BABEL is the crowning achievement in the trilogy from the unstoppable creative pairing of screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga and director Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu which also includes AMORES PERROS 2000 and 21 GRAMS 2003. Building upon its predecessors' method of weaving together disparate storylines BABEL reaches new heights of ambition with a tale that in the absence of traditional narrative and protagonist relies on numerous incredible performances to evoke an affecting relevance by framing contemporary issues in very human struggles and mistakes. Richard and Susan Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett are a wealthy couple from San Diego who are vacationing in Morocco in order to heal after the death of their young child; their other two children are at home with their Mexican maid Amelia Adriana Barraza. In a complex shift of ownership to which the audience is privy a rifle finds its way into the hands of a local herdsman's young sons Said Tarchani and Boubker Ait El Caid who recklessly take a shot at a tour bus and catch Susan in the shoulder causing her to nearly lose her life. The distraught Richard calls home to tell Amelia of the situation who promptly departs for Mexico to attend her child's wedding with Richard and Susan's children in tow. Disaster thus multiplies with the situation in Morocco ascribed to terrorists in the media while Amelia meets with the harsh immigration policies of the Bush administration. Meanwhile in Tokyo a widower Koji Yakusho tied to the rifle in question attempts to deal with his memories and his raucous promiscuous deaf daughter Rinko Kikuchi. Nearly every performance of the film is devastating offering an intimate emotional experience that would approach melodrama if it weren't rendered so realistically. Cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto's color palette masterfully captures the muted tones of the harsh natural landscapes of Morocco and the Mexican border as well as the fluorescent lights of Tokyo that denote another though equally barren end of the spectrum. The misunderstandings born of cultural language and class barriers are on par with those that occur between family members depicting a world that while connected in the least expected of ways is also faced with a deep-seated crisis that threatens to alienate humanity from itself.

Madea, everyone’s favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. But Tammy, Kimberly and Byron are too distracted by their own problems: Tammy can’t manage her unruly children or her broken marriage; Kimberly is gripped with anger and takes it out on her husband; and Byron, after spending two years in jail, is under pressure to deal drugs again. It’s up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how: with a lot of tough love, laughter…and the revelation of a long-buried family secret.

Madea, everyone’s favorite wise-cracking, take-no-prisoners grandma, jumps into action when her niece, Shirley, receives distressing news about her health. All Shirley wants is to gather her three adult children around her and share the news as a family. But Tammy, Kimberly and Byron are too distracted by their own problems: Tammy can’t manage her unruly children or her broken marriage; Kimberly is gripped with anger and takes it out on her husband; and Byron, after spending two years in jail, is under pressure to deal drugs again. It’s up to Madea, with the help of the equally rambunctious Aunt Bam, to gather the clan together and make things right the only way she knows how: with a lot of tough love, laughter…and the revelation of a long-buried family secret.

Combine the emotional weight of a tearjerker with a classic kidnapping nail-biter and you get the impressive results of TRAPPED. Director Luis Mandoki ANGEL EYES knows that it can't hurt to pull a few heartstrings to keep an audience firmly planted on the edge of their seats. From the beginning this picture-perfect family unit oozes with sick foreboding: a glowing young mom Charlize Theron and towheaded daughter Dakota Fanning bid farewell to Dad Stuart Townsend a successful physician who's on his way to a lecture. Dad no sooner boards his commuter seaplane which he pilots himself than all three are separately taken hostage by sophisticated kidnappers Kevin Bacon Courtney Love and Pruitt Taylor Vince throwing their idyllic family life into jeopardy. TRAPPED pushes the envelope of the classic kidnapping story because director Mandoki takes full advantage of the parent-child bond to heighten the sense of pathos and urgency. This approach paves the way for some phenomenal performances. Theron offers a tearful depiction of a desperate mother Fanning is chilling when she realizes that she is in captivity and Vince gives an inspired performance as the conflicted kidnapper who hates his job.

Two Movies On One Disc! "The Addams Family" - When long-lost Uncle Fester (Christopher Lloyd) reappears after twenty-five years in the Bermuda Triangle, Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) plan a celebration to wake the dead. But Wednesday (Christina Ricci) barely has time to warm up her electric chair before Thing points out Fester's uncommonly "normal" behavior. Could this Fester be a fake, part of an evil scheme to raid the Addams fortune? Based on Charles Addams' beloved cartoons and following the success of the hit TV series, "The Addams Family" is a visual funhouse, packed with plenty of treats, tricks and turns by director Barry Sonnenfeld. "The Addams Family Values" - It's love at first fright when Gomez (Raul Julia) and Morticia (Anjelica Huston) welcome a new addition to the Addams household - Pubert, their soft, cuddly, mustachioed baby boy. As Fester (Christopher Lloyd) falls hard for voluptuous nanny Debbie Jilinsky (Joan Cusack), Wednesday (Christina Ricci) and Pugsley (Jimmy Workman) discover she's a black-widow murderess who plans to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands. The family's future grows even bleaker when the no-good nanny marries Fester and has the kids shipped off to summer camp. But Wednesday still has a Thing or two up her sleeve...

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Product DetailsOriginal Title:The Family That PreysActors: Alfre Woodard - KaDee Strickland - Kathy Bates - Rockmond Dunbar - Sanaa LathanDirector: Tyler PerryCondition: NEWFormat: DVDFormat Size: WidescreenRuntime: 109 minsLanguage: English Subtitle: English SubtitlesRegion code: Region 1 (United States, Canada, Bermuda, U.S. territories)Discs: 1Rating: UnratedGenre: DramaRelease Year: 2008Your browser does not support iframes.

A detective story set around a contemporary California high school BRICK dares to combine the teen and film noir genres. In mixing these two disparate worlds Director Rian Johnson creates many comically jarring and ironic moments. When loner Brendan Frye a barely recognizable Joseph Gordon-Levitt of THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN gets a desperate-sounding call from his ex-love Emily Emilie de Ravin he feels compelled to help her plunging himself into the seedy world of teenage crime that pulled her away from him in the first place. Throughout this journey Brendan plays a hard-boiled type reminiscent of Humphrey Bogart's iconic Sam Spade character. Johnson's script invests heavily in the fiction of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler and is filled with other archetypical characters like the femme fatale Nora Zehetner the eccentric crime lord a brilliant Lukas Haas and the dame in distress de Ravin. As teens trade in their cell phones for things as old-fashioned as pay phones and 1940s gangster vocabulary occasional references to detention and first period provide a humorous contrast with the otherwise unbelievable complex precocious and largely parentless world that these teens inhabit. With its heavy reliance on references to old noir classics like THE MALTESE FALCON and THE BIG SLEEP the film may risk alienating viewers not familiar with these older films. Seeing teenagers speaking in coded detective-movie-style lingo is entertaining but mixed with the often overlapping fast-paced but muttered dialogue it also proves to be distracting at points. People eager to see a predictable teen drama may be confused by BRICK as its goal is to turn the genre on its head earning inevitable comparisons to films like 2001's surreal teen fantasy DONNIE DARKO. Because of the film's attention to detail and witty yet hard-to-follow dialogue BRICK may be better appreciated on second viewing.

From Amblin Entertainment and executive producer Steven Spielberg, relive the adventure and magic of these endearing, fun-filled films that will bring hours of entertainment to your whole family! AN AMERICAN TAIL IN this heartwarming, Academy Award-nominated adventure, a courageous mouse named Fievel braves teh perils and wonders of a strange new world called America on a thrilling quest to find his family. BALTO The remarkable true tale of a hero who inspired a nation and became a legend, Balto tells the story of a sled dog who doesn't know where he belongs until a tragedy forces him to find his noble spirit and restore hope to a small town. THE LAND BEFORE TIME In the delightful classic that started it all, prehistoric pals Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Ducky and Petrie go on an exciting adventure to find the lush, legendary Great Valley!

The Meerkat Manor Season 2 DVD set lets you watch your favorite four-footed TV family as they continue with another year of adventures with amazing camera work that lets you inside the amazing world of South African meerkats as they go about their daily lives. The Whiskers family is a family of four-footed meerkats but you may be surprised to find similarities in the lives of this extended family that experiences births deaths fights and the struggles of daily life. The Meerkat Manor DVD set from season two is narrated by Sean Astin of Lord of the Rings.The Meerkat Manor Season 2 DVD set brings the Whiskers family back for another season of adventure! The drama continues for Flower and the rest of her Meerkat family in the second season of Meerkat Manor. The Meerkat Manor videos take you along from family quarrels to love affairs to backstabbing worthy of a Shakespearean tale these fuzzy reality-TV stars pack a huge dramatic punch in this 13-episode DVD set.Cold ComfortIt's winter and there's been a tragedy at Meerkat Manor. Courageous little Shakespeare is still missing and presumed dead. All the while hapless Yousarrian is getting a little too close with Cazanna the arch rival's dominant female.The Three AmigosThe Whiskers lead Flower's new pups on their first foraging trip but they're caught out in the open by a gang of war-dancing meerkats! Meanwhile Yousarrian is joined by two roving males vying for Lazuli females.Young BloodA new enemy group the Commandoes spend the night on the Whiskers patch. With the Whiskers the Lazuli and the Commandoes all in close proximity a vicious battle is imminent – and when it happens the consequences are tragic!Iron LadyHaving spent more than five weeks at the same burrow Flower decides it's time for a move. With her on-going pregnancy she's in no mood for compromise and Kinkajou Daisy and Mozart need to watch their step!There's No Place Like HomeFour weeks have passed and Mozart has been evicted from the Whiskers by Flower. Her fight for survival is made even more problematic when she discovers that she's also pregnant! Can she keep herself and her unborn pups alive?When Flower Met HannibalMozart's eviction from the Whiskers continues but she's not the only one facing tragedy. When the Whiskers split-up for the day Flower and the pups get into a fight for their lives against vicious enemies – the Commandoes!United We StandThings are looking up for Mozart when she's allowed back into the gang but there are tragic consequences from the Whiskers last battle with the Commandoes. After 3 soggy weeks the desert turns green and Flower's newest litter emerges from the burrow.The Enemy WithinFlower's young pups find themselves all alone facing a terrifying storm when their Uncle Youssarian abandons his babysitting post. Meanwhile the Whiskers are forced to act when they discover their arch rivals the Lazuli have moved a little too close to home!The Art of LeadershipDeep in enemy territory the Whiskers are caught red-handed raiding their rivals' burrow! Vastly outnumbered the gang is forced to flee but with Flower's troops in disarray things go from bad to worse and panic sets in. Then the boss discovers one of her daughters is keeping a secret!Balance of PowerWith Flower and her daughter Mozart both pregnant there's bound to be trouble in store at the Manor. Unpredictable Uncle Yousarrian is left at home to look after Flower's second litter of the year. But things take a strange turn when Mozart tries to stamp her authority on the Whiskers gang.Growing PainsAfter some of the heaviest rains in decades the Kalahari Desert is transformed into an emerald oasis of tall grasses and blossoming flowers. Life has never seemed so rosy for the Whiskers but for one unlucky girl the conditions spell disaster!The GodmotherThe Whiskers welcome Flower's latest litter to the group. However this could have devastating consequences for Mozart and her unborn pups. With roo

1907. Musicologist Dr Lily Penleric Janet McTeer is displeased to find she has been passed over for a promotion at her East Coast University. She sets off for the southern Appalachians where her sister Elna Jane Adams runs a school with her friend Harriet E. Katherine Kerr. Lily is excited to discover that the mountain women sing pure versions of old British folk songs. She starts to collect the songs--at first writing them down; then recording them on very cumbersome equipment. Scriptwriterdirector Maggie Greenwald has loosely based her movie on the songcatchers who uncovered the Appalachian-British folk song connection in the late 1910s. Greenwald and the regal Janet McTeer make Lily Penleric an aloof woman who at first sees the songs as specimens to be collected scientifically. Then gradually Lily is drawn into the drama of the women's mountain lives--their joy and sadness their hard fought existence their men and their infidelities their tolerance and intolerance. And as she is drawn in Lily begins to fall in love with the performers particularly the feisty matriarch Viney Butler Pat Carroll and the orphan Deladis Slocumb Emmy Rossum a 13-year-old with an astonishing voice who makes a notable film debut.

In director Dito Montiel's 2009 drama FIGHTING Channing Tatum G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA portrays Shawn a young man from the South trying to make a living on the streets of New York City. When Shawn gets into an altercation while selling bootleg CDs and DVDs a con man Terrence Howard who witnesses the brawl takes him under his wing and introduces Shawn to NYC's underground street-fighting circuit. In these bare-knuckle battles Shawn has a chance to win significant money--and also the heart of the beautiful Zulay Zulay Henao. A film that goes beyond its deceptively simple title and premise FIGHTING is elevated by the keen eye of Montiel who also co-wrote the script with Robert Munic and the charismatic presence of Tatum who previously had a minor role in the writer-director's cinematic debut A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS. Although the film goes through the standard up-by-the-bootstraps dramatic cycle the performances of Tatum Howard and Henao make the story surprisingly compelling and the fight sequences are exceptionally fierce giving the movie considerable added zest. Though less high-profile than combat classics such as ROCKY and THE KARATE KID FIGHTING fits well into the category of revered movies of the boxingmartial-arts subgenre.

From Amblin Entertainment and executive producer Steven Spielberg, relive the adventure and magic of these endearing, fun-filled films that will bring hours of entertainment to your whole family! AN AMERICAN TAIL IN this heartwarming, Academy Award-nominated adventure, a courageous mouse named Fievel braves teh perils and wonders of a strange new world called America on a thrilling quest to find his family. BALTO The remarkable true tale of a hero who inspired a nation and became a legend, Balto tells the story of a sled dog who doesn't know where he belongs until a tragedy forces him to find his noble spirit and restore hope to a small town. THE LAND BEFORE TIME In the delightful classic that started it all, prehistoric pals Littlefoot, Cera, Spike, Ducky and Petrie go on an exciting adventure to find the lush, legendary Great Valley!

In Babel, a tragic incident involving an American couple in Morocco sparks a chain of events for four families in different countries throughout the world. In the struggle to overcome isolation, fear, and displacement, each character discovers that it is family that ultimately provides solace. In the remote sands of the Moroccan desert, a rifle shot rings out-- detonating a chain of events that will link an American tourist couple’s frantic struggle to survive, two Moroccan boys involved in an accidental crime, a nanny illegally crossing into Mexico with two American children, and a Japanese teen rebel whose father is sought by the police in Tokyo. Separated by clashing cultures and sprawling distances, each of these four disparate groups of people are nevertheless hurtling towards a shared destiny of isolation and grief. In the course of just a few days, they will each face the dizzying sensation of becoming profoundly lost – lost in the desert, lost to the world, lost to themselves – as they are pushed to the farthest edges of confusion and fear as well as to the very depths of connection and love. In this mesmerizing, emotional film that was shot in three continents and four languages – and traverses both the deeply personal and the explosively political -- acclaimed director Alejandro González Iñárritu (21 Grams, Amores Perros) explores with shattering realism the nature of the barriers that seem to separate humankind. In doing so, he evokes the ancient concept of Babel and questions its modern day implications: the mistaken identities, misunderstandings and missed chances for communication that-- though often unseen-- drive our contemporary lives. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Gael García Bernal, Kôji Yakusho, Adriana Barraza and Rinko Kikuchi lead an international ensemble of actors and non-professional actors from Morocco, Tijuana and Tokyo, who enrich Babel’s take on cultural diversity and enhance its powerful examination of the links and frontiers between and within us.

&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp Product DetailsOriginal Title:Family SecretsActors: Angela Jones - Edward Bunker - Kathy Garver - PAmela Bellwodd - Tim RedwineDirector: Sally ChamplinCondition: NEWFormat: DVDFormat Size: FullscreenRuntime: 78 minsLanguage: EnglishRegion code: Region 1 (United States, Canada, Bermuda, U.S. territories)Discs: 1Rating: UnratedGenre: DramaRelease Year: 2002Your browser does not support iframes.

When the box office champ Ben Stiller's comedic performances aren't a variation on a soft-spoken put-upon everyman with an eventual fuse he's usually playing a full-blown absurdist monster with an apoplectic Napoleon complex. These bizarre creations usually adorn films in which the funnyman provides the supporting work DODGEBALL HEAVYWEIGHTS but whenever he's directing he's free to build an entire filmic universe around his asinine ludicrously funny culture-skewering characters and premises. His ZOOLANDER 2001 bit at the entertainment industry with silly abandon but Stiller has firmly set TROPIC THUNDER within the realm of sophisticated Hollywood satire. In it a desperate director named Damien Cockburn Steve Coogan trying to make a Vietnam war movie drops his pampered actors into the heart of the jungle. Cockburn's stars include Stiller as an action hero who's starting to make bad career choices Jack Black as an insecure low-brow comedy star going through heroin withdrawals and Robert Downey Jr. as an Australian Oscar winner so lost in his "craft" he underwent a procedure to become black for his role. In the jungle they remain under the delusion that they are still being filmed even after they encounter a dangerous gang of druglords. The film's basic premise has popped up several times since Hollywood's 1970s golden age in films such as THREE AMIGOS! and GALAXY QUEST. Where those films simply blanketed a classic Overconfident Bumbling Idiot comedy showcase with a pop culture lexicon however TROPIC THUNDER could have only been made as on-the-nose at is by people who have been working in the Hollywood system for years making cutting observations along the way. Simply put this raucous satire knows big-budget filmmaking the delusional narcissism of actors and even the good points of those actors--perhaps why they're celebrated--like the back of its hand.