Chapter 27 - The Movie

Fight Club

"'Fight Club' pulls you in, challenges your p more...4 points

"'Fight Club' pulls you in, challenges your prejudices, rocks your world and leaves you laughing" (Rolling Stone). Brad Pitt ("12 Monkeys", "Seven"), Edward Norton ("Primal Fear," "American History X") and Helena Bonham Carter ("Mighty Aphrodite," "A Room With A View") turn in powerful "performances of which movie legends are made" (Chicago Tribune) in this action-packed hit. A ticking-time-bomb insomniac (Norton) and a slippery soap salesman (Pitt) channel primal male aggression into a shocking...4 points

Requiem for a Dream (Director's Cut)

Employing shock techniques and sound design in a relentless more...3 points

Employing shock techniques and sound design in a relentless sensory assault, Requiem for a Dream is about nothing less than the systematic destruction of hope. Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr., and adapted by Selby and director Darren Aronofsky, this is undoubtedly one of the most effective films ever made about the experience of drug addiction (both euphoric and nightmarish), and few would deny that Aronofsky, in following his breakthrough film Pi, has pushed the medium to a disturbing ex...3 points

My So-Called Life - The Complete Series (w/ Book)

Called the first TV show to get adolescence right more...2 points

Called the first TV show to get adolescence right and a perfect portrayal of imperfect teen hood, this is the epic series that launched the superstar career of actress Claire Danes and served as a role model for many of the teen angst oriented shows on television today. Although the original series aired for less than six months, just 19 episodes, in the mid 90s, it has gone on to acquire legendary cache.BONUS FEATURES; Deluxe 36 page book accompanies set and includes original art alongside full...2 points

A Beautiful Lie

With over 15 acclaimed films to his credit, actor more...2 points

With over 15 acclaimed films to his credit, actor Jared Leto knew he had a challenge in creating a legitimate musical group, and the fact that a great many gifted thespians have pumped out some pretty awful albums hasn't slowed him at all. "Any time you have a precedent that's negative like that, you're gonna have an uphill battle," he agrees. "I've never shied away from that." Yet 30 Seconds To Mars' self-titled 2002 debut easily established the group as a fresh, new force, revealing a multi-fa...2 points

Girl, Interrupted

Based on Susanna Kaysen's acclaimed journal-memoir, more...1 point

Based on Susanna Kaysen's acclaimed journal-memoir, Girl, Interrupted bears inevitable resemblance to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and pale comparison to that earlier classic is impossible to avoid. The mental institution settings of both films guarantee a certain degree of déjà vu and at least one Oscar winner (in this case, Angelina Jolie), since playing a loony is any actor's dream gig. Unfortunately, director James Mangold seems to have misplaced the depth and delicacy of his underrated....1 point

Prefontaine

Inspirational and entertaining, PREFONTAINE is ano more...1 point

Inspirational and entertaining, PREFONTAINE is another acclaimed success from the makers of HOOP DREAMS. It's the true-life story of legendary track star Steve Prefontaine, the exciting and sometimes controversial "James Dean of Track," whose spirit captured the heart of the nation! Cocky, charismatic, and tough, "Pre" was a running rebel who defied rules, pushed limits ... and smashed records ... in an incredible against-all-odds quest for Olympic gold! Now a major motion picture, the triumphs....1 point

Lonely Hearts

John Travolta James Gandolfini Salma Hayek Jared L more...1 point

John Travolta James Gandolfini Salma Hayek Jared Leto and Laura Dern star in this crime-thriller based on a true story. Two homicide detectives track down Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers who lured their victims through personal ads in newspapers.Martha Beck (Hayek) and Raymond Fernandez (Leto) were America's notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers." Their lethal scam was simple; they would swindle and then viciously murder lovelorn war wid...1 point

Lord of War (Widescreen)

The lethal business of arms dealers provides an electrifying more...1 point

The lethal business of arms dealers provides an electrifying context for the black-as-coal humor of Andrew Niccol's Lord of War. Having proven his ingenuity as the writer of The Truman Show, and writer-director of Gattaca and the under-appreciated Simone, Niccol is clearly striving for Strangelovian relevance here as he chronicles the rise and inevitable fall of Yuri Orlov (Nicolas Cage), a Ukrainian immigrant to America who makes his fortune selling every kind of ordnance he can get his amoral....1 point

Requiem for a Dream - Director's Cut

Employing shock techniques and sound design in a relentless more...1 point

Employing shock techniques and sound design in a relentless sensory assault, Requiem for a Dream is about nothing less than the systematic destruction of hope. Based on the novel by Hubert Selby Jr., and adapted by Selby and director Darren Aronofsky, this is undoubtedly one of the most effective films ever made about the experience of drug addiction (both euphoric and nightmarish), and few would deny that Aronofsky, in following his breakthrough film Pi, has pushed the medium to a disturbing ex...1 point

Sunset Strip

The lives of six Hollywood hopefuls along L.A.'s f more...1 point

The lives of six Hollywood hopefuls along L.A.'s famed Sunset Strip are forever changed during one momentous 24-hour period in August of 1972. If you loved "Almost Famous" and "Boogie Nights," don't miss "Sunset Strip" -- set against memorable '70s songs and unforgettably far-out fashions, it has "the makings of a cult favorite!" (The Hollywood Reporter)1 point

American Psycho (Uncut Killer Collector's Edition)

Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street more...0 points

Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale) is a Wall Street yuppie obsessed with success, status and style, with a stunning fiancé (Reese Witherspoon). He is also a psychotic killer who rapes, murders and dismembers both strangers and acquaintances without provocation or purpose. Based on the controversial novel by Bret Easton Ellis, the film offers a sharp satire to the dark side of yuppie culture in the '80s, while setting forth a vision that is both terrifying and chilling.0 points

Lord of War (2-Disc Special Edition)

Based on actual events this black comedy/drama sta more...0 points

Based on actual events this black comedy/drama stars Nicholas Cage as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War Ukraine to--among other top clients--the sadistic African dictator Andr Baptiste Sr. (Eamonn Walker). Jared Leto costars as Uri s little brother Vitaly whose conscience and a burgeoning cocaine problem get in the way...0 points

Panic Room (Superbit Collection)

An effective exercise in "confined cinema," more...0 points

An effective exercise in "confined cinema," Panic Room is a finely crafted thriller that ultimately transcends the thinness of its premise. David Koepp's screenplay is basically Wait Until Dark on steroids, so director David Fincher (Seven, The Game) compensates with elaborate CGI-assisted camera moves, jazzing up his visuals while a relocated New York divorcée (Jodie Foster) and her daughter (Kristen Stewart) fight for their lives against a trio of tenacious burglars (Jared Leto, Forest Whitake...0 points

Urban Legend

An attractive young woman is driving her car on a dark more...0 points

An attractive young woman is driving her car on a dark country road and singing along to the radio. She's running out of gas and so she pulls into a gas station (run by a jittery, stuttering Brad Dourif), but then flees what seems to be an attack, only to find the real threat in her backseat: a hooded killer with an ax who takes her head off with a well-aimed swing. You've heard the story before? Not surprising, given that it's one of the more famous urban legends borrowed for Urban Legend, a po...0 points

Highway

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Switchback

This film has the feel of a script that's been resurrected more...0 points

This film has the feel of a script that's been resurrected by a writer given the chance to direct his own movie. So it was with writer Jeb Stuart (Die Hard) and this film, his directing debut. The plotting is creaky and predictable in this story of an FBI agent (Quaid) relentlessly pursuing a serial killer (Glover) who, in an effort to intimidate the lawman, kidnaps the agent's child. The action set-pieces show up like clockwork, as this rogue cop battles his own agency in an effort to find his....0 points

Panic Room (3-Disc Special Edition)

An effective exercise in "confined cinema," more...0 points

An effective exercise in "confined cinema," Panic Room is a finely crafted thriller that ultimately transcends the thinness of its premise. David Koepp's screenplay is basically Wait Until Dark on steroids, so director David Fincher (Seven, The Game) compensates with elaborate CGI-assisted camera moves, jazzing up his visuals while a relocated New York divorcée (Jodie Foster) and her daughter (Kristen Stewart) fight for their lives against a trio of tenacious burglars (Jared Leto, Forest Whitake...0 points

Basil

Big-screen favorites Christian Slater, Jared Leto, more...0 points

Big-screen favorites Christian Slater, Jared Leto, and Claire Forlani are the hot stars in this powerful story of passion, betrayal, and revenge! Basil is a sheltered young Englishman willing to risk his fortune and place in society for the friendship of a commoner and love of a strikingly beautiful -- but darkly mysterious -- woman. His newfound happiness is shattered, however, with the devastating discovery that all he holds dear is a cruel deception! With a terrific cast giving truly memorabl...0 points

Black & White

James Toback's portrait of white and black culture more...0 points

James Toback's portrait of white and black culture mixing it up on the streets of Manhattan is like two films colliding. In the center of the swirl are a group of upper-class white teens (led by Elijah Wood and pop singer Bijou Phillips) who appropriate hip-hop culture to rebel against their affluent lifestyle, and a posse of gangstas and drug dealers (led by rap producer Oli "Power" Grant) who are themselves trying to get off the streets and into the business culture through their music. Aging....0 points

Summer Fling

This crowd-pleasing comedy, featuring big-screen f more...0 points

This crowd-pleasing comedy, featuring big-screen favorites Gabriel Byrne (GHOST SHIP, END OF DAYS), Catherine O'Hara (HOME ALONE 1&2, BEST IN SHOW), and Christina Ricci (THE OPPOSITE OF SEX, SLEEPY HOLLOW), shows that growing up in one offbeat family isn't always easy ... but it is always funny! shows that growing up in one offbeat family isn't always easy ... but it is always funny! June has arrived, and Frankie (Jared Leto -- PANIC ROOM, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM) is sure he's blown his exams ... al...0 points

Cool and the Crazy

Screen stars Alicia Silverstone (BLAST FROM THE PA more...0 points

Screen stars Alicia Silverstone (BLAST FROM THE PAST BATMAN & ROBIN) and Jared Leto (PANIC ROOM FIGHT CLUB THE THIN RED LINE) take love to the limit in this hot-blooded thriller! Married just out of high school and eager to experience life as adults Roslyn (Silverstone) and Michael (Leto) soon discover that the family life isn't all that it seemed. Roslyn then gets led astray by her rebellious best friend (Jennifer Blanc TV's DARK ANGEL) who's fed up with her own life and believes that good time...0 points

American Psycho (Unrated Version)

The Bret Easton Ellis novel American Psycho, a dark, more...0 points

The Bret Easton Ellis novel American Psycho, a dark, violent satire of the "me" culture of Ronald Reagan's 1980s, is certainly one of the most controversial books of the '90s, and that notoriety fueled its bestseller status. This smart, savvy adaptation by Mary Harron (I Shot Andy Warhol) may be able to ride the crest of the notoriety; prior to the film's release, Harron fought a ratings battle (ironically, for depictions of sex rather than violence), but at the time the director stated, "We're....0 points

From Yesterday

30 Seconds To Mars follow the massive hit that was more...0 points

30 Seconds To Mars follow the massive hit that was 'The Kill' with another huge song from their Gold selling album, 'A Beautiful Lie'. From Yesterday is released as: 1. CD - featuring the amazing cover version of Kanye West's 'Stronger' as performed on Jo Whiley's Live Lounge on Radio1 on September 14th, 2007. Plus the 13 minute plus epic video for From Yesterday, filmed in the Forbidden City outside Bejing in China. This long 'Director's cut' is not available elsewhere 2. One sided etched 7" -....0 points

A Beautiful Lie

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Kill (Bury Me)

UK CD pressing of this single, taken from the band more...0 points

UK CD pressing of this single, taken from the band's sophomore album A Beautiful Lie. Features 'The Kill (Rebirth)' plus 'Was It A Dream' (iTunes Live). Virgin.0 points

A Beautiful Lie

With over 15 acclaimed films to his credit, actor more...0 points

With over 15 acclaimed films to his credit, actor Jared Leto knew he had a challenge in creating a legitimate musical group, and the fact that a great many gifted thespians have pumped out some pretty awful albums hasn't slowed him at all. "Any time you have a precedent that's negative like that, you're gonna have an uphill battle," he agrees. "I've never shied away from that." Yet 30 Seconds To Mars' self-titled 2002 debut easily established the group as a fresh, new force, revealing a multi-fa...0 points

30 Seconds to Mars

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Alexander, Revisited - The Final Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

Now available is an all new and completely unrated more...0 points

Now available is an all new and completely unrated version of Oliver Stone's incredible epic film, loaded with nearly 40 minutes of additional never-before-seen footage, that takes the film to a new level of realism and intensity. Restructured and expanded into two acts with one intermission, Oliver Stone's vision is delivered the way he originally conceived and intended. With the new, unrated and graphic battle scenes and unadulterated sensuality, it's the movie you couldn't see in theatres, no...0 points

Alexander - Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition)

For better or worse (and in this case, it's mostly more...0 points

For better or worse (and in this case, it's mostly for better), Oliver Stone's Alexander Revisited should stand as the definitive version of Stone's much-maligned epic about the great Asian conqueror. Following the DVD release of his previous Director's Cut, Stone offers a video introduction here, explaining why he felt a third and final attempt at refining his film was necessary. Essentially, he's using this opportunity to re-create the "road show" format of the Biblical epics of the 1950s and....0 points