Actors & Directors
- Charles Vanel
- Georges Marchal
- Simone Signoret
- Michel Piccoli
- Tito Junco
- Luis Buñuel
Price: $24.95
Review Death in the Garden / Interama Video Classics:
Creator: Rugrats Movie
Price: $4.99
Review The Rugrats Movie / Paramount Home Video:
Release date: 2000-04-28
Run time: 28 min.
Price: $29.95
Review The Yiddishe Gauchos / Connoisseur Video:
Actors & Directors
- Leor Livneh Hackel
- Gregory R. Goliath
- Kiami Davael
- Pam Ferris
- Embeth Davidtz
Price: $14.95
Review Matilda / Columbia/Tristar 2:Danny DeVito's adaptation of the Roald Dahl book for children is mostly just fine, helped along quite a bit by the charming performance of Mara Wilson (Mrs. Doubtfire) as young Matilda, a brilliant girl neglected by her stupid, self-involved parents (DeVito and Rhea Perlman). Ignored at home, Matilda escapes into a world of reading, exercising her mind so much she develops telekinetic powers. Good thing, too: sent off to a school headed by a cruel principal, Matilda needs all the help she can get. DeVito takes a highly stylized approach that is sometimes reminiscent of Barry Sonnenfeld (director of Get Shorty, a DeVito production), and his judgment is not the best in some matters, such as letting the comic-scary sequences involving the principal go on too long. But much of the film is delightful and funny. -Tom Keogh.
Actors & Directors
- Adrian Lyne
- Sunny Johnson (II)
- Kyle T. Heffner
- Jennifer Beals
- Lilia Skala
- Michael Nouri
Review Flashdance:That Oscar-winning title song buzzes in your ears long after the movie has stopped. The attraction here is youthful spirit and a pulsating score, because the weak story is merely a conduit for the song-and-dance numbers. The plot is every young woman's daydream come true. Jennifer Beals holds down a macho job as a welder by day, but performs erotic dance numbers in a club at night. It's not a strip club, so her morality remains intact. She dates her wealthy boss (Michael Nouri) and practices hard for the day she can audition for the upscale, local dance school, even though she has no formal training. It is malarkey, of course, unless you view this as total romantic fantasy. It works because you are carried along by the sheer force of the energetic, boisterous, MTV-style imagery by director Adrian Lyne. Beals is a plus as the stubborn, pouty, somewhat eccentric young woman made all the more interesting for her driving ambition. In the end, she is aided by her Prince Charming, who arrives bearing favors. [+]Mind you, this is not the same as a rescue, as Beals is one rather tough damsel who does just fine on her own. -Rochelle O'Gorman.
Actors & Directors
- Alicia Silverstone
- George Clooney
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Chris O'Donnell
- Joel Schumacher
- Uma Thurman
Review Batman & Robin:Following Val Kilmer's portrayal of the caped crusader in Batman Forever, the fourth Batman feature stars George Clooney under the pointy-eared cowl, with Chris O'Donnell returning as Robin the Boy Wonder. This time the dynamic duo is up against the nefarious Mr. Freeze (Arnold Schwarzenegger), who is bent on turning the world into an iceberg, and the slyly seductive but highly toxic Poison Ivy (Uma Thurman), who wants to eliminate all animal life and turn the Earth into a gigantic greenhouse. Alicia Silverstone lends a hand as Batgirl, and Elle McPherson plays the thankless role of Batman/Bruce Wayne's fiancée. A sensory assault of dazzling colors, senseless action, and lavish sets run amok, this Batman & Robin offers an overdose of eye candy, but it is strictly for devoted Bat-o-philes. -Jeff Shannon.
Actors & Directors
- Harry Shearer
- Gilda Radner
- Michael Fremer
- Billy Crystal
- Steven Lisberger
Review Animalympics:
Price: $99.70
Review Campus 2 / Cle International:
Actors & Directors
- Queta Carrasco
- Carlos Bravo y Fernández
- María Cardinal
- Júlio Aldama (II)
- Andrés García
Price: $9.99
Review Hermelinda Linda / Laguna Films:
Actors & Directors
- Erika Christensen
- Bob Dolman
- Goldie Hawn
Review The Banger Sisters / Twentieth Century-Fox:
Actors & Directors
- Fisher Stevens
- John Badham
- Austin Pendleton
- Ally Sheedy
- G.W. Bailey
- Steve Guttenberg
Review Short Circuit:John Badham's family-oriented adventure comedy, though obviously hatched in the wake of E. T. and Star Wars, manages to create its own identity through a sweet tone and an affectionate sense of fun. Military robot Number 5, a well-armed killing machine, is zapped by lightning during a test and emerges with a consciousness, curiosity, a wacky sense of humor, and a new peace-loving philosophy. Ally Sheedy (who debuted in Badham's hit WarGames) is the animal lover whose home is sanctuary for a zoo-full of strays and who adopts the adolescent robot. Steve Guttenberg is the goofy but reclusive robotics designer who goes off in search of his creation to save him from the gun-happy army. The mix of gentle slapstick and innocent romance makes for a harmless family comedy. It veers toward the terminally cute, what with 5's hyperactive antics and E. T. -ish voice, and the mangled grammar of Guttenberg's East Indian sidekick (Fisher Stevens) threatens to become offensive, but Badham's breezy direction keeps the film on track. [+]Sheedy and Guttenberg deliver spirited and engaging performances, but most importantly the robot emerges as a real person. Give credit to designer Syd Mead, an army of puppeteers and robotics operators, and the cartoony voice of Tim Blaney: Number 5 is alive. -Sean Axmaker.
Review Not Knot / Spektrum Academic Publishers:
Actors & Directors
- Joely Richardson
- Bernard Hill
- Peter Greenaway
- Juliet Stevenson
- Joan Plowright
- Jason Edwards (IV)
Review Drowning by Numbers:
Actors & Directors
- Oliver Platt
- Eddie Murphy
- Betty Thomas
Review Dr. Dolittle / Twentieth Century-Fox:
Actors & Directors
- Santanón
- Consuelo Guerrero de Luna
- Roberto Rodríguez
- Elvira Lodi
- María Gracia
- Manuel 'Loco' Valdés
List Price: $12.99
Price: $100.00
Review Caperucita Y Sus Tres Amigos / Mexcinema Video Corp.:
Actors & Directors
- Dan Aykroyd
- Julie Kavner
- Samantha Mathis
- Gaby Hoffmann
- Carrie Fisher
- Nora Ephron
Review This Is My Life:
Actors & Directors
- Antonín Kumbera
- Irma Bischofova
- Jan Riha
- Ladislav Jánsky
- Karel Navratil
- Jan Nemec
Run time: 65 min.
Price: $59.95
Review Diamonds of the Night (subtitled) / Facets:
Actors & Directors
- Hanns Zischler
- Aurore Clément
- Lea Massari
- Chantal Akerman
- Magali Noël
- Helmut Griem
List Price: $29.95
Price: $99.99
Review Les Rendez-Vous D'Anna (Sub) / World Artists:
Actors & Directors
- Walter D'Amore
- Felice Andreasi
- Carole Bouquet
- Enzo Robutti
- Pasquale Festa Campanile
- Adriano Celentano
Run time: 102 min.
Price: $19.99
Review Bingo Bongo / Jef Films/Mvd:
Actors & Directors
- Stephen Caffrey
- Mary-Louise Parker
- Norman René
- Patrick Cassidy
- John Dossett
- Campbell Scott
Review Longtime Companion:The late director Norman Rene and writer Craig Lucas made a pretty fine creative team on the stage and in the movies, and this 1990 drama about the evolving impact of AIDS on gay New Yorkers is their best cinematic achievement. The ensemble story follows the lives of nine or so characters as word of the so-called "gay cancer" eventually becomes a real force, killing several of them as the years go by. The film works well on a number of levels, not least of which is the enviable closeness of the characters, the script's wit, the bittersweet experience of loss, and a celebratory attitude at the end mixing wisdom with defiance. -Tom Keogh.
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