The whimsical comedy-romance Heaven Can Wait is a delightful example of the small sub-genre of afterlife comedies. The film, which teams then lovers Warren Beatty and Julie Christie for a third time following McCabe and Mrs Miller (1971) and Shampoo (1975), is not a remake of the 1943 supernatural film of the same name, but of the Robert Montgomery classic Here Comes Mr Jordan (1941). Here Beatty is American football player Joe Pendleton, who accidentally dies, decades too early, and is incarnated in a new body which, until recently, was occupied by a ruthless multi-millionaire. James Mason is superb as a most authoritative angel (Mr Jordan), heading a fine cast including Charles Grodin, Buck Henry and Jack Warden. In a sub-plot paralleling The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and revisited in You've Got Mail (1998), Julie Christie plays an English woman outraged that one of the former millionaire's companies is destroying her village, while simultaneously falling in love with the man now occupying the hated millionaire's mortal coil. Much comic and romantic misunderstanding follows, as well as some appealing slapstick, courtesy of Dyan Cannon. Aided by a lovely musical score by Dave Grusin, this is a beautifully played and thoroughly charming bittersweet fantasy about the transcendent power of love. It is a joy for romantics everywhere. On the DVD: Heaven Can Wait comes to DVD in a good 1.77:1 ratio transfer which exhibits just a little grain in some darker scenes. The print shows some very minor, occasional damage, but nothing to complain about in a film of this vintage. The sound is the original mono mix, which is perfectly serviceable. The only extra is the theatrical trailer. --Gary S Dalkin
Problem Child: Ben Healy (John Ritter) and his social climbing wife Flo adopt Junior a fun-loving seven year old. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares. But is he really just a little angel trying to get out? Find out in this hilarious satire on modern-day family life. Problem Child 2: Junior the monster is now back as him and Ben his adoptive father move to Mortville 'the world's capital of divorce'. There Ben falls in love with a beautiful but mean-minded rich woman Lawanda Dumore who wants to marry him and eliminate Junior. As Junior and his new friend Trixie (she's another monster the daughter of Annie another woman) try to avoid this disaster and get their parents in love they get into a lot of trouble as we notice that ONE monster was already a headache TWO of them is really the apocalypse! Problem Child 3: That little devil Junior is back once more and he's just as naughty as ever! In this the third edition in the hilarious Problem Child series Junior is persuaded to join in with other children in various fun activities - including dancing. His father's plan appears to work when yes - Junior falls in love! - with the beautiful and ever popular Tiffany. But this only incites Junior to greater heights of mayhem-making as he sets about getting rid of the competition for Tiffany's affection.
Disney's THE MUPPETS Complete 6 Movie Collection : The Muppets (2012) ; The Muppet Movie ; The Great Muppet Caper ; The Muppet Christmas Carol ; Muppet Treasure Island ; The Muppets Wizard of Oz. All in Fantastic Boxset (Individual Slimline cases) - Limited Release in UK (Region 2) in English.
Paris's most controversial cop must try and rescue a kidnap victim in this stylish futuristic thriller.
Peter Sellers stars as Chance a dapper mentally deficient gardener who has spent his entire life in the home of a rich recluse. He has learned of the outside world only through television and speaks in minimal easy-to-digest sound bites. When Chance steps out into the world for the first time though his idle sayings are interpreted as philosophical wisdom by a wealthy industrialist and soon after swallowed whole by the American public to the point where Chance becomes a media celebrity...
Al Pacino plays a Maryland lawyer who takes on a judicial system rife with deal making in And Justice for All, an awkward blend of satire and sentimentality. Topical director Norman Jewison can't seem to help Pacino get comfortable with the mismatched material, which pushes the film into outrageousness at some turns and mawkishness at others. The script by Barry Levinson and Valerie Curtin is more an accumulation of random ideas and moments than a congruent story. However, it's interesting to see the large cast of good actors, most of whom were unknowns at the time including Christine Lahti who made her film debut here. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Three tough and sexy working class sisters intent on thieving and burgling their way out of poverty, masquerading as men
Robert De Niro stars in this his second film for director Brian De Palma. 'Greetings' is a satirical comedy focusing on the lives of three New Yorkers each with his own personal fixation ranging from sex and voyeurism to Kennedy assassination theories. Their common interest is discussing the ways to dodge the draft board. De Palma's originalty captures perfectly the spirit of late sixties America. And De Niro even in this early performance displays all the hallmarks that has e
Adapted by the original source novel Keith Waterhouse this is the television series from 1973 shown on ITV. Starring Jeff Rawle as the overimaginative Billy Liar who dreams of a big-city life as a comedy writer. Featuring all the episodes from series 1
The Thin Red Line is a gritty war movie that focuses on the conflicts of two men as well as the hand-to-hand battles that commenced during the Guadalcanal campaign in World War 2. Freshly married Private Doll (Keir Dullea) has just been drafted to Guadalcanal where he meets Sergeant Welch (Jack Warden), Welch is a tough veteran and very stuck in his ways. His methods of training are somewhat harsh and he pushes his soldiers to the absolute limit. Upon arriving the two soldiers instantly clash as stubborn Private Doll disagrees with Welch’s methods and sees no problem breaking his rules. As the battle with the Japanese begins to heat up so does the confrontation with these two men, but will they see that they are on the same team? Or will they carry this conflict to its bitter end?
Used Cars, the 1980 film by director Robert Zemeckis, gives no indication of things to come in his career (Back to the Future, Contact, Forrest Gump), but it is representative of a certain cynical humour he shared early on with writer-partner Bob Gale. Kurt Russell and Jack Warden star in a sketchy comedy about competing used-car salesmen who resort to outrageous tactics to lure customers away from each other. The jokes, like the characters, are intentionally recycled, self-conscious comic fodder from a baby-boomer's lifetime (such as Gale's or Zemeckis') of immersion in pop culture. That makes Used Cars more pastiche than original (the film's title itself suggests that), but as such it has some good, if vaguely familiar, laughs in it. Russell, particularly, is very funny as a practiced con man. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
After many years abroad on military service, Dean reluctantly returns to his hometown. Upon visiting his childhood friend Jess, he discovers she has been struggling since the untimely death of her husband. Whilst attempting to raise her child and battling a crumbling economy she has found herself fraught in a harsh, unforgiving underworld. Dean knows he must help her, and when things grow more sinister and ruthless, he knows he will do all it takes to make sure she is safe.
When attorney Frank Calvin (Newman) is given an open-and-shut medical malpractice case that no one thinks he can win he courageously decides to refuse a settlement from the hospital. Instead he takes the case and the entire legal system to court... Sidney Lumet's riveting courtroom drama earned five Oscar nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor for Paul Newman's towering performance as a down-and-out alcoholic who stumbles onto one last chance to redeem himself.
Adapted from the original source novel by its very own author Keith Waterhouse this is the television series from 1973 shown on ITV. Starring Jeff Rawle as the overimaginative Billy Liar who dreams of a big-city life as a comedy writer. Featuring all the episodes from series 2. Episodes Comprise: 1. Billy And The Matrimonial Stakes 2. Billy And The Muse Of Fire 3. Billy And The Birthday Treat 4. Billy And The Bed-Sit 5. Billy And The Little Learning 6. Billy And The New Life 7. Billy And The Food Of Love 8. Billy And The Oriental Philosophy 9. Billy And The Scales Of Justice 10. Billy And The Bedside Manner 11. Billy And The Temporary Position 12. Billy And Some Orange Blossom 13. Billy And The Missing Item
Two men one purpose: track and destroy a legendary animal. But when the final confrontation comes only one man stands alone in the path of his rampaging enemy.
You'll go bananas for baseball's funniest rookie when Friends star Matt LeBlanc teams up with the hottest third baseman this side of Cooperstown: Ed a chimp who's the reigning champ of friendship and fly balls. Pitcher Jack 'Deuce' Cooper (LeBlanc) is in a major bind when he makes it to the minor leagues and gets stage fright on the mound. Back on the farm he's dynamite; in front of a crowd he chokes. But good luck swings to the rescue when a hairy hero steps up to the plate! Jack'
An explosive story about a group of mercenaries on a mission to Cuba where they are double crossed. The leader is framed for murder and goes on the run...
Mia Farrow, Sam Waterston and Elaine Stritch star in this drama written and directed by Woody Allen. The film follows Lane (Farrow), who is staying at her childhood home in Vermont as she recovers from a nervous breakdown. She has been having an affair with Peter (Waterston), a writer who lives nearby, but now relations between them seem to have inexplicably cooled. When Lane's mother Diane (Stritch) arrives with unexpected news, and the fate of her relationship with Peter becomes clear, Lane's emotional world is thrown into turmoil once again.
Problem ChildBen Healy (John Ritter) and his social climbing wife Flo adopt Junior - a fun, loving seven year old. But they soon discover he's a little monster as he turns a camping trip, a birthday party and even a baseball game into comic nightmares. But is he really just a little angel trying to get out? Find out in this hilarious satire on modern-day family life. Problem Child 2junior the monster is now back as him and Ben, his adoptive father, move to Mortville, the world's capital of divorce. There, Ben falls in love with a beautiful but mean-minded rich woman, Lawanda Dumore, who wants to marry him and eliminate Junior. As Junior and his new friend Trixie, (She's another monster, the daughter of Annie, another woman) try to avoid this disaster and get their parents in love, they get into a lot of trouble, as we notice that one monster was already a headache, two of them is really the apocalypse! Problem Child 3That little devil Junior is back once more and he's just as naughty as ever! In this, the third edition in the hilarious Problem Child series, Junior is persuaded to join in with other children in various fun activities - including dancing. His father's plan appears to work when, yes - Junior falls in love! - with the beautiful and even popular Tiffany. But this only incites Junior to greater heights of mayhem-making as he sets about getting rid of the competition for Tiffany's affection.
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