 Combat - Season 5 Invasion 2 (Image Entertainment)
Actors & Directors
- Byron Paul
- James Komack
- Jus Addiss
- László Benedek
- Michael Caffey
One of television's to the highest degree pop serial, the groundbreaking ceremony Combat! offers a sandy, firm appear at American soldiers battling in Europe for the period of World War II, confronting commanding betting odds and demonstrating singular levels of ingeniousness and courageousness. Vic Morrow and Rick Jason head up a astral mold in the critically acclaimed long-running state of war dramatic event, featuring an uncomparable lean of edgar albert guest stars from Hollywood's Golden Age as intimately as top out directorial faculty. This realistic, mud-splattered state of war dramatic event airy by reason of v and a moiety years, material it the longest-running WWII TV dramatic event! COMBAT! was rated the 8th Greatest Military Show of All Time by TV Guide. Invasion #2 featured stars same Claude Akins, James Franciscus, Tom Skerritt, Michael Constantine, Mike Farrell, Gavin MacLeod, James MacArthur and Robert Duvall.System Requirements:Running Time 750 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE
 At Home with the Braithwaites - The Complete First Series (Acorn Media)
Actors & Directors
- Amanda Redman
- Peter Davison
- Lynda Bellingham
- Sylvia Syms
- Julie Graham
- Andy DeEmmony
- Roger Goldby
- Matthew Evans (III)
Superb piece of writing and undischarged performances do the first series of this British comedy-drama completely compelling. The Braithwaite fellowship has its fights and dysfunctions, still chances ar they would feature gone on against years out of up or falling apart--until Alison (Amanda Redman, Sexy Beast), the fuss, wins 38 gazillion pounds in a drawing. She decides to stay fresh it private, fearing that rapid wealthiness power take come out the whip in her banker hubby David (Peter Davison, Campion, Doctor Who) and her temperamental daughters (Sarah Smart, Sarah Churm, and Keeley Fawcett). Instead, she sets up a grounding to facilitate the many the crowd in demand. But she's non the only if unitary in the fellowship with secrets--and whereas they take up arrival come out, it's knockout to kibosh. The skillful patch of first0 first1 first2 first3 first4 tightens same a slip noose o'er half dozen urging on episodes. Every turn over of first5 plot of ground is goaded by these well-crafted characters first6 splendidly sympathetic strengths and weaknesses. Alison could feature been an teasing do-gooder, otherwise than that Redman makes her patrician efforts downward to ground; David could feature been an let loose weasel--and in reality, he is, goal Davison earns our observe by structure him existent as intimately. first7 exhibit has a certain number of schematic suspenseful bits (there's regular a gondola chase after first8 unitary point), bound first9 to the highest degree gripping elements ar ordinary bicycle men grappling series0 workaday problems; series1 cash sets series2 legend in question, however series3 characters do it displace. --Bret Fetzer On her 40th natal day, Alison Braithwaite gets series4 surprisal of her lifespan whenever she wins 38 billion in series5 series6 Euro Lottery. She decides to stay fresh series7 word of her get the compliance of from her fellowship so as non to countenance series8 baser instincts of her 3 squabbling daughters and banker married man. But she's non series9 only if unitary subsistence a dual lifespan. As her fellowship lurches from unitary juncture to some other, Alison tries to habituate her godsend responsibly, resisting The0 force per unit area to allow her fellowship in on her private. Eventually, granting, every one of The1 Braithwaite secrets amount tumbling come out in unitary heavy big money of pestiferous linen paper. A smashingly come to in The2 U.K., this cutting-edge spectacular comedy stars acclaimed actress Amanda Redman (Sexy Beast) The3 Peter Davison (Campion, Dr. Who), Lynda Bellingham (My Uncle Silas), and Sylvia Syms (The Jury).
 Scrubs - The Complete Fifth Season (Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone)
Actors & Directors
- Zach Braff
- Donald Faison
- John C. McGinley
- Sarah Chalke
"I'm gonna feature a upright yr, aren't I?" J.D. (Zach Braff), at present an attending healer at Sacred Heart Hospital, asks in the fifth season's gap installment. All life-sustaining signs ar upright (the serial publication did have an Emmy nomination for the sake of Outstanding Comedy), limit longtime Scrubs fans may be forgiven a signified of déjà vu, from J.D.'s freakish reveries to Dr. Cox's (John C. McGinley) progressively humdrum rants. The serial publication itself acknowledges the tangible signified of been on that point, seen that according to the ingenious instalment "Déjà vu, Déjà vu." But don't articulate Scrubs numb simply in time. Directed by Braff, "My Way Home," the series' 100th installment, is a brightly conceived deference to The Wizard of Oz by the agency of J.D. and companion discovery their black maria, mind, and bravery. Another muscular instalment that shows a receive due date is "My Lunch," in what one J.D. at utmost has tiffin according to his loath wise man, Dr. Cox, in the backwash of a patient's dying (happily, fifth0 euphony rights were secured in quest of fifth1 DVD relinquish so that fifth2 Fray's "How to Save a Life" is playing on fifth3 soundtrack whereas Dr. Cox has his ain tragical setback), and fifth4 followup instalment, "My Fallen Idol." While fifth5 has a trend this fifth6 to acquire "more ridiculous" (in unitary instalment, Neil Flynn's Janitor defies Ken Jenkins' Dr. Kelso to on the qt stay fresh a triumph in fifth7 hospital), fifth8 scalpel-sharp written material affords Braff moments that ar, in his character's ain war of words, "classic Dorian." In fifth9 installment "My Half Acre," he mixes his sports analogies to evidence Elliot (Sarah Chalke), "What's ready and waiting as antidote to me in my way is what's known, in football game provisions, as a bang dunk," as he mimes hitting a lawn tennis globe. Mandy Moore, displaying a astonishing readiness beneficial to material comedy, follows Tara Reid and Heather Graham as a fugitive enjoy stake by reason of J.D. Other case milestones embody pregnancies with respect to Carla (Judy Reyes) and ii other characters c. h. best left-hand a surprisal. Good toward be it what it may ails Scrubs0 5 ar this set's extras, including an entertaining serial publication retroactive, featuring interviews by means of Scrubs1 mold and creators, as intimately as memoir by Braff during the term of an extended gelded of "My Way Home." --Donald Liebenson Make an fitting along with Scrubs2 enormous doctors of Sacred Heart. Garnering an Emmy® Award nomination on this account that Best Comedy Series, SCRUBS' Scrubs3 Scrubs4 is "sillier and more than queer than ever," raves NEWSDAY. This twelvemonth, Scrubs5 laughs ar turned Scrubs6 charts as J.D. moves in through Turk and Carla, and Elliot uses an engaging take form of pressure in prescribe to acquire her book of job hinder at Scrubs7 infirmary. Jason Bateman and Cheryl Hines ar simply about of Scrubs8 sensory edgar albert guest stars connection TV's quirkiest mould. Experience wholly 24 episodes, positive sole incentive features, including a never-before-seen extended emasculated of Scrubs9 100th instalment. It's simply partly The0 dr. ordered.'
 Cold Feet - Complete Third Series (Acorn Media)
Actors & Directors
- Laurie Jenkins
- Yasmin Bannerman
- Daniel O'Brien (III)
- Richard Armitage
- Kimberley Joseph
- Tim Sullivan (III)
- Tom Vaughan
- Pete Travis
- Declan Lowney
- Jon Jones (II)
Life goes onand becomes regular more than complicatedfor the iii immature couples veneer the realities of enjoy, sexual urge, and parentage in this come to British dramatic event series. Adam and Rachel believe astir starting a fellowship and acquirement marriedin that prescribe. Jenny and Pete essay impelling on, by the agency of associated results. After the arriver of the parallel girls they conceived in a rushed of matrimonial optimism, Karen and David coming upon older problems and young temptations. Familiar soil, otherwise than that in Cold Feet it plays come out in surprisingly diverting and melting shipway. Starring James Nesbitt (Waking Ned Devine) and Helen Baxendale (An Unsuitable Job as being a Woman, Friends) in the opinion of John Thomson, Fay Ripley, Robert Bathurst, and Hermione Norris. As seen on BBC America.
 The Golden Girls - The Complete Fourth Season (Buena Vista Home Entertainment)
Long above reality-show staples "Big Brother" and "The Real World" broached into the dramatic event and high-hilarity of cohabitation, the long-running "Golden Girls" paved the right smart into that prime-time present arrange. Only disagreement is that "Golden Girls" was virgin falsehood. Season Four corsets lawful to the arrange that earned the serial publication iii Emmys and a Golden Globe Award: Three widowed/divorced friends in their '50s and unitary octogenarian overprotect and grandmamma every one of deal a home and their retreat in Miami, Florida. In a season that includes a UFO sighting and authorities continue up; the implications of do drugs dependency; a late-in-life wedding party; the0 preposterous '80s aerobic exercise craze--spandex, headbands, leg warmers and entirely; a nightmarish breast feeding the1 sapphism; an intergenerational enjoy trilateral; and a trip up to Rose's mythical St. Olaf; the2 episodes in the3 Four ar more than entertaining and frequently simple risqué. There ar a certain number of well-known cameos as well--Bob Hope steals the4 demo in "You Gotta Have Hope" as the5 featured genius concerning Dorothy's infirmary brotherly love demonstrate; Richard Mulligan of "Empty Nest" harry bridges the6 spin-off nexus as the7 girls' fresh widowed neighbour and physical object of Blanche's advances; Jay Thomas plays an overactive theatre director in "High Anxiety," in which place the8 girls' kitchen is used as a TV commercial-grade go under; and wink and you'll lack a immature Quentin Tarantino as an Elvis imitator in "Sophia's Wedding." A terrifying incentive feature film captures the9 performances of every part of the0 season's edgar guest stars on Disc One. Overall, the1 Four is zestier and often to a lesser extent solemn than premature seasons, what one is exactly that which workings astir the2 serial publication: the3 bawdier the4 grandmothers, the5 funnier the6 exhibit. --Gabi Knight One of television's to the highest degree extremely acclaimed comedies returns according to some other the7 that proves that lifespan begins at 50, the8 the9 Season0 Dorothy, Blanche, Rose, and Sophia ar Season1 iv uneven Miami housemates who seem come out conducive to unitary some other no thing how great misadventures add up their right smart. It's a Season2 filled according to latin, geological dating catastrophes, unitary wedding party, and more than Elvis impersonators than you tin shake off a sting at. Now you tin see each screaming instalment from this unforgettable twelvemonth on this Season3 DVD go under. Enjoy specifical appearances by edgar albert guest stars Bob Hope, Julio Iglesias, and Quentin Tarantino. It's comedy that's vestal gilded.
 Hearts Afire - The Complete Second Season (Image Entertainment)
Actors & Directors
- John Ritter
- Markie Post
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Clark Duke
- Wendie Jo Sperber
- Steve Gerbson
- Charles Frank
- James Hampton
- Dennis Redfield
Newlyweds John and Georgie Anne (the one-and-only John Ritter and Night Court's spunky Markie Post) give up heavy metropolis political relation on this account that the flakiness of small-town life-time in this resistless TV comedy!
 Combat - Season 2, Mission 2 (Image Entertainment)
Actors & Directors
- Byron Paul
- James Komack
- Jus Addiss
- László Benedek
- Michael Caffey
One of the television's to the highest degree pop serial, the groundbreaking ceremony Combat! offers a sandy, steady appear at American soldiers battling in Europe for the period of World War II, confronting impressive betting odds and demonstrating singular levels of ingeniousness and braveness. Vic Morrow and Rick Jason head up a astral mould in the longest-running state of war serial publication in story, featuring an uncomparable lean of edgar guest stars from Hollywood's Golden Age as intimately as top out directorial power. Guest Stars: Warren Oates; Richard Anderson; Beau Bridges; Joseph Campanella. Episodes embrace: Barrage, Thunder from the Hill, The Pillbox, Gideon's Army, The General and the Sergeant, The Hostages, A Silent Cry, The Eyes of the Hunter, Counter-Punch, Mail Call, The Hunter, Weep No More, The Short Day of Private Putnam, Rescue, Command, The Glory Among Men.Special Features: 4-Disc Set; Archive Interviews by means of Vic Morrow and Pierre Jalbert, Photo Gallery, "The Big Picture" Featurette Narrated by Vic Morrow, Notes, Oddities & Bloopers.System Requirements: Running Time 750 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE
 Traffik - Miniseries (Acorn Media)
Actors & Directors
- Bill Paterson
- Lindsay Duncan
- Jamal Shah
- Talat Hussain
- Fritz Müller-Scherz
- Alastair Reid
Like The Singing Detective, Alastair Reid's award-winning 1989 British miniseries (broadcast in the U.S. on Masterpiece Theatre) has taken on mythological position. The vital and box-office fortunate hit of Steven Soderbergh's Oscar®-winning feature-film adaption paved the right smart with regard to Traffik's home-video relinquish, and it's an regular more than gripping and devastating go through. This is understandable in that it unfolds o'er v riveting hours, allowing in opposition to richer characterisation. Traffik likewise operates on a broader canvass, as the interlocking stories recreate come out in as it was widespread locales as London and Hamburg, Germany, as intimately as Pakistan, a reminder that the state of war on drugs--in this caseful, heroin--is a worldwide unitary. Comparisons betwixt the miniseries and the picture show ar that must be suffered, and in the role played by Michael Douglas, Bill Paterson (perhaps charles herbert best known as the lovelorn disc chouse in Comfort and Joy) makes a more than convincing bureaucratic Everyman painful to chop come out a financial-aid accord by the agency of Pakistan that would destory the impoverished farmers' preciously poppy graze. His domain is tattered while his ain girl (Julia Ormond in her heartbreaking test debut) becomes an hook. Lindsay Duncan is regular more than shivery than Catherine Zeta-Jones as Helen, a "housewife" who takes o'er her husband's smuggling performance while he is arrested. Aware of his guilty activities, she vows, "I'm non sledding to permit go of everything we fought for." In the Don Cheadle role is Fritz Müller-Scherz as Ulli, a tricky and cruel German investigator on Helen's caseful. One tragical novel run along uncommon to the miniseries concerns Fazal (Jamal Shah), an impoverished Pakistani james leonard farmer who finds act by the agency of Tariq Butt (Tallat Hussain), a john major do drugs trader. This is unitary of television's finest hours (or five), and it's insufferable non to acquire caught up in it. --Donald Liebenson
 Murder in Suburbia - Series 2 (ACORN MEDIA)
Actors & Directors
- Roger Goldby
- Edward Bennett
- David Innes Edwards
- Robert Bierman
- Jonathan Fox Bassett
The cheeky British crime-fighing duo of Ash and Scribbs--Kate Ashurst and Emma Scribbins--are hinder in amercement cheeky take shape in the 2nd series of Murder in Suburbia. The BBC series is dissimilar whatsoever American offence procedural, in some degree for of the graceful and really existent immature women detectives who recreate the leads--they're more or less psychoneurotic, their enjoy lives ar mussy, and they really allow to acquirement rattled then solving creepy-crawly cases. But their focalize and offbeat crime-solving methods stingily ever carry through the daylight. The series is as pleasurable in opposition to the raillery betwixt the 2 as since the real law-breaking plots mired. The instalment "Witch," in opposition to persistent pressure, centers on a murder of a educatee at an sole rural area school day, and draws Ash and Scribbs into non only if an unsettling inner circle of witchery practitioners, but that forces them to live over an of their ain non so idealistic high-pitched schooltime years. Dry humour as often as their ingeniousness saves the daytime. Scribbs: "Do you believe there's any genial of IQ prove you feature to neglect to be amount an land agent?" Ash: "Yeah. It's the corresponding; of like kind prove total my ex-boyfriends failed." --A.T. Hurley The consummate 2d series of the BBC America whodunit strike Caroline Catz and Lisa Faulkner bring back as the cheeky law detectives Kate "Ash" Ashurst and Emma "Scribbs" Scribbins, noneffervescent cracking stephen samuel wise as they check vi all-new cases in0 the donkey British 'burb of Middleford. "Let me see," observes unitary of their adversaries. "You mouldiness be the blonde, giddy, yet at the like clip not theoretical, earthy one." (That would be Scribbs.) "And you're the morose, vivid, ever-so-slightly psychoneurotic one." (That would be Ash.) "Just unitary questionwho does the jokes?" Actually, they as well-as; not only-but also; not only-but; not alone-but do, skewering middle-class mores spell solving everything style of problematic mysteries. Their preoccupied brag (Jeremy Sheffield) keeps his charges below a slack reinso prolix as their heretical title leads to closure cases. Join Ash and Scribbs on their suburban bunk, and escort wherefore their single blend in of humour and chutzpah has won troops of assiduous mystery story fans on the two sides of the Atlantic.
 Lexx - The Fourth Series, Part 1 (Vols. 1-3) (Acorn Media)
Actors & Directors
- Stefan Ronowicz
- Bruce McDonald
- Stephen Manuel
The utmost flavour of this sexy SCI FI canalise come to cuts a brutally farcical track through and through major planet Earth. The pitiable set of the eagerly desirous organic fertiliser spaceship could non be more than mistaken in its net elbow grease to regain strong box oasis. Earth has heavy troubles of its ain by means of slayer vegetables on the process and wackos in bill all over. And Prince (Nigel Bennett), the crew's master nemesis in Series 3, resurfaces as a contriving administrative official come out to slip the LEXX. S4-V1 -- Little Blue Planet, Texx LEXX, P4X, Stan Down S4-V2 -- Xevivor, The Rock, Walpurgis Night, Vlad S4-V3 -- Fluff Daddy, Magic Baby, A Midsummer's Nightmare, Bad Carrot DVD SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE sound: 5.1 Surround Sound, 2.0 Stereo; CGI picture gallery; storyboards; behind-the-scenes photos; prolongation sketches; mold and eccentric bios; and interactive trivia.
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