Take the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, add a dash of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and a lot more rum. Shake well and you'll have something resembling Dead Man's Chest, a bombastic sequel that's enjoyable as long as you don't think too hard about it. The film opens with the interrupted wedding of Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), both of whom are arrested for aiding in the escape of Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) in the first film. Their freedom can only be obtained by getting Captain Jack's compass, which is linked to a key that's linked to a chest belonging to Davy Jones, an undead pirate with a tentacle face and in possession of a lot of people's souls. If you're already confused, don't worry--plot is definitely not the... Learn More
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WILD PALMS Is A One-Of-A-Kind Very Scary 4 1/2 Hour Science Fiction Mini-Series Ahead Of Its Time. It Is WELL REMEMBERED By Me For The Great Soundtrack And All Star Cast Including Myself As An Extra Actor In Which I Fortunately Got To Appear Within The First 25 Minutes. (I am in the House Party Scene 3x's). The DP Used Me In A Steadicam Shot As A Pivoting Point Between The Main Characters. I remember Spending The Day At That Modern House In Woodland Hills, California Hanging Out Between Takes And Eating Lunch With Ernie Hudson Who Is Very Funny In Real Life And James Belushi Who Wasn't Talking That Day As He Was Concentrating Deeply On His Role. [...] More Info About This DVD Director(s): Keith Gordon - Kathryn Bigelow - Peter Hewitt - Phil Joanou DVD Release Date: Released the 04 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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This complicated mystery, directed with passionate intensity by Katherine Bigelow (Near Dark), deserves better than the paltry distribution it received in theaters. Granted, it's a tough sell: a contrast between the emotional unrest in a group of modern travelers and a hundred-year-old murder case on a desolate New England island. A photographer (Catherine McCormack) is researching the old case, and we flip back and forth between time periods as she uncovers new clues. The parallel-story structure is often tricky to pull off in movies, and Bigelow, working from the Anita Shreve novel, doesn't entirely solve it here. But the old mystery, set in a strict Norwegian community, is compelling, and the cast is stronger than the material: Sarah Polley and the late Katrin Cartlidge are... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Sarah Polley - Catherine McCormack - Sean Penn - Josh Lucas - Elizabeth Hurley Director(s): Kathryn Bigelow DVD Release Date: Released the 04 March 2003 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Based on an incident that was officially suppressed for 28 years, K-19: The Widowmaker is a fine addition to the "sub-genre" of submarine thrillers. The first major American film about Russian cold war heroes, it re-creates the nightmare endured in 1961 by the crew of the Soviet nuclear submarine K-19, when an exposed reactor core nearly resulted in a nuclear catastrophe. Several crewmen died, and K-19's captain (played by Harrison Ford) had to assert his command when near-mutiny favored his executive officer (Liam Neeson). This escalating tension gives the film its potent dramatic thrust, and both Ford and Neeson deliver intense performances while director Kathryn Bigelow (Near Dark, Strange Days) ably controls a sub full of seething testosterone. It's... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Harrison Ford Director(s): Kathryn Bigelow DVD Release Date: Released the 10 December 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Jamie Lee Curtis is one of Hollywood's more diverse actresses-- from being heralded the "Scream Queen" for such films as HALLOWEEN and THE FOG, to comedic genuis in A FISH CALLED WANDA and TRUE LIES. Her portrayal of a rookie cop who becomes the target of an obsessed stalker (Ron Silver) after her first assignment on the force solidifies her acting abilities and film repertoire. Ron Silver plays the Wall-Street-broker-turned-psychopath flawlessly.
BLUE STEEL is a cop flick with a twist which, unlike many films in the genre, showcases a lead female's descent through the police force. Amir M. Mokri's encompassing and somber cinematography, Brad Fiedel's ambient and chilling musical score, and Kathryn Bigelow's cool, detatched direction, combined with the excellent cast which also includes... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Jamie Lee Curtis - Ron Silver Director(s): Kathryn Bigelow DVD Release Date: Released the 03 December 2002 Usually ships within 24 hours
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The word "vampire" is never mentioned in Near Dark, but that doesn't stop this 1987 cult favorite from being one of the best modern-era vampire films. It put then-unknown director Kathryn Bigelow on Hollywood's radar and gave choice roles to Aliens costars favored by Bigelow's ex-husband James Cameron: Lance Henriksen is the leader of a makeshift family of renegade bloodsuckers, nocturnally seeking victims in rural Oklahoma; his immortal gal pal is Aliens and Terminator 2 alumnus Jenette Goldstein; and Bill Paxton is the group's deadliest leather-clad ass kicker. Fellow traveler Jenny Wright lures Okie farm boy Adrian Pasdar into the group with a love bite, and he's soon turning toward vampirism with a combination of frightened revulsion and relentless desire.... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Adrian Pasdar - Jenny Wright Director(s): Kathryn Bigelow DVD Release Date: Released the 10 September 2002 Usually ships in 24 hours
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James Cameron wrote the script for this not-so-futuristic science fiction tale about a former vice cop (Ralph Fiennes) who now sells addicting, virtual reality clips that allow a user to experience the recorded sensations of others. He becomes embroiled in a murder conspiracy, tries to save a former girlfriend (Juliette Lewis), and has a romance with his chauffeur and bodyguard (Angela Bassett). Cameron's ex-wife, director Kathryn Bigelow (Point Break), brought the whole, busy, violent enterprise to the screen, and while the film's socially relevant heart is in the right place, its excesses wear one out. Some of the casting doesn't quite click either: Fiennes isn't really right for his nervous role, and Lewis is annoying (and unbelievable as the hero's much-yearned-for former... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Ralph Fiennes - Angela Bassett - Juliette Lewis Director(s): Kathryn Bigelow DVD Release Date: Released the 14 August 2001 Usually ships in 24 hours
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