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Canada:PG certified full length DVD movies
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A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss. |
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Set in Europe during World War II, the military comedy revolves around Lieutenant Kelly (Clint Eastwood) who, after capturing and making a German officer drunk, learns the whereabouts of 16 million dollars in gold bars stored in a bank vault behind enemy lines. The opportunistic Kelly hatches a plot to slip into enemy-held territory and get the gold. He recruits a motley crew of his fellow soldiers to help him to achieve his mercenary goal. The fight for gold soon develops into a fierce battle that nearly decides the outcome of the war. |
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Legendary assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) is charged with the slaughter of a Chinese vice-premiere as his calling card is found at the scene of the crime. However, the CIA is sure that he is in fact innocent of the crime. Thus, Jason Bourne is assigned to track down the killer who has assumed his own identity. His mission leads him to Russia where he faces many surprises that are typical of the country but seem strange to a foreigner. |
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Will Freeman (Hugh Grant) seems to "have it all" - a cool sport car, a chic flat, pretty girls, etc. In his thirty-eight he is a mischievous child who use to pamper himself and not to take it all to the heart. Will's life was a series of fleeting romances, he had no problems and no boring obligations, and he was simply a handsome egoist until he met Marcus - twelve-aged child who turned all his life upside down. A sybarite and sweet bachelor's life is now totally changed... for the better! |
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Set in London, 1593, the romantic comedy revolves around a rising young playwright, Will Shakespeare (Joseph Fiennes). Writer's block hits him quite unexpectedly and at the most inconvenient time when he is out of cash and the Globe theater owner, Philip Henslowe (Geoffrey Rush), who is on the verge of bankruptcy, wants him to finish his new play "Romeo and Ethel the Pirate's Daughter" as soon as possible. What Will needs to overcome the worst hiccup in the writing profession is a muse. And when the hope of finding inspiration seems to go glimmering, compelling love for a bewitching noblewoman, Viola De Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow), invades his soul. A devoted fan of Shakespeare's plays, Viola disguises herself as a man to join the Globe troupe and win the leading male role in his latest stage production. Viola is also inflamed with love for the passionate Will but there's just one snag: she is betrothed to Lord Wessex (Colin Firth) who is intent to take her to a remote English colony.
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Well-known and deeply respected for his great deeds, the red-and-blue-suited Spider-Man is an idol and hero in New York City. Meanwhile, the modest Peter Parker (Tobey Maguire) leads a regular, almost ascetic lifestyle, trying to win his spurs as a photographer, and Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst) is the star of a great Broadway show. She is one of few people who know about Peter’s crime-fighting alter-ego. Harry Osborn (James Franco), once Peter’s friend, who is also aware of his secret identity, has become the New Goblin, bent on taking revenge the death of his father, the Green Goblin, by killing Spider-Man. Moreover, he is attracted by the charming Mary Jane and willing to take her away from Peter. To make matters more complicated, Peter is taken over by mysterious black alien substance Venom which amplifies his powers and changes his personality for the worst. And now he must battle not only with his remorseless foes, Harry and Flint Marko (Thomas Haden Church), a crime fugitive incidentally transformed into Sandman, but also with...himself.
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This fact-based drama centers on an ambitious young man named Eric O'Neill (Ryan Phillipe) who is employed by the FBI to work as a personal assistant to respected operative Robert Hanssen (Chris Cooper). Eric is overjoyed to get this job because he dreams of becoming the world's best FBI agent. However, he soon discovers the true nature of his work. O'Neill is supposed to expose Hanssen, who pretends to be a man of good reputation and high principles but is actually a sexual deviant and double agent spying for the Soviet Union and Russia. Eric is shocked to find himself drawn into an intricate game of espionage and intrigue. He has no one to help him. He has only himself to depend on when he gets into a fight with a cold-blooded and calculating veteran agent. |
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Roxie Hart is a married chorus girl with hopes of being a headliner in Vaudeville. Velma Kelly is a former headliner. What do these two have in common? They both are murderesses. Roxie killed her lover when he walked out on her, and Velma killed her husband and sister, who were having an affair. Chicago's newspapers love the nitty-gritty and Velma is at the top of the headlines. But then Roxie comes along and Velma is old news. They find themselves competing for not only the press' attention, but also the focus of their shared lawyer, the suave Billy Flynn. Add to the mix a sob sister, Roxie's hapless husband Amos, and a warm prison matron who watches out for her girls (if there's something in it for her), and you have Chicago. |
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James Bond 007, seductive British secret agent, has been sent to the West Indies to investigate the disappearance of British agent John Strangway and his secretary. Once arriving, 007 becomes suspicious of scientist Proffesor Dent, who was the last person to have seen Strangway before he disappeared. After learning Professor Dent is working for a terrorist with a metal hand Dr. Julius No and Strangway is dead, 007 meets CIA agent Felix Leiter and his assistant Quarrel in Jamiaca. 007 and Quarrel head to the tropical island Crab Key, after encountering the beautiful Honey Ryder, 007 finds the island is Dr. No's secret lair and 007 and Honey are captured but Quarrel is killed. Where 007 learns Dr. No is has been disrupting the American rocket launches at NASA and he is out for world domination and plots to unleash his vengeance on the United States of America. Can James Bond defeat Dr. No and save the world? |
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Louis Winthorpe III (Dan Aykroyd), a respectable, wealthy Philadelphia commodity broker, finds his life upended after his employers, Mortimer (Don Ameche) and Randolph Duke (Ralph Bellamy), make an unusual, one-dollar bet. Randolph believes that the company can be run by anyone, even a regular rascal. The Duke brothers find a perfect candidate for their cruel social experiment when they come across a street con named Billy Ray Valentine (Eddie Murphy). Billy unexpectedly finds himself placed in the lap of luxury and given a cushy job, while Lois is expelled from the company and stripped of his fashionable townhouse. But the eccentric brothers don't know that by switching the lifestyle of the criminal and the trusted employee they expose themselves to more risk than they have bargained for. |
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Hanks stars as Chuck Noland, a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him, often at a moment's notice, to far-flung locales - and away from his girlfriend Kelly, played by Helen Hunt. Chuck's manic existence abruptly ends when, after a plane crash, he becomes isolated on a remote island - cast away into the most desolate environment imaginable. Stripped of the conveniences of everyday life, he first must meet the basic needs of survival, including water, food and shelter. Chuck, the consummate problem solver, eventually figures out how to sustain himself physically. But then what? Chuck begins his true personal journey. After four years, fate gives Chuck a chance to fight his way back to civilization, only to find an unexpected emotional challenge greater than all the earlier physical ones. His ability to persevere and to hope are a product of his life-changing experience. |
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This true-story-based bittersweet drama follows Evelyn Ryan (Julianna Moore) who was a housewife and a devoted mother of 10. Her remarkable ingenuity and an uncommon wit had success at the jingle contests staged by corporations to promote their products. Evelyn had found the way to keep her family together, notwithstanding an alcoholic husband and the other difficult circumstances. |
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The action takes place in a small French town where its residents lead a hopeless life full of restrictions, rules and regulations. They are blamed and faced with a boycott for any irregularity. Regular church services and masses give no joy to the townspeople but strengthen dogmatism and prejudices in their hearts.
One winter day a mysterious young woman, Vianne Rocher (Juliette Binoche), and her 6-year-old daughter, Anouk (Victoire Thivisol), move to the conservative town. A stranger to fear and prejudice, she dares to open a chocolate shop during Lent and offer the customers to enjoy her delicious candies they've never tasted. Vianne is immediately met with bitter censure and resistance. But, vivacious and persistent, she doesn't lose heart and continues to work her magic giving love and comfort to those around her. It's no wonder that the locals are gradually won-over by this cordial, responsive woman and her delectable chocolates.
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Dewey Finn’s (Jack Black) brilliant career as a rock star ends in dead failure. Fired from his own band and faced with unsettled debts and deep depression, Dewey pretends to be his roommate Ned Schneebly (Mike White) and accepts substitute-teaching position at a private school. What do you think he can teach the 4th grade students? He shows the kiddies the guitar strings, explains what music is and teaches them how to rock. Long live rock-n-roll! |
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Set in modern-day Sacramento, California, this romantic dramedy centers on six people who decide to form a book club to discuss the beloved novels of English writer Jane Austen in order to distract themselves from a life of unrealized dreams, unrequited love, loneliness, betrayal, frustration, and other romantic problems. Among them is Bernadette (Kathy Baker), the organizer of the club who has been married six times; Jocelyn (Maria Bello Bello), a single dog breeder; Sylvia Avila (Amy Brenneman) who has been dumped by her husband for another woman; Allegra Avila (Maggie Grace), her lesbian daughter who has several lovers; and Prudie Drummond (Emily Blunt), a French teacher who is unhappily married, and drawn to one of her students. There is also Grigg Harris (Hugh Dancy), a sci-fi fan and tech support worker who joins the club out of attraction to Jocelyn. While reading and discussing one novel per month, they find their own lives resembling the plots of the books. |
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After a frightening escape from death at the hands of Chinese gangster Lao Che in Shanghai, Indiana Jones & 2 companions, Short Round (Quan) and Willie Scott (Capshaw) board a freight plane to escape. Over the Himalayas, the pilots dump the fuel, and Indy discovers they are in serious trouble when the plane's engines start to stall. Parachuting out of the plane in a life raft, they survive a 300-foot fall into a raging mountain river and its rapids. They are now in India, and as their raft heads down river they are met by an Indian shaman, who leads them to his village where people are starving, crops are blighted, and there is not a single child! Indy's mastery of their language helps him learn that a sacred stone was taken by some strange men, which caused all the problems facing the villagers now. Short Round & Indy figure out that the missing stone is one of the Sankara stones, which are supposed to have a magical effect on whomever possesses them. The shaman sends them on a mission to Pankot Palace, which once housed the Thuggee cult. After a series of near-death encounters, Indy & the others discover the Temple of Doom, where the human sacrifices to Kali - the Thuggee goddess of death - are carried out, as well as a mine that has enslaved the children of the Shaman's village. Indy must get the stone back and free the children from the Thuggees and their psychopathic high priest, Mola Ram (Puri). What follows are several spectacular fights, a frightening chase through a mine shaft in tiny mine cars, and a bridge collapse 100 feet above a river filled with crocodiles! Hang on - and enjoy! |
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The historical drama tells a breathtaking story about real heroes of the Cold War. In October, 1962 the world poised on the brink of the war for thirteen tense days. People in the East and the West lapped up every report about the course of alarming events that threatened to result in a nuclear exchange between the United States and the Soviet Union. Due to those fateful days the world learnt the names of such politicians, diplomats and soldiers as Adlai Stevenson, Theodore Sorenson, Andrei Gromyko, Anatoly Dobrynin, General Curtis LeMay, Dean Rusk, McGeorge Bundy and many others. |
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A chunky, clueless guy leaves his pregnant fiancée on their wedding day only to discover — 5 years later — that she is his one true love. But in order to win back her heart, he looks to finish his first marathon while making her realize her new man is the wrong guy for her. |
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The biopic comedy relates the story of Andy Kaufman (Jim Carrey), a famous American entertainer, actor and performance artist who was able to stir any audience. An eccentric, extraordinary person and an enigmatic comedian, he gave bizarre performances making the audience empathize with him, hate him or wonder at his escapades. He made them show their emotions, as opposed to just sitting in front of a TV and swallowing cheap jokes. The movie takes a profound look at Kaufman's art as well as his personal life and his relationship with his girlfriend Lynne Margulies (Courtney Love), his best pal and partner Bob Zmuda (Paul Giamatti), and his manager George Shapiro (Danny DeVito).
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Scotty Smalls moves to a new neighborhood with his mom and stepdad, and wants to learn to play baseball. The neighborhood baseball guru Rodriquez takes Smalls under his wing, and soon he's part of the local baseball buddies. They fall into adventures involving baseball, treehouse sleep-ins, the desirous lifeguard at the local pool, the snooty rival ball team, and the travelling fair. Beyond the fence at the back of the sandlot menaces a legendary ball-eating dog called The Beast, and the kids inevitably must deal with him. |
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