 | Cinderella (Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection) [Read More ...]
Description: Disney's adaptation of the beloved fairy tale became a classic in its own right, thanks to some memorable tunes (including "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," and the title song) and some endearingly cute comic relief. We all know the story--the wicked ... |
 | Treasure Island (1990) [Read More ...]
Description: A tale about a fatherless boy finding dramatically different father figures throughout a remarkable adventure, Treasure Island is an entertaining coming-of-age story, with themes of family, loyalty, friendship, trust, and honesty at its core. While Robert Louis Stevenson's class... |
 | Hercules (A Walt Disney Masterpiece) [Read More ...]
Description: Not the egregious foul it seemed to be in theaters, Hercules stands up as an entertaining spritzer of an animated feature. The continual peppering of in-jokes and cultural references becomes less irksome on video. That there's no majesty or awe invested in the beloved Greek legen... |
 | Rasputin (1996) [Read More ...]
Winner of 3 Golden Globes! Based on the true story of one of the most powerful men in Russian history - and one of the most dangerous. In a time of revolution, he has the power to heal an empire or destroy it. |
 | Holocaust (The Mini-Series) [Read More ...]
Description: Plot Summary for
"Holocaust" (1978) (mini)
"Holocaust" follows each member of the Jewish Family Weiss throughout Hitler's reign in Germany. One by one, the family members suffer the horrible fate of extermination under Anti-Semetic Nazi Law until only one son remains at the end ... |
 | The Onion Field [Read More ...]
Description: One night in 1963, two plainclothes LAPD officers were abducted by armed small-time criminals after a routine traffic stop, then driven to a remote area where one was brutally executed. The other officer managed to escape and the perpetrators were captured and brought to trial. D... |
 | My Name Is Bill W. [Read More ...]
Description: Here's another example of TV giving James Woods the chance to stretch out from the intense-psycho roles he seems restricted to in too many of his movies. In My Name Is Bill W. he plays Bill Wilson, the overreaching businessman from the Roaring '20s who went on to found Alcoholics... |
 | China Beach / Premiere Episode [Read More ...]
Description: This is the pilot episode for the popular TV series that made Dana Delany a star. Set at the 510th EVAC Hospital at China Beach, Vietnam, the movie presents the stories of the doctors, nurses, soldiers and USO entertainers who populated the base. Each character struggles to find ... |
 | Apocalypse Now [Read More ...]
Description: In the tradition of such obsessively driven directors as Erich von Stroheim and Werner Herzog, Francis Ford Coppola approached the production of Apocalypse Now as if it were his own epic mission into the heart of darkness. On location in the storm-ravaged Philippines, he quite li... |
 | Nixon [Read More ...]
Description: Oliver Stone's controversial drama about the Nixon years in the White House stars Anthony Hopkins in a genuinely great performance as the scandal-plagued president. The film attempts to wed suggestions of Nixon's formative experiences as a boy to his political connections with sh... |
 | Trading Places [Read More ...]
Description: In this crowd-pleasing 1983 comedy of high finance about a homeless con artist who becomes a Wall Street robber baron, Eddie Murphy consolidated the success of his startling debut in the previous year's 48 Hours and polished his slick-winner persona. The turnabout begins with an ... |
 | The Detective (aka "Father Brown") [Read More ...]
Review: Clever And Amusing: A Movie Of Thievery and Faith:"What are you really after, your cross or my soul?" asks the international art thief, Flambeau, of Father Brown.
"Both, of course," Father Brown replies.
"Well, come and find us," Flambeau says. "I'll make you a bargain. Whatever... |
 | Belle of the Nineties [Read More ...]
Review: Classic Mae West:What a classy dame! Mae West can deliver one liners second to none, and she does so in this great movie about diamonds, seduction and men. It's a common thread with her, but it never gets old. Of all the movies she's done, it's easy to say that she sings the b... |
 | Gift of Love (1978) [Read More ...]
Description: Inspired by O. Henry's short story about a young bride and groom, each of whom foolishly--but quite lovingly--sacrifices a treasured possession to buy the perfect Christmas gift for their mate. Amid a flurry of bustling New Yorkers clad in early-20th-century garb, O. Henry himsel... |
 | Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado (Stratford Festival) [Read More ...]
Description: A video of a 1982 performance at Canada's Stratford Festival (live, though with some singing dubbed), this is very much a theatrical experience, with the buoyancy of a show played before an audience. The cast and spectators take obvious pleasure in each other, and in classic G... |
 | Cinderella (Disney Special Platinum Edition) [Read More ...]
Description: Disney's adaptation of the beloved fairy tale became a classic in its own right, thanks to some memorable tunes (including "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes," "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," and the title song) and some endearingly cute comic relief. We all know the story--the wicked ... |
 | The Incredible Journey of Dr. Meg Laurel [Read More ...]
Review: Hillbillies or Cavemen?:As a hillbilly, I'm not offended by that term. I am offended by this movie, though. This collective group of hill people make the Beverly Hillbillies look like Albert Einsteins.
The production values and writing are poor. The plot is predictable and chees... |
 | Public Enemy [Read More ...]
Description: Director William Wellman (Wings), a World War I veteran who turned his experiences in battle into an insistence on unpretentious violence in his films, made Public Enemy a particularly brutal account of the rise and fall of a monstrous gangster (James Cagney). Cagney delivers one... |
 | The Summer of Ben Tyler [Read More ...]
Description: There's a reason the Hallmark Hall of Fame series is so acclaimed. They're well-done, thoughtful productions, and The Summer of Ben Tyler is no exception. James Woods and Elizabeth McGovern are credible, likeable, and warm as Temple and Celia Rayburn, who live in a small Souther... |
 | The Choirboys [Read More ...]
Review: If you never read the book - three stars, if you read the book...:zero stars.
As a standalone B-movie, it's very mediocre, but watchable. Low expectations are richly rewarded here.
If you read Wambaugh's book, you will loathe the movie because it betrays your hopes and expectat... |
