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Release: November 11, 2025

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Get ready to roll out with the Autobots and their human allies as they defend the world from the evil Decepticons. Containing the first seven blockbuster TRANSFORMERS movies with and out-of-this-world special features, together in one slipcase. From Michael Bay’s thrilling, action-packed TRANSFORMERS (2007) to the recent TRANSFORMERS: RISE OF THE BEASTS (2023), this must-have set features an all-star cast that includes Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Mark Wahlberg, John Cena, Hailee Steinfeld, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, John Turturro, Rachael Taylor, Stanley Tucci and more.

Release: October 29, 2024

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When three California teenagers', Clay (Patrick Wayne, The Searchers), Dale (Mitch Vogel, Reivers) and Sugar (Lindsay Bloom, More Than Murder) van is stolen while they are traveling across the United States and end up stranded in a remote town where the sheriff refuses to help, they decide to take matters into their own hands and seek justice. SPECIAL FEATURES: Audio Commentary with Randy Cognata and cult director Damon Packard moderated by Demon Dave and Joe

Release: May 19, 2015

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The stars come out to play in the joyous World War ll-era Thank Your Lucky Stars. A breezy, behind-the-Hollywood-scenes story about young talents hoping for a big break glitters with specialty numbers featuring Golden Era greats. Highlights include Humphrey Bogart being out-tough-guyed by S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall and singers ranging from the gifted (Dinah Shore, Dennis Morgan) to the good sports (Errol Flynn, John Garfield). And Bette Davis’ witty, wry, jitterbugging rendition of They’re Either Too Young or Too Old by Arthur Schwartz and Frank Loesser is “the cherry on the top” (Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical). Dig in!

Release: September 30, 2011

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A mysterious event from Earth's past threatens to ignite a war so big that the Transformers™ alone will not be able to save the planet. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and the Autobots™ must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the Decepticons™ all-consuming evil in the smash hit from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg.

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Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and his new girlfriend, Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), join the fray when the evil Decepticons renew their longstanding war against the Autobots. Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) believes that resurrecting ancient Transformer Sentinel Prime (Leonard Nimoy), once the leader of the Autobots, may lead to victory. That decision, however, has devastating consequences; the war appears to tip in favor of the Decepticons, leading to a climactic battle in Chicago. The DIGITAL COPY for this movie has EXPIRED.

Release: September 30, 2011

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A mysterious event from Earth's past threatens to ignite a war so big that the Transformers™ alone will not be able to save the planet. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and the Autobots™ must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the Decepticons™ all-consuming evil in the smash hit from director Michael Bay and executive producer Steven Spielberg.

Release: February 5, 2019

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Elite driver Frank Martin lives by a strict code while transporting mysterious packages, but one assignment forces him into a violent fight against human traffickers and the criminals behind them.

Release: November 5, 2024

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A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event. Bonus Content: Setting the Trap: A New M. Night Shyamalan Experience Saleka as Lady Raven Deleted Scenes Extended Concert Scenes: Where Did She Go

Release: November 5, 2024

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A father and teen daughter attend a pop concert, where they realize they’re at the center of a dark and sinister event. Bonus Content: Setting the Trap: A New M. Night Shyamalan Experience Saleka as Lady Raven Deleted Scenes Extended Concert Scenes: Where Did She Go Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Trap (4K Ultra HD)

Release: April 14, 2026

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A comedy of improbable encounters and unlikely language lessons, A Traveler's Needs marks the third collaboration between Hong and Huppert (following 2012's In Another Country and 2017's Claire's Camera). This time Huppert plays Iris, a woman who finds herself adrift in Seoul and without any means to make ends meet, turns to teaching French via a very peculiar method. Through a series of encounters, as we grow to know more about Iris and her situation, the mysteries of her circumstances only deepen. A charming troupe of Hong regulars complete the cast, including Lee Hyeyoung as one of Huppert's students and Kwon Haehyo as her flirty husband. A film about meaning and connection and the comfort of makgeolli, A Traveler's Needs, offers a surprising take on inter-continental rendezvous and continues one of the most unique actor-director collaborations in contemporary cinema.

Release: December 2, 2025

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This action-packed box set, the 8th volume in Shout's popular Shaw Brothers Classics line, comprises 12 classic martial arts films from the famous Shaw Brothers library featuring some of their greatest boxers, swordsmen, and assassins. Get ready for some exciting thrills and chills as heroes meet villains in a duel to the death. Featuring:​ Return of the Sentimental Swordsman,​ Ambitious Kung Fu Girl​, Duel of the Century, The​ Emperor and His Brother, The​ Perils of The Sentimental Swordsman,​ Treasure Hunters, The​ Cat vs Rat,​ Ghosts Galore, The Enchantress​, New Tales of the Flying Fox​, Return of the Bastard Swordsman,​ Secret Service of the Imperial Court. Bonus Content: Disc 1 - Return of the Sentimental Swordsman: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release The Sentiments of Shaw: Interview with Film Historian Frank Djeng Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 2 - Perils of the Sentimental Swordsman: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 3 - The Duel of the Century: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 4 - The Emperor and His Brother: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 5 - Ambitious Kung Fu Girl?: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 6 - The Treasure Hunters: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release A Treasure Trove of Tension: Interview with Academic and Author Gary Bettinson Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 7 - Cat vs Rat: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release Feline Face-Off: Interview with Film Historian Frank Djeng Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 8 - Ghosts Galore?: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release The Spirit of Shaw: Interview with Actor Chu Ko Ghostly Greatness: Interview with Author Daniel O'Brien Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 9 - The Enchantress: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release Archival Interview with Martial Arts Film Distributor Terry Levene Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 10 - New Tales of the Flying Fox: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 11 - Return of the Bastard Swordsman: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 12 - Secret Service of the Imperial Court: Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this release Secrets of The Shaw Brothers: Interview with Academic and Author Leon Hunt Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume Eight [Blu-ray]

Release: September 20, 2016

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Michelangelo, Donatello, Leonardo, and Raphael are back to battle bigger, badder villains, alongside April O'Neil (Megan Fox), Vern Fenwick (Will Arnett), and a newcomer: the hockey-masked vigilante Casey Jones (Stephen Amell). After supervillain Shredder escapes custody, he joins forces with mad scientist Baxter Stockman (Tyler Perry) and two dimwitted henchmen, Bebop (Gary Anthony Williams) and Rocksteady (WWE Superstar Stephen "Sheamus" Farrelly), to unleash a diabolical plan to take over the world. As the Turtles prepare to take on Shredder and his new crew, they find themselves facing an even greater evil with similar intentions: the notorious Krang. CREDITS: Actors: Megan Fox, Will Arnett, Laura Linney, Stephen Amell Directors: Dave Greeen FEATURES: Format: 4K, Color, Widescreen Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.) Number of discs: 2 Rated: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned Studio: Paramount DVD Release Date: September 20, 2016 Run Time: 112 minutes Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows

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Burt Gummer heads to South Africa to hunt Graboids only to discover a deadlier new breed.

Release: January 28, 2020

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The strength and convictions of an idealistic young woman, Valerie Alston (Joanne Whalley), are put to the test when she is selected to sit on a jury at the murder trial of a notorious New York mob boss.

Release: February 2, 2010

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When Jess sets sail on her friend Greg's (Michael Dorman, "The Secret Life Of Us") yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong. Her suspicions are realized when the yacht hits a storm in the Bermuda Triangle and the group is forced to board a passing ocean liner to get to safety. The ship appears deserted, but Jess is convinced she's been on board before. They soon realize they are not alone and that someone is intent on hunting them down, one by one.

Release: November 13, 2012

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Anthology film, adapting 8 of the 24 medieval English poems in "The Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer. This is the second Pasolini film in his "Trilogy of Life", which comes here as a box set from the Criterion Collection.

Release: April 12, 2022

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It’s angry. It’s hungry. It’s extremely well-armed—and it’s descending on a small seaside town to sample the local cuisine! When a giant, bloodthirsty octopus emerges from the deep, John Huston (Winter Kills), Shelley Winters (Bloody Mama), Bo Hopkins (White Lightning) and Henry Fonda (Meteor) do all they can to keep the marine menace from turning their sleepy village into a one-stop snack-shop. Cult movie maven Ovidio G. Assonitis, the twisted mind behind Beyond the Door, The Visitor, Madhouse and The Curse, serves up a slimy scare-fest with a pounding score by Italian genre great Stelvio Cipriani (A Bay of Blood, What Have They Done to Your Daughters?). It’s a fast-paced thriller that’ll grip you with relentless terror—and never let go! Special Features: -Theatrical Trailer -Radio Spot -Optional English Subtitles

Release: September 16, 2025

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When a brilliant video game maker (Jeff Bridges) hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. It's an epic adventure that everyone will enjoy!

Release: September 16, 2025

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When a brilliant video game maker (Jeff Bridges) hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. It's an epic adventure that everyone will enjoy!

Release: April 5, 2011

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Experience the original landmark motion picture that inspired a new generation of digital filmmakers and became a favorite of fans and critics across the world. Relive the electrifying thrills of TRON with an all-new, state-of-the-art digital restoration. When a brilliant video game maker named Flynn (Jeff Bridges) hacks the mainframe of his ex-employer, he is beamed inside an astonishing digital world and becomes part of the very game he is designing. Complete with hours of never-before-seen bonus material, it's an epic adventure that everyone will enjoy!|The idea for TRON grew out of director Steven Lisberger's passion for computer games. He and producer Donald Kushner spent two years researching the technology to make the film, which was the first to make extensive use of computer imagery.|Although computer imagery previously had been seen as an effect in motion pictures such as STAR WARS and WEST WORLD, TRON was the first film to use the technique to create a three-dimensional world.|The "electronic world" in TRON was shot on the soundstages of the Disney Studio in Burbank. Photography for the real world took place at locations around Los Angeles, and at the U.S. government's futuristic Lawrence Livermore Laboratory outside Oakland, California.|The Mathematic Applications Group, Inc. (MAGI), was the film's single largest contributor of computer imagery, using a transcontinental computer hookup to speed up delivery of its work to Disney Studios in Burbank. The link allowed filmmakers to cut the amount of time it took to create each scene by two and a half to five days.

Release: October 18, 2022

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Ben Stiller is action juggernaut Tugg Speedman. Jack Black is comedy legend Jeff Portnoy. Robert Downey Jr. is acclaimed method actor Kirk Lazarus. When these huge Hollywood stars head into the jungles of Vietnam to shoot a war movie, they have no idea how real things can get. With biting satire, plenty of subversive humor and an unforgettable, Oscar-nominated turn by Robert Downey Jr., co-writer/director/all-around-genius Ben Stiller’s Tropic Thunder is the outrageous action-comedy classic that’ll “blow your mind” (Rolling Stone). The insane cast also features Steve Coogan, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Brandon T. Jackson, Bill Hader, Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey and Tom Cruise as volcanic studio executive Les Grossman. This 2-disc special-edition includes both the theatrical cut and the director’s cut. Special Features: Disc One: Theatrical Cut (4KUHD) HDR/Dolby Vision Remastered by Paramount Pictures, Supervised and Approved by Director Ben Stiller Audio Commentary by Stars Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Stereo Triple-Layered UHD100 Disc Optional English Subtitles Disc Two: Director’s Cut (Blu-ray) Remastered in 4K by Paramount Pictures, Supervised and Approved by Director Ben Stiller Audio Commentary by Ben Stiller, Co-Producer Stuart Cornfeld, Production Designer Jeff Mann, Co-Writer Justin Theroux, Cinematographer John Toll and Editor Greg Hayden BEFORE THE THUNDER: Featurette THE HOT LZ: Featurette BLOWING SHIT UP: Featurette DESIGNING THE THUNDER: Featurette THE CAST OF TROPIC THUNDER: Interviews with Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride and Nick Nolte Make-Up Test with Tom Cruise with Intro by Ben Stiller and Editor Greg Hayden Deleted/Extended Scenes & Alternate Ending with Intro & Optional Audio Commentaries by Ben Stiller & Editor Greg Hayden FULL MAGS: Improv Footage Featurette with Intro by Ben Stiller & Editor Greg Hayden MTV MOVIE AWARDS – TROPIC THUNDER Rain of Madness: Documentary (30:00) Rain of Madness: Trailer (2:41) Two Theatrical Trailers 5.1 Surround and Lossless 2.0 Stereo Dual-Layered BD50 Disc Optional English Subtitles

Release: October 18, 2022

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Ben Stiller is action juggernaut Tugg Speedman. Jack Black is comedy legend Jeff Portnoy. Robert Downey Jr. is acclaimed method actor Kirk Lazarus.

Release: January 11, 2022

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Life in the corporate world can be murder. At Mrs. Appleby's, some people would kill to get ahead. Peter Derns (Timothy Hutton), a junior exec at Mrs. Appleby's cookie company, is afraid his future prospects are crumbling faster that the product he markets. Hope appears in the curvaceous form of Kris Bolin (Lara Flynn Boyle), his new temp. Gorgeous, bright and efficient, Kris helps Peter develop a deliciously successful marketing campaign. But after two executives meet mysterious deaths, Peter fears his job security may end permanently due to the one person he needs to trust-his temp. Bonus Content: Head Office – An Interview with Director Tom Holland Office Gossip – An Interview with Actress Lin Shaye Temp Effects – An Interview with Special Effects Artist Steve Johnson Office Politics – An Interview with Editor Scott Conrad Theatrical Trailer

Release: May 2, 2017

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Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them. A talented Korean-born Japanese police officer, who was previously in the independence movement himself, is thrown into a dilemma between the demands of his reality and the instinct to support a greater cause.

Release: September 8, 2020

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Set amidst the grueling badlands of 19th-century Australia, legendary outlaw Ned Kelly grows up under the bloody and uncompromising rule of the English. Food is scarce, survival is filled with daily strife, and every opportunity the colonizers take to make their victims feel powerless is inflicted with searing brutality. In a desperate attempt to prime him for rebellion, Ned Kelly's mother, sells him off into the hands of the notorious bushranger Harry Power, where the young bandit discovers he comes from a line of warriors called the Sons of Sieve.

Release: May 14, 2013

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Product Description An account of the last eighteen years in the life of the notorious bank and train robber, Jesse James, and his brother and partner-in-crime, Frank. Amazon.com The best thing about this take on the celebrated Missouri outlaw is Nicholas Ray's dynamic use of CinemaScope, a format that left most mid-'50s directors flatfooted. Ray composes his action in slashing diagonals, over multi-leveled ground, with sectors of the wide screen defined by frames-within-the-frame and different qualities of light and color. Which is to say, he continues the radical experimentation of his 1955 James Dean classic Rebel Without a Cause while attempting to develop a fresh, contemporary perspective on another violent young protagonist who's an outsider in his own society. Nunnally Johnson's script for 20th Century-Fox's 1939 Jesse James is credited as source material, but Ray opted for a tortuous, balladlike flashback structure--beginning with the James-Younger gang's ruinous raid on Northfield, Minnesota, 400 miles from their Missouri stomping ground--that aims to deconstruct the outlaw's populist legend. "Jesse James" is an elusive subject; the Minnesota posse never sets eyes on him in the jagged first reel of the movie. How much of an Old West "Robin Hood" was he? And how murderously vengeful was his criminal career as he struck back against the railroads and their cold-blooded police force, the Pinkerton (here, "Remington") agency, and Union-sympathizer neighbors who hated this former member of the wartime guerrilla band, Quantrill's Raiders? However radical the director's intentions, his movie runs afoul of studio recutting and an underwhelming cast of Fox contract players. Jeffrey Hunter (recently loaned out to play Ethan Edwards' companion in The Searchers) comes off best as Jesse's thoughtful brother Frank (a pattern that holds true for Henry Fonda in Jesse James and Stacy Keach in The Long Riders). But Ray was stymied by Robert Wagner as Jesse--in the phrase of Ray biographer Bernard Eisenschitz, a player "expressive of nothing but Californian physical culture." (James Dean being dead, Ray's first choice for Jesse was ... Elvis Presley!) --Richard T. Jameson

Release: August 17, 2021

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Guided by a secret culture passed down for generations, as well as by their cherished and expertly trained dogs, a group of men in Italy hunt for the rare and expensive white Alba truffle.

Release: May 19, 2015

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The stars come out to play in the joyous World War ll-era Thank Your Lucky Stars. A breezy, behind-the-Hollywood-scenes story about young talents hoping for a big break glitters with specialty numbers featuring Golden Era greats. Highlights include Humphrey Bogart being out-tough-guyed by S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall and singers ranging from the gifted (Dinah Shore, Dennis Morgan) to the good sports (Errol Flynn, John Garfield). And Bette Davis’ witty, wry, jitterbugging rendition of They’re Either Too Young or Too Old by Arthur Schwartz and Frank Loesser is “the cherry on the top” (Clive Hirschhorn, The Hollywood Musical). Dig in!

Release: August 11, 2026

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A covert team of elite operatives are living in the shadows. When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, they're sent to take it back-an impossible heist that erupts into a deadly game of strategy, deception and survival.

Release: December 28, 2010

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A privileged Manhattan teen drug dealer sees his world spiral out of control after a friend is murdered and his cousin is arrested for the crime.

Release: January 14, 2025

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This exciting box set, the next volume in Shout's popular Shaw Brothers Classics line, comprises 11 classic martial arts films from the famous Shaw Brothers library featuring some of their greatest stars and assassins. Get ready for some exciting thrills and chills as heroes meet villains in a duel to the death. Bonus Content: Disc 1 - The Silent Swordsman: Silence is Golden: An Appreciation by Hong King Film Critic Andrew Heskins Audio Commentary with Cult Film Critic Ian Jane Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 2 - Rape of the Sword: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Image Gallery Disc 3 - The Fastest Sword: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 4 - Twin Blades of Doom: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Celestial Trailer Disc 5 - Twelve Deadly Coins: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 6 - Vengeance Is a Golden Blade: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Celestial Trailer Disc 7 - A Taste of Cold Steel: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 8 - The Iron Buddha: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 9 - The Jade Faced Assassin: Facing the Fury: Chinese History Academic Doctor Lars Laamann on the Period Provocations of The Jade Faced Assassin Audio Commentary with Cult Film Expert Ian Jane Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 10 - Mission Impossible (1970): Impossibly Awesome: An Extensive Interview with Mission Impossible Director Joseph Kuo, In His First Ever On-Camera Retrospective Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 11 - Six Assassins: A Team Effort: Leon Hunt, Author of Kung Fu Masters, On Six Assassins Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Image Gallery Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume Five [Blu-ray]

Release: March 25, 2025

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This exciting box set, the 6th volume in Shout's popular Shaw Brothers Classics line, comprises 11 classic martial arts films from the famous Shaw Brothers library featuring some of their greatest stars and assassins. Get ready for some exciting thrills and chills as heroes meet villains in a duel to the death. Featuring: Swordswomen Three, The Twelve Gold Medallions, The Black Enforcer, Duel For Gold, Finger Of Doom, Na Cha And The Seven Devils, Shadow Girl, Swordsman At Large, The Black Tavern, The Young Avenger, Crazy Nuts Of Kung Fu. Bonus Content: Disc 1 - Swordswomen Three: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Image Gallery Disc 2 - The Twelve Gold Medallions: Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 3 - The Black Enforcer: Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 4 - Duel for Gold: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Image Gallery Disc 5 - Finger of Doom: Deliberations of Doom—Interview with Luke White, Author of Legacies of the Drunken Master: Politics of the Body in Hong Kong Kung Fu Comedy Films Audio Commentary with Film Critic Ian Jane Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 6 - Na Cha and the Seven Devils: A Devilish Success—Interview with Luke White, Author of Legacies of the Drunken Master: Politics of the Body in Hong Kong Kung Fu Comedy Films Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Audio Commentary with Film Critic Ian Jane Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Image Gallery Disc 7 - Shadow Girl: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 8 - Swordsman at Large: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Image Gallery Disc 9 - The Black Tavern: Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 10 - The Young Avenger: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Image Gallery Celestial Trailer Disc 11 - Crazy Nuts of Kung Fu: Creating Some Craziness: Interview with Director and Writer Lee Tso-Nam The Kung Fu Hustle: Interview with Actor and Veteran Martial Arts Performer Jack Long Nut-Cracker: Interview with Actor and Recurring Supporting Performer Yu Tai-Ping Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Veteran Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume Six [Blu-ray]

Release: January 7, 2025

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One of the "most honest and powerful war pictures” (Life) of all time, this “thrilling, dramatic thunderbolt” (The Hollywood Reporter) “soars right up into the bright blue yonder” (Los Angeles Times). Blending “thrilling action” with “personal drama brought to heroic heights” (The New York Times), this winner of two Academy Awards stars Gregory Peck in “the best performance of his career” (Look), a role which earned him a Best Actor Oscar Nomination.! At the height of World War II, the 918 Bomb Group suffers devastating losses and Brigadier General Frank Savage (Peck) is sent to take command. Because of his strong discipline his men resent him, and although Savage remains impersonal under heavy attack and unrelenting fire fights, he becomes personally involved in their well-being - a dangerous position for any leader, especially in the middle of a war! Special Features: Commentary with historians Rudy Behlmer, Jon Burlingame and Nick Redman Memories of Twelve O'Clock High WWII and the American Home Front Inspiring a Character: General Frank A. Armstrong The Pilots of the Eighth Air Force

Release: November 19, 2024

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Many years after the bloody turf war that ushered in an uneasy era of peace in Hong Kong's underworld, the notorious Kowloon Walled City serves as a fortified, lawless safe haven for gangs and refugees alike. But when a skilled underground fighter runs afoul of the most feared Triad boss in Hong Kong, a bounty is placed on his head despite his connections to the leader of the infamous enclave. As his pursuers violate the tenuous territorial truce to exact their vengeance, the fallout reignites old grudges, bringing decades of building tension to a brutal, bloody boiling point.

Release: November 19, 2024

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Many years after the bloody turf war that ushered in an uneasy era of peace in Hong Kong's underworld, the notorious Kowloon Walled City serves as a fortified, lawless safe haven for gangs and refugees alike. But when a skilled underground fighter runs afoul of the most feared Triad boss in Hong Kong, a bounty is placed on his head despite his connections to the leader of the infamous enclave. As his pursuers violate the tenuous territorial truce to exact their vengeance, the fallout reignites old grudges, bringing decades of building tension to a brutal, bloody boiling point. Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In 4K UHD

Release: January 14, 2025

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This exciting box set, the next volume in Shout's popular Shaw Brothers Classics line, comprises 11 classic martial arts films from the famous Shaw Brothers library featuring some of their greatest stars and assassins. Get ready for some exciting thrills and chills as heroes meet villains in a duel to the death. Bonus Content: Disc 1 - The Silent Swordsman: Silence is Golden: An Appreciation by Hong King Film Critic Andrew Heskins Audio Commentary with Cult Film Critic Ian Jane Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 2 - Rape of the Sword: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Image Gallery Disc 3 - The Fastest Sword: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 4 - Twin Blades of Doom: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Celestial Trailer Disc 5 - Twelve Deadly Coins: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 6 - Vengeance Is a Golden Blade: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Celestial Trailer Disc 7 - A Taste of Cold Steel: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 8 - The Iron Buddha: Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 9 - The Jade Faced Assassin: Facing the Fury: Chinese History Academic Doctor Lars Laamann on the Period Provocations of The Jade Faced Assassin Audio Commentary with Cult Film Expert Ian Jane Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 10 - Mission Impossible (1970): Impossibly Awesome: An Extensive Interview with Mission Impossible Director Joseph Kuo, In His First Ever On-Camera Retrospective Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Audio Commentary with Film Historian Brian Bankston Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Disc 11 - Six Assassins: A Team Effort: Leon Hunt, Author of Kung Fu Masters, On Six Assassins Audio Commentary with James Mudge, Hong Kong Film Critic at easternKicks Optional English Subtitles Newly Translated for this Release Image Gallery Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume Five [Blu-ray]

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For the first time, in one collection, the complete television phenomenon TWIN PEAKS: - All 29 episodes of the original groundbreaking seasons. - All 18 parts of the "Limited Event Series" -the return to Twin Peaks - that captivated audiences 25 years later, written by the series co-creators and entirely directed by David Lynch. - A wealth of intriguing, behind-the-scenes special features. So grab a cup of coffee, a slice of cherry pie, and experience the legendary mystery... again and again!

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Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery is a comprehensive collection with every episode from the complete television series; both the U.S. and international versions of the series' Pilot; the North American Blu-ray debut of David Lynch's follow-up feature Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; and nearly 90 minutes of deleted and alternate scenes from the film. The set also features newly transferred Log Lady introductions for each episode; picture upgrades to many shots in the TV series; a new featurette with series creator Lynch and the actors who portrayed the Palmer family which includes a mesmerizing return to the lives of their characters today; and hours of material never before released on Blu-ray, which dives into the fascinating story behind the celebrated pop culture classic.

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Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery is a comprehensive collection with every episode from the complete television series; both the U.S. and international versions of the series' Pilot; the North American Blu-ray debut of David Lynch's follow-up feature Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me; and nearly 90 minutes of deleted and alternate scenes from the film. The set also features newly transferred Log Lady introductions for each episode; picture upgrades to many shots in the TV series; a new featurette with series creator Lynch and the actors who portrayed the Palmer family which includes a mesmerizing return to the lives of their characters today; and hours of material never before released on Blu-ray, which dives into the fascinating story behind the celebrated pop culture classic.

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FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper investigates the murder of Laura Palmer in the strange town of Twin Peaks, where dark secrets and supernatural forces lurk beneath the surface.

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Life in the corporate world can be murder. At Mrs. Appleby's, some people would kill to get ahead. Peter Derns (Timothy Hutton), a junior exec at Mrs. Appleby's cookie company, is afraid his future prospects are crumbling faster that the product he markets. Hope appears in the curvaceous form of Kris Bolin (Lara Flynn Boyle), his new temp. Gorgeous, bright and efficient, Kris helps Peter develop a deliciously successful marketing campaign. But after two executives meet mysterious deaths, Peter fears his job security may end permanently due to the one person he needs to trust-his temp. Bonus Content: Head Office – An Interview with Director Tom Holland Office Gossip – An Interview with Actress Lin Shaye Temp Effects – An Interview with Special Effects Artist Steve Johnson Office Politics – An Interview with Editor Scott Conrad Theatrical Trailer

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FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper investigates the murder of Laura Palmer in the strange town of Twin Peaks, where dark secrets and supernatural forces lurk beneath the surface.

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Release: September 29, 2009

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Product Description Twin Spirits is a unique and intimate, live theatrical performance by a chamber ensemble of actors, singers and musicians, portraying the deep and ultimately tragic love between the composer Robert Schumann and his pianist wife Clara Wieck. In this intensely moving performance of words, song and music, the Schumanns’ long separation, so formative an influence on their lives, is reflected in the division of the ensemble into male and female groups. Robert's letters to Clara are read by Sting and his songs sung by Simon Keenlyside, with accompaniments and instrumental music played by Iain Burnside and Sergej Krylov. Clara's letters to Robert are read by Trudie Styler and her songs sung by Rebecca Evans, with accompaniments and instrumental music played by Natalie Clein and Natasha Paremski. The narrator, Derek Jacobi, links together the letters and lyrics to complete the essential outline of the story. Conceived and directed by John Caird, Twin Spirits was first performed in June 2005 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London and has since been experienced only at private performances for charity by small audiences of all ages and interests, leaving them deeply touched and inspired. Press Reviews "Twin Spirits portrays the life and love of Robert and Clara Schumann through readings of their surviving letters. These are read by Sting and Trudie Styler, with Derek Jacobi authoritatively filling in any gaps in the story. In one sense it's a static productions, with everyone seated throughout, but it's actually quite engrossing - perfectly paced and beautifully filmed. It's impossible not to emerge with both a true empathy for the Schumanns and a renewed or awakened interest in their music. The acting stays just the right side of luvviness, with Sting and Styler delivering strong, subtly believable performances. They're supported by beautifully executed interludes from a top line-up of soloists. This is tender, moving, well put together, and supplemented by an enlightening bonus DVD." (Classic fM) "John Caird's Twin Spirits, filmed live at the Royal Opera House, is beautifully constructed and performed with extraordinary fervour… Sting and Trudie Styler's own marriage undoubtedly informs their profoundly affecting portrayal of the Schumanns… Musical choices are mostly Schumann, a bit of Clara and some evocative Mozart and Chopin... often in special arrangements. Bonus material is generous... The issues are fascinating, though. How good is Clara's music? The jury is still out." (BBC Music Magazine) Cast Sting (Actor) Trudie Styler (Actor) Derek Jacobi (Narrator) Simon Keenlyside (Tenor) Sergej Krylov (Violin) Iain Burnside (Piano) The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Production Company: Royal Opera House Stage Director: John Caird Disc Information Catalogue Number: OABD7043D Date of Performance: 2005 Running Time: 206 minutes Sound: 2.0 & 5.0 PCM Aspect Ratio: 1080i High Definition / 16:9 Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT + EN (SONGS ONLY) Label: Opus Arte Review A Great Love Story is Told in Words and Music The nearly legendary story of Robert and Clara Schumann was staged and filmed at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 2007. The production, titled "Twin Spirits," is now available in a 2-DVD set from Opus Arte, and it is impressive and unusual. As Narrator, Derek Jacobi has center stage. On his right are actor Sting to read from Robert Schumann's letters, baritone Simon Keenlyside to sing Schumann's songs, Sergej Krylov (violin), and Iain Burnside (piano). On his left are actress Trudie Styler to read from Clara's letters, soprano Rebecca Evans to sing selections as a solo or as a duet with Keenlyside, Natalie Clein (cello), and Natasha Peremski (piano). The first disc contains the performance, which is an expert balance of narration and dramatic readings with solos and accompaniments from the musicians. As is explained in the program notes, some of the selections were edited in various ways for theatrical effect. All in all, it provides a fascinating insight into two human beings who loved, created complex and beautiful music, and finally suffered when Robert had a mental breakdown. The second disc offers another set of insights into the genius of the two when different members of the cast, actors and players, discuss the personalities and works of the two Schumanns. The educational value of this disc alone is great. I would like to see similar formats used for other famous musicians--but only with such skilled artists as were used in "Twin Spirits." But when will art departments stop using white print over colored backgrounds in the booklets, which might please their eyes but ruin ours? -- Art Times, Frank Behrens, December 2009 Better than you'd expect. This entertainment comes out of a charity event held at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. If you don't blink, you can see Alfred Brendel schmoozing before the curtain goes up. Basically, it pairs the music of Robert and Clara Schumann with their writings to and about one another (with side trips to Mozart and Chopin). The texts and notes don't line up chronologically, but emotionally. The words, from letters and diaries (particularly the so-called "marriage" diary which they kept jointly), chronicle the couple from pre-courtship to Robert's insanity and death, with a bit on Clara's long widowhood. A whiff of the "high-class" charity event lingers a little over the enterprise. Frankly, when I saw Sting's name, I muttered, "God save us from arty rockers." However, Sting surprised me. His delivery was intelligent, understated, with just enough "characterization" that you felt the presence of another personality, perhaps even Schumann's. In other words, he convinced me. It's the professional actors -- Jacobi and Styler -- that I occasionally caught "acting." Jacobi at times became a Masterpiece Theatre compère, while Styler here and there over-emoted. Her young Clara Wieck was a little too cute. However, Jacobi's lines functioned simply for set-ups and connections, and Styler became genuinely moving as Clara bears the family catastrophe. However, the real glory of the evening lies -- don't be too surprised -- in the music and the performances. Evans does well with her songs, although she occasionally slips into opera mode. Burnside supplies sensitive accompaniments -- a pro who knows his Schumann. The cellist Natalie Clein . . . well, I couldn't concentrate too well on her music-making, she's so gorgeous -- a bit like the young Argerich. What I did get showed a fiery but musical personality. She's wonderful in chamber music. American pianist Natasha Paremski negotiated some fiendish passage-work from Clara's piano concerto with spirit and aplomb. Violinist Sergei Krylov seemed uncomfortable in a chamber setting, but he certainly set the tone of the playing. You couldn't accuse him of bland good taste or timidity. However, baritone Simon Keenlyside stood out. I've heard few better Lieder singers. Furthermore, his duet with Evans in Mozart's "Là ci darem" from Don Giovanni provided the musical highpoint of the enterprise -- silkily seductive and a better aphrodisiac than oysters (though not as tasty). It strikes me as ironic that Mozart beats out Schumann in a Schumann documentary -- home-field advantage notwithstanding. The music, for the most part, serves the drama. Sometimes, we get abbreviations or cutoffs so the readings may continue. At other times, piano pieces have been "orchestrated" for the instrumental ensemble and at least one solo song turned into a duet. However, Martin Ward displays great taste, even in a chamber arrangement of something like "Träumerei" -- a trap that can lead to sugar coma if you don't take care. Some of the best bits come from the bonus disc, which contains, among other things, interviews with the musicians and the actors as well as a short documentary made at the Schumann-Haus in Zwickau, the composer's birthplace. John Caird serves as interlocutor. As he talks with the actors, it becomes clear that the group brings contemporary cultural perspectives to the marriage. Clara becomes the put-upon mother of the brood, while Robert flits about doing as he pleases -- writing symphonies and music criticism, preparing to conduct, and so on. This really doesn't survive a moment's thought. Clara, one of the greatest pianists of her day, was the primary breadwinner (one of her tours paid the family's expenses for three years) and had plenty of domestic help. She couldn't have practiced otherwise, and she set herself challenging programs. Don't get me wrong. She had plenty to put up with otherwise from Schumann, who among other things couldn't bear extraneous noise while he worked. I don't remember how they worked it out. She may have had to practice off-premises or Schumann may have composed off-premises. At any rate, musicologist Daniel Gallagher sits in and occasionally and gently puts things right. I should point out that these are extremely informal conversations among intelligent people. My favorite moment comes from pianist Natasha Paremski, who uses the word "vibe" and then asks, "That's not too American a word, is it?" Iain Burnside replies in his Best British Manner, "It's a word, yes." For me, however, the documentary, One Heart, One Soul, counts as the most interesting portion of the bonus features. It consists of the director of Schumann-Haus, Gerd Nauhaus, a man who knows his Schumann as well as anybody, discussing the composer. He too corrects some of the misperceptions that have arisen during the other interviews. Nauhaus speaks German, but you can choose subtitles from among several languages, including English. One may very well ask what audience these discs serve. Sting provides one answer: those not normally interested in classical music can come to the genre by getting involved in the story. It is a cracking good story, if a little weepy -- a Romance novel that happens to be true. Die-hard Sting fanatics will probably want it, even though he doesn't sing. Those who know their Schumann may or may not find something to interest them. The performances all shine, but it's not a Schumann concert, after all. You'll just have to work it out for yourselves. -- Classical CD Review, Steve Schwartz, February 2010 Having brought John Dowland to the masses with his album Songs from the Labyrinth, Sting takes another shot at presenting classical music to a wider audience which has developed the infuriating habit of not taking any notice of it. In this live performance, Sting portrays the passionate and tragically short-lived Robert Schumann by reading from his letters, while his wife Trudie Styler enacts the role of Robert's spouse Clara Schumann (formerly Wieck). In between, selections from the Schumanns' music are played by an ensemble comprising cellist Natalie Clein, pianists Iain Burnside and Natasha Paremski, violinist Sergej Krylov and singers Simon Keenlyside and Rebecca Evans. "I think it's a great `in' for people who don't normally listen to classical music," says Sting. Twin Spirits was devised as a fundraiser for a variety of charities, including the Royal Opera House, so we probably have to forgive its overtones of highbrow schlock. However, our task is not made easier by Derek Jacobi's performance as narrator. Ensconced on a throne and dressed like a Victorian philanthropist, Sir Del is at his fruitiest and most orotund. Fans of Frasier may be reminded of his guest performance as Jackson Hedley, the world's most preposterous Shakespearean actor. However, although Sting has suffered his share of critical brickbats, here he keeps a straight bat and delivers his readings with a mixture of wry humour and quiet sincerity. Trudie sometimes lurches into over-emoting luvviedom, but then again, she was a member of the RSC back in the day, which is how the RSC's John Caird was recruited to direct the project. And it can't be denied that the saga of the Schumanns' doomed greatest-love-of-all is a powerful tear-jerker. "There are moments in the story that make me very fearful," Styler admits. "The idea of losing my husband confronts me when I look at Sting as Robert. There are a few moments in the script where Robert and Clara are having a good time, so I try to make the most of them, just as I do in my own life." At 90 minutes, Twin Spirits cries out for some editing scissors, but perseverance is rewarded by the quality of the musical performances. Simon Keenlyside brings thunderous conviction to his musical portrayal of Robert Schumann, and the quartet performance of Traumerei, which marks the composer's solitary and miserable death, feels lonelier than a coyote's howl. Surprisingly, the second disc of additional features contains some of the best bits, especially Caird's conversations with the participants. All the musicians offer useful insights into the music, with Iain Burnside contributing shrewd remarks about the way Robert Schumann's music demands active intervention from the performer to bring it to life. When Caird introduces musicologist Daniel Gallagher to supply commentary on the Schumanns' life and work, he's so fascinating that that even Sting and Trudie find themselves spontaneously quizzing him. Despite all this, if you really want to explore the Schumanns' work, you might consider buying a selection of CDs and playing them a lot. -- The Arts Desk, Adam Sweeting, October 1, 2009 In his lifetime, Robert Schumann remained in the shadow of his wife Clara Wieck, whose concert career as a pianist took her all over Europe while he labored as a music journalist and largely unrecognized composer. Clara's overbearing father had taught them both piano, but his callous objections to the growing romance between Robert and Clara resulted in a physical separation that -- happily for musicologists -- left hundreds of letters detailing the musical and emotional development of this fascinating couple. While in different cities, they would often arrange to play the same piece at the same time, and then write to each other about the emotions aroused; once they were finally married, they kept a joint "marriage diary" for three and half years that recorded their musical and domestic happiness. Sting and his wife, actor Trudie Styler, are joined by Derek Jacobi, soprano Rebecca Evans, baritone Simon Keenlyside, and four instrumentalists for Twin Spirits, an educational project from London's Royal Opera House that presents the lives and works of Clara and Robert Schumann. Sting and Styler portray the couple in words, Keenlyside and Evans in music. Jacobi narrates. Devised and directed by John Caird, the show was recorded live in an intimately arranged and lit studio space at the opera house. It weaves together musical excerpts, love letters, diary entries and narration to tell the story of their love and marriage, tragically shortened when Robert's mental illness forced his commitment to an asylum. The show itself, which has been given as charity performances since 2005, is both informative and affecting, with spontaneous and energetic musical contributions, especially Evans's urgent rendition of Clara's "Er ist gekommen" and Keenlyside's sweeping "Ich grolle nicht," capped by a powerful high A. Evans's controlled voicing of "Ich hab im Traum geweinet" and Keenlyside's "Stille Liebe" are also effective. Most of the musical selections are short, and many have violin and cello additions, which lend an appropriate salon atmosphere, though the opening of "Carnaval" sounds odd with strings. Because of its placement in the storyline (and the use of Chopin's variations on its tune), "Là ci darem la mano" receives an odd interpretation, but Keenlyside's and Evans's skill and naturalness are winning. Another huge plus is Styler's warm, expressive delivery. With her wispy hair, vulnerable face and a faraway look in her eyes, Styler embodies the romantic, artistic spirit who rejoices in her soul mate; in passages detailing the end of Robert's life, Styler makes Clara's pain palpable. Sting's spiky, contemporary look is a bit of a jolt, but his connection to the material and identification with the obsessive, suffering composer are genuine. All the artists contributed their time to the project without remuneration; only Jacobi (whose presence undoubtedly signals "class") seems arch and distanced in his narration. Several bonus offerings include lengthy, round-table discussions in which the singers, instrumentalists and actors speak of how powerfully the interaction of words and music affected their interpretations and delivery. A thirty-five-minute lecture at the Robert Schumann Haus in Leipzig provides biographical details and background on the Schumanns' careers and training, as well as on their marriage and children. All proceeds from DVD sales benefit outreach projects of the Royal Opera House Education Programme. -- Opera News Online, Judith Malafronte, Decmber 2009 Like cucumber sandwiches at high tea, this depiction of the romance between two German musicians is a uniquely English confection. It follows in the tradition of BBC radio's dramatization of biographical presentations. In this case, the extended courtship and all-too-brief marriage is rendered with convincing fidelity through an enlightened blending of the spoken word and musical examples from the respective compositions of Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck. Nobly narrated by Derek Jacobi, the dialogue is ably conveyed by Sting (when will he, as an emerging musical polymath, be granted a knighthood so that his real name may enter common usage?) and Trudie Styler reading the lovers' correspondence compiled over decades. An unusual form of entertainment, but it kept a capacity audience in rapt attention over a long evening at Covent Garden. The singers and musicians give heartfelt support to the story with immaculate performances. The set includes close to two hours of extra features. It is also available from Opus Arte on conventional DVD format. Highly recommended to admirers of the Schumanns and all collectors with a special interest in German music of the Romantic period. -- La Scena Musicale, October 2009 One of the most moving love stories in the world of music is the relationship between Robert and Clara Schumann. In 2007, the British producer David Caird put together a music theater piece called Twin Spirits at London's Covent Garden in which Derek Jacoby narrated the romantic and tragic story, with Sting and his wife Trudie Styler reading passages from Robert and Clara's letters and the remarkable diary they kept together in the first years of their marriage. Some excellent chamber musicians and singers punctuate the readings with excerpts from the works of both Robert and Clara. Twin Spirits tells the story of Robert Schumann coming to Leipzig to study with the renowned music teacher Friedrich Wieck. Wieck's daughter Clara was a piano prodigy, by far the most talented of his six children. Robert was nine years older than her. He lived with the Wiecks for a year. By the time Clara was in her mid teens, they had fallen in love. Wieck was violently opposed to this romance. Clara's career came first. He refused to permit the marriage and ultimately the two lovers went to court for permission. Clara was 21; Robert 30. Wieck eventually relented when the couple had the first of their eight children, only four of whom outlived their parents. Clara was much more famous than Robert, and traveled extensively giving recitals, which were admired by the greatest musical figures of the time. She inspired Robert -- the year before they were married, he wrote more than 100 of his greatest songs. And she helped further his career by playing his compositions. Robert Schumann suffered from periodic mental breakdowns; tragedy struck when he tried to drown himself. He was institutionalized, but Clara was forbidden to see him for more than two years, until he was actually dying. She spent the rest of her life giving concerts and performing her husband's music. In his musical selection, Twin Spirits producer/director David Caird is less concerned with chronology than with finding something appropriate for each part of the story. Purists might object to the way Caird has rearranged some of the original music for this production. But in this dramatic context, I find these new arrangements both tasteful and effective. Sting, we've come to know, has a serious interest in classical music; he's also a coolly expressive actor and reader. Trudie Styler is particularly affecting reading what Clara wrote during her final visits to Robert. The most disappointing element of Twin Spirits is the rather artificial narration by Derek Jacobi, an actor I usually admire. But the whole enterprise is a compelling and poignant retelling of the story, and the well-chosen and well-performed music make this an outstanding addition to the year celebration of Robert Schumann's bicentennial. -- NPR, Lloyd Schwartz, February 17, 2010 Sting has been taking ever braver leaps into the classical music world over the last few years. As someone who doesn't enjoy his singing, I heaved a sigh of relief that he is on speaking duty in this fascinating musical dramatization of the often difficult, artistically inspirational, romantically fulfilling relationship between composer Robert Schumann and Clara Wieck. Sting is Robert to Trudie Styler's Clara as they sit with narrator Derek Jacobi on the Covent Garden stage, surrounded by exceptional musicians, including tenor Simon Keenlyside, soprano Rebecca Evans and violinist Sergei Krylov. Excerpts from the lovebirds' letters are interwoven with Schumann's music (and a bit of Mozart and Chopin). Once you get into the slow, black-backdropped pace of the story, you come to appreciate what an amazing job director John Caird has done to make the 90-minute show absorbing. A second DVD has more than an hour of extras, including background interviews and a documentary. This is inventive classical programming at its best, though music purists might prefer to hear uncut versions of many of the pieces on the program. -- TheStar.com, John Terauds, November 17, 2009 This is an uncharacteristically small-scale production for writer-director John Caird, who is more closely associated with such spectacles as Les misérables and Nicholas Nickleby. It's a 90-minute account, through words and music, of the personal and professional relationship between Robert Schumann and his wife, née Clara Wieck, devised in 2005 for the education division of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and since then trotted out for various fundraising events with different performer rosters. This version was recorded before a silent audience in late 2007. Despite the number of artists on stage, it seems quite intimate; the actors are low-key, and the musicians, while rising to the passions of the music as necessary (particularly in the finale of Robert's Piano Trio No. 1, which closes the program), are direct and obviously under no pressure to play to a large hall. Although the proceedings are conveyed mainly through close-ups and two- and three-shots, the placement of the performers is interesting and deliberate. In the center, to the rear, on what looks almost like a throne, Sir Derek Jacobi offers bits of introduction and narrative context. Down front, at opposite sides of the stage, sit the actors portraying the Schumanns: pop star Sting, who has always struck me as more intelligent and subtle than he is generally given credit for, and Trudie Styler, best known in America as Mrs. Sting, but in England an accomplished actress with (like Jacobi) a Shakespearean background. Clustered near each of the two main actors is a trio of musicians, divided by gender. On Robert's side are a baritone and a male violinist and pianist; on Clara's, a soprano and a female cellist and pianist. The musicians do not remain segregated all the time; obviously, there's crossover in the trio movement, and both singers deliver Mozart's "Là ci darem la mano," which was important in the Schumanns' personal history. There's also an arrangement of "Träumerei" that manages to include all the instrumentalists. But for the most part, each historical figure is represented by his or her own group of musicians. As you might have guessed, the music comes in bits and pieces, mostly songs and instrumental miniatures (by both Robert and Clara), but for the most part each item is complete in itself and only occasionally, mainly in the beginning, do the actors talk over the music. The spoken lines are drawn from the Schumanns' letters; Caird has heavily edited them and mingled missives from various periods to create a coherent narrative. This overall approach will obviously not satisfy purists who seek an impartial documentary account of the Schumanns, nor music lovers who prefer to hear song cycles and chamber works in their entirety. But that's not the point of this project; it's an introduction to the general, intelligent, curious music lover of the personalities behind this music, and to Clara's essential role in Robert's life and career. If Sting and Styler, sometimes reading from scripts but often looking straight into the camera, don't fully convey the excitement of early love, they are very good at communicating the comfortable intimacy, affection, and mutual respect of an old married couple. Perhaps each is best when not speaking; they can communicate quite a lot in the cutaway shots of one watching the other deliver lines, or in listening to the musicians (who are also seen being quietly attentive during some of the spoken passages). The musical performances are quite good, even if Simon Keenlyside, like most baritones, finds Schumann's top notes taxing. Those requiring a more straightforward documentation of the Schumann situation may prefer the 35-minute documentary in which a curator from the Schumann House museum and archive speaks, in subtitled German, about their marriage and careers, repeating some material from the stage presentation but elaborating on other issues. There's also a surprisingly engaging series of chats with Caird, the performers, and musicologist Daniel Gallagher about the Schumanns and their music. Gallagher's contributions are especially good, even for non-specialists, and while the actors don't have much of substance to contribute, they do at least chime in with the occasional smart observation and perceptive question. The Blu-ray video quality is, as usual, superb, although there's nothing more technically challenging here than maintaining clarity on a rather dark stage. The aspect ratio is 16:9, and the audio options are limited to PCM 2.0 and 5.0. Subtitles are available for the songs and the German documentary. Old hands at this subject may feel that its treatment here is too superficial, but take this for what it is: an educational entertainment designed to introduce the Schumanns' music and cobiography to the uninitiated without insulting their intelligence. "Twin Spirits" surely succeeds on those grounds, most touchingly. -- Fanfare, James Reel, Mar-Apr 2010 Twin Spirits is a live theatrical performance that features narration, impersonation (in an epistolary manner), and chamber music centered on the lives and love of Robert and Clara Schumann. Evidently the work, created and directed by John Caird, toured in smaller venues before being presented at the Royal Opera House. It is indeed a unique experience, the letters of the Schumann's used as the basis for a story of their lives, dramatized here to excellent effect, and enhanced by their music. One can think of no more worthy subjects than these two hyper-romantic figures, celebrated in their day and long afterwards, with personal connections tying them into the fortunes and foibles of Brahms, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Joachim, and Chopin. Their love story is one that was well known even in their own day, and their passion for one another is marked only by the equal degree of tragedy and sorrow that graced their short time together. I will not dwell on aspects of that story here, as it is well known, and if unknown easily found in books and on the Web. Suffice it to say, the story begins with Robert's first studies with Clara Wieck's father (Robert was essentially self-taught), his aspirations as a pianist until he ruined his hands, his solicitation of love from Clara and desire to marry her (against her father's wishes), the frustration they experienced until they could get married, early bliss in their marital life and the success of each, Robert's seminal decline and mental instability, Clara's heartrending final years with Robert in an asylum, and her life after Robert's death. All of this seems like it might be too much for a stage production, but the letters have been carefully vetted in order to keep the action--such as it is--moving along. The story is given general guidelines by Derek Jacobi--superb as usual--and the parts of Robert and Clara taken by Sting and wife Trudie Styler. This might seem an odd choice at first, but Sting seems to have had a late-in-life classical-music conversion (remember his Dowland record?), and his performance as Robert is outstanding, as seasoned as from any actor I can imagine playing the part. Trudie Styler is equally affecting, and her moment of breakdown towards the end is truly distressing. But this is not a play at all--there is no dramatic movement or stage acting. Most of the time, Sting and Trudie are seated close to one another, and they often lean towards each other when speaking. Jacobi is seated pretty much center stage, and they all can be seen watching each other. Interspersed among the talkers are a series of musicians, an all-male group (baritone, violin, piano) on Robert's side, and a female group (soprano, cello, piano) on Clara's side. At different times in the "action," the music of one of the Schumanns is played by one of these groups, or a portion of each. For the most part, the performances are excellent, the singing of Simon Keenlyside being notable, along with the last selection, the Finale from the D-Minor Piano Trio, op. 63, a real barnburner and triumphant ending to an otherwise factual human misfortune that nonetheless had moments of supreme joy. But its protagonists were certainly as star-crossed as Romeo and Juliet ever were. If there is a downside, it would be the lack of more representative music on Robert's part. The very nature and intimacy of this production nixes the idea of large ensemble performances, but one feels like part of the emotional picture is missing without them. Some of the music has been doctored or altered, nothing egregious, but odd sounding to those who know it. This was probably unavoidable in order to make the music portion fuller while using only chamber pieces. The songs are what they are, and there are a few pieces pertinent to the Schumanns at certain times that are by other composers. The staging is wonderful, making it easy to follow what is happening; the sound is equally pleasing, LPCM stereo or DTS surround (my choice). The music however, is only secondary to the engrossing tale, and is chosen wisely to enhance the story where the words end. As bonuses, we get a substantial amount, the cast talks and the documentary being of more than casual interest. I enjoyed this thoroughly, and I can't imagine any music lover who wouldn't. -- Fanfare, Steven E. Ritter, Jan/Feb 2010 Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann [Blu-ray]

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A mile-wide, 300 miles-per-hour force of total devastation is coming at you! In this adventure swirling with cliffhanging excitement and awesome special effects, Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton play scientists pursuing the most destructive weather front to sweep through mid-Americas Tornado Alley in 50 years. By launching electronic sensors into the funnel, the storm chasers hope to obtain data to create an improved warning system. But to do so, they must intercept the twisters deadly path. The chase is on!

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Twisters brings back the blockbuster disaster epic with a whirlwind of heart-stopping action and exhilarating thrills. Ever since a devastating tornado encounter, Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) gave up chasing storms across the Oklahoma prairie to safely study them on screens in New York City. Lured back to the field by her friend Javi (Anthony Ramos) and a once-in-a-lifetime scientific opportunity, Kate crosses paths with Tyler (Glen Powell), a charming daredevil and self-proclaimed tornado wrangler whose thirst for tornado-tracking adventures made him a social media sensation. As storm season intensifies with terrifying phenomena unlike anything seen before, Kate and Tyler realize they may need to work together if they are to have any chance of taming, and surviving, an unprecedented outbreak of destructive tornados. Bonus Content: Includes a digital copy of Twisters (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.) Deleted Scenes Gag Reel Tracking the Fronts: The Path of Twisters Into the Eye of the Storm Glen Powell: All Access Front Seat to a Chase Voice of a Villain Tricked-Out Trucks Feature Commentary with Director Lee Isaac Chung Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Twisters - Collector's Edition Blu-ray + Digital

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Twisters brings back the blockbuster disaster epic with a whirlwind of heart-stopping action and exhilarating thrills. Ever since a devastating tornado encounter, Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) gave up chasing storms across the Oklahoma prairie to safely study them on screens in New York City. Lured back to the field by her friend Javi (Anthony Ramos) and a once-in-a-lifetime scientific opportunity, Kate crosses paths with Tyler (Glen Powell), a charming daredevil and self-proclaimed tornado wrangler whose thirst for tornado-tracking adventures made him a social media sensation. As storm season intensifies with terrifying phenomena unlike anything seen before, Kate and Tyler realize they may need to work together if they are to have any chance of taming, and surviving, an unprecedented outbreak of destructive tornados. Bonus Content: Includes 4K UHD, Blu-ray and a digital copy of Twisters (Subject to expiration. Go to NBCUCodes.com for details.) Features Dolby Vision and HDR10 for Brighter, Deeper, More Lifelike Color Deleted Scenes Gag Reel Tracking the Fronts: The Path of Twisters Into the Eye of the Storm Glen Powell: All Access Front Seat to a Chase Voice of a Villain Tricked-Out Trucks Feature Commentary with Director Lee Isaac Chung

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