machotrouts's - Rented List

"Faces of Death" is possibly one of the most talked about series of all time. It examines the many guises of death in extreme close-up. It is sure to shock, horrify and repulse viewers, and this brutal film is definitely not meant for the faint hearted.

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Bands make it rock, but roadies make it roll! Meat Loaf stars in this rollicking road film featuring incredible live performance by Alice Cooper, Blondie, Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, Jr.

, and Asleep at the Wheel! Down-home Texas boy Travis Redfish (Meatloaf) falls hard for Lola, a glitter-spangled groupie determined to lose her virginity to Alice Cooper. Hoping to woo her, Travis signs on with a travelling rock band and soon finds himself celebrated as the 'greatest roadie of all time'! But Lola's date with destiny (and Cooper) looms. Can true love survive rock 'n' roll?

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Arctic researchers discover a huge, frozen spaceling inside a crash-landed UFO, then fight for their lives after the murderous being (a pre-Gunsmoke James Arness) emerges from icy captivity.

Will other creatures soon follow? The famed final words of this film are both warning and answer: "Keep watching the skies!"

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'Bicycle Thieves' tells the story of Antonio (Lamberto Maggiorani), a long unemployed man who finally finds employment putting up cinema posters for which he needs a bicycle.

His wife pawns all the family linen to redeem their already pawned bicycle and for Antonio salvation has come, until it is stolen. Antonio and his son take to the streets in a desperate search to find the bicycle which is so crucial to his livelihood.

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In this anti- romantic comedy about love and fate, a young greeting card writer (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is hopelessly, helplessly searching for the girl of his dreams...and his new co-worker, Summer Finn (Zooey Deschanel), may just be "the one.

" But the 500 days of their offbeat relationship reveal (in no particular order) that the road to happiness can be unpredictable, uncontrollable — and unbelievably funny!

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When callous movie studio executive Griffin Mill (Tim Robbins) starts receiving anonymous death threats from a rejected screenwriter, his already shaky career begins to crumble. Finally, his desperation drives him to kill...

but did he rub out the wrong writer? Relentlessly hounded by a street-wise detective (Whoopi Goldberg), Griffin falls in love with the dead man's girlfriend (Greta Scacchi). Then the mysterious threats begin again - and Griffin is plunged into a plot more outrageous than any movie.

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Released in 1971 to critical acclaim and public controversy, Peter Bogdanovich's 'The Last Picture Show' garnered eight Academy Award nominations (including Best Picture) and was hailed by many as the most important work by a young American director since Citizen Kane.

A surprisingly frank, bittersweet drama of social and sexual mores in small-town Texas, the film features a talented cast led by Jeff Bridges, Cybill Sheperd and Timothy Bottoms.

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Deep in the suburbs of Pasadena, a bored, confused and alienated twenty-one year old graduate named Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) awkwardly drifts from moment to moment, in constant turmoil over his lack of direction and the uncertain, impending future.

Driven by a desire for experience and desperate to avoid the corporate, deluded and mediocre world of his affluent parents, Benjamin succumbs to the advances of an older woman and begins an affair with the persuasive and enigmatic Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft) the wife of one of his father's business partners. But what starts as a farcical fling becomes painfully complicated when Ben finds himself falling in love with her daughter.

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There is more to karate than fighting. This is the lesson that Daniel (Ralph Macchio), a San Fernando Valley teenager, is about to learn from a most unexpected teacher: Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita), an elderly handyman who also happens to be a master of martial arts.

When he rescues Daniel from the Cobra Kai, a vicious gang of karate school bullies, Miyagi instils in his young friend the importance of honour and confidence as well as skills in self-defense, vital lessons that will be called into play when a hopelessly outclassed Daniel faces Johnny (William Zabka), the sadistic leader of the Cobra Kai, in a no-holds-barred karate tournament for the championship of the Valley.

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"Forbidden Planet" is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen plays the commander who brings his space-cruiser crew to Planet Altair-4, home to Dr.

Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis), a dutiful robot named Robby...and a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first allelectronic musical soundscape in film history, 'Forbidden Planet' is in a movie orbit all its own.

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Dennis Weaver stars as the travelling salesman waging a desperate battle for survival after he is mysteriously singled out for destruction.

Praised for its deft use of relentlessly mounting psychological tension, Duel features one of the most uniquely terrifying "characters" in movie history: a massive, roaring 40-ton truck with more sheer menace than most flesh-and-blood villains. But Steven Spielberg was, literally, just getting started. A few years later, the action of Spielberg's blockbuster hit Jaws would echo Duel's tale of a lone hero in a heart-stopping fight to the finish against a monstrous, inhuman foe.

When three parents stumble upon their daughters' pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.

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Season Five of 'The Good Wife' marks a new start for Alicia Florrick (Julianna Margulies) as she and Cary (Matt Czuchry) join forces to launch their own law firm.

As they sever ties with Lockhart/Gardner, tensions escalate and explode as the new rivals go into attack mode - battling each other both in and out of court. Alicia's relationship with Will (Josh Charles) seems irrevocably damaged as he contends with her professional and personal betrayal. Diane (Christine Baranski), who was poised for a judgeship, has her nomination revoked after firing Alicia and returns to the firm. Kalinda's (Archie Panjabi) relationships with Alicia and Cary are also tested, as she remains loyal to Lockhart/Gardner. Meanwhile, newly elected Governor Peter Florrick (Chris Noth) and his Chief of Staff Eli (Alan Cumming) face new corruption issues as the Ethics Commission investigates possible voter fraud during Peter's gubernatorial campaign. Alicia's new venture leads her to volatile showdowns, altering every major relationship she's cultivated. Available now on DVD, this 6-disc, 22-episode set witnesses Alicia's complete transformation from a good wife to a legal powerhouse.

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The award-winning singer performs live at the Men Arena in Manchester in December 2007.

Tracklisting:
1. Pon de Replay
2. Break It Off
3. Let Me
4. Rehab
5. Breakin' Dishes
6. Is This Love
7. Kisses Don't Lie
8. Scratch
9. SOS

10. Good Girl Gone Bad
11. Hate That I Love You
12. Unfaithful
13. Sell Me Candy
14. Don't Stop the Music
15. Push Up On Me
16. Shut Up and Drive
17. Question Existing
18. Umbrella

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Golden Globe nominee Pierce Brosnan teams up with Greg Kinnear and Hope Davis in a hilarious comedy thriller about friendship at point-blank range! A mild-mannered businessman has a chance meeting with a struggling hit man in a Mexico City bar, and before long they're off on an extremely outrageous

experience! An Official Selection at the Sundance, Toronto and Deauville film festivals - anything can happen in this acclaimed hit when these total opposites discover their offbeat adventure will change them both forever!