dwk's - Rented List

This box set includes all episodes from first part of season 2.

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"Echo in the Canyon" celebrates the explosion of popular music that came out of LA's Laurel Canyon in the mid-60's as folk went electric and The Byrds, The Beach Boys, Buffalo Springfield and The Mamas and the Papas gave birth to the California Sound.

Featuring Jakob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Tom Petty, Beck and Norah Jones, the film explores the beginnings of the Laurel Canyon music scene. Dylan uncovers never-before-heard personal details behind the bands and their songs and how that music continues to inspire today.

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"LA Law" returns for a second season, triumphantly cranking up the suspense in Steven Bochco's highly acclaimed award winning courtroom drama.

Nominated for an incredible 17 Emmys, Season Two features episodes including 'The Lung Goodbye', where Kuzak represents a dying man suing a tobacco company; the prosecution of a teenager who had murdered his abusive father in Divorce and Extreme Prejudice; and The Brothers Grimm, where a traumatised woman sues a cop for failing to intervene when witnessing her rape and boyfriend's murder in an armed robbery.

Oflag IVC, situated in the supposedly 'escape proof' Colditz Castle, was where the Nazis incarcerated their most recalcitrant prisoners-of-war. For these Allied officers, many with an impressive record of attempting escape from POW camps; 'Colditz' was the ultimate challenge...

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This third collection of Dixon of Dock Green features the complete 22nd series of the much-loved policing drama, the last series ever made.

Featuring some of the strongest writing in the series' history, having been a fixture on TV screens since 1955, it drew to a close in the spring of 1976 with head held high, its badge of service untarnished. This final series finds Sgt. George Dixon (Jack Warner) operating from the back office as Collator for Dock Green, tracking, guiding and advising on events in the criminal underworld as they impacted on the otherwise peaceful manor' of Dock Green. Meanwhile on the front line, Detective Sgt. Alan Bruton (Richard Heffer), is ably supported by the likes of DC Len Clayton (Ben Howard), Sgt. Johnny Wills (Nicholas Donnelly), DS Mike Brewer (Gregory De Polnay) and PC Harry Dunne (Stephen Marsh) all of whom can be seen or heard in a unique collection of original interviews which are also featured on this release. From lost girls to missing heirs; from burgling masterminds to a violinist with a talent for more than just music; and lastly to one final story that resonates long after it is over, these episodes of 'Dixon of Dock Green' capture the essence of what is without doubt 'a force' to be reckoned with.

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Meet Tony Soprano: your average, middle-aged businessman. Tony's got a dutiful wife. A not-so-dutiful daughter. A son named Anthony Jr. A mother he's trying to coax into a retirement home. A hot headed uncle. A not-too-secret mistress.

And a shrink to tell all his secrets, except the one she already knows: Tony's a mob boss. These days, it's getting tougher and tougher to make a killing in the killing business. Just because you're made ...doesn't mean you've got it made.

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When a sleazy TV exec (Rob Lowe) offers Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey) a fat contract to tape their late-night cable-access show at his network, the two can't believe their good fortune ("No way." "Way!").

But they soon discover the road from basement to big time is a gnarly one, fraught with danger, temptation, and ragin' party opportunities. Can Wayne win the affections of rock goddess Cassandra (Tia Carrere)? Will Garth get dunked by his dream girl (Donna Dixon) at the doughnut shop? Serious questions, dude, and there's only one way to find out - watch Wayne's World!

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A heartfelt story of discovery, uncovering the intensely passionate, creative and fraught relationships that formed one of the most loved and influential bands in Australian rock history.

'The Go-Betweens: Right Here' is a compelling investigation into the exhilarating, unpredictable, and precarious lives of musicians, that reveals the true price paid by them to pursue their art. The universal story of a great creative adventure told from the inside out, uncovering the story that spanned decades, through countless successes, failures, romances, break-ups, betrayals, triumphs and tragedies. A must for hardcore fans and absolute beginners, 'The Go-Betweens: Right Here' is a musical journey like no other.

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New Yorker Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) is 39 and miserable. He's tired of his job and bored with his life. And his two best friends Ed (Bruno Kirby) and Phil (Daniel Stern) aren't doing much better.

So when they all decide to chase their troubles away with a fantasy vacation, Mitch and his pals trade their briefcases for saddle bags and set out to find freedom and adventure herding cattle under the wide New Mexico sky. But what they discover instead is scorching sun, sore backsides...and more insight into themselves - and each other - than they ever thought possible!

Meet Ally McBeal, a single lawyer both blessed and cursed with eccentric colleagues, a now-married-to-someone-else childhood sweetheart, and an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!

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Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, 'LA Law' is the multi award-winning courtroom drama that was a huge commercial and critical hit.

Join an all-star cast at Los Angeles law firm McKenzie, Brackman, Chaney and Kuzak, where many of the battles occur outside as well as inside the courtroom. In the season premiere, the office is shocked by the death of founding partner Norman Chaney, leaving the entire team to deal with the fallout. Tensions rise further when Michael Kuzak (Harry Hamlin), Arnie Becker (Corbin Bernsen), Anne Kelsey (Jill Eikenberry) and new associate Victor Sifuentes (Jimmy Smits) take on new cases that prove complex and challenging. Tackling topical issues of the day, reflecting the social and cultural ideologies of the late 1980s and early 1990s, 'LA Law' went on to win an unprecedented 6 Emmy Awards and 5 Golden Globe Awards.

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Winter 1968, and showbiz legend Judy Garland arrives in swinging London to perform in a sell-out run at The Talk of the Town. It is 30 years since she shot to global stardom in The Wizard of Oz, but if her voice has weakened, its dramatic intensity has only grown.

As she prepares for the show, battles with management, charms musicians, and reminisces with friends and adoring fans, her wit and warmth shine through. Even her dreams of romance seem undimmed as she embarks on a courtship with Mickey Deans (Finn Wittrock), her soon-to-be fifth husband. And yet Judy (Renée Zellweger) is fragile. After working for 45 of her 47 years, she is exhausted: haunted by memories of a childhood lost to Hollywood, and gripped by a desire to be back home with her kids. Will she have the strength to go on? Featuring some of her best-known songs, the film celebrates the voice, the capacity for love and the sheer pizzazz of "the world's greatest entertainer".