12 Monkeys: (HD DVD) An unknown and lethal virus has wiped out five billion people in 1996. Only 1% of the population has survived by the year 2035, and is forced to live underground. A convict (James Cole) reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to 1996 to gather information about the origin of the epidemic (who he's told was spread by a mysterious "Army of the Twelve Monkeys") and locate the virus before it mutates so that scientists can study it. Unfortunately Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990, six years earlier than expected, and is arrested and locked up in a mental institution, where he meets Dr. Kathryn Railly, a psychiatrist, and Jeffrey Goines, the insane son of a famous scientist and virus expert.
Addams Family - Volume 1: (1964-1965) The famously morbid gag cartoons that Charles Addams created for "The New Yorker" magazine was turned into this ghoulishly funny sitcom starring John Astin and Carolyn Jones as the dark and dashing Gomez and slinky and shadowy Morticia, perhaps the most amorous couple of TV and dedicated parents who encourage the imaginative larks of their children. For all the family's affection for the gruesome and ghastly, they are an affectionate, fun-loving family who are generous with strangers and genuinely accepting of all lifestyles, even those strange American middle class expectations of their neighbors. Jackie Coogan is the inventive Uncle Fester, Lisa Loring and Ken Weathermax the problem children Wednesday and Pugsley, Blossom Rock the ancient Grandmama, Felix Silla the hirsute Cousin Itt, and the towering Ted Cassidy is both the ever-faithful silent manservant Lurch and roving severed hand Thing. This collection features over half of the first season: 22 episodes on three discs. Details: Black and White, 561 mins, MGM/20th Century Fox, Academy Ratio, 1.33:1. Supplements: Disc 1 side A: "The Addams Family Goes to School," "Morticia and the Psychiatrist," "Fester's Punctuated Romance," "Gomez the Politician"; Disc 1 side B: "The Addams Family Tree," "Morticia Joins the Ladies League," "Halloween with the Addams Family," "Green Eyed Gomez"; Disc 2 side A: "The New Neighbors Meet the Addams Family," "Wednesday Leaves Home," "The Addams Family Meets the VIPs," "Morticia, the Matchmaker"; Disc 2 side B: "Lurch Learns to Dance," "Art and the Addams Family," "The Addams Family Meets the Beatnik," "The Addams Family Meets the Undercover Man"; Disc 3 side A: "Mother Lurch Visits the Addams Family," "Uncle Fester's Illness," "The Addams Family Splurges," "Cousin Itt Visits the Addams Family"; Disc 3 side B: "The Addams Family In Court," "Amnesia in the Addams Family"; Featurettes: "You Rang, Mr. Addams," "Snap, Snap," "The Addams Family Portrait"; Theme Song Kareoke; Original Drawings and Photos; Commentary on three episodes by cast members Lisa Loring, Ken Weathermax and Felix Silla with "The Addams Chronicles" author Stephen Cox. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) and Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono). Optional Spanish and French subtitles.
Amazon.com Exclusive Astaire & Rogers Partial Ultimate Collector's Edition: 2006 marks the arrival of five Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films (Flying Down to Rio, The Gay Divorcee, Roberta, Carefree, and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle) on DVD after the first five were released in 2005. The big package is Astaire & Rogers Ultimate Collector's Edition, which contains all 10 films plus a CD, a bonus DVD with the documentary Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm, press-book replicas, and some other material. If you want the big package with the extra stuff but already bought the five films in 2005, you can get this Astaire & Rogers Partial Ultimate Collector's Edition, which includes everything except the actual discs of those first five films. Or, if you only want the five new films, pick up Astaire & Rogers Collection, Vol. 2 as a bookend to Astaire & Rogers Collection, Vol. 1.
An American Haunting: Unrated: Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek star as parents in early 19th century Tennessee whose home is cursed and family assaulted by a sadistic ghost in the horror film based on the true story of "the Bell Witch," the only case where the U.S. government has attributed a death to supernatural forces. Rachel Hurd-Wood is their daughter, who becomes possessed by the spirit, Thom Fell their son, and James D'Arcy the local teacher and skeptic. Courtney Solomon directs and adapts the novel by Brent Monahan. Available in separate PG-13 and unrated editions. Details: Color, 90 mins, Lionsgate, Widescreen anamorphic, 2.35:1. Supplements: Video commentary by director Courtney Solomon; Alternate and deleted scenes; Interview with director Courtney Solomon and actress Sissy Spacek; Internet promotions; Trailer and TV spots. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX) and English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo). Optional Spanish and English subtitles.
Astaire & Rogers Ultimate Collector's Edition: All ten films starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, the most elegant of Hollywood's dance teams. Flying Down To Rio (1933), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Roberta (1935), Carefree (1938), and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939) are new to DVD this week and also available in the box set The Astaire and Rogers Collection: Volume 2 (see Cult and Classic for more details). Also includes the previously released titles Top Hat (1935), Swing Time (1936), Follow the Fleet (1936), Shall We Dance (1937), and The Barkleys of Broadway (1949). Exclusive to this deluxe box set is the new documentary Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm, a CD with 10 soundtrack songs from the team's movies, and other collectible goodies. Details: Black and White, Warner, Academy Ratio, 1.33:1. Supplements: Includes:; Flying Down to Rio (1933); The Gay Divorcee (1934); Roberta (1935); Top Hat (1935); Follow the Fleet (1936); Swing Time (1936); Shall We Dance (1937); Carefree (1938); The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939); The Barkleys of Broadway (1949); Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm (bonus disc); Bonus audio CD with 10 soundtrack songs from the team's movies; Collectible behind-the-scenes photo cards; Reproductions of the original Shall We Dance and Roberta press books; Mail-in offer for four Astaire and Rogers movie posters. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 1.0). Optional Spanish, French and English subtitles.
Batman Beyond - Season Two: (1999-2000) Season two of the futuristic take on the animated Batman series, where the aging Bruce Wayne (still voiced by Kevin Conroy) plays mentor to a new dark knight, a teenager (voiced by Will Friedle) who takes guidance from the old man who monitors all from the Batcave. Details: Color, 544 mins, Warner, Academy Ratio. Supplements: 26 episodes on 4 discs; "Inside Batman Beyond: The Panel" discussion with Producer Bruce Timm, Producer Alan Burnett, Producer Glen Murakami, Producer Paul Dini and Moderator Jason Hillhouse; Commentary on episodes "Splicers" and "Eggbaby" with producers Bruce Timm and Glen Maurakami and others. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround). Optional Spanish and French subtitles.
Beavis and Butt-Head - The Mike Judge Collection: (1993-1997) Heh heh heh… Creator Mike Judge pays tribute to the most absurdly clueless pair of happy morons on TV in a deluxe box set that gather up all three volumes of the previously released Mike Judge Collections, which add up to 122 of the best of the series, or "the episodes that don't suck" (in Judge's own words) from the original MTV run. Also features their big screen outing Beavis and Butt-Head Do America - Special Collector's Edition (1996), where they hit the road to find their stolen television set, along with numerous music videos, featurettes, bonus clips and other supplements. Details: Color, 786 mins, MTV/Paramount, Academy Ratio. Supplements: All three volumes of Beavis & Butt-Head - The Mike Judge Collection; Beavis and Butt-Head Do America - Special Collector's Edition; Director's cuts of numerous episodes; Featurettes; Beavis and Butt-Head guest appearances; Bonus clips; Series promos; Music videos. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo). Optional subtitles.
Bewitched: Complete Fourth Season: (1967-1968) The classic sitcom about a nose wiggling witch (Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha) who marries a mortal man (Dick York, the first and best Darrin), and has a baby girl, Tabitha, still exploring her unformed "wishcraft" powers. Witchy mother-in-law Endora (Agnes Moorehead) is there to encourage the littlest witch. David White is Darrin's boss Larry Tate, Sandra Gould and George Tobias are their neighbors, the nosy Gladys Kravitz and her put-upon husband Abner, Maurice Evans is Samantha's warlock father and Marion Lorne and Paul Lynde return in recurring roles as dotty Aunt Clara and mischievous Uncle Arthur. Details: Color, Sony Pictures, Academy Ratio. Supplements: 33 episodes on four discs. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 1.0), Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0) and Portuguese (Dolby Digital 1.0). Optional Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
Body Heat:Deluxe Edition: Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by married Matty Walker. A passionate affair commences but it isn't long before they realise the only thing standing in their way is Matty's rich husband Edmund. A plot hatches to kill him but will they pull it off?
Containment: When a deranged scientist releases a group of experimental creatures, a security guard (Julian Peck) loses his grip on reality. Atop unexplained hallucinations and strange voices, the guard is faced with the challenge of deciphering his illusions from a dangerous reality. Consequently, he is quickly swept into a terrifying puzzle that will uncover his past, and shake the foundations of his future. The only other slight problem is that his wife has dropped off his son in the midst of his horrific nightmare.
Creature Comforts: Complete Second Season: From Aardman Animations and directors Richard Goleszowski and Nick Park comes the animated series, where the voices of "The Great British Public" (as they are credited in the show) become the voices of a menagerie of clay creatures brought to life through the alchemic art of stop-motion animation. Like the Oscar-winning short that inspired the series, the filmmakers use interviews conducted with random people in the streets and create their animated shorts based on the responses, using the animals as a prism to view their takes on the human social animal. Details: Color, 147 mins, Sony Pictures, widescreen, 1.78:1. Supplements: "Eyeballs and Fish-lips:¬ The Making of Creature Comforts 2" featurette; "The People Behind the Puppets" featurette; "Animated Conversation" featurette; "Countryside Code Short" featurette. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.1 Stereo). Optional English subtitles.
Criterion Coll: Hands Over the City: Anchored by a ferocious lead performance from Rod Steiger as a scheming land developer, Francesco Rosi’s Hands Over the City moves breathlessly from a cataclysmic building collapse to the backroom negotiations of civic leaders vying for power in the City Council election. Plunging headfirst into the politically driven real-estate speculation that has devastated Naples’ civilian landscape, Hands Over the City, which was awarded the Golden Lion at the 1963 Venice Film Festival, remains a blistering work of social realism.
Facts of Life: Complete Third Season: (1981-1982) "You take the good, you take the bad, you take it all and there you have the facts of life." Charlotte Rae is housemother to four girls at the Eastland School, an exclusive boarding school for girls. Lisa Whelchel is the spoiled one, Nancy McKeon the rebellious, working class tomboy, Mindy Cohn the wisecracking gossip and Kim Fields the sassy firecracker. Details: Color, 602 mins, Sony Pictures, Academy Ratio. Supplements: 24 episodes on three discs. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo). Optional subtitles.
Flavor Of Love - The Complete Second Season: No description available
Greg the Bunny: Best of the Film Parodies: The revived version of the puppet comedy, this one made for IFC and focused on spoofing the movies, from modern classics (The Godfather, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Easy Rider) to contemporary cult movies (Pulp Fiction, Barton Fink and Down By Law). Details: Color, Shout! Factory, Academy Ratio, 1.33:1. Supplements: 14 episodes on two discs; Commentary on all 14 episodes from the show creators; "Affurmative Action" featurette; "Ezekiel 25:17" featurette; Photo galleries; Deleted scenes; Gag reels. Optional subtitles.
Groovie Goolies: Saturday Mourning Collection: The mad monster animated comedy series, a spin-off of the Sabrina animated show, features a haunted house of famous horror icons doing their version of Laugh-In, with skits, one-liners, and musical interludes. Details: Color, 352 mins, BCI, Academy Ratio. Supplements: 16 episodes on three discs; Sing-along: "Goolie Get Together"; Candid story from producer Lou Scheimer about The Creation of Filmation; Liner notes by TV writer/producer Shawn Sheridan; DVD-ROM extras: Scripts and the original series bible for The Kookie Spookies; A brand-new 45-minute "docu-comedy" featuring interviews with Alice Cooper, Forrest J. Ackerman, Ron Chaney, and more; Music video with the punk band Groovie Ghoulies; Image galleries. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0). Commentary by Creators and experts (two episodes) (Dolby Digital 2.0). Optional subtitles.
Interpreter: (HD DVD) Escalating events begin when U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome alleges that she has overheard a death threat against an African head of state, spoken in a rare dialect few people other than Silvia can understand. With the words "The Teacher will never leave this room alive," in an instant, Silvia's life is turned upside down as she becomes a hunted target of the killers. Placed under the protection of federal agent Tobin Keller, Silvia's world only grows more nightmarish. As Keller digs deeper into his eyewitnesses' past and her secretive world of global connections, the more suspicious he becomes that she herself might be involved in the conspiracy. With every step of the way, he finds more reasons to mistrust her. Is Sylvia a victim? A suspect? Or something else entirely? And can Tobin, coping with his own personal heartache, keep her safe? Though they must depend on one another, Silvia and Tobin couldn't be more different. Silvia's strengths are words, diplomacy and the subtleties of meaning, while Tobin is all about instinct, action and reading into the most primal human behaviors. Now, as the danger of a major assassination on U.S. soil grows and Silvia's life hangs in the balance, Silvia and Tobin play out a gripping dance of evasion and revelation that keeps them both guessing as they race to stop a terrifying international crisis before it's too late.
Italian Job: (Blu-ray) A gang of robbers, lead by career criminal Charlie Croker, create the largest traffic jam in Los Angeles history, giving them time to pull off a theft of gold bullion. They get away in their Mini Coopers, which are small enough to drive on sidewalks so they can make a clean get away before the traffic jam clears.
Jonathan Creek:Season 1: Madeline Magellan, an investigative journalist, is the kind of journalist that generally sticks her nose in where it isn't wanted. While writing a story about the murder of a famous Artist she happens across a quiet but brilliant man named Jonathan Creek. Jonathan makes a living inventing magical tricks for Adam Klaus. Adam is a very famous magician but it is Jonathan that is the real genius behind Adam's illusions. Madeline (Maddy) and Jonathan team up to solve the Artist murder and then (for Jonathan with some reluctance) again team up to solve near-impossible cases. Over the stories, we see that Maddy is in love with Jonathan but Jonathan, being a shy person, doesn't show if he knows about Maddy's feeling for him but he loves solving the tricky mysteries that Maddy brings for his mind to solve...
Justice League Unlimited: The Complete First Season: (2004-2005) This collection gathers seasons three and four of the animated superhero series developed by Bruce Timm (Batman - The Animated Series) for the Cartoon Network. A long-running battle with Lex Luthor, the super-villain who turns the government against the supergroup and creates a powerful nemesis, Cadmus, to take down the heroes, runs through these episodes, which also see the addition of new members Green Arrow, Supergirl, and Black Canary. Details: Color, 595 mins, Warner, Widescreen anamorphic, 1.78:1. Supplements: 26 episodes on four discs; Commentary on episodes "This Little Piggy" and "The Return" with producer Bruce Timm and others; "And Justice For All" featurette discussing the revamping of the show, new characters and a new direction; "Themes of Justice" interactive featurette. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) and Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround). Optional Spanish, French and English subtitles.
King of New York Special Edition: No Description Available
Krypto the Superdog, Vol. 1 and 2: Five episodes from the animated series about the superdog who takes a bite out of crime with his animal pals Ace the Bathound and Streaky the Supercat. Details: Color, 110 mins, Warner, Academy Ratio. Supplements: Power Up! - A Rrrrousing Rrrrundown of Krypto's Special Powers. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) and Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo). Optional Spanish and French subtitles.
Krypto the Superdog, Vol. 2: Prior to Kal-El being sent from the Planet Krypton prior to its destruction, Jor-El sent the boy's beloved dog, Krypto, up first as the passenger of a test rocket. However, an accident sent the dog into suspended animation until his rocket arrived at Earth, years after Kal-El's arrival. Gaining the standard Kryptonian powers in the planet's yellow sun environment, Krypto soon gets adopted by a lonely boy, Kevin Whitney with the personal permission of Superman. Now together with new found allies, Ace The Bathound and Streaky the Supercat, Krypto fights the forces of evil which include the animal companions of Lex Luthor and The Catwoman.
La Commune: (France, 2000) Peter Watkins recreates the events of March, 1871 - the rise and fall of the Paris Commune - with a cast of 200 nonprofessionals for his almost 6-hour mockumentary portrait of the uprising of poor and working-class Parisians as seen through the lenses of two television news crews with distinctly different perspectives. The 3-disc set also includes Geoff Bowie's feature-length documentary The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins. Details: Black and White, 345 mins, First Run Features. Supplements: Bonus Film: The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins; Peter Watkins Biography. Audio: French (Dolby Digital 2.0). Optional English subtitles.
Last Voyage: The S. S. Claridon is scheduled for her five last voyages after thirty-eight years of service. After an explosion in the boiler room, Captain Robert Adams (George Sanders) is reluctant to evacuate the steamship. While the crew fights to hold a bulkhead between the flooded boiler room and the engine room and avoid the sinking of the vessel, the passenger Cliff Henderson (Robert Stack) struggles against time trying to save his beloved wife Laurie Henderson (Dorothy Malone), who is trapped under a steel beam in her cabin, with the support of the crewmember Hank Lawson (Woody Strode).
Monster House: (Blu-ray) A high energy horror movie for kids with both bite and heart, about the ramshackle old home of a cranky old man (Steve Buscemi) that has an appetite for trespassers. This being Halloween, no one believes the spunky kids trying to warn the town. The house is a magnificent visual creation, a bad dream gone wild and gone mobile as it stalks our plucky young heroes in a thrilling climax. First time director Gil Kenan lets his "camera" loose through the suburban world with free-spirited abandon and fills the film with a sensibility that falls somewhere between the Stephen King and Tim Burton. Details: Color, 91 mins, Sony Pictures, Widescreen anamorphic, 2.40:1. Supplements: Filmmaker Commentary; 7 Featurettes including: Imaginary Heroes, Beginner's Luck, The Best of Friends, Lots of Dots, Black Box Theater, Making It Real, Did You Hear That?; Evolution of a scene: Eliza vs. Nebbercracker; The Art of Monster House - Photo Gallery; DVD-ROM Link to Games, Downloads & Activities. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) and French (Dolby Digital 5.1). Optional French and English subtitles.
Monster House: A high energy horror movie for kids with both bite and heart, about the ramshackle old home of a cranky old man (Steve Buscemi) that has an appetite for trespassers. This being Halloween, no one believes the spunky kids trying to warn the town. The house is a magnificent visual creation, a bad dream gone wild and gone mobile as it stalks our plucky young heroes in a thrilling climax. First time director Gil Kenan lets his "camera" loose through the suburban world with free-spirited abandon and fills the film with a sensibility that falls somewhere between the Stephen King and Tim Burton. Details: Color, 91 mins, Sony Pictures, Widescreen anamorphic, 2.40:1. Supplements: Filmmaker Commentary; 7 Featurettes including: Imaginary Heroes, Beginner's Luck, The Best of Friends, Lots of Dots, Black Box Theater, Making It Real, Did You Hear That?; Evolution of a scene: Eliza vs. Nebbercracker; The Art of Monster House - Photo Gallery; DVD-ROM Link to Games, Downloads & Activities. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1) and French (Dolby Digital 5.1). Optional French and English subtitles.
My Dead Girlfriend: When Steve accidentally kills Amy by backing over her with his car, he attempts to revive her using an ancient book of magic. Unfortunately, Amy returns from the dead as a flesh-eating zombie! It takes all of Steve’s energy to keep their neighbors and friends from discovering the truth, and carnage ensues as Amy makes a meal out of Steve’s best friends!
Nacho Libre: Jack Black is a junior monk in a Mexican monastery who embarks on a double life as a masked wrestler to raise money for the orphans in the eclectic comedy directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite). Ana de la Reguera is the Penelope Cruz of the convent, for whom Black develops an adolescent crush, and wiry string bean Héctor Jiménez is his wild child partner in the tag team event. Hess colors the film with his askew sensibility that twists the slapstick into an oddball realm of droll humor that favors the eccentric over the hilarious. It's weird, clean, good-natured fun, and it's far too subdued for its madcap milieu. Available in separate widescreen and full screen editions. Details: Color, 92 mins, Paramount, Widescreen anamorphic. Supplements: Commentary by actor Jack Black, director Jared Hess and writer Mike White; Deleted scenes; Nacho Libre Comic Book Creator; 5 "Behind-the-scenes" featurettes; Photo Gallery; Jack Sings. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) and French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround). Optional Spanish and English subtitles.
Nacho Libre: Jack Black is a junior monk in a Mexican monastery who embarks on a double life as a masked wrestler to raise money for the orphans in the eclectic comedy directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite). Ana de la Reguera is the Penelope Cruz of the convent, for whom Black develops an adolescent crush, and wiry string bean Héctor Jiménez is his wild child partner in the tag team event. Hess colors the film with his askew sensibility that twists the slapstick into an oddball realm of droll humor that favors the eccentric over the hilarious. It's weird, clean, good-natured fun, and it's far too subdued for its madcap milieu. Available in separate widescreen and full screen editions. Details: Color, 92 mins, Paramount, Widescreen anamorphic. Supplements: Commentary by actor Jack Black, director Jared Hess and writer Mike White; Deleted scenes; Nacho Libre Comic Book Creator; 5 "Behind-the-scenes" featurettes; Photo Gallery; Jack Sings. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) and French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround). Optional Spanish and English subtitles.
Nightmares & Dreamscapes - From the Stories of Stephen King: This hair-raising miniseries is comprised of 8 mind-bending stories each featuring an all-star cast and cutting-edge special effects. Each episode is adapted from on of King's short stories and will feature such notable performers as Oscar nominees William H. Macy, William Hurt, Tom Berenger and other favorites as Kim Delaney, Steven Weber, Henry Thomas, Samantha Manthis, Claire Forlani and others. The series will premiere this summer in a 4-week television event on TNT starting July 12, 2006.
OC: The Complete Third Season: The third season nighttime soap set amongst the wealthy adults and privileged youth of Orange County opens with fiercely loyal Ryan (Benjamin McKenzie), the kid from the streets of Chino adopted by Newport Beach attorney Sandy (Peter Gallagher, the show's breezy moral center) and his wife Kirsten (Kelly Rowan), and spoiled girl next door Marisa (Mischa Barton) standing over a dying thug with a smoking gun in their hand. It ends with an even bigger shock. In between is the usual melodrama of the genre. Adam Brody and Rachel Bilson co-star as Ryan's adoptive brother Seth and series sweetheart Summer and Melinda Clarke is bitchy social climber Julie, whose fortunes crash and burn just when she thinks she's hit the jackpot. Details: Color, 1089 mins, Warner, Widescreen anamorphic, 1.78:1. Supplements: 25 episodes on seven discs; "The Party Favor: From Script to Screen" featurette; "What's in a Name?" featurette; "Making Of The Subways Music Video" featurette; Pass the Remote: selected scene-surfing commentary; Gag and Goofs Reel. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo). Optional Spanish and French subtitles.
Out of Sight: (HD DVD) A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a US Marshal (Lopez) in the process. When the two cons head for Detroit to pull off their final big scam, the Marshal is put on their case but she finds she is attracted to one of them and has second thoughts about bringing them in.
Pet Shop Boys: Life In Pop: No Description Available
Pizza: Ethan Embry is a thirty-something pizza boy, still reliving his high school glory days, and Kylie Sparks is an eccentric high school outcast who spends her 18th birthday joining him on his rounds in the American indie comedy from Mark Christopher. Julie Hagerty, Alexis Dziena, and Judah Friedlander co-star. Details: Color, 81 mins, IFC/Genius, Widescreen letterbox. Supplements: Commentary by writer/director Mark Christopher and producer Howard Gertler; "A Slice of Pizza" making-of featurette. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo). Optional Spanish subtitles.
Porky's: We follow a bunch of high school kids through a period in their puberty. Their lives mainly consist of watching the girls in the shower and making life a living hell for their teachers and for each other. The movie is packed with practical jokes and eccentric characters, like Pee Wee with the short dick (which he measures every morning) who met up for sex with the school "mattress" Wendy already wearing a rubber, or the fat teaching bitch Beulah Balbricker who is determined on making life a living hell for the boys. The name "Porky's" is the name of a striptease bar the boys get thrown out of and humiliated in in the beginning of the movie. They have their minds set on revenge, but that's not easy as the owner's brother is sheriff. Only by forgetting their internal differences can they defeat Porky and his gang.
Red Shoes: A mysterious pair of pink shoes found on a subway platform seems to bring a curse on the owner. Those that see them must have them and a grisly end awaits those that forcibly take them. A mother, who has just left her cheating husband, finds them and ghostly apparitions and strange occurrences follow her as she tries to make a go of it with her young daughter. A helpful decorator helps her solve the mystery and put the ghosts to rest. Or does he?
Reservoir Dogs 15th Anniversary Edition: A gang of thieves carry out an armed robbery on a Diamond warehouse. The police are after them so quickly that they suspect they have a rat in their company. This film starts right after the robbery, with flashbacks to before the robbery, and to the planning of the crime. We are also introduced to the main characters in flashback mode. Plenty of fast action, and plenty of blood and gore.
The Road to Guantanamo: In 2001, four Pakistani Britons, Ruhal Ahmed, Asif Iqbal and Shafiq Rasul and another friend, Monir, travel to Pakistan for a wedding and in a urge of idealism, decide to see the situation of war torn Afganistan which is being bombed by the American forces in retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Once there, with the loss of Monir in the wartime chaos, they are captured by Northern Alliance fighters. They are then handed them over the American forces who transport them to the prison camps at the Guantanamo Bay base in Cuba. What follows is three years of relentless imprisonment, interrogations and torture to make them submit to blatantly wrong confessions to being terrorists. In the midst of this abuse, the three struggle to keep their spirits up in that face of this grave injustice.
S-Cry-ed - Anime Legends Complete Collection: Twenty-two years before this 2001 sci-fi adventure opens, the Kanagawa region of Japan was devastated by a major earthquake; the "Lost Ground" suffered the most serious damage. A small percentage of the inhabitants who cling to life amid the devastation are Alter Users, whose psychic abilities enable them to create mecha forms of themselves. Hot-tempered, red-haired Kazuma is a powerful Alter who defies all authority. His obstreperous attitude brings him into conflict with Ryuho, a dedicated officer in HOLY, the special police force recruited from the Alters. They command so much power, their battle reconfigures the topography of the Lost Ground. What sets s-CRY-ed apart from formulaic mutant good guys vs. sinister military-industrial cabal series is the relationship between Ryuho and Kazuma. Like evenly matched high school athletes, they pursue a rivalry tinged with admiration and even grudging affection. Ryuho's bond with the brilliant physician Mimori and Kazuma's almost fraternal romance with the eerily puissant Kamani can't compete with the heroes' need to establish who's the strongest, once and for all. s-CRY-ed ends not with the defeat of the screeching Kyoi Mujo and his evil plot, but weeks later, as Kazuma and Ryuho pound the wasabi out of each other, because neither one can bring himself to stop fighting. Like cagey boxers, screenwriter Yosuke Kuroda and director Goro Taniguchi feint and weave, keeping the audience slightly off-balance with their characters' unexpected actions. (Rated 13 and older: violence, mild profanity, grotesque imagery, tobacco use)
Sahara: (Blu-ray) An African dictator's nuclear waste disposal plant is mutating the red tide, and so threatens the planet's ecosystem. It's up to Dirk Pitt and his associates from NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) to find the source of the pollution and shut down the operation.
Saw 2 - Uncut Edition: The sequel to the hit low budget horror, which drops a whole set of "guilty" victims (including Shawnee Smith, the sole survivor of the "games" of the first film) in a house filling with nerve gas and filled with booby-traps, taunting clues, and hidden antidotes, gets the deluxe treatment in a new 2-disc set. Tobin Bell returns as the clockwork sadist and Donnie Wahlberg, Franky G, Glenn Plummer, Dina Meyer, Emmanuelle Vaugier and Beverley Mitchell co-star. Details: Color, 95 mins, Lionsgate, Widescreen anamorphic, 1.78:1. Supplements: Commentary by director Darren Lynn Bousman, production designer David Hackl, and editor Kevin Greutert; Commentary by writer/executive producer Leigh Whannell and executive producer James Wan; "Zombie" - a short student film by director Darren Lynn Bousman; "The Scott Tibbs Documentary" featurette; "The Making of Saw II" featurette; "The Story Behind the Story" featurette; "Gregg Hoffman: In Memorium" tribute to producer Gregg Hoffman; "Play Me" set-top game; Trailer. Audio: English (DTS 6.1 ES) and English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX). Optional Spanish and English subtitles.
SCTV: Best Of The Early Years: (1978-1980) Before they were signed to NBC to provide a late night comedy alternative to Saturday Night Live, SCTV was a half-hour syndicated show from Canada that ran for over 70 episodes (many of them cannibalized for the subsequent 90 minute incarnation) with a cast that includes John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas. This 3-disc collection spotlights 15 stand-out episodes from those formative years, featuring such iconic characters as Johnny LaRue, Bobby Bittman, Lola Heatherton, Count Floyd, Guy Cabballero, and Bob and Doug McKenzie, and some of their greatest TV and movie parodies, including "On the Waterfront Again," "My Factory, My Self," "Gaslight," "Thursday Night Live," "The Irwin Allen Show," and "Midnight Express Special," with the cast indulging in their offbeat impressions of stars major and minor. Details: Color, 415 mins, Shout Factory, Academy Ratio. Supplements: Andrew Alexander answers fan mail with Scott Dobson; Looking back with Andrea Martin: Andrea Martin looks back on her theater roots, SCTV and the charecters it spawned; The McKenzie Brothers "Take Off, Eh!" : A look at the impact "The Great White North" had on Canada: available for the first time in 20 years; SCTV at The Firehall: Executive Producer Andrew Alexander gives a behind-the-scenes tour of SCTV's home for 20 years. Commentary by Robin Duke and Joe Flaherty. Optional subtitles.
Sesame Street - Old School, Vol. 1 (1969-1974) (2006): Were some of your first friends named Grover, Mr. Hooper, and Bob? Do you remember the Ladybug Picnic? How about Pinball Number Count? Sesame Street Old School is a time capsule of the early days of the ground-breaking series you grew up on. Take a trip back in time with Bert, Ernie, Big Bird and Snuffleupagus. Sing along with classics like "C is for Cookie," "I Love Trash," and "Rubber Duckie." For the first time on DVD, the music, memories, and mayhem from Sesame Street's first five seasons can be enjoyed again and again!
Slither: (HD DVD) The Blob meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers for this clever invasion horror throwback with high ick-factor and black humor. Nathan Fillion saddles up the laconic frontier persona to play the small town sheriff, Elizabeth Banks is the sexy schoolteacher girl of his dreams (who is already married to the town's success story, Michael Rooker), and Gregg Henry is the glad-handing Mayor, all of whom are under siege by an invasion of squishy, swift little red slugs looking for human hosts to invade and transform. James Gunn writes and directs the knowing tribute to fifties horror. Available in separate widescreen and full screen editions. Details: Color, 96 mins, Universal, widescreen, 1.85:1. Supplements: Deleted scenes; Extended scenes; Gag reel; Bringing "Slither's" creatures to life; Slithery set tour with Nathan Fillion; "A Making Of": The sick minds and slimy days of "Slither"; Feature commentary with director James Gunn and actor Nathan Fillion. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1) and Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1). Optional Spanish, French and English subtitles.
Slither: (HD DVD) The Blob meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers for this clever invasion horror throwback with high ick-factor and black humor. Nathan Fillion saddles up the laconic frontier persona to play the small town sheriff, Elizabeth Banks is the sexy schoolteacher girl of his dreams (who is already married to the town's success story, Michael Rooker), and Gregg Henry is the glad-handing Mayor, all of whom are under siege by an invasion of squishy, swift little red slugs looking for human hosts to invade and transform. James Gunn writes and directs the knowing tribute to fifties horror. Available in separate widescreen and full screen editions. Details: Color, 96 mins, Universal, widescreen, 1.85:1. Supplements: Deleted scenes; Extended scenes; Gag reel; Bringing "Slither's" creatures to life; Slithery set tour with Nathan Fillion; "A Making Of": The sick minds and slimy days of "Slither"; Feature commentary with director James Gunn and actor Nathan Fillion. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1) and Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1). Optional Spanish, French and English subtitles.
Snl: Best of Saturday TV Funhouse: A collection of Robert Smigel's animated segments, including "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" (voiced by Steve Carrell and Stephen Colbert), "X-Presidents," and "The New Adventures of Mr. T.," among others. Details: Color, 84 mins, Universal, Academy Ratio. Supplements: All-Star commentary with creator Robert Smigel, the voices of Ace & Gary: Steve Carell and Stephen Colbert, Mr. T, James Carville, Al Franken, Bryant Gumbel and more.; Features popular cartoons in their original "un-cut" version including: "The X-Presidents", "Fun With Real Audio", "Michael Jackson", "Mr. T", "Saddam and Osama" and fan-favorite "The Ambiguously Gay Duo" ; A full hour of bonus cartoons including ones that have never aired before and more.; Plus a hidden easter egg, original artwork and storyboards. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo). Optional subtitles.
Spartacus: (HD DVD) The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes. Meanwhile, in Rome, the slave revolt has become a deciding factor in the power struggle between two senators: the republican Gracchus and the militarist Crassus, each of whom sees the fortunes of the rebellion as the key to his own rise to power or humiliating defeat. As the two statesmen attempt to aid, hinder and manipulate the rebels for their own benefit, Spartacus and his followers press on toward freedom.
Swan: Complete Series: Fox's primetime reality series features "full-life" makeovers, complete with plastic surgery, for women who are in desperate need of a transformation on the inside and the outside. Life specialists ranging from fashion, nutrition, and speech, amongst others, will offer advice and guide women in their emotional and exciting journey. Rather than simply to make women over, The Swan's mission is to see how the participant's lives can radically change from their life makeovers. In a cross between the Olympics and a beauty pageant, the finale of the show will crown America's Swan as a panel of judges and viewers alike will get an opportunity to vote for the woman who has had the most amazing transformation from before to after. The Swan, was not just about cosmetic surgery, some women underwent reconstructive procedures as well. A young woman, severely burned in her childhood, was transformed into beauty pageant model.
Sweetie - Criterion Collection: Explores sisters, in their twenties, their parents, and family dysfunctions. Kay is gangly and slightly askew, consulting a fortune teller and then falling in love with a man because of a mole on his face and a lock of hair; then, falling out of love when he plants a tree in their yard. Sweetie is plump, imperious, self-centered, and seriously mentally ill. The parents see none of the illness, seeing only their cute child. Kay mainly feels exasperation at her sister's impositions. Slowly, the film exposes how the roots of Sweetie's illness have choked Kay's own development. Can she be released?
That's My Bush! The Definitive Collection: (2001) South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone spoof the conventions and clichés of timeworn sitcoms by moving them to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue and the home life of George W. and Laura Bush (Timothy Bottom and Carrie Quinn Dolin). Pushed to absurd extremes of surreal farce and tasteless gags, it's a presidential comedy like no other. Kurt Fuller plays Karl Rove and sitcom vet Marcia Wallace co-stars as the sassy maid. The series, created for Comedy Central, only lasted 8 episodes, all of them collected for this set. Details: Color, 176 mins, Comedy Central/Paramount, Academy Ratio. Supplements: 8 episodes on two discs; Mini Audio Commentary by Trey Parker and Matt Stone on all episodes; Full Commentaries on all episodes from Timothy Bottoms, Carrie Quinn Dolin, John Aquino, Kurt Fuller, Kristen Miller, and Marcia Wallace. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround). Optional subtitles.
Thing: (HD DVD) An American scientific expedition to the frozen wastes of the Antarctic is interrupted by a group of seemingly mad Norwegians pursuing and shooting a dog. The helicopter pursuing the dog crashes leaving no explanation for the chase. During the night, the dog mutates and attacks other dogs in the cage and members of the team that investigate. The team soon realises that an alien life-form with the ability to take over other bodies is on the loose and they don't know who may already have been taken over.
Total Recall Special Edition: Douglas Quaid is haunted by a recurring dream about a journey to Mars. He hopes to find out more about this dream and buys a holiday at Rekall Inc. where they sell implanted memories. But something goes wrong with the memory implantation and he remembers being a secret agent fighting against the evil Mars administrator Cohaagen. Now the story really begins and it's a rollercoaster ride until the massive end of the movie.
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Voyage to the Bottom of Sea Season 2 V.1: (1965) Irwin Allen's small screen incarnation of his big-budget sci-fi thriller goes color this season. Richard Basehart is the tough-minded Admiral Harriman Nelson and David Hedison is the scrappy Captain Lee Crane, but the star is a state-of-the-art submarine, a combination research vessel and advanced military weapon that is sent on one top-secret mission after another, many of them against a mysterious criminal association reminiscent of James Bond's SPECTRE. Details: Color, 665 mins, 20th Century Fox, Academy Ratio. Supplements: 13 episodes on three discs; Special effects footage; Still gallery. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 1.0) and Spanish (Dolby Digital 1.0). Optional Spanish and English subtitles.
Wings - The Complete Third Season: (1991-1992) Timothy Daly and Steven Weber are estranged brothers Joe and Brian Hackett, reunited to run a commuter airline on the island of Nantucket, in the hit sitcom that launched the careers of Thomas Haden Church (eccentric mechanic Lowell) and Tony Shalhoub (a loyal Italian cab driver Antonio). Most of the action takes place in the municipal airport, where childhood friend (and love interest) Helen (Crystal Bernard) runs the lunch counter. David Schramm and Rebecca Schull co-star. Details: Color, Paramount, Academy Ratio. Supplements: 22 episodes on four discs. Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo). Optional subtitles.
Witch Hunter Robin - Anime Legends Complete Collection: Raised in an Italian convent, 16-year-old Robin Sana returns to her native Japan to join the STNJ, a secret organization that captures, rather than kills, witches of both sexes. The typically mismatched crew includes hacker Michael Lee, rookie Haruto Sakaki, psychic Miho Karasuma, Yurika Dojima, the spoiled daughter of a prominent family, and icily aloof Amon, the de facto leader of the team. As a "craft user," Robin can conjure fire as a weapon, but has some trouble with her aim. Witch Hunter combines the subdued palette of Blood: The Last Vampire with the alienated tone of the Vampire Princess Miyu OVAs. The elegantly designed settings and skillful use of color are more interesting than the flat stories about pursuing the supernatural murderers. All six volumes and a pin collection are included in this set. (Rated 13 and older: violence, alcohol and tobacco use)
Art School Confidential: Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him.
Rolling Family: ROLLING FAMILY is a warm, vivacious comedy about love, life, laughter and the compromises we make for family. When Emila, (Gracina) an Argentinian grandmother is invited to be the 'matron of honor' at the wedding of a distant niece she invites her whole family to accompany her. They set off in a 1956 Chevy Viking camper on a cross country journey to the border of Argentina and Brazil. Between the starting point of Buenos Aires and the destination of Misiones, all the anger, sorrow, attraction and warmth between four cramped generations comes to the surface. ROLLING FAMILY is a joyful and complex film that illuminates family life filled with affection, melancholy, and plenty of humor.
Looking for Kitty: A high school baseball coach (Krumholtz) and a down-on-his-luck private investigator (Burns) form a bond as they scour New York City for the coach's wife, who's run away with a second-rate rock star. As in Burns' previous films, the city itself becomes a character as the two men confront their fear of change and the familiar habit of loneliness.
Mini's First Time: Desperate to be free from her drunken, unloving mother Diane, the beautiful, scheming young Mini (Reed) seduces her stepfather Martin (Baldwin) and soon convinces him to join her in a sadisctic scheme to have Diane declared insane. But their conspiracy soon escalates to murder and when John Garson, a young detective starts investigating, Martin and Mini begin to turn on each other.
The Reading Room: Making good on a promise he made to his dying wife, a widower (Jones) opens a reading room, a place where people can learn to read. Despite his goodwill, problems in the neighborhood threaten his establishment.
Mongolian Ping Pong: Bilike has never seen a ping-pong ball before. He and his family live without electricity and running water in a solitary tent home among the vast steppe grasslands. The magnificent landscape here has changed little since the days of Genghis Kahn. But life in the middle of nowhere can be exciting for a young boy. The smallest of details become big events for curious Bilike and his best friends Erguotou and Dawa. The mystery of the small white ball floating in the creek leads to questions about the world around them, as well as innocent mischief. Bilike's grandmother says the ball is a glowing pearl from heaven. But the boys are sceptical after waiting all night outdoors for the ball to light up. Since nobody has an idea about the odd white object, they trek to the faraway monastery to consult the wise lamas. But even the grasslands' most knowledgeable inhabitants are stumped. While watching the new TV-set Dawa's father has won, the boys learn about pingpong. They are excited to hear that their object is the 'national ball of China'. Not realizing how far Beijing actually is, the determined young boys set off to return the ball to the Chinese capital...
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I'm Alan Partridge - Series 1: Since his chat show came to a catastrophic end, Alan Partridge has been rebuilding his career as an early morning DJ on Radio Norwich. With his loyal PA Lynn by his side, Alan prepares for his return to celebrity status.
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Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller: When the joker Tommy Tricker plays some practical jokes on some of his friends, his best friend Ralph, a stamp collector, discovers the secret of "stamp travel" to make him travel around the world on a stamp to bring back the mysterious Charles Merriweather, who never returned on a stamp for 75 years.
Next Big Thing: Comedy. The only business where you can die one night, only to kill the next. Shot over an unprecedented 18-month period, in noisy college cafeterias, smoky Toronto backrooms, legendary Los Angeles nightclubs and at Montreal's Just For Laughs, the world's largest comedy festival, The Next Big Thing tracks the budding careers of six young stand-up comedians. No staged reality show, this unique documentary series gives an insider's look at the competitive world of stand-up where we meet a cadre of casting agents, managers, television executives and yes, parents. Six young comics are eager to follow in the footsteps of fellow Canucks Jim Carrey, Mike Myers and Martin Short, who have made it big in Hollywood. From self-deprecating observations and stilleto-sharp social commentary to shocking jaw-droppers, their humour takes no prisoners; fast food, cell phone companies, immigration, weight loss, babies and, of course, s-e-x are all fair game. We share in their anxieties as they wonder why the same joke bombs one night but charms the next. Or what talent scout might be sitting in the audience? Comedy, it turns out, is a very serious business!
P.D.Q. Bach in Houston - We Have a Problem!: Three…two…one…Laugh-off! Musical mayhem blasts into orbit as Professor Peter Schickele and OrchestraX celebrate the music of composer P.D.Q. Bach, whose oeuvre Schickele "discovered" and unleashed on the world 40 years ago. Long neglected by music scholars (and deservedly so), the "oddest" of Johann Sebastian Bach’s 20-odd children composed the most hilarious music of all time. This performance showcases P.D.Q. at the nadir of his creative power, including Schleptet in Eb major, Iphigenia in Brooklyn, "Unbegun" Symphony, Fuga Meshuga, and The Seasonings. And did we mention sportscaster Schickele’s play-by-play analysis of Beethoven’s Fifth, complete with cheerleaders and pom-poms? "P.D.Q. Bach is a very funny show—even for people who like music but don’t know why"
Hannah Montana, Vol. 1 - Livin' the Rock Star Life: Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) might seem like your average girl but she isn't. She has recently from Tennessee to Malibu, California and is adapting to her new lifestyle. Miley has a huge secret only known by her dad & manager Robbie Ray Stewart (Billy Ray Cyrus), her weird brother Jackson Stewart(Jason Earles), her two friends Lilly Truscott (Emily Osment) & Oliver Oken (Mitchel Musso). Miley Stewart's huge secret is she leads a double as the famous pop singer Hannah Montana along with her friend Lilly who leads a double life Lola Hannah's friend.
Dealing Dogs: An undercover investigation of Martin Creek Kennel by the animal rights group Last Chance for Animals. A young man named "Pete", who is an animal rights activist, gets hired by the Martin Creek Kennel. The owner is C.C. Baird and he is the one they want to bring down.
The True Legend of the Eiffel Tower: The Eiffel Tower was erected to last no longer than a World Fair. But how was it built? And how did it become the most visited building in the world? An epic undertaking and a dream of Europe and the United States, the building of a 300 meter tower seemed impossible until renowned engineer and architect Gustave Eiffel made it a reality. Shot in Hi-Definition, this exhaustively researched docu-drama ingeniously blends archive footage and CGI with factual accounts to recreate the events leading to one of the world’s most famous landmarks. 
Sculptures of the Louvre: From its beginnings as a royal fortress to the magnificent structure we see today, the Louvre Museum embodies the concept of that of a universal institution. Dedicated to conservation, restoration and the development of artistic treasures from all over the world, the Louvre welcomes over 6 million visitors through its doors each year and houses 35,000 works of art. Sculptures of the Louvre is a 7-part series highlighting masterpieces of sculpture on exhibit. Each piece is put into its historical context – enabling a better understanding of the sculpture itself as well as the artistic movement that inspired it.
Day of the Dead: Celebrate Day of the Dead (El Dia de los Muertos) through the eyes of dancers, artists and historians passionate about the most revered Hispanic holiday in the world. Discover the vibrancy of several contemporary Day of the Dead celebrations in Southern California, including live concert footage of the Latin group Quetzal. Explore the colorful customs, meaning and artistic and cultural significance of this holiday that honors loved ones who have passed on, and discover how this traditional expression of love and respect for the dead is the ultimate celebration of life.
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San Franpsycho: A serial killer is stalking the city of San Francisco and sending a news reporter cryptic letters after each murder. As the body count rises, two SFPD detectives, the reporter and a psychologist-priest relentlessly pursue the madman, determined to put an end to his bloody carnage. But as the killer gets closer and closer to the news reporter, will the detectives catch him before it's too late? Shot on location in the San Francisco Bay Area, this gripping edge-of-your-seat thriller will have you frozen in your seat as you witness the madness of the San Franpsycho.
Bikini Girls from the Lost Planet: Blast off to the farthest reaches of deep space as two starl-lost foxes from the all-lesbian planet of Aquaterra head for Earth in search of the finest male breeding stock. A fast-paced erotic spoof of sex and special effects in the tradition of Flesh Gordon, this is sin and satire on a galactic scale!.
Tiki: When Amy moves from her beloved Hawaiian Islands to study drama on the mainland, she has little cause to rejoice as a gang of vicious co-eds plots to make her life a living hell. WIth the aid of their boyfriends, the girls set Amy up as the target of a horrendous prank that results in the young girl falling victim to a brain seizure from which she may never recover. Seeking answers, her aunt Maelea arrives with a special Tiki doll -- specially designed to kill! Through magic, she coaxes Amy's subconscious spirit to enter the idol's body and bring it to hideous life. Now the idol tracks down the students one by one to exact its grisly revenge in a relentless assault of Tiki terror!
Skeeter: Another ecological disaster results in mosquitoes growing to the size of bats (very rubbery, non-scary bats). Of course they have to suck a lot of blood. Humans have to find a way to fight back.
The L-Word - The Complete Third Season: 'The L Word' is billed as the intimate story about the lives and loves of a group of lesbian friends living in Los Angeles. Mostly centering on Jenny (Mia Kirshner), a recent graduate of the University of Chicago, who moves to Los Angeles to live with her boyfriend Tim (Eric Mabius) and begin a professional writing career. Jenny's life is turned upside down when she attends a party hosted by Tim's next-door neighbors, Bette (Jennifer Beals) and Tina (Laurel Hollomon), a lesbian couple who are looking to take the step into parenthood after seven years of dating. A brief encounter at the party with Marina (Karina Lombard), the owner of The Planet, the local coffeehouse that the ladies gather on a daily basis, suddenly has Jenny thrust into the local lesbian community and a whole new world she never understood until she questions her own sexual orientation. Other friends of Bette and Tina include Dana (Erin Daniels), a rising tennis player looking for love despites having no dating experience; Alice (Leisha Hailey), a magazine writer whom just wants to find the woman of her dreams; Shane (Katherine Moenning) is a sexually aggressive slacker/hairstylist whom seeks out her own girl just for her own pleasures.
South Park - The Hits, Vol. 1 - Matt and Trey's Top Ten: South Park is an animated series featuring four foul-mouthed 3rd graders, Stan, Kyle, Kenny and Cartman. The show is set in the Colorado town of South Park where weird things keep happening, whether its being abducted by aliens or avoiding Kyle's little brother Ike. The show is based on the short film by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, "The Spirit of Christmas".
Slings & Arrows - Season 2: In the fictional town of New Burbage, legendary theatrical madman Geoffrey Tennant returns to the New Burbage Theatre Festival, the site of his greatest triumph and most humiliating failure, to assume the Artistic Directorship after the sudden death of his mentor, Oliver Welles. When Geoffrey arrives he finds that Oliver is still there, in spirit anyway, and with his guidance (and often in spite of it) Geoffrey attempts to reconcile with his past while wrestling the Festival back from the marketing department. Despite a bitter leading lady, a clueless leading man, and a scheming General Manager, he manages to stage a remarkable production of Hamlet; the play that drove him mad.
MacGyver - The Complete Final Season: Angus Macgyver is a secret agent with a difference. He is quiet, mild mannered, deeply principled and refuses to carry a gun on his missions. Fortunately, the last detail is unimportant when compared to his astounding mind. Drawing on a vast practical knowledge of science, Macgyver is able to make use of any mundane materials around him to create unorthodox solutions to any problem he faces. The enemies of world peace and justice continually learn that underestimating this man is a fatal mistake for their plans.
The Munsters - America's First Family of Fright (Documentary): Your favorite TV ghouls have arrived on DVD with this fright-tastic two-disc set! Disc One features Four Amazing Looks at the Munsters: The Munsters: America's First Family of Fright; Fred Gwynne: More than a Munster; Yvonne DeCarlo: Gilded Lily; Al Lewis: Forever Grandpa. Disc Two with Hours of Eerie Extras: "My Fair Munster" (UNAIRED PRESENTATION#1/LONG VERSION AND UNAIRED PRESENTATION #2) Unaired Main Title Sequence (Pilot Version); CBS Network Promos; "Seven Wonderful Nights" (CBS Special with Buddy Ebsen); "Wayne & Schuster Take an Affectionate Look at the Monsters"; "Marineland Carnival" (CBS Special); "Big G, Little O" (CHEERIOS COMMERCIAL); "It's What's Happening, Baby" (with "Murray the K"); Plus: Universal Newsreels; Syndication TV Spots; Munster Go Home Theatrical Trailer and TV Spots AND BONUS INTERVIEWS.
Defenders Of The Earth - The Complete Series, Vol. 1: When Ming the Merciless returns to wreak havoc, he immediately hunts down the man who caused him to lose his throne in the first place, Flash Gordon. In the process, Ming captures and kills Dale Arden Gordon, but not before she transfers her esscence into a special crystal. Flash then gathers together a force made up of The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician and his assistant Lothar. Also joining the heroes are Flash's son Rick, The Phantom's daughter Jedda, Lothar's son L.J. and Madrake's adopted son Kshin. Rick then invents a super computer using the crystal with his mother's esscence. Joining Ming is his son Crotan.
Gatchaman Collection 9 (Vols. 17 & 18): In the year 2001, Earth is under attack by a terrorist organization named Galactor, which is waging a destructive campaign of conquest and terror using super-high technology in the form of bizarre and supremely powerful war machines and biological weapons. The United Nations's forces are helpless to stop this menace, but Professor Nambu of the International Science Organization has a counterforce of his own: the Science Ninja Team, a team of super-agile youngsters who operate with a bird theme and have fighting skills that are a match for any foe, regardless of numbers or firepower. The team, which is made up of Ken (Eagle), aka Gatchaman, their noble leader with an incomplete past; his hotheaded second-in-command J' (Condor), their level-headed electronics and demolitions expert; Jun (Swan), their young and impulsive reconnaissance specialist; Jinpei (Swallow), Jun's adopted brother and eighth-generation decedent of the Iga ninja; and their jovial and rotund pilot, Ryû (Owl); is determined to frustrate Galactor at every turn. They have advanced personal vehicles that are carried inside their main vehicle, the God Phoenix, an advanced, supersonic, and heavily armed aircraft that can go into any environment and can temporarily transform into a destructive bird of fire to escape danger. However, the fight won't be any easier because Galactor's leaders, who are the mysterious entity known only as S'sai X, and his immediate human subordinate, Berugu Katse, have even darker secrets that our heroes can only suspect.
Nova: War Planes!: A weekly documentary series, each episode providing an in-depth look at a different subject of scientific research. Subjects examined by this show have included the cutting edge of theoretical physics, a return to the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, the long-term effects of Amazon deforestation, and the development of life-saving medical techniques.
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Masterpiece Theater: World War II - The Home Front: Series documenting the history of the twentieth century through the testimony of those who lived through it.
Roberta: Fun's in fashion when Fred, Ginger, Irene Dunn and Randolph Scott enter the world of Paris fashions. Marvelous Jerome Kern music graces standards like Smoke Gets in Your Eyes and I Won't Dance.
Vermillion Pleasure Night, Vol. 3: Creme de La Creme: Often sexy, sometimes profane-but always provocative-Vermilion Pleasure Night is a variety show that stands out even by the offbeat standards of Japanese late night television-required viewing for the Japanophile, the college student, and the urban hipster!
Astaire & Rogers Collection, Vol. 2: 2006 marks the arrival of five Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers films (Flying Down to Rio, The Gay Divorcee, Roberta, Carefree, and The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle) on DVD after the first five were released in 2005. If you only want the five new films, pick up this Astaire & Rogers Collection, Vol. 2 as a bookend to your Astaire & Rogers Collection, Vol. 1. Or you can get the big package, Astaire & Rogers Ultimate Collector's Edition, which contains all 10 films plus a CD, a bonus DVD with the documentary Astaire and Rogers: Partners in Rhythm, press-book replicas, and some other material. If you want the big package with the extra stuff but already bought the five films in 2005, you can get the Astaire & Rogers Partial Ultimate Collector's Edition, which includes everything listed above except the actual discs of those first five films.
The Gay Divorcee: Mimi Glossop wants a divorce so her Aunt Hortense hires a professional to play the correspondent in apparent infidelity. American dancer Guy Holden meets Mimi while visiting Brightbourne (Brighton) and she thinks he is the correspondent. The plot is really an excuse for song and dance. The movie won three Academy nominations and the first Oscar for Best Song: "The Continental", a twenty-two minute production number.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle: In 1911, Vernon Castle, minor comic in a stage revue, pursues the leading lady to a New Jersey beach...where, instead, he meets stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they're married; at Irene's insistence, they abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career, which attempt only lands them in Paris without a sou. Fortunately, agent Maggie Sutton hears them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. But at the height of their fame, World War I begins...
Carefree: Perhaps because it was Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers's penultimate picture together for RKO, or perhaps because it is more romantic comedy than musical, Carefree tends to be a neglected entry in the series. This is unfortunate, because it retains many of the elements that made the duo so popular while also breaking new ground. Fred plays Tony Flagg, a psychoanalyst who is asked by his friend Steve (Ralph Bellamy) to try to figure out why his fiancée, Amanda Cooper (Ginger), keeps breaking off their engagement. During the course of treatment, and in a reversal of the usual pattern, Ginger falls for Fred and begins to pursue him. The emotionally repressed doctor resists, leading to a number of comic encounters, as well as a moment of genuine heartbreak. Other innovations include Fred's dance on a driving range, a slow-motion dream sequence (which was going to be shot in color until budget concerns won out), Fred and Ginger's first screen kiss, and some of Ginger's best turns as a comic actress. More familiar elements include Ginger fronting the band at the start of a large company dance number ("The Yam," which failed to catch on as a dance craze), an expert if skimpy Irving Berlin score including the lovely ballad "Change Partners," and of course fabulous, high-flying dancing. Fred and Ginger fans can't afford to miss Carefree.