JunoSomewhere between the sharp satire of Election and the rich human comedy of You Can Count On Me lies Juno, a sardonic but ultimately compassionate story of a pregnant teenage girl who wants to give her baby up for adoption. Social misfit Juno (Ellen Page, Hard Candy, X-Men: The Last Stand) protects herself with a caustic wit, but when she gets pregnant by her friend Paulie (Michael Cera, Superbad), Juno finds herself unwilling to terminate the pregnancy. When she chooses a couple who place a classified ad looking to adopt, Juno gets drawn further into their lives than she anticipated. But Juno is much more than its plot; the stylised dialogue (by screenwriter Diablo Cody) seems forced at first, but soon creates a richly textured world, greatly aided by superb performances by Page, Cera, Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman as the prospective parents, and J.K. Simmons (Spider-Man) and Allison Janney as Juno's father and stepmother. Director Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking) deftly keeps the movie from slipping into easy, shallow sarcasm or foundering in sentimentality. The result is smarter and funnier than you might expect from the subject matter, and warmer and more touching than you might expect from the cocky attitude. Page's performance is deceptively simple; she never asks the audience to love her, yet she effortlessly carries a movie in which she's in almost every scene. That's star power. -- Bret FetzerWin WinWriter-director Tom McCarthy excels at tales about men who feel isolated from their surroundings. In Win Win, it's Kyle (Alex Shaffer, recalling the young Sean Penn), a teenager who enters the life of New Jersey attorney Mike Flaherty (Paul Giamatti). Flaherty's journey begins when he represents Kyle's grandfather, Leo (Burt Young), who suffers from dementia. When Flaherty finds out about the substantial fee, he signs up as Leo's guardian, because he's been having trouble paying his bills. He and his wife, Jackie (Amy Ryan), meet Kyle when the kid shows up on his grandfather's doorstep. Kyle's mother (Melanie Lynskey) is in rehab and her boyfriend is abusive, so Kyle wants to live with Leo. Because Mike placed him in a retirement home--against the man's wishes--he agrees to host Kyle for a few weeks, during which Mike learns about his wrestling skills and invites him to join the high-school team he coaches with Stephen (Jeffrey Tambor). His best friend, Terry (Bobby Cannavale), offers to assist the duo to get his mind off his ex (the one plot line that doesn't work). When Kyle's mother shows up to collect her son and cash in on her father's situation, Mike risks losing everything he has gained. Win Win doesn't surprise as much as The Station Agent, which featured Cannavale, or cut as deep as The Visitor, but Giamatti and Ryan make for a believable suburban couple, doing their best to make ends meet in the face of an unsympathetic economy. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
The Net:Angela Bennett (Sandra Bullock) is a freelance computer analyst who spends her days tracking down computer viruses and her nights at home 'chatting' to other Internet users. She is content with her reclusive existence until her life is turned upside down when she is sent a top-secret disc. Caught up in a murderous web of corruption and conspiracy and pursued by a force that will stop at nothing including deleting all traces of her existence Angela is forced to flee for her life... 28 Days:From director Betty Thomas (Dr. Dolittle Private Parts) comes 28 Days the story of Gwen Cummings (Sandra Bullock) a successful New York writer living in the fast lane and everyone's favorite party girl - until she gets drunk with boyfriend Jasper (Dominic West) borrows her sister's (Elizabeth Perkins) wedding limo and earns herself a stay in court-ordered rehab. There Gwen comes face to face with a unique set of rules and rituals embraced by an assortment of interesting characters - Counselor Cornell (Steve Buscemi) and fellow re-habbers Eddie (Viggo Mortensen) Gerhardt (Alan Tudyk) Oliver (Mike O'Malley) Andrea (Azura Skye) Roshanda (Oscar-nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste) and Bobbie Jean (Oscar nominee Diane Ladd). Forces Of Nature:It's only two days before his wedding when Ben's (Ben Affleck) plane skids out of control leaving him stranded in New York with no way home to his nervous fianc''e in Savannah. Against his better judgment the reliable groom-to-be hitches a ride with free spirited traveler Sarah (Sandra Bullock) - setting off the year's most riotous road trip. At first these two opposites attract nothing but trouble in a sidesplitting series of comic mishap as and unnatural disasters. But an irresistible attraction and the forces of nature threaten to detour them forever in this sexy whirlwind adventure Jeffrey Lyons (WNBC-TV) declared 'a fun hip ride' - one you'll never forget.
Based on the classic cartoon series Alvin Simon and Theodore come to the big screen with their mischievous musical mayhem. Alvin And The Chipmunks The Movie: When struggling songwriter Dave Seville (Jason Lee) opens his home to a talented trio of chipmunks named Alvin Simon and Theodore they become overnight music sensations. But a greedy record producer (David Cross) intends to exploit the 'boys' and send them on a grueling concert tour just to line his own pockets. Now Dave must use a little human ingenuity-and a lot of munk mischief-to get his family back before it's too late! Alvin And The Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: Because of a freak accident involving Alvin and Dave Seville they go to live with Dave Seville's cool cousin Toby and must enrol in school just like every other kid. School presents new challenges to these rock stars like dealing with peer pressure school sports and of course girls! By girls we mean the Chipettes who are managed by Ian Hawke the Chipmunks greedy former manager who wants to turn them into the next big thing. At the outset there is a rivalry between the Chipettes and the Chipmunks but in the end they realize that they make great friends and a great music
Discover an early classic from the director of On the Road and Motorcycle Diaries. Walter Salles is one of cinema's most respected filmmakers; Foreign Land is one of his early works. After the death of his mother, Paco, decides to travel to her place of birth in Portugal and funds his journey by agreeing to smuggle a violing with raw diamonds. Once in Lisbon he finds love and danger in equal measure.
A studio recording of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Featuring: 'Divining' 'Revelations' 'The Stack Up' and 'Cry'. Choreographers include Judith Jamison Alvin Ailey and Tally Beatty.
Featuring the following: 'Show Of Strength' 'Fly Navy' 'Changing Course' 'Guardians Of The Deep' 'On Trial' 'Assault From The Sea' 'Bang!' 'Damage Control' 'Replenishment From The Sea' 'Danger In Waiting' 'Defending Their Coast' 'Commanders Of The Sea' 'Over The Horizon'
Some legends never die.... The legacy that lives forever. To coincide with the 8th anniversary of Tupac Shakur's untimely death in 1996 this September sees the resurrection of rap's most enduring legacy with the DVD release of 2-Pac 4-Ever. Tupac Shakur is resurrected in this in-depth profile that features rare unseen live footage and one-on-one interviews with the iconic rapper filmed months before his fatal shooting in Las Vegas. Narrated by legendary rapper KRS One 2-Pac 4-Ever
A Trip To See Santa / The Nativity / The Snowman - The Stage Play (3 Discs)
Consisting of 9 Classic Sherlock Holmes films spread over 3 discs with performances from some of the best actors to have ever played the super sleuth. Titles included are: Disc 1: Sherlock Holmes And The Secret Weapon (Rathbone) / Terror By Night (Rathbone) / Dressed To Kill (Rathbone) Disc 2: Woman In Green (Rathbone) / The Speckled Band (Massey) / A Study In Scarlet (Owen) Disc 3: Silver Blaze (Wontner) / The Sign Of Four (Wontner) / The Triumph Of Sherlock
When Ambition Meets Faith A brutal bloody and gripping saga of obsession corruption and poisonous greed; Paul Thomas Anderson's Award Winning There Will Be Blood is a masterly unwavering inspection of a consummately evil man whose trailblazing spirit is equalled only by his murderous ambition. In the dying years of the nineteenth century Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) a struggling silver miner realises that true wealth lies in oil extraction. Driven by a passionate hatred for others and an intense psychological need to see competitors fail he heads for the oil-rich land of California in a bid to manipulate and exploit the landowners of dust-worn Little Boston in to selling him their properties. Forefront of the town is self-styled 'faith healer' Eli Sunday (Paul Dano) who is structuring his own sinister plan to funnel the residents' impending wealth into his self-founded church. As Plainview's empire expands so does his obsession with the intrinsic value of power and he becomes increasingly irascible and paranoid along the way. What follows is a vindictive ruthless and violent chain of events as Plainview fails to deliver on promises as he pits himself against the town's perturbed and unstable charismatic teenage preacher. In addition to stunning visuals and an exceptional captivating score from accomplished composer (and Radiohead guitarist) Jonny Greenwood director Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia) owes his best work to date to the incredible Academy Award winning performance as Plainview by Daniel Day-Lewis and the staggering portrayal of Eli Sunday by Paul Dano (Little Miss Sunshine). Bearing similarities to Citizen Kane and Giant There Will Be Blood is an intelligent thought-provoking and powerfully-eccentric epic masterpiece that is as enchanting as it is timeless.
Get Out Of My Room (1985): A mock documentary filmed mostly in and around LA with interviews of Cheech and Chong interspersed between four videos of songs from their last album. Songs include: 'Get outta my room' and 'Born in East LA'. Next Movie (1980): Cheech and Chong bring their own inimitable style of humour to the screen once again in this riotous comedy. Cheech is a ""cool"" ladies' man for a big film studio whilst his spaced-out unemployed friend Chong keeps getting him into trouble. Together they take off on a round of adventures that take them through a movie studio a massage parlour a police raid the living room of a very rich family and finally through the roof. 'Cheech and Chong's Next Movie' is bold audacious underground fun where the action never lets up and the laughter never dies. Born In East L.A. (1987): One-half of the hip comic duo behind such classic albums as Big Bambu and hit movies like Up in Smoke Richard ""Cheech"" Marin wrote and directed this film based on his best-selling record parody. In his first solo screen appearance Marin stars as Rudy Robles who is accidentally deported to Mexico without I.D. or knowledge of Spanish and cant' convince the U.S. officials to let him return. Unable to contact his vacationing family or communicate with his newly immigrated cousin Javier * (Paul Rodriguez).
The haunted pine forests of New Jersey is a wilderness area larger than the Grand Canyon. This wilderness abounds in dense forest and is the perfect refuge for a legendary creature which has been feared by the locals since the eighteenth century. Locals tell stories of a native Indian shaman who mastered the forbidden black art of 'shape shifting' a phenomenon recently verified by modern anthropologists. Legend has it that the Indian shaman transformed his thirteenth child into a creature half man and half beast in order to ward off the British army during the American Revolution. Enter a world where suspense and mystery collide generating a chilling climax of terror.
A dying gangster stumbles into an out of the way restaurant with a bag of diamonds.... Johnny and Becky made the mistake of taking these diamonds - they belong to the mob. Now they are running for their lives with every gangster in town hot on their tail!
Steven is a troubled police detective a man on the edge since the rape and murder of his 14-year-old daughter by an internet predator. Determined to avenge her death and find the man responsible Steven assumes the identity of his dead daughter to lure the killer out into the open. Whilst his colleagues admire his zeal and dedication few realise that Steven is spiralling downwards into a dark world of inconsolable grief and bloody revenge. When one of his fellow detectives is kidnapped by his daughter's killer Steven must put his personal vendetta to one side but when your feelings run this deep the line between right and wrong is never clear.
David Parsons is one of the golden boys of American dance, combining great popular appeal with quality and integrity of ideas and execution. As artistic director, choreographer and dancer, he has transferred to his own troupe, The Parsons Dance Company - eight exceptionally polished and energetic dancers - the charm, virtuosity and physical power that made him a star of the Paul Taylor Dance Company.Parsons work is featured in three studio recordings, which demonstrate the diversity of his influences and his mastery of a wide range of styles. The music he chooses ranges from Mozart and Rossini to Robert Fripp and specially-commissioned scores. Lighting designs by Howell Binkley enhance all the staging's.David Parsons himself introduces each of the seven pieces presented in these programmes and it is easy to see why his charm, energy and integrity have won him such a considerable following.
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Save The Last Dance: Sara (Julia Stiles) is a small-town girl with a big dream: to become a world-class ballerina. But when her mother suddenly dies Sara must abandon her plans and join her estranged father (Terry Kinney) on Chicago's gritty south side. A white girl in a predominately black neighborhood Sara feels out of place - until she is befriended by a black classmate Chenile (Kerry Washington) and her handsome brother Derek (Sean Patrick Thomas). Sparks fly between Sara and Derek whose shared love for dance leads to romance. But as Sara and Derek's relationship grows so does opposition from their famillies and friends. Now Sara and Derek face the biggest challenge of their young lives - to stay true to their dreams.. and each other. How She Move is an energetic gritty and ultimately inspiring coming of age tale about a gifted young woman who defies all the rules as she step dances her heart out to achieve her dreams. After being accepted into the exclusive Seaton Academy Raya's family hopes she will finally fulfill her full potential. Just as Raya begins to settle into her new life things take a turn for the worse when her sister suddenly dies of an overdose shattering her family life and forcing her to return to her home town. Feeling trapped and looking for a way out Raya sees her chance to escape through a local step contest offering a 000 prize. Persistence and passion prevail as she battles her way into an all-male team led by the reigning champ of the local steppin' scene Bishop (Dwain Murphy). Sparks fly between Raya and Bishop and she finds herself in a battle between her loyalty her determination her family's ambitions and her heart.
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