Serenity (FS/DVD)
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Serenity (FS/DVD)
Beloved television cult director Joss Whedon (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL) makes a spectacular first foray onto the big screen with SERENITY, the cinematic adaptation of his wildly popular but short-lived sci-fi series, FIREFLY. A mix of space western, comedy, and drama, SERENITY follows captain Malcolm
Mal
Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and his ragtag crew as they trade their way around the edges of civilized society. Of particular interest are two passengers they take on, Simon and River Tam (Sean Maher, Summer Glau), a brother and his telepathic sister on the run from the corrupt governing Alliance. As notorious former members of the anti-Alliance opposition, Mal and his crew make it difficult for Simon and River to stay hidden. Everything goes completely awry when a government assassin is sent to retrieve River. As Mal is forced to choose between his close-knit crew and the brother and sister newcomers, it becomes apparent that River harbors both a dangerous secret and astounding fighting powers, and Mal decides that discovering the truth about what she knows might just be worth his time.Many of the film s action sequences revolve around Summer Glau s martial arts skills in her portrayal of River. Glau prepared for her role with Hong Kong stuntwoman Ming Lu, as well as stunt coordinators Chad Stahelski and Hiro Koda, and as a resulted performed nearly all the stuntwork herself. In addition to the stellar stunts, realistic graphics, and an often haunting score, the film`s actors display a rare chemistry that brings viewers both into their lives and into a possible version of humanity`s future.
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Serenity (WS/DVD)
$16.88
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Serenity (WS/DVD)
Beloved television cult director Joss Whedon (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, ANGEL) makes a spectacular first foray onto the big screen with SERENITY, the cinematic adaptation of his wildly popular but short-lived sci-fi series, FIREFLY. A mix of space western, comedy, and drama, SERENITY follows captain Malcolm
Mal
Reynolds (Nathan Fillion) and his ragtag crew as they trade their way around the edges of civilized society. Of particular interest are two passengers they take on, Simon and River Tam (Sean Maher, Summer Glau), a brother and his telepathic sister on the run from the corrupt governing Alliance. As notorious former members of the anti-Alliance opposition, Mal and his crew make it difficult for Simon and River to stay hidden. Everything goes completely awry when a government assassin is sent to retrieve River. As Mal is forced to choose between his close-knit crew and the brother and sister newcomers, it becomes apparent that River harbors both a dangerous secret and astounding fighting powers, and Mal decides that discovering the truth about what she knows might just be worth his time.Many of the film s action sequences revolve around Summer Glau s martial arts skills in her portrayal of River. Glau prepared for her role with Hong Kong stuntwoman Ming Lu, as well as stunt coordinators Chad Stahelski and Hiro Koda, and as a resulted performed nearly all the stuntwork herself. In addition to the stellar stunts, realistic graphics, and an often haunting score, the film`s actors display a rare chemistry that brings viewers both into their lives and into a possible version of humanity`s future.
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Mission: Impossible - Collector's Set (DVD)
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Mission: Impossible - Collector's Set (DVD)
Both of the successful MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE films, based on the 1960s television series of the same name and both starring Tom Cruise, are packaged together here in a collector's gift set. See individual titles for details.MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE:DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreenFull ScreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital 2.0 - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Trailer - 1. Original TheatricalInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene SelectionMISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2:DVD Features:Region 1Keep Case - CheckpointAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85Dual Side - Dual LayerAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Digital Surround - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Alternate Scenes - 1. Title Sequence Audio Commentary - 1. John Woo - Director Featurettes - 1. MISSION IMPROBABLE
2. BEHIND THE MISSION
3. MISSION INCREDIBLE
4. IMPOSSIBLE SHOTS Music Video - 1. Metallica -I Disappear Full-Motion MenusInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene AccessDVD-ROM Features: THE LEGEND OF CHIMERA MISSION LOCATIONS MI:2 TECH TOOLS AGENT DOSSIERS REAL LIFE CAST& CREW DOSSIERS Screen Saver DVD ROM Games (8) Photo Gallery Theatrical Trailers
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Eastside/Brooklyn Babylon (DVD)
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Eastside/Brooklyn Babylon (DVD)
Two urban action movies are included on this street-wise, crime-filled two-pack. Both films explore the problems and conflicts of life in the urban hood. EASTSIDE tells the compelling and difficult story of a Latino ex-convict attempting to live a straight life after prison. BROOKLYN BABYLON chronicles the racial strife that tears a neighborhood apart when a Rastafarian rapper falls in love with a beautiful Jewish woman.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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Zathura (DVD)
$16.79
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Zathura (DVD)
IN THEATERS NOVEMBER 11, 2005Actor-turned-director Jon Favreau (SWINGERS, ELF) delivers another work of intelligent, charming family fare with this space adventure, based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg (JUMANJI). Older brother Walter (Josh Hutcherson) and the younger Danny (Jonah Bobo) are constantly at war with one another, bickering over the mediating voice of their long-suffering father (Tim Robbins). When he has to go to the office to replace some papers the boys destroyed in their crossfire, he leaves them in the dubious care of older sister Lisa (Kristen Stewart), who is sleeping upstairs. When Danny discovers an old board game called Zathura stored in the basement, his excitement is lost on Walter, who has no time for such old, boring toys. Soon, however, the game becomes impossible to ignore, as the boys are transported into space, and one of them must win in order to make it home again. Each turn brings a new, often dangerous, surprise, and the boys are faced with a murderous robot, an explosive meteor shower, and lizard-like aliens, while poor Lisa is cryogenically frozen early in the game. The adventure yields some heartwarming, family-friendly life lessons, and Dax Shepard (IDIOCRACY) is unusually subdued in his role as a stranded astronaut.
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6ixtynin9 (DVD)
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6ixtynin9 (DVD)
Gangsters. Job loss. Thai Boxing. A noodle box full of money. These are the essential ingredients peppered throughout 6IXTYNIN9, which combine to leave a delicious and satisfying taste in the mouth once consumed. Tum (Lalita Panyopas) discovers the box of loot on her doorstep one morning while trying to recover from being fired from her job. Attempting to do the right thing for herself, she conceals the cash and hopes she'll be able to spend it without the real owners ever finding out that she has it. Big mistake. For Tum finds herself caught up in the whirlwind lifestyle of some Thai Boxing gangsters, who are keen to rekindle their missing money. A wonderfully incisive comedy from director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, 6IXTYNIN9 is the perfect illustration of a Thai film industry that finds itself flourishing at the start of the 21st century.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Additional Release Material: Original Theatrical Trailer PreviewsDVD Rom Features: Weblinks
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The Criminal (DVD)
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The Criminal (DVD)
Steven Mackintosh stars in this British thriller as Jasper Rawlins, a young man who is thrust into the criminal underworld when a woman he picks up in a bar is murdered in his apartment. Fingered for the killing, Jasper goes on the run to prove his innocence and seemingly discovers the woman's death is connected to a much larger web of murder and corruption. Chased by a garrulous and foulmouthed detective named Hill, Jasper must elude capture and survive the seedy London underworld he has penetrated to prove his innocence. Taking a premise favored by Hitchcock, director Julian Simpson adds some new twists to the wrong man formula by toying with the sequence of the narrative and forcing the audience to continually shift their opinion of Jasper's guilt or innocence. Combined with the film's noirish feel and darkly comic vibe, THE CRIMINAL becomes one of the most inventive crime films to emerge from Britain in years.
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Moscow Heat (DVD)
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Moscow Heat (DVD)
On arrival in Moscow an NYPD Detective and a former Diplomat face deportation after a series of bungled attempts to bring a notorious killer to justice. Having tailed the murderer to Russia, the crime-fighting duo aren`t going to give in without a fight, leading to some frantic action as MOSCOW HEAT works its way to a nail-biting finale.
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In China They Eat Dogs (DVD)
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In China They Eat Dogs (DVD)
Written by Academy Award winner Anders Thomas Jensen (for the short film VALGAFTEN), IN CHINA THEY EAT DOGS (I KINA SPISER DE HUNDE) is a black comedy gangster film that can be considered a Danish answer to films like PULP FICTION and SNATCH. Arvid is a bank clerk who becomes an inadvertent hero when he stops a robbery, only to realize that his actions have also caused unintended harm. Desperate to make good, he enlists his brother Harald, a veteran crook, to help burgle a security van. After their success, they embark on a career of charitable crimes. Unfortunately, it begins to backfire on them, leading to destruction and death. IN CHINA THEY EAT DOGS uses black humor and the gangster genre to explore questions about the relativity of morality.
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Hae Anseon (DVD)
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Hae Anseon (DVD)
Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-Duk (SPRING, SUMMER, FALL, WINTER...AND SPRING) dramatizes the schism between North and South Korea in THE COAST GUARD (HAE ANSEON). Private Kang (Jang Dong-kun) is a South Korean soldier fanatically dedicated to his country and his duty, patrolling the shores at night to prevent North Korean spies from entering the country. But one night while on patrol, he mistakes a civilian couple for enemies and kills the man. From that moment forward, his fate seems linked to that of the woman, as both slowly lose their minds from guilt and paranoia. THE COAST GUARD is Kim Ki-Duk's powerful condemnation of the militarism that has gripped the two countries.
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The Wooden Camera (DVD)
$16.7
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The Wooden Camera (DVD)
From South Africa comes the family drama THE WOODEN CAMERA. Madiba and Sipho are both adolescents living outside Cape Town. When they stumble across the dead body of a man, Madiba takes the man's videocamera and Sipho his pistol. The items that each seizes seem to dictate their paths: Madiba's curiosity is piqued by his use of the camera, while Sipho's gun gives him a false sense of invulnerability. Like CITY OF GOD and ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES, THE WOODEN CAMERA is a story of childhood friends set on different paths due to the vicissitudes of fate. The film won the Glass Bear Award (given to the best film for or about children) at the 2004 Berlin Film Festival.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseWidescreen - 1.85Audio: Dolby Stereo 2.0 -Text/Photo Galleries: Photo Stills Director's Biography
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Hell Comes to Frogtown (DVD)
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Hell Comes to Frogtown (DVD)
Rowdy Roddy Piper, the former WWF superstar, stars in this ultra campy low budget post apocalyptic thriller as Sam Hell, one of the few fertile males left on Earth after WWIII. Rescued from torture by a government official, Sam is outfitted with a genital monitor and sent, along with an attractive Medtech officer named Spangle (Bergman), to fertilize as many females as he can. However, when Hell and Spangle discover that the nefarious Captain Toty, the ruler of a city populated by half-human/half-frog mutants, has taken a number of healthy human females captive, they invade Frogtown to rescue the captive women. An often funny and genuinely effective sci-fi thriller, HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN is good freakish fun for those with a taste for camp.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseAnamorphic Widescreen - 1.85:1Audio: Stereo - EnglishAdditional Release Materials: Audio Commentary - 1. Donald G. Jackson - Director, Randall Frakes - Screenwriter Theatrical TrailerInteractive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
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