Release date: 1991-08-09
Price: $51.99
Review Tale Spin Gift Boxes / Buena Vista Home Video:
Release date: 2000-07-25
Run time: 250 min.
List Price: $79.98
Price: $99.99
Review World of Hammer (10pc) / Starz / Anchor Bay:
Actors & Directors
- Dan Curtis
- Tommy Groszman
- Robert Mitchum
- Hart Bochner
- Polly Bergen
- Victoria Tennant
- Jane Seymour
Run time: 840 min.
Price: $139.98
Review War and Remembrance, Vol. 1 (Boxed Set) / Mpi Home Video:The ambitious TV event War and Remembrance was the final opus in the golden age of the maxi-miniseries. This six-disc set offers the first half (seven episodes) of ABC's mammoth 30-hour production of Herman Wouk's bestseller-itself a sequel to the landmark Winds of War-mixing fictional and real characters around the events of World War II. It starts a week after the attack on Pearl Harbor and abruptly stops in July 1943 with the fall of Mussolini. Only half of the first series' lead actors return, including Robert Mitchum as the patriarch Captain "Pug" Henry. Although Mitchum is too old and less dashing than he should be, his presence is exactly what the series needs as it wavers between pop entertainment and a graphic look at the atrocities of war. The series' multiple storylines branch from the Henry family tree, from his sons' naval battles to his daughter-in-law's (Jane Seymour) harrowing flight through Europe with her famous father (John Gielgud), witnessing firsthand the collapse of European Jewish life in the grip of Nazi power. Director Dan Curtis said that after The Winds of War, the opportunity to show the Jews' plight led him to take on another daunting production. He takes the viewer into Auschwitz with unflinching realism (producer and former internee Branko Lustig returned to the subject a decade later with Schindler's List) and is just as deft with a few massive battle sequences combining models with colorized footage. Sometimes the soap opera of the characters' affairs seems pretty sappy, especially with some uneven acting. The DVD set also contains two featurettes from 1988 and 2002. [+]-Doug Thomas.
Actors & Directors
- James Evans
- Ethan Black
- Alex Alonso (III)
- Gregory Franklin (II)
- Dan Goldman (II)
- Cyndi Marinangel
List Price: $69.98
Price: $39.99
Review Lords of the Mafia - Box Set / Koch Entertainment:
Release date: 2001-07-31
Run time: 150 min.
List Price: $49.95
Price: $48.00
Review Medieval Warfare Boxed Set / Kultur Video:Exciting new additions to the world's greatest military history series in a special collector's boxed set of three video cassettes which include Agincourt, The Wars of The Roses, and The Crusades. Features large scale medieval battle reconstructions, hundreds of contemporary images and paintings, informative graphics and maps, and weapons, strategies and tactics.
Actors & Directors
- Ian Carmichael
- Derek Newark
- Clifford Rose
- Ronald Wilson
- Sheila Keith
- Jimmy Gardner
Run time: 180 min.
Price: $59.99
Review Lord Peter Wimsey: The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club / Acorn Media:"I'm investigating when a man died of natural causes," states aristocratic sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, "but it's beginning to look more interesting everyday. " So it is in this impeccably mounted 1972 BBC miniseries, which would make Dorothy L. Sayers's peerless literary creation proud. Ian Carmichael stars in his signature role as the stylish, cultured, and erudite Wimsey, whose investigation into the death of General Fentiman is as irresistible as "poking sticks into a peaceful and mysterious-looking pond to see what was on the bottom. " Fentiman died in his favorite chair at the staid Bellona Club. Oddly enough, his sister died the same day. Wimsey agrees to try and determine when Fentiman died ("I shall enjoy it," he exults). In a nutshell, as one character states (which is always helpful in increasingly complicated cases like this), dispersion of the inheritance will become "uncommonly awkward" depending on who died first. The "whendunit" becomes a whodunit when it is revealed that the general was poisoned. The unflappable Wimsey has a colorful gallery of suspects to consider, including the increasingly unhinged George, one of the general's grandsons (why is he smashing a bottle of digitalis?), and Ann Dorland, who stands to benefit most if the general died first (what's the deal with the books on chemistry and poisons she has recently purchased?). [+]Other memorable characters further enliven the proceedings, among them the Munns, George's bickering (and at one point blackmailing) landlords. As the very British title suggests, this is not a crime thriller to set the pulse racing (the discovery of Fentiman's body is referred to as "something rather unpleasant"). But as the mystery unfolds over the course of 180 minutes (and 4 volumes), it is as captivating as a good late-night read. -Donald Liebenson.
Actors & Directors
- Steve Miner
- Michael Dinner
- Ken Topolsky
- Daniel Stern
- Nick Marck
List Price: $12.99
Price: $40.98
Review The Best of the Wonder Years (Boxed 2 VHS and 1 CD Set) / Laserlight Digital:
Release date: 1995-05-16
List Price: $79.98
Price: $44.84
Review Roy Rogers Special 8-Pack Gift Set / Lions Gate/Republic Ent.:
Release date: 1999-10-12
Run time: 208 min.
Price: $51.98
Review The World at War - The Final Solution / Hbo Home Video:This four-tape set by the same British producers responsible for the classic World at War series chronicles the Nazi obsession with killing all of Europe's Jews. Making intelligent use of archival photographs, newsreel footage, and extensive footage shot by the Nazis themselves, the series begins by tracing the roots of Nazism back to Germany's humiliation at the end of World War I. The rise of Hitler and the SS, his elite guard that evolved into being the enforcers of racial doctrine, is cogently presented in the first episode. The successive tapes each focus on a particular time period, as the Nazi determination to eliminate Jews built momentum, proceeding from a program of persecution to resettlement to outright mass murder. Holocaust survivors speak on camera in interviews, as do German civilians and former members of the SS. The film footage shown is often quite grisly, and some will find it difficult viewing, but the producers deserve credit for seeking out material, especially films shot by the Nazis themselves, that accurately depicts the horrors that took place. Indeed, without the strong visual component of the production, some of the chilling stories told by the survivors on film may be thought too horrible to be true. This is a remarkably straightforward look at one of the absolute horrors of history. -Robert J. McNamara.
Release date: 1994-09-21
Run time: 300 min.
List Price: $44.98
Price: $39.99
Review Space Rangers Chronicles 3Pk Set / Cabin Fever Aka Hallmark:
Actors & Directors
- William B. Davis
- Kevin McNulty
- Steven Williams
- Holly Robinson Peete
- Renée Jones
Run time: 312 min.
List Price: $59.99
Price: $357.99
Review Saints and Sinners: Video-Six Volume Boxed Set-Catholic / Acorn Media Publishing:
Actors & Directors
- David Shepard
- Georges Melies
- Edwin S. Porter
Run time: 414 min.
Price: $99.95
Review The Movies Begin - A Treasury of Early Cinema, 1894-1913 / Kino International:The home-video revolution has yielded a wealth of valuable compilations, but few are as miraculously definitive as The Movies Begin. Equally suited to home or classroom viewing, this authoritative five-volume set is a vital document of film history, providing a one-stop destination for anyone wishing to witness the first two decades of motion pictures. That period-from 1894 to 1913-saw movies develop at a breakneck pace, from the earliest "actualities" of the Lumière brothers in France to D. W. Griffith's audacious development of dramatic action in the Biograph shorts of the early 1910s. Sensibly organized into pivotal stages of technical and creative progress, each of these volumes represents the priceless value of film preservation; all 133 films in the set are presented in the finest condition available, from archival prints to complete restorations, and accompanied by music that perfectly captures the spirit of each film and the time of their creation. Under the expert guidance of film historian David Shepard, this collection is uniquely comprehensive, with fact, fiction, and fantasy represented in equal measure. All major figures are included; it's fitting that one volume is devoted to astonishing shorts by movie magician Georges Méliès, while other volumes serve as "greatest hits" compilations of movie innovations by Edwin S. Porter, Cecil Hepworth, Max Linder, Alice Guy Blanche, and many others. The breathtaking growth of movies is fully apparent by volume 5 ("Comedy, Spectacle, and New Horizons"); most viewers will find this the most entertaining, but each volume is a revelation, offering films that haven't been widely seen since they were first produced. [+]To understand and appreciate the foundation upon which modern filmmaking is built, The Movies Begin is truly essential. -Jeff Shannon.
Actors & Directors
- Ancient Self Healing Art of Ch
Run time: 243 min.
List Price: $59.95
Price: $64.99
Review Ancient Self Healing Art of Chi Gong (4pc) / Terra:
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Price: $39.99
Review Golden Age Of Television * TV CLASSICS COLLECTION [5 VHS Box Set] The Danny Thomas Show, The Three Stooges, The 64,000 Question, Ozzie & Harriet:
Release date: 1998-01-01
Run time: 300 min.
Price: $79.98
Review Life After Death Boxed Set / Wellspring Media:An insightful ten-part series, following best selling author Tom Harpur's investigative journey exploring many controversial issues never before profiled.
Actors & Directors
- Elinor Sullivan
- Carolyn Porco
- Linda Hunt
- Peter Jennings
- Col. Stuart Herrington
Run time: 700 min.
List Price: $74.99
Price: $97.50
Review The Century-America's Time (Boxed Set) / ABC News:Covering the entire 20th century in one video series is an ambitious project, but one that Peter Jennings and ABC News are up to. In The Century: America's Time, a 12-part documentary on six videotapes that is a companion to the book of the same name, Jennings guides us through a century of technology and advancement like no other. As he says in his introduction to episode 1, "Seeds of Change," "Unlike previous centuries where leadership was defined by royalty and other rulers, the 20th century more than any other was shaped by the will and actions of the common man. " The series is a sweeping presentation of the United States of the 1900s and tries to encompass a mind-boggling amount of history. And while at moments the videos may leave you longing for more, Jennings does an excellent job of creating smooth segues between disparate pieces. The first episode, for instance, begins with the influx of immigrants at the turn of the century and touches on Jim Crow laws, moving pictures, planes, Henry Ford, the sinking of the USS Maine, child labor, suffragettes, the Panama Canal, imperialism, and more, right up to the beginning of World War I. The archival footage is stunning and interviews with historians, veterans, journalists, POWs, politicians, authors, celebrities, and common people help bring the past to life again. Mickey Spillane discusses the speakeasies of the 1920s; Dennis Hopper talks about Easy Rider in the '60s; Tom Wolfe reads from The Bonfire of the Vanities for the episode on the '80s. Eudora Welty, E. L. [+]Doctorow, Martin Scorsese, John Updike, Pat Buchanan, Oliver Stone, Stephen E. Ambrose, among many others, lend their voices to this documentary. Yet, despite the great names, at times the pictures and people are allowed to speak for themselves, without intrusive narration-the stark images of the Challenger explosion or the sad words of a political activist mourning the death of his partner to AIDS are more powerful because of it. This chronological tale (with the exception of the last episode, "Then and Now," which is arranged thematically) is an insightful and poignant reminder of all the marvels-and tragedies-of America in the 20th century. -Jenny Brown.
Release date: 2004-07-20
Run time: 400 min.
Creator: Anthony Horowitz
Price: $79.99
Review Foyle's War: Set 2 (4pc) (Ws) / Public Broadcasting Service (PBS):The critically acclaimed PBS series that weaves mystery with real historical events returns with four stories set in September and October 1940. Winner of the Audience Award at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2003, the series stars Michael Kitchen (Proof of Life) as quietly enigmatic detective Christopher Foyle whose territory on the south coast of England is rocked by the chaos and danger of World War II. Also starring Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Julian Ovenden, and featuring Nicholas Farrell, Alan Howard, Corin Redgrave, and Amanda Root. The Mysteries: Fifty Ships—Foyle's determined investigation of a body on a deserted beach puts at risk the donation of American Aid and the crucial start of Lend-Lease in the war. Among the Few—Pilots and their girlfriends live fast and die young in a story of greed and passion where Foyle finds appearances are deceptive. War Games—Divided loyalties lead to revenge and murder when a businessman puts profits before principles in a secret pact with the Nazis. The Funk Hole—Foyle finds himself accused of a serious offense, which complicates his hunt for a ruthless murderer at a sinister hotel. "Brilliantly explores the moral gray areas of war"—San Francisco Chronicle "For mystery fans, Foyle is a must-see" —The Houston Chronicle "A series to be relished" —Radio Times.
Release date: 1998-01-01
Price: $44.98
Review After Dark Collection (Gift) / Republic Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Simon Langton
- Brian Cox
- Mona Washbourne
- Richard Pearson (II)
- Kenneth Cranham
- Kate Nelligan
Run time: 156 min.
List Price: $49.98
Price: $49.99
Review Therese Raquin / Bfs Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Lenita Lane
- Sidney Salkow
- John Sutton
- Ubaldo Ragona
- Vincent Price
- Crane Wilbur
- Gavin Gordon
- Agnes Moorehead
Run time: 321 min.
List Price: $19.99
Price: $39.99
Review Vincent Price Collection Boxed Set / United Home:This video set contains the following: House on Haunted Hill Last Man on Earth The Bat Shock
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