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House M.D. Season 2 R1 £26
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" The overall strength of the second season of House, M.D. proves that
its first-year success wasn't a fluke. This season starts with Dr. House
(Golden Globe winner Hugh Laurie) pursuing his ex-wife Stacy (Sela Ward)
and ending with a tragedy that could potentially be deadly for himself
and two colleagues. The premise of each show follows a set routine--a
patient is brought in with unusual symptoms; House challenges his trio
of underlings to diagnose the problem; they treat the patient, usually
incorrectly the first few tries; and then at the very last
minute--through a revelation that often has little to do with the
patient--House figures out what's wrong and saves the day. It would be
easy for this set up to grow old fast. But because of the smart writing,
nuanced acting, and believability of the characters (who're often
dealing with unbelievable scenarios), the formula works on each of the
24 episodes that aired on Fox during the 2005-2006 season. Viewers have
been conditioned by the Marcus Welbys of the TV world to think of
doctors as saviors. Even on ER, the most narcissistic physician was
selfless at heart. But House is a different breed. When he's at an
off-track betting parlor and a woman collapses, he doesn't miss a beat.
Still eying his race on television, he asks, "Is anybody here a doctor?"
He'll mock a sick patient's complaints with a sarcastic, "Boo hoo!" And,
if there happens to be a dead body around, he has no qualms about
shooting it if he believes that could help diagnose another gun-shot
victim.
Not that he's any more reasonable or compassionate to his boss Cuddy
(Lisa Edelstein), his oncologist best friend Wilson (Tony winner Robert
Sean Leonard), or his young charges Foreman (Omar Epps), Cameron
(Jennifer Morrison), and Chase (Jesse Spencer). He instructs his doctors
to break into patients' homes as if they're cat burglars. He does not
know the meaning of the phrase "politically correct." But because he
spits out insults (as if he has a mild case of Tourette's) equally to
both his patients and colleagues, the latter never flinch at his
constant stream of inappropriateness. When his three young doctors storm
into his office to report the declining condition of a patient by
blurting out, "We have rectal bleeding," House says, "What? All three of
you?" To sensitive Wilson, who is trying to get some work done without
being interrupted, House says, "I know you're in there. I can hear you
caring." And when Foreman's father says, "My son says you're a
manipulative *******," House replies, "It's a pet name. I call him Dr.
Bling." Of course House actually does care about his patients, but he
views a good bedside manner as the luxury of a doctor who has a healthy
patient. But dying patients with seemingly incurable diseases need
something more. They need House. "
Special Features
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
"An Evening With House" panel discussion at the Academy of Television
Arts & Sciences with the cast and executive producers
Commentary by executive producers David Shore and Katie Jacobs on the
episodes "Autopsy" and "No Reason"
Alternate takes from the episodes "Daddy's Boy" and "Sleeping Dogs Lie"
with Lisa Edelstein (Cutty) and Jennifer Morrison (Cameron) performing,
like, Valley Girl style
"It Could Be Lupus..." - A montage of clips highlighting the shows
oft-repeated diagnosis
Blooper Reel
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Inside Man R1 £8
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Superior extras to the bare bones R2 UK release and comes in a slipcase.
" Spike Lee scored his biggest hit to date with Inside Man, an
unconventional thriller with fascinating details in the margins of its
convoluted plot. The screenplay (by first-timer Russell Gerwitz)
could've used a few more rewrites; it moves at a brisk pace but in
hindsight a lot of it doesn't make sense. That makes Inside Man more fun
to watch than to think about afterwards (when you discover plot holes
big enough to drive a truck through), but it's curiously involving,
especially as NYPD Detective Keith Frazier (Denzel Washington) struggles
to outsmart a high-stakes bank robber (Clive Owen) who, along with a
well-trained crew of accomplices, has seized control of a Wall Street
bank, turning what initially looks like a hostage crisis into a personal
crusade to expose some mysterious evil secrets. As you might expect from
the director of Do the Right Thing, Lee seizes several satisfying
opportunities to examine post-9/11 issues of racial prejudice and
domestic terrorism, and the mysterious "problem solver" Madeline White
(Jodie Foster), as eerily sinister as she is vaguely defined, is worthy
of her own movie. With the benefit of his most stellar cast to date
(including Christopher Plummer, Willem Dafoe and Chiwetel Ejiofor), Lee
seems more interested in character details than well-crafted suspense,
but that doesn't stop Inside Man from being engrossing, subtly amusing,
and quirky enough to qualify as a welcomed break from the formulaic
thrillers that are Hollywood's bread and butter. "
Special Features
Available Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby
Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Commentary by: Director Spike Lee
Feature commentary with director Spike Lee
Featurette: Number 4 - Spike Lee and Denzel Washington discuss their
creative collaborations
"The Making of Inside Man" featurette
Over 25 minutes of deleted scenes
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Scotland, PA R1 £8
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" "Scotland, PA" is the debut of writer/director Billy Morisette, who
came up with the idea for this film when he was a teenager working at
Dairy Queen. Morisette hasn't done the impossible, but he's certainly
done the unexpected: make Shakespeare's "Macbeth" not only into a
comedy, but into a comedy that revolves around fast food joints in the
70's. Suprisingly, not only does this attempt work well, it's
occasionally brilliant and often very funny and clever.
The film starts by introducing us to Joe "Mac" McBeth (James LeGros) and
his wife Pat (Maura Tierney), two low-key (but very much in-love)
workers at a local greasy spoon called Duncans, owned by Norm Duncan
(James Rebhorn). When it becomes apparent that Duncan isn't appreciative
of Joe's ideas (such as a drive-up window), Pat and Joe plan to kill
Duncan and take over the place. Things don't go quite according to plan
though and Duncan ends up in the frier.
Mac and Pat get think they've got things covered. Duncan's sons, Malcolm
(Tom Guiry) and Donald (Geoff Dunsworth) sell the restaurant to Mac and
Pat, unaware of what they've done. Soon enough, the run-down diner has
been transformed into a slick eatery that's doing superb business. While
"Scotland, PA" is simply witty and funny in the film's first half, it's
not until chief inspector McDuff (Christopher Walken) enters the picture
that the film starts to really get going. This is easily the best Walken
performance I've seen in years - it's Best Supporting Actor-worthy, but
will likely go unrecognized due to the fact that the film's out so early
in the year.
It's Walken that ties everything together. As McDuff, he's relaxed and
has remarkably funny comedic timing, making sharp jokes, but also
holding the character's cards close, not revealing what he's thinking
about the situation he's presented with. The result is a tense
back-and-forth as one side tries to fool the other. As the stress level
rises, so does the drama and violence, but what suprised me was how well
"Scotland" slides from comedy into seriously darker tones; while not
always effective, this second half works better than I'd expected,
mainly thanks to the performances. Legros, in particular, does a pretty
suprising and smooth turn from slightly goofy to stone-cold. Tierney
(Morisette's real-life wife) is also at her very best - previously known
for playing intelligent, good-hearted characters, she truly gets into
playing the calculating Pat. There's also some good supporting
performances from Kevin Corrigan, as well as the trio of Amy Smart, Andy
Dick and Timothy Levitch as three hippies who haunt Mac.
Morisette's film also succeeds in creating atmosphere. The costumes and
music are purely 70's, down the last detail. The cinematography by Wally
Pfister ("Memento") is also superb. While not everything works - and
there are a few little patches of comedy and drama that are a bit flat
in comparison to the rest - the cast is energetic and very entertaining,
especially Walken, who's priceless in the role. "Scotland, PA" is a
suprising success - an original and very enjoyable darkly comedic take
on Shakespeare's tale.
Special features - aside from a commentary by writer/director Billy
Morisette, there's also a five minute interview with the director, a
jokey little Sundance featurette, credits and DVD-ROM weblink."
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Confessions Of A Sociopahic Social Climber R1 £5
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Good for the girlfriend and good for you!
" Bold, sexy and deliciously wicked, Jennifer Love Hewitt plays a
fashion-obsessed social climber willing to do whatever it takes to crash
the most important party of the year and win over the man of her dreams.
Based on the best-selling novel! "
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She Hate Me R1 £5
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" In a long and varied career, She Hate Me is easily one of Spike Lee's
most unusual films. On the one hand, it's a drama. On the other, it's a
comedy. Then there's the structure: a crazy quilt made up out of several
different stories. Even the style is a patchwork incorporating animation
and pseudo-documentary--in the vein of Lee's 1986 hit She's Gotta Have
It. It all revolves around one John Henry "Jack" Armstrong (8 Mile's
Anthony Mackie), a successful executive at a biotech company much like
ImClone (the one that brought Martha Stewart down). When Jack blows the
whistle and loses his job, ex-fiancée Fatima (Ray's Kerry Washington),
who left him for another woman, offers the now-penniless Jack $10,000 to
impregnate her. All goes well, so they set up business together, and he
proceeds to impregnate countless gay women, including mafia princess
Simona (Monica Bellucci). If there's one thing that keeps it all
together, it's Mackie, who handles the many changes Lee puts him through
with admirable aplomb.
Also starring Woody Harrelson, Brian Dennehy, Q-Tip, Bai Ling, Jim
Brown, Ellen Barkin and others! "
Special Features
Audio commentary by co-writer/co-producer/director Spike Lee
"Behind-the-Scenes" featurette
7 Deleted Scenes
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