50 ways of saying fabulous
Sweet, chubby, theatrical Billy was never cut out to be a farmer, but as the only son he's obliged to try. The cows are stubborn and the chores gruelling, but Billy finds escape in a fantasy world playing Lana, heroine of his favourite TV show Adventures in space . Not everyone approves of Billy's transformation. On the brink of adolescence, he discovers growing up is more complicated than he could ever have imagined. --Cover.
A scanner darkly
Set in a future world where America has lost the war on drugs, an L.A. undercover agents change their faces along with their identities. One officer's liberal ingestion of the drug Substance D causes him to develop a split personality, a notorious drug dealer. Along with his superior officers, the police set up an elaborate scheme to catch his drug dealer alter-ego and tear down his operation. Filmed using an animation technique called interpolated rotoscope, with animation over filmed sequences.
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Ans Westra
Ans Westra, whose photographs of New Zealanders constitute a uniquely expressive record of who we are and have been, now sits for the camera herself. Contemplating her career, she speaks as one for whom photography is as natural and indispensable as seeing or remembering. Director, Luit Bieringa intercuts her testimony with cordial interjections from friends, family and other commentators - and shows us the photos. Framed by a conversation with Hone Tuwhare, the film acknowledges the progressive role her played in 60s counterculture and in the cultural renaissance of Maori.
Ata whenua
A cinematic journey through the wilderness areas of Fiordland accompanied by musical sound track. Chiefly filmed from the air.
Babel
A wealthy American is touring Morocco with his wife. The two become the focus of an international incident also involving a poor Moroccan farmer who is struggling to keep his two young sons in line and his family together. A San Diego nanny, with her employers absent, makes the disastrous decision to take her charges with her to a wedding in Mexico. A deaf-mute Japanese teen tries to deal with a relationship with her father and the world in general that has been upended by the death of her mother. It's about a gun. It's about communication - or the lack of it - both intercultural and intracultural. Raises issues like terrorism and immigration, and is as basic as husbands talking to their wives and parents understanding their children.
Barney.Let the games begin & other stories
BJ's favourite way of getting exercise is by playing sports and games, so he leads the group in a day full of fun and games. When baby bop is a bit shy about trying new games, Barney and his friends encourage her to try something new--and she has a tee-rrific time! Getting exercise is serious business, but it can also be fun and games when you share the day with Barney!
Big cat diary
Three specialist wildlife teams observe the daily lives and adventures of Africa's big cats, focusing on individual families: a pride of lions, a cheetah mother and her cubs, and the elusive leopard.
Confession of pain
Two Hong Kong detectives join forces to catch a killer whose crimes have touched both in the murder of a father and a wife.
Curb your enthusiasm.
Larry David lives a charmed life - an understanding wife, famous friends, a supportive manager, and an angelic singing voice...so what's his problem?
Déjà vu
A ferry filled with crewmen from the USS Nimitz and their families is blown up in New Orleans during Mardi Gras. BATF Doug Carlin is brought in to assist in the recovery of evidence from the massive investigation, and gets attached to an experimental FBI surveillance unit. The unit uses technology to directly look back in time a little over four days into the past. While tracking down the bomber, Carlin gets an idea in his head: would it be possible to use the device to actually travel back in time and not only prevent the bombing but also the murder of a local woman whose truck was used in the bombing?
Dreamgirls
Three young women Deena Jones, Effie White, and Lorrell Robinson desire to become pop stars. They get their wish when they are picked to be backup singers for the legendary James Thunder Early. When they are set free for leads, Curtis Taylor and Effie's brother C.C. decide that Deena should be the lead singer, which upsets Effie. The girls discover exactly what it takes to be in the music business and what they must give up to realize their dream.
Enough rope.God on my side
Seventy million Americans are born-again Christians. They make up 40% of George W. Bush's vote, and expect a powerful voice at the political table with input on foreign and domestic policy. In an attempt to understand these believers, Andrew Denton visits the 63rd National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Dallas, Texas. He delivers a new perspective on America's faithful, documenting their personal journeys to the light of faith and, in some cases, the darkness of fundamentalism.
Event 16
Matt is a young inventor who realises he has engineered access into the past and future. When he walks through the walls into colonial Wellington, he hasn't bargained for anyone coming back the other way.
Fairy beach
Fairy Beach is a magical mixture of some of the best beach moments from The Fairies second TV series. Harmony, Rhapsody and their Fairyland friends sail through the sky to Fairy Beach in the magical flying boat, The Bubble, and have beach adventures galore with their new friend Bubbles the Beach Fairy. Laugh, sing, dance and learn with the fairies as they explore exciting things to see, do, make and play at the beach with the uplifting song Fairy Friends Forever a fantastic finale.
Fast food nation
When a marketing executive for a huge burger chain finds a nasty secret ingredient in their burger recipe, he goes to the ranches and slaughterhouses of Colorado to investigate and finds that the truth is sometimes difficult to swallow.
Fireman Sam :
It's fun day in Pontypandy and there is so much to do. All seems to be going well until fireman Sam is called out to a flood at Dilys' shop. Sam has to rescue Norman, help catch Wolly and then extinguish a fire that threatens to ruin the fun day completely!
Flicka
Katy dreams of filling her father's shoes by taking over their ranch, while her father wants better for her. When she finds and tries to tame a wild horse, she learns how alike she and this stallion truly are.
Flight of the navigator
After a mystifying disappearance aboard a spectacular, futuristic spacecraft, David Freeman returns to earth possessing vast, undiscovered knowledge about the farthest reaches of the universe. With these sudden navigational powers, David is able to take the fantastic flying machine anywhere he desires.
Flushed away
Roddy is a decidedly upper-crust society mouse who lives the life of a pampered pet in a posh Kensington flat. When a sewer rat named Sid comes out of the sink, he desides he had hit the jackpot. Roddy schemes to rid himself of Sid by luring him into the whirlpool. Sid may be an ignorant slob, but he's no fool, but it is Roddy who winds up being flushed away into the bustling sewer world of Ratropolis. There Roddy meets Rita, an enterprising scavenger who works the sewers in the Jammy Dodger, her faithful boat. Roddy immediately wants out, or rather, up. Trouble comes in the form of the villainous Toad -- who royally despises all rodents. The Toad dispatches his two hapless hench-rats, Spike and Whitey, to get the job done. When they fail, the Toad has no choice but to send to France for his cousin, Le Frog, the dreaded mercenary.
Framing MÄori
MÄori journalist, Tere Harrison, interviews media commentators about the reporting of MÄori issues in New Zealand's mainstream media with a particular focus on television news.
Frederic Chopin
A documentary on the life and music of Frederic Chopin.
Fungus the Bogeyman
Repulsive yet compulsive viewing for all the family! Fungus, the loveable, boil-inducing Bogeyman is the star of one of the best known books from world-renowned children's author Raymond Briggs. This full length TV movie brings the dark, damp world of Bogeydom to life with a ground-breaking mix of live action drama and computer generated characters and sets. Fungus' job is to venture 'up top' above Bogeydom, to scare Drycleaners (a Bogey's name for humans). Unfortunately one adventure backfires, creating the Bogeypeople's worst crisis - a Drycleaner has discovered their existence. Find out if Fungus can prevent his world from being unearthed!
Great raids of World War II
With some of the most daring operations of the war, airmen, soldiers, commandos and sailors undertook vital assaults that would shift the delicate balance of war, fully aware that they might never return. With the use of veteran's accounts, carefully researched archive film and meticulous reconstructions, these recreations take us on that journey.
Great SAS missions
The Special Air Service regiment (The SAS) was established during World War II as a small unit of elite soldiers able to make rapid assaults on the enemy and was soon established as the world's leading special forces unit. This series recreates the seven great missions through which the SAS earned respect and fear around the globe.
Gridiron gang
Sean Porter was a football player who turned into a juvenile detention counselor. He wrestles with the seemingly insolvable problem. The vast majority of young men who leave detention fall right back into crime. Looking for a way to give these not-yet-hardened kids a taste of self-esteem and discipline, Porter manages to persuade his superiors to let him teach the kids football - and then take on other high school football teams. Based on a true story.
Harsh times
An honorably discharged man with a violent military past falls back into a life of petty crime with his best friend on the streets of Los Angeles.
Here to stay.
We are an exotic mix of personalities, values and tempers from around the world. Six well-known Kiwis discover which parts of the national character their ancestors brought with them and why they are Here To Stay.
Heritage of Maori song
Music DVD of traditional Maori songs and dances performed by groups also includes scenic views of New Zealand.
Hot fuzz
Nicholas Angel is the finest cop London has to offer. He has an arrest record that is higher than any other officer on the force. As a result, Angel's superiors send him to a place where his talents won't be quite so obvious. They send him to the sleepy and seemingly crime-free village of Sandford. He is partnered with the well-meaning but overeager police officer Danny Butterman, who is the son of the police chief. Danny is a huge action movie fan and believes this may be his chance to experience the life of gunfights and car chases. However, as a series of grisly accidents rocks the village, Angel is convinced that Sandford is not what it seems and as the intrigue deepens, Danny's dreams of explosive, high-octane, car-chasing, gunfighting, all-out action seem more and more like a reality.
How to save the world
Discusses biodynamic agriculture as practiced by the farmers of India.
Jane and the dragon
Jane is twelve years old and training to be a knight. It's a tough job proving herself to the King, to her parents and to the other knights. But Jane does have a little help - she has a giant green dragon by her side.
Jesus of Nazareth
Jump in!
Brooklyn teenager Izzy Daniels is training to become a boxing champ -- because it's his dad's dream. Yet, intrigued by the cool moves involved in Double Dutch, he agrees to help out his neighbor Mary (Keke Palmer) when she needs a fourth member on her jump rope team. The sport takes more talent and teamwork than Izzy expected, but along the way, he learns it's more important to follow his own heart. Featuring an all-star cast, amazing Double Dutch moves and the coolest music, Jump in! celebrates the power of finding and pursuing your dreams. Bursting with energy, a brand new soundtrack and Double Dutch fun, the hit Disney Channel Original Movie JUMP IN! is now available for the first time ever on DVD!
King of the hill.
In various episodes from the second season, Hank rallies the town after a lawsuit by a fundamentalist shutters the local haunted house and abolishes trick or treating. The tenacious Hank is forced to immerse himself in the world of adult video after a video store computer's falsely claims that he rented and did not return a movie and it sullies his credit rating. Hank continues to look for common ground with his misfit son, as romance begins to blossom between Bobby and neighbor Connie. Bobby is introduced to a Jewish idiom.
King of the Hill.The complete third season
Hank Hill is a propane salesman, his wife, Peggy, is a substitute teacher, and their 12-year-old son, Bobby, who is confused about the ways of life and the world, all live in a blue collar town in Texas.
Letters from Iwo Jima
Sixty-one years ago, the United States and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them. Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of the island itself, Gen. Kuribayashi's unprecedented tactics transform what was predicted to be a quick and bloody defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat.
Magnum P.I.
Join the Hawaiian based detective as he takes on some of his best cases yet, protecting the sunny Hawaiian islands from vicious jewel thieves, ruthless kidnappers and even dangerous ghostly apparitions.
Mickey Mouse clubhouse.Mickey's great clubhouse hunt
Mickey and his pals are planning the best springtime party ever - and you're invited! But the festivities are put on hold when Mickey's magical clubhouse mysteriously breaks into pieces and disappears with Minnie, Donald, Goofy, and Daisy inside!
Miles electric
Discusses Miles Davis' music of the late 1960s-early 1970s, with commentary from musicians Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Carlos Santana, Joni Mitchell and others also includes Davis's complete Aug. 29, 1970 performance at the Isle of Wight.
New settler water safety DVD
Promotes water safety in four key areas - pool, boat, beach and rock fishing, demonstrates 'best practice' water safety and shows correct safety equipment and simple procedures that can make all the difference in an emergency.
Night at the museum
Larry Daley is a divorced father who can't seem to keep a job for more than a week. He applies for a job at the Museum of Natural History and is assigned as a night guard. However, a seemingly easy job turns out to be an adventure when he finds that an ancient curse has caused the inhabitants of the museum to come to life.
Out of the blue
On November 13th 1990, in the small New Zealand seaside town of Aramoana, local man David Gray took a high-powered automatic weapon and shot dead 13 people. It remains the worst mass murder in New Zealand's history. As emergency services scrambled to reach Aramoana, a handful of young, under-armed local policemen risked their lives trying to find the gunman. Terrified and confused residents were trapped in their homes for 24 hours, not knowing where David Gray was - or if they would become his next victim. There were great feats of bravery on that terrible day - from ordinary people in the most extraordinary of situations.
Paul Henry's Ends of the earth
Ex-foreign correspondent and adventurer, TVNZ's popular presenter Paul Henry leads us further off the beaten track than any travel programme has done before, as he goes in search of New Zealanders in the most extreme places of the world.
Peking to Paris
Join Warren Brown and a group of madcap adventurers as they set out to recreate the world's first great motor race - the 1907 Peking to Paris Raid. In five 100-year-old cars identical to those driven in the original rally, they set off on a 14,000 journey to cross some of the most spectacular and remote landscapes on earth.
Pingu.Boogaloo
Dance, fly a plane and ride a scooter in this fantastic collection of stories from our loveable penguin friend, Pingu. For the first time ever, meet Pingu's brand new friend Bajoo, the Abominable Snowman.
Pingu.Pingu in paradise
Pingu is a cheeky, charming young penguin who spends all his time paying with his friends and family. He is always landing himself in comical situations whilst living in his snowy world! Join Pingu in his fun-filled adventures along with his family and friends. This bumper collection, chosen by the fans unites 24 of the funniest and best episodes for the first time making Pingu Forever the ultimate collection.
Pink
A live performance, taped at Wembley Arena on December 4, 2006. Fans are treated to 120 minutes of a full concert performance, and, as if that wasn't enough, it also features a making of the tour - candid diary style, behind-the-scenes with Pink. She takes the viewer on her tour adventure and shows what goes into making it all happen.
Sesame Street.The alphabet jungle game.;"Do the alphabet"
The Alphabet Jungle Game: Elmo, Zoe and Telly are exploring the Alphabet Jungle, where letters grow on trees. Every letter from A to Y leads them on an animated alphabet adventure. But what about Z? What will happen if Zoe can't find her favourite letter? Come play The Alphabet Jungle Game and you'll find out! Do the Alphabet: Get ready to sing, dance and laugh all the way from A to Z!;"Do the Alphabet: When Baby Bear has trouble remembering his letters, he goes to the one bird in the world who can help him. Big Bird's amazing learning method which features songs, games and special surprises, makes learning the letters as easy as A B C. It's 26 times the fun when you learn the alphabet with Big Bird and friends!"
Sesame Street.Three bears and a new baby.;"Put down the duckie"
Three Bears & A New Baby - Everyone knows the story of The Three Bears, so what happens when Mama, Papa and Baby Bear are expecting a new cub in the family? The three Bears become four! And Baby Bear is having a wee bit of trouble adjusting to the new arrival. But with the help of his friends Gina, Big Bird and Telly, he is able to become an expert big brother, and even has fun teaching his baby sister everything he knows.;"Put Down The Duckie - The stars come out on Sesame Street in this fun-filled DVD featuring some of the show's most memorable moments. Phil Donahue offers a shocking expose about life on the Street . Newsman Robert MacNeil investigates Cookiegate . And when Ernie wants to play the blues, an all-star cast, including Madeline Kahn, Paul Simon, Danny DeVito, Wynton Marsalis, Jeremy Irons, and many more have a few words of musical advice: Put Down The Duckie . Join in the rousing sing-along and all the hilarious fun in this star-studded celebration!"
Smokin' Aces
An FBI agent hunts for Las Vegas stand up comedian and illusionist Buddy 'Aces' Israel. Aces has decided to squeal on the mob but, before he heads off for protective custody, decides to go to the casinos at Lake Tahoe for one last good time, drawing a crowd of assassins. Now Aces will have to pull his greatest disappearing act before the assassins can get to him.
Sophie Scholl
The film depicts the last six days (February 17-22, 1943) in the life of Sophie Scholl from her own perspective: that of a courageous and vibrant young woman who is willing to face death for her belief in her ideals and those of the White Rose, an underground resistance movement to which she belongs. Through their resistance and protest against the Nazi regime, Sophie and her fellow members of the White Rose become synonymous with civil courage and a peaceful struggle against the rule of violence and oppression. --Container.
Squeegee bandit
Starfish is a Mäori man who survives by washing car windows at intersections on the main streets of South Auckland, New Zealand. He's a born hustler with an extreme personality-magnetic charisma, infectious humour, and a vicious temper.SQUEEGEE BANDIT follows Starfish's struggles through nine months, three cars, two women, thirty residences, three weeks of homelessness, a hundred run-ins with the cops, one court date, a kilo of marijuana, a closet full of skeletons, finding God and the Zen of window washing.
State of mind
Explores the way your body and mind exchange information and how this is the key to maintaining your mental health. With state of the art 3D graphics we go inside the brain and body and look at what goes on when things are malfunctioning and how to make it right again.
Strawberry Shortcake.The Sweet dreams movie
Strawberry Shortcake has a dream. She sees fresh new fields of berry bushes, enough for everyone. But when the greedy Peculiar Purple Pieman rolls into Strawberry Land, he decides to steal Strawberry's dream and everyone else's dreams too. In order to stop the Purple Pieman and his evil plan, Strawberry and her friends must travel to the Land of Dreams. Along the way, these special friends learn the value of working together to make dreams come true.
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, boy genius.King of Mars
Hold on to yuor seats as you take off on three intergalactic journeys wit hJimmy, Carl, Sheen, Cindy and Libby.
The Agatha Christie Miss Marple movie collection
Murder she said - Comfyly ensconced in her railway carriage, Miss Marple sees a strangulation aboard a passing train, then follows a trail of baffling clues to a manor house inhabited by a quarrelsome family. Murder at the gallop - After the reading of a will, dotty Aunt Cora appears to be less dotty than originally thought. Murder ahoy - One of Britannia's ships is manned by a crew of delinquents trying to build new lives, but their old lives figure in this cunning mystery. Murder most foul - No matter what's on the playbill, the shabby Cosgood Players seem to specialize in mysteries as members of the troupe shuffle off this mortal coil in alarmingly rapid succession.
The cave of the yellow dog
A little girl in a family of nomads in Mongolia finds herself at odds with her family when she brings home a dog her father is certain killed their sheep, and he will not allow her to keep it.
The good shepherd
Edward, the only witness to his father's suicide and a member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion. These are the qualities that help him become recruited for a career in the newly founded Office of Strategic Services (CIA). While working there, his ideals gradually turn to suspicion influenced by the Cold War paranoia present within the office. Eventually, he becomes an influential veteran operative, while his distrust of everyone around him increases. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
The mikado
The irrepressible Eric Idle (Monty Python's Flying Circus) teams up with the English National Opera in this hilarious performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's beloved comic opera, THE MIKADO. This rollicking version of Gilbert and Sullivan's most popular tale relocates the action from ancient Japan to a 1920s English seaside resort. Here the rule of the Mikado is absolute--and often prone to whimsy. Ko-Ko (Eric Idle) is sentenced to death for the crime of flirting, but in a strange turn of events is instead named Lord High Executioner. A delightful farce ensues as Ko-Ko can't behead anyone without first cutting off his own head. But by the second act, the Mikado demands an execution and Ko-Ko must delicately sing and dance his way around a messy situation involving the Mikado's son and his secret love Yum Yum.
The Pink Panther and friends classic cartoon collection.
A collection of all seventeen Ant and the aardvark cartoons produced on television from 1969 to 1971.
The tale of Mrs Tiggy-Winkle and Mr Jeremy Fisher and other stories
The Wiggles.Getting strong!
The Wiggles professional experience as early childhood educators has taught them that children learn best through play. In the first of their Wiggle and Learn DVDs The Wiggles help extend children's knowledge and understanding and so provide a firm foundation for future academic achievements. And by the way it's a lot of fun!
Tokyo story
An elderly couple travel to Tokyo where they are received less than enthusiastically by their grown up children.
Touch the sound
Opens the door to a world where sight, sound, and touch magically converge to elevate our everyday sensory experiences. Featuring Evelyn Glennie, a Grammy winning percussionist who is also deaf, the filmmaker weaves performances, street noises and visual collages to engage the viewer in Glennie's artistry, from an improvisation with chopsticks and cans in a Japanese restaurant to a recording session with avant-garde musician Fred Frith.
Trust the man
Rebecca is an actress who is married to Tom together they have two children. As Rebecca begins rehearsals on a new play at the Lincoln Center, Tom stays at home to watch the kids. He begins to think about how horny he is. They go to see a counselor and discuss their sexual problems. Tom wants to have sex twice a day, while Rebecca thinks Tom is a maniac. Rebecca's brother, Tobey is in a long term relationship with Elaine, Rebecca's best friend, who suddenly hears her biological clock ticking and realizes she wants to be married and have a child. This is not good news for commitment phobic Tobey.
Waiting for God.
At the Bayview Retirement Village, meet two elderly eccentrics who refuse to put up with the appalling food and condescending staff.
Who killed the electric car?
Investigates the birth and death of the electric car, as well as the role of renewable energy and sustainable living in the future.
Wordplay
A journey into the world of Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor at The New York Times. Shortz has spent his entire lifetime studying, creating and editing puzzles, and has built a huge following along the way including Bill Clinton and Bob Dole.
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