Brideshead RevisitedDirected by Julian Jarrold
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Inspired by the best-selling novel, Brideshead Revisited is a riveting drama of love, power and betrayal, featuring stunning performances by Academy Award(R) winner Emma Thompson (Best Actress, Howards End, 1992) and Matthew Goode (The Lookout). When the charming aristcrat Sebastian invites Charles Ryder to his family's estate, Charles becomes seduced by the opulent lifestyle of the Marchmain family, and by Julia, Sebastian's sister. As their romance deepens, repercussions follow, and Charles discovers that at Brideshead, love, money and power come at a price. It's a spellbinding story you'll want to revisit again and again.
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A fantastic and beautiful film. There are differences from the novel and drama series but on its own, enjoyed it a lot!
The film is quite epic as it's filmed in the UK, Venice and Morocco and there are so many beautiful locations indoor and outdoor, "Brideshead Revisited" is rather ambitious. Each person is cast pretty well with Matthew Goode, having to use less dialogue and reading his emotions through his facial expressions. Emma Thompson, Ben Whishaw and Hayley Atwell did a remarkable job with their role and overall, the film was a good story about family and the pressures of that time of socioeconomic times when people were judged by the places they lived, the clothes they wear and where religion was strictly enforced and sinful ways were intolerable. But to see how a family would change once Charles enters their life. Is he their poison or is he giving them a chance to live free?
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AppaloosaDirected by Ed Harris
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #15 in DVD
- Released on: 2009-01-13
- Rating: R (Restricted)
- Formats: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Subtitled in: English, Spanish
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 115 minutes
Law, honor and the old west.
Apaloosa, a story of two law men for hire who saunter into a small town looking for the murderer of the previous marshall, is simply one of the best. A great western with great writing, and outstanding acting. A must have for western lovers or lovers of cinima!
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Tyler Perry's Marriage CounselorDirected by Nzingha Stewart
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #111 in DVD
- Released on: 2009-01-13
- Rating: Unrated
- Formats: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Subtitled in: English, Spanish
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 17 minutes
Tha Marriage Counselor is awesome
My husband and I went and seen this play live and it was another wonderful play by Tyler Perry. He is amazing and always right on point. This is a must see and I will definetly be buying the dvd in january.
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My Bloody ValentineDirected by George Mihalka
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #181 in DVD
- Released on: 2009-01-13
- Rating: R (Restricted)
- Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
- Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Subtitled in: English
- Dubbed in: French
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 91 minutes
Don't wast a second. If you're a fan you need this cut of the film ASAP so click below and get to ordering. For the purists out there the original theatrical cut is also included but I'm thinking you're never going to watch that again. I know I'm not. Spread the word, and rejoice! Harry Warden's original rampage is back with a blood-soaked vengeance! 2009 is looking pretty sweet already!
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Captains and the KingsDirected by Douglas Heyes, Allen Reisner
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NBC's First Mini-Series Event - Starring Richard Jordan in his Golden Globe Award-Winning Role
The Rags to Riches Story of an American Dynasty - Based on the Best-Selling Novel by Taylor Caldwell
Winner of Two Emmy Awards including Outstanding Lead Actress (Patty Duke) and Cinematography
Determined to create a better life for his family, Joseph Armagh (Richard Jordan), a penniless Irish immigrant, comes to America in the mid-19th century. Through struggle, heartache and ruthless perseverance, he becomes one of the richest and most powerful men in the country. But fortune has its price as Joseph's arrogance and obsession to have his son Rory (Perry King) elected president ultimately lead to his downfall.
DVD EXTRA: Exclusive Interview with Blair Brown
Customer ReviewsWOW, finally here!
I don't understand why the owners didn't publish this FANTASTIC series sooner.
I mentioned it to many people but no one has seen nor heard about this series. You have to be 'old' enough to remember :)
There is not much I can add to the previous comments, but one:
Buy it!
Don't even hesitate a minute.
This is how movies should be made. Story is superb and it's transfer to movie is flawless. Richard Jordan became one of my favorite after this series. What a great actor!
I guarantee that you'll be riveted to the screen and want to watch all of it!
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Family That Preys (Widescreen Edition)Directed by Tyler Perry
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Academy Award®-winner Kathy Bates (Lead Actress, Misery, 1990) and Academy Award®-nominee Alfre Woodard (Supporting Actress, Cross Creek, 1983) star as the matriarchs of two very different families being torn apart by greed and scandal in the contemporary drama Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys. The sixth feature film by Perry chronicles the inner workings of two families—one upper-crust and the other working class—that become inextricably linked by scandal. Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and her dear friend Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children’s extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice’s self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is betraying her trusting husband Chris (Rockmond Dunbar) by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mother’s best friend’s son William (Cole Hauser). While cheating on his wife Jillian (KaDee Strickland) with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William’s true focus is to replace the COO of his mother’s lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice’s other daughter Pam (Taraji P. Henson), a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker (Tyler Perry), tries to steer the family in a more positive direction. While paternity secrets, marital infidelity, greed and unsavory business dealings threaten to derail both families, Charlotte and Alice decide to take a breather from it all by making a cross-country road trip in which they rediscover themselves and possibly find a way to save their families from ruin in Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys.
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A Must See
From start to finish, this film will captivate the mind of the viewer enrapturing them into the lives of these versatile characters as they deal with the good, the bad, and the ugly. This is the best TP film to date...and that's saying a whole lot, since "Why Did I Get Married" was considered to be one of his greatest. The plot is incredible, and the twist and turns of this tale will bring about many unexpected outcomes. I loved this film, and I can't wait for this DVD to be released so I could enjoy it some more.
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Swing VoteDirected by Joshua Michael Stern
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Kevin Costner stars in Swing Vote, a clever, feel-good "landslide comedy winner. So funny and inspiring, you'll stand up and cheer!" (Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com). Bud Johnson's an ordinary dad drifting through life, caring about nothing except his overachieving daugther Molly. Trying to encourage him to get involved, Molly accidentally sets off a chain of events on Election Day that ends with the presidential race coming down to one vote -- Bud's. Comedic chaos ensues as Kelsey Grammer, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Stanley Tucci and George Lopez give all-star support in a witty and uplifting film that's "charming, funny, smart, touching and profound!" (Scott Mantz, Access Hollywood).
The ghost of Frank Capra is summoned up in Swing Vote, a populist comedy about the U.S. presidential election--because of an electoral deadlock--coming down to one man, one vote. Alarmingly (for the future of the world), that one man is Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner), a beer-swilling, newly-unemployed divorced dad in Texico, New Mexico. Bud's got a week to re-cast his flawed ballot, so the entire election process--including the two candidates, played by Kelsey Grammer and Dennis Hopper--descends on Texico for an orgy of campaign flapdoodle. Costner tries hard (probably too hard) to be the irresponsible good ol' boy, the kind of role he used to be able to handle with ease; by contrast, the composed Madeline Carroll, as his Little Miss Sunshiny daughter, comes off as a model of naturalism. Except for some pointed commercials, in which the candidates sell out their values to appeal to Bud's whimsical opinions on issues such as abortion and gay marriage, the movie's political bite is remarkably toothless. Both Stanley Tucci and Nathan Lane are in the groove as cutthroat campaign managers, and the movie is jolted out of its beery idle with a late one-scene performance by Mare Winningham. There's an interesting film trying to climb out of Swing Vote, but it needs Frank Capra to kick it into shape. --Robert Horton
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One Man, One Vote, Four Stars
Think back to the 2000 election and the Florida recount. A long process that when all was said and done, declared George W. Bush as President of the United States. Now, imagine that instead of one state, the country's fate depends on the vote of one man. Highly unlikely it may seem, which is why it's the basis for a movie. That movie is "Swing Vote."
That one man is Bud Johnson (Kevin Costner), a big time drinker and recently unemployed. He really doesn't think too much about politics, but is smart and overly patriotic daughter Molly (Madeline Carroll) is very much into politics, especially the presidential race. Her patriotism and political concern pay off as she convinces her father to perform his civic duty. Due to a series of rather unfortunate events and a voting booth "malfunction" Bud's vote does not count leaving the presidential race in a tie, which attracts the attention of the media and the candidates.
"Swing Vote" does involve some serious issues; illegal immigration and unemployment just to name a couple, and it also brings up a serious theme, that every vote counts, but it does have its funny moments. Some campaign ads that are put together to entice our sole voter come to mind. The performances from Carroll and Costner were both very true to life. Costner as the boozing, unemployed single parent struggling to make ends meet and Carroll as the young daughter with too much weight on her shoulders.
A good movie is one that moves you, disturbs you or makes you think. "Swing Vote" has the capability to do all three, but ultimately it makes you think more than anything el
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Little Britain USA (HBO series)From HBO
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- Amazon Sales Rank: #494 in DVD
- Released on: 2009-01-13
- Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Formats: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Original language: English
- Number of discs: 2
- Running time: 180 minutes
British sketch comedy that arrives like a zombie attack
Matt Lucas and David Willams mastered fat suits, grotesque teeth and dirty, stringy hair to create a cast of social misfits that are as painful to look at as they are rudely funny.
Put the kids to bed. Forgive the laugh track. And you'll quickly discover the best sketch comedy isn't on "Saturday Night Live" or "Mad TV" but rather arrives like a zombie attack from Britain.
Of course, Lucas and Williams share a demented kinship with other outlandish comedies, including The League of Gentlemen and Trailer Park Boys as well as feature films Borat and Tropic Thunder.
In my Amazon review of Tropic Thunder I wrote, "You'll laugh but this movie isn't for the easily offended. Heck, even a few hard-to-offend viewers will cringe, too. A comedy hasn't had this much in-your-face political incorrectness since Blazing Saddles.''
Mel Brooks must be pleased to see so many comedians and sketch-comedy writers so willingly drop-kicking political correctness for a good, sometimes grotesque, laugh.
I encourage you to watch the original series, Little Britain: The Complete Collection, which is funnier than this American version in much the same way The Office - The Complete Collection compares with the NBC version, The Office.
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Tess of the d'UrbervillesFrom BBC Warner
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Ten years have passed since the BBC last produced Tess of the d’Urbervilles, then starring Justine Waddell, and this new four-episode miniseries based on Thomas Hardy’s Victorian novel does well, again, by sticking closely to the original plot. Gemma Arterton this time brilliantly portrays Tess Durbeyfield, a character whose blend of naiveté and sexual allure makes her a guy magnet. Arterton’s long, dark hair and fair skin alone are the model of Gothic beauty, and her acting imbues Tess with the sweetness that helps maintain viewer sympathies as Tess embarks on a road of endless hardship. As the story is chock full of heated drama, each hourlong installment shows how Tess endures drastic emotional and social life change, leaving one feeling both exhausted for her and craving to witness more of her strength. As far as literary characters go, Tess warns young women to the wild ways of men and inspires all to strive for honesty. The morality implicit to the story is made apparent in this BBC version, and leaves the viewer questioning the effectiveness of Tess’s stringent moral sense, especially by today’s different sexual standards. Tess, in 2008, seems permanently punished for something that not only was not her fault, but also that may be unfortunately more common than perhaps it once was, namely teenage pregnancy. Episode One launches directly into Tess’s early meeting of her true love, the seemingly heroic Angel Clare (Eddie Redmayne). But her family’s poverty trumps the crush; once her robust parents John Durbeyfield (Ian Puleston-Davies) and Joan Durbeyfield (Ruth Jones) discover their hereditary ties to the royal d’Urbervilles, they send Tess off to a mansion to inquire for work. It is there that she encounters the villainous predator, Alec d’Urberville (Hans Matheson), and the tensions between a story about an upwardly mobile lady and a lady doomed by fate begins to take hold. The loss of Tess’ child and Tess’ inability to gain respect following her un-Christian motherhood comprise the next two episodes’ story. In these, we witness women bonding against a society of men who judge Tess too harshly. There are her loving sisters, like Liza-Lu (Jo Woodcock), and the girlfriends who support her through her milkmaid career and worse. As Tess, however, reunites with Angel and agrees to marry him, tragedy is foreshadowed by her dearest friend, Retty Priddle (Emily Beecham), who withers from jealousy. The closer Tess comes to happiness, the more those around her suffer. Once Tess experiences an ultimate shunning, without giving away too much, dire circumstances prevail.
Episode Four reminds the viewer of the destructive aspects of Tess’ aggressors, Alec and Groby (Christopher Fairbank), her employer who works her like a horse. By the time forgiveness arrives for Tess, it is too late. This version of the story explores less its sexual connotations, as does Roman Polanski’s Tess, relying more heavily on the scales shifting hour to hour from fortune to failure and back. The whole viewing is a roller coaster ride, well-worth every moment to be reminded of the ways this classic tale lives on in its application to contemporary life. --Trinie Dalton
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A Haunting Story
I've never read the book before, and this was my first time watching a film adaptation of this story. Its funny because I accidentally started watching it, but within a few minutes I found myself captivated by this movie. By the end of the first two hours I found myself hating Alec for what he did to Tess. However, near the end I almost started liking him, which really surprised me. Even though he was a bad person his character was a tortured soul. He cared for Tess as much as he could care for anyone. He even tried to make things right by marrying her. I actually felt sorry for him as she kept rejecting him. I knew that he had never changed, but I felt that he really did care for her. Perhaps it was more so lust than true love that he had for her. I also felt sorry for Tess. I felt sorry for both of them if that is possible. I didn't quite understand the whole mistress thing though. I came to the conclusion that he wanted to marry her, but he couldn't because she was legally still married to Angel. She was his only lover though, so in theory they were married, but just not legally. Perhaps Alec didn't deserve death either. He told her that her husband wouldn't come back, but even Tess thought he wouldn't come back. I didn't think he was coming back either. I understand that she was exacting revenge upon the man who had essentially ruined her life. However, she also played a part in her own destruction. I felt her biggest downfall was telling Angel about her past. I suppose that was part of her characteristic purity. Angel was not as effective of a character as Tess, or Alec. I didn't hate him, or like him much. He was a wet mop of a character. His weakness was interesting though because it almost made it seem that Alec was more in love with Tess, or at least more passionate. Fate played a large part in everything else that happened to Tess. It seemed as though the murder of Alec was her way of finally taking fate into her own hands. Anyway, this movie had me crying for quite a while. The ending where she recreates the May Dance scene was also tragic. The only way for her to have had a happy ending would have been if Angel had fallen in love with her before she fell from grace. I took peace in the fact that at least she was set free in the end. In any case, this is a haunting story that lingers in the mind.
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My Best Friend's Girl (Unrated )Directed by Howard Deutch
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Smart, beautiful and headstrong, Alexis is the girl of Dustin's dreams. But after only five weeks of dating, the love-struck Dustin is coming on so strong that Alexis is forced to slow things down permanently. Devastated and desperate to get her back, Dustin turns to his best friend, Tank, the rebound specialist. A master at seducing – and offending women, Tank gets hired by freshly dumped guys to take their ex-girlfriends out on the worst date of their lives, an experience so horrible it sends them running gratefully back to their beaus. But when Tank works his magic on Alexis, he ends up meeting the challenge of a lifetime. Alexis is the first girl who knows how to call his bluff, and Tank soon finds himself torn between his loyalty to Dustin and a strange new attraction to his best friend's girl.
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awesome movie
My boyfriend and I saw this movie when it was in theatres and LOVED IT! We were both laughing the whole time, dane coook is great in this movie. It is pretty obscene, so certinly not recommended for kids, but i thought it was was a great date movie. Definatly worth the money and the xtra features on the DVD are pretty fun to watch too.
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