The French Connection Collection Box Set (1 & 2)

The French Connection Collection Box Set (1 & 2) Review

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Both "The French Connection" (1971) and the fast-paced follow-up "The French Connection II" (1975), in which detective Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) heads to France to ultimately bring down the heroin dealer whose syndicate he busted in America, are available in a special three-disc collector's set. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital 4.0, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English; audio commentary by Friedkin, Hackman, Scheider, Frankenheimer; "making of" documentary; deleted scenes; photo gallery; storyboards; theatrical trailers.

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Chuck Norris Collection (Delta Force / Delta Force 2 / Missing In Action / Missing In Action 2: The Beginning / Braddock: Missing in Action III)

Chuck Norris Collection (Delta Force / Delta Force 2 / Missing In Action / Missing In Action 2: The Beginning / Braddock: Missing in Action III) Review

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Four-disc set includes "Missing in Action," "Missing in Action 2: The Beginning," "Braddock: Missing in Action III," "The Delta Force," and "Delta Force 2."

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Sunday 004---Rob Bell

Sunday 004---Rob Bell Review

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Genre: Self-Help
Rating: NR
Release Date: 12-JUN-2007
Media Type: DVD

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Classic Crime Collection - Street Justice (Murder Inc., The French Connection, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The Seven-Ups)

Classic Crime Collection - Street Justice (Murder Inc., The French Connection, The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The Seven-Ups) Review

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Father's Day gift set includes: St. Valentine's Day Massacre, Seven-Ups, Murder, Inc. and French Connection.

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Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia Review

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Julie & Julia Feature

• Condition: Used, Very Good
• Format: DVD
• AC-3; Color; Dolby; Dubbed; DVD; Subtitled; Widescreen; NTSC

Julie & Julia is a film that should be relished with gusto--accompanied by the freshest and best ingredients, pounds of butter, and bottles of the very best wine. It lovingly celebrates the life of one of American food's most influential and beloved figureheads: Julia Child--played here with zest, humor, and a sweet, subtle respect by Meryl Streep, whose performance is spectacular.

Julie & Julia is based on the book by Julie Powell, a frustrated New York bureaucrat who wants to be a writer. "But you're not a writer until someone publishes you," she moans. So she gives herself a challenge: to cook her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in one year, and to blog about it. As Powell (played with chirpy determination by Amy Adams), begins to find her groove as a cook, and her voice as a writer, the project takes on a life of its own--and in the end it does provide the struggling young woman with her life's purpose, to her very pleasant surprise. But mostly, Julie & Julia is a valentine to Child, to Child's amazing love affair with her dashing husband, Paul (Stanley Tucci, as divine as any soufflé in the film), and to her outlook on embracing life, and ordering seconds. Streep throws herself into the Child role with real affection for her character, and while certain of Child's idiosyncrasies--including her warbly voice and unflappable haphazardness in the kitchen--are retained, it's Child's character and vision which form Streep's portrayal, and which make the film so involving and rewarding.

Nora Ephron directs with deftness and a light touch, though she seems at times to be encouraging some of Meg Ryan's onscreen tics in Adams (the self-conscious head tilt, for one). But mostly she simply allows Streep to channel Child and her love of food, her husband, and 1950s Paris. And that is a recipe for something truly sublime. --A.T. Hurley


A culinary legend provides a frustrated office worker with a new recipe for life in Julie & Julia, the true stories of how Julia Child's (Meryl Streep) life and cookbook inspired fledgling writer Julie Powell (Amy Adams) to whip up 524 recipes in 365 days and introduce a new generation to the magic of French cooking. Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada) co-stars in director Nora Ephron's delicious comedy about joy, obssesion and butter. Bon app‚tit!

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Avenue Montaigne

Avenue Montaigne Review

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AVENUE MONTAIGNE centers around Jessica (Cecile de France) a beautiful young woman from the provinces who comes to Paris and lands a job waiting tables at a chic bistro on fabled Avenue Montaigne, the city's nexus for art, music, theater and fashion. Jessica's customers include a popular TV actress (Valerie Lemercier) who is courting a major Hollywood director (Sydney Pollack) for her first serious film role; a wealthy art collector (Claude Brasseur) who is about to liquidate a lifetime's worth of treasures at auction; and an illustrious classical pianist (Albert Dupontel) who is at odds with his manager/wife (Laura Morante) as to where his career is headed. Precisely because Jessica doesn't know how celebrated these people are, her guileless and completely unintimidated engagement in their lives has a transforming effect on them - and ultimately her.

This product is manufactured on demand using DVD-R recordable media. Amazon.com's standard return policy will apply.

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The Mists of Mwanenguba

The Mists of Mwanenguba Review

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The Mists of Mwanenguba Feature

• Bonus: 2007 STV News Coverage Segment

To this day, Africa still contains numerous unexplored regions. One of these lost worlds - a biodiversity hot spot - was recently discovered in Cameroon by British researchers from the Kew Royal Botanical Gardens. Follow the steps of botanist Martin Cheek and primatologist Bethan Morgan as we explore the miraculously preserved tropical forest that surrounds Mount Mwanenguba, a volcano that has stood dormant for millennia. In just a few expeditions, Cheek's team managed to catalogue over 200 previously unknown plant species including orchids, coffee plants and fig trees.

Their findings soon attracted the attention of other international organizations including CRES who are dedicated to the preservation of endangered species. Upon exploring the area, they discovered it to be one of the few remaining sanctuaries for large, silver-faced monkeys called drills (the cousin to the mandrill) who were designated by the IUCN in 1996 as one of Africa's most endangered animals in dire need of protection.

This documentary explores the enchanting region surrounding Mount Mwanenguba where we will discover the incredible richness in plant and animal life as well as landscapes straight out of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel. We will also encounter the Bakossis tribe who are fighting tirelessly to preserve their native region from the increasing attacks of deforestation.

A race against time has begun to preserve this unique environment.

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Unspeakable

Unspeakable Review

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Dennis Hopper and Pavan Grover 'turn in powerful performances ( Film Flash Radio ) in this taut, suspenseful and disturbing psychological thriller. Filmed in a real prison, and starring Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers), Lance Henriksen (Alien vs. Predator) and Jeff Fahey (The Lawnmower Man), Unspeakable will take you on a wild ride from its hair-raising beginning to itselectrifying end! Against the advisement of the prison warden (Hopper), psychologist Diana Purlow(Meyer) attempts to map the mind of serial killer Jesse Mowatt (Grover) and discovers images so twisted and horrific, she can't begin to explain them. But when Mowatt later escapes death from the electric chair and begins a lethal rampage, she is faced with a terrifying question: Is he merely a talented serial murderer or something far more unspeakable?

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Knight Rider - Season One

Knight Rider - Season One Review

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All 21 episodes from the debut season--including the two-part pilot "Knight of the Phoenix," "Slammin' Sammy's Stunt Show Spectacular," "Trust Doesn't Rust," "Knight Moves," and "Short Notice"--are collected in a four-disc set. 19 3/4 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: French, Spanish; bonus film "Knight Rider 2000"; photo gallery; more. **21 episodes on 4 discs. 19 3/4 hrs.**

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The French Connection

The French Connection Review

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Plot Summary for
The French Connection (1971)
William Friedkin's gritty police drama portrays two tough New York City cops trying to intercept a huge heroin shipment coming from France. An interesting contrast is established between 'Popeye' Doyle, a short-tempered alcoholic bigot who is nevertheless a hard-working and dedicated police officer, and his nemesis Alain Charnier, a suave and urbane gentleman who is nevertheless a criminal and one of the largest drug suppliers of pure heroin to North America. During the surveillance and eventual bust, Friedkin provides one of the most gripping and memorable car chase sequences ever filmed.

written by Tad Dibbern
Popeye Doyle and Buddy Russo get wind of a big shipment of Heroin and begin a tail of the suspects, and their French Connection, two French nationals who are the european link. As money troubles begin for the hoods they decide to kill Popeye and Buddy to give them enough room to bring in the Heroin. A combination of police procedural and action/car chase.

written by John Vogel

Police partners Doyle and Russo put a candy store under surveillance based on a hunch that something fishy was going on. Eventually it turns out that the proprietors are involved in one of the biggest narcotics smuggling rings on either side of the Atlantic, and the cops go to work.

written by Philip Brubaker

Alain Chanier is a dapper businessman from Marseilles, France, who is in reality a drug lord working on a big score - to sell million worth of 89% pure heroin to New York City. But his potential buyer - small-time hood Salvatore Boca - is being tailed by two undercover NYC cops, James "Popeye" Doyle and Buddy "Cloudy" Russo. The more Popeye and Cloudy dig, the closer they get - to where Chanier agrees to an attempt on Popeye's life that results in a brutal train hijacking and automobile pursuit, and eventually to a showdown between police and mobsters outside the city.

written by Michael Daly

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