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Theatrical: 1985

Studio: Morningstar

Genre: Animation

Duration: 25

Summary: Volume One: Double Play: Bert and Cedric compete for a baseball contract with the famous ¿Mammoth Mudhens¿. The Sweet Smell of Success: In a twist of fate, Bert becomes Cyril¿s media spokesman. Blast from the Past: Melissa fights her fear of flying to save Bert and Cedric. DVD Special Features: Cast Bios Animated Menus Create a Scene - Be An Animator! Easter Eggs Animation Cells & Director's Notes Exclusive never-before-seen artwork QuickTime Movie Line Tests - artist's drawings of actual scenes Computer wallpaper.

Theatrical: 2001

Studio: Paramount

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 112

Summary: A Las Vegas casino magnate, determined to find a new avenue for wagering, sets up a race for money.

Theatrical: 2007

Studio: Walt Disney Video

Genre: Kids & Family

Duration: 111

Summary: One key point: if you can get over the natural gag reflex of seeing hundreds of rodents swarming over a restaurant kitchen, you will be free to enjoy the glory of "Ratatouille", a delectable Pixar hit. Our hero is Remy, a French rat (voiced by Patton Oswalt) with a cultivated palate, who rises from his humble beginnings to become head chef at a Paris restaurant. How this happens is the stuff of Pixar magic, that ineffable blend of headlong comedy, seamless technology, and wonder (in the latter department, this movie's views of nighttime Paris are on a par with French cinema at its most lyrical). Director Brad Bird ("The Incredibles") doesn't quite keep all his spinning plates in the air, but the gags are great and the animation amazingly expressive--Remy's shrugs and nods are nimbler than many flesh-and-blood actors can manage. Refreshingly, the movie's characters aren't celebrity-reliant, with the most recognizable voice coming from Peter O'Toole's snide food critic. (This fellow provides the film's sole sour note--an oddly pointed slap at critics, those craven souls who have done nothing but rave about Pixar's movies over the years.) Brad Bird's style is more quick-hit and less resonant than the approach of Pixar honcho John Lasseter, but it's hard to complain about a movie that cooks up such bountiful pleasure. "--Robert Horton"

Theatrical: 2001

Studio: Sony Pictures

Genre: Crime

Duration: 115

Summary: She is almost deaf and she lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.

Theatrical: 2006

Studio: Sony Pictures

Genre: Anime

Duration: 91

Summary: Satoshi Kon's third feature (following "Perfect Blue" and "Millennium Actress") confirms his status as one of the most interesting directors working in anime. "Tokyo Godfathers" centers on three homeless people: Hana, a flamboyant ex-drag entertainer; Gin, an alcoholic former bicycle racer; and Miyuki, a sullen teenage runaway. Their tenuous existence becomes more chaotic when they set out to find the parents of an abandoned baby on Christmas Eve. They scream insults as they confront the lies they've told each other--and themselves--about the past. Yet they remain curiously endearing and even noble. All three care passionately about the abandoned infant, and they love each other, although they're loath to admit it. Kon skillfully uses color to suggest the bitter winter cold and the characters' alienation. "Tokyo Godfathers" shows that battling the inner demons that led these three characters to skid row can be a more daunting challenge than fighting aliens and cyborgs. (Rated PG-13: profanity, violence, tobacco and alcohol use) "--Charles Solomon"

Theatrical: 2003

Studio: Umvd/Visual Entertai

Genre: Drama

Duration: 91

Summary: Reconstruction follows Alex, a photographer, and beautiful Aimee, who meet by chance and fall in love in the course of one intense day. Their feelings are put to the test as the world around them becomes more and more alien in the labyrinthine Copenhagen. They stake their existence and find themselves in a free fall, with Alex facing the question of how far he is willing to go for true love.

Theatrical: 2003

Studio: Walt Disney Video

Genre: Thriller

Duration: 115

Summary: "Nothing is as it seems" in "The Recruit", a guessing-game thriller that employs plot twists and conflicting loyalties as its primary raison d'être. Surrounded by potential deception, a newly recruited CIA officer (Colin Farrell) must determine if his manipulative instructor (Al Pacino) is being honest when he identifies Farrell's fellow recruit and love interest (Bridget Moynihan) as an enemy "mole" assigned to steal a dangerous computer virus from CIA headquarters. While claiming to offer an insider's look at CIA training methods, this engrossing yet ultimately predictable plot is pure Hollywood fantasy; any resemblance to reality is purely coincidental, leaving the perpetually unshaven and scruffily coiffed Farrell to fend for himself in Pacino's cynical arena while tracing his familial roots in the spy game. Wearing its cleverness on its sleeve, "The Recruit" is an adequately elaborate puzzle of perceptions. "Everything is a test," as Farrell soon realizes, and attentive viewers will enjoy piecing it all together. "--Jeff Shannon"

Theatrical: 1982

Studio: Ilc

Genre: Documentary

Duration: 91

Summary:

Theatrical: 2006

Studio: Fox Pathé Europa

Genre: Enfants, Jeunesse et Famille

Duration: 105

Summary: Ce film est à l'animation ce que le Noir & Blanc est à la photographie, puissance dix: élégance, atmosphère, intensité. Le contraste extrême entre les deux valeurs lumineuses (il n' a pas de gris, pas de nuances) nous aspire irrésistiblement dans un univers tissé de reflets et d'ombres purs, un jeu subtile et lancinant tant il est sobre en son principe, comme une douleur électrique qu'on ne peut localiser avec certitude. C'est le paradoxe des opposés: on navigue de l'un à l'autre, on rebrousse chemin, on se perd, on s'étourdit, on s'envivre, on sombre bien volontiers dans ce tourbillon visuel.

Ah, j'oubliais: l'histoire est aussi très bien ficelée, mais c'est à vous de la découvrir :)

Theatrical: 2000

Studio: Lions Gate

Genre: Drama

Duration: 102

Summary: The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island individuals are shattered when their addictions become stronger.

Theatrical: 1992

Studio: Ufa/DVD

Genre: Crime

Duration: 99

Summary: They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realise one of them is a police informer. But which one?

Theatrical: 2002

Studio: Sony Pictures

Genre: Action & Adventure

Duration: 100

Summary: Marilyn Manson worked on the soundtrack, so it's no surprise that "Resident Evil" is best enjoyed by headbangers, goth guys, and PlayStation junkies. Like the interactive game it's based on, this horror hybrid pits a small band of SWAT-like commandos (including Milla Jovovich and "Girlfight"'s Michelle Rodriguez) against a ravenous hoard of zombies, resulting in a gorefest that only sociopaths could love. The tenacious heroes are trapped inside the Hive--an underground complex where an evil corporation conducts illegal research with a deadly virus--and the zombies (reanimated corpses of sacrificed employees) are fodder for endless rounds of gunfire. It's utter nonsense (not unlike director Paul W.S. Anderson's previous "Event Horizon"), so your best defense is to wallow in it or avoid this trash altogether. A few cool sequences are borrowed from better films (that slice-and-dice laser is cribbed from the 1998 Canadian shocker "Cube"), but if you're in the mood for heavy-metal carnage, this movie's for you. "--Jeff Shannon"

Theatrical: 2004

Studio: Screen Gems

Genre: Action & Adventure

Duration: 94

Summary: 2002's popular video-game-derived hit "Resident Evil" didn't inspire confidence in a sequel, but "Resident Evil: Apocalypse" defies odds and surpasses expectations. It's a bigger, better, action-packed zombie thriller, and this time Milla Jovovich (as the first film's no-nonsense heroine) is joined by more characters from the popular Capcom video games, including Jill Valentine (played by British hottie Sienna Guillory) and Carlos Olivera (Oded Fehr, from 1999's "The Mummy"). They're armed and ready for a high-caliber encounter with devil dogs, mutant "Lickers," lurching zombies, and the leather-clad monster known only as Nemesis, unleashed by the nefarious Umbrella Corporation responsible for creating the cannibalistic undead horde. Having gained valuable experience as a respected second-unit director on high-profile films like "Gladiator" and "The Bourne Identity", director Alexander Witt elevates this junky material to the level of slick, schlocky entertainment. "--Jeff Shannon"

Theatrical: 2007

Studio: Sony Pictures

Genre: Art House & International

Duration: 94

Summary: The third installment in the massively popular film series based on Capcom's zombie horror/science fiction games, "Resident Evil: Extinction" brings the world to an end, not with a whimper but a bang, as Milla Jovovich's Alice pits her bio-organic superskills against armies of the undead in a post-apocalyptic Las Vegas. Also on hand is a more grown-up version of the games' Claire Redfield (played by "Heroes"' Ali Larter), who leads a convoy of humans (among them "Resident Evil" vets Oded Fehr and Mike Epps, who reprise their roles as Carlos and LJ, as well as newcomers Ashanti and Spencer Locke) in search of sanctuary; meanwhile, sinister Umbrella Corporation scientist Dr. Sam Isaacs (Iain Glen) seeks a cure for the zombie virus outbreak via Alice's blood, which he taps via a lab full of clones. Subtlety has never been the "Resident Evil" series' strong suit, but it's hard to argue against "Extinction"'s breakneck pace and impressive CG special effects; director Russell Mulcahy (the "Highlander" series) lends a lot of verve to the proceedings, and the script by producer Paul W.S. Anderson pulls in agreeable touches from "The Road Warrior" and "Day of the Dead". A hit during the summer of 2007, "Extinction" should please series devotees and action-horror fans alike; the DVD includes commentary by Mulcahy, Anderson, and co-producer Jeremy Bolt, as well as several making-of featurettes, and a glimpse at the next entry in the "Resident Evil" franchise, the CG-only "Degeneration". "-- Paul Gaita"

Theatrical: 1983

Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)

Genre: Action & Adventure

Duration: 90

Summary: The Ninja are back! Brandishing swords and fists, leaping and kicking, wielding blow darts and explosives, they know a thousand ways to kill. Martial arts legend Sho Kosugi delivers a heart-pounding display of strength, speed and lethal Ninja know-how in this action-packed thriller that 'takes us back to the good old days of the kung fu extravaganza (Screen International). When a band of Ninja assassins slaughters the family of Cho Osaki (Kosugi), he flees to America in the hopeof building a new life. A former Ninja himself, Osaki tries to escape his deadly past but soon discovers he has become the pawn of a ruthless drug traffickeran American Ninja intent on killing anyone who crosses his path...including Osaki!

Theatrical: 2002

Studio: New Line Home Video

Genre: Drama

Duration: 110

Summary: Tom Ripley persuades a man to commit a murder for a large sum of money. The situation goes out of control, and that man must escape trouble.

Theatrical: 2003

Studio: G.C.T.H.V.

Genre: Comedy

Summary:

Theatrical: 2002

Studio: Dreamworks Video

Genre: Crime

Duration: 117

Summary: Bonds of loyalty are put to the test when a hitman's son witnesses what his father does for a living.

Theatrical: 1999

Studio: BBC Warner

Genre: Animation

Duration: 29

Summary: Robbie, an out-of-condition reindeer, tries to earn a place on Santa's crack sleigh team.

Theatrical: 2002

Studio:

Genre: Animation

Duration: 30

Summary:

Theatrical: 2001

Studio: EMI

Genre: Music

Duration: 100

Summary:

Theatrical: 2002

Studio: Music Video Distribu

Genre: Music

Duration: 120

Summary: Following the world-wide success of Robbie Williams "Escapology" (close to SIX MILLION sold so far), this new DVD now gives fans over 120 minutes of out takes, interviews, unseen footage and, of course, Robbie's acclaimed performance that was the 90-minute UK TV Special from December 2002. The Robbie Williams Show DVD features an extra 30 minutes of live footage not shown on the original UK broadcast (ncluding four additional songs) PLUS a "behind the scenes" documentary and interactive Robbie game.

Theatrical: 1993

Studio: 20th Century Fox

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 104

Summary: It's not "Blazing Saddles", but there are some chuckles to be found in Mel Brooks's 1993 spoof of the Robin Hood legend. Cary Elwes is Robin (with a lighthearted jab at Kevin Costner's bad English accent in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"), while Richard Lewis plays an angst-ridden King John, and Roger Rees a snotty Sheriff of Nottingham. Comic David Chappelle has some good moments as the only black member of Robins's noble thieves, and Brooks does his own spin on Friar Tuck: Rabbi Tuchman. The song-and-dance sequences featuring a chorus line of the Merry Men ("We're men / men in tights") is vintage Brooks, but otherwise the film can't get any traction. "--Tom Keogh"

Theatrical: 2002

Studio: Sony

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 126

Summary: Sharper and deeper than Robin Williams's previous road material, "Live on Broadway" is a mature comedian's view of all things to do with power, prejudice, and paranoia in the 21st century. On the anthrax scare of 2001: "The Senate cleared out of their building but told the rest of us, 'Get on with your normal lives!'" On his solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict over Jerusalem: "Time share!" On the pitfalls of America's deepening alliance with Britain: "The House of Commons is like Congress with a two-drink minimum." A viewer may have to slog through Williams's tedious breast fetishism, but patience is quickly rewarded with bitchy takes on Martha Stewart facing prison, solid satire about French existentialist judges at the Olympics, and subversive op-eds about the Bush administration's inability to clarify terrorist threats to the public ("Has the CIA become the Central Intuitive Agency?"). "--Tom Keogh"

Theatrical: 2005

Studio: Turner Home Ent

Genre: Animation

Duration: 540

Summary: Take the stop-motion animated toy action of "Kablam!" and the pell-mell-paced gag barrage of, say, "Laugh-In" and you've got the fast and furiously funny "Robot Chicken", the addictive addition to Cartoon Network's Adult Swim late-night lineup. Co-created by geek-God Seth Green and filmmaker Matthew Senreich, "Robot Chicken" episodes run a scant 12 minutes or so, which invites repeat viewings to catch what you missed during the channel-flipping mayhem through TV, movie, and commercial parodies, and non-sequitur blackouts, all acted out by dolls and action figures. To truly appreciate this series, it helps to have a "Family Guy" grasp on pop-culture trivia, although you need not remember the failed TV series "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" to enjoy "Two Kirks (Admiral James T. and Cameron), a Khan and a Pizza Place." Suffice to say, if you grew up with the Transformers, Voltron, He-Man, and the Care Bears, you'll cackle loudly at "Robot Chicken". Each episode is hit and miss, with moments that border on mad genius, such as "The Diary of Anne Frank" re-imagined as a vehicle for Hilary Duff, or a sketch involving the Tooth Fairy and a little boy whose happiness is short-lived as his parents brutally bicker off camera. It may just live up to its billing as "the darkest sketch in television history."
Other moments to remember: actress Rachael Leigh Cook (voiced by herself) gets carried away during a "This is your brain on heroin" PSA; the shape-shifting superhero adventures of Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen; a popsicle-stick adaptation of "Debbie Does Dallas"; and a "Behind the Music" devoted to Muppet house band the Electric Mayhem. "Robot Chicken"'s coolness cache extends to its voice cast, including Sarah Michelle Gellar, "Family Guy" creator Seth McFarlane, Mark Hamill, and Macauley Culkin. This two-disc set hatches a wealth of archival goodies, including deleted scenes and "animatics," behind-the-scenes footage of animation meetings, and alternate audio takes. "Robot Chicken" is a fowl ball! "--Donald Liebenson"

Theatrical: 1990

Studio: Image Entertainment

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 117

Summary: Two minor characters from the play, "Hamlet" stumble around unaware of their scripted lives and unable to deviate from them.

Theatrical: 1991

Studio: A&E Home Video

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 55

Summary: Some may be wondering, I know I was. This edition contains the US version, which ends with the drum skit which is not in the UK version, But the DVD also contains as Bonus Features the skits that were in the UK version but not on the US. So it's the best of both worlds!



I'd seen the US version long ago on television, then managed to aquire a copy of the UK version, not knowing they were different, and I've thought I've been dreaming the drum skit all this time. It's nice to finally have everyting in a nice DVD presentation. This is one of my favorite comedy DVDs.

Theatrical: 2001

Studio: Walt Disney Video

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 109

Summary: An estranged family of former child prodigies reunites when one of their member announces he has a terminal illness.

Theatrical: 2004

Studio: Crystal Films

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 98

Summary:

Theatrical: 2008

Studio: DreamWorks SKG

Genre: Horror

Duration: 93

Summary: Whether you consider plants a source of terror or not will ultimately determine how you feel about the grisly horror movie "The Ruins", but director Carter Smith and his cast and crew certainly give their all in bringing the chills of Scott Smith's novel to the big screen. Jena Malone ("Saved") and Shawn Ashmore (the "X-Men" franchise) are the name actors in a pair of American couples down Mexico way who are ambushed by hostile Mayans and forced to the top of an ancient temple, where a monstrous and diabolically clever entity awaits them. Director Smith and his talented crew (which includes cinematographer Darius Khondji of "Se7en" fame and composer Graeme Revell) create a visually impressive spookshow but can't quite deliver genuine suspense (gore, however, is handled capably), and Scott Smith's script boils away much of the character development and mounting terror in his book, which also strands the likeable cast. The movie's monster, so alarming and imaginative in the original novel, is likely to provoke as many laughs as screams from filmgoers, especially when it reveals its unique talent. " -- Paul Gaita"

Theatrical: 2000

Studio: Anime Works

Genre: Anime / Manga

Duration: 675

Summary: i just got mines today this was a great deal, i got mine from got-anime

i love rurouni kenshin

Theatrical: 2003

Studio: Warner Home Video

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 56

Summary: What a huge disappointment! This is absolute drivle!
A rehash of the original with mostly the old 'Rutles' clips with the odd rejected one thrown in this time.
Lots of new interviews with Steve Allen, Steve Martin et al but so what.
A missed opportunity by Mr Idle whose interview and presentation styles have both improved enormously since the first episode.
Save your money and by yourself a lunch instead of this rubbish!

Theatrical: 1978

Studio: Rhino Video

Genre: Comedy

Duration: 76

Summary: Originally hatched in 1978 as a short film parody for "Saturday Night Live", this expanded, 70-minute mockumentary on a trend-setting quartet of British mop-tops bloomed into one of Eric Idle's better projects outside Monty Python. Taking the career (and hagiography) of the Beatles and inverting them quite nicely, Idle conjures up four doppelgangers who offer the familiar mannerisms but practically none of the intelligence of their models. If that sounds like the same gag that powered "This Is Spinal Tap" (which emerged six years later), it is, with the crucial difference that Idle's lampoon is precise where "Tap" was consciously generic.
In telling the saga of the Rutles, Idle (who doubles as earnest narrator and McCartney-esque Rutle Dirk McQuigley) works from a rich and immediately familiar trove of pop lore, and he has a ball revisiting and reinventing milestones from the Fab Four's fabled history. The attention to period detail helps elevate the gags further, but Idle's real secret weapon is Neil Innes, standing in as Ron Nasty, the Rutles' answer to John Lennon: it's Innes who serves as the musical architect for the wonderful Beatles parodies that give "All You Need Is Cash" a delicious kick, and Innes, a one-time principal in the legendary Bonzo Dog Band, is gifted enough to capture the band's lyricism and energy as well as their shifting sense of style.
With the blessing and on-camera participation of George Harrison, and wry cameos from Mick Jagger and Paul Simon, "All You Need Is Cash" is a perfect companion to the Beatles' own glorious screen comedies and a great antidote to sanctimonious pop documentaries. "--Sam Sutherland"