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
- Ned Beatty
- Jackie Cooper
- Harry Andrews
- Vass Anderson
- Marlon Brando
Run time: 271 min.
Price: $39.98
Review Superman 1 & 2 (2pc) / Warner Home Video:
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: George Reeves
Price: $47.50
Review TV's Best Adventures of Superman 3 [ with Two Classic Episodes from the Live-Action TV Series: PANIC IN THE SKY and THE BIG FREEZE plus THE MAGNETIC TELESCOPE cartoon ] / Warner Home Video:
Release date: 1995-10-25
Run time: 88 min.
List Price: $9.99
Price: $74.95
Review Zorro the Legend Continues / Edde Entertainment:
Actors & Directors
- Robert John Burke
- Fred Dekker
- Mario Machado
- John Posey
- Jodi Long
- Remy Ryan Hernandez
Review RoboCop 3:Early on in Robocop 3, an action figure of our metal hero on the nightstand in a little girl's room informs us that he's now become a children's toy. The image is right on the money; despite following up two of the most violent, hilarious sci-fi/action films ever made, Robocop 3 is strictly for the kiddies. It's not just that the gore has been toned down considerably to make for a PG-13 rating; also excised is the straight-faced portrait of a world run by corporate fascism. When evil corporation OCP, and its even more evil Japanese parent company, plan to raze a Detroit neighborhood to put up the shining new Delta City, the residents (including the aforementioned adolescent, who conveniently happens to be a computer expert) gang up to fight back, just like the angry neighbors in Death Wish V. Robocop (played this time out by Robert John Burke, Peter Weller having wisely passed) could be a hindrance to the companies' plans, so a ninja android is sent in to deal with him. Even all this could have been enjoyable, in a campy sort of way, but nothing pays off as either comedy or action-tellingly, the two big showdowns with the ninja start exhilaratingly (Robocop's clunky movements hilariously counterpoised by the android's acrobatic leaps), only to end just when they're getting good. Director Fred Dekker has some nice stylistic touches scattered about, but not nearly enough to save the film. One high note, though: The animated "Johnny Rehab" spot may be the funniest ad in the whole series. -Bruce Reid.
Actors & Directors
- Irvin Kershner
- Leeza Gibbons
- John Ingle
- John Glover
- Mario Machado
- Belinda Bauer
Review RoboCop 2:With the surprise success-both critical and commercial-of Robocop, it was inevitable that a sequel would emerge (actually, two sequels). But this follow-up lacked the dyspeptically funny vision of filmmaker Paul Verhoeven and wound up skimming the surface to repeat only the most superficial elements of the original: the big, clunky hero (played by Peter Weller), the ultra-violence (minus a dark sense of humor), and the plethora of action sequences. What plot there is deals with the corporation that runs the cops and its two-pronged attempt to squeeze every dime out of the populace and the city: create a new drug crisis (with an incredibly addictive synthetic drug the corporation manufactures, spread by a charismatic drug lord) and then attack with a bigger robot, one that eliminates Robocop at the same time. Would that they had. -Marshall Fine.
Actors & Directors
- Jane Alan
- Rachael Leigh Cook
- Yvette Lowenthal
Review Batman Beyond:
Price: $55.00
Review Superman Complete 4 Pack:
Actors & Directors
- Michael Dorn
- Bruce W. Timm
Review Superman:
Run time: 312 min.
Creator: Patrick Macnee Diane Riggs
Price: $89.99
Review Avengers 67 Set 1 Vol 1 to 3 Box Set / Canal Image/A&E:Avengers 67 Set 1 Vol 1 to 3 Box Set Starring Diane Riggs and Patrick Macnee in the Original British TV cult classic Digitally Remastered
Actors & Directors
- Eugene Pallette
- Tyrone Power
- Basil Rathbone
- Linda Darnell
- Rouben Mamoulian
- Gale Sondergaard
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.
Actors & Directors
- Joan Alexander
- Noa
- Bud Collyer
- Jackson Beck
- Dave Fleischer
- Jack Mercer
Review Superman:This collection of fully restored, 1930s animated shorts from the legendary Max Fleischer are a real treat. For anyone who has grown up associating the Superman character with different phases of art direction in Superman comic books over the last 50 years, or best remembers the look of the Christopher Reeve films or the old television show, these 'toons will be a mini-revelation. Expanding on cues from the first generation of Superman comics, Fleischer immerses the man from Krypton in a marvelous blend of art deco, William Cameron Menzies-inspired sets, and edgy compositions that can't help but remind one of Fritz Lang-ian paranoia. Everything is oversized, blocky but rounded, ferociously modernist, and all too vulnerable. Superman's very function as a character in these highly dramatic and richly colored fables is both defending the overbearing, urban progressiveness and capital excesses of a young 20th century while also reassuring us that progress is not as indomitable as a man-at least a Superman. The DVD includes a bonus Fleischer short, "Play Safe," plus information about the restoration process, three choices of sound, complete history, synopsis, and credits. -Tom Keogh.
Review Superman:Richard Donner's 1978 epic about the Man of Steel showed how a film about a superhero could be a moving and romantic experience even for people who long ago gave up comic books. Beginning on the icy planet Krypton, the story follows the baby Kal-El, whose rocket ship lands in Smallville, Kansas. He is found there by a childless couple and raised as the shy Clark Kent (the young Kent is played by Jeff East). The film is perhaps most touching in these sequences, with expanses of wheat fields blowing in the wind and with a young man who can't figure out what part in destiny his great powers are meant to play. The second half, with Reeve taking over as Clark/Superman, is bustling, enchanting (the scene in which Superman flies girlfriend Lois Lane-played by Margot Kidder-through the night sky is great date material), and funny, thanks largely to Gene Hackman's sardonic portrayal of nemesis Lex Luthor. -Tom Keogh.
Actors & Directors
- Clancy Brown
- Curt Geda
- Dan Riba
- Dana Delany
- Malcolm McDowell
- Christopher McDonald
- Tim Daly
- Scott Jeralds
Review Superman: The Last Son of Krypton:
Release date: 2002-03-21
Price: $45.99
Review Vol. 2-Avenger:
Run time: 112 min.
Review The Story of Batman & Robin; 2 Tape Set / SIMISTAR Entertainment, Inc. 3927:A Set of 2 Tapes in a Cardboard Slipcase
Review Superman:Richard Donner's 1978 epic about the Man of Steel showed how a film about a superhero could be a moving and romantic experience even for people who long ago gave up comic books. Beginning on the icy planet Krypton, the story follows the baby Kal-El, whose rocket ship lands in Smallville, Kansas. He is found there by a childless couple and raised as the shy Clark Kent (the young Kent is played by Jeff East). The film is perhaps most touching in these sequences, with expanses of wheat fields blowing in the wind and with a young man who can't figure out what part in destiny his great powers are meant to play. The second half, with Reeve taking over as Clark/Superman, is bustling, enchanting (the scene in which Superman flies girlfriend Lois Lane-played by Margot Kidder-through the night sky is great date material), and funny, thanks largely to Gene Hackman's sardonic portrayal of nemesis Lex Luthor. -Tom Keogh.
Actors & Directors
- Ricardo Blasco
- Antonio Prieto
- Giuseppe Addobbati
- Mikaela
- Guy Stockwell
- Gloria Milland
Price: $3.99
Review 3 Swords of Zorro / Direct Source Special Products:
Actors & Directors
- Andrew Francis
- Susan Roman
Review RoboCop: The Animated Series:
Run time: 100 min.
Price: $49.99
Review Batman The Animated Series: Villians Without Costumes / Columbia House:
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