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| Category | Action DVDs, Foreign Films Movies, Blu-ray Videos, Action/Adventure, Martial Arts, Revenge, Legends, Chinese, Digital Copy, Ancient Civilizations, Chinese/Mandarin | | Starring | Jet Li, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Donnie Yen, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang, Chen Dao Ming, Zheng Tian Yong, Liu Zhong Yuan | | Director | Yimou Zhang | | Action Director/Arranger | Siu-Tung Ching | | Additional Music/Songs | Itzhak Perlman | | Composer | Tan Dun | | Costume Designer | Emi Wada | | Director of Photography | Chris Doyle | | Executive Producer | Dou Shou Fang, Zhang Wei Pin | | Producer | Bill Kong |
Widescreen; Soundtrack English; Special Edition; Blue Ray HD-DVD Zhang Yimou, the director of such Chinese epics as RED SORGHUM, RAISE THE RED LANTERN, JU DOU, and SHANGHAI TRIAD, takes his first stab at a period martial arts film and succeeds wildly, making an intelligent, carefully crafted drama that pays tribute to the genre while taking it to another level. The story is set 2,000 years ago, during the time of the Warring States, when seven kindgoms were battling for dominance, and one leader--the king of Qin (Chen Dao Ming)--was determined to end up victorious and unite all of China as one nation. The proud king is forced to live trapped alone in his palace as a remarkable trio of villains--Broken Sword (Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk), and Sky (Donnie Yen)--are out to kill him. But one day a simple country prefect (Jet Li) shows up, announcing that he has killed all three assassins. Identifying himself as Nameless, the prefect tells in great detail how he got rid of the king's sworn enemies. However, once Nameless is finished, the king has some interesting questions for him, pointing out holes in his tale. The cat-and-mouse story continues as Nameless and the king seek to find out the truth about the assassins and the future of China. Zhang Yimou's marvelous film is enhanced by Christopher Doyle's lush photography, Tan Dunn's percussive score (with Itzhak Perlman adding violin and fiddle), exciting special effects from SHAOLIN SOCCER veteran Tony Ching Siu-Tung, and excellent acting. THEATRICAL RELEASE: AUGUST 20, 2004 Hero Reviews: "HERO is beautiful and beguiling, a martial arts extravaganza defining the styles and lives of its fighters within Chinese tradition."-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times "HERO is one of the most beautiful and involving films of the year."
-- Glenn Kenny, Premiere "The extravagant visual beauty of HERO is, in a way, its own reward....The cast is a parade of action stars in full charisma..."
-- Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly "Filled with meticulous set pieces, including a showdown between Snow and Moon set among swirls of golden-yellow leaves, HERO is easy on the eyes."-- Manohla Dargis, New York Times "HERO is a visual feast."-- Mike Clark, USA Today "Director Zhang Yimou packs this visual feast with fierce action and breathtaking beauty."
-- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone "HERO is dazzling....A visually sublime, thematically simple and universally appealing work of art….A landmark piece of cinema."
-- Simon Lewis, Uncut Hero | List Price | $44.99 (You save $9.90) | | Studio | Miramax Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 2004 | | CD Universe Part number | 7967900 | | Catalog number | 10125700 | | Discs | 2 | | Release Date | Sep 15, 2009 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Also Known As | Jet Li's Hero; Ying Xiong | | Running Time | 99 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen; Special Edition; Dubbed; Subtitled; With Digital Copy | | Movie Details | Color; Widescreen; Special Edition; Dubbed; Subtitled; With Digital Copy; Includes Digital Copy |
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With the success of the live-action film TRANSFORMERS, the robots in disguise proved that there was too much action for just one film. This sequel promises more in the epic battle between the Autobots and the Decepticons.
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| | Battlestar Galactica: The Plan DVD (2009) Widescreen; Subtitled
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Edward James Olmos directs this feature-length drama that retells the story of the Peabody-winning series--from the perspective of the Cylons. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN finds man’s creations plotting to destroy their makers, but their genocidal scheme leaves survivors. Now, two Cylons must try to eliminate the remnants of humanity, while Adama (Olmos) and his fleet struggle to survive. From the nuclear devastation that began the miniseries to Sharon’s (Grace Park) attempt to kill her commander, all the show’s biggest moments are seen from the enemy’s point of view. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: THE PLAN also stars Tricia Helfer, Michael Hogan, Dean Stockwell, Michael Trucco, and Aaron Douglas.
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| | Easy Rider DVD (1969) Widescreen; Special Edition
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A landmark in film history, EASY RIDER blew the studio doors open for more young directors than any film before or since, helping to create the wide-open climate that would lead to the production of many outstanding films in the 1970s. As its director, Dennis Hopper is usually given the lion's share of credit for the film's success, but the revelations of time suggest that the contributions of the late Terry Southern and, to some degree, Jack Nicholson have endowed the film with much of its residual power.
Starring Peter Fonda as Wyatt (alias Captain America) and Hopper as Billy, it traces the hippie duo's adventures as they mount their seriously chopped hogs on a journey to find the real America en route to Mardi Gras. In Arizona, they visit a commune whose members are having a tough time, and in a small Texas town they're jailed for joining a parade. But they're quickly sprung by an ACLU lawyer, the quirky, hard-drinking George Hanson (Jack Nicholson), who accepts their offer to join them on the trip to New Orleans, eager to visit the best whorehouse in the South. EASY RIDER accurately reflects the tensions and hostilities of the period, Laszlo Kovacs's photography is superb, Nicholson is exceptional in his breakthrough role--and the startling, stunning ending is a shocker.
This 95 minute feature film is a special edition DVD starr ing Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Karen Black , and Luana Anders.
| | To Hell And Back DVD (1955)
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American war hero Audie Murphy plays himself in this action epic about his daring exploits in Europe and North Africa.
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| | Crocodile Dundee Triple Feature DVDs (1986) Widescreen
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This triple feature presents all three films in the CROCODILE DUNDEE franchise: CROCODILE DUNDEE (1986), CROCODILE DUNDEE 2 (1988), and CROCODILE DUNDEE 3 (2001). See individual titles for plot synopses.
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| | Hawaii Five-O - The Complete Seventh Season DVDs (2009) Full Frame; Dubbed
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One of TV's longest-running crime dramas (only LAW & ORDER would surpass its record-setting 12-year run), the 1970s television series HAWAII FIVE-O captivated audiences with its smart and stylish take on the standard policier formula. Filmed entirely on the Hawaiian Islands, the action-packed series followed the crime-fighting adventures of an elite state police squad anchored by quintessential tough guy Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) and his detective team of Danny "Danno" Williams (James MacArthur), Chin Ho Kelly (Kam Fong), and Kono Kalakaua (Zulu). Almost single-handedly rewriting the book on police dramas, the series distinguished itself with intricate plotting, inventive cinematography, exotic locations, and, of course, an indelible theme song and timeless catchphrase ("Book 'em, Danno!"). This collection presents the iconic series' seventh season in its entirety.
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| | Man Who Wasn't There (AKA The Barber) Blu-ray (2009) (Import)
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French only Blu-Ray/Region All pressing. Please note there are forced French subtitles. Titled: The Barber for the French market. A dissatisfied barber in the 1940's decides to blackmail his wife's lover in order to get startup capital for a new dry cleaning business. The scheme begins to unravel and, in the end, everyone gets what's coming to them. Directed by the Cohen Brothers and starring Billy Bob Thornton and Frances McDormand.
| | Universe: The Complete Season Three Blu-ray (2009) 3 Discs; Blu-ray
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The third season of THE UNIVERSE serves up cosmic wonders in stunning detail, using gorgeous computer re-creations to bring even the most distant planets front and center. The History Channel series journeys to the brink of the known galaxy and explores the mysteries that we have yet to fully unravel, such as black holes and hypothetical planets. This complete collection features every episode from the show’s third year, including "Parallel Universes," "Sex in Space," and "Deadly Comets and Meteors."
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| | Transmorphers: Fall Of Man Blu-ray (2009) Widescreen
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This made-for-video, mockbuster movie from The Asylum film studio is a prequel to TRANSMORPHERS, revealing the backstory of the alien-robot invasion that conquered Earth and forced human survivors underground.
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| | Eastern Promises Blu-ray (2007)
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David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen follow up 2005's A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE with another joint effort in EASTERN PROMISES. The film takes place in rainswept London, with Mortensen effortlessly inhabiting the role of a chauffeur (named Nikolai) for the Russian Mafia. The stoic Nikolai works for restaurant owner and powerful Mafia kingpin Semyon (Armin Mueller-Stahl) and his out-of-control son Kirill (Vincent Cassel). Cronenberg adds a few generous splashes of blood-red to his otherwise deeply grey cinematic palette as the movie begins, then allows his central storyline to unfold. Midwife Anna (Naomi Watts) comes crashing into Nikolai's life after discovering the diary of a young Russian woman who dies while giving birth, and her dealings with Semyon, and a subsequent translation of the diary, provide some horrific discoveries. Anna soon finds herself floundering in an alien world full of brutal and bloody violence, and it's not long before her own life hangs perilously in the balance.
Fans of A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE will find much to enjoy here, as will longstanding Cronenberg fans who have stuck with the director since his early low-budget horror days. Plenty of themes, ideas, and obsessions that have run right through the director's body of work are present, and he appears to have found a very effective muse in Mortensen. The chief talking points of the film will almost certainly revolve around Mortensen's extended nude sequence and the graphic killings and fight sequences, but EASTERN PROMISES is a weighty piece of work that will undoubtedly attract fans of intelligent, well-crafted thrillers.
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| | Devil May Cry - Complete Box Set Blu-ray (2007)
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Get the full saga of DEVIL MAY CRY with this complete box set, featuring every episode from the Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 collections. See individual titles for additional details.
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| | Requiem For A Dream Blu-ray (2000) Widescreen; Remastered; Subtitled; Unrated
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For his follow-up to his darkly brilliant debut, PI, director Darren Aronofsky chose to adapt a tough and meaty piece of work: Hubert Selby's 1968 novel REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, a dark spiral into the abyss of barren fantasies doomed to extinction. However, in Aronofsky's frenetic, visionary, unique, and disturbing style lies the perfect setting for this story of four people whose intertwined lives are filled with eternally hopeful despair. This is a different sort of horror film. Harry Goldfarb (Jared Leto) and Marion Silver (Jennifer Connelly) are lovers in Brooklyn with dreams of setting up a small business and spending the rest of their lives in love--their version of the American dream. The two are also desperate heroin addicts, a compulsion that darkens their lives and leads Harry to repeatedly pawn his mother's television. His mother, Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn), is addicted to television, which is why she keeps replacing the stolen set. One day she receives a call from her favorite show, the surreal TAPPY TIBBONS SHOW, and learns that she has been selected to appear on an upcoming broadcast. When she can't fit into her best red dress, her doctor prescribes diet pills (uppers), to which she swiftly and painfully becomes addicted. Harry's cohort, an intelligent hustler named Tyrone (Marlon Wayans), completes the foursome. With its unflinching dissection of addiction, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM is a psychologically disturbing, visually captivating depiction of lost hope. The last half hour of the film is among the most harrowing of any film ever made.
Widescreen; Additional Footage; Soundtrack English; English Subtitles; Spanish Subtitles; Dir/Cast Commentary; Blue Ray HD-DVD
| | Fox Searchlight Spotlight Series, Vol. 1 Blu-ray (2009) 3 Discs; With Movie Cash; Blu-ray
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Three of Fox Searchlight’s best-loved indie films come together in this quirky collection, including JUNO, NAPOLEON DYNAMITE, and LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE. See individual titles for additional synopsis details.
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| | Versus Blu-ray (2000)
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This kinetic horror/action hybrid stars Tak Sakaguchi as Prisoner KSC2-303, a criminal who has just escaped from a maximum security prison. Heading to the Forest of Resurrection to meet up with some gangsters, KSC2-303's escape plan soon veers off course when an argument with one of the gangsters leads KSC2-303 to shoot him. Worse still, KSC2-303 finds out the hard way that when you kill something in the Forest of Resurrection, it does not stay dead. Things get even more complicated when all the dead people the gangsters have buried in the forest begin coming back to life and packing heat. Blending zombie horror with EVIL DEAD 2 style slapstick and Hong Kong action pyrotechnics, VERSUS is a very bloody and very enjoyable thriller.
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