Pirate Radio
2009 3.9 stars 117 mins Comedy Rated: R
In 1966, hard-partying British DJs have the time of their lives running a radio station on a ship in the North Sea, broadcasting generation-defining (but banned) music to millions. The crew includes Quentin (Bill Nighy), the Count (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Gavin (Rhys Ifans) and Dave (Nick Frost). But they face getting shut down by Sir Alistair Dormandy (Kenneth Branagh). Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral) directs. |
Flash Forward: Season 1
2009 4.3 stars Television
This intriguing dramatic sci-fi series centers on a mysterious incident that causes all of mankind to black out for two minutes and 17 seconds, during which time the victims see premonitions about their future lives. Inspired by the award-winning novel of the same name by author Robert J. Sawyer, the series boasts a top-notch ensemble cast that includes Joseph Fiennes, Courtney B. Vance, John Cho and Sonya Walger. |
FlashForward
2009 4.1 stars 430 mins Television
This intriguing dramatic sci-fi series centers on a mysterious incident that causes all of mankind to black out for two minutes and 17 seconds, during which time the victims see premonitions about their future lives. Inspired by the award-winning novel of the same name by author Robert J. Sawyer, the series boasts a top-notch ensemble cast that includes Joseph Fiennes, Courtney B. Vance, John Cho and Sonya Walger. |
FlashForward: Season 1: Part 1: Disc 1
2009 215 mins Television
This disc includes the following episodes: "No More Good Days," "White to Play," "137 Sekunden," "Black Swan" and "Gimme Some Truth." |
FlashForward: Season 1: Part 1: Disc 2
2009 215 mins Television
This disc includes the following episodes: "Scary Monsters and Super Creeps," "The Gift," "Playing Cards with Coyote," "Believe" and "A561984." |
Swingtown
2008 3.8 stars 548 mins Television Rated: NR
It's 1976, and Susan and Bruce Miller (Molly Parker and Jack Davenport, respectively) are the newest couple in a wealthy Chicago 'burb where the neighbors are reaping the benefits -- and consequences -- of the social and sexual revolution. Leading the charge are airline pilot Tom (Grant Show) and his wife, Trina (Lana Parrilla), who lure Susan and Bruce into the wild world of swinging in this groovy drama featuring meticulous "Me Decade" detail. |
Swingtown: Season 1: Disc 1
2008 170 mins Television Rated: G
This disc includes the following episodes: "Pilot," "Love Will Find A Way," "Double Exposure" and "Cabin Fever." |
Swingtown: Season 1: Disc 2
2008 127 mins Television Rated: G
This disc includes the following episodes: "Go Your Own Way," "Friends With Benefits" and "Heatwave." |
Swingtown: Season 1: Disc 3
2008 125 mins Television Rated: G
This disc includes the following episodes: "Puzzlerama," "Swingus Interruptus" and "Running On Empty." |
Swingtown: Season 1: Disc 4
2008 126 mins Television Rated: G
This disc includes the following episodes: "Get Down Tonight," "Surprise!" and "Take It To The Limit." |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Take It to the Limit
2008 44 mins Television Rated: NR
Tom has his yearly clambake to commemorate the end of summer, although Trina can't stand the smell. At the party, Susan fights with Bruce about his relationship with Melinda, and Trina drops a bombshell on Tom. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Surprise
2008 40 mins Television Rated: NR
Bruce gets annoyed when Susan can't remember that he likes the Cubs rather than the White Sox. Meanwhile, Susan is planning a surprise birthday bash for Janet despite having unresolved issues with Roger. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Get Down Tonight
2008 41 mins Television Rated: NR
Janet takes a temp job at a newspaper while Roger stays home to do the chores. Later, it's clear there's a mutual attraction between Susan and Roger when she bumps into him at the grocery store and goes to his house to help him cook dinner. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Running on Empty
2008 43 mins Television Rated: NR
Laurie plans to skip the family trip to the cabin so she can spend more time with Doug. Meanwhile, Janet becomes concerned about Roger's mental health and schedules an appointment with a psychiatrist. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Swingus Interruptus
2008 40 mins Television Rated: NR
Trina and Tom opt to try a closed marriage, citing problems with infidelity. Susan and Bruce, however, decide to try open marriage -- and are swinging with Brad and Sylvia when Laurie and Doug barge in on them. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Puzzlerama
2008 41 mins Television Rated: NR
Trina hosts her yearly "Puzzlerama" scavenger hunt party, where neighborhood skeletons come out of the closet as teams collect clues to solve a series of riddles. Bruce is paired with Melinda, Tom with Janet, and Susan with Roger. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Heatwave
2008 43 mins Television Rated: NR
Tom entertains his flight crew in his hotel room, including sexy stewardess Bobbi. When she answers the phone in Tom's room, Trina is annoyed and later drapes herself all over Rex, Tom's copilot, during a pool party. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Friends with Benefits
2008 40 mins Television Rated: NR
Tom becomes jealous when Trina reconnects with her on-again, off-again boyfriend from high school. Meanwhile, Susan attends a meeting of the Children's Hospital Ladies Auxiliary with Janet, who makes a big impression. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Go Your Own Way
2008 43 mins Television Rated: R
Susan plans to attend a free-speech fundraiser to help actor Harry Reems with his legal fees but is surprised to learn that Reems is the star of the porn flick Deep Throat. When Susan demurs, Sylvia accuses her of being weak willed. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Cabin Fever
2008 41 mins Television Rated: R
Janet and Roger decide not to accompany Susan and Bruce on the annual trip to the Millers' lakeside cabin, so Susan invites Trina and Tom instead. But the Thompsons later change their minds and show up. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Double Exposure
2008 43 mins Television Rated: PG-13
Susan attempts to patch up her friendship with Janet by asking her to help put together a housewarming party. But Trina spoils Janet's plans by showing up with a fondue pot and a home video recorder. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Love Will Find a Way
2008 41 mins Television Rated: PG
To celebrate his successful day of trading, Bruce and his coworkers go to Chicago's Playboy Club, where Susan shows up with the Deckers to surprise him. Meanwhile, Samantha manipulates B.J. into buying her some expensive camping equipment. |
Swingtown: Ssn 1: Pilot
2008 44 mins Television Rated: PG
The Millers -- Susan and Bruce -- move to an affluent Chicago neighborhood during America's bicentennial. Neighbors Trina and Tom invite the Millers over for a party, where it becomes clear the guests are all swingers enjoying the sexual revolution. |
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
In this final installment of the swashbuckler trilogy, Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with brave Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and feisty Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). And what of Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp)? Nothing is as it seems. Just when he appears to be down, he proves he can't be counted out. Bill Nighy and Yun-Fat Chow also star. |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
In this blockbuster sequel inspired by the Disney theme park attraction, director Gore Verbinski helms the continuing high-seas adventures of happy-go-lucky troublemaker Capt. Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp), young Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and headstrong beauty Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley). As Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davey Jones (Bill Nighy), he also attempts to avoid eternal damnation. |
Pirates / Caribbean: Dead Man's...: Bonus
2006 3.7 stars 120 mins Action & Adventure Rated: NR
This companion disc to Disney's mega-hit includes the following special features: "Captain Jack: From Head To Toe -- Secrets And Legends Revealed By Johnny Depp And Others," "Meet Davy Jones: Discover The Creation, Mystery And Mythology of the Sea's Ghostly Ruler," "Bloopers of the Caribbean," "Mastering The Blade: Sword Fighting with the film's stars," "According To Plan" a Journal of filming the movie, "Dead Men Tell New Tales: Re-Imagineering The Attraction" and more. |
The Wedding Date
2005 3.6 stars 90 mins Romance Rated: PG-13
Single girl Kat (Debra Messing) can't stomach the idea of attending her sister's (Amy Adams) faraway London wedding, where her ex-boyfriend (Jeremy Sheffield), who had ceremoniously dumped Kat perilously close to the altar, will likely be a guest. But duty calls, and she must fly in for the torturous affair, which she decides might be more palatable if she seeks companionship of a different sort … that of a male escort (Dermot Mulroney). |
The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant
2005 3.7 stars 185 mins Television Rated: NR
In 1788, penniless young Englishwoman Mary Bryant (Romola Garai) is found guilty of petty theft and shipped to Botany Bay, an Australian penal colony, to serve a seven-year sentence, only to plot and pull off an improbable escape. Facing insurmountable hardships at every turn, Bryant sets out on a perilous journey toward freedom and redemption. Jack Davenport, Alex O'Loughlin and Sam Neill co-star in this inspiring true story. |
Coupling: Season 4
2004 3.9 stars 173 mins Television Rated: PG
Even with parenthood looming for Susan (Sarah Alexander) and Steve (Jack Davenport), the 30-something pals continue messing up their love lives with scandal, deceit and poor judgment. In the popular British comedy's fourth season, Steve panics when Susan goes into labor, and Sally (Kate Isitt) goes bonkers when she learns that Patrick (Ben Miles) slept with Jane (Gina Bellman) -- who's getting the eye from newcomer Oliver (Richard Mylan). |
Coupling: Season 4: Bonus Material
2004 3.4 stars 69 mins Television Rated: NR
This companion disc to the fourth season of the hit British sitcom starring Sarah Alexander, Jack Davenport, Kate Isitt, Ben Miles, Gina Bellman and Richard Mylan includes a making-of featurette, outtakes, deleted scenes, cast and crew interviews and biographies. |
Coupling: Ssn 4: 9 1/2 Months
2004 29 mins Television Rated: R
Oliver and Jane are on the brink of making love when they're interrupted by Steve and Susan, who take over Jane's bed so that Susan can deliver the baby. Meanwhile, Sally makes a shocking discovery among Patrick's collection of sordid sex tapes. |
Coupling: Ssn 4: The Naked Living Room
2004 28 mins Television Rated: R
After running into Oliver at the grocery store, Jane invites herself up to his flat, only to discover that he's been hiding an unhealthy obsession with printed porn. Meanwhile, Susan and Steve prepare for the birth of their child. |
Coupling: Ssn 4: Circus of the Epidurals
2004 29 mins Television Rated: R
When a childbirth-phobic Steve shows signs of cracking under pressure, Susan asks Sally to stand in as her "second" -- just in case Steve can't handle it. All three show up for class, only to discover that their teacher is someone from their past. |
Coupling: Ssn 4: Bed Time
2004 28 mins Television Rated: R
A kooky dream sequence in which Patrick is an armor-clad knight and Sally is a fair-faced maiden trying to keep him in her chamber parallels the couple's ongoing battle in the bedroom. |
Coupling: Ssn 4: Night Lines
2004 29 mins Television Rated: UR
The term "conference call" takes on a new meaning when Susan and Sally end up talking to the entire gang. Meanwhile, Steve isn't a father yet, but he's already suffering from nightmares that involve an ax-wielding fetus who's trying to kill him. |
Coupling: Ssn 4: 9 1/2 Minutes
2004 29 mins Television Rated: NR
Susan and Steve's imminent parenthood prompts Patrick and Sally to talk about a more committed relationship. Meanwhile, Jane is seeing a new guy named Oliver, but will his job prove to be problematic? |
Coupling: Season 4
2004 4.0 stars 180 mins Television
Even with parenthood looming for Susan (Sarah Alexander) and Steve (Jack Davenport), the 30-something pals continue messing up their love lives with scandal, deceit and poor judgment. In the popular British comedy's fourth season, Steve panics when Susan goes into labor, and Sally (Kate Isitt) goes bonkers when she learns that Patrick (Ben Miles) slept with Jane (Gina Bellman) -- who's getting the eye from newcomer Oliver (Richard Mylan). |
Pirates of the Caribbean: Black Pearl
Johnny Depp, in an Oscar-nominated performance, steals the show as flamboyant Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate who roams the Caribbean Sea and butts heads with a rival pirate (Geoffrey Rush) bent on pillaging the village of Port Royal. When the governor's (Jonathan Pryce) daughter (Keira Knightley) is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love (Orlando Bloom) save her. But their seafaring mission is hardly simple. |
Beethoven: Eroica
2003 3.5 stars 129 mins Drama Rated: NR
It's an historic moment captured in time -- specifically, the exact date in 1804 when the public first heard Ludwig Von Beethoven's momentous "Eroica" (Symphony No. 3). This film follows Beethoven (Ian Hart) as he prepares to unveil his grand masterpiece to a select group of listeners at the Lobkowitz Palace. Jack Davenport and Tim-Pigott Smith co-star. Features a full performance of the symphony conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner. |
Bonus Material: Pirates of the Caribbean
2003 3.7 stars 201 mins Action & Adventure Rated: NR
Special features on this bonus disc include: "An Epic at Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"; "Moonlight Serenade" scene progression; image galleries; a blooper reel; an on-the-set featurette; video journals; producer Jerry Bruckheimer's production diary; a vintage Disney featurette; and the featurette "Below Deck: An Interactive History of Pirates." |
Coupling: Season 3
2002 4.1 stars Television Rated: NR
Britain's favorite sexually misguided sextet is back in the bedroom -- among other locales -- for more steamy shenanigans in Season 3 of the BBC hit comedy. This time around, Steve and Susan adjust to life without each other; the boys visit "the Temple of Woman" (otherwise known as a strip club); Jeff grapples with cheating on Julia; and Patrick "outs" Sally to his new girlfriend. |
Coupling: Season 3: Disc 1
2002 120 mins Television Rated: UR
This disc includes the following episodes: "Split," "Faithless," "Unconditional Sex" and "Remember This." |
Coupling: Season 3: Disc 2
2002 90 mins Television Rated: UR
This disc includes the following episodes: "The Freckle, the Key and the Couple Who Weren't," "The Girl With One Heart" and "Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps." Also includes bonus features such as outtakes, a set tour, a photo gallery and cast bios. |
Coupling: Ssn 3: Faithless
2002 29 mins Television Rated: NR
Jeff's confused when attractive colleague Wilma asks him out for a drink. Should he mention his girlfriend or assume Wilma just wants to be friends? Meanwhile, Jane has the hots for a new co-worker. |
Coupling: Ssn 3: Perhaps, Perhaps...
2002 29 mins Television Rated: NR
Worried she might be pregnant, Sally asks Jane and Susan to take pregnancy tests with her so she can see how a negative result looks. Her nervousness causes her to mix up the tests. Now it's clear one of the girls is expecting -- but which one? |
Coupling: Ssn 3: The Girl with One Heart
2002 29 mins Television Rated: UR
Susan's dinner party brings out numerous anxieties. Steve's worried about privacy because Susan has removed the bathroom lock. Sally and Patrick are both nervous because Patrick's new girlfriend, Jennifer, will be there. |
Coupling: Ssn 3: The Freckle, the Key...
2002 29 mins Television Rated: UR
Steve and Susan argue after Steve discovers a mole on his rear. When Susan can't remember if it's always been there, Steve's hurt by her inattention to his body. Meanwhile, Jeff and Julia's kinky evening becomes a disaster. |
Coupling: Ssn 3: Remember This
2002 29 mins Television Rated: NR
Sally and Patrick struggle to determine the true nature of their relationship when Patrick appears at her apartment in the middle of the night. After dreaming she called him to kill a spider, Patrick rushed over. |
Coupling: Ssn 3: Unconditional Sex
2002 29 mins Television Rated: NR
On an unintentional date with his striking colleague, Wilma, Jeff tries to determine how to refuse sex with her. He's rigged his cell phone so his friends can listen in and offer their advice. |
Coupling: Ssn 3: Split
2002 29 mins Television Rated: PG-13
After Steve and Susan argue about their future, Susan runs out of Steve's apartment in tears. They discuss the fight with their friends then both groups seek therapy at a beauty salon for the girls and a strip club for the boys. |
The Bunker
2001 2.7 stars 95 mins Horror Rated: R
Living in a bunker built on land desecrated by the blood of plague victims, a band of German soldiers (played by a cast that includes Jack Davenport, Christopher Fairbank and Jason Flemyng) discover the horrors of their own minds and are besieged by their past actions. As they remain vigilant for the sounds of the enemy approaching, the group disintegrates into fear and paranoia, each person fighting his gnawing conscience and ugly misdeeds. |
Coupling: Season 2: Disc 1
2001 174 mins Television Rated: UR
This disc includes the following episodes: "The Man with Two Legs," "My Dinner in Hell," "Her Best Friend's Bottom," "The Melty Man Cometh," "Jane and the Truth Snake" and "Gotcha." Extras include audio commentary, cast information and interviews. |
Coupling: Season 2: Disc 2
2001 87 mins Television Rated: UR
This disc includes the following episodes: "Dressed," "Naked" and "The End of the Line." Extras include audio commentary, cast information and interviews. |
Coupling: Season 2
2001 4.0 stars Television Rated: NR
Writer Steven Moffat mines his relationship with wife and "Coupling" executive producer, Sue Vertue, to come up with more hilarious twists and turns on the road to bliss in this BBC cult hit. The twosome at the heart of it all are the similarly named Steve (Jack Davenport) and Sue (Sarah Alexander), who, along with their exes and friends, find themselves in compromising positions -- literally and figuratively. Plus, Steve wants to win Sue back. |
Coupling: Ssn 2: Dressed
2001 29 mins Television Rated: PG-13
When a man Jane met in a bar invites her to dinner, she shows up for the engagement wearing a trench coat -- and little else. The hot date she was anticipating turns out to be an elegant supper for 12, and Jane finds herself severely underdressed. |
Coupling: Ssn 2: Gotcha
2001 29 mins Television Rated: PG-13
To celebrate the anniversary of their first date, Steve and Susan plan a fancy dinner at a posh restaurant. But with their friends speculating about whether a proposal is imminent, a private celebration threatens to become a public spectacle. |
Coupling: Ssn: 2: Jane & the Truth Snake
2001 29 mins Television Rated: PG-13
When Jane loses her job as traffic reporter, she decides to try her hand at puppetry. But when the snake hand puppet she's been rehearsing with demonstrates a remarkable candor, her friends are less than amused. |
Coupling: Ssn 2: The Melty Man Cometh
2001 28 mins Television Rated: R
When Sally finally succumbs to player Patrick's charms, his equipment fails to function, convincing Sally that's she's become repellant to the opposite sex. |
Coupling: Ssn 2: Her Best Friend's Bottom
2001 29 mins Television Rated: NR
A drop-in visit to Susan's flat results in Steve seeing Sally emerging from the shower -- embarrassing enough on its own, but when Susan's best friend then drops her towel and asks whether he finds her attractive, Steve is floored. |
Coupling: Ssn 2: My Dinner in Hell
2001 29 mins Television Rated: NR
Already made uncomfortable by watching a TV show with Susan in which the narrator claims all men masturbate, Steve is sent into a paroxysm of embarrassment when Susan's notoriously frank parents show up for dinner. |
Coupling: Ssn 2: Man with Two Legs
2001 29 mins Television Rated: NR
Steve's buddy Jeff says the wrong thing at the wrong time by blurting out that he has just one leg when the woman bus passenger he's been eyeing for weeks finally speaks to him. The problem: He actually has two and the woman's brother is an amputee. |
Coupling: Ssn 2: The End of the Line
2001 29 mins Television Rated: PG-13
The honeymoon phase of Steve and Susan's relationships seems to be over as both members of the happy couple increasingly get on each other's nerves. |
Coupling: Ssn 2: Naked
2001 29 mins Television Rated: PG-13
When Jeff becomes smitten with his new boss, Julia, buddy Steve helps his pal by revealing Jeff's feelings to his colleague. |
Immortality
2000 2.7 stars 98 mins Drama Rated: R
Steven Grlscz (Jude Law) is a cool and somber vampire living in London who's devoted to the seduction of women and committed to no one, feeding off each of his beautiful conquests in turn. After crossing paths with the gorgeous and strong-willed Anne Labels (Elina Lowensohn), he seems to have met his true love. But when a police inspector (Timothy Spall) begins investigating Steven's past, his deadly secrets could be exposed. |
Coupling: Season 1
2000 3.8 stars 175 mins Television Rated: PG-13
This BBC television series -- intended to be a "Friends" across the Atlantic -- offers the same virtual scenario as the New York-based series, with one exception: a greater emphasis on sex. Six friends in various stages of relationships are caught in hilarious and often embarrassing situations that usually lead to sexual tension, if not out-and-out sexual activity. This collection comprises the entire first season -- six episodes in all. |
The Wyvern Mystery
2000 2.9 stars 119 mins Thrillers Rated: NR
On the estate of Carwell Grange, Alice Maybell (Naomi Watts) senses that something is terribly wrong. As a child, she was adopted by Squire Fairfield (Derek Jacobi) and later married Fairfield's son. But it turns out the squire may have had impure thoughts about his adopted daughter, and now it seems that there's an otherworldly malevolence terrifying the estate's servants … and shadowing Alice! |
Coupling: Ssn 1: Flushed
2000 29 mins Television Rated: R
In the show's premiere episode, a cozy dinner date for two turns into a crowded outing when all six friends -- Jeff, Jane, Steve, Patrick, Susan and Sally -- sit down at the same table. Needless to say, there's some serious group chemistry. |
Coupling: Ssn 1: Size Matters
2000 29 mins Television Rated: R
As Susan and Steve prepare to go on their "real" first date, Susan lets it slip that Patrick is generously, er, endowed -- a fact that intimidates an insecure Steve and worries a politically conscious Sally, who vowed she'd never have sex with a Tory. |
Coupling: Ssn 1: The Cupboard of...
2000 29 mins Television Rated: PG
Jane is shocked to discover that Patrick has a video archive of the various women he's slept with, a list of conquests that includes their mutual friend Susan. Of course, it doesn't take long for the gang to gather 'round the telly, much to Susan's extreme displeasure. |
Coupling: Ssn 1: The Girl with Two...
2000 28 mins Television Rated: PG
Jeff goes gaga over a mysterious beauty hanging out in the gang's local bar, only to discover through her interpreter that she's Israeli and doesn't speak a word of English. But Jeff really blows his chances when he confuses the girl's name with the Hebrew word for "breast." |
Coupling: Ssn 1: Inferno
2000 29 mins Television Rated: PG
Convinced that Susan has discovered his favorite porn film, Lesbian Spank Inferno, Steve panics and declares that he loves her. But when Susan throws an impromptu dinner party, Jane brings a female "date," thus bringing Steve's girl-on-girl fantasy to life. |
Coupling: Ssn 1: Sex, Death and Nudity
2000 29 mins Television Rated: PG-13
When Jane's aunt dies, the whole gang ends up attending the funeral because Jane doesn't want her family to know that she and Steve have broken up. As a result, Susan comes along to watch Steve but brings Patrick; Patrick brings Sally; and Jeff comes along for the heck of it. |
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Charming sociopath Tom Ripley (Matt Damon) maneuvers his way into the lush life of a young heir (Jude Law) vacationing in Italy in this increasingly creepy thriller from Anthony Minghella (The English Patient), based on a novel by Patricia Highsmith. Nominated for multiple Oscars, the film features breathtaking cinematography and standout performances from all involved (including Gwyneth Paltrow, Cate Blanchett and Philip Seymour Hoffman). |
Ultraviolet: Disc 1
1998 180 mins Television Rated: NR
This disc includes the following episodes: "Habeas Corpus," "In Nomine Patris" and "Sub Judice." |
Ultraviolet: Disc 2
1998 180 mins Television Rated: NR
This disc includes the following episodes: "Mea Culpa," "Terra Incognita" and "Persona Non Grata." |
Ultraviolet
1998 3.2 stars 360 mins Television Rated: NR
This British miniseries follows a detective (Jack Davenport) who, after a sudden bite on the neck from a buddy, eschews his old life and friends and joins an elite government agency that engages in experimental lab testing -- with humans as the subjects. A successful fusion of stylistic British thriller and vampire flick, coupled with first-rate storytelling, makes these somewhat improbable characters and situations seem almost plausible. |
Fierce Creatures
1997 3.4 stars 94 mins Comedy Rated: PG-13
In this farce which reunites the stars of A Fish Called Wanda, failing zoo owner McCain (Kevin Kline) brings in new manager Rollo (John Cleese), who wreaks havoc by implementing a "fierce creatures only" policy to increase profits. Zookeeper Bugsy (Michael Palin) tries to save all the timid animals, while McCain's son Vince (also played by Kline) does shady deals on the side … and executive Willa (Jamie Lee Curtis) must decide whose side she's on. |
The Catherine Cookson Collection: The Moth
1997 3.8 stars 152 mins Drama Rated: NR
Part of a collection of television epics based on the best-selling books by novelist Catherine Cookson, this 1940s drama presents a story of class conflict and its influence on romance. When poor carpenter Robert Bradley (Jack Davenport) falls in love with the daughter (Juliet Aubrey) of his wealthy employer, he has no reason to expect her to reciprocate. But when she does, the next question is, will their love prevail? |