American Desperado is possibly the most jaw-dropping event-filled adrenaline-soaked criminal autobiography ever written Like a real-life Scarface Jon was born into the upper levels of the Gambino crime family & witnessed his first murder at age seven He became a one-man juvenile crime wave before joining an assassination squad in Vietnam He returned to New York at age 20 to become one of the city's top nightclub promoters then journeyed to Miami where he became the de facto transportation chief of the Medellin Cartel & along with a tech-wizard partner created some of the most sophisticated smuggling technologies ever With a hulking 6'6" bodyguard always at his side & a rural fortress protected by mortars tear-gas cannons & a gold-fanged attack dog Roberts was brutally effective at what he did To law enforcement he was known as the " Bearded Gringo" a spectre they could never touch To United States senators & CIA officials he was "the guy who can get things done" He eventually formed a clandestine alliance with the US government & in the end found personal late-life redemption ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Murders in Seoul Korea & America pair up two cops from each of the countries together The ensuing investigation leads to a gang war Problems are further heightened by the presence of two assassins ...

The American Dream From Pop to present presents an overview of the development of American printmaking since 1960 paying particular attention to key figures such as Jasper Johns Robert Rauschenberg & Andy Warhol The 1960s was a period of change in the production marketing & consumption of prints & the medium attracted a new generation of artists whose attitude towards making art had been conditioned by the monumentality & bold eye-catching nature of popular imagery in postwar America from advertising billboards to drive-in movies Artists used to working on large canvases & huge sculptures created prints of an unprecedented ambition scale & boldness in state-of-the-art workshops newly established on both the East & West coasts Prints also became a means for expressing opinions on the great social issues of the day from civil rights to the overt & covert role of government This has continued with feminism gender the body race & identity all topics represented in prints in a variety of stylistic approaches across the decades The changing nature of American society provides a core element of the narrative with prints offering a fascinating insight into contemporary thinking & attitudes ...

It's the long-awaited return of James Kochalka's massively influential & deceptively ambitious autobiography American Elf Every day of his life is captured in a single comic strip sometimes profound & sometimes silly but always full of the earnest Kochalka passion that led Hi-Fructose to call him "an unrelenting force sure to solve the oncoming energy crisis" & earned him the title of Cartoonist Laureate of Vermont & it's only gotten better over time! In this collection spanning the years 2008-2011 James becomes Cartoonist Laureate celebrates American Elf's 10th year pitches a TV show to Hollywood releases a Game Boy album travels to France creates his own video game considers quitting the strip plays everything from Lego Star Wars to Skyrim digs deeper into his psyche & kind of causes himself to have a nervous breakdown Meanwhile Eli starts elementary school
- & a band Oliver learns to walk & talk (and sing) James & Amy celebrate 15 years of marriage & the family adopts a new cat Nooko!
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Kochalka's diary strip has always been entertaining but this might be the most action-packed volume of all His neighbor's car gets firebombed his little son Eli learns how to invent his own swears (like "pump duck") & James gets a gun pointed at his face Most dramatic of all this volume introduces a new character
- a new little baby Kochalka! This collection prints all the diary strips from 2006-2007 in gorgeous full-color including numerous strips that never appeared online
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Native American filmmaker Georgina Lightning co-writes directs & stars in this drama about the abuse suffered by Cree Indian children at a government-run boarding school Rain (Lightning) is a young Cree woman tormented by terrifying visions from the past Luke (Bradley Cooper) is a geologist attempting to locate the epicentre of a recent earthquake Both of their journeys lead them to an abandoned schoolhouse on an Indian reservation where they uncover a string of shocking secrets that generations of corrupt politicians & businessmen have kept hidden ...

American Fashion is the ultimate volume on the history of fashion in this country celebrating over eight decades & the work of more than 100 designers Commissioned by the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) American Fashion is a visual journey through iconic & fresh images by the century's greatest photographers & illustrators accompanied by essays defining nearly a century of fascinating history Beginning with the New York & Hollywood-based designers of the 1930s the book illuminates the work of emerging patriotic talent during the war years This creative crescendo continues with the evolution of the major names in American fashion during 1960s & 1970s & goes on to explore the achievements of our country's marquee stars of the 1980s & 1990s American Fashion culminates with a look at contemporary talents who export their individual visions internationally Chronicling the designers icons publications & events that shaped fashion for more than 70 years this is the essential compendium of the rich & vivid story that is American fashion ...

American Freakshow tells the tale of the bizarre & cruel life of a carnival freak as he seeks redemption (maybe) & murder (definitely!) in a Florida trailer park ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Today a cult film The American Friend is based on the novel Ripley&s Game by Patricia Highsmith & won the German Critics Prize in 1977 Frame maker Jonathan (Bruno Ganz) believes he is dying from a blood disease & his American friend displaced cowboy Ripley (Dennis Hopper) decides to use his illness to his advantage Ripley introduces him to a gangster who proposes to the dying man that he should become a professional mob assassin assuring a large legacy for his wife & children Since he is facing death anyway what has he to lose? Ripley had originally intended to allow Jonathan to do the dirty work that he didn&t feel like doing but has second thoughts when he becomes friends with the doomed man Feature-Length Commentary With Wim Wenders & Dennis Hopper Trailer Deleted Scenes (With Optional Commentary) Exclusive limited edition Collector&s Booklet Actors Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz Lisa Kreuzer Gerard Blain Nicholas Ray Samuel Fuller Peter Lilienthal Daniel Schmi Jean Eustache Rudolf Schundler Sandy Whitelaw & Lou Castel Director Wim Wenders Certificate 15 years & over Year 1977 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages German
- Dolby (20) Stereo Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English Duration 2 hours (approx)
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Academy Award&174;winners Denzel Washington & Russell Crowe team with director Ridley Scott (Gladiator) in this powerful epic story Armed with ruthless tactics & a strict sense of honour crime boss Frank Lucas (Washington) rules Harlem&8217;s chaotic drug underworld When outcast cop Richie Roberts (Crowe) sets out to bring down Lucas&8217;s multi-million dollar empire it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation Format 4 K Language English Subtitles French Danish Dubbed French Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English ...