 | Dudley Do-Right - Special Edition [Read More ...]
Description: Brendan Fraser (George of the Jungle, The Mummy) brings his considerable charm to this awkward live-action version of the classic cartoon Dudley Do-Right. The first half of the movie lays out the basic elements of the cartoon (none-too-bright Canadian Mountie battles melodrama v... |
 | Great Movie Stunts and the Making of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" [Read More ...]
Description: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's 1981 resurrection of the Saturday-matinee adventure genre was deservedly popular, and kicked off a successful trilogy. Set in 1936, this first feature introduces Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, an archaeologist and adventurer whose quests for ... |
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 | Texas Rangers [Read More ...]
Description: If you want to see James Van Der Beek and Ashton Kutcher decked out in cowboy hats and leather chaps, Texas Rangers is the movie for you. Van Der Beek is a young recruit out to avenge his family, who were shot down by bandits; Dylan McDermott is the loose cannon commander of the ... |
 | Not Without My Daughter [Read More ...]
Description: The Arab anti-defamation leagues understandably had a field day with this one. Sally Field plays Betty Mahmoody, an American who marries an Iranian (Alfred Molina) and has a child. They go back to Iran for a visit and, to her horror, he tells her he's decided to stay there. If sh... |
 | Trial (1963) [Read More ...]
Description: On the morning of his 30th birthday, senior bank clerk Josef K. is put under arrest by men who refuse to identify themselves. He's not taken into custody, and nobody will--or even can--tell him the charges against him. Josef refuses to take it seriously, and thus begins his de... |
 | Ladyhawke [Read More ...]
Description: This lushly produced fantasy has gained a loyal following since its release in 1985, and it gave a welcomed boost to the careers of Matthew Broderick, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Rutger Hauer. You have to ignore the overly aggressive music score (critic Pauline Kael aptly dubbed it "d... |
 | Species [Read More ...]
Description: When a beautiful human-alien hybrid (Natasha Henstridge) escapes from observation, scientist XavierFitch (Ben Kingsley) dispatches a crew of experts to find her before she is able to fulfill her horrific purpose: to mate with unsuspecting men and produce offspring that could dest... |
 | Raiders of the Lost Ark (Widescreen Edition) [Read More ...]
Description: Steven Spielberg and George Lucas's 1981 resurrection of the Saturday-matinee adventure genre was deservedly popular, and kicked off a successful trilogy. Set in 1936, this first feature introduces Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones, an archaeologist and adventurer whose quests for ... |
 | American Friends [Read More ...]
Review: An exquisite film...:This is a beautifully understated, moving film. I remember seeing it simply because Michael Palin was in it, and I am a major Python fan (like almost everyone in the world). This film is not a comedy (I kind of knew that going in), but it is gentle, serene,... |
 | Prick Up Your Ears / Movie [Read More ...]
Description: Joe Orton was briefly the embodiment of a certain kind of '60s rebel, and Stephen Frears's film adaptation of the British playwright's biography successfully conjures up that outrageous spirit. The hostile, fussy codependency between Orton (Gary Oldman) and his brooding lover Ken... |
 | Mojave Moon [Read More ...]
Description: Danny Aiello stars as a fiftysomething car salesman from Los Angeles who agrees to escort a voluptuous minor (Angelina Jolie) back to the desert trailer where her seductive mother (Anne Archer) and psychotic boyfriend (Michael Biehn) wait for her. Various misadventures follow: af... |
![]() | Letter to Brezhnev [Read More ...]
Review: A Fairy (Tale) across the Mersey....:This film seems dated now -- people who came of age after the collapse of the Soviet Union, won't understand what all the "fuss" was about. So what if an unemployed girl from Liverpool wanted to move to the USSR? But this was filmed during th... |
 | The Impostors [Read More ...]
Description: Meet Authur (Stanley Tucci) and Maurice (Oliver Platt), two out-of-work actors who escape from the police by stowing away aboard a luxury liner. But soon the ship hits the fan, and the impostors must give the performance of a lifetime - not only to evade the authorities, but to f... |
 | Meantime (1981) [Read More ...]
Description: This early Mike Leigh film was made for British television in 1983 (released theatrically in 1985), and introduced both Gary Oldman and Tim Roth. Set in the Thatcher era, the story--typically for Leigh--is more a matter of dramatic evolution than a conventionally realized script.... |
![]() | Boogie Nights [Read More ...]
Description: Even if the notorious 1970s porn-filmmaking milieu doesn't exactly turn you on, don't let it turn you off to this movie's extraordinary virtues, either. Boogie Nights is one of the key movies of the 1990s, and among the most ambitious and exuberantly alive American movies in year... |
 | Boogie Nights [Read More ...]
Description: Even if the notorious 1970s porn-filmmaking milieu doesn't exactly turn you on, don't let it turn you off to this movie's extraordinary virtues, either. Boogie Nights is one of the key movies of the 1990s, and among the most ambitious and exuberantly alive American movies in year... |
 | Nothing Like the Holidays [Theatrical Release] [Read More ...]
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![]() | Maverick [Read More ...]
Description: Inspired by the 1960s TV series that starred James Garner in the title role, this lightweight Western from 1994 proved to be a surprising box-office hit. Well, maybe not such a big surprise, since it's from the star and director of the Lethal Weapon movies, and operates with a si... |
 | Maverick (Ws) [Read More ...]
Description: Inspired by the 1960s TV series that starred James Garner in the title role, this lightweight Western from 1994 proved to be a surprising box-office hit. Well, maybe not such a big surprise, since it's from the star and director of the Lethal Weapon movies, and operates with a si... |
