Synopsis Thread

[MrHenryDog]

PULP FICTION from director Quentin Tarantino assembles an all star cast for an ambitious and provocative tale of small time gangsters and petty thugs in L.A.'s criminal underworld - where gritty confrontations, Fast talk and perverse humour are all part of the daily grind.

With career performances from Oscar Nominees John Travolta (Best Actor) and Samuel L. Johnson (Best Supporting Actor) Pulp Fiction won the Palm d'Or and was nominated for the Best Picture Academy award 1995. This boldly inventive and expertly orchestrated crime saga is hailed by critics as a landmark achievement in filmmaking.

[MrHenryDog]

No one could stop John Dillinger (Johnny Depp) and his violent gang. They terrorized the Midwest, killing 10 men and wounding 7 others while robbing banks and even police stations of their arsenal. Dillinger staged 3 jail breaks, killing a Sheriff during one and wounding 2 guards in another. His charm and audacious jail breaks endeared him to the public, the adventures of Dillinger's gang - later including the notorious 'Baby Face' Nelson (Stephen Graham) and Alvin Karpis (Giovanni Ribisi) thrilled many. law enforcement seemed powerless to stop him, until he made the mistake that would ultimately cost him his life. He stole the Sheriff's car during a break out and drove across the Indiana-Illinois state line, violating Federal law, which allowed J.. Edgar Hoover (Billy Crudup) and his Bureau of Investigation to pursue Dillinger. Hoover made Dillinger Americas first 'PUBLIC ENEMY NUMBER ONE' and sent his best agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale) after him. However Dillinger and his gang outwitted and outgunned Purvis' men in wild chases and shoot-outs. It wasn't until he employed a crew of Western ex-lawmen and orchestrated epic betrayals that Purvis was able to close in on Dillinger. It was because of Dillinger and his ilk that many laws were introduced that allowed the Bureau to pursue criminals cross country, leading to the formation of the FBI in 1935.

[MrHenryDog]

Season Eight of 24 combines the shows unique, trend-setting format with compelling new elements, including a new setting, new threats and new cast members. Set in New York, United States President Alison Taylor is negotiating international security with Middle Eastern leader Omar Hassan (Anil Kapoor "Slumdog Millionaire"). Jack Bauer has uncovered a plot by Russian extremists to assassinate Hassan and ruin the talks, but will he be able he stop them?

[MrHenryDog]

Our world is threatened with an imminent invasion from a swarming alien menace. And there is only one hero brave enough, smart enough and tough enough to fight back - Ben Tennyson! But when Ben teams up with an outsider, he breaks rank with Gwen, Kevin and Max and risks losing against the toughest enemy he has ever faced.

The stakes are high and the action is intense as Ben fights to protect our planet from the Alien Swarm!

[MrHenryDog]

In the not-too-distant future, some 30 years after the final war, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once America. Empty cities, broken highways, seared earth--all around him, the... In the not too distant future, a solitary man walks across the wasteland that was once America. With him he carries a book - and with that book, hope for the future. Eli (Denzel Washington) seeks only peace but, if challenged, will cut his attackers down before they realize their fatal mistake. Only one other man understands the power Eli holds, Carnegie (Gary Oldman), a self-appointed despot of a makeshift town of thieves and gunmen is determined to make the book his own, but nothing - and no one - will stand in Eli's way to fulfil his destiny and bring help to a ravaged humanity.

[nadaone]

From the creators of Old School and Road Trip comes the hilarious comedy Starsky & Hutch. Based on the popular 1970s TV series, this awesome “blast from the past” is now hipper than ever on Blu-ray Disc®!

Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson star as mismatched undercover cops who are partnered together for their first big case. With help from slick street snitch Huggy Bear (platinum-selling rapper Snoop Dogg), Starsky (Stiller) and Hutch (Wilson) fire up their red-and-white Ford Torino in hot pursuit of a ruthless drug dealer (Vince Vaughn). Feast your eyes on the retro “splendor” of man-perms and polyester leisure suits in the crystal clarity of high definition. Revel in the spectacularly enhanced sound quality as tires screech, bullets
ricochet and disco fever rules the night! You’re SO gonna dig this wild ride in Blu-ray™ High Definition!

[MrHenryDog]

Spies don't get fired, they get burned.

Covert intelligence operative Michael Westen has been punched, kicked, choked and shot. Now he's being burned, and someone's going to pay! When Michael receives a "burn notice", blacklisting him from the intelligence community and compromising his very identity, he must track down a faceless nemesis without getting himself killed in the process. Meanwhile, Michael is forced to double as a private investigator on the dangerous streets of Miami in order to survive.

Fully loaded with sly humour, Burn Notice is a fresh spin on the spy genre with plenty of precarious twists to keep you guessing and enough explosive action to keep you riveted!

[MrHenryDog]

Combining thrilling espionage action and wry humour with intricate plot twists and gripping suspense, Burn Notice is simply one of the smartest, sexiest shows on television!

After being mysteriously blacklisted from the intelligence community, former CIA operative Michael Westen must rely on his extraordinary - and lethal - set of skills to survive the hard-boiled streets of Miami and somehow recover his stolen identity. With the help of his sultry ex-girlfriend, Fiona - a former IRA affiliate every bit as deadly as she is gorgeous - Michael must track down his elusive nemesis and get to the bottom of his burn....before it's too late.

[MrHenryDog]

Experience the television phenomenon that has fans cheering and critics raving. "Refreshingly original, bracingly adult and thoroughly delightful, Desperate Housewives is like the answer to a TV prayer you didn't know you made," says Robert Bianco of USA TODAY.

Now you can spend the night with the women of Wisteria Lane and relive every minute of the weekly television event that heated up water coolers from coast to coast. With spectacular bonus features, including extended, unrated episodes, this sizzling six-disc set is full of surprises and loaded with entertainment.

[MrHenryDog]

Television's hottest show gets even juicier in its delicious second season. The women of Wisteria Lane are back, and, just when you thought things couldn't get any steamier, a new neighbor and her handsome teenage son arrive to make new waves on the shady side of suburbia.

Join the Emmy® Award-winning cast for all 24 episodes of Season Two, and discover Bree's new life without Rex, Lynette's chaotic return to the working world and what becomes of Susan's on-again, off-again relationship with Mike. That's just the beginning of the secrets in store in this six-disc DVD experience. Sizzling with sensational bonus features, including revealing, never-before-seen story lines featuring Susan Mayer and Lynette Scavo, "there are almost too many things in Desperate Housewives" (San Francisco Chronicle).