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Between pints of good ale, the inspector tries to solve a case involving the death of a board member from a multi-national corporation trying to take over a family run brewery. An entry into the popular British television series.DVD Features:Region 0Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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In Curtis Hanson's WONDER BOYS, based on the novel by Michael Chabon, Michael Douglas delivers one of his most compelling performances as Grady Tripp, a disheveled, perpetually adolescent English professor amiably coasting toward a midlife crisis. On the inaugural day of his university's literary festival, Grady's third wife leaves him, and his mistress, university chancellor Sara Gaskell (Frances McDormand), announces that she's pregnant with their child. To further complicate matters, Grady's reckless editor, Terry Crabtree (Robert Downey Jr.), desperate to revive his flaccid career, arrives to pick up Grady's far-from-finished seven-years-in-the-making follow-up to his critically acclaimed first book. As if that weren't enough to keep him reeling, Grady soon becomes an unwilling accomplice to a canine homicide and the heist of a rare jacket once worn by Marilyn Monroe, both committed by his brightest student--the languid, slightly pathological James Leer (Tobey Maguire). Dressed in a ratty pink bathrobe and driving a stolen car with a dead dog in the trunk, Grady must now find a way to return Marilyn's coat, write the great American novel, nurture James's literary talents, discourage the advances of an amorous coed (Katie Holmes), avoid the wrath of a tiny James Brown look-alike (Richard Knox), and reconcile with Sara...all before the weekend is over.
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Often eclipsed in Western eyes by the more volatile Takashi Miike and the eclecticism of Takeshi Kitano, Japanese director Rokuro Mochizuki is slowly filtering across this divide, quietly stunning his growing number of adherents. Consciously eschewing most artistic conventions, his yakuza films give a frank treatment to the brutal violence they depict, but turn upon subtly-drawn characterizations, with stories that rely heavily on the intricacies of relationships. After cutting his teeth in the pink film industry (or Japanese porn), Mochizuki imbues his depictions of sexuality with great importance, but never in an exploitative way; instead, sexual relations are used to provide depth to the story. ONIBI picks up many of the themes seen in the director's previous work, most notably 1995's ANOTHER LONELY HITMAN, describing the alienation of a yakuza mobster upon his release from prison. Kunihiro has vowed to go straight after 27 years in prison, but of course has difficulty separating entirely from his old lifestyle. He takes on a job as a driver only, but soon begins a downward spiral as his true nature begins to resurface. When an old friend buys a woman for him, Kunihiro finds himself falling in love with the beautiful piano player, who comes with some baggage of her own, although ultimately the reluctant yakuza turns out to be his own worst enemy. Excellent performances are turned in by the seasoned cast, which includes Mochizuki perennial Kazuki Kitamura (COWARD, LEY LINES) as Kunihiro's flamboyantly gay roommate.
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This program recreates the early career of John Paul II in the years leading up to when he was elected pope. KAROL: A MAN WHO BECAME POPE also features interviews with the film`s actors, and footage of the actual John Paul II giving his first speech as pope.
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Gracie Thompson hasn't been so much brought up as dragged through life by her manipulative, drug-addled mother. Missing meals, dodging cops and landlords, changing schools the way most kids change socks, Gracie and her sister and brothers, each the product of a different dead-beat dad, seem to have hit the skids. Then Gracie makes a choice to get a job, succeed in school, and find stability. but her choice isn't just for herself. At the age of 17, she decides to be the mother, emotionally and legally, her siblings never had.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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