Actors & Directors
- John English
- Helen Christian
- William Witney
- Duncan Renaldo
- Reed Howes
- John Carroll
- Wells Root
- Noah Beery
Run time: 208 min.
Price: $39.98
Review Zorro 3 Pack (3pc) / Republic Pictures:
Actors & Directors
- Adventures of Batman & Robin
Run time: 105 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $77.34
Review Adv of Batman & Robin: Joker (Spanish) / Warner Home Video:
Review Popeye Superman:
Run time: 63 min.
Review The Lone Ranger / Good Times home video:"Return With Us Now To Those Thrilling days of yesteryear," and enjoy this action-packedCOMPILATION of RARE and lost footage featuring the most famous Lone Ranger of them all, Clayton Moore, including: *Highlights of the Lone Ranger's first live action appearance in a 1938 serial with Lee Powell. *The first Lone Ranger cartoon, produced in the late 30's and unseen for over 50 years! *Historic TV promo spots advertising the Lone Ranger series, which have not aired for decades! *Two complete television Episodes, "The Masked Rider" and " Message From Abe," both shown with ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS and Network Spots! *RARE TV COMMERCIALS with Clayton Moore, most of which have not aired for 20 to 40 years! *Vintage theatrical coming attraction trailers not shown since their original release! *A short promoting the sale of savings bonds and stamps, never shown in a theater or TV! (In Black & White / And Color) "A RARE AND TRUE COLLECTORS ITEM".
Actors & Directors
- Will Friedle
- Mark Hamill
- Angie Harmon
- Curt Geda
- Kevin Conroy
- Dean Stockwell
Review Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker:Some diehard Batfans have been slow to warm to the animated series Batman Beyond even though it was created by the same team responsible for the excellent Batman cartoon of the early '90s. The Dark Knight should be a brooding avenger in a noir-nightmare Gotham City, the purists argue, not some smart-aleck teen four decades in the future, with jet packs, invisibility shields, and other sci-fi gizmos loaned him by an elderly Bruce Wayne (voiced, excellently as always, by Kevin Conroy, his stony bass given a raspy hint of old age), now confined to hobbling about on a cane and monitoring his protégé's activities from the Batcave. Between its respectful reexamination of the "tortured hero" mythos and its sleek, anime-inspired look, this feature-length movie should go a long way toward quieting their complaints. Of course, it doesn't hurt that they've brought back the most legendary figure in the Rogues Gallery (voiced by Mark Hamill, deliciously deranged), but exactly how and why the Joker has managed to turn up 40 years after his last meeting with Batman still as youthful and diabolical as ever is explained not only logically but terrifyingly as well. The secret behind his arrival is perhaps the saddest, grimmest twist any purported "kids' show" has dared to attempt. (Parents may well want to preview this tape before screening it for the very young. ) Once again, Warner Brothers' cartoon Batman has outshone all the live-action films, never allowing the thrilling action set pieces or flashes of wry humor to drown out the drama, even tragedy, of the all-too-human superheroes. -Bruce Reid.
Release date: 1990-05-10
Price: $79.95
Review Lone Ranger 10 Pack / Rhino Home Video:
Review Cowboy Triple Feature - Guns of Fury, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger (VHS) - Clayton Moore, Cisco & Poncho, William Boyd / Silver Screen Video:85 mins, 60 mins, 62 mins
Actors & Directors
- Rouben Mamoulian
- Gale Sondergaard
- Basil Rathbone
- Eugene Pallette
- Tyrone Power
- Linda Darnell
Review The Mark of Zorro:When they say they don't make 'em like they used to, they're talking about 20th Century Fox's exhilarating The Mark of Zorro, starring Tyrone Power as the caped one, Linda Darnell as his love interest, and Basil Rathbone at his scurrilous best as Zorro's nemesis. More textured than the 1920 original with Douglas Fairbanks, this 1940 version has Don Diego/Zorro (Powers) returning from Madrid to defend his father and rally the caballeros (noblemen) against Los Angeles's corrupt new governor (J. Edward Bromberg), intent on taxing the peons to death. If this all sounds like an Old California redo of the classic Adventures of Robin Hood, that's because it is. Powers has a field day as Don Diego, the "fancy clown" betrothed to the governor's niece, Lolita (Darnell). Don Diego the effete snob performs silly parlor tricks, peers through pince-nez, and yawns disdainfully at one and all. Power's cowardly alter ego is so believable, his transformation to masked superhero becomes all the more thrilling. Imagine Captain Pasquale's (Rathbone) shock when, in the film's brilliantly choreographed showdown, this annoying fop turns out to be a world-class swordsman. Director Rouben Mamoulian, known for great period melodramas, does a skillful job of alternating garrison intrigue with big action scenes, including a nighttime ride that climaxes with Zorro on horseback leaping off a bridge. In the romantic highlight, Lolita confides her innermost desires to a suspiciously worldly friar. [+]The first-rate supporting cast includes Gale Sondergaard as the governor's treacherous wife and the frog-voiced Eugene Pallette (Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood) as a padre in cahoots with the masked one. Technically, this retelling rates an unqualified "Wow!" The cinematography, obviously influenced by Goya, makes full use of chiaroscuro shadows, and Alfred Newman's Latin-flavored score is irresistibly rousing and romantic. -Glenn Lovell.
Review Superman Volume 1/ Chapters 1-7 [Serial] (1948) / Warner Studios:The best parts of SUPERMAN (1948), a 15-chapter serial produced by Columbia Pictures, are found in the first three or so chapters when we see a lot of Superman lore adapted to film, including the destruction of Krypton, young Clark growing up on a farm with the Kents, and Clark coming to Metropolis and joining the staff of the Daily Planet. We also get to see Superman do lots of superheroic deeds such as rescuing people from disasters. Afterwards, however, it settles into a standard cliffhanger formula with Superman battling the Spider Lady (Carol Forman), a conventional serial villainess and criminal gang leader who sends her standard-issue thugs and henchmen (middle-aged guys in suits, ties and fedoras) out to kidnap Lois and knock out Jimmy Olsen with growing monotony in every episode. On the plus side, the Superman flying effects are carried out through cartoon animation. This enables Superman to be seen flying through a variety of locales. (If Republic Pictures had shot this, they would have repeated the same shot over and over of a stuntman in costume flying on a wire strung from one rock in the San Fernando Valley to another. ) Also, Noel Neill's Lois is as spunky here as the character ever got. Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, the ever-smiling Lois plunges into the action wholeheartedly time and time again, frequently making Superman look weak and overly cautious in comparison. Neill played the part again in the sequel, ATOM MAN VS. SUPERMAN, and later in all but the first season of the TV series.
Release date: 1998-06-30
Run time: 45 min.
Price: $9.98
Review Zorro: Night of Terror (Spanish) / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Rachael Leigh Cook
- Yvette Lowenthal
- Jane Alan
Review Batman Beyond:
Actors & Directors
- Bruce W. Timm
- Michael Dorn
Review Superman:
Price: $55.00
Review Superman Complete 4 Pack:
Release date: 1997-06-17
Run time: 92 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $99.90
Review Spider-Man: Amazing Spider-Man / Rhino / Wea:
Actors & Directors
- Michael Vejar
- Neal Ahern Jr.
Review Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman:
Release date: 1998-06-30
Run time: 45 min.
Price: $9.98
Review Zorro: 1st Encounter (Spanish) / Warner Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- William Witney
- Sheila Darcy
- William Corson
- Reed Hadley
- Leander De Cordova
- Edmund Cobb
- John English
Price: $12.99
Review Zorro's Fighting Legion / United American Video:
Release date: 1995-10-25
Run time: 88 min.
List Price: $9.99
Price: $74.95
Review Zorro the Legend Continues / Edde Entertainment:
Release date: 1990-10-04
Run time: 55 min.
Price: $9.95
Review Lone Ranger:Outlaws Trail/Broken Watc / Rhino Home Video:
Actors & Directors
- Chuck Harriton
- Paul Kligman
- Doug Wildey
- Paul Soles
- Ralph Bakshi
- Grant Simmons
- Gillie Fenwick
- Max Ferguson
- Peg Dixon
Run time: 135 min.
Price: $24.98
Review Marvel's Greatest Avengers Gift Set / Saban Entertainment:The Invincible Iron Man This installment of Marvel Comics cartoons features the invincible Iron Man. In "The Death of Tony Stark," a laser beam emitted from a mysterious satellite orbiting the Earth destroys the home of wealthy industrialist Tony Stark. Iron Man's alter ego has obviously dodged the strike, but cannot disprove the rumor that Stark is dead until he confronts the culprit, the Mandarin. In "The Crimson Dynamo," Iron Man faces Soviet electrical genius Professor Vanko, who has designed his own suit of crimson armor in order to defeat Iron Man as the first step to destroying the ultimate capitalist, Stark Enterprises. These stories, rather dated in their cold-war depiction of the Chinese and the Soviets, are each divided into three six-minute serial-type segments. The animation is minimal, restricted mostly to camera zooms and moving limbs and mouths, punctuated by Batman-style sound effects ("Wham!"). -David Horiuchi The Incredible Hulk There was some amazing, classic animation done for superhero cartoons as far back as Max & Dave Fleisher's Superman series of the early 1940s (echoes of which can be found in Batman: The Animated Series). Those were done for the big screen; by the mid-1960s, superhero cartoons were being brought to television, and some of Marvel Comics' biggest heroes-Captain America, Spider-Man, Thor, and the Incredible Hulk-were the stars. Unfortunately, television didn't have much in terms of cachet-or production values-at the time, and all four heroes suffer for it. The Hulk gets short shrift here; the interesting thing about the character has always been twofold: the misunderstood misfit trying to make a quiet life for himself, and the Dr. [+]Jekyll and Mr. Hyde duality of the Hulk and his alter ego, Dr. Bruce Banner. On the two episodes here-"The Power of Dr. Banner" and "The Origin of the Hulk"-the animation is minimal and barely serves to capture a single facet of either character's personality. It looks as if only a couple dozen pictures of the main characters were drawn; for the most part, this is a series of stationary illustrations with voice-overs and plenty of narration. -Randy Silver Captain America Captain America comes across fine, if only because he's long suffered from the same wooden boy-scout image that Superman is often given-if nothing else, these cartoons excel at capturing a one-dimensional personality. On the two episodes here-the self-explanatory "Origin of Captain America" and "Fantastic Origin of the Red Skull" (why does the Skull's origin rate higher than Cap's?)-the animation is minimal. It looks as if only a couple dozen pictures of the main characters were drawn; for the most part, this is a series of stationary illustrations with voice-overs and plenty of narration. -Randy Silver.
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