent promo videos Rewind documents the unique rags-to-riches journey of one of Britain's best loved bands. Directed by Danny O'Connor and produced by Stereophonics themselves the documentary is over an hour and a half in duration featuring insightful interviews with some of the biggest names in music: Ronnie Wood Paul Weller Noel Gallagher Bono Jimmy Page Jools Holland Roger Daltrey the Black Crows and Tom Jones.
He astonished people with his imagination. He shocked people with his genius. He'll mesmerize you with his story....
Low-budget British crime drama. The film follows Mancunian brothers Ryan and Chris Jackson (Lewis Fletcher and Tom Collins) as they become involved in the city's criminal underworld. With Ryan quickly rising through the ranks, Chris is eager to follow in his older brother's successful footsteps but Ryan is not so keen to see this happen. When Ryan encounters difficulties on a job, Chris is finally given the chance to step in and prove himself but, in order to do so, he must first take out his brother...
A Marine platoon is ambushed during a mission leaving only three soldiers alive to fend off the growing army of the living dead. En route to their pickup point they come across an abandoned house with three mysterious women hiding out inside. If they can make it through the night they're home free...or so they think because someone is hiding a dark secret that may alter the course of this gore-drenched war...
Bruce Willis plays a Special-Ops commander who leads his team into the jungle of Nigeria to rescue a doctor (Monica Belluci) who will only go with them if they also agree to rescue 70 refugees.
Charlie Wilson's War: The true story of how a playboy congressman a renegade CIA agent and a beautiful Houston socialite joined forces to lead the largest and most successful covert operation in history. Their efforts contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War with consequences that reverberate throughout the world today. Capote: In 1959 Truman Capote a popular writer for The New Yorker learns about the horrific and senseless murder of a family of four in Halcomb Kansas. Inspired by the story material Capote and his partner Harper Lee travel to the town to research for an article. However as Capote digs deeper into the story he is inspired to expand the project into what would be his greatest work 'In Cold Blood'. To that end he arranges extensive interviews with the prisoners especially with Perry Smith a quiet and articulate man with a troubled history. As he works on his book Capote feels some compassion for Perry which in part prompts him to help the prisoners to some degree. However that feeling deeply conflicts with his need for closure for the book which only an execution can provide. The conflict and mixed motives for both interviewer and subject make for a troubling experience that would produce a literary account that redefined modern non-fiction....
Triumphant winner of 7 Academy Awards - including Best Picture - this witty sexy smash features Oscar-winning Best Actress Gwyneth Paltrow and an amazing cast that includes Academy Award winners Judi Dench Geoffrey Rush and Ben Affleck! When Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes) needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block a secret romance with the beautiful Lady Viola (Paltrow) starts the words flowing like never before! There are just two things he'll have to learn about his new love: not only is she promised to marry someone else she's successfully impersonating a man in order to play the lead in Will's latest production! A truly can't-miss motion picture event with outstanding critical acclaim to match its impressive collection of major awards - everyone will love this funny behind-the-scenes look at the writing of the greatest love story ever told!
Stanley Kubrick's daring last film is many things. It is a compelling psychosexual journey. A haunting dreamscape. A riveting tale of suspense. A major milestone in the careers of stars Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. And a worthy final chapter to a great director's career. Cruise plays Dr William Hartford who plunges into an erotic foray that threatens his marriage - and may even ensnare him in a lurid murder mystery - after his wife's (Kidman) admission of sexual longings. As the story sweeps from doubt and fear to self-discovery and reconciliation Kubrick orchestrates it with masterful flourishes. Graceful tracking shots controlled pacing rich colours startling images: bravura traits that make Kubrick a filmmaker for the ages are here to keep everyone's eyes wide open.
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