The Cook serves up gourmet masterpieces in a beautiful restaurant. The thief holds his tyrannical court in the restaurant terrorising all around him. His wife has a dangerous & illicit passion. Her lover is having the riskiest affair of his life. Peter Greenaway's notorious film is a modern day revenger's tragedy spiked with comedy starring Michael Gambon Helen Mirren & Tim Roth. ...

Bernie Lootz (William H Macy) is an unlucky guy. Everything he touches turns bad. However his ill fortune is actually the one thing he depends upon to do his job to the best of his abilities; Bernie Lootz is the best 'cooler' in town. Working in one of Las Vegas' few remaining golden-era Casinos Bernie is employed by the ruthless Shelly (Alec Baldwin in an Oscar nominated role) to end the winning streak of anyone whose luck is on the up. But life in the bad luck lane has taken its toll & after working for Shelly for years Bernie has decided to move on. Then he meets the hard-bitten Natalie (Maria Bello) & life takes a turn for the better. But as his fortunes change so does his ability to 'cool' a winning streak & soon an unhappy Shelly decides to make sure that Bernie never feels happiness again... Part hard-edged thriller part well-observed comedy this unique & unconventional tale of love luck money & revenge features powerhouse performances from some of Hollywood's finest stars & is one of the year's best films. ...

Academy Award winner Hilary Swank (Boys Dont Cry) leads an all-star cast in this electrifying journey that puts you in the middle of the most spectacular film adventure. Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart Erin Brockovich) has made a terrifying discovery: the Earths inner core has stopped rotating. Now the planets electromagnetic field is deteriorating & within months Earth will be destroyed. One hope exists: to send Keyes & an elite team of scientists in a subterranean vessel to the center of the Earth. As mankinds fate hangs in the balance the scientists & the ships crew must do the unthinkable
- detonate a nuclear device to reactivate the Earths core. Co-starring Delroy Lindo (Ransom) Emmy Award winner Stanley Tucci & Academy Award nominee Alfre Woodard.
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Academy Award winner* Hilary Swank (Boys Don’t Cry) leads an all-star cast in this electrifying journey that puts you in the middle of the most spectacular film adventure. Geophysicist Dr. Josh Keyes (Aaron Eckhart Erin Brockovich) has made a terrifying discovery: the Earth’s inner core has stopped rotating. Now the planet’s electromagnetic field is deteriorating & within months Earth will be destroyed. One hope exists: to send Keyes & an elite team of scientists in a subterranean vessel to the centre of the Earth. As mankind’s fate hangs in the balance the scientists & the ship’s crew must do the unthinkable – detonate a nuclear device to reactivate the Earth’s core. Co-starring Delroy Lindo (Ransom) Emmy Award winner** Stanley Tucci & Academy Award nominee*** Alfre Woodard. ...

Import from the Netherlands which plays in English. Every city in America has a corner. To parents it's a place their children should avoid. To cops it's the front line on what has become known as the war on drugs. But to the addicts who go there it's the most vital piece of real estate in their desperate day-to-day lives. The Corner is based on the nonfiction book The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood by Baltimore-based journalists David Simon & Ed Burns. It presents the world of Fayette Street in West Baltimore using real names & real events. Acclaimed actor Charles S. Dutton who grew up on the same East Baltimore streets directs the miniseries which chronicles the cycle of a year at the corner through the lives of 15-year-old De Andre Mc Cullough his mother Fran & father Gary along with the lives of their friends their enemies & their neighbors. Often at the forefront sometimes in the background but always present in their lives is the world of illicit drugs
- heroin & cocaine
- the need that fuels the business & the business that fuels the need. In this powerful tense drama of personal struggle while the story progresses each episode focuses on a character or characters as they fight for survival in an inner city where even the buildings they live in are clinging to life. The Corner evolves changes challenges & transforms as it builds towards an ending that is so powerful & revealing it could only be real. 6 one-hour episodes on 2 Discs!

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When the owners of the Lotus Cat Food Company
- who manufacture an exotic high-priced type of kitty chow
- run short of cash

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In the forties the studios of Hollywood's Poverty Row used Bela Lugosi to lure audiences into theatres. The dark promise of Lugosi's name never ceased to pack them in. Lugosi made nine pictures for Sam Katzman & Monogram. The Corpse Vanishes (1942) might be the best. Bela's a scientist (aided by a sinister dwarf) who used the bodily fluids of virgin brides in his attempts to keep his ancient wife alive. ...

Bill Cosby brings his special comic genius to the role of Cliff Huxtable a warm family man who along with his lovely wife Clair handles his family of five kids with a combination of warmth humanity & humour. Cliff & Clair's love for the kids is matched only by their wisdom in dealing with the youngsters' clever schemes to achieve adolescent independence. ...

Season 2 Of The Emmy Award Winning Cosby Show Features Some Benchmark Episodes Following On From Its First Season. Most Notably '' Happy Anniversary'' Where Cliff Honours His Parents Wedding Anniversary With A Show Stopping Lip-Sync Routine From Him & The Family To Ray Charles's '' Night Time Is The Right Time'' To The Emmy Winning '' Denise's Friend'' Where Cliff & Clair Hold A Family Meeting To Reassure Their Children No Matter What Trouble They Get Into They Can Always Go To their Parents. The Cosby Show Promoted Education And Fulfilling One's Potential Throughout Ans Strove To Address Universal Truths About Parenthood. Season 2 Is Brimming With Happy Memories Of TV's Most Functional Family.
Includes:: Disc 1. First Day Of School. The Juicer. Happy Anniversary. Cliff In Love. Theo & The Older Woman. Halloween. Disc 2. Denise Drives. Rudy Suits Up. Clair's Sister. Clair's Toe. Denise's Friend. Mrs. Westlake. Auction. Disc 3. Vanessa's Bad Grade. Theo & Cockroach. The Dentist. Play It Again Russell.A Touch Of Wonder. Full House. Close To Home. Disc 4. An Early Spring. Theo's Holiday. The Card Game. Off To The Races. Denise's Decision.
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