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Two Weeks Notice


Starring: Sandra Bullock and Hugh Grant.
Written and Directed by: Marc Lawrence
Story; Lucy Kelson (Bullock) is an attorney who has strong ideals. Raised by left wing parents, legal people themselves, Lucy has been fighting environmental issues, for people’s rights and for almost any cause you can name. She graduated from Harvard Law and does “Pro Bono” […]

Stealing Harvard


Starring: Jason Lee Tom Green Leslie Mann Megan Mullally Dennis Farina Tammy Blanchard Synopsis:I pressed play on this DVD, knowing only that Tom Green was starring in the film, and that it was something about Harvard University. I have seen other Tom Green films and I expected to be cringing throughout. Fortunately though, this was […]

One Day Wonders


The Stars: The Australian 2003 World Cup One-day Cricket teamSynopsis: This one for the cricket buffs or a sports fan who wants to see how good a team can be at their chosen sport. The DVD opens with Darren Lehmann hitting the winning runs to clinch the 1999 World Cup to remind us of […]

Demetrius and the Gladiators


Principal Cast: Victor Mature; Susan Hayward; Debra Paget; Michael Rennie; Ann Bancroft; Richard Egan; Ernest Borgnine; Jay Robinson and many others;
Director: Delmer Daves
SYNOPSIS
Billed as a follow-up to “The Robe”, an epic biblical tale released in 1953, and featuring many of the original cast members; this tale focuses on a more immoral aspect of the […]

Dragonfly


Stars: Kevin Costner, Joe Morton, Ron Rifkin, Linda Hunt and Kathy Bates.Directed by: Tom Shadyac.Synopsis:I was interested to see what this film was going to be like as I had heard that it `wasn’t a bad flick’. for a Kevin Costner movie. Costner is not an actor that I’m extremely fond of at the best […]

National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation


Principal Cast: Chevy Chase; Beverly D’Angio; Randy Quaid;
Director: Jeremiah S Chechik
SYNOPSIS
Another `disaster’ movie from the well-known Vacation series, this is the third film following on from the original “Vacation ” in 1983 and “European Vacation” in 1985 and follows the exploits of the dysfunctional Griswold family.
In a series of accidents of ever increasing […]

Bob the Builder - Skateboard Spud


Animated fun for children.
Stars the usual characters made famous by Paul K Joyce.
Features 5 exciting adventures: Skateboard Spud, Scruffty’s Big Dig, Cock-a-doodle Spud, Wendy’s Surpise Party, Muck’s Monster.
Bright, happy & upbeat, all the things you have come to expect from the Bob the Builder character, with out being boring or predictable. My kids sat through […]

The Hooley Dooleys & The Hooley Dooleys - Read Set Go (2 on One DVD)


Two favourites in one DVD.
Well I’m a giant fan of the Hooley Dooleys & this DVD is a god send for those days when you have no planned activities for your kids and you have to get something done with out them - modern babysitting at its best! The Hooley Dooleys dance and sing their […]

Insomnia (Original version) 1997


STARS: Stellan Skarsgard, Sverre Anker Ousdal, Bjorn Floberg, Gisken Armand, Maria Bonnevie.
STORY
If you have seen “The Pledge” with Jack Nicholson and enjoyed it (as I certainly did) then this film will satisfy; the theme is similar. I like the idea of good guys who are not squeaky clean - who have `issues’. Although in comparing […]

Fearless


Starring: Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez with Tom Hulce and John Turturro.
Directed by Peter Weir.
Storyline:
Meet Max Klein (Bridges), architect, husband, father, ordinary family man one day. The next day, he boards a plane, despite not enjoying the flying experience, and the unthinkable happens - the plane crashes and he is one of the […]