Actors & Directors
- Nicole Parker
- Richard Flower
- Mitchell A. Lee Yuen
- Ed Anders
- Jarred Blancard
- Gabe Khouth
- Robert Lee (III)
- Richard Yee
Run time: 80 min.
Price: $14.99
Review Ninja Turtles: Next Mutation / Walt Disney Video:From the darkened sewers of New York to the mysterious splendor of China and beyond our world to the spiritual Realm of Dreams. shell-ebrate the return of Leonardo, Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Donatello with NINJA TURTLES: THE NEXT MUTATION! The most radical superheroes on the planet are now full-grown Ninjas, and in this live-action adventure, EAST MEETS WEST, they discover a new enemy, the nefarious Dragon Lord - and a new friend, Venus de Milo, a female Mutant Turtle. Like her Ninja counterparts, Venus fell into the same toxic ooze at birth, but was raised in Shanghai as a Shinobi mystic. And, unlike the boys, who were raised in the way of body and might, Venus' greatest weapons are the powers of the mind and heart! Together, the Turtles must outsmart and defeat the Dragon Lord and his warriors before they carry out their evil plans to achieve total invincibility and conquer the universe!.
Actors & Directors
- Peter Svatek
- Burke Lawrence
- Rutger Hauer
- Charles Edwin Powell
- Luc Morrissette
- Bronwen Booth
Run time: 105 min.
List Price: $14.98
Price: $74.99
Review The Call of the Wild - Dog of the Yukon (1997) / Hallmark:
Actors & Directors
- Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Review Adventures of Young Indiana Jones 6 tape set, Chapter 18 - Treasure of the Peacock's Eye, Chapter 10 - The Phantom Train of Doom, Chapter 11 - Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life, Chapter 22 - Hollywood Follies, Chapter 12 - Attack of the Hawkmen, Chapter 15 - Daredevils of the Desert / Paramount:Chapter 18 - Treasure of the Peacock's Eye In this swash buckling mystery adventure, Indiana Jones vagabonds around the South Pacific on a treasure hunt for a fabled lost diamond. Chapter 10 - Phantom Train of Doom Age is no barrier to adventure when Indiana Jones and a group of elderly commandos take on a fiendishly powerful weapon in war-torn Africa. Chapter 11 - Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life In a war-torn country, Indiana Jones finds a wellspring of hope in the presence of one remarkable man, Albert Schweitzer Chapter 22 - Hollywood Follies Indiana Jones takes on his most ruthless and cunning foe-Hollywood studio executives-in this nostalgic and exciting tribute to a bygone era. Chapter 12 - Attack of the Hawkmen Indiana Jones flies high with the Lafayette Escadrille before being shot down by the infamous Red Baron of Germany in this action-packed film. Chapter 15 - Daredevils of the Desert The lives of a regiment and the success of the desert war rest on the shoulders of Indiana Jones in this never-before-seen action adventure film.
Actors & Directors
- Missaele
- Fernando Rey
- Virna Lisi
- Lucio Fulci
- Franco Nero
- John Steiner
Run time: 104 min.
Price: $9.99
Review White Fang / Falcon Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Polly Draper
- Christina Ricci
- Diana Scarwid
- Brian Kerwin
- Kevin James Dobson
- Anna Chlumsky
Run time: 94 min.
Price: $14.98
Review Gold Diggers (Spanish) (Dub) / Universal Studios:
Actors & Directors
- Ronny Coutteure
- Marc Warren
- Sean Patrick Flanery
- Craig Kelly (II)
- Ben Burtt
- Patrick Toomey
Review Young Indiana Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen:
Actors & Directors
- Fumihiko Takayama
- Don Messick
- James Earl Jones
- James Gregory
- Arthur Rankin Jr.
- Bob McFadden
- John Ritter
- Katsuhisa Yamada
- Jules Bass
Run time: 96 min.
Price: $9.98
Review Flight of Dragons / Warner Home Video:A good wizard finds his magical powers diminishing as this Rankin/Bass production based on the Peter Dickinson novel opens. His nemesis, the evil Ommadon (voiced by James Earl Jones at his deepest and scariest), swiftly takes advantage of the situation. Who will save the world? Why, none other than a young scientist-novelist-game inventor, named Peter Dickenson (mildly voiced by John Ritter), who is zapped from the future back into the time of dragons. Populating this Japanese-animation fantasy film are the titular fire-breathing dragons, the wizards, a knight, a maiden, some elves, and-in a feminist departure from tradition-a heroic bowwoman. The battles are fairly mild and most of the virtuous characters recover, making this a good choice for family viewing, as well as a staple for the fantasy fanatic's video library. -Kimberly Heinrichs.
Actors & Directors
- Simon Wells
- Jim Cummings
- Bridget Fonda
- Phil Collins
- Kevin Bacon
- Bob Hoskins
Run time: 78 min.
Price: $9.98
Review Balto Spanish Dubbed / Universal Studios:Buried like a bone in a snowdrift, Balto never achieved the theatrical success it should have, but it's worth digging up. The film is structured on the true tale of a lead sled dog, Balto, that brought a diphtheria antitoxin to the small town of Nome, Alaska. The film balances comedy, villany, and drama very well and the voice work is above average. Safe family viewing, as even the villain's comeuppance manages a civilized resolution. The only problem is that the film never explains why these events in Alaska inspired New Yorkers to build a statue to the dog in Central Park. Maybe Balto eventually got mugged there. -Keith Simanton.
Release date: 2000-03-14
Run time: 83 min.
List Price: $19.98
Price: $29.00
Review La Petite Sirene / World Artists:
Actors & Directors
- Chief Dan George
- Michael Ansara
- Bernard McEveety (II)
- Patrick Wayne
- Andrew Duggan
- Robert Pine
Run time: 90 min.
Price: $14.99
Review The Bears and I (Widescreen Edition) / Starz / Anchor Bay:
Release date: 2002-05-21
Price: $12.98
Review Jungle Girl & Lost Island of Dinosaurs / Koch Records:
Actors & Directors
- Gulshan Grover
- David Paul Francis
- Jamie Williams
- Duncan McLachlan
- Roddy McDowall
- Bill Campbell
Run time: 89 min.
Price: $9.98
Review Second Jungle Book (Spanish) (Sub Clam) / Sony Pictures:Rudyard Kipling himself couldn't have imagined scenes more stunning than the ones captured by the creators of The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo. The film, a live-action follow-up to Disney's 1994 Jungle Book feature, attaches itself to the loincloth of young wolf-raised Mowgli as he leads a gang of greedy grown-ups on a wild goose chase through the jungles of India, circa 1890. In the course of this breathless caper, a visual delicacy is cooked up. Eyes of all ages will be loath to wander from the screen as it shifts from one color-drenched, wildlife-rife scene to the next. The animals, more than the wilderness, are what give this film its Eden-like quality-Mowgli protectors Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, as well as wolves, tigers, a pack of prowling monkeys, and even exotic snakes of the deadly variety all mix and mingle to gorgeous effect. And that's not to give the tale unraveling all the while short shrift. Kipling, of course, never once spun a second-rate story, and this adaptation doesn't tinker with way-off ideas of its own. Bill Campbell is fully believable as an Indiana Jones-like circus scout, and Roddy McDowall is at his eccentric best as a cave-dwelling monkey commander. -Tammy La Gorce.
Release date: 1993-09-29
Run time: 90 min.
List Price: $34.98
Price: $50.00
Review Aladdin / Walt Disney Video:
Actors & Directors
- Bert Kroon
- Harrie Geelen
- Fred Benavente
- Bjørn Frank Jensen
- Harrie Geelen
- Fred Emmer
- Maya Bouma
- Arnold Gelderman
Price: $19.98
Review Dragon Who Wasn't / Universal Studios:
Actors & Directors
- Jason Alexander
- Terry L. Noss
- Reese Witherspoon
- Seth Green
- Richard Rich
- Mary Steenburgen
- Carol Burnett
Run time: 75 min.
Price: $9.95
Review Trumpet of the Swan (Spanish) (Slip) / Sony Pictures:Jason Alexander's vocal performance as the hambone father of Louie, a mute trumpet swan, is quite simply the most entertaining element of Trumpet of the Swan, an animated version of E. B. White's children's novel. Given to long-winded speeches and flamboyant displays (Alexander's extended "death scene" after his character is knicked on the wing is a hoot), the former George Costanza's hot-air waterfowl partially salvages this oddly unmoving family feature. The story concerns the silent Louie (his thoughts are spoken by actor Jeffrey Schoeny), who suffers the ridicule of other swans but communicates a depth of feeling by playing a brass horn. The restless script has difficulty developing a coherent emotional rise; director Richard Rich (The Swan Princess) would have done well to cut back on the number of discrete episodes that rush by with dizzying, graceless speed. Joe Mantegna signs on as the voice of a big-city scoundrel who signs Louie to an exploitative music contract, while Mary Steenburgen plays Louie's mother, and Reese Witherspoon speaks for the hero's true love. -Tom Keogh.
Actors & Directors
- Ronny Coutteure
- Francesco Quinn
- Sean Patrick Flanery
- Robyn Lively
- Joe Johnston
- Lloyd Owen
- Carl Schultz
Review The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Spring Break Adventure:
Actors & Directors
- Christian Bale
- Richard Johnson
- Christopher Lee
- Fraser Clarke Heston
- Oliver Reed
- Charlton Heston
Run time: 132 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $49.94
Review Treasure Island (1990) / Turner Home Ent: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 classic adventure tale is popular film fare, it's never been done this well. Charlton Heston stars as Long John Silver and Christian Bale as plucky Jim Hawkins in this TNT production. Directed by Heston's son Fraser (who also directed the excellent family fare Alaska), the film remains faithful to the novel, and draws much of the spirit and excitement of the book. The action scenes are first-rate, and if the ship Hispaniola has never looked better or more authentic, no surprise: the ship is the original from 1962's Mutiny on the Bounty. The opening scenes are dark and rich, as they capture the period well, with careful attention to makeup (the teeth, the body grime!) and costuming. Oliver Reed and Christopher Lee are frighteningly effective as Capt. Billy Bones and Blind Pew, and the film's first half-hour is theirs. The tone shifts and lightens when Heston appears as the legendary pirate. Look for Pete Postlethwaite, Julian Glover, and Richard Johnson in wonderful supporting roles. [+]The film marks Bale's segue from poignantly promising child actor (Empire of the Sun) to compelling teen (he would later continue to prove his talent as a versatile young actor in Little Women and Velvet Goldmine). -N. F. Mendoza.
Actors & Directors
- Rebecca Callard
- Daniel Newman
- Ian Holm
- Paul Cross (IV)
- John Henderson
- Penelope Wilton
Run time: 170 min.
Price: $14.98
Review The Borrowers / Turner Home Ent:
Actors & Directors
- William Severn
- Harry Davenport
- Edmund Lowe
- John Litel
- Brenda Joyce
- Lew Landers
Price: $12.98
Review Enchanted Forest / Image Entertainment:The innocence and magic of a childhood dream. The charm and adventure of a well told fairy tale. And the heartwarming thrill and human drama of a mother and child reunion. "The Enchanted Forest" is the captivating tale of a year old boy, lost in a vast redwood forest and saved by Old John (Harry Davenport) and his animal friends. This 1945 classic is a film no family should miss!.
Release date: 1996-09-10
Run time: 30 min.
Price: $12.98
Review Paddle to the Sea / Lightyear Video:Paddle to the Sea, the short film named after the carved wooden toy boat it tracks through various waterways from Canada to the Atlantic Ocean, is Canadian director William Mason's sweet homage to the 1940s children's book. Like The Red Balloon, Paddle To The Sea folklorically portrays a toy's journey, with a bit of added personification since the whittled boat contains a stoic Native American man carved into its seat. The film begins in a Nipogon log cabin, where a boy laments releasing his newly crafted artwork but soon realizes that setting his toy free is the only way to enliven it. After pouring molten lead into the boat's base to encourage its floating upright, and writing "I am Paddle to the Sea: Please Put Me Back in the Water" on the boat's underside, he drops the boat into a snowy stream and hopes someday it will reach the ocean. Beyond the film's wise message of non-attachment, wonderment is sustained throughout while trying to guess how Mason managed to track this swift-sailing canoe down river rapids, through industrially polluted waterways, and even over Niagara Falls. Fortuitous shots of animals investigating the boat as if to eat it seem almost pre-planned. Cameras strapped onto rafts, lowered down cliffs by rope, and more enabled the director to follow the toy in close-up, as if he were filming a wildlife documentary. Narrated from an omniscient point of view by a man with a soothing storyteller's voice, Paddle to the Sea is a lullaby to tranquility that entertains with simple charm and clever wit. -Trinie Dalton.
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