Actors & Directors
- Harry Cody
- Cyd Charisse
- Mae Clarke
- Douglas Fowley
- Stanley Donen
- Lance Fuller
Run time: 103 min.
Creator: Debbie Reynolds
List Price: $29.98
Price: $68.46
Review Singin' in the Rain -- VHS tape + CD soundtrack / Rhino / Wea:No one even bothers to argue about it any more-by any standard and international consensus, this is the best movie musical of them all. Its arcane, unlikely milieu is Hollywood during the transition in the late 1920s from silent to sound motion pictures. Its reason for being was producer Arthur Freed's desire to use the catalog of songs he had written with Nacio Herb Brown in the '20s and '30s for various shows and movies. But, ironically, it's now the soundtrack that seems cobbled together from disparate sources, while the movie itself remains seamless. That's thanks to a literate screenplay by Adolph Green and Betty Comden and ebulliant acting and dancing by the young Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, and Debbie Reynolds. Jean Hagen is especially brilliant as the silent-screen star whose speaking voice is so screechy she has to be dubbed for talkies. Kelly codirected with Stanley Donen, and both can take credit for a masterpiece. Musical standouts are "You Were Meant for Me," "Good Morning" and "All I Do Is Dream of You. " Visually, the indelible image will always be Kelly sloshing around in puddles while singin' in the rain. That said, this coupling of video with a definitive version of the soundtrack benefits from Rhino's meticulous reconstruction of the material and extensive annotations, which only enhance our grasp of this film and musical legend's gestation. [+]-Robert Windeler.
Actors & Directors
- Robert Ryan
- Murvyn Vye
- Barbara Stanwyck
- Allan Dwan
- Lisa Montell
- David Farrar
Run time: 87 min.
Creator: Talbot Jennings
Price: $9.99
Review Escape to Burma (Ws) / RKO Radio Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Micky Dolenz
- Jon C. Andersen
- Davy Jones
- Micky Dolenz
- Peter Tork
- Michael Nesmith
- James Frawley
- Peter Tork
- Mike Elliot (III)
Run time: 110 min.
List Price: $39.98
Price: $70.00
Review The Monkees - Our Favorite Episodes (in Metal Lunchbox) / Rhino / Wea:Whether you're indulging nostalgia or experiencing the Monkees for the first time, Our Favorite Episodes-chosen by Davey Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork, and Michael Nesmith-is a curious time capsule. Even for veteran Monkeephiles, it's obvious that the TV series, totaling 58 episodes from 1966 to 1968, hasn't aged very gracefully. It's fun as a pop-cultural artifact, and original fans will fondly recall the eagerness with which each week's episode was anticipated. Looking back, however, the shows are marginally amusing, and their improvisational, low-budget strategy tends to limit their lasting appeal. For die-hard fans it won't matter a bit; any chance to own and archive the Monkee phenomenon (with brief latter-day interviews included) is going to be welcomed and thoroughly enjoyed. Because Jones's favorite episode was actually the Emmy-winning "Royal Flush," the inclusion of "Hitting the High Seas" is a conspicuous blunder, but it's compensated by Peter's "Monkee vs. Machine. " Directed by series producer (and then-budding filmmaker) Bob Rafelson, and featuring comedian Stan Freberg as a stodgy toy-company executive, this early episode was a first-season highlight. Mickey selected (and directed) the series finale, "Mijacogeo (The Frodis Caper)," which is noteworthy for a filmed performance of Tim Buckley singing a rare acoustic version of "Siren Song" (further proof that the Monkees were hipper than their TV personas). Mike's favorite "Fairy Tale" is a wild romp indeed, with Nesmith in drag (as a fairy princess), sounding shockingly like Cher from her later TV variety show. [+]They're semi-inspired at best, but these vintage episodes still capture the lunacy that accompanied the meteoric success of the "Pre-Fab Four. " -Jeff Shannon.
Actors & Directors
- John Russell
- R.G. Springsteen
- Judy Canova
- Roy Barcroft
- Grant Withers
- Emmett Lynn
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Jack Townley
Price: $39.98
Review Oklahoma Annie / Republic Entertainme:
Release date: 1991-10-04
Run time: 73 min.
Price: $59.95
Review The Overcoat / Hens Tooth Video Movies:
Actors & Directors
- Carlos Thompson
- Victor Jory
- Kurt Kasznar
- Eleanor Parker
- Robert Taylor
- Robert Pirosh
Run time: 86 min.
Creator: Karl Tunberg
Price: $19.98
Review Valley of the Kings / MGM (Warner):
Actors & Directors
- Willaim Boyd; Russell Hayden; George Hayes; Ed Cassidy
- Lesley Sealander
Run time: 68 min.
List Price: $12.99
Price: $69.96
Review Hopalong Cassidy: Silver on the Sage / Timeless Multimedia:
Actors & Directors
- Still Life-Spain in the Golden
Run time: 30 min.
List Price: $19.95
Price: $74.99
Review Spain in the Golden Age / Homevision:Independent still-life painting made a dramatic appearance at the end of the 16th century, in Golden Age Spain. Filmed on location and featuring original paintings, this program traces the traditions of Spanish still life from its origins through the early 19th-century works of Goya.
Actors & Directors
- Sergei Parajanov
- Sofiko Chiaureli
- Giorgi Gegechkori
- Melkon Aleksanyan
- Vilen Galstyan
- Spartak Bagashvili
Run time: 79 min.
Creator: Sayat Nova
List Price: $29.99
Price: $67.90
Review Color of Pomegranates / Connoisseur Video:This controversial 1969 film directed by rebellious Russian filmmaker Sergei Paradzhanov (Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors) chronicles the life of the 18th-century poet Sayat Nova, but in a most unconventional way. Paradzhanov seeks to portray the poet by different actors at various stages of his long life, from a poor childhood working on farms through early celebration as a poet to his self-imposed isolation as a cloistered monk. The unorthodox stream-of-consciousness style of the film highlights character over plot, using the poet's own words as a springboard for sumptuous images that chart the course of his life from birth until death, from his youth and the great love of his life through his struggles with religion and philosophy and the despair of old age. The loose, evocative style not only brings to life the poetry of Sayat Nova's body of work, but also brings great weight to the poetry of his life. Challenging, defiant, and unconventional, The Color of Pomegranates is a must for those searching for new and different forms of filmmaking. -Robert Lane.
Actors & Directors
- Catherine Scorsese
- Charles Scorsese
Run time: 41 min.
Price: $24.95
Review ItalianAmerican and The Big Shave / Homevision:The Big Shave A young man nicks himself shaving, and a frightening religious experience suddenly develops. The Big Shave features Scorsese's black humor at an early age, highlighting his bizarre obsessions with religion, suffering, and blood. Digitally remastered from Scorsese's personal 16mm composite prints. "An allegory for America's involvement in Vietnam. " THE BOSTON HERALD Italianamerican Join Martin Scorsese in his most daring feat yet-sitting down for dinner with his parents! Shot on location in his parents' Little Italy apartment among plastic sofa covers, fancy picture frames, and assorted lamps and figurines, Italianamerican is a funny look at one family's ancestry, their arrival in America, and the successes that followed. "Funny and touching. " THE VILLAGE VOICE.
Actors & Directors
- Paul Robeson
- Robert Cochran
- Martin Walker
- Zoltan Korda
- Leslie Banks
- Nina Mae McKinney
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Lajos Biró
Price: $12.99
Review Sanders of the River / Hollywood Select Video:
Release date: 2001-03-06
Creator: Alfred Hitchcock
List Price: $99.98
Price: $69.95
Review The Best of Hitchcock - Volume 1 (Psycho, Rear Window, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Topaz, Rope, Shadow of a Doubt, Family Plot, Alfred Hitchcock Presents #1) / Universal Studios:
Actors & Directors
- Grégoire Aslan
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Honor Blackman
- Jean Seberg
- Sean Garrison
- Arthur Hill
Run time: 108 min.
Creator: John Lee Mahin
List Price: $14.98
Price: $149.99
Review Moment to Moment / Universal Studios:
Actors & Directors
- Percy Parsons
- Anton Walbrook
- Sally Gray
- Brian Desmond Hurst
- Cecil Parker
- Derrick De Marney
Run time: 82 min.
Creator: Terence Young
List Price: $19.98
Price: $195.00
Review Dangerous Moonlight / Turner Home Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Bernard La Jarrige
- Henri Nassiet
- Madeleine Sologne
- Danièle Ajoret
- Robert Darène
- Jean-Jacques Delbo
Run time: 90 min.
Creator: Gilbert Cesbron
Price: $14.99
Review Bernadette of Lourdes (1961) / Vci Video:
Actors & Directors
- Walter Pidgeon
- Nat Pendleton
- Margaret Sullavan
- James Stewart
- Hattie McDaniel
- H.C. Potter
Run time: 85 min.
Creator: Waldo Salt
List Price: $29.98
Price: $169.99
Review Shopworn Angel (1938) / MGM (Warner):
Actors & Directors
- John Litel
- Brenda Joyce
- Edmund Lowe
- Harry Davenport
- William Severn
- Lew Landers
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: Sam Neuman
List Price: $14.99
Price: $99.88
Review Enchanted Forest / Starmaker/Anchor Bay:
Actors & Directors
- Gérard Blain
- Jean-Claude Brialy
- Philippe de Broca
- Edmond Beauchamp
- Claude Cerval
Run time: 98 min.
List Price: $29.99
Price: $79.93
Review Le Beau Serge / Henstooth Video:Often considered the real beginning of the French New Wave movement, this 1958 film, the first feature by Claude Chabrol, is also-strangely-underrated on its own terms. The story of a theology student (Jean-Claude Brialy) who returns to his provincial home town for convalescence and reunites with his unhappy childhood friend (Gerard Blain), the film introduces many of Chabrol's pet themes and interests, particularly the Hitchcockian relationship between two characters who transfer or implicitly share a private experience or fate. Chabrol's consideration of that idea would naturally deepen and become more complex over the years (brilliantly in 1969's La Femme Infidele and Le Boucher), but at this career flashpoint it is a little overstated and obvious in religious allusions. Still, Le Beau Serge is an engrossing film with no shortage of dramatic momentum. The final act, driven by the main character's efforts at self-sacrifice, is as affecting as ever. -Tom Keogh.
Actors & Directors
- Diana Dors
- Marcus Plantin
- Barbara Dickson
- Terry Hughes
- Peter Whitmore (II)
- James Gilbert (IV)
- Brian Penders
List Price: $4.96
Price: $99.99
Review Two Ronnies: Best of / BBC Warner:A non-stop cavalcade of the most brilliant monologues, sketches, "news briefs" and musical extravaganzas from the Two Ronnies, Barker and Corbett.
Actors & Directors
- Hal Studer
- Sonia Owens
- Ray Owens
- Gilbert Mack
- Billie Lou Watt
Run time: 800 min.
Price: $89.98
Review Kimba the White Lion - Box Set 2 / A.D. Vision:
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