| "Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings" |
| "Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings tells the heartfelt story of a musical sensation whose virtuoso skills on the ukelele have transformed all previous notions of the instrument's potential as he touches the lives of the young and old who inspire his brilliance. On the road from Los Angeles to New York to Japan, the film captures the solitary life on tour: The exhilaration of performance, the wonder of newfound fame, and the loneliness of separation from home and family."
Price: 8.69 |
| "Nova: What Are Dreams?" |
| "What are dreams and why do we have them? NOVA joins the leading dream researchers as they embark on a variety of neurological and psychological experiments to investigate the world of sleep and dreams. Delving deep into the thoughts and brains of a variety of dreamers, scientists are asking important questions about the purpose of this mysterious world we escape to at night. Do dreams allow US to get a good night's sleep? Do they improve our memory? Do they allow US to be more creative? Can they solve our problems or even help US survive the hazards of everyday life? NOVA follows researchers like the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Matthew Wilson who is literally 'eavesdropping' on the dreams of rats and takes viewers into a sleep lab for a first-hand look at how scientists do their best to eavesdrop on human dreams. From those who violently act out their dreams to those who can't stop their nightmares, from sleepwalking cats to people who can't dream, each fascinating experiment."
Price: 12.69 |
| "Rise & Shine" |
| "Wake up from head to toe every day of the week with energizing movement set to spirited classical music. Seven different three-minute stretching sequences correspond to the seven days of the week, offering a practical way to develop a daily exercise habit. Set to seven Morris Dance tunes arranged and orchestrated by famed British composer Gustav Holst, these are exercises you'll look forward to as an enjoyable way to start the day. A dancer by training, Smith demonstrates slow, continuous stretching movements that develop flexibility and strength. Joining Ann on this video is her husband, Roger, whose training is in sports conditioning, showing that the exercise system works for all body types and for men as well as women. With isometric and aerobic qualities, the exercises challenge the body without stressing it, making them perfect for exercisers of all ages and abilities. The author of several exercise books, Smith teaches stretch exercise in Alexandria, Virginia, and lectures throughout the U.S. And Europe. Her previous bestselling videos are Stretch Exercise with Ann Smith (also available as Stretching for Seniors) and Moving to Mozart."
Price: 6.19 |
| Nutcracker |
| "Miyako Yoshida, Steven McRea, Gary Avis, Iohna Loots, and Richardo Cervera are featured in this 2009 Royal Ballet production of the Tchaikovsky ballet conducted by Koen Kessels."
Price: 28.29 |
| "In Africa" |
| "In November 1971, Ginger Baker, the legendary drummer of Cream and Blind Faith, decided to set up a recording studio in Lagos, then the capital of Nigeria. Baker was one of the first rock musicians to realize the potential of African music. He also decided that it would be a rewarding musical experience to travel to Nigeria over land across the Sahara desert - a journey that would lead him into a number of adventures. This film by Tony Palmer follows Ginger Baker's odyssey as he makes his journey and finally arrives in Nigeria to set up his studio, which would run successfully through the '70s as a facility for both local and western musicians (Paul McCartney's Wings recorded Band on the Run there)."
Price: 12.19 |
| "Charles Mingus: Live at Montreux 1975" |
| "This concert, recorded at the 1975 Montreux Jazz Festival, primarily features considerably extended versions of tracks from Changes One and Changes Two with workouts on a couple of old standards. The line up features Mingus, Don Pullen, Dannie Richmond."
Price: 6.19 |
| "Capriccio (Opera)" |
| "Renee Fleming, Anne Sofie von Otter, Rainer Trost, Gerald Finley, DIetrich Henschel, Franz Hawlata, Annamaria Dell'Oste, Barry Banks, and Robert Tear star in this 2004 Paris Opera production of the R. Strauss opera conducted by Ulf Schirmer."
Price: 6.99 |
| "True True Lie" |
| "Sultry sensation Jaime King (The Spirit, Sin City) co-stars in this intense psychological thriller about a young woman released after 12-years in an insane asylum. Lydia Leonard (""Jericho"") plays Dana, the fragile ex-patient still struggling with the delusion that she and her friends - sexy Nathalie (King) and kind-hearted Paige (Annabelle Wallace) - murdered a young boy when they were children. But when the three reunited women decide to play the twisted ""Truth-or-Dare""-type game that led to Dana's original breakdown, the line between fact and fiction soon turns frighteningly deadly."
Price: 5.69 |
| "Billy the Kid" |
| "Jennifer Venditti's first feature documentary tells the story of Billy, an articulate but isolated 15-year-old boy trying to figure out life and death, love and rock 'n' roll. Nerdy but heroic, Billy wanders through the quiet streets of small-town Maine."
Price: 4.89 |
| "Monster in the Closet" |
| "Paul Dooley, Paul Walker, John Carradine and Henry Gibson head up an all-star cast in this horror-comedy about a murderous but misunderstood monster!"
Price: 16.89 |
| "Building Big: Bridges" |
| "What enables a simple arch bridge to support such great weight? What holds up a suspension bridge? Bridge the world with award-winning author-illustrator-and captivating storyteller-David Macaulay (The Way Things Work) and meet the brilliant designers who dared to extend roads and railways with ingenious but sometimes flawed designs."
Price: 5.99 |
| "Black Magic" |
| "Based on a novel by Alexander Dumas, BLACK MAGIC stars Orson Welles as the 18th century master hypnotist and charismatic charlatan, Cagliostro. After his mother is executed for supposedly practicing ""witchcraft,"" young Joseph Balsamo is raised by gypsies. Under their tutelage, he perfects his skills performing magic tricks and selling snake oil in the gypsy's travelling caravan show. Eventually Balsamo meets Franz Mesmer, the famous hypnotist, who convinces Joseph he has even greater gifts which could heal the sick. But Joseph chooses a very different path assuming the name Cagliostro and embarking on a vendetta for power over the man who ordered his mother's death."
Price: 15.29 |
| "Totally Diva" |
| "The voice behind the Eurythmics shines in the spotlight with this breakthrough set. Includes Walking on Broken Glass, Why and many more songs from the album. 2001/color/45 min/NR."
Price: 9.49 |
| "Untold Scandal" |
| "Combining bold erotica, historical detail and eloquent tragedy, Untold Scandal roots Choderlos de Lacio's Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 19th century Korea. Previously set in pre-revolutionary France (Dangerous Liaisons) and in a wealthy New York prep school (Cruel Intensions), this version of the timeless Gallic tale of treachery, lust and sacrifice ""may even be the best of the lot"" (Los Angeles Times). Elegant, courtly and sexually voracious young Lord Jowon's (Bae Yong-jun) public life of idle nobility masks a not-so-private life of unending sexual conquest. Challenged by his equally debauched cousin Lady Cho (Lee Mi-Suk) to seduce a teenaged virgin (Lee Soh-yeon) threatening Cho's household kingdom, Jo-won accepts on condition that Cho surrender herself to him if he succeeds. But the real target of Jo-won's rapacious charm and ardor becomes Lad Sook (Jeon Do-yeon), a stunningly attractive, pious widow known as ""the gate of chastity."" As Untold Scandal's Machiavellian intrigue heats up, Jo-won's boast that ""I have room for only one person in my heart"" may prove his undoing. Full of ""startling beauty"" (LA Weekly), Untold Scandal maps the labyrinth of the soul as surely as it details the pleasures of the flesh. It's glossy evocation of the decadence and hypocrisy of the Chosun Dynasty, Korea's Victorian age, broke box office records in South Korea. After the US release, Untold Scandal's ""stunning costumes and art direction, lush landscapes, and beautiful framed and lighted sequences"" (New York Post) were declared ""a major feat"" (The New York Times)."
Price: 7.39 |
| "They Made Me a Fugitive" |
| "Alberto Cavalcanti (Nicholas Nickleby, Dead of Night), one of the key figures in French and British cinema for several decades, turns his sights on the London underworld in the engrossing BritNoir gangland drama They Made Me a Fugitive. Set in the unsettled postwar England where crime is on the upsurge, Fugitive is a suspenseful genre film which uses the picturesque Soho district as background to brilliant effect. The brooding and atmospheric cinematography of cameraman Otto Heller (Alfie, Funeral in Berlin) is in the noir visual tradition, while the film's authenticity is due to the director's command of documentary technique,. The London pubs, alleys and back bedrooms turn into the poetry of urban realism. Also evident is Cavalcanti's deep understanding of the troubled characters, well drawn in the script by noted playwright Noel Langley, the screenwriter of the Wizard of OZ. Trevor Howard (Brief Encounter, the Third Man) gives one of his greatest performances as Clem, an ex-serviceman who is fed up after the War and drawn to the excitement of black-marketeering. His psychopathic sadistic gang boss, Narcy (Griffith Jones), betrays him when he refuses to deal in drugs, and the story becomes a breathtaking tale of revenge. The complex ending of They Made Me a Fugitive."
Price: 8.39 |
| "Star Quest" |
| "It is 2035 A.D. and the final countdown has begun for a voyage that will reach across the vastness of outer space to explore the nearest Earth-Like planet. An international crew has been placed in cryogenic suspended animation for the journey. But a century later, they awake to find that things have gone horribly wrong."
Price: 14.19 |
| "Sacred Songs" |
| "Fleming performs a concert from Mainz Cathedral November 2005 with the Mainz Cathedral Choir and Deutsche Kammer Philharmonie Bremen, conducted by Trevor Pinnock, in Christmas and other works by famous composers."
Price: 7.59 |
| "Tornado Alley" |
| "Their 300 mile-per-hour winds can reduce a building to kindling and launch cars into the sky like leaves. When and where they will strike remains a mystery and every year they cause billions of dollars of damage. Venture into the eye of the storm to examine nature's most destructive force. Learn about the twisters that literally scarred America from the Natchez tornado of 1840 to the Plainfield disaster of 1990. Interviews with survivors period accounts and astonishing footage brings the savage brunt of these epic storms to life. Learn the incredible tale of the Tri-State Tornado of 1925 which killed 700 people. And experts reveal the latest advances in Tornado detection and explain how they may help limit the stunning losses from these meteorological terrors."
Price: 14.09 |
| "I Shall Never Return" |
| "Ken Amafuji has lived a dark life. He's had to fend for himself as long as he can remember, selling himself to strange men just to pay the rent. The one ray of light in his life has always been his childhood friend, Ritsurou Yoshinari. Bright, upbeat."
Price: 5.49 |
| "War File: The French & Indian War" |
| "Renowned historians and military experts paint a vivid picture of the famous 18th century war, complete with battle reenactments and period imagery. While providing a great overall view of the entire war, this chapter from the popular documentary series also provides an in-depth look at the war's most famous battle, the Battle of Quebec."" 2007/color/55 min/NR/fullscreen."
Price: 10.29 |
| "Aragami: Raging God of Battle" |
| "From Director Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Alive, Godzilla: Final Wars). Fleeing from enemies, a wounded samurai finds a place to rest at a mysterious temple deep in the ancient mountains of Japan. Later, the temple's host then tells the Samurai the legend."
Price: 5.69 |
| "Waiting for Armageddon" |
| "America's 50 million strong Evangelical community is convinced that the world's future is foretold in Biblical prophecy, from the Rapture to the Battle of Armageddon. Waiting for Armageddon explores this apocalyptic worldview, from the home front in America to the future battlefield of Israel. By weaving Christian, Zionist, and Jewish perspectives along with telling archival materials, this eye opening film also probes the potentially explosive alliance between Evangelical Christians and Israel... an alliance that may set the stage for what one Evangelical leader calls 'World War III'."
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Big Bad" |
| "Frankie Ducane is obsessed with seeking revenge against the deranged killer who destroyed her family. The search for the depraved man who tore Frankie's life apart has left her exhausted but she will not give up until he suffers for his actions. Her journey turns into a non-stop grotesque battle for vengeance where only one person will come out of this alive."
Price: 7.89 |
| "The City" |
| "Directed by David Riker. Starring Moises Garcia, Cipriano Garcia, Fernando Reyes."
Price: 5.69 |
| "Tales from the Land of Gullah" |
| "As seen on PBS this lavish depiction of African American history will appeal to all audiences. Featuring Anita Singleton-Prather & the Gullah Kinfolk."
Price: 22.59 |
| "Plan B" |
| "2010 release from the stand-up comedy queen. There's no telling what her Plan a might have entailed (perhaps a one-woman rendition of Grey Gardens?), but Bamford's Plan B turns out to be a virtuoso, one-woman performance of a self-imposed stint in Northwoods exile. Filmed live at the Varsity Theater in Minneapolis, the extra-packed DVD has an intimate and theatrical flavor that may feel unexpected to some of Bamford's followers, but skillfully weaves together the most well-wrought portions of her repertoire. More focused than her usual stand-up routine, in Plan B Bamford takes on the story of her own Hollywood life, viewed from the much safer and possibly much weirder climes of Duluth, MN. Playing all of the characters, from her parents to her high school nemesis-cum-Target checkout girl, Bamford lovingly skewers her origins, reminding US that, while there may be no place like home, there's really no place like home."
Price: 9.79 |
| "Big Pun Live" |
| "Directed by Marcos Antonio Miranda."
Price: 5.29 |
| "You Can Heal Your Life: Study Course" |
| "Directed by Michael A. Goorjian. Starring Cheryl Richardson, Gregg Braden, Esther Hicks."
Price: 19.29 |
| "Lost Concerts Collection" |
| "This exclusive DVD recorded before a live studio audience for Canadian TV, features the inimitable Tony Bennett at his very best. His relaxed manner and velvet-smooth, easy on the ear voice enthralls and enchants the audience from the opening line to the very last note. Born in New York in 1926 Tony Bennett's early career was undoubtedly influenced by the jazz musicians of the era and he has recorded tracks with some of the giants of the industry such as Count Basie, Stan Getz and Zoot Sims. An international singing legend, with over 30 million records to his credit, Tony has been recording and performing in cabaret for almost 50 years. Frank Sinatra is reported to have proclaimed Tony Bennett to be the best singer in the world, praise indeed from someone of Sinatra's stature. Enjoy an evening with Tony Bennett, one of the finest singers of popular songs that has ever lived."
Price: 5.19 |
| "El Dorado" |
| """I'm paid to risk my neck. I'll decide where and when I'll do it. This isn't it."" Now a two-disc presentation with all-new special features, this Paramount Centennial Collection edition of El Dorado delivers the goods. Legendary producer-director Howard Hawks teams up with two legendary stars, John Wayne and Robert Mitchum, in a classic Western drama. Mitchum plays to perfection an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the ""dark side"" of the Wild West - ruthless cattle barons and crooked ""businessmen."" the Duke gives an equally adept performance as the sheriff's old friend, one who knows his way around a gunfight. Featuring a supporting cast that includes James Caan, Charlene Holt, Paul Fix, Ed Asner and Christopher George, and filled with both brawling action and unexpected humor, El Dorado is pure gold."
Price: 6.99 |
