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Theatrical: 2007

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Action & Adventure

Duration: 100

Summary: Will Smith stars in the third adaptation of Richard Matheson’s classic science-fiction novel about a lone human survivor in a post-apocalyptic world dominated by vampires. This new version somewhat alters Matheson’s central hook, i.e., the startling idea that an ordinary man, Robert Neville, spends his days roaming a desolated city and his nights in a house sealed off from longtime neighbors who have become bloodsucking fiends. In the new film, Smith’s Neville is a military scientist charged with finding a cure for a virus that turns people into crazed, hairless, flesh-eating zombies. Failing to complete his work in time--and after enduring a personal tragedy--Neville finds himself alone in Manhattan, his natural immunity to the virus keeping him alive. With an expressive German shepherd his only companion, Neville is a hunter-gatherer in sunlight, hiding from the mutants at night in his Washington Square town house and methodically conducting experiments in his ceaseless quest to conquer the disease.
The film’s first half almost suggests that "I Am Legend" could be one of the finest movies of 2007. Director Francis Lawrence’s extraordinary, computer-generated images of a decaying New York City reveal weeds growing through the cracks of familiar streets that are also overrun by deer and prowled by lions. It’s impossible not to be fascinated by such a realistically altered cityscape, reverting to a natural environment, through which Smith moves with a weirdly enviable freedom, offset by his wariness over whatever is lurking in the dark of bank vaults and parking garages. Lawrence and screenwriters Mark Protosevich and Akiva Goldsman wisely build suspense by withholding images of the monsters until a peak scene of horror well into the story. It must be said, however, that the computer-enhanced creatures don’t look half as interesting as they might have had the filmmakers adhered more to Matheson’s vampire-nightmare vision. "I Am Legend" is ultimately noteworthy for Smith’s remarkable performance as a man so lonely he talks to mannequins in the shops he frequents. The film’s latter half goes too far in portraying Smith’s Neville as a pitiable man with a messianic mission, but this lapse into bathos does nothing to take away from the visual and dramatic accomplishments of its first hour. "--Tom Keogh"

Theatrical: 2001

Studio: Alliance (Universal)

Genre: Drama

Duration: 132

Summary: A mentally retarded man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter, and in the process teaches his cold-hearted lawyer the value of love and family.

Theatrical: 1990

Studio: Sandre Metronome

Genre: Art House & International

Duration: 76

Summary: Finland released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages:
o Danish (subtitles)
o Finnish (subtitles)
o Norwegian (subtitles)
o Swedish (subtitles)
o English (Mono) Synopsis:
After fifteen years' service, Henri Boulanger is made redundant from his job. Shocked, he attempts suicide, but can't go through with it, so he hires a contract killer in a seedy bar to murder him at some unspecified time in the future. But almost immediately he meets and falls in love with Margaret, a flower-seller, which makes Henri realise that his life has some meaning after all. But when he goes back to the bar to cancel the contract, he finds it has been demolished - and there's no way he can get in touch with the killer...
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In this Finnish comedy, which features all-English dialogue and nary a Scandanavian in it, Henri Boulanger (Jean-Pierre Leaud), is a colorless English civil servant, who was given a speedy retirement when his agency was "privatized," complete with a gold watch. His life is so barren that removing even the empty activities of his job makes it not worth living, so he attempts suicide by sticking his head in a gas oven - just as a gas service strike gets underway. Frustrated, he takes his savings from the bank and heads off to hire a contract killer to take his life from him. Then he really begins to enjoy life - so much so, that now he wants to avoid his imminent demise. Special Features:
o Interactive Menu

Theatrical: 2003

Studio: Columbia Pictures Corporation

Genre: Thriller

Duration: 90

Summary: Strangers from all different walks of life: a limo driver escorting a movie star, parents with a young son, a cop transporting a convict, a prostitute, a young couple, and a motel manager are caught up in a nasty rainstorm, stuck at a motel in desolate Nevada. Soon they realize they may be at the motel for another reason when one by one, people start getting killed off. As tensions flare and fingers are pointed, they have to get to the bottom of why they're there. Meanwhile in an undisclosed location, a psychiatrist is trying to prove the innocence of a man accused of murder in an eleventh hour trial. How these two through-lines are related can only be found in Identity.

Theatrical: 1980

Studio:

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 104

Summary:

Theatrical: 1999

Studio: Kinowelt Home Entertainment/DVD

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 91

Summary: Arvid is a regular bank clerk, whose life changes radically when he knocks out the bank robber Franz with his squash racket. A few days later Franz's wife visits him lamenting that she needed the swag for an IVF. To obtain the money Arvid and his criminal brother Harald plan a thievery, which ends bloodily and drags them into real trouble.

Theatrical: 2001

Studio: Criterion Collection

Genre: Art House & International

Duration: 12

Summary: Hong Kong, 1962: Chow Mo-wan and Su Li-zhen move into neighboring apartments on the same day. Their encounters are polite and formal-until a discovery about their respective spouses sparks an intimate bond. At once delicately mannered and visually stunning, Wong Kar-wai's "In the Mood for Love" is a masterful evocation of romantic longing and fleeting moments in time.

Theatrical: 1989

Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment

Genre: Action

Duration: 127

Summary: The daring archaeologist and his father search for the Holy Grail and fight the Nazis.

Theatrical: 1984

Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment

Genre: Action

Duration: 118

Summary: In India, Indiana Jones agrees to look for a village's lost magic stone and in doing so, stumbles on to a secret massive Thuggee cult.

Theatrical: 1981

Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment

Genre: Action

Duration: 115

Summary: Archeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant, before the Nazis...

Theatrical: 2002

Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment

Genre: Crime / Drama

Duration: 101

Summary: With "Infernal Affairs", Hong Kong filmmakers Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak have successfully taken a smart script and a great cast, added some stylistic cinematography, and dual-fistedly given a new twist to a formulaic genre. Lau Kin Ming (Andy Lau), a young, loyal gangster, is ordered by his Triad boss Sam (Eric Tsang) to join the police force. While on the inside the young mole can keep a close eye on police activity, ensuring the gang's activities will not be interrupted. Police Superintendent Wong (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) has a similar plan. He takes a bright, ambitious police cadet Yan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai) and makes him an undercover cop with plans to get him inside the Triads. Years pass and both are now deep into their assigned roles. Undercover cop Yan, more or less living the life of a gangster, is now a member of Boss Sam's group, and "Officer" Lau has all the appearance of a good cop trying to bust up the Triads' drug ring. During a bust that could finally bring down Boss Sam, the moles inadvertently become aware of each other's existence, and each is left wondering who is on the inside. What follows is a unique and exciting twist on the classic cat and mouse chase in which each man is not fighting for his life, but for his anonymity. In addition to its plot twists, what lifts "Infernal Affairs" above the standard cop story is its subtle exploration of the relative nature of good and evil. Part action, part psychological examination, "Infernal Affairs" is a sharp and fresh take on the classic crime story, and the inspiration for a 2006 Martin Scorsese remake ("The Departed"). Not to be missed. "--Rob Bracco"

Theatrical: 2006

Studio: Universal Studios

Genre: Crime

Duration: 129

Summary: Spike Lee scored his biggest hit to date with "Inside Man", an unconventional thriller with fascinating details in the margins of its convoluted plot. The screenplay (by first-timer Russell Gerwitz) could've used a few more rewrites; it moves at a brisk pace but in hindsight a lot of it doesn't make sense. That makes "Inside Man" more fun to watch than to think about afterwards (when you discover plot holes big enough to drive a truck through), but it's curiously involving, especially as NYPD Detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) struggles to outsmart a high-stakes bank robber (Clive Owen) who, along with a well-trained crew of accomplices, has seized control of a Wall Street bank, turning what initially looks like a hostage crisis into a personal crusade to expose some mysterious evil secrets. As you might expect from the director of "Do the Right Thing", Lee seizes several satisfying opportunities to examine post-9/11 issues of racial prejudice and domestic terrorism, and the mysterious "problem solver" Madeline White (Jodie Foster) is worthy of her own movie, as eerily sinister as she is vaguely defined. With the benefit of his most stellar cast to date (including Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe and Chiwetel Ejiofor), Lee's seems more interested in character details than well-crafted suspense, but that doesn't stop "Inside Man" from being engrossing, subtly amusing, and quirky enough to qualify as a welcomed break from the formulaic thrillers that are Hollywood's bread and butter."--Jeff Shannon"

Theatrical: 2002

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Crime

Duration: 118

Summary: Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

Theatrical: 2001

Studio: Lions Gate

Genre: Thriller

Duration: 108

Summary:

Theatrical: 2006

Studio: Haddock Entertainment

Genre: TV Series / Crime

Summary: Jimmy Reardon and Mary Spalding head their respective organizations, Mary as Director of the Organized Crime Unit, Jimmy the boss of his family's organized crime business. Unexpectedly, Mary successfully recruits Jimmy to act as her star individual in the OCU's underground intelligence network on organized crime. However, it's a two-way street as she needs to provide Jimmy with inside information on police knowledge of his businesses. Both Mary and Jimmy need to tread lightly in their relationship while they try and maintain a grip hold on their respective businesses.

Theatrical: 2002

Studio: Columbia Tristar Home Video

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 116

Summary: A confused young man (Marsden) takes a journey on a road that doesn't exist on any map.

Theatrical: 1994

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Drama

Duration: 123

Summary: When it was announced that Tom Cruise would play the vampire Lestat in this adaptation of Anne Rice's bestselling novel, even Rice chimed in with a highly publicised objection. The author wisely and justifiably recanted her negative opinion when she saw Cruise's excellent performance, which perceptively addresses the pain and chronic melancholy that plagues anyone cursed with immortal bloodlust. Brad Pitt and Kirsten Dunst are equally good at maintaining the dark and brooding tone of Rice's novel. And in this rare mainstream project for a major studio, director Neil Jordan compensates for a lumbering plot by honouring the literate, Romantic qualities of Rice's screenplay. Considered a disappointment while being embraced by Rice's loyal followers, "Interview with the Vampire" is too slow to be a satisfying thriller, but it is definitely one of the most lavish, intelligent horror films ever made. "--Jeff Shannon"

Theatrical: 2007

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Genre: Sci-Fi

Duration: 99

Summary: While returning to Earth, the space-bus explodes and the fragments bring an alien virus that recodes the human DNA. In Washington, the psychiatrist Carol Bennell observes the modification of the behavior of one of her clients first, then in her former husband and finally in the population in general. Together with her friend Dr. Ben Driscoll the researcher Dr. Stephen Galeano, they discover that the extraterrestrial epidemic affects human beings while sleeping and that her son Ollie, who had chickenpox when he was a baby, is immune to the disease and may save mankind from the outbreak.

Theatrical: 2008

Studio: Mandarin Films Distribution Co.

Genre: Action

Duration: 105

Summary:

Theatrical: 2001

Studio: Miramax

Genre: Drama

Duration: 91

Summary: True story of the lifelong romance between novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her battle with Alzheimer's disease.

Theatrical: 2005

Studio: Video Collection Int. Ltd.

Genre: TV Series / Comedy

Duration: 148

Summary: I would give it 4 just for the old school computer game stuff that happens as you choose episodes and for small areas of attention to computer geek detail that occur. Or I may give it 4 because the writer Graham Linehan also reviewed it and corrected an error in a review, in its self funny. It is not perfect and its a bit slapstick in the way Red Dwarf is, but it is funny and it gets better the more you see. You cant judge it on the odd episode but the series as a whole. The next series should be much better but if you are a geek, or maybe like computers a bit too much, like Chris Morris, red Dwarf, Hyperdrive, Father ted then you will like this. The DVD is good as a product in iots own and it a million miles better than a lot of chaff that maks the screens. I would maybe say the word cult perhaps. download version 1.0 now.

Theatrical: 2006

Studio: 2 Entertain Video

Genre: TV Series / Comedy

Duration: 141

Summary: Graham Linehan here, writer of 'The It Crowd'. I just wanted to assure everyone that the DVD problems mentioned by some reviewers here have been fixed. We had a technical report back recently which says that there are no longer any compatibility issues and it plays on all players. They are running off new stock now and it will be ready by 31st Oct. If you want to be really safe, don't put your orders in until then.

In the meantime, however, if you do have one of the afflicted DVDs, please bear in mind this very simple fix. Using your remote control, turn the subtitles on, then off again. After that, it should play normally. THIS IS NOT A GAG. It really does work.



Thank you and I hope you enjoy the show!



Five stars!

Theatrical: 2001

Studio: Walt Disney Video

Genre: Art House & International

Duration: 97

Summary: Not your usual lighthearted romance, Lone Sherfig's heartwarming comedy warms the usually chilly Dogme 95 world of prickly eccentrics and damaged souls with a glowing sense of hope and passion. A belligerent restaurant manager, a repressed hotelier, a lonely hairdresser, and a clumsy, childlike bakery clerk are among the lonely thirtysomethings who escape the social disasters and comic chaos of their unfulfilled lives in an Italian-language evening course. It becomes a place to dream and to heal emotional wounds (and they have more than their fair share of scars). Sherfig manages to turn the familiar social landscape of films as "The Celebration" and "The King Is Alive"--fractured families, abusive parents, tragic pasts--into a backdrop for romantic comedy. If not exactly profound, "Italian for Beginners" remains a sweet, hopeful, and affirming tale of eccentrics who find friendship, family, and romance while learning the language of love. "--Sean Axmaker"

Theatrical: 1969

Studio: Paramount

Genre: Action & Adventure

Duration: 99

Summary: Internal countercasting is a big plus in this caper comedy: where else are you going to find Benny Hill and Michael Caine in the same movie? Peter Collinson directs those two as well as Noel Coward, Raf Vallone, Rossano Brazzi, and Irene Handl in a story about the effort to steal gold bullion from the town of Turin. Screenwriter Troy Kennedy Martin eschews heist film tradition by placing more emphasis on the gang's getaway than on the complex robbery itself. The film's main claim to comic fame is a wild chase scene set against an enormous traffic jam. The rest of the movie is less memorable, but that extended action sequence is well worth the wait. "--Tom Keogh"

Theatrical: 2003

Studio: Paramount

Genre: Adventure

Duration: 111

Summary: Based on a 1969 Michael Caine film of the same name, thieves plan to pull of the heist of their lives by creating Los Angeles largest traffic jam ever.