Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play When a boxer (Robert Montgomery) is accidentally called to Heaven 50 years before his time it&s upto celestial executive extraordinaire Mr Jordan (Claude Rains) to straighten out the matter When Columbia Pictures& financial advisors read the screenplay for the fantasy comedy HERE COMES MR JORDAN they had their doubts as to its box-office potential Screenwriter Sidney Buchman went directly to studio president Harry Cohn in an effort to convince him to make the film Cohn liked the script&s uniqueness & saying that all his bankers wanted was "what sold last year" told Buchman he&d make the picture To play the saxophone playing boxer Joe Pendelton Cohn decided to borrow Robert Montgomery from MGM Although Mongomery had some initial doubts about his part he delivered what was to become an Oscar -nominated performance ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play In the comedy Here Comes the Boom former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a 42-year-old apathetic biology teacher in a failing high school When cutbacks threaten to cancel the music program & lay off its teacher (Henry Winkler) Scott begins to raise money by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter Everyone thinks Scott is crazy
- most of all the school nurse Bella (Salma Hayek)
- but in his quest Scott gains something he never expected as he becomes a sensation that rallies the entire school Actors Salma Hayek Kevin James Henry Winkler Greg Paul Reggie Lee Melissa Peterman Gary Valentine Joe Rogan Charice Greg Germann Bas Rutten Nicholas R Grava Sarah Fischer Frank Coraci & Jason Miller Director Frank Coraci Year 2012 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages German Subtitles English ; German ; Hindi ; Turkish Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 41 minutes (approx)


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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 Former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a 42-year-old apathetic high school teacher When budget cutbacks threaten to cancel some of the school’s programs & lay off its music teacher (Henry Winkler) Scott creates a scheme to raise money by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter Everyone thinks Scott is crazy – most of all the school nurse Bella (Salma Hayek) In his quest Scott gains something he never expected as he inspires his students & becomes a sensation that rallies the entire school ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play This item is a rental copy however it is Brand New High school comedy co-written by & starring Kevin James Scott Voss (James) used to wrestle at college but now performs the slightly less dangerous role of teaching biology at Wilkinson High School The school is underperforming & it isn&t long before the relevant authorities announce that its music budget will have to be cut leaving Scott&s buddy Marty (Henry Winkler) the school music teacher without a job Voss announces that he intends to raise the 50000 dollars necessary to keep the programme alive himself & takes on night tuition The profession isn&t as lucrative as he hoped but when he discovers that one of his students Niko (Bas Rutten) used to compete in the Ultimate Fighting Championship & could earn 10000 dollars for losing a fight Voss is possessed by an idea If he can make it into the unforgiving territory of the UFC he can earn the money to save the school music programme Salma Hayek also stars ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In the comedy Here Comes the Boom former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a 42-year-old apathetic biology teacher in a failing high school When cutbacks threaten to cancel the music program & lay off its teacher (Henry Winkler) Scott begins to raise money by moonlighting as a mixed martial arts fighter Everyone thinks Scott is crazy
- most of all the school nurse Bella (Salma Hayek)
- but in his quest Scott gains something he never expected as he becomes a sensation that rallies the entire school Actors Salma Hayek Kevin James Henry Winkler Greg Paul Reggie Lee Melissa Peterman Gary Valentine Joe Rogan Charice Greg Germann Bas Rutten Nicholas R Grava Sarah Fischer Frank Coraci & Jason Miller Director Frank Coraci Year 2012 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages German Subtitles English ; German ; Hindi ; Turkish Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 41 minutes (approx)


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&1984 crossed with ADRIAN MOLE& Daily Mail&SCOOP meets BORAT& TLS& Scarily prophetic about news freedom & truth& Antonia Hodgson A STORY FOR OUR TROUBLED TIMESEllis Dau dreams of the West
- of London New York & Ashford Kent But he is growing up in Kyrzbekistan a secretive nation where revolution barely makes the news A country where the newspapers peddle outright lies & larger-than-life characters make promises they can&t keep Following his expulsion from school Ellis is sent to work with his father His father is editor of The Chronicle the last bastion of free speech in their strange strange land & it is under threat As Ellis navigates his collapsing blacked-out city
- & his feelings for the local oligarch&s daughter
- he realises that some things are worth fighting for But can he save his family & the newspaper fuelled only by youth grain spirit & unrequited love?


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Welcome to Kyrzbekistan winner of Most Corrupt Country 2011 & 2012 A place where anyone can be happy
- as long they aren&t poor
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The New York Times bestselling new novel about modern family lives from the author of Everything Is Illuminated & Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Discover Jonathan Safran Foer&s greatest novel yet& Towering & glorious a tale of social familial & marital breakdown & the End of the World The funniest literary novel I have ever read& The Times Picked by Nick Cave for the Florence & the Machine & Between Two Books& June book club Jacob & Julia Bloch are about to be tested By Jacob&s grandfather who won&t go quietly into a retirement home By the family reunion that everyone is dreading By their son&s heroic attempts to get expelled & by the sexting affair that will rock their marriage A typical modern American family the Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart Which is when catastrophe decides to strike Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human with inventiveness playfulness & compassion Here I Am is a great American family novel for our times an unmissable read for fans of Jonathan Franzen & Michael Chabon a masterpiece about how we live now &A rich beautifully written ambitious & grandly moving novel which looks both at the world at large & at the deepest concerns of individual lives& Evening Standard& Lays bare the interior of a marriage with such intelligence & deep feeling & pitiless clarity it&s impossible to read it & not re-examine your own family& Time& Astonishing So sad & so funny & so wry& Scotland on Sunday ...

The New York Times bestselling new novel about modern family lives from the author of Everything Is Illuminated & Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Discover Jonathan Safran Foer&s greatest novel yet& Towering & glorious a tale of social familial & marital breakdown & the End of the World The funniest literary novel I have ever read& The Times Picked by Nick Cave for the Florence & the Machine & Between Two Books& June book club Jacob & Julia Bloch are about to be tested By Jacob&s grandfather who won&t go quietly into a retirement home By the family reunion that everyone is dreading By their son&s heroic attempts to get expelled & by the sexting affair that will rock their marriage A typical modern American family the Blochs cling together even as they are torn apart Which is when catastrophe decides to strike Confronting the enduring question of what it means to be human with inventiveness playfulness & compassion Here I Am is a great American family novel for our times an unmissable read for fans of Jonathan Franzen & Michael Chabon a masterpiece about how we live now &A rich beautifully written ambitious & grandly moving novel which looks both at the world at large & at the deepest concerns of individual lives& Evening Standard& Lays bare the interior of a marriage with such intelligence & deep feeling & pitiless clarity it&s impossible to read it & not re-examine your own family& Time& Astonishing So sad & so funny & so wry& Scotland on Sunday ...

A varied & thought-provoking collection of short stories & poems for teens with a conscience with striking cover illustrations by award-winning children’s laureate Chris Riddell With contributions from Frances Hardinge Sarah Crossan Matt Haig Neil Gaiman & many more Did you know that government spies can turn on your phone & use the microphone to listen to your conversations? that lesbian & gay relationships are illegal in 78 countries & can be punished by death? that Amnesty recently recorded the highest number of executions globally for more than 25 years? Through short stories & poetry twenty-five leading authors & illustrators explore the top human rights issues facing young people today Now is the time to take a stand & make a difference Full list of contributors Tony Birch John Boyne Sita Brahmachari Kevin Brooks Kate Charlesworth Sarah Crossan Neil Gaiman Jack Gantos Ryan Gattis Matt Haig Frances Hardinge Jackie Kay AL Kennedy Liz Kessler Elizabeth Laird Amy Leon Sabrina Mahfouz Chelsea Manning Chibundu Onuzo Bali Rai Chris Riddell Mary & Bryan Talbot Christie Watson & Tim Wynne-Jones ...