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American Gangster [Blu-ray]
: :Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 10/14/2008 Run time: 215 minutes :Ridley Scott puts on his 'sweeping saga' gameface again, this time not for the sci-fi vistas of Blade Runner or the ancient world of Gladiator but for an urban epic. American Gangster gives the story of Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington), a real-life Harlem crime lord who built an empire on Southeast Asian heroin in the 1970s. Running parallel to Lucas's somewhat standard story is the investigation led by a persistent New Jersey cop, Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe). Roberts is a ...
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American Gangster (2-Disc Unrated Extended Edition)
:Description:Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) for an epic story as powerful as it is true. Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation. American Gangster is 'a brutal and brilliant film' (Pete Hammond, Maxim) :Ridley Scott puts on his 'sweeping saga' gameface again, this time not for the ...
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Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (Extreme DVD)
:Description:He said he'd be back. This time experience T2 like never before! Go EXTREME with the best picture and sound ever! ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER returns as the Terminator in this explosive action-adventure spectacle. Now he's one of the good guys, sent back in time to protect John Connor, the boy destined to lead the freedom fighters of the future. LINDA HAMILTON reprises her role as Sarah Connor, John's mother, a quintessential survivor who has been institutionalized for her warning of the nuclear holocaust she knows is inevitable. Together, the threesome must find a way ...
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Eureka - Season One
:Description:Some of the government's best-kept secrets are waiting to be uncovered as Eureka:Season One arrives on DVD! Step into the quirky and seemingly perfect small town of Eureka, where the hidden work of America's brightest scientists can lead to innovation or utter chaos. Making sense of the mysteries is Sheriff Jack Carter (Colin Ferguson), a former U.S. marshal who is stranded in the surreal small town after a random car accident. Now fans can get in on his entertaining adventures with this 3-disc set packed with over 10 hours of bonus features and ...
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Eureka - Season Two
: :It's the same small town but the hidden secrets are even bigger in the city of Eureka when it returns to DVD with Eureka: Season Two! The 3-disc DVD set includes every episode from season two plus over 10 hours of behind-the-scenes extras. Discover the mysteriously-surreal, quirky series when Eureka: Season Two appears on DVD! :Plenty of new television series need a season or two to sort themselves out, and as this three-disc, 13-episode (plus bonus features) box set from the second season (2007) reveals, the Sci-Fi Channel’s Eureka is still a ...
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Forever Young
: :A handsome 1930s test pilot goes to extraordinary lengths to keep love alive. Includes filmographies and notes. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/26/2006 Starring: Mel Gibson Jamie Lee Curtis Run time: 111 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Steve Miner essential video:A surprise sleeper hit when released in 1992, this romantic fantasy works as a comedic adventure and a gentle tearjerker thanks to Mel Gibson's appealing performance. He plays Daniel, a daring test pilot who is deeply distraught by the apparent death of his girlfriend, Helen, in 1939. Feeling little reason to ...
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Crossroads
: :A young musical prodigy studying at new york citys juiliard school becomes obsessed with the music of the mississippi delta the blues. Intent on discovering fame and fortune as a blues guitar player he seeks out the legendary bluesman willie brown. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 09/25/2007 Starring: Ralph Macchio Jami Gertz Run time: 99 minutes Rating: R Director: Walter Hill :The legend of Mississippi blues master Robert Johnson has served as a fountainhead for generations of blues and rock musicians, as well as a powerful fable for the dark, ...
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Of Mice & Men
:Description:John Steinbeck’s classic comes magnificently to life in this beautiful and stirring film starring Oscar® nominees* John Malkovich and Gary Sinise. Directed by Sinise from an adaptation by Oscar® winner** Horton Foote, this 'flawless miracle of movie-making' (Susan Granger, 'American Movie Classics') is a must-see for all audiences. Best friends Lennie (Malkovich) and George (Sinise) find themselves unemployed in Depression-era California, unable to keep jobs because of Lennie’s childlike mentality. But once they get hired at the Tyler Ranch, they enjoy a brief period of stability – until their supervisor’s wife (Sherilyn Fenn) ...
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Control (The Miriam Collection)
:Description:Control tells the remarkable story of Ian Curtis, lead singer of the influential band Joy Division and one of the most enigmatic figures in all of rock music. Based on his wife's memoir, Control follows Curtis' humble Manchester origins and his rapid rise to fame, tormented battle with epilepsy, and struggles with love that led to his death at the age of 23. :In his elegiac debut, Anton Corbijn combines the music film with the social drama to stunning success. Based on Deborah Curtis's clear-eyed biography, Touching from a Distance, Control recounts the ...
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Dragonfly (Widescreen)
: :A grieving doctor is being contacted by his late wife through his patients near death expereinces. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 08/01/2006 Starring: Kevin Costner Linda Hunt Run time: 104 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Tom Shadyac :'Belief gets us there,' explains nun Linda Hunt to grieving widower Kevin Costner, an emergency room doctor whose ordered world is startled by 'messages' from his dead wife. She's talking about the journey from life to death, but it describes the doctor's road from fact to faith equally well as he puzzles out the ...
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