I must admit John challis and Sue Holders where not my best loved by fools and horses,so I did not show any impules to look at the show at all.when I was on a visit to England I walked past it time and time again,looking at other dvds.I was surfing one day by find when it caught my eye,it cant be bad I thought and I am a BIG fools and horses fan, so I sent for it.Well the first time I thought not all that, then after a while and looked again and this time I realy did enjoy it.The mistake I made first was to try and find a new Fools and horses instead of giveing green green grass a chance,since then I have looked and enjoyed it many times over and found a love for John and Sue even in the old fools.To rap up enjoy its GOOD English humour at its BEST
This is the only DVD available of "Temenos", past, present and, very likely, in the for-seeable future.
"Temenos" is, almost without doubt, the weirdest feature film I have ever seen, surpasing Mukavejev's "Sweet Movie" (with its Vienna Aktionists) and John Water's "Pink Flamingos". The only thing that comes close, perhaps, is David Lynch's "Erasure Head". Or even Tarkovsky's "The Mirror" ("Zerkalo").
"Temenos" means a sacred or ritual site, and the film aims to explore religious visions centred on the Virgin Mary. Nina Danino, the director, shows us footage of several locations where the Virgin is said to have appeared and treats us to an often disturbing and almost always wailing soundtrack - sung by Operatic Soprano Catheine Bott, Tuvan singer Sainkho Namychylak and avant-garde vocalist Shelly Hrish. (An ecclectic bunch.)
The effect of this soundtrack, which can be quite disturbing at times, is enhanced during the extended periods which Danino stops showing us (the almost impressionist)images of the landscapes/sites and allows the screen to go black.
This film, whilst clearly not to everyone's taste, is, I believe, worth looking at, even owning on DVD. It is certainly one of a kind.
Furthermore, and to repeat myself, this is the only DVD available of "Temenos" currently available, and it is very unlikely that it will be released again soon. So if you want to watch, this DVD is the only reliable way. Luckily, and as expected from the BFI, this DVD is also of a very high standard.
This classic flesh eating zombie movie was ground breaking at the time of its initial release (1968) and remains fresh today. Although because of its low budget it is often compared to the Blair Witch Project (1999) it has much more lasting power. A must see for horror fans, and must own for horror DVD fans. And highly recommended for anyone else. Fun! Fun! Fun!
After beginning in late 1998, Chamred a simple little show about three sister witches fighting evil on a weekly basis has now become a cult favourite amongst fans all around the globe.
Sexy sisters Piper (Holly Marie Combs), Phoebe (Alyssa Milano), Prue (Shannen Doherty) and later Paige (Rose McGowan) unite as the "Power of Three" the most powerful force of white magic there is, spanning eight seasons and 178 episodes this is the collection to have. Each individual season set (including for the first time on DVD, season 8) is harboured in this magnificant magic chest similar to one seen in the show's premiere episode "Something Wicca This Way Comes".
Charmed itself, is an amazing show, and if rating the show itself I would give this release a full 4 marks, however this is a review for the DVD set. The packaging is beautiful, very well made and put together, howver Paramount's previous treatment of this show hasn't been as "magical". Seasons 1 - 7 contain the episodes and that is it, yes there are sublitles included and the menus and picture quality is nice enough however the only season which houses any special features at all is season 8, which has around 70 minutes of material, mostly documentaries covering the final days of the show. Now this may not be a problem for most people, however if you are a DVD buyer who expects excellen DVD treatment you may be disapointed.
However, this is still a fntastic set, probably one of the best complete collections avaliable and certainly the most attractive. So if you are a Charmed fan this should definenlty be one your wish list.
I was really impressed with the original film, Saw. Taken as a gory but clever puzzle of a horror film, it achieved a high level in modern schlock. Unfortunately, the eagerly awaited sequel felt like a disappointment, being nothing more than a gory race-against-time with very few twists and chills.
Thankfully, however, this third film in the trilogy returns to the wow-factor generated by the original. Containing just as much gory blood scenes (including live brain surgery!) the film could have so easily have been just another gore-fest. Thankfully, the writers managed to make the viewrers sit bolt upright with this one! Just as the film winds to a close, the twists and turns sweep the carpet from under you and the flashbacks show you weren't paying close enough attention!
Scary, gory and intelligent - recommended.
This film is a great musicial which follows into the lives of many different characters and how they combat with life problems and their friendship. The songs are brilliant, 'season of love' which is in my opinion the best song in the film. I have laughed, cried and went through varies emotions by watching this film and it's comes highly recommended. You can't miss it
This is a fantastic set of series. Every episode has me in stiches. If you like comedies like Frasier, Cheers, Futurama and The Simpsons, then this is definitely for you!
Superb adaptation of prolific sci-fi author Phillip K. Dick"s drug fuelled parable about civil liberties, corporate crimes, totalitarianism, addiction and self-censorship. Now even though I'm a Richard Linklater fan ('Before Sunrise', 'Dazed & Confused', 'Before Sunset', 'Tape' and 'Slacker' being some of the finest films ever made), I was never too keen on the digital rotoscope animation process he seems to love so much, for one; it sounded like far too tedious a procedure to ever catch on, and secondly, the final effect reminded me of those 'Sanatogen' vitamin commercials from the 1980s. That said, the rotoscope works much better in 'A Scanner Darkly' than it did in Linklater"s surrealist 2001 effort 'Waking Life'; the quality seems to have improved tenfold in the past five years, thus enhancing the mis-en-scene no end. And in cohesion with the improved SFX, Linklater is one of the few writer/directors who could"ve improved upon his source material in much the same way as the Wachowskis did 'V: For Vendetta'; elaborating on certain themes which are relevant today whilst minimising Dick's lament for the failed revolution of his time.
A well cast Keanu Reeves (giving his usual non-performance) ends up revisiting his Neo and Johnny Utah roles from 'The Matrix' and 'Point Break' respectively, Robert Downey Jr. & Woody Harrelson are on top comedic/paranoid form, and it was great to see Winona Ryder again. 'A Scanner Darkly' was destined to be a cult movie from the second Bob Sabiston set the rotoscope in motion and Rory Cochrane began washing imaginary bugs out of his hair in the unforgettable opening scene. And like those bugs, this picture lingers in the subconscious for its refusal to indulge our delusions, or give the false impression that a movie can do for us what we must do for ourselves. Dialogical structure aside, 'A Scanner Darkly' projects its nightmarish premonition of the near future, in cold, crisp, clear colours, and in many ways, is as important a call for humanity's struggle against the powers that be, as Epstein & Epstein's 'Why We Fight' was a case for World War II. See it...before it sees you.
A fantastic gift for women who have some relationship questions and men who want to learn how women tick. Six amazing series of the ups and downs of four women who all have totally different relationships but strong friendships with one another. The only thing to do is try not to get totally addicted and to figure out if you are a Carrie, Samantha, Miranda or CHarlotte or are you a happy combination off all four? A brilliant box set that you will want to watch over and over again
Takashi Miike's "Happiness of the Katakuris" is the kind of film you stumble upon on late night television and become instantly fixated. That is how I found it. A remake of the 1998 Korean film "The Quiet Family", "Katakuris" makes quite an impression as an all out assault on one's sanity. Miike combines surrealist stop-motion animation, stunning full-on musical numbers, and absurdist plot twists to tell the story of a family whose simple life at an unpopular mountain lodge gets turned upside down when their first clients all turn up dead. The real genius is in the reaction and resolutions they find to keep attractaing business authorities. I cannot recommend this film highly enough. If you've got a mind for something a little different, perhaps give this a pass, but, if you're in the mood for something that is completely mental this is the one for you!
A dark, innocent, brutal and enchanted fairy tale!
With lavish costume and makeup, Pan's Labyrinth is stunning.
Set just after the Spanish Civil war, 'Pan's Labyrinth' follows a young girl, Ofelia, who is drawn into a dangerous, yet beautiful, fantasy world. When she meets a faun she discovers she is a enchanted princess, lost for centuries. In order to return 'home', she must complete a series of difficult tasks, but how much is she willing to sacrifice?
Enter Guillermo del Toro's elaborately crafted fantasy world and see the magic for yourself!
Martin Scorsese"s Oscar winning, re-imagined remake of Wai Keung Lau & Siu Fai Mak"s 'Infernal Affairs' was my choice for best film of 2006, and one of the few awards season pictures worthy of acclaim. In many ways, this was the kind of movie that Scorsese"s sometime collaborator; Michael Mann was hoping to make with 'Miami Vice', but whereas that didn"t quite work for a variety of reasons, 'The Departed', in much the same way as Mann did in 'Heat' and 'Collateral', uses its simple storyline (i.e. undercover cop infiltrates the mob whilst undercover mobster infiltrates the cops) to great effect. Allowing Scorsese"s heavyweight cast maximum room for manoeuvre, characterisation, and despite some outrageous gangland clichés, recreating an arena of small scale neo-realism, not seen in Hollywood since the days of John Cassavettes and films like 'Gloria' or 'The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie'.
Jack Nicholson is excellent as usual; all thunder & lightening in his drug-fuelled, larger-than-life portrayal of Irish-American Mafioso Frank Costello, Leonardo DiCaprio (in his third Scorsese film) imbues his cop character with an aloof coolness, and to his credit, rarely looks out of place amongst the hard-men and heavies of the Boston underworld, Vera Farmiga has a hard time with her role as a Massachusetts P.D. physiatrist, though complex women characters, save memorable variations on the gangster"s moll in 'Goodfellas' and 'Casino', have never been Scorsese"s forte, and the love triangle (despite alluding to Matt Damon"s character"s sexual problems which could stem from his Catholic upbringing and implied ecumenical buggery) isn"t very engaging, and serves only as a means with which to connect Damon and DiCaprio"s characters. Martin Sheen is always a welcome addition to any movie, though its 'The Departed"s' supporting actors, namely Alec Baldwin and Mark Whalberg, who add some much needed humour to the proceedings (Alec"s marriage pep talk to Matt Damon on the driving range is hilarious). And speaking of Matt Damon, its 'Goodwill Hunting"s' golden boy who ultimately goes onto steal the show. Its hard to believe that the same grinning Bostonian who ambled around in 'All The Pretty Horses', grossed out in 'Stuck On You', lost himself in pretentious faux film 'Gerry' was lampooned in 'Team America' ("Mat Daaamon") and teed off an exercise in cinematic tedium with 'The Legend Of Bagger Vance' would go onto outshine the likes of Jack Nicholson, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and Leonardo DiCaprio. Harder still to fathom how the guy best known for his outings as secret agent Jason Bourne and 'Dogma"s' gun totting fallen angel; Loki, turned in not one, but three, stunning, career defining performances last year, with 'Syriana', 'The Departed' and CIA drama 'The Good Shepard'. All hail Matt Damon, or as he might"ve said way back when: "How"d ya like them apples?"
Michael Powell once described Scorsese as "The Goya of Tenth Avenue", in which case 'The Departed' would be his take on 'Fight With Cudgels'. His first fictional picture since 1993"s 'The Age Of Innocence' is also his most mainstream since 'Cape Fear' (another remake) in 1991, and though Scorsese reuses 'The Rolling Stones' track 'Gimme Shelter' (last heard during Joe Pesci"s crack addled Nevada rampage in 'Casino') this picture is nowhere near as violent as some the auteur"s previous films. 'The Departed' borrows freely from classic film noirs like 'White Heat' whilst allowing Marty to revisit themes from contemporary noirs like 'Reservoir Dogs' / 'City On Fire', 'State Of Grace' and even retread ground covered in the underrated 'Gangs Of New York' & 'Mean Streets' (i.e. Christianity & violence). A rather convoluted, yet spectacularly tense, final act does stray somewhat into mob melodrama territory, and whilst 'Goodfellas' is still Scorsese"s finest hour, 'The Departed' chimes in a second later: A gripping, powerful, well directed, well acted drama. Ands that's that.
Anatomy of Hell represents controversial feminist director Catherine Breillat's most resent, and supposedly last, film about human sexuality. And as such can be understood as the most intensly reduced (of ten associated films). Going further, this film could be understood as the summation of this novelist, poet, essayist and filmmakers career of ideas up until 2004 - when whe was 17 she had her first, bestselling, novel published only to see it classified as 18+. She clearly has something interesting, and unsavoury to some, to say.
It is a confrontaional film capable of shocking most people (my self definately included) and provoke thought: Question why we display certain behaviours in certain romantic/sexual, and by extension social, situations.
The film as a story revolves around a young woman (Amira Cesar) who picks up a gay man (Rocco Siffredi) to watch her when she is "unwatchable". Over a series of nights the pair then engage in a series of sometimes symbolic and often disturbing sexual acts, whilst a narrator expresses certain ideas, about what is happening and why. This slightly disjointed narration combines effectively with the largley narrative visuals, each playing off an atmosphere created by the pther.
Although perhaps expected from Breillat, this film is refreshingly female in its gaze and direction. Something which is as rare in "art-house" cinema as it is in Hollywood blockbusters.
The DVD in question here also comes with an interview with Breillat herself, in my opinion one of the most exciting directors preswently working anywhere in the world.
Although the film is clearly not for everyone, the low prices available on the internet for this DVD make it difficult for me not to recommend.
If you are moderately interested in cinema, femnism, Breillat, gender relations and/or swexual behaviour then you should buy this film.
Alias' 5th series is as entertaining and engaging as ever. While the plot continues to edge on the preposterous, the pace of the show and the believability of the characters carry this show. This set rewards the loyal viewers, as ever newcomers would be best to start from the fabulous first season and work their way towards here.
The set is a nice package and albeit being a shorter season (to accommodate Jennifer Garner's Maternity leave) the season overall is a superb ending for this excellent show.
Russell Brand is hilarious for about an hour, then he becomes repetitive, unfunny and delivers an experience not unlike that of being forcibly subjected to an upper endocrinal colonoscopy, preformed to the opening bars of 'The Coronation Street' theme tune...fortunately this DVD, coming in as it does at an hour and a bit, overstays its welcome by a mere 10-15 minutes. As I like Russell"s brand of humour on 'Celebrity Big Brother's Big Mouth' I wasn"t too keen on seeing him do stand-up, after all, both Mark Lamar and Phil Jupitus (comedy gods on 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks') failed miserably onstage, but then I thought, **** it, at least its not Jimmy Carr.
'Russell Brand Live' sees the manic, tight-trousered entertainer rant about his love life (one night stand"s diabetic brother, putting on an American accent, tabloid emphasis and cat food sulk are all funny) whilst taking some clever snipes at the likes of Bono and Bob Geldoff (recounting his 'NME' awards encounter with Sir Bob in great detail): all good stuff, definitely worth a watch, although my reasons for seeing it may differ from yours. You see Brand, who also happens to be an accomplished pianist, is a fair-weather friend. For he once got into an argument with my new dicksacks, and seeking to make amends; invited the pair to an exhibition of Lady Victoria Hervey"s antique Ceramic flask collection on display at his manor. Now I wouldn"t mind, but when they got there, the exhibition was far too crowded so Brand, without the slightest hint of an apology, asked them to wait in amongst the exhibits whilst he entertained paying guests with some muzak...and I"ll be damned if my dicksacks are pushed between Lady Victoria Hervey"s old jugs, whilst Russell Brand sits in the corner tinkling with his instrument The Swines!
Coming across like a foul-mouthed Frank Spencer on speed meets McCavity from 'Cats', Russell Brand's lewd routine is a hit n' miss affair at the best of times, but there"s just enough laugh out loud material here to warrant a recommendation. Regardé.
A return to form for an ailing franchise.
daniel craig announces himself with style as the latest actor to portray bond, his icy demenour and physical presence make him the closest bond there has been to the one flemming first penned in the book of the same name.
moving at a fast pace and guiding us though bond's early time in mi6 we gain a greater understanding of the man as we see him evlove throughout the course of the film.
those who enjoyed the almost childlike previous outing for britains top spy will be dissapointed to see the majority of gadgets, obsurd plot lines and terrible quips have gone (thank god) and been replaced with gripping scenes of drama, romantic and of course action.
the entire cast puts in top notch performances, it is of course craig who distinguishes himself as more than capable of taking on this role, proving all doubters wrong.
a fantastic peace of film making
Gallivant is my favourite British film of all time. And, I think, the best.
The film centres around the relationship between Andrew Kotting (the film-maker), his 8 year old daughter Eden who has Joubert syndrome, and "Big Granny" Gladys (who is 80 plus years old) as they travel around the coast of the British Isles.
Kotting has been told that his daughter will most likely die in her early 20s; Big Granny is obviously approching the end of her life; but they all have the fullest intention to enjoy their time together which, as we see in the film, is quite magical.
On their travels the trio, a few film-making friends and the host of eccentric AND VERY REAL characters they come across interact to in turn hilarious, terrible and charming effect. Simultaneously summoning up a warm mythology for modern Britain to cherish and look forward to.
This DVD represents the only way in which most people will ever see this heart-achingly funny and heart-achingly sad film, and as such I cannot recommend it highly enough.
However, as well as the main feature this double disc package also comes with more than 10 of the directors short films, a printed treatment and informative essay.
This is cinematic mana from heaven. One of my most prized possessions which I want to share with the World, in its entirety.
This 2 DVD boxset is the perfect gateway into the often dark and funny; sometimes touching; and always wonderful imagination of two identical twins - the Brothers Quay.
If you like stop-motion animation you will love these films.
If you like animation you will love these films.
If you like surrealism you will love these films.
If you like Tim Burton you will love these films.
If you like to see incredible works of art come to life in front of you eyes, you will love these films.
This limitless list must end somewhere ... HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
"A feverish collision of avant-garde aesthetics and grindhouse shocks" and modern parody of the Oedipus Rex myth featuring: Nudity, sex, drug-use, religious cults and alot drag queens is an interesting movie with great high-contrast black and white photography. As well as one of the best opening sequences of any film I have ever seen, a swinging-sixties soundtrack and, quoting the original Japanese trailer, seven real gay men.
And, in order to help contextualise this contemporaneously controversial film, this DVD edition features not only an interview with the films director, but also an audio commentary by him, the above mentioned trailer and elucidating essays by musician Jim O'Rourke and Japan expert Roland Domenig.
Highly recommended as a film and DVD.
With twist, after twist, after twist, 'The Prestige' truly is magic!
A beautifully crafted film, from a spectacualar director (Christoper Nolan), which will keep you on the edge of your seat throughout!
'The Prestige' follows two rival magicians, Robert (Jackman) and Alfred (Bale), who intensively try to out do each other. As obsession, jealousy and desperation take over, who will win?
The pledge... the turn... and definitely the prestige!
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