Actors & Directors
- Daniel Radcliffe
- Maggie Smith
- Rupert Grint
- Chris Columbus
- Robbie Coltrane
- Richard Harris
Run time: 152 min.
Creator: Mark Radcliffe
List Price: $6.98
Price: $118.99
Review Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - Spanish Edition / Warner Bros. Pictures:Here's an event movie that holds up to being an event. This filmed version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, adapted from the wildly popular book by J. K. Rowling, stunningly brings to life Harry Potter's world of Hogwarts, the school for young witches and wizards. The greatest strength of the film comes from its faithfulness to the novel, and this new cinematic world is filled with all the details of Rowling's imagination, thanks to exuberant sets, elaborate costumes, clever makeup and visual effects, and a crème de la crème cast, including Maggie Smith, Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, and more. Especially fine is the interplay between Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his schoolmates Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), as well as his protector, the looming Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane). The second-half adventure-involving the titular sorcerer's stone-doesn't translate perfectly from page to screen, ultimately because of the film's fidelity to the novel; this is a case of making a movie for the book's fans, as opposed to a transcending film. Writer Steve Kloves and director Chris Columbus keep the spooks in check, making this a true family film, and with its resourceful hero wide-eyed and ready, one can't wait for Harry's return. Ages 8 and up. -Doug Thomas Here's an event movie that holds up to being an event. [+]This filmed version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, adapted from the wildly popular book by J. K. Rowling, stunningly brings to life Harry Potter's world of Hogwarts, the school for young witches and wizards. The greatest strength of the film comes from its faithfulness to the novel, and this new cinematic world is filled with all the details of Rowling's imagination, thanks to exuberant sets, elaborate costumes, clever makeup and visual effects, and a crème de la crème cast, including Maggie Smith, Richard Harris, Alan Rickman, and more. Especially fine is the interplay between Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his schoolmates Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson), as well as his protector, the looming Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane). The second-half adventure-involving the titular sorcerer's stone-doesn't translate perfectly from page to screen, ultimately because of the film's fidelity to the novel; this is a case of making a movie for the book's fans, as opposed to a transcending film. Writer Steve Kloves and director Chris Columbus keep the spooks in check, making this a true family film, and with its resourceful hero wide-eyed and ready, one can't wait for Harry's return. Ages 8 and up. -Doug Thomas In this enchanting film adaptation of J. K. Rowling's delightful bestseller, Harry Potter learns on his 11th birthday that he is the orphaned son of two powerful wizards and posseses magical powers of his own. At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry embarks on the adventure of a lifetime. He learns the high-flying sport Quidditch and plays a thrilling game with living chess pieces on his way to face a Dark Wizard bent on destroying him. For the most extraordinary adventure, see you on Platform 9 3/4!.
Actors & Directors
- Franco Nero
- Missaele
- Fernando Rey
- Lucio Fulci
- John Steiner
- Virna Lisi
Run time: 104 min.
Price: $9.99
Review White Fang / Falcon Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Terry Kiser
- Chuck Norris
- Roscoe Lee Browne
- Aaron Norris
- Max Gail
- Trenton Knight
Run time: 98 min.
List Price: $14.98
Price: $59.99
Review Forest Warrior / Turner Home Ent:
Actors & Directors
- Jessica Tandy
- Herschel Daugherty
- Joanne Dru
- Fess Parker
- James MacArthur
- Wendell Corey
Run time: 92 min.
List Price: $9.99
Price: $25.95
Review Light in the Forest / Walt Disney Video:This surprisingly absorbing drama, based on Conrad Richter's novel, tells the tale of the re-assimilation of Johnny Butler, kidnapped as a child by Native Americans (in this 1958 film, of course, called Indians), into the "white man's world. " Reluctant and unfamiliar with his biological parents (Jessica Tandy and Frank Ferguson), he's befriended by frontiersman Del Hardy (Fess Parker, basically looking handsome and playing his popular image), also raised by the Indians and now an Army man. Johnny also meets and fancies Shenandoe-his aunt and nasty uncle's indentured servant girl, (a positively luminescent Carol Lynley, 16, in her first role), whose family was massacred by another tribe. While this is an action film set in 1764, made in the still politically insensitive 1950s, it manages not to paint stereotypes. But Light in the Forest is, more than anything, a love story. Shenandoe, terrified of Johnny initially, grows to love him. Johnny, burdened by not feeling he belongs in either world, finds solace in Shenandoe's sweet friendship. (Ages 8 and older) -N. F. Mendoza The year is 1764, when a peace treaty between the Delaware Indians and the British requires that all white captives be returned to their people. [+]Johnny Butler (James MacArthur), kidnapped by the tribe when he was a child and renamed True Son, is forced against his will to return to his white family in Pennsylvania. His escort, frontiersman Del Hardy (Fess Parker) and Shenandoe, a beautiful servant girl (Carol Lynley, in her feature film debut), try to help the boy adjust to his new way of life. But the white man's injustice and cruelty drive him back to the Delawares, where even greater dangers await him!.
Actors & Directors
- Michael Rudder
- Bronwen Mantel
- Thor Bishopric
- Michael O'Reilly
- A.J. Henderson
Run time: 30 min.
Price: $9.98
Review Young Robin Hood: Wild Boar of Sherwood / Turner Home Ent:
Actors & Directors
- Jill Stanley
- Anthony Rogers (II)
- Lucas Evans
- Andrew Whitehead
- Michael Rubbo
- Paul Popowich
Price: $19.98
Review Tommy Tricker:
Actors & Directors
- Mikki Jamison
- Heather Rattray
- Stewart Raffill
- Shannon Saylor
- Robert Logan
- Nancy Kyes
Run time: 102 min.
List Price: $14.98
Price: $49.98
Review Sea Gypsies, The / Warner Home Video:A man and his two daughters set out to sail around the world, but shipwreck on the Alaskan coast.
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