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Elvis Presley does the clam-a now-forgotten dance-in this 1964 potboiler in which the King stars as a singer who gets a gig in Ft. Lauderdale with his combo but has to baby-sit a mobster's teenage daughter (Shelley Fabares) as part of the deal. Fabares's character, looking for a break, runs wild and makes life difficult for Elvis. The film has the usual "Elvis movie" bounce, wolfish jokes and glossy disposability, but the endearing (and smart) presence of Fabares as the love interest adds a bit more zip than usual. Songs include the title track, plus "Puppet on a String", "Do Not Disturb" and "Let's Party Tonight". Directed by Boris Sagal who went on to helm the cult sci-fi classic The Omega Man (1971). -Tom Keogh.

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Eddie And The Cruisers 2: Eddie Lives [1989] (Medusa Pictures)

Actors & Directors

Michael Rhoades
Bernie Coulson
Michael Pare
Matthew Laurance
Marina Orsini
Jean-Claude Lord

Release date: 1992-04-13
Run time: 99 min.
Price: £10.99

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Review 4 Front Video / Paradise, Hawaiian Style [1966]

Paradise, Hawaiian Style [1966] (4 Front Video)

Actors & Directors

James Shigeta
Marianna Hill
Michael D. Moore
Suzanna Leigh
Elvis Presley
Donna Butterworth

Release date: 1995-05-09
Run time: 86 min.
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £2.75

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Review Warner Home Video / Live A Little, Love A Little [1968]

Live A Little, Love A Little [1968] (Warner Home Video)

Actors & Directors

Norman Taurog
Michele Carey
Rudy Vallee
Dick Sargent
Don Porter
Elvis Presley

Release date: 2000-07-31
Run time: 89 min.
RRP: ~~£5.99~~
Price: £1.69

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Review Dd Home Entertainment / Sally In Our Alley [1931]

Sally In Our Alley [1931] (Dd Home Entertainment)

Actors & Directors

Fred Groves
Gracie Fields
Ian Hunter
Ivor Barnard
Florence Desmond
Maurice Elvey

Release date: 2002-10-28
Run time: 71 min.
RRP: ~~£10.99~~
Price: £2.14

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Review Warner Music Vision / Dancing On Dangerous Ground [2000]

Dancing On Dangerous Ground [2000] (Warner Music Vision)

Actors & Directors

Colin Dunne
Lindsay Dolan (II)
Jean Butler

Release date: 2001-06-11
Run time: 127 min.
RRP: ~~£15.99~~
Price: £2.60

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Review Sony Bmg / The Harder They Come [1972]

The Harder They Come [1972] (Sony Bmg)

Actors & Directors

Ras Daniel Hartman
Janet Bartley
Basil Keane
Carl Bradshaw
Perry Henzell
Jimmy Cliff

Release date: 2001-09-10
Run time: 103 min.
RRP: ~~£10.99~~
Price: £9.98

Review The Harder They Come [1972] / Sony Bmg:

Director-producer Perry Henzel's all-Jamaican 1973 classic The Harder They Come-one of the most beloved of all international cult favourites-fiercely expresses the live-wire Jamaican spirit when an impoverished Africa tuned to American radio. Ivan, a country boy who dreams of fame as a singer, rides into Kingston on a rickety country bus in the opening scenes, only to meet with disaster heaped on disaster at the hands of those masked as friends. In a breathless defining climax, Ivan finally breaks from his passivity and begins to wreak his revenge. Soon Kingston's music Mafia and the equally corrupt authorities are after him, but like the real-life people's hero (a man named Rhygin) on whom this character is partially based, Ivan leads them on a maddening chase eluding capture until the movie's shocking final moments. ,p. The film incorporates an archetypal passion for "outlaw" justice common to American Westerns, which were a staple of the Caribbean theatre circuit at the time. Released just 12 years after Jamaica achieved independence, The Harder They Come also reflects the disenchantment that soon followed a massive post-independence exodus from the island's country hamlets to the tropical ghettos of Kingston, where a more grinding urban poverty awaited. Brilliantly shot, directed, written, and acted; singer Jimmy Cliff excels in the leading role and Carl Bradshaw shines as his arch-enemy, the film tells an anthemic Jamaican story to seductive rhythms of a soundtrack that became a reggae bestseller. -Elena Oumano.

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Kids from Fame Concert

RRP: ~~£10.99~~
Price: £19.99

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The Kids from Fame from the Tv series appear live at The Royal Albert Hall singing the best songs from the shows , dance songs and beautiful ballads.

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Review Cinema Club / Funny Girl / Funny Lady [1969]

Funny Girl / Funny Lady [1969] (Cinema Club)

Actors & Directors

Ben Vereen
James Caan
Roddy McDowall
Barbra Streisand
Herbert Ross
Omar Sharif
William Wyler

Release date: 2000-11-06
Run time: 272 min.
RRP: ~~£9.99~~
Price: £5.75

Review Funny Girl / Funny Lady [1969] / Cinema Club:

Of all her on-screen personas, Barbra Streisand sparkles in none as brightly as her role as 1930s comedian Fanny Brice in the musical Funny Girl. Wide-screen epic specialist William Wyler brings his personal touch to this vivacious 1968 film, an adaptation of Jule Styne and Robert Merrill's 1964 Broadway show that introduced Streisand to the world. In the belated sequel, Funny Lady from 1975, Streisand's Brice comes off as a harsher woman, slightly bitchy, without the tremendous charm she possessed in the first film. Herbert Ross takes over as director and the film just seems to get away from him. Much to the film's detriment, Funny Lady concentrates more on Brice's professional life than on her personal life, as the first film does. The songs are elaborately staged numbers that Brice performs in the theatres and while they are visually lush and spectacular they lack conviction. -Jenny Brown, Amazon. com.

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