Right now these terrific movies featuring Bill Murray are all on sale for $7.99 or less! It’s a great time to fill in some of the holes in your digital video library. Descriptions below are from IMDB.
The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (R, 4/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced at $7.99)
Steve Zissou, sea-film auteur a la Jacques Cousteau, has reason to be melancholy: his partner has been eaten, perhaps by a mythic jaguar shark, his wife may be taking up with her ex-husband, a young man appears claiming Steve is his father (Steve hates fathers), his most recent films have tanked, he’s having trouble raising money for his venture to revenge his partner, and he’s attracted to a pregnant reporter who prefers the pretender.
At sea, in pursuit of the shark, will he escape pirates and mutiny, forge the bonds of fatherhood, place his arm around his wife, find the monster of the deep, re-establish box office hegemony, and discover a reason to smile?
– Written by jhailey
What About Bob? (PG, 4.5/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced at $7.99)
Bob Wiley is a neurotic and manipulative man who has a habit of clinging onto his therapists. His last one, not being able to deal with him, sends him to Leo Marvin. After having just one session, Bob thinks the world of Dr. Marvin.
However, the doctor’s leaving to spend the rest of the summer with his family, which throws Bob into utter despair. He calls the doctor constantly demanding to see him, but the doctor says he is on vacation and cuts Bob off.
He manages to find out where he is and goes there. The doctor’s family takes a liking to him, but the doctor feels that he is just intrusive. And no matter what he does, Bob just won’t go away, and everybody thinks that Leo is being mean.
– Written by rcs0411
Charlie’s Angels (PG-13, 3.5/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced at $7.99)
Charlie’s private investigation company is addressed by programmer Eric Knox, owner of Knox Technologies, whose revolutionary voice-recognition software has been stolen.
Charlie’s Angels Natalie, Dylan and Alex are sent to place a bug in the system of bitter rival Roger Corwin, who is under strong suspicion. But after the deed is done, the Angels and their boss Bosley face the fact of a destroyed home base as well as Charlie’s life in immediate danger.
But how do you protect someone you never met?
– Written by Julian Reischl
Zombieland (R, 4.5/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced at $7.99) – Murray’s part in this one is fairly small, but very funny and memorable!
Searching for family. In the early twenty-first century, zombies have taken over America. A shy and inexperienced college student in Texas has survived by following his 30 rules: such as “look in the back seat,” “double-tap,” “avoid public restrooms.”
He decides to travel to Ohio to see if his parents are alive. He gets a ride with a boisterous zombie-hating good-old boy headed for Florida, and soon they confront a young woman whose sister has been bitten by a zombie and wants to be put out of her misery. The sisters were headed to an LA amusement park they’ve heard is zombie free.
Can the kid from Ohio get to his family? And what about rule thirty one?
– Written by jhailey
Hamlet [2000] (R, 3/5 stars, closed captions available, currently priced at $6.99) – a rare serious turn from Murray here, in the role of Polonius
New York, 2000. A specter in the guise of the newly-dead CEO of Denmark Corporation appears to Hamlet, tells of murder most foul, demands revenge, and identifies the killer as Claudius, the new head of Denmark, Hamlet’s uncle and now step-father. Hamlet must determine if the ghost is truly his father, and if Claudius did the deed. To buy time, Hamlet feigns madness; to catch his uncle’s conscience, he invites him to watch a film he’s made that shows a tale of murder. Finally convinced of Claudius’s guilt, Hamlet must avenge his father. Claudius now knows Hamlet is a threat and even uses Ophelia, Hamlet’s love, in his own plots against the young man. Murder will out?
– Written by jhailey