The second of Francis Ford Coppola's films based on the popular juvenile novels of S.E. Hinton (the first being The Outsiders), Rumble Fish split critics into opposite camps: those who admired the film for its heavily stylised indulgence, and those who hated it for the very same reason. Whatever the response, it's clearly the work of a maverick director who isn't afraid to push the limits of his innovative talent. Filmed almost entirely in black and white with an occasional dash of color for symbolic effect, this tale of alienated youth centers on gang leader Rusty James (Matt Dillon) and his band of punk pals. Rusty's got a girlfriend (Diane Lane), an older brother named Motorcycle Boy (Mickey Rourke), and a drunken father (Dennis Hopper) who've all given up trying to straighten him out. He's best at making trouble, and he pursues that skill with an enthusiastic flair that eventually catches up with him. But it's not the whacked-out story here that matters--it's the uninhibited verve of Coppola's visual approach, which includes everything from time-lapse clouds to the kind of smoky streets and alleyways that could only exist in the movies. The supporting cast includes a host of fresh faces who went on to thriving careers, including Nicolas Cage, Christopher Penn, Vincent Spano, Laurence Fishburne, and musician Tom Waits. --Jeff Shannon
Kiss Of The Dragon China's top secret agent Liu Jian (Jet Li) visits Paris on a pleasure trip only to encounter government espionage at the highest level. Accused of a murder he did not commit and on the run in a city he doesn't know Liu befriends an American woman Jessica (Bridget Fonda) and makes a promise that could compromise his career and even cost him his life... Bulletproof Monk 'Bulletproof Monk' begins in the 1940s as a Tibetan Buddhist monk charged with protecting an ancient scroll passes on his legacy to his pupil. As the student receives the power to safeguard the scroll his aging process is halted and he gives up his name only to be known as the Monk (Chow Yun-Fat). Suddenly the monastery is raided by Nazis led by the ruthless Strucker (Karl Roden). As they attempt to seize the relic the Monk is shot and falls off a cliff taking the scroll with him... However six decades later the Monk appears in America and crosses paths with Kar (Seann William Scott) a tough city kid with a talent for picking pockets. Together the unlikely duo must contend with the forces of the now-elderly Strucker still determined to possess the mystical scroll. As Strucker's granddaughter Nina (Victoria Smurfit) leads his thugs to track down Kar and the Monk the two heroes receive help from the mysterious Jade (James King)... Marked For Death Just retired from the Drug Enforcement agency John Hatcher (Seagal) returns to his hometown and quickly discovers that drugs have infiltrated his old neighbourhood. Determined to drive the dealers out Hatcher crosses paths with a ferocious Jamaican druglord who vows that Hatcher and his family are now marked for death...
Will Wallace, Dean Cain and Don Swayze star in this horror from director Daric Gates. When big city detective Michael (Wallace) relocates to the country with his wife Rachel (Emily Brooks) after the death of their young daughter, a job at the small sheriff's office holds the quiet life that he needs. However, on his first day in town Sheriff Hendricks (Swayze) informs him of an investigation into a missing teenage girl. When Michael discovers that the girl's boyfriend is currently living in a.
C.S.I. is an acclaimed edgy fast-paced drama series about a passionate team of forensic investigators (among them William Petersen and Marg Helgenberger) who work the graveyard shift at the Las Vegas Criminalistics Bureau. Their job - to find the missing pieces at the scene that will help to solve the crime and vindicate those who often cannot speak for themselves - the victims. Between the hidden clues and the buried motives lies the trail to the truth because peopl
Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days the beautiful Roberta (Monroe) moves in to further upset Connie...
This box set features a collection of some of Bogie's finest efforts in the 'film noir' genre. Sirocco (Dir. Curtis Bernhardt 1951): In 1925 Damascus Harry Smith (Bogart) runs guns to the rebels under Emir Hassan. The French arrest him along with others and force him to sell weapons to them where hHe develops an dangerous interest in French intelligence officer Feroud's mistress Violette... Dead Reckoning (Dir. John Cromwell 1947): Rip Murdock (Bogart) and Johnny
While visiting a good friend in a trendy Hollywood cafe Harold (Jeremy Piven) a tour bus driver spots his favourite actress Amanda Clark (Sherilyn Fenn) and introduces himself. She mistakingly assumes he is a writer and to Harold's amazement proposes a date to discuss her next movie. As their relationship grows so must Harold's charade to keep Amanda from discovering he is a Beverly Hills tour guide and not a hot-shot writer. With a rewrite deadline looming an actress swooning and his whole world rocking Harold must choose what to write as well as do what is right. He could win her heart if he would 'Just Write'.
Molly Wright is an average college student with an ordinary life. A strange artist moves in and her life is about to change.... Her new neighbour is a serial killer and no one will believe her.
Holiday is a choirmaster by day and a female impersonator by night but this creatively talented man is extremely lonely with a broken heart. He becomes frinds with a bright young girl and her drug-addicted mother. Helping them off the streets into an empty flat across from his. He forms an attatchment with them but their worlds are torn apart when the mother hooks up with a dangerous drug-dealing boyfriend. This leads Holiday to confront his own prejudices in order to save the two people he loves the most.
There is a hint, albeit a very brief one, of James Whale's classic 1931 Frankenstein in this low-budget movie about a robot soldier, Solo (Mario Van Peebles), created by the Pentagon to be the perfect, unfeeling fighting machine. When Solo is sent into Central American jungles to battle guerrillas, a flaw in his program emerges when it is discovered that he has compassion and a conscience. Fleeing his keepers, the robot becomes part of a jungle village after its inhabitants get over the need to run from him (this is where the Frankenstein parallel comes in). The film isn't particularly clever, just noisy and ugly, and one can't help but think of it as a knock-off of The Terminator. Van Peebles doesn't seem the ideal choice for an action hero along the lines of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Kurt Russell--who do this kind of thing well--but then again this is straight-to-video fodder. --Tom Keogh
Bewitched: Be warned. Be ready. A producer remaking the classic sitcom ""Bewitched"" unknowingly casts an actual witch for the lead role! Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell headline this hilarious romantic comedy based on the beloved sitcom starring Elizabeth Montgomery. (Dir. Nora Ephron 2005) Wimbledon: She's the golden girl. He's the longshot. It's a match made in... A pro tennis player has lost his ambition and has fallen in rank to 119. Fortunately for him he meets a young female player on the women's circuit who helps him recapture his focus for Wimbledon at the cost of losing hers... (Dir. Richard Loncraine 2004) The Perfect Man: Is it all too good to be true? Teenager Holly Hamilton (Hilary Duff) is fed up of moving every time her single-parent mother Jean (Heather Locklear) breaks-up with another dead-beat boyfriend. To distract her mother from her latest bad choice Holly conceives the perfect plan for the perfect man - an imaginary secret admirer who will romance Jean and boost her self-esteem. When the virtual relationship takes off Holly finds herself having to produce a suitor from somewhere; borrowing her friend's charming and handsome uncle Ben (Chris Noth) as the face behind the emails notes and gifts! Holly must resort to increasingly desperate measures to keep the ruse alive and protect her Mother's newfound happiness... Almost missing the real perfect man when he does come along. (Dir. Mark Rosman 2005)
Packed with rare 1960s archive action this DVD is a must for Celtic supporters of all ages. Those glories of the early years of the Jock Stein era and the breathtaking skills of the Lisbon Lions including Jimmy Johnstone Bobby Murdoch and Bertie Auld are recaptured in this unique programme. A lasting tribute to Jock Stein and possibly the most successful group of players in the history of Scottish football.
Best Selling crime author Todd Russell is famous wealthy and engaged to the stunningly beautiful Lori. In fact he seems to be the man who has everything but looks can be deceiving! Homicide detectives David Wolcott and Dwayne Seaver uncover a string of murders which took place ten years earlier suggesting a copycat killer is on the loose. With the killings being identical in every detail the conclusion is that only one man could possibly have such detail and that is the detective who investigated and became obsessed with the Evergreen murders. That man was Todd Russell before he quit the force to become a best selling author! Finding himself as the prime suspect Russell is further confused when he receives an ambiguous call notifying him that a woman who he has never heard of has passed away and bequeathed everything to him as her only son! As far as she is concerned Russell believes that his mother who he knows and loves is alive and well and for this mystery writer fiction soon starts to blur with reality as his life starts to spiral out of control and the copycat killings escalate. He hurtles from one surreal situation to another with the detectives hot on his tail but they are thrown into confusion themselves as possible further suspects are unearthed.
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