Dom's Movies
as of 2/24/2006 12:58:33 PM
Title Format Genre Plot
101 Dalmatians DVD Animation; Disney; Family When a litter of dalmation puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement.
The 40 Year Old Virgin DVD Comedy Goaded by his buddies, a nerdy guy who's never "done the deed" only finds the pressure mounting when he meets a single mother.
9 to 5 VHS Comedy; Theme - Office Three female employees of a "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" find a way to turn the tables on him.
Aardman Animation VHS Animation; Family
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls VHS Comedy Pet detective Ace Ventura comes out of retirement to investigate the disappearance of a rare white bat, the symbol of an African tribe.
Adventures in Babysitting VHS Comedy Chris has a big night out planned when her boyfriend cancels on her. She agrees to babysit for a pre-teen girl and a pubescent boy...
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane VHS Comedy Ford "Mr. Rock n' Roll Detective" Fairlane is experiencing problems, and it's not with the opposite sex...
The Air Up There VHS Comedy Jimmy Dolan is a college basketball coach who wants a big promotion. To get it, he needs to make a dramatic find...
Airplane! VHS Comedy An airplane crew takes ill. Surely the only person capable of landing the plane is an ex-pilot afraid to fly. But don't call him Shirley.
Airport '77 VHS Drama A luxury 747 carrying valuable art work is hijacked and lands in the ocean, submerged in shallow water...
Aladdin VHS Animation; Disney; Family Aladdin, a street urchin, accidentally meets Princess Jasmine, who is in the city undercover. They love each other, but she can only marry a prince.
Alice in Wonderland VHS Family; Animation; Disney Alice stumbles into the world of Wonderland. Will she get home? Not if the Queen of Hearts has here way.
Alien Nation VHS Sci-Fi A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers...
All of Me VHS Comedy A dying millionnaire has her soul transferred into a younger, willing woman. But something goes wrong, and she finds herself in her lawyer's body - together with the lawyer.
All That Jazz VHS Drama Director/choreographer Bob Fosse tells his own life story as he details the sordid life of Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider), a womanizing, drug-using dancer.
Amadeus VHS Drama The incredible story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, told in flashback mode by Antonio Salieri - now confined to an insane asylum.
American Graffiti VHS Drama The misadventures of four Californian high school graduates one late summer night in 1962.
America's Castles - Movie Palaces VHS Documentary
Anarchy TV VHS Comedy An outraged reverend (Alan Thicke) buys a public access station that specializes in what he considers...
Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy DVD Comedy Ron Burgundy is San Diego's top rated newsman in the male dominated broadcasting of the 1970's, but that's all about to change when a new female employee with ambition to burn arrives in his office.
And God Created Woman VHS Drama <i>...and on the Seventh Day, He got creative.</i><br><br> She's sexy. She's seductive. She's Robin Shay (De Mornay), a beautiful free spirit whose spontaneous style always get her into trouble - and now she's escaping from a New Mexico prison! But freedom is fleeting as Robin escapes right into the lap of politician James Tiernan (Langella), who reluctantly puts her back in jail. She talks carpenter Billy Moran into a hasty marriage, effecting her immediate parole. However, Robin soon learns that freedom has its price - a "husband" and his family - and all she wants is to play rock 'n' roll. With a smitten politician in one hand, and a passionate husband in the other Robin creates her own rules - then breaks them!
Animal House VHS Comedy; Theme - College At a 1962 College, Dean Vernon Wormer is determined to expel the Delta House Fraternity, but those roughhousers have other plans for him.
Animalympics - Summer Olympics VHS Animation; Family; Theme - Sports The animal kingdom stages its own olympic games.
Antz VHS Animation; Family A rather neurotic ant tries to break from his totalitarian society while trying to win the affection of the princess he loves.
The Apple Dumpling Gang VHS Family; Western; Disney Three orphan children strike gold in 1878 California.
Armed and Dangerous VHS Comedy A fired cop and useless lawyer sign up as security guards and find they've joined a corrupt union.
Aspen Extreme VHS Drama; Theme - Snow-Winter T.J. and his friend Dexter quit their jobs in Detroit to become ski-instructors in Aspen. While T.J...
Atlantis: The Lost Empire DVD Disney A young adventurer named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery VHS Comedy A 1960's hipster secret agent is brought out of cryofreeze to oppose his greatest enemy into the 1990's where his social attitudes are glaringly out of place.
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me DVD Comedy Dr. Evil is back...and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 60's and steal Austin Powers's mojo, inadvertently leaving him "shagless".
Babar: The Movie VHS Animation; Family Follow the adventures of every child's favorite elephant!
Baby Einstein: Baby MacDonald DVD Family The beauty of this entry in the Baby Einstein catalog is its integration of puppets, toys, and live farm footage to help babies and toddlers make the connection between their plastic play sets and stuffed animals with images of a real farm. As always, the spoken language is minimal, omitting the pesky verbs and adjectives that would confuse the very young. The 30-minute main program is divided into sections: barns and equipment, animals, planting crops, and harvesting. Background music ranges from "Old MacDonald" to Schumann, and DVD extras include a 6-minute puppet show and visual "discovery cards" identifying animals and farm paraphernalia with a single word. (Ages 6 months to 3 years) <I>--Kimberly Heinrichs</I>
Bachelor Party VHS Comedy A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.
Back to the Beach VHS Comedy; Theme - Beach Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter...
Back to the Future VHS Sci-Fi Eccentric Doc Brown invents time travel; young Marty McFly goes back in time, stops his parents from meeting; they must, or he won't be born.
Back to the Future DVD Sci-Fi Eccentric Doc Brown invents time travel; young Marty McFly goes back in time, stops his parents from meeting; they must, or he won't be born.
Back to the Future Part II VHS Sci-Fi After visiting 2015, Marty must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985... without interfering with his first trip.
Back to the Future Part II DVD Sci-Fi Things have barely settled from the excitement and resolve of the original Back to the Future, when in pops that crazy inventor Dr. Emmett Brown ( Christopher Lloyd ) with news that in order to prevent a series of events that could ruin the McFly name for posterity, Marty McFly ( Michael J. Fox ) and his girlfriend are whisked into the future to the year 2015 where McFly must tangle with a teen rogue named Griff, who's obviously the descendant of Biff, the first Future film's bully. Marty foils Griff and his group when he jumps on an air-foil skateboard that flies him through town at rakish speeds with the loser bullies beaten again. McFly gets a money-making brainstorm before hopping in the time-traveling DeLorean and he purchases a sports almanac. He figures that back in 1985 he'll be able to place sure-fire bets using the published sports scores of the games that are yet to happen. Unfortunately for Marty, Dr. Brown disapproves of his betting scheme &mdash;(he feels too much messing with time is very dangerous &mdash; and he tosses the almanac. A hidden Biff overhears the discussion about the almanac, sees it get tossed out, and grabs it. Thus begins a time traveling swirl to make the head spin. Biff swipes the DeLorean, heads back to 1955, and with the help of the unerring almanac, bets his way to power. The now-altered "Biff world" has turned into a nightmarish scene with Biff the mogul, residing in a Vegas-styled pleasure palace and running everything. It's all our hero McFly can do to pull the pieces together this time, as he must jump between three generations of intertwined time travel. The end of Back to the Future, Part 2 introduces its sequel as the zany Professor has already time-dashed away to the Wild West of the late 1800s and invites Marty into a new adventure. &mdash; All Movie Guide
Back to the Future Part III VHS Sci-Fi Marty travels to 1885 to keep Doc Brown from being murdered.
Back to the Future Part III DVD Sci-Fi The final installment in the Back to the Future trilogy picks up where the second film left off, but it casts off the dizzying time travel of the first two films for mostly routine comedy set in the Old West. Marty McFly ( Michael J. Fox ) receives a seventy-year-old letter from his inventor friend, Doc Brown ( Christopher Lloyd ), who tells Marty that he has retreated a century in time to live out a relatively quiet life in the Old West. Doc Brown reveals that he hid his DeLorean car/time machine in an abandoned mine outside town, and when Marty does some research and discovers that the Doc died shortly after writing the letter, he decides to find the car, travel back in time, and warn the Doc about his demise. Meanwhile, the Doc, who has fallen in love with a local woman ( Mary Steenburgen ), realizes he can't hide in the past from the problems he has caused to the timeflow in the previous two adventures. He reluctantly decides to return to the present with Marty, but first, they have to find a way to get the DeLorean up to time-travel velocity with a broken fuel line and no gasoline. &mdash; Don Kaye
Bad Medicine VHS Comedy Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school...
The Bad News Bears DVD Comedy; Theme - Sports An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.
The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training DVD Comedy; Theme - Sports The Bears make a cross country trek to Houston for an exhibition game.
Bad Santa DVD Comedy; Holiday A miserable conman and his pint size partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper, only to rob department stores on Christmas Eve but run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid.
The Baltimore Bullet VHS Comedy James Coburn is "The Baltimore Bullet", a legendary pool player who's seen better days. Coburn "adopts" aspiring pool champ Bruce Boxleitner , teaching him practically everything he knows. As we know it must, the plot requires Coburn and Boxleitner to face each other in the climactic winner-take-all match. As much fun as Baltimore Bullet is, the film can't help but be dwarfed by the 1986 Hustler sequel The Color of Money . Ronee Blakely proves an appealing heroine, while several real-life pool greats ( Willie Mosconi , Irving Crane , Steve Mizerak etc.) show up in cameo roles. &mdash; Hal Erickson
BASEketball DVD Comedy Two childhood friends are pro athletes of a national sport called BASEketball, a hybrid of baseball and basketball, and must deal with a greedy businessman scheming against their team.
BASEketball VHS Comedy Two childhood friends are pro athletes of a national sport called BASEketball, a hybrid of baseball and basketball, and must deal with a greedy businessman scheming against their team.
Bean VHS Comedy Bean works as a caretaker at Britain's formidable Royal National Gallery, and his bosses want to fire him because he sleeps at work all the time...
Bedknobs and Broomsticks VHS Family; Disney An apprentice witch, 3 kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defence of Britain.
Beer VHS Comedy An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho...
Being John Malkovich DVD Drama A puppeteer discovers a portal that leads literally into the head of the movie star, John Malkovich.
Best in Show DVD Comedy A colorful array of characters competes at a national dog show.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas VHS Comedy This is an energetic, but ultimately mediocre adaptation of the play, directed on Broadway by Tommy Tune. Burt Reynolds is the town sheriff and a regular patron of a local bordello. He wages a public battle to keep it open after it is targeted as the devil's den by a television minister. Charles Durning was nominated for a Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and there are some lively song and dance numbers featuring Dolly Parton as the madame of the Chicken Ranch. However, this becomes bogged down in too many serious moments for it to be more than a lightweight musical comedy. <I>--Rochelle O'Gorman</I>
Better Off Dead... VHS Comedy; Theme - Snow-Winter A teenager has to deal with his girlfriend dumping him among family crises, homicidal paper boys, and a rival skier.
Better Off Dead... DVD Comedy A teenager has to deal with his girlfriend dumping him among family crises, homicidal paper boys, and a rival skier.
Beverly Hills Cop DVD Comedy A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.
Beverly Hills Cop II VHS Comedy Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills to solve more crimes.
Beyond the Sea DVD Musical A swooning study of "Mack the Knife" singer Bobby Darin (Spacey) specifically, and his relationship with his wife Sandra Dee (Bosworth).
Big VHS Drama More than anything else, 13-year old New Jerseyite Josh ( David Moscow ) wants to be "big". That's the wish he makes at an odd-looking amusement pier fortunetelling machine. The next morning, Josh wakes up-only to discover that he's grown to manhood overnight! (At this point, the part is taken over by Tom Hanks ). Still a 13-year-old mentally and emotionally, Josh decides to hide out in New York City until he can figure out what to do next. He lucks into a job with a major toy company run by kid-at-heart McMillan ( Robert Loggia ). By cannily bringing a child's eye view to McMillan's business, Josh rises to the top-and in process, he falls in love with fellow employee Susan ( Elizabeth Perkins ). But he's still a kid, and he'd like to go back to his own world and own body. Written by Gary Ross and Anne Spielberg , Big proved a crucial success for budding director Penny Marshall , who'd work harmoniously with Hanks again on the radically different A League of Their Own . The cinematography was by Barry Sonenfeld , who went on to become a director himself with The Addams Family . That Big was heavily reliant upon the input of Tom Hanks and Penny Marshall was proven by the failed attempt to turn the property into a Broadway musical. &mdash; Hal Erickson
The Big Blind DVD Drama
Big Bully VHS Comedy David Leary was bullied by Rosco when he was in elementary school. But he got even on the day his parents moved out of town...
The Big Easy DVD Mystery Set in New Orleans. Remy McSwain, lieutenant in Homicide finds that he has two problems, the first of a series of gang killings and Ann Osborne...
The Big Picture VHS Drama Nick Chapman graduates from film school, and his short film wins a special prize. This gives him a high...
Big Trouble VHS Comedy The last film directed by John Cassavetes, <I>Big Trouble</I> reteamed some of the creators of the much funnier <I>The In-Laws</I>. But despite another script by Andrew Bergman, and a cast that reunited Alan Arkin and Peter Falk, this comedy doesn't live up to its predecessor. A spoof of <I>Double Indemnity</I>, the film casts Arkin as a nervous insurance agent faced with huge college tuition bills for a trio of sons headed for Yale. To make extra money, he gets involved in a scheme with a woman (Beverly D'Angelo) trying to kill her husband (Falk). That the whole thing turns out to be an adventure in insurance fraud shouldn't come as a surprise. Despite an inconsistent script, the chemistry between Arkin and Falk can still produce the occasional laugh. <I>--Marshall Fine</I>
Big Trouble in Little China VHS Action An All-American trucker gets dragged into a centuries-old mystical battle in Chinatown.
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure VHS Comedy Keanu Reeves (<I>The Matrix</I>) and Alex Winter (<I>The Lost Boys</I>) deliver "spirited performances" (<I>The Hollywood Reporter</I>) in the original righteous comedy about the two ditzy dudes from San Dimas, California. Also starring George Carlin, this hysterically funny historical comedy is a "snappily directed" (<I>Time</I>), "bouncy good time" (<I>The Boston Globe</I>) and a party that goes on and on!<br><br> Bill (Winter) and Ted (Reeves) have spent so much time forming their rock band, The Wyld Stallyns, that they're flunking history. Whoa, duuuude! And when Ted's dad threatens to send him away to military school, Bill and Ted realize it could mean the most heinous end of The Stallyns! Luckily, a guardian angel from the future, Rufus (Carlin), has come to them with a most bodacious solution: a time-traversing phone booth to take them into the past to learn about the world from some of history's most influential personalities. Their journey through time turns out to be a blast…but will they learn enough to pass their class?
Biloxi Blues VHS Drama A group of young recruits go through boot camp during the Second World War in Biloxi Mississippi. From the play by Neil Simon.
The Birdcage VHS Comedy A gay cabaret owner and his transvestite companion agree to put up a false straight front so that their son can introduce them to his fiance's right-wing moralistic parents.
Black Caesar VHS Action; Theme - Urban Tommy Gibbs is a tough kid, raised in the ghetto, who aspires to be a kingpin criminal. As a young boy...
Black Sheep VHS Comedy A gubernatorial candidate tries to make sure his well-meaning but incompetent brother doesn't ruin the election.
Blackbeard's Ghost DVD Disney In this comedy, Peter Ustinov is the famous pirate's ghost that returns to our time. Blackbeard has...
The Blair Witch Project VHS Horror In October of 1994, three student film makers disappeared in the woods near Burkittesville, Maryland. One year later, their footage was found.
Blazing Saddles DVD Comedy; Western To ruin a western town, a corrupt political boss appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
Blue in the Face VHS Drama; Theme - Urban Wayne Wang's follow-up movie to Smoke presents a series of improvisational situations strung together...
The Blues Brothers DVD Drama Jake Blues, just out from prison, puts together his old band to save the Catholic home where he and brother Elwood were raised.
The Boatniks VHS Family; Disney The inept Ensign Garland ( Robert Morse ) battles a trio of jewel thieves in this Walt Disney comedy. Garland starts by spilling paint on the lovely Kate Fairchild ( Stephanie Powers ). Harry ( Phil Silvers ), Max ( Norman Fell ) and Charlie ( Mickey Shaughnessy ) try to recover the jewels accidentally dumped by Garland into a picnic basket. Garland's superior is Commander Taylor ( Don Ameche ), who hounds the harried ensign for being a constant bumbler. Jason Bennett ( Wally Cox ) is the playboy who has replaced his yacht engine with a wine cellar. Character actors Joe E. Ross and Al Lewis witness the sight gags and react to the seafaring shenanigans. &mdash; Dan Pavlides
Bob Roberts VHS Drama A corrupt rightwing folksinger runs a crooked election campaign while only one independent muck-raking reporter is trying to stop him.
Boogie Nights DVD Drama The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the 1970s and 1980s.
Boomerang VHS Comedy Eddie Murphy makes a graceless debut as a romantic lead in this comedy from Reginald Hudlin. Murphy stars as a ladies man for whom the tables turn when he suddenly finds himself taken for granted by a lover (Robin Givens). Meanwhile, the platonic friend (Halle Berry) whom Murphy regularly visits is obviously--to the viewer, anyway--the woman he's supposed to be with. The absurdly long film is filled out with some fairly crude humor, such as the sight of Geoffrey Holder taking a whiff of Grace Jones's underwear. Yet Hudlin and Murphy also strain for a veneer of elegance and sophistication. Wanting to play it both ways, they end up with nothing. But there are several good sequences where Murphy is quite funny just being Murphy, such as his explanation to Berry of how you can tell which characters in an old episode of <I>Star Trek</I> are destined to die. <I>--Tom Keogh</I>
Bowfinger VHS Comedy When a desperate movie producer fails to get a major star for his bargain basement film, he decides to shoot the film secretly around him.
Breakfast at Tiffany's VHS Drama Based on Truman Capote's novel, this is the story of a young, jet- setting woman in New York City who...
The Breakfast Club DVD Drama Forced to spend a Saturday detention in school, five disparate high school kids find that they have more in common than they ever realized.
Breakin' VHS Drama <i>Push it to pop it! Rock it to lock it! Break it to make it!</i><br><br> Three aspiring dancers take their best shot - and pop and lock - at the big time in the invigorating breakdancing phenomenon that inspired a sequel (<I>Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo</I>) and features a cameo by Ice-T!<br><br> Lucinda Dickey, Adolpho "Shabba-Doo" Quinones and Michael "Boogaloo Shrimp" Chambers pump up the jam as a struggling trio of dancers - jazz for her, break for them - taking on a rival street gang in a professional dance competition. Packed with fast-paced moves and furious jives and featuring smash hits "Breakin'... There's No Stoppin' Us" and "Freakshow on the Dance Floor," this heart-in-your-throat dance movie is a nonstop floor show of "excitingly staged... solid fun" (San Francisco Chronicle)
Brewster's Millions VHS Comedy; Theme - Urban A minor league baseball player has to waste $30m in 30 days in order to inherit $300m; however he's not allowed to tell anyone about the $300m deal.
Brewster's Millions DVD Comedy; Theme - Urban A minor league baseball player has to waste $30m in 30 days in order to inherit $300m; however he's not allowed to tell anyone about the $300m deal.
Bright Lights, Big City VHS Drama; Theme - Urban A young kid from Kansas moves to New York to work on a magazine. He gets caught up in the world of drink and drugs...
The Brothers Grimm DVD Adventure Will and Jake Grimm are travelling con-artists who encounter a genuine fairy-tale curse which requires genuine courage instead of their usual bogus exorcisms.
Bubba Ho-Tep DVD Drama Don Coscarelli directs and Bruce Campbell stars as the King of Camp in this intentionally over-the-top schlockfest. <I>Bubba Ho-Tep</I> is partially about Elvis Presley and partially about the title character, an Egyptian cowboy zombie, but mostly it is about camp. The movie is equal parts story and back story. We learn through narration and flashback how Elvis didn't really die, ending up instead in a rest home in East Texas with JFK (played by Ossie Davis), who was dyed black and had his brain removed, presumably for reasons of national security. Campbell and Davis realize that something strange is going on when their rest-home compatriots start dropping off suspiciously. The whole movie leads up to a final showdown to the death with the Egyptian cowboy zombie who has been sucking the souls of their fellow residents because he thought no one would notice. The movie unfolds a bit slowly; it is, after all, a geriatrics-fight-Egyptian-cowboy-zombie movie. However, one wishes this self-conscious movie's pacing took its cue from the atypically fast-moving zombie instead of from the senior-citizen Elvis and JFK. In the end, though, Campbell is flawless as the aged King; his accent, intonations, glasses, and trademark karate are at the same time sincere and over the top. <I>--Brian Saltzman</I>
Buckaroo Banzai, Adventures of - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension VHS Sci-Fi <I>The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai: Across the 8th Dimension</I> is one of the most agreeably insane movies ever made. Peter Weller stars as Buckaroo, an acclaimed neurosurgeon, particle physicist, and, of course, rock star. He travels with the Hong Kong Cavaliers, a band of hard-rocking scientists who are also really good dressers. Buckaroo's interdimensional experiments with his Operation Overthruster throw him (and the Earth) straight into the middle of an alien war, and before you know it, he's got just a few hours to save the world. Confused? Hang on, we're only 10 minutes into the movie. <I>Buckaroo Banzai</I> hurls you right into the middle of its comic-book universe and keeps going at a breakneck pace. It's chock-full of overlapping jokes (even as we're trying to make sense of Dr. Lizardo's hospital room, a voice calmly announces that "lithium is no longer available on credit" over the PA system), hilarious throwaway dialogue ("You're like Jerry Lewis: you give me hope to carry on."), and weirdness just for the sheer joy of it ("Why is there a watermelon there?" "I'll tell you later."). You'll want to watch it at least twice--there's just no way to catch everything the first time around. Ellen Barkin has a terrific time doing a dead-on film noir moll parody as Penny Priddy, and John Lithgow turns in a brilliant manic performance as Dr. Lizardo/John Whorfin. There is no reason not to own this movie unless you are cold and dead inside. Laugh while you can, Monkey Boys. <I>--Ali Davis</I>
The Buddy Holly Story VHS Drama A film about the life and career of the early rock and roll star.
Buford's Beach Bunnies VHS Comedy; Theme - Beach Fast-food mogul Harry Buford serves up the best barbecued bunny sandwiches, and the hottest waitresses...
Bug's Life, A (Collector's Edition) - 2 Disc Collector's Edition DVD Animation; Disney; Family There was such a magic on the screen in 1995 when the people at Pixar came up with the first fully computer-animated film, Toy Story. Their second feature film, A Bug's Life, may miss the bull's-eye but Pixar's target is so lofty, it's hard to find the film anything less than irresistible. Brighter and more colorful than the other animated insect movie of 1998 (Antz), A Bug's Life is the sweetly told story of Flik (voiced by David Foley), an ant searching for better ways to be a bug. His colony unfortunately revolves around feeding and fearing the local grasshoppers (lead by Hopper, voiced with gleeful menace by Kevin Spacey). When Flik accidentally destroys the seasonal food supply for the grasshoppers he decides to look for help ("We need bigger bugs!"). The ants, led by Princess Atta (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), are eager to dispose of the troublesome Flik. Yet he finds help--a hearty bunch of bug warriors--and brings them back to the colony. Unfortunately they are just traveling performers afraid of conflict. As with Toy Story, the ensemble of creatures and voices is remarkable and often inspired. Highlights include wiseacre comedian Denis Leary as an un-ladylike ladybug, Joe Ranft as the German-accented caterpillar, David Hyde Pierce as a stick bug, and Michael McShane as a pair of unintelligible pillbugs. The scene-stealer is Atta's squeaky-voiced sister, baby Dot (Hayden Panettiere), who has a big sweet spot for Flik. More gentle and kid-friendly than Antz, A Bug Life's still has some good suspense and a wonderful demise of the villain. However, the film--a giant worldwide hit--will be remembered for its most creative touch: "outtakes" over the end credits à la many live-action comedy films. These dozen or so scenes (both "editions" of outtakes are contained here) are brilliant and deserve a special place in film history right along with 1998's other most talked-about sequence: the opening Normandy invasion in Saving Private Ryan. The video also contains Pixar's delightful Oscar-winning short, Geri's Game. Box art varies. --Doug Thomas
Bugsy Malone VHS Comedy; Family A gangster movie where all the gangsters are children. Instead of real bullets they use "splurge guns" that cover the victim in cream...
Bullseye! VHS Comedy Moore and Caine play dual rolls in this off-beat and highly silly caper - a pair of small time con-men and a partnership of nuclear physicists...
The 'burbs VHS Comedy An overstressed suburbanite and his paramilitaric neighbor struggle to prove their paranoid theory that the new family in town is a front for a cannibalistic cult.
Bye Bye Birdie DVD Musical; Family A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his "farewell" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted.
Cabin Boy VHS Comedy A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat, and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
The Cable Guy VHS Drama One man wants free cable while his strangely possesive cable guy wants a new friend.
Caddyshack VHS Comedy; Theme - Sports An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member.
Caddyshack DVD Comedy; Theme - Sports An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member.
Caddyshack II VHS Comedy; Theme - Sports When a crass new-money tycoon's membership application is turned down at a snooty country club, he retaliates...
Cadillac Man VHS Comedy; Theme - Urban Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would...
Cadillac Man DVD Comedy; Theme - Urban Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would...
California Split DVD Comedy; Drama A down on his luck gambler (George Seagal) links up with free spirit Elliot Gould at first to have some fun on...
Canadian Bacon VHS Comedy The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.
Candleshoe VHS Family; Disney Small time crook, Harry Bundage discovers that the old manor where Lady St. Edmund resides, with a number...
Cannibal! The Musical VHS Musical The sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition tells how his taste for gold was replaced by that of human flesh.
Cannibal! The Musical DVD Musical The sole survivor of an ill-fated mining expedition tells how his taste for gold was replaced by that of human flesh.
Cannonball Run DVD Comedy; Theme - Driving A wide variety of eccentric competitors participate in a wild and illegal cross-country car race.
Cannonball Run II DVD Comedy; Theme - Driving The original characters from the first Cannonball movie race across the country once more in various cars and trucks.
Captain Ron VHS Comedy; Theme - Beach A family in Chicago inherits the yacht formerly owned by Clark Gable. They decide to sail it from the island of Ste...
Captain Ron DVD Comedy; Theme - Beach A family in Chicago inherits the yacht formerly owned by Clark Gable. They decide to sail it from the island of Ste...
Car and Driver - Cars of the Future VHS Documentary Car and Driver magazine provides auto enthusiasts with a glimpse into the future of automobiles. Among the featured cars are the Ford Ghia Zig & Zag and the Air-X. Also included are the Nissan Gobi and the Chrysler 300. Another segment is devoted to footage of a car that can fly. Each profiled vehicle is evaluated in terms of its likely speed, maneuverability, production costs, and marketability. &mdash; Elizabeth Smith
Car Wash VHS Comedy Car Wash is about a close-knit group of black employees who one day have all manner of strange visitors coming onto their forecourt...
Carbon Copy VHS Drama A white corporate executive is supprised to discover that he has a black teen-age son who can't wait to be adopted into the...
Career Opportunities VHS Comedy Josie, the daughter of the town's wealthiest businessman, faces problems at home and wishes to leave home...
Carnivàle - The Complete First Season DVD Drama 1934, America. The Dustbowl. A fugitive named Ben Hawkins finds refuge within a traveling carnival comprised...
Casablanca VHS Drama Rick Blaine, a callous nightclub owner in a wartime waystation, has his world turned upside down when his lost love, Ilsa, returns.
Casino DVD Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.
Casino VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas Greed, deception, money, power, and murder occur between two mobster best friends and a trophy wife over a gambling empire.
The Cat from Outer Space VHS Family; Disney A UFO is stranded on earth and impounded by the US government. Its pilot, a cat with a collar that has special powers...
The Cat in the Hat DVD Animation Two children left home alone for a short while one afternoon are visited by a very interesting yet troublesome cat wearing a tall striped hat...
Cat's Eye VHS Horror A stray cat is the linking element of three tales of suspense and horror.
Celebrity VHS Comedy The fortunes of a husband and wife differ drastically after they divorce.
Celtic Pride VHS Comedy; Theme - Sports Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.
Chairman of the Board VHS Comedy; Theme - Office A surfer becomes the head of a major company.
Chaplin VHS Drama A film about the troubled and controversial life of the master comedy filmmaker.
A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving VHS Animation; Family; Holiday Charlie Brown invites the gang over for a Thanksgiving feast that is catered by Snoopy.
Chasing Amy VHS Drama Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything's going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.
Cheech & Chong: Still Smokin DVD Comedy Cheech & Chong are invited to a celebrity party/festival in Amsterdam. When they get there, however...
Cheech & Chong: Up in Smoke DVD Comedy Two stoners unknowingly smuggle a van - made entirely of marijuana - from Mexico to L.A., with incompetent Sgt. Stedenko on their trail.
Cheech & Chong's Next Movie DVD Comedy The two stoners and their friends go through another series of crazy, drug-influenced misadventures.
Cheech & Chong's Nice Dreams DVD Comedy Disguised as ice cream vendors, Cheech and Chong make--and subsequently lose--millions of dollars selling a batch of marijuana with an unusual side effect.
Chicken Run DVD Animation; Family Chicken Run is a comedy escape drama with a touch of passion set on a sinister Yorks chicken farm in 1950's England
Chinatown DVD Drama A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street VHS Family; Holiday This Emmy Award-winning musical from 1978 explores an age-old Christmas conundrum: how does a big guy like Santa Claus squeeze down all those narrow chimneys? When Big Bird and his <I>Sesame Street</I> friends set out to find the answer one Christmas Eve, they explore a variety of amusing theories and learn a lot about the meaning of Christmas in the process. You won't want to miss seeing all your favorite <I>Sesame Street</I> characters as they take to the ice at a nearby skating rink. Perhaps the most enjoyable feature of all is the wealth of wonderful music--everything from traditional Christmas songs to the now famous "Keep Christmas with You" by Joe Raposo. Several numbers are signed in American Sign Language and there's even a brief mention of Hanukkah. This 60-minute, classic <I>Sesame Street</I> special, which teaches kids from 2 to 10 to value giving more than receiving and stresses the importance of love and togetherness, is also thoroughly entertaining. <I>--Tami Horiuchi</I>
Christmas Favorites (Rudolph, Frosty, Grinch) DVD Holiday Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty The Snowman, and How The Grinch Stole Christmas
Christmas in South Park DVD Animation; Holiday Howdy Ho! Mr. Hankey, everybody's favorite piece of poo, is here to show us his line up of holly jolly Christmas songs...
A Christmas Story DVD Comedy; Holiday Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940's.
A Christmas Story VHS Comedy; Holiday Ralphie has to convince his parents, teachers, and Santa that a Red Ryder BB gun really is the perfect gift for the 1940's.
Christmas Vacation DVD Comedy; Holiday The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.
Christmas Vacation VHS Comedy; Holiday The Griswold family's plans for a big family Christmas predictably turn into a big disaster.
City Lights VHS Comedy The Tramp struggles to help a blind flower girl he has fallen in love with.
City Slickers VHS Comedy A mid-life crisis plagued man and his friends find renewal and purpose on a cattle driving vacation.
A Civil Action VHS Drama The families of children who died sue two companies for dumping toxic waste: a tort so expensive to prove, the case could bankrupt their lawyer.
Clerks DVD Comedy A day in the life of two nowhere-bound convenience and video store clerks (Dante and Randal), and the two eccentric drug dealers (Jay and Silent Bob) who constantly hang out outside the stores.
Cloak & Dagger VHS Family 11-year-old Davey, whose mother is dead and whose father is preoccupied with his own problems, has retreated...
A Clockwork Orange DVD Drama The adventures of a young man who loved a bit of the old ultra-violence, went to jail, was brainwashed and came out cured, or was he?
Club Dread DVD Comedy; Theme - Beach When a serial killer interrupts the fun at the swanky Coconut Pete's Coconut Beach Resort -- a hedonistic island paradise for swingers --- it's up to the club's staff to stop the violence ... or at least hide it!
Clue VHS Comedy Six guests are invited to a strange house and must cooperate with the staff to solve a murder mystery.
Clue DVD Comedy Six guests are invited to a strange house and must cooperate with the staff to solve a murder mystery.
Columbo - The Complete First Season DVD TV detective fans rejoice: Peter Falk's rumpled and infallible Lt. Columbo joins the DVD precinct with a five-disc set that features the detective's first nine appearances for NBC. Though Falk as Columbo (no first name) made his TV debut in 1967, the detective had actually first appeared on an episode of the 1960-61 <I>Chevy Mystery Show</I> (Bert Freed played the role) written by veteran TV scribes Richard Levinson and William Link (<I>The Fugitive</I>, <I>Alfred Hitchcock Presents</I>). The pair turned the episode into a stage play titled <I>Prescription: Murder</I>, which was adapted into a TV movie in 1967 with Falk in the lead. NBC greenlit a two-hour Columbo pilot (<I>Ransom for a Dead Man</I>) in 1971, and the series was launched that fall as part of the <I>NBC Sunday Mystery Movie</I>, a rotating 90-minute program that alternated <I>Columbo</I> with episodes of <I>MacMillan and Wife</I> and <I>McCloud</I> (another Levinson/Link creation). Viewers were quickly won over by Falk's shrewd performance as he matched wits with a host of exceptional guest stars (including Gene Barry, Patrick McGoohan, and others), all of whom assumed that the disheveled detective would never figure out their "perfect crimes"; the popularity and quality of the original series allows Falk to continue to don the trenchcoat some 30 years later for occasional <I>Columbo</I> TV movies. <p> All seven 90-minute episodes of the 1971-72 debut season are included here, along with <I>Prescription: Murder</I> and <I>Ransom for a Dead Man</I>; unfortunately, as the lieutenant himself would say, "Oh, just one more thing"--no extras are included in the set, but having these fine TV mysteries in one set should be reward enough for armchair sleuths. <I>--Paul Gaita</I>
Columbo - The Complete Second Season DVD Armchair sleuths, get out your trenchcoats: Universal has released the sophomore season (1972-73) of the classic detective series <I>Columbo</I>, starring Peter Falk as the sage but rumpled police lieutenant. As with the first season, there's plenty of star power in front of and behind the camera to abet Falk in these eight 90- and 120-minute episodes: John Cassavetes stars in the season premiere, <I>Etude in Black</I>, as a philandering symphony conductor, with Blythe Danner and Hollywood legend Myrna Loy in support; Oscar winner Ray Milland is a scheming orchid grower in "The Greenhouse Jungle," co-starring Bradford Dillman and William Smith; Robert Culp and Dean Stockwell are a football team manager and owner, respectively, whose disagreements blossom into murder in "The Most Crucial Game"; and Jeanette Nolan offers stellar comic relief in "Double Shock," which features Martin Landau as identical twins--one of whom has murdered their uncle. Performances by Richard Basehart, Laurence Harvey, Leonard Nimoy, Anne Francis, Anne Baxter, and Mel Ferrer also highlight the season; direction by small-screen stalwarts like Boris Sagal, Jeremy Paul Kagan, and Nicholas Colasanto ("Coach" on <I>Cheers</I>) and scripts by Stephen Bochco also bring quality and style to the proceedings. Sadly, no extras are available in this five-disc set, but the stellar image and sound quality (and lack of commercials) should appeal to series fans and newcomers alike. <I>--Paul Gaita</I>
Coming to America VHS Comedy An African prince goes to Queens, New York City to find a wife whom he can respect for her intelligence and will.
Con Air VHS Action A newly released ex con and former US Ranger finds himself trapped in a prisoner transport plane when the other prisoners sieze control.
Condorman VHS Family; Disney Cartoonist Woody becomes the superhero he draws. Using his gadgets he helps a Soviet spy defect to the West.
Cool Runnings VHS Family; Disney Based on the true story of the First Jamacian bobsled team trying to make it to the winter olympics.
Corvette Summer VHS Drama Ken (Mark Hamill) is a high school student who dreams of driving Corvettes. His passion leads him to a perfect job as a Corvette mechanic...
The Couch Trip VHS Comedy; Theme - Urban The escaped delinquent John Burn deputizes for dr. Maitlin, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird...
Crime Story, Part 01 VHS Theme - Gambling-Vegas; Drama The saga of a Chicago police detective's efforts to stop a young hood's ruthless rise in the ranks of organized crime.
Crime Story, Part 02 VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas
Crime Story, Part 03 VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas
Crime Story, Part 04 VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas
Crime Story, Part 05 VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas
Crime Story, Part 06 VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas
Crime Story, Part 07 VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas
Crime Story, Part 08 VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas
Crime Story, Part 09 VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas
Crime Story, Part 10 VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas
Critical Condition VHS Comedy A man framed in a jewel smuggling tries for an insanity plea and is sent to a hospital for review where he is confused for another doctor and takes over the hospital when a major storm hits.
Crocodile Dundee VHS Comedy An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.
Curb Your Enthusiasm - The Complete Second Season DVD Comedy It's more of the same for Larry David's sitcom from HBO, and for fans, that's a good thing. The show--largely extemporized--follows suit of David's former series, <I>Seinfeld</I>: it's a show about nothing, just the everyday life of the star going about his pseudo-real world. But David's show has far more edge (thanks, in part, to airing on cable TV) with all the bad luck, embarrassing situations, and dreadful behavior as its premiere season. The closest thing to an arc is David's season-long pitch to the networks for a new show starring former <I>Seinfeld</I> stars Jason Alexander and Julia-Louis Dreyfus. Each network is lampooned, especially HBO, which David has a bad history with in this alternate world. Sure to repel those with soft funny bones, <I>Curb's</I> acerbic comedy allows jokes where David is accidentally framed--if ever so briefly--as a child molester, wife abuser, or murderer. But for those who do love his shtick, there are big laughs, especially when we bump into characters as unbridled as David, like a fellow writer who is quite protective of his dad's invention, the Cobb salad. <p> Many comic actors pop up, some as "themselves" (Richard Lewis, Rob Reiner) and others as characters (Rita Wilson, Ed Asner) along with the delights of co-stars Cheryl Hines as David's wife and his affable manger, Jeff Garlin. There are several touchstone bits: what a thong brief can do to a relationship, a run-in with pro wrestler, Larry's first baptism, and one very collectible doll. To pick one episode to capture this second season--and its grandstanding nature--it would be "Shaq," in which the NBA star is accidentally tripped, changing David's usual bad luck with gut-busting results. <I>--Doug Thomas</I>
Darby O'Gill and the Little People VHS Family; Disney Purportedly one of Walt Disney's most personal pet projects, <i>Darby O'Gill</i> shows the effort and care put into it. Even now the special effects hold up shockingly well. Darby O'Gill is an estate caretaker, but in his advanced years he's more fond of telling tall tales in the local pub about the wee folk than keeping the grounds. A new man (a very youthful Sean Connery) is sent in to take his place, and O'Gill doesn't know what will become of himself and his daughter. He snags three spectacular opportunities, however, when he catches the king of the leprechauns. This film is whimsical without being silly, supernatural without being outlandish, and all and all a treat for the whole family. <i>--Keith Simanton</i>
The Dark Crystal DVD Animation Another planet, another time. 1000 years ago the Dark Crystal was damaged by one of the Urskeks and an age of chaos began...
Dave VHS Comedy; Theme - Politics A lookalike is hired to impersonate the president who has suffered a stroke rendering him a vegetable while having sex with a co-worker.
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier VHS Family; Western; Disney Cashing in on the surprise success of his 1954 Davy Crockett TV miniseries (first presented on the weekly anthology Disneyland ), Walt Disney assembled the three hour-long "Crockett" episodes into a 93 minute theatrical feature. While the re-editing process has created a few noticeable continuity gaps, the results are by and large satisfying: certainly audiences in 1955 were satisfied, if box office returns are any indication (and, of course, they are). Fess Parker plays Davy Crockett, Tennessee-born frontiersman, while Buddy Ebsen (Disney's original choice for Crockett) co-stars as Davy's sidekick George Russell. The film is divided into three long episodes, each separated by a title card. Part one shows Crockett the Indian fighter (politically correct? Of course not!); part two finds Davy winning a seat in the Nashville legislature, where his heroism is rather cynically exploited by presidential candidate Andrew Jackson ( Basil Ruysdael ); and part three concludes at the Alamo, with a discreet cutaway just before Davy meets his doom at the hands of Mexican general Santa Anna. Also appearing in this jerry-built film are Hans Conried as Thimblerig and Helene Stanley as Davy's wife Polly. And who could forget "The Ballad of Davy Crockett"&mdash;not to mention those neato coonskin caps? Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier was followed in 1956 by a "prequel" (likewise cobbled together from three Disneyland episodes), Davy Crockett and the River Pirates. &mdash; Hal Erickson
Davy Crockett, The Complete Televised Series - Walt Disney Treasures DVD Disney; Western Available uncut for the first time, the five episodes of <I>Davy Crockett</I> that aired on Walt Disney's "Disneyland" show (1954-55) launched one of the great pop culture crazes of the '50s. An estimated $300 million worth of Crockett merchandise was sold during the first eight months of the craze, including 10 million "coonskin" caps. Disney didn't spend a lot on the original episodes, but as host Leonard Maltin observes, the colorful location and matte shots distinguished <I>Davy Crockett</I> from the cheesy-looking westerns of the 1950s. The three original episodes were later recut into the theatrical feature <I>Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier</I> (1955); the more comic adventures from the second season that introduced the flamboyant riverman Mike Fink (Jeffrey Hunter) became <I>Davy Crockett and the River Pirates</I> (1956). Tall and ruggedly handsome, if somewhat limited as an actor, Fess Parker was effective as the laconic frontiersman. The more experienced Buddy Ebsen (playing sidekick Georgie Russel) carried many of their scenes. Fifty years later, <I>Davy Crockett</I> remains an engaging example of national myth making. Younger viewers may be surprised to find this straightforward hero retains much of his appeal in an uncertain time. <I>--Charles Solomon</I>
The Day After VHS Drama A graphic, disturbing film about the effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of central Kansas.
The Day the Earth Stood Still VHS Sci-Fi An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that we must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets.
Dead Pet VHS Drama Jake Thompson ( Kevin Cotteleer ) returns home during a break from Harvard only to learn his parents have spent his remaining tuition money on medical procedures for their insufferable poodle, Miko. That's just the beginning; mishaps are Jake's fate: He can't cut it as a door-to-door cutlery salesman for a cult-like company; he catches his girlfriend ( Gina Doctor ) with two of his best friends; he's arrested for being in a stolen car; the neighborhood is in an uproar over the suspicious death of Miko; and Jake's every step is chronicled by the local newspaper. With animal rights protestors picketing his parents' house, and with two women in a catfight on the lawn for Jake's affections, Jake decides to take action to change his luck. &mdash; Buzz McClain
Dead Solid Perfect VHS Drama Made for Cable TV movie. A second-string pro golfer desprate for his shot at success tours the country...
Deal of the Century VHS Comedy Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest tech weapons to a South American dictator...
Death Race 2000 DVD Sci-Fi A champion of a brutal cross-country car race of the future where pedestrians are run down for points...
Death Race 2000 VHS Sci-Fi A champion of a brutal cross-country car race of the future where pedestrians are run down for points...
Demolition Man VHS Comedy A cop is brought out of suspended animation in prison to pursue an old ultra-violent enemy who is loose in a nonviolent future society.
Desert Blue VHS Comedy An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone...
Desperado VHS Action A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.
Desperate Moves VHS Comedy A naive young man from a small Oregon town travels to the big city--in this case San Francisco--to pursue his dream...
Diamonds Are Forever VHS Action; Bond Agent 007 goes to Las Vegas to investigate the disapperance of diamonds in transit and discovers the involvement of his archenemy, Blofeld.
Die Hard VHS Action New York cop John McClane gives terrorists a dose of their own medicine as they hold hostages in an LA office building.
Die Hard DVD Action New York cop John McClane gives terrorists a dose of their own medicine as they hold hostages in an LA office building.
Die Hard 2 VHS Action John McClane is forced to battle mercenaries who sieze control of an airport's communications and threaten to cause plane crashes if their demands are not met.
Die Hard 3, Making of VHS Documentary
The Dirt Bike Kid VHS Drama When his mother sends Jack off with money to buy groceries, he comes home with a magic supercharged dirt bike instead...
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels VHS Comedy Lawrence and Freddie are con-men; big-time and small time respectively. They unsuccessfully attempt...
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels DVD Comedy Lawrence and Freddie are con-men; big-time and small time respectively. They unsuccessfully attempt...
Disneyland USA - Walt Disney Treasures DVD Disney; Documentary To finance Disneyland he wanted to build, Walt Disney turned to the new medium of television. As host Leonard Maltin notes on this two- disc set of televised specials for the amusement park, Disney used the series to promote it, "and no one seemed to mind." ABC agreed to invest in return for a weekly one-hour program. The "Disneyland" TV show premiered on October 27, 1954: "Disneyland Story" introduced the park and its various lands, which would be the subject of future programs. The opening-day special, "Dateline Disneyland" (July 17, 1955), attracted an estimated audience of 90 million--virtually every television household in America. Hosted by Art Linkletter, Robert Cummings, and Ronald Reagan, the live broadcast includes such unplanned moments as Linkletter searching frantically for a microphone in Fantasyland. The Tenth Anniversary show (January 3, 1965) features cameos of Mary Blair and Marc Davis, two celebrated animation artists. Home movie footage of Walt pacing off distances at the barren site in Anaheim is intercut with peeks at forthcoming attractions. "Disneyland After Dark" (April 15, 1962) offers performances by Annette Funicello, Bobby Burgess, Bobby Rydell, Louis Armstrong, and a prepubescent quartet of Osmond Brothers. A must-have set for Disneyland buffs, Disney collectors, and nostalgic baby boomers. <I>--Charles Solomon</I>
Disorderlies VHS Comedy A conniving nephew ( Anthony Geary ) wishes to get rid of his elderly uncle ( Ralph Bellamy ) to collect a large inheritance, so he hires the three worst orderlies he can find (played by the Fat Boys ). &mdash; John Bush
Disorganized Crime VHS Drama This movie places some top thiefs, looking to steal money from a bank. The All-Star cast has many blunders on the way...
Disorganized Crime DVD Drama This movie places some top thiefs, looking to steal money from a bank. The All-Star cast has many blunders on the way...
The Distinguished Gentleman VHS Comedy; Theme - Politics A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district who he just happens to share a name with...
Doc Hollywood VHS Comedy A young doctor causes a traffic accident in a small town and is sentenced to work for some days at the town hospital.
Doctor Detroit VHS Comedy; Theme - Urban A timid college professor, conned into posing as a flamboyant pimp, finds himself enjoying his new occupation on the streets.
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story DVD Comedy A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.
Dogma (Special Edition) DVD Drama Kevin Smith is a conundrum of a filmmaker: he's a writer with brilliant, clever ideas who can't set up a simple shot to save his life. It was fine back when Smith was making low-budget films like <I>Clerks</I> and <I>Chasing Amy</I>, both of which had an amiable, grungy feel to them, but now that he's a rising director who's attracting top talent and tackling bigger themes, it might behoove him to polish his filmmaking. That's the main problem with <I>Dogma</I>--it's an ambitious, funny, aggressively intelligent film about modern-day religion, but while Smith's writing has matured significantly (anyone who thinks he's not topnotch should take a look at <I>Chasing Amy</I>), his direction hasn't. It's too bad, because <I>Dogma</I> is ripe for near-classic status in its theological satire, which is hardly as blasphemous as the protests that greeted the movie would lead you to believe. <p> Two banished angels (Ben Affleck and Matt Damon) have discovered a loophole that would allow them back into heaven; problem is, they'd destroy civilization in the process by proving God fallible. It's up to Bethany (Linda Fiorentino), a lapsed Catholic who works in an abortion clinic, to save the day, with some help from two so-called prophets (Smith and Jason Mewes, as their perennial characters Jay and Silent Bob), the heretofore unknown 13th apostle (Chris Rock), and a sexy, heavenly muse (the sublime Salma Hayek, who almost single-handedly steals the film). In some ways <I>Dogma</I> is a shaggy dog of a road movie--which hits a comic peak when Affleck and Fiorentino banter drunkenly on a train to New Jersey, not realizing they're mortal enemies--and segues into a comedy-action flick as the vengeful angels (who have a taste for blood) try to make their way into heaven. Smith's cast is exceptional--with Fiorentino lending a sardonic gravity to the proceedings, and Jason Lee smirking evilly as the horned devil Azrael--and the film shuffles good-naturedly to its climax (featuring Alanis Morissette as a beatifically silent God), but it just looks so unrelentingly... <I>subpar</I>. Credit Smith with being a daring writer but a less-than-stellar director. <I>--Mark Englehart</I>
Don't Tell Her It's Me VHS Drama Gus is a fat cartoonist that recently won a battle against cancer, which explains his baldness. But he is also lonely...
Down and Out in Beverly Hills VHS Comedy; Theme - Urban Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman are very rich but not happy Dave is a hard working business man...
Down and Out in Beverly Hills DVD Comedy; Theme - Urban Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman are very rich but not happy Dave is a hard working business man...
Down with Love DVD Comedy Aaaah... it's New York City in 1963, and love is blooming between a journalist (McGregor) and a feminist advice author (Zellweger), who's falling head over heels despite her beau's playboy lifestyle.
Downhill Willie VHS Comedy; Theme - Snow-Winter Seeing that his close friend's business is in dire need of financial help, a daring ski nut enters a challenging downhill race in hopes of winning the prize money. &mdash; Sandra Brennan
Dr. No VHS Action; Bond In the first James Bond movie, Bond pursues the villainous Dr. No to his secret installation on a Caribbean island.
Dragnet VHS Comedy; Theme - Urban The equally-straight-laced and "by the book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.
Dragnet DVD Comedy; Theme - Urban The equally-straight-laced and "by the book" nephew of Joe Friday must work with his more laid-back partner to solve a mystery.
DTV - Golden Oldies VHS Animation; Disney; Family
DTV - Rock, Rhythm & Blues VHS Animation; Disney; Family
Duel VHS Action A business commuter is pursued and terrorized by a malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.
Dumb & Dumber DVD Comedy The cross-country adventures of two good-hearted but incredibly stupid friends.
Dumb and Dumber VHS Comedy Delivering exactly what its title promises, this celebration of stupidity was Jim Carrey's 1994 follow-up to <i>Ace Ventura: Pet Detective</i> and <i>The Mask</i>. The film pairs the rubber- faced wacky man with Jeff Daniels as the not-so-dynamic duo of Lloyd and Harry, dunderheads who come into the possession of a briefcase containing ransom money that is intended for Mob-connected kidnappers. Lauren Holly costars as the woman who lost the briefcase, and with whom Carrey falls in love (both in real life and as his moronic on-screen character). As Lloyd and Harry make a mad dash to return the briefcase (never aware of its contents), the bumbling buddies attract Mobsters, cops, and trouble galore. This lowbrow laugh-a-thon scores some solid hits for hilarity, but with gags involving ill-fated parakeets, buxom bimbos, and an overdose of laxatives, be prepared to put your brain--and good taste--on hold. <i>--Jeff Shannon</i>
Dutch VHS Comedy; Theme - Driving To get to know his girlfriend's son, a man volunteers to pick him up from a prep school....only to learn that her son's not the nicest kid.
E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial DVD Sci-Fi Steven Spielberg's 1982 hit about a stranded alien and his loving relationship with a fatherless boy (Henry Thomas) struck a chord with audiences everywhere, and it furthered Spielberg's reputation as a director of equally strong commercial sensibilities and classical leanings. Henry Thomas gives a strong, emotional performance as E.T.'s young friend, Robert MacNaughton and Drew Barrymore make a solid impression as his siblings, and Dee Wallace is lively as the kids' mother. The special effects almost look a bit quaint now with all the computer advancements that have occurred since, but they also have more heart behind them than a lot of what we see today. <I>--Tom Keogh</I>
Earthquake DVD Action Various stories of various people as an earthquake of un-imagineable magnitude hits Los Angeles.
Easy Money VHS Comedy To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living, gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him.
Eight Men Out VHS Drama; Theme - Sports A dramatization of the Black Sox scandal when the underpaid Chicago White Sox accepted bribes to deliberately lose the 1919 World Series.
Elf DVD Comedy; Holiday <I>Elf</I> is genuinely good. Not just <I>Saturday Night Live</I>-movie good, when the movie has some funny bits but is basically an insult to humanity; <I>Elf</I> is a smartly written, skillfully directed, and deftly acted story of a human being adopted by Christmas elves who returns to the human world to find his father. And because the writing, directing, and acting are all genuinely good, <I>Elf</I> is also genuinely funny. Will Ferrell, as Buddy the adopted elf, is hysterically sincere. James Caan, as his rediscovered father, executes his surly dumbfoundedness with perfect aplomb. Zooey Deschanel, as a department store worker with whom Buddy falls in love, is adorably sardonic. Director Jon Favreau (<I>Swingers</I>) shepherds the movie through all the obligatory Christmas cliches and focuses on material that's sometimes subtle and consistently surprising. Frankly, <I>Elf</I> feels miraculous. Also featuring Mary Steenburgen, Bob Newhart, Peter Dinklage, and Ed Asner as Santa Claus. <I>--Bret Fetzer</I>
The Empire Strikes Back VHS Sci-Fi The middle film in George Lucas's enormously popular <i>Star Wars</i> science fiction trilogy is a darker, more somber entry, considered by many fans as the best in the series. Gone is the jaunty swashbuckling of the first film; the rebellion led by Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) suffers before the superior forces of the Empire, young hero Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) faces his first defeats as he attempts to harness the Force under the tutelage of Jedi master Yoda (voiced by Frank Oz), and cocky Han Solo (Harrison Ford) is betrayed by former ally Lando Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams). In the tradition of the great serials, this film is left with a hefty cliffhanger. The leap in special effects technology in the three years since <i>Star Wars</i> results in an amazing array of effects, including a breathtaking chase through an asteroid field and a dazzling, utopian Cloud City, where Luke faces the black-clad villain Darth Vader (David Prowse, voice of James Earl Jones) in a futuristic sword fight and learns the secret of his Jedi father. Veteran director Irvin Kershner (<i>The Eyes of Laura Mars</i>, <i>Never Say Never Again</i>) took the directorial reins from creator and producer Lucas and invested the light-speed adventure with deeper characters and a more emphatic sense of danger. The special edition expands Luke's encounter with the Abominable Snowman-esque wampa and establishes the creature as a tangibly more terrifying beast, in addition to refining many of the existing effects. The trilogy is concluded in <i>The Return of the Jedi.</i> <I>--Sean Axmaker</I>
Entourage - Season 1 DVD Comedy Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.
Envy DVD Comedy A man becomes increasingly jealous of his friend's newfound success.
Erik the Viking VHS Comedy Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to...
The Ernest Film Festival VHS Comedy Before he went to camp, before he went to jail, before he saved Christmas, before he was scared stupid...
Escape from New York DVD Sci-Fi In 1997, when the US President crashes into Manhattan, now a giant max. security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in for a rescue.
European Vacation - National Lampoon's VHS Comedy The first time the Griswalds took a trip - in <I>National Lampoon's Vacation</I> - moviegoers everywhere went along for the ride… and went bonkers! Now, they're into even zanier sightseeing in <I>National Lampoon's European Vacation</I>, directed by Amy Heckerling (<I>Clueless, Fast Times at Ridgemont High</I>).<br><Br> Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo return as Clark and Ellen, winners of a European tour on which their teenagers Rusty (Jason Lively) and Audrey (Dana Hill) join them. Deluxe accommodations… aren't. Clark tries left-sided English Driving, leaving Stonehenge unhinged. In Bavaria a slap-dancing polka turns into a slaphappy free-for-all. It's holiday road havoc for the Griswalds - and your high road to hilarity!
Evita DVD Musical <i>The Most Anticipated Motion Picture Event of The Year</i><br><br> Few times in the history of Hollywood has a film been released with the scope and daring of Evita! Now, experience this landmark achievement megastar Madonna- in the role of a lifetime- joins handsome Antonio Banderas for the year's most talked-about motion picture event!<BR><BR> Evita is the riveting true-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame. Despite widespread controversy- her passion changed a nation forever! Winner of the coveted Academy Award for Best Song (1996) and 3 Golden Globe Awards (Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Song)- critics nationwide hailed Evita as a triumphant must-see masterpiece- and so will you!
Evita VHS Musical <i>The Most Anticipated Motion Picture Event of The Year</i><br><br> Few times in the history of Hollywood has a film been released with the scope and daring of Evita! Now, experience this landmark achievement megastar Madonna- in the role of a lifetime- joins handsome Antonio Banderas for the year's most talked-about motion picture event!<BR><BR> Evita is the riveting true-life story of Eva Peron, who rose above childhood poverty and a scandalous past to achieve unimaginable fortune and fame. Despite widespread controversy- her passion changed a nation forever! Winner of the coveted Academy Award for Best Song (1996) and 3 Golden Globe Awards (Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Song)- critics nationwide hailed Evita as a triumphant must-see masterpiece- and so will you!
The Experts VHS Comedy When Travis (John Travolta) and Wendell (Arye Gross) are kidnapped while on their way to opening a nightclub in rural Nebraska...
Family Guy: Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story DVD Animation; Comedy Stewie, the maniacal baby genius, is distracted from his plans for world domination when he sees a man who looks just like him on television...
Fantasia VHS Family; Animation; Disney A collection of animated interpretations of great works of classical music.
Fargo VHS Drama Es könnte der Plan zum perfekten Verbrechen sein: Der abgebrannte Autoverkäufer Jerry Lundegaard (William H. Macy) engagiert zwei Galgenvögel, die seine Ehefrau entführen sollen. Doch die beiden Schmalspur-Gangster, der eine ein hypernervöses Wrack (Steve Buscemi), der andere ein schweigsamer Psychopath (Peter Stormare), gehen derart stümperhaft zu Werke, daß auf einmal drei Menschen tot in der verschneiten Einöde Minnesotas liegen. Ein Fall für Marge Gunderson (Frances McDormand). Die hochschwangere Polizistin nimmt die Spur auf - Blutstropfen für Blutstropfen. Ausgezeichnet mit 2 Oscars.
Fargo DVD Drama Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of pregnant Marge Gunderson.
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - Vol. 1 DVD Animation The educational adventures of a group of Afro-American inner city kids.
Father of the Bride VHS Comedy In this remake of the Spencer Tracy classic, George and Nina Banks are the parents of young soon-to-be-wed Annie...
Father of the Bride DVD Comedy In this remake of the Spencer Tracy classic, George and Nina Banks are the parents of young soon-to-be-wed Annie...
Father of the Bride Part II DVD Comedy In this sequel to "Father of the Bride", George Banks must accept the reality of what his daughter's ascension from daughter to wife...
Fawlty Towers - The Complete Collection DVD Comedy Hotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychadelic escapades.
Fear City DVD Drama Strippers in Manhattan are being stalked and murdered by a psycho. A police detective and a private eye hired by the strip clubs set out to get him. <a href="/rg/title-tease/trailers/title/tt0087247/trailers">(view trailer)</a>
Feds VHS Comedy Ellie DeWitt and Janis Zuckermann are admitted to the very strict FBI Training Academy. They get a hard course...
Ferris Bueller's Day Off DVD Comedy A high school wise guy is determined to have a day off from school, despite of what the principal thinks of that.
A Few Good Men VHS Drama Neo military lawyer Kaffee defends Marines accused of murder; they contend they were acting under orders of their imperious CO, Jessup.
Fierce Creatures VHS Comedy Zookeepers struggle to deal with the policies of changing directors.
The Fifth Element VHS Sci-Fi Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of Evil....
The Fifth Element DVD Sci-Fi Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of Evil....
Finding Graceland VHS Drama An eccentric drifter claiming to be Elvis Presley hitches a ride with a young man and they find themselves on an adventurous road trip to Memphis.
A Fine Mess VHS Comedy Two friends an actor and a chef discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it. But...
A Fine Mess DVD Comedy Two friends an actor and a chef discover a plot to fix a horse race and try to capitalize on it. But...
A Fish Called Wanda DVD Comedy In London, four very different people team up to commit armed robbery, then try to doublecross each other for the loot.
A Fistful of Dollars DVD Western <I>A Fistful of Dollars</I> launched the spaghetti Western and catapulted Clint Eastwood to stardom. Based on Akira Kurosawa's 1961 samurai picture <I>Yojimbo</I>, it scored a resounding success (in Italy in 1964 and the U.S. in 1967), as did its sequels, <I>For a Few Dollars More</I> and <I>The Good, the Bad and the Ugly</I>. The advertising campaign promoted Eastwood's character--laconic, amoral, dangerous--as the Man with No Name (though in the film he's clearly referred to as Joe), and audiences loved the movie's refreshing new take on the Western genre. Gone are the pieties about making the streets safe for women and children. Instead it's every man for himself. Striking, too, was a new emphasis on violence, with stylized, almost balletic gunfights and baroque touches such as Eastwood's armored breastplate. The <I>Dollars</I> films had a marked influence on the Hollywood Western--for example, Sam Peckinpah's <I>The Wild Bunch</I>--but their most enduring legacy is Clint Eastwood himself. <I>--Edward Buscombe</I>
Flash Gordon VHS Sci-Fi A football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyrant, Ming the Merciless, to save Earth.
Fletch VHS Comedy Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes...
Follow that Bird - Sesame Street Presents VHS Family <I>Follow That Bird</I> is as much a journey through time as it is a romp past the Sesame Street stop sign. Curiously, the cast members--live ones like Gordon and Maria, not just the Muppets--have the timeless look to them. Only the cameos (by Sandra Bernhard, John Candy, and others) plus a few ill-conceived hairdos clue us in that this feature film was made in 1985. Otherwise, it's all sophisticated Sesame humor and bighearted fun here as Oscar, the Count, and crew set off to rescue Big Bird, who's on the lam from a family of adoptive dodos. Only one conceivable complaint: The latter crop of <I>Street</I> viewers may miss Elmo, who hadn't been created when <I>Bird</I> first flew into theaters. <I>--Tammy La Gorce</I>
Footloose DVD Drama A city boy comes to a small town where rock music and dancing have been banned.
For A Few Dollars More DVD Western A ringing instance of a sequel far outstripping its predecessor, Sergio Leone's <I>For a Few Dollars More</I> takes the lethal antihero from <I>A Fistful of Dollars</I>, gives him both a rival and an adversary worthy of sharing a gun-blazing corrida, and ratchets up the stylization to something approaching grandeur. This time the Man with No Name (Clint Eastwood) is a bounty hunter whose desert Southwest killing ground is suddenly crowded by the presence of an older, black-clad shootist (Lee Van Cleef). Individually and together, they terminate sundry grotesques while closing in on their biggest quarry, a memorably insane bandit called El Indio (Gian Maria Volonté is brilliant). There's just enough plot to imbue Van Cleef with genuine mystery, a dark avenging angel from a lost past whose pull would supply the emotional core of Leone's later masterworks <I>Once upon a Time in the West</I> and <I>Once upon a Time in America</I>. Leone's bravura widescreen compositions are breathtaking, and Ennio Morricone's music score--tinged with lunatic religiosity--is his first great one. <I>--Richard T. Jameson</I>
For Love or Money VHS Drama A consciencious concierge at a Manhattan hotel tries to woo the woman he loves as he manages the demands of his guests...
For Your Eyes Only VHS Action; Bond Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.
For Your Height Only DVD Comedy Mr. Giant has kidnapped the brilliant Dr. Van Kohler and is planning to use the Doctor's invention, the N-bomb...
Forrest Gump VHS Drama Forrest Gump, while not intelligent, has accidentally been present at many historic moments, but his true love, Jenny, eludes him.
Fraternity Vacation VHS Comedy A nerd gains the friendship of two of his frat brothers when his dad offers them his condo for the week in Palm Springs...
Freaked VHS Comedy A company that produces a toxic chemical tries to improve its image via a popular spokesperson, Ricky Coogan...
The Freshman VHS Drama Clark Kellogg is a young man starting his first year at film school in New York City. After a small time crook steals all his belongings...
Fright Night VHS Horror When a teenager learns that his next door neighbour is a vampire, no one will believe him.
The Frighteners VHS Comedy A con-man who converses with the dead finds himself caught up in a series of murders committed by the ghost of a serial killer.
From Dusk Till Dawn VHS Action Two brother criminals and their hostages encounter vampires at a Mexican bar.
From Russia with Love VHS Action; Bond Agent 007 is sent into Turkey to confiscate an encryption device which is actually a trap for him contrived by SPECTRE.
From the Hip VHS Drama Apprentice lawyer Robin Weathers turns a civil suit into a headline grabbing charade. He must reexamine...
The Front VHS Drama A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
Fun and Fancy Free VHS Family; Animation; Disney Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: "Bongo," about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and "Mickey and the Beanstalk," a take on the famous fairy tale.
Funny Farm VHS Comedy When Andy and Elizabeth buy a farm in Vermont, they can't imagine the trouble that awaits them. Andy...
Gen-X Cops VHS Action This is what <I>The Mod Squad</I> wanted to be. Chan (Eric Tsang), a cop on the fringe of the force, assembles a team of loose-cannon cadets--the <I>Gen-X Cops</I>--to infiltrate the mobs of Hong Kong, and they find a stolen shipment of explosive rocket fuel. Dressed in skin-tight leather and vinyl, hip to the point of being ridiculous, our heroes (named Jack, Alien, and Match) have to fight not only ultraviolent criminals but also hostile factions within the police as they track down a supercool Japanese gangster with no fear of death. The clich&eacute;s fly fast and thick, and the plot is at times incomprehensible, but the action is pretty much nonstop. A shootout in a surfboard factory is particularly spectacular but is only one of several rapidly edited, stunt-filled sequences. The dubbing is better than usual (though subtitles would still be preferable), and there's some unfortunate homophobia, but the actors are all good-looking, the rock soundtrack is loud, the colors are bright, and the attitude is intense. <i>Gen-X Cops</i> even features a cameo by Jackie Chan, who's somehow involved with presenting the film. A slick, silly, and very entertaining movie. <I>--Bret Fetzer</I>
Ghost Fever VHS Comedy Two policeman are sent on a routine assignment to serve an eviction notice. It becomes anything but...
Ghostbusters DVD Comedy Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis wrote the script, but Bill Murray gets all the best lines and moments in this 1984 comedy directed by Ivan Reitman (<I>Meatballs</I>). The three comics, plus Ernie Hudson, play the New York City-based team that provides supernatural pest control, and Sigourney Weaver is the love interest possessed by an ancient demon. Reitman and company are full of original ideas about hobgoblins--who knew they could "slime" people with green plasma goo?--but hovering above the plot is Murray's patented ironic view of all the action. Still a lot of fun, and an obvious model for sci-fi comedies such as <I>Men in Black</I>. <I>--Tom Keogh</I>
Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) DVD Documentary Documentary about the music group They Might Be Giants.
Gleaming the Cube VHS Drama Brian's adopted brother is killed when he discovers that the shop he works in sends weapons to Vietnam instead of medications...
The Godfather VHS Drama A Mafia boss' innocent son gets involved in the bloody family business when his father is critically wounded in a mob hit.
The Godfather DVD Drama The epic saga of how a younger son rises to take over the family business, his father's paternalistic, but violent and illegal empire.
The Godfather: Part II DVD Drama The early life & career of Vito Corleone is portrayed while his son expands and tightens his grip on his crime syndicate in the 1950's.
The Godfather: Part III DVD Crime; Drama In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings, aging mafia don Michael Corleone seeks to vow for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.
The Godthumb DVD Comedy The Mafia used to sometimes be called "the Black Hand," but one particular part of that hand gets the spotlight in this parody by Steve Oedekerk of one of the all-time great organized crime films. The Godthumb is a comic send-up of The Godfather in which all the characters are played by dressed-up thumbs with animated faces, much in the manner of Oedekerk 's earlier comedy shorts Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle , Thumbtanic , and Batthumb . When not busy giving a thumbs-up to film history, Oedekerk works as a screenwriter whose credits include Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius and Kung Pow! Enter the Fist . &mdash; Mark Deming
Going Bananas VHS Comedy When a disgruntled chimp escapes from his circus master, he leads a number of people on a wild and crazy chase across Africa. &mdash; Iotis Erlewine
Going Undercover VHS Comedy A bungling gumshoe tries hard to affect a hard-boiled demeanor, despite the fact that his latest assignment is to protect the bratty young heiress to a fortune in this lively spoof of detective movies. Henry Brilliant, Private Eye, is no stranger to the ways of the wealthy as he too comes from a blue-blooded family, but he tries to ignore that to become the classic Chandleresque detective as he heads for Europe to follow the girl on her tour and keep her from being kidnapped by her stepmother who is really after her husband's secret formula for controlling the weather. &mdash; Sandra Brennan
The Golden Child VHS Drama A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child that dark forces want to eliminate.
GoldenEye VHS Action; Bond Bond is back, this time with Pierce Brosnan as the British superspy. Now that the Cold War is over, Bond has new enemies to contend with.
Goldfinger VHS Action; Bond Investigating a gold magnate's gold smuggling, James Bond uncovers a plot to contaminate the Fort Knox gold reserve.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly VHS Western Clint Eastwood (the Man with No Name) is good, Lee Van Cleef (Angel Eyes Sentenza) is bad, and Eli Wallach (Tuco Benedito Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez) is ugly in the final chapter of Sergio Leone's trilogy of spaghetti westerns (the first two were <I>A Fistful of Dollars</I> and <I>For a Few Dollars More</I>). In this sweeping film, the characters form treacherous alliances in a ruthless quest for Confederate gold. Leone is sometimes underrated as a director, but the excellent resolution on this digital video disc should enhance appreciation of his considerable photographic talent and gorgeous widescreen compositions. Ennio Morricone's jokey score is justifiably famous. The digital video disc includes about a quarter-hour of footage not seen in the original release.
GoodFellas VHS Drama Martin Scorsese scores again with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi 's best-selling Wiseguy , the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters, running errands, and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero ( Paul Sorvino ), who takes him in as a surrogate son. As he reaches his teens, Hill is inducted into the world of petty crime, where he distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his psychotic partner Tommy ( Joe Pesci ), he rises through the ranks to become Paulie's lieutenant; however, he quickly learns that, like his mentor Jimmy ( Robert DeNiro ), another half-Irish mobster, his ethnicity prevents him from ever becoming a "made guy," an actual member of the crime family. Soon he finds himself the target of both the feds and the mobsters, who feel that he has become a threat to their security with his reckless dealings. Goodfellas was rewarded with six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture; Pesci would walk away with Best Supporting Actor for his work. &mdash; Jeremy Beday
GoodFellas DVD Drama Martin Scorsese scores again with his gritty, kinetic adaptation of Nicolas Pileggi 's best-selling Wiseguy , the true-life account of mobster and FBI informant Henry Hill. Set to a true-to-period rock soundtrack, the story details the rise and fall of Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian New York kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" in his impoverished Brooklyn neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters, running errands, and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero ( Paul Sorvino ), who takes him in as a surrogate son. As he reaches his teens, Hill is inducted into the world of petty crime, where he distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his psychotic partner Tommy ( Joe Pesci ), he rises through the ranks to become Paulie's lieutenant; however, he quickly learns that, like his mentor Jimmy ( Robert DeNiro ), another half-Irish mobster, his ethnicity prevents him from ever becoming a "made guy," an actual member of the crime family. Soon he finds himself the target of both the feds and the mobsters, who feel that he has become a threat to their security with his reckless dealings. Goodfellas was rewarded with six Academy Award nominations including Best Picture; Pesci would walk away with Best Supporting Actor for his work. &mdash; Jeremy Beday
A Goofy Movie VHS Family; Animation; Disney When Max makes an preposterous promise to his girlfriend, his chances to fulfilling it seem hopeless when he is dragged onto a cross-country trip with his embarrassing father, Goofy.
Goofy over Sports VHS Animation; Disney; Family
The Goonies VHS Family; Drama A group of west coast kids facing their last days together before a development paves over their homes stumble onto evidence of pirate's treasure...
Gotcha! VHS Drama Jonathan plays a game called Gotcha in which he hunts and is hunted by other students with paint guns...
Great Balls of Fire! VHS Drama The story of Jerry Lee Lewis, arguably the greatest and certainly one of the wildest musicians of the 1950s...
The Great Bank Hoax VHS Comedy Shortly before the bank examiner is due to arrive, higher-ups at a small-town bank discover that a beloved long-term employee has embezzled $100,000. The embezzler ( Paul Sand ), says he did it just to point out a flaw in the bank's bookkeeping practices. Bank officers Jack and Emanuel ( Burgess Meredith and Richard Basehart ) cook up a scheme to cover up the theft, which, incidentally, will net them an additional hundred grand. The supposedly secret embezzlement and bank examiner visit becomes known throughout the tight-knit community. Some pillars of the community see it as an opportunity for gain and others want to help save reputations, but everyone gets involved. &mdash; Clarke Fountain
The Great Mouse Detective VHS Family; Animation; Disney Basil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his archenemy, Professor Ratigan.
The Great Muppet Caper VHS Family; Comedy Kermit, Gonzo and Fozzie are reporters who travel to Britain to interview a rich victim of jewel thieves and help her along with her secretary, Miss Piggy.
The Great Outdoors VHS Comedy A Chicago man's hope for a peaceful family vacation in the woods is shattered when the annoying in-laws drop in.
The Groove Tube VHS Comedy A collection of skits that make fun of television. Everything from commercials to the nightly news are spoofed...
Grosse Pointe Blank VHS Comedy Hit man Martin Q. Blank (John Cusack) is in an awkward situation. Several of them, actually. He's attending his high school reunion on an assignment; he's got a rival hit man (Dan Aykroyd) on his tail; and he's going to have to explain to his old girlfriend (Minnie Driver) why he stood her up on prom night. This amiable black comedy, cowritten by Cusack and directed by Jonathan Demme prot&eacute;g&eacute; George Armitage (<I>Miami Blues</I>), has the feel of Demme's <I>Something Wild</I> and <I>Married to the Mob</I>--which is to say its humor is dark and brightly colored at the same time. Cusack and Driver are utterly charming--as is the leading man's sister, Joan, who plays his secretary. (Ms. Cusack received an Oscar nomination for her next role, in <I>In & Out</i>.) Alan Arkin is also very funny as Martin's psychiatrist. <I>--Jim Emerson</I>
Groundhog Day VHS Comedy Phil, a sarcastic weather man, finds himself trapped in the identical February 2, but he's the only person that realizes it.
Groundhog Day DVD Comedy Phil, a sarcastic weather man, finds himself trapped in the identical February 2, but he's the only person that realizes it.
Gung Ho VHS Comedy When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liason must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.
Gung Ho DVD Comedy When a Japanese car company buys an American plant, the American liason must mediate the clash of work attitudes between the foreign management and native labor.
Hail Caesar VHS Comedy Caesar is a would-be rock star. But for now, he works at a pencil eraser factory. Soon he falls in love with the owner's daughter...
Halloween Treat VHS Animation; Family; Disney; Holiday
Hamburger... The Motion Picture VHS Comedy Russell has been expelled from several schools for lewd, crude and nude conduct. Busterburger University...
Hangin' with the Homeboys VHS Drama Two African-Americans and two Puerto-Ricans (though one pretends to be Italian) go out on the town on a Friday night...
The Happiest Baby on the Block DVD Documentary
Happiness VHS Drama Three middle-class New Jersey sisters all have their problems with their families and sex lives.
Happy Gilmore VHS Comedy A rejected hockey player puts his skills to the golf course to save his grandmother's house.
Happy New Year VHS Comedy Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using...
Happy New Year DVD Comedy Small time crooksters Nick and Charlie have an elaborate plan to rob an exclusive jewelers store. Using...
The Hard Way VHS Comedy An action film star researching a role is allowed to tag along with a hardboiled New York cop, who finds him superficial and irritating.
Hardbodies 2 VHS Comedy; Theme - Beach A film crew is travelling from America to Greece to produce a movie. Before their work is done they will have to face many unusual situations...
Harlem Nights VHS Comedy; Theme - Urban "Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and...
Harlem Nights DVD Comedy; Theme - Urban "Sugar" Ray is the owner of an illegal casino, who contend with the pressures of vicious gangster and...
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle DVD Comedy Buttoned up Harold and laidback Kumar are stoners who want to get food at a White Castle Burgers joint, which becomes a perilous journey full of strange obstacles.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone DVD Family; Sci-Fi Rescued from the outrageous neglect of his aunt and uncle, a young boy with a great destiny proves his worth while attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Haunted Honeymoon VHS Comedy Larry Abbot, speaker in the radio horror shows of Manhattan Mystery Theater wants to marry. For the...
Head DVD Musical The Monkees are tossed about in a psychedelic, surrealist, plotless, circular bit of fun fluff.
Head Office VHS Comedy; Theme - Office Upon graduation from college with a business degree, John Issel is promptly hired by Helmes's company I.N.C...
Heathers VHS Drama A girl who half-heartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics.
Heavy Metal VHS Animation; Sci-Fi A glowing orb terrorizes a young girl with a collection of stories of dark fantasy, eroticism and horror.
Heavyweights VHS Family; Comedy Plump kids are lured into joining a posh fat camp with the promise of quick weight loss and good times, only to find that the facility is a woodland hellhole run by a psycho ex-fitness instructor (Ben Stiller).
The Heist VHS Drama Framed con-man seeks revenge by planning a racetrack heist.
Herbie Goes Bananas VHS Family; Comedy This fourth Love Bug movie is a wooden story about Herbie's funny adventures heading toward a race in Brazil. Charles Martin Smith and Steven W. Burns try hard to bring some life into this project, but it just doesn't happen. There is one good laugh in the whole thing, in a scene where Herbie becomes a matador. Otherwise, even the picturesque, south-of-the-border stuff doesn't help. <I>--Tom Keogh</I>
Herbie Goes Bananas DVD Disney This fourth Love Bug movie is a wooden story about Herbie's funny adventures heading toward a race in Brazil. Charles Martin Smith and Steven W. Burns try hard to bring some life into this project, but it just doesn't happen. There is one good laugh in the whole thing, in a scene where Herbie becomes a matador. Otherwise, even the picturesque, south-of-the-border stuff doesn't help. <I>--Tom Keogh</I>
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo VHS Family; Comedy Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. Unbeknownst to Herbie's driver...
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo DVD Disney; Theme - Driving Herbie, the Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own, is racing in the Monte Carlo Rally. Unbeknownst to Herbie's driver...
Herbie Rides Again VHS Family; Comedy The living Volkswagen Beetle helps a old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
Herbie Rides Again DVD Disney; Theme - Driving The living Volkswagen Beetle helps a old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
Hercules VHS Family; Animation; Disney The son of the Greek Gods Zeus and Hera is stripped of his immortality as an infant and must become a true hero in order to reclaim it.
Hero at Large VHS Comedy An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger...
Hero at Large DVD Comedy; Theme - Urban An idealistic but struggling actor finds his life unexpectedly complicated when he stops a robbery while wearing the costume of Captain Avenger...
Hiding Out VHS Drama A very succesful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading...
High School U.S.A. VHS Comedy Set in a senior high school class, J.J. (Michael J. Fox) pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher...
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy DVD Sci-Fi Mere seconds before the Earth is to be demolished by an alien construction crew, journeyman Arthur Dent is swept off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, a researcher penning a new edition of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy."
The Holcroft Covenant VHS Drama The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds.
Hollywood Boulevard, Part 2 VHS Comedy Roger Corman's production company does it again with this fast-paced, funny send-up of grade "B" movie-making. Like the first Hollywood Boulevard , this story is set at the kitschiest production company in Tinsel Town, Miracle Pictures. The trouble begins during the filming of Barbarian Goddesses of the Amazon It seems someone has been bumping off the studio's buxom starlets. Poor studio head Max Miranda is frantic to find new ones. When toothsome Candy Chandler slinks in, someone mistakes her for an extra and rushes her into the set for Barbarian , where Max becomes instantly enamored and begins promising her that she will be the studio's brightest young star, something that doesn't set well with jealous diva Mary Randolph. Corman fans will again be delighted by the many clips from earlier New World films and by the many inside jokes. &mdash; Sandra Brennan
Hollywood Shuffle VHS Comedy Bobby Taylor wants to be a respected actor. From Sam Spade to Shakespeare to superheros, he can do it all...
Honeymoon in Vegas VHS Comedy; Theme - Gambling-Vegas On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend...
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit VHS Family; Disney Frederick Bolton has to solve two problems. First, his boss has instructed him to come up with a reasonable campaign to promote a new product...
Hot Dog... The Movie VHS Comedy Naive corn-pone skiing wunderkind picks up beautiful hitchhiking bimbo on way to ski competition. Once...
Hot Lead and Cold Feet VHS Disney; Family In this Disney western, Jim Dale plays Eli Bloodshy, and his twin sons Wild Billy and Jasper. The older man has founded the town of Bloodshy, and now that he has apparently died, his sons must battle for control of his legacy in a wild train race. One of them is a city-slicker, a mild-mannered, bible-spouting fellow; the other is a gun-fighting, drunken, hot-tempered lad, more at home with outlaws than with law-abiding citizens. When they settle with each other, they still have to battle venal Mayor Ragsdale ( Darren McGavin ) for real control. &mdash; Clarke Fountain
Hot Stuff VHS Comedy Three cops try to set up a sting by establishing their own Fencing operation. They have less than complete...
Hot to Trot VHS Comedy; Theme - Sports Fred P. Chaney receives as inheritance after the death of his mother a speaking horse that also has good knowledge about the stock-market...
How the Best Was Won - 1933-1960 - Walt Disney Cartoon Classics Limited Gold Edition VHS Animation; Disney; Family This animated anthology from Walt Disney studios is comprised of some of their most popular cartoon shorts from the 1930s-1960s. Films include the Oscar-winning Ferdinand the Bull (1938), Three Orphan Kittens , Funny Little Bunnies , and Building a Building featuring Mickey Mouse. &mdash; Sandra Brennan
How the Grinch Stole Christmas DVD Family; Comedy; Holiday Big budget remake of the classic cartoon about a creature intent on stealing Christmas.
Howard the Duck VHS Comedy A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invader.
The Hudsucker Proxy VHS Comedy A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame VHS Animation; Family; Disney A deformed bellringer must assert his independence from a vicious government minister in order to help his friend, a gypsy dancing girl.
Idle Hands VHS Horror Lazy Anton's right hand becomes possessed with murderous intent.
If Looks Could Kill VHS Comedy When Michael Corben, along with the rest of his high-school French class, set out for a trip to France...
In the Mood VHS Comedy Based upon the true story of "Sonny" Wisecarver. In 1944, Sonny made headlines nationwide due to his affairs with 2 older adult women...
The Incredibles DVD Animation; Disney A family of undercover superheroes, while trying to live the quiet suburban life, are forced into action to save the world.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade VHS Action The daring archaeologist and his father search for the Holy Grail and fight the Nazis.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade DVD Action The daring archaeologist and his father search for the Holy Grail and fight the Nazis.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark DVD Action Indiana Jones ( Harrison Ford ) is no ordinary archeologist. When we first see him, he is somewhere in the Peruvian jungle in 1936, running a booby-trapped gauntlet (complete with an over-sized rolling boulder) to fetch a solid gold idol. He loses this artifact to his chief rival, a French archeologist named Belloq ( Paul Freeman ), who then prepares to kill our hero. In the first of many serial-like escapes, Indy eludes Belloq by hopping into a convenient plane. So, then: Is Indiana Jones afraid of anything? Yes, snakes. The next time we see Jones, he's a soft-spoken, bespectacled professor. He is then summoned from his ivy-covered environs by Marcus Brody ( Denholm Elliott ) to find the long-lost Ark of the Covenant. The Nazis, it seems, are already searching for the Ark, which the mystical-minded Hitler hopes to use to make his stormtroopers invincible. But to find the Ark, Indy must first secure a medallion kept under the protection of Indy's old friend Abner Ravenwood, whose daughter Marion ( Karen Allen ) evidently has a "history" with Jones. Whatever their personal differences, Indy and Marion become partners in one action-packed adventure after another, ranging from wandering the snake pits of the Well of Souls to surviving the pyrotechnic unearthing of the sacred Ark. A joint project of Hollywood prodigies George Lucas and Steven Spielberg , with a script cowritten by Lawrence Kasdan and Philip Kaufman , among others, Raiders of the Lost Ark is not so much a movie as a 115-minute thrill ride. Costing $22 million (nearly three times the original estimate), Raiders of the Lost Ark reaped $200 million during its first run. It was followed by Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1985) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), as well as a short-lived TV-series "prequel." &mdash; Hal Erickson
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom VHS Action In India, Indiana Jones agrees to look for a village's lost magic stone and in doing so, stumbles on to a secret massive Thuggee cult.
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom DVD Action In India, Indiana Jones agrees to look for a village's lost magic stone and in doing so, stumbles on to a secret massive Thuggee cult.
Indiana Jones: Bonus Material DVD Documentary <i>Spectacular Bonus Material From Deep Inside the Lucasfilm Archives</i><br><br> The adventures of <i>Indiana Jones</i>, the complete DVD movie collection! <BR><BR> The 4-disc set features all three films: <li>Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark <li>Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom <li>Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Plus, over 4 hours of <i>Indiana Jones</i> bonus material!
Innerspace VHS Drama A hapless store clerk must foil criminals to save the life of the man who, miniaturized in a secret experiment, was accidentally injected into him.
Insomniac Uncensored, The Best of - Volume 2 DVD Comedy Cities include: Key West, Austin, Miami, Boise, Anchorage, Kansas City, Charleston, Amsterdam, Las Vegas, New York. This time around, the ever-garrulous Attell visits nine U.S. cities for lowbrow fun after dark, as well as Amsterdam to commit each of the Seven Deadly Sins in a single evening. In addition to the usual bar-hopping, he also attends Miami's debauched FantasyFest, cruises with strippers in Las Vegas and deals with perpetual daylight in Alaska, all of which feature the nudity and strong language missing from the broadcast versions.
Insomniac Uncensored, The Best of - Volume 1 DVD Comedy Comedian Dave Attell, host of Comedy Central's <I>Insomniac</I>, knows how to turn wanderlust into an unbroken string of all-night partying. In this <I>Best of Insomniac</I> volume, Attel hits no fewer than five major North American cities using the same game plan: Stake out a comedy club, then prowl the streets for girls to chat up, guys to taunt, bars to close, and assorted weird, weird stuff to see, all inexplicably taking place while most of the continent is taking its beauty rest. The garrulous Attell insinuates his way into late-night karate lessons in New York, ice-fishing in Montreal, a geek-heavy sci-fi convention in Chicago, and the usual blur of human revelry on New Orleans's Bourbon Street. If a random encounter turns into a memory, great; if not, we just move on. Highlights include a dog-friendly pub, fishy initiation rites, and capricious nudity. <I>--Tom Keogh</I>
The Ipcress File VHS Drama In London, a counter espionage agent deals with his own bureaucracy while investigating the kidnapping and brainwashing of British scientists.
It's a Wonderful Life VHS Drama; Family; Holiday An angel helps a compassionate but despairingly frustrated businessman by showing what life would had been like if he never existed.
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown VHS Family; Animation; Holiday The Peanuts gang celebrate Halloween while Linus does yet another stubborn vigil for the Great Pumpkin.
It's the Muppets, Vol. 1 - Meet the Muppets VHS Family
James Taylor - Squibnocket VHS Musical
James Taylor Live at the Beacon Theatre VHS Musical Sensitive singer-songwriter, soft-rock poster boy, boomer troubadour: James Taylor has outlived the stereotypes offered by fans and critics alike by simply staying his musical course and continuing to refine his familiar, deceptively mellifluous style. This 1998 concert displays Taylor's craftsmanship and easy rapport with both his band and his audience to satisfying effect, offering a repertoire that draws from his entire career while providing a generous selection of songs from his Grammy-winning 1997 set, <I>Hourglass</I>. Fans will love it, of course, but even jaded listeners can find fresh feeling and formidable expertise here.<p> By now, Taylor's skill at low-key love songs is a given, making him an archetypal "sensitive New Age guy" on the strength of his canny mix of emotional vulnerability, romantic imagery, and understated delivery. Less obviously, Taylor has gradually transformed the shadows of disillusionment audible in his earliest songs into a nuanced acknowledgment of his own age. "Line 'Em Up," from <I>Hourglass</I>, typifies his skill at limning disarmingly lucid, frankly philosophical vignettes, here woven around a recollection of Richard Nixon's last hurrah, while "Jump Up Behind Me" affords a testament to self-determination ultimately as serious in theme as it is buoyant in its musical framework. Throughout, Taylor's stage band proves a thoroughbred, its accompaniment rock solid and delicately detailed, and perfectly matched to a crack backing chorus.<p> Among the first video concerts produced with DVD in mind, <I>Live at the Beacon Theatre</I> has been in heavy rotation in home demonstration suites ever since its release, an achievement understandable after hearing the crystalline 5.1 mix engineered by Frank Filipetti, who shared a Grammy as coproducer on <I>Hourglass</I> and snagged a second award for his engineering of that album. <I>--Sam Sutherland</I>
James Taylor: Pull Over Tour DVD Musical As much as he's known for his recordings, James Taylor has been perennially in-demand as one of the world's most popular live concert performers. Recorded during the summer of 2001, <I>Pull Over</I> - in 23 full length performances- what <I>Rolling Stone</I> called " ... a good natured evening of dependable, reassuring musicianship..."<br><Br> During his historic <I>Pull Over</I> tour of 2001, James Taylor treated his audiences to magical concerts comprised of greatest hits, personal favorites, live surprises, and new songs from his then upcoming <I>October Road</I> album, which the <I>Boston Herald</I> has called "Taylor's best in more than 20 years...." In addition to timeless classics from his career, <I>Pull Over</I> includes Taylor's <I>October Road</I> songs for the first time on DVD.<Br><br> "Taylor's voice is better than ever," wrote the <I>Los Angeles Times</I> of the <I>Pull Over</I> tour, "choirboy clear, as if filtered through stained glass."<br><br> Watch this winner of 40 gold, platinum and multi-platinum album awards at the peak of his craft.<br><Br> <b>Songs:</b><br> Everyday<br> That's Why I'm Here<br> Only One<br> Frozen Man<br> On the 4th of July<br> Whenever You're Ready<br> Raised Up Family<br> Mexico<br> Steamroller Blues<br> Carolina in My Mind<br> Millworker<br> Sun on the Moon<br> Junkie's Lament<br> Copperline<br> Shed a Little Light<br> Fire and Rain<br> You've Got a Friend<br> Your Smiling Face<br> How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)<br> Traffic Jam<br> Knock on Wood<br> You Can Close Your Eyes<br> Sweet Baby James
Jekyll and Hyde VHS Sci-Fi In assembling the 1990 TV-movie version of Jekyll and Hyde , writer/director David Wickes recycled many of the elements of his 1988 adaptation of Jack the Ripper &mdash;including props, costumes, sets, and star Michael Caine . Caine goes through the standard motions as kindly Henry Jekyll, who dabbles where Men Must Not and unleashes his beastly alter ego Mr. Hyde. Anything new here? Well, the character of Dr. Lanyon, Jekyll's best friend in the original Robert Louis Stevenson story, has been rewritten as his worst enemy. Joss Ackland plays the vitriolic Lanyon, while Cheryl Ladd shows up as a newly fabricated love interest. Jekyll and Hyde has some neat makeup transformations, but otherwise is just the same old cloak 'n' fang jazz seen in so many earlier incarnations of the venerable Stevenson yarn. &mdash; Hal Erickson
The Jerk VHS Comedy Navin is an idiot. Hew grew up in Mississippi as adopted son of a black family. But at his 18th birthday...
Jesus Christ Superstar DVD Musical Film version of the musical stage play, presenting the last few weeks of Christ's life, told in an anachronistic manner.
JFK VHS Drama A New Orleans DA discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.
Jiminy Cricket's Christmas VHS Animation; Family; Disney; Holiday Jiminy Cricket's Christmas is available on two different videos.. The 30-minute version, consisting of both color and black&white animated material, contains five Christmas-related Disney cartoons, including the seldom-seen Mickey's Good Deed (1932). The 45-minute version includes clips from such cartoon features as Snow White , Cinderella and Pinocchio . As is always the case in these Disney compilations, sound and pictorial quality is consistently high. See if you can spot the differences between Jiminy Cricket's two voices, provided by Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards and Hal Smith. &mdash; Hal Erickson
Joe Versus the Volcano VHS Drama When a hypochondriac learns that he is dying, he accepts an offer to throw himself in a volcano at a tropical island, and along the way there, learns to truly live.
Johnny Dangerously VHS Comedy Set in the 1930's, an honest, goodhearted man is forced to turn to a life of crime to finance his neurotic mother's skyrocketing medical bills.
Joy Sticks VHS Comedy In this loud teen movie, a motley crew of youths, ranging from the rainbow-haired King Vidiot ( Jonathan Gries ), to Eugene the king nerd ( Leif Green ) and a washed-up video freak descend to the usual level of tricks to keep their video arcade from being shut down by a businessman ( Joe Don Baker ) who believes the games are a threat to the mental health of today's youth. Based on the characters in this underpar, inanely vulgar movie, the businessman is right. &mdash; Eleanor Mannikka
The Jungle Book VHS Family; Animation; Disney Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.
Jurassic Park VHS Action Scientists clone dinosaurs to populate a theme park which suffers a major security breakdown and releases the dinosaurs.
Just One of the Guys VHS Comedy Terry believes her teachers don't take her serious, just because she's a pretty girl. When she fails to win a journalism contest...
Just One of the Guys DVD Comedy Terry believes her teachers don't take her serious, just because she's a pretty girl. When she fails to win a journalism contest...
Kalifornia VHS Drama David Duchovny is a blocked author with a fascination for outlaw killers who hatches a plan to road trip through America's mass-murder landmarks to finish his book. He enlists his frustrated photographer girlfriend Michelle Forbes, who desperately wants to leave the East Coast for L.A., to illustrate the tome, and they advertise for riding partners. Luckily for them, they wind up with a veteran killer, the greasy trailer-park ex-con Brad Pitt, who decides to skip parole with his cowering child-woman girlfriend Juliette Lewis. Duchovny is enamored by gun-toting Pitt's recklessness and lawless disregard for, well, everything; he's simultaneously terrified and thrilled by Pitt's brutal beating of a barfly. Meanwhile, Pitt's leaving a trail of corpses in their wake.<p> Directed with a cool remove by Dominic Sena (<I>Gone in 60 Seconds</I> 2000), <I>Kalifornia</I> falls somewhere between <I>Badlands</I> and <I>Natural Born Killers</I>. Pitt brings a ferocious magnetism to his part, but it's still hard to buy genial Duchovny's odd attraction; Juliette Lewis conveys a terrifying sense of victimization with her poor dumb creature. Despite the film's best efforts, it never really plumbs the psyche of Pitt's simmering psycho--he's just plain bad, you know--but it does fashion an effective little thriller out of the tensions brewing in the restless quartet. <I>--Sean Axmaker</I>
Kill Bill Vol. 1 DVD Action Perhaps the most highly anticipated film of 2003, Kill Bill Vol. 1 marked the return of renowned filmmaker Quentin Tarantino after a six-year hiatus. Re-teaming the director with Uma Thurman for the first time since 1994's Pulp Fiction, the film was originally the first half of what was to be a three-hour-plus movie before being split into two films. Thurman stars as The Bride, one-fifth of a team of assassins called DiVAS. When The Bride opts to leave the outfit for a life of marital bliss, it doesn't sit well with her boss, Bill (David Carradine), so he has her former cohorts, played by Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, and Michael Madsen, show up at the nuptials, leaving behind a blood bath. Miraculously, The Bride survives a bullet to the head and, four years later, she sets out for revenge against her four assassins and their employer. The story is concluded in Kill Bill Vol. 2, released six months later. — Matthew Tobey
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 DVD Action The Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his associates.
The King of Comedy DVD Drama Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin wants to achieve success in showbiz, by resorting to stalking his idol, a late night talk show host who craves his own privacy.
L.A. Story VHS Comedy Harris Telemacher is the "Wacky Weather" presenter for a Los Angeles television station. He finds himself...
Las Vegas and Surrounding Day Trips VHS Documentary
Last Dragon, The DVD Drama A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow...
Last Resort VHS Comedy Sam and Dave are living the boring life until they are beckoned to Sam's uncle's Island. When they get...
Last Starfighter, The VHS Sci-Fi <i>He Didn't Find His Dreams. . .His Dreams Found Him.</i><br><br> Millions of light-years ago, a great frontier was constructed in the universe to protect the star League of Planets from its enemy, the evil KO-DAN. But now a defector has given the key to the frontier to the KO-DAN, and Starfighters from throughout the galaxy are needed to defend the peace. One recruiter, the alien scalawag Centauri, visits Earth to fill his quota of recruits and finds Alex, an 18-year-old Earthling with an extraordinary talent for video game wizardry. Alex is quickly propelled into the regions of outer space to join others from planets throughout the Star League to fight a war to save the universe.
Last Starfighter, The DVD Sci-Fi <i>He Didn't Find His Dreams. . .His Dreams Found Him.</i><br><br> Millions of light-years ago, a great frontier was constructed in the universe to protect the star League of Planets from its enemy, the evil KO-DAN. But now a defector has given the key to the frontier to the KO-DAN, and Starfighters from throughout the galaxy are needed to defend the peace. One recruiter, the alien scalawag Centauri, visits Earth to fill his quota of recruits and finds Alex, an 18-year-old Earthling with an extraordinary talent for video game wizardry. Alex is quickly propelled into the regions of outer space to join others from planets throughout the Star League to fight a war to save the universe.
Late Last Night VHS Comedy
Legend of Grimace Island - The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: VHS Animation; Family
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow VHS Family; Animation; Disney Originally released as half of the 1949 feature The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad , Bing Crosby narrates this Disney adaptation of Washington Irving 's story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman. &mdash; Jason Ankeny
Let It Ride VHS Comedy; Theme - Sports An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose...
Let It Ride DVD Comedy; Theme - Sports An average kind of guy who has a slight problem with gambling goes to the track, and mystically, it seems as though he can't lose...
Lethal Weapon 4 DVD Action Riggs and Murtaugh are back in trouble. They're getting too old for this shit.
Licence to Kill VHS Action; Bond James Bond leaves Her Majesty's Secret Service to stop an evil drug lord and avenge his best friend, Felix Leiter.
License to Drive VHS Comedy; Theme - Driving A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.
License to Drive DVD Comedy; Theme - Driving A teen decides to go for a night on the town with his friends despite flunking his driver's test.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus VHS Animation; Holiday A puppet-animation feature, noted for artistic values and story line, The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is based on a children's story by L. Frank Baum . In the Pagan tale, Santa grows old and nearer to his death, and the story of his life is relayed to immortals who must decide whether or not Santa Claus should be one of those who gets to live forever. Thus, the way Santa came to represent Christmas is explained from the time he was taken in as an orphan by the gods through the time he decided to make it his life's work to bring happiness to children by making and bringing them toys. &mdash; Sarah Sloboda
The Life of Python VHS Comedy And now for Monty Python fans who think they have seen everything, the BBC commemorates the 30th anniversary of the debut of <I>Monty Python's Flying Circus</I> with this treasure trove of new sketches performed by the Pythons (minus spoilsport Eric Idle, and, of course, ex-Python Graham Chapman); new interviews with all the surviving members; classic clips; and recently discovered and rarely seen Python material unearthed from the BBC archives. Volume 1, <i>It's...&nbsp;the Monty Python Story</i>, is a sketchy history, recalling the highs (the first two seasons of the groundbreaking TV series and <I>The Life of Brian</I>) and the lows (the death of Chapman, who in a poignant clip from his memorial service is eulogized by John Cleese as a "freeloading bastard"). Volume 2 really delivers the goods, including a long-lost 10-minute film Monty Python created for the 1971 Pan-European May Day Festival. Michael Palin spoofs his travel shows by giving viewers a tour of "Pythonland." He revisits the actual locations where such classic Python sketches as the Ministry of Silly Walks and the Fish Slapping Dance were filmed. <I>South Park</I> creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone offer an animated tribute (the Dead Kenny sketch), while Meatloaf goes behind the music to reveal the inspiration behind the Python's most memorable songs. Volume 3 contains "The Lost German Episode" of <i>Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus</i>, which was created for German television (don't worry; it's in English) and has never been broadcast in the United States. This is comedy's equivalent to a surviving-Beatles reunion, and though the new sketches and animations are hit and miss, it is heartening to see that the Pythons are still loony after all these years. It is a particular pleasure to see the Gumbys banging bricks once again. And Python sexpot Carol Cleveland is holding up rather well, if you know what I mean, say no more, nudge nudge. <I>--Donald Liebenson</I>
The Lion King VHS Family; Animation; Disney Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.
The Lion King DVD Animation; Disney; Family Tricked into thinking he killed his father, a guilt ridden lion cub flees into exile and abandons his identity as the future King.
Little Shop of Horrors VHS Musical A nerdish florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.
Little Vegas VHS Comedy; Theme - Gambling-Vegas Anthony John Denison stars as Carmine DeCarlo, a man trying to break free of familial mob ties after his middle-aged lover ( Anne Francis ) dies. &mdash; Jason Ankeny
Live and Let Die VHS Action; Bond 007 is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organization and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.
Live at Billy Bob's Texas DVD
Live Nude Girls VHS Comedy Georgina throws a sleepover party for her friend Jamie, a moderately successful actress, on the night of Jamie's fiancée's bachelor party...
The Living Daylights VHS Action; Bond James Bond is living on the edge to stop an evil arms dealer from starting another world war. Bond crosses all seven continents in order to stop the evil Whitikar and General Koskov.
The Lonely Guy VHS Comedy A writer for a greating card company learns the true meaning of loneliness when he comes home to find his girl friend in bed with another man.
Long Gone VHS Drama; Theme - Sports Story of the Tampico Stogies, a low minor-league baseball team, and its star player and manager, Stud' Cantrell...
The Longshot VHS Comedy; Theme - Sports With a cast starring such comic veterans as Harvey Korman, Anne Meara, Jack Weston and Tim Conway (who also wrote the script), and executive produced by Mike Nichols, it is normally a safe bet that hiliarity will ensue. Unfortunately, this sure thing does not pay off and is disappointingly dumb as it tells the tale of four luckless gamblers who in desperation borrow a large sum for a local loanshark so they can bet on a particular horse. Unfortunately, they bet on the wrong nag and suddenly the foursome must scramble around for quick cash before the loanshark's thugs show up for some bruising payback. &mdash; Sandra Brennan
Lost & Found VHS Comedy In order to impress his beautiful French neighbor, David Spade dognaps her pet pooch so he can return him and become a hero. Unfortunately, things do not work out as planned.
Lost in Space DVD Sci-Fi The Robinson family was going into space to fight for a chance for humanity. Now they are fighting to live long enough to find a way home.
The Love Bug VHS Family; Disney A race car driver becomes a champion with a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own.
The Love Bug DVD Disney; Theme - Driving A race car driver becomes a champion with a Volkswagen Beetle with a mind of its own.
Loverboy VHS Comedy Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Senor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special...
Loverboy DVD Comedy Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Senor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special...
Madagascar DVD Animation; Family Spoiled by their upbringing with no idea what wild life is really like, four animals from New York Central Zoo escape, unwittingly assisted by four absconding penguins, and find themselves in Madagascar, among a bunch of merry lemurs
Made VHS Drama Two aspiring boxers, lifelong friends, get involved in a money-laundering scheme through a low-level organized crime group.
Madonna - The Immaculate Collection DVD Musical
Magnum, P.I. - The Complete First Season DVD A ratings hit for eight seasons on CBS, the action-mystery series <I>Magnum, P.I.</I> makes its DVD boxed set debut in an impressive five-disc package that offers not only the entire first season, but some rarely seen episodes. Positioned in the old <I>Hawaii Five-O</I> time slot (Thursdays at 9) in December of 1980, <I>Magnum</I> quickly became a hit, thanks to the combination of smart and witty scripting, gorgeous locations, and the considerable charm of lead Tom Selleck as former Naval Intelligence officer Thomas Magnum, who gives up his position to become a private investigator on Oahu with the help of fellow Vietnam vets T.C. (Roger E. Mosley) and Rick (Larry Manetti). Magnum also provided security for the lavish estate of wealthy (and never-seen) mystery writer Robin Masters, which gave him access to the author's expensive vehicles (including a prized Ferrari), much to the disapproval of Masters's manservant Higgins (Jonathan Hillerman). <p> A rare series that skillfully blended action, humor, drama, and suspense, <I>Magnum, P.I.</I>'s first season gets the boxed set treatment its fans have been hoping for, with all 18 first-season episodes (including the two-part pilot, "Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii") included on four discs. The fifth disc contains four rarely shown bonus episodes, including season 3's "Ki'ls Don't Lie," which featured a crossover plot with <I>Simon and Simon</I>, as well as its conclusion ("Emeralds Are Not a Girl's Best Friend"), which kicked off <I>S&S</I>'s second season; the latter episode has never been aired as part of <I>Magnum</I>'s syndicated package, which is another reason for fans to pick up and enjoy this long-awaited set. <I>--Paul Gaita</I>
Magnum, P.I. - The Complete Second Season DVD Return to the Big Island for more adventure with Tom Selleck?s charmingly roguish detective hero, Thomas Magnum, courtesy of this three-disc set, which compiles the entire second season (1981-1982) of <I>Magnum, P.I.</I>. The 22 episodes included here (among them the two-part "Memories Are Forever") crystallize the key to the series? success: an appealing blend of action, drama, mystery, and comedy, cemented by Selleck and his likable castmates, especially John Hillerman, who would earn a Golden Globe for his work on <I>Magnum</I> in ?82. Highlights of the season include Magnum?s attempt to stop an international assassin ("The Jororo Kill," with Tyne Daly), the arrival of Hemingway-esque author Mad Buck Gibson (Darren McGavin) in the episode of the same name, and the aforementioned two-parter, which reunites Magnum with a woman he thought to have died after marrying her while serving in Vietnam. The usual array of classy guest stars are also on hand for this season; in addition to the aforementioned actors, there are turns by Mimi Rogers, Vic Morrow, Vera Miles, Jill St. John, and Elisha Cook Jr. (who plays a much different character than his recurring role as "Ice Pick" in future seasons). And <I>Magnum</I> obsessives should note early appearances by Gillian Dobb, who played Agatha Chumley in numerous subsequent episodes, as well as one of Higgins?s colorful, estranged half-brothers in "The Elmo Ziller Story." It?s unfortunate that the set itself doesn?t match the quality of the Episodes--extras are limited to second-season episodes from <I>Knight Rider</I> and <I>The A-Team</I>--but <I>Magnum</I> fans should be pleased to have all the episodes in a single set, and best of all, commercial-free. <I>--Paul Gaita</I>
Major League VHS Comedy; Theme - Sports An exotic dancer marries the owner of a baseball club. He does not survive the honeymoon and she is in control of his ball club...
Making of Disney's Animal Kingdom VHS Documentary
Mallrats DVD Comedy Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.
The Man with the Golden Gun VHS Action; Bond Bond is led to believe that he is targeted by the world's most expensive assassin and must hunt him down to stop him.
The Man with Two Brains VHS Comedy Steve Martin comedy about brain transplantation.
The Manhattan Project VHS Drama A teen and his girlfriend make an atomic bomb with plutonium stolen from a scientist dating his mother.
Mannequin VHS Comedy Jonathan Switcher is a young artist. He just doesn't seem to last in any job he does. But when he builds a mannequin...
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh VHS Animation; Disney; Family Disney's 1977 <I>The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh</I> may be the last word on (animated) Pooh because it so faithfully honors the first word on Pooh, penned in the 1920s by British storyteller A.A. Milne. Gently paced, subtly humorous, and blessedly understated, this adaptation reflects Walt Disney's original vision to develop the beloved British bear for a wider audience. The film is essentially a collection of the original Pooh shorts, "The Honey Tree," "The Blustery Day," and "Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too." These storybooks are presented in seamless "chapters," narrated by the timeless Sebastian Cabot. The familiar musical score and original voices of Sterling Holloway as Pooh, and Paul Winchell as Tigger, cap this enchanting keepsake. (Ages 2 and up). <I>--Lynn Gibson</I>
Mary Poppins DVD Family; Disney A magic nanny comes to work for a cold banker's family and is determined to strengthen his relationship with it.
MASH VHS Comedy The staff of a Korean Conflict field hospital use humour and hijinks to keep their sanity amidst the horror of war
Matinee VHS Drama A small time film promoter releases a kitschy horror film during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Matrix DVD Sci-Fi A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality and his role in the war against the controllers of it.
Maverick VHS Western; Comedy Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.
The Mean Season VHS Drama Malcolm Anderson is a reporter for a Miami newspaper. He's had enough of reporting the local murders...
Meatballs VHS Comedy Wacky hijinks of counselors and campers at a less-than-average summer camp.
Meatballs Part II VHS Comedy Second in the series of Meatball movies. A group of kids attempt to save a summer camp that's a financial failure.
Medicine Man VHS Drama An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle...
Medieval Times Souvenier Video VHS Documentary
Meet the Parents DVD Comedy Male nurse Greg Focker meets his girlfriend's parents before proposing, but her suspicious father is every date's worst nightmare.
Men at Work VHS Comedy Carl and James are two pleasant but unambitious garbage men. Carl has a telescope with which he observes his neighbors...
Men in Black VHS Comedy; Sci-Fi Two men who keep an eye on aliens in New York City must try to save the world after the aliens threaten to blow it up.
Mickey Mouse Club, Vol. 2 VHS Animation; Disney; Family
Mickey Mouse in Living Color - Walt Disney Treasures DVD Animation; Disney During the mid-'30s, Mickey Mouse's fans ranged from the more than one million children who were members of the Mickey Mouse Club to Franklin Roosevelt, Mary Pickford, and the Nizam of Hyderabad; theater marquees announced "A Mickey Mouse Cartoon" with the feature titles. These wonderful shorts, many of which have never been released to the home market, remind viewers just how charming Mickey was before his popularity and role as a corporate symbol restricted his behavior. In these cartoons Mickey's personality was boyish, appealing, and slightly mischievous. The superb animation emphasizes that impish appeal. When Mickey dances with a deck of cards in "Thru the Mirror," he displays a stylish grace Fred Astaire might envy; in "Brave Little Tailor," his expressions and body language reveal his thoughts as he outwits Willie the Giant. It's virtually impossible to watch him without smiling. These shorts overflow with color and motion, and their lavish visuals pack an increased impact in an era of minimal television animation. Only Walt Disney would spend the money to animate a full deck of cards, a band flying through the air in a tornado, or a clutch of semitransparent ghosts, and only his animators could make those characters live on the screen. The prints have been lovingly restored without pumping up the color too much: the nuances of the delicate watercolor backgrounds still come through. Parents, Disney buffs, and animation fans will want this superb collection in their home libraries. Unrated: suitable for all ages. <I>--Charles Solomon</I>
Mickey's Crazy Careers VHS Animation; Disney; Family Let's go straight to the best entry in the video cartoon compilation Mickey's Crazy Careers . That entry is 1935's The Band Concert , not only Mickey Mouse's first in Technicolor but also one of the finest ten minutes' worth of animation turned out by any studio. Joining Mickey in this rousing musical short are an obstreperous Donald Duck, a billing-and-cooing Clarabelle Cow and Horace Horsecollar, and a "special guest star" cyclone. You'll never again think of The Lone Ranger after hearing Mickey's full-orchestra rendition of "Overture to William Tell." The Band Concert , together with the vertigo-inducing cartoon Clock Cleaners more than compensates for the weakest entry in Mickey's Crazy Careers , the black-and-white potboiler The Mail Pilot . Rounding out the collection are Mickey's Fire Brigade , Magician Mickey and Tugboat Mickey . &mdash; Hal Erickson
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas DVD Animation; Disney; Holiday Sequel to Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Midnight Madness VHS Comedy Leon planned "The Great Allnighter" by picking college students to participate in his night long scavenger hunt...
Midnight Run VHS Comedy An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia after jumping bail.
Midnight Run DVD Comedy An accountant is chased by bounty hunters, the FBI, and the Mafia after jumping bail.
The Mighty Ducks VHS Family; Comedy; Disney Gordon Bombay, a hotshot lawyer, is haunted by memories of his childhood, when, as the star player in his champion hockey team...
A Mighty Wind DVD Comedy Mockumentary captures the reunion of 1960s folk trio the Folksmen (Guest, McKean, Shearer) as they prepare for a show at The Town Hall to memorialize a recently deceased concert promoter.
Million Dollar Duck VHS Family; Comedy; Disney Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.
Million Dollar Mystery VHS Comedy
Mo' Money VHS Comedy Trying to get his act together, a con artist gets a job in a credit card company. He falls in love with a fellow employee...
Mobsters VHS Drama The story of a group of friends in turn of the century New York, from their early days as street hoods to their rise in the world of organized crime...
Monkees Christmas Show VHS Comedy; Holiday Butch Patrick , late of The Munsters , plays a wealthy and cynical youngster named Melvin Vandersnoot. Hired to look after the boy, the Monkees take advantage of the holiday season to show Melvin the true meaning of Christmas &mdash; and, incidentally, to prove that money isn't everything. Burt Mustin , who played an octogenarian Tarzan-type on the previous episode "Monkees Marooned," is here seen as Melvin's butler. At the end of the episode, The Monkees introduce the series' production crew, joining them in wishing the viewers a merry Christmas. Song: "Riu Chiu". Scripted by Neil Burstyn from a story by Burstyn and Dave Evans , "The Christmas Story" aired, appropriately enough, on December 25, 1967. &mdash; Hal Erickson
Monkees, Vol. 2 VHS Comedy The misadventures of a struggling rock band.
Monkees, Vol. 5 VHS Comedy The misadventures of a struggling rock band.
Monkees, Vol. 8 VHS Comedy The misadventures of a struggling rock band.
Monsters, Inc. DVD Animation; Family; Disney Monsters generate their city's power by scaring children, but they are terribly afraid themselves of being contaminated by children, so when one enters Monstropolis, top scarer Sulley find his world disrupted.
Monty Python's Flying Circus VHS Comedy In 1969, five overeducated British comics and an American illustrator invaded the homes of unsuspecting BBC viewers with a brand of comedy that was, at the very least, odd. "Absurd," "bizarre," and "incomprehensible" are other descriptions that jump to mind. Nonetheless, this wacky sextet inaugurated an absurd tradition that continued through three and a half seasons of half-hour TV episodes, a series of live performances, a handful of movies, and a legacy of dead parrots and upper-class twits. <I>Monty Python's Flying Circus, Set&nbsp;1</I> features the first episodes foisted on a still-reeling public, introducing running gags ("And now for something completely different") and recurring characters (an armor-clad Terry Gilliam wielding a rubber chicken, Graham Chapman's pompous Colonel intruding on sketches he deems simply too silly, and of course Michael Palin's "It's a Man" wandered through the entire season). Among the sketch highlights in the first three shows are Nudge Nudge, the Funniest Joke in the World, How to Defend Yourself from a Man Attacking You with Fresh Fruit, Confuse a Cat, and The Dull Life of a City Stockbroker, all interspersed with various and sundry cut-out animation sequences by Terry Gilliam. These early episodes may lack the consistency and stream-of-consciousness flow of their later, more assured work, but they're packed with some of the most memorable moments of the group's brief but brilliant history. <I>--Sean Axmaker</I>
Moon Over Parador VHS Comedy Little known actor, Jack Noah, is working on location in the dictatorship of Parador at the time the dictator dies...
Moonraker VHS Action; Bond James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.
Mothra VHS Sci-Fi Mothra was the third major addition to the Toho Studios' giant-monster stable after Godzilla and Rodan, and the first female beast in the series. The creature begins Ishiro Honda 's entertaining film as a giant larva worshipped by island tribesmen and guarded by twin sisters ( Emi and Yumi Ito ) who stand only a few inches high. Eventually, the larva metamorphoses into a giant female moth and panic ensues as the creature attempts to regain her stolen egg and her tiny protectors. The usual pandemonium and destruction is tempered here by a softer edge which would come to dominate the genre for much of the decade. &mdash; Robert Firsching
Movie Bloopers VHS Documentary
Movies, Money & Murder VHS Drama
Moving Violations VHS Comedy A group of careless and unlucky drivers are sentenced to attend traffic school to keep their records clean...
Mr. Baseball DVD Comedy A fading baseball player is traded to a Japanese team and has trouble fitting into the society.
Mr. Destiny VHS Comedy Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned...
Mr. Mom VHS Comedy Jack and Caroline are a couple struggling to make ends meet. When Jack loses his job, they agree that...
Mr. Mom DVD Comedy Jack and Caroline are a couple struggling to make ends meet. When Jack loses his job, they agree that...
Mulan VHS Family; Animation; Disney To save her father from death in the army, a Chinese maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroes in the process.
The Muppet Christmas Carol VHS Family; Holiday The Muppet character tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser's redemption on Christmas Eve.
The Muppet Christmas Carol DVD Family; Holiday The Muppet character tell their version of the classic tale of an old and bitter miser's redemption on Christmas Eve.
Muppet Classic Theater VHS Family
A Muppet Family Christmas VHS Family; Holiday Kermit and his friends spend Christmas staging a surprise visit to Fozzie Bear's mother's farm.
The Muppet Movie VHS Family; Comedy Kermit and his new found friends trek across America to find success in Hollywood, but a frog-legs merchant is after Kermit.
The Muppet Show, Best of - Elton John / Julie Andrews / Gene Kelly DVD Family
Muppet Weird Stuff VHS Family
The Muppets Take Manhattan VHS Comedy; Family Kermit and his friends go to New York to get their musical on Broadway only to find it's a more difficult task than they anticipated.
Muscle Beach Party VHS Theme - Beach; Comedy The second film in the <I>Beach Party</I> series returns Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello to the land of endless summer and back-projection surfing. It's as giddy as the first movie. Two inane subplots are added: Frankie is wooed by a wealthy bombshell (knockout Luciana Paluzzi), and Don Rickles trains a team of bodybuilders. The usual <I>Beach Party</I> trademarks are in place, including real surfing footage (much improved from the first film), Candy Johnson's shimmy dancing, and Annette's modified bikini with mesh-covered cleavage. Music is provided by Dick Dale and a rockin' Little Stevie Wonder, with most of the songs penned by a triumvirate of surf-music royalty: Brian Wilson, Roger Christian, and Gary Usher. As Frankie says, "Now you swing with me on that, or you don't swing at all." We swing.<p> <I>Ski Party</I> transfers the <I>Beach Party</I> vibe to snow, with a <I>Some Like it Hot</I> ripoff thrown in. Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman go in drag to discover what girls really want, but Deborah Walley and Yvonne Craig put them in the deep freeze. It's surprisingly fun, with deranged musical appearances by James Brown and Lesley Gore. The outdoor stuff was filmed at Sun Valley. Annette Funicello cameos as a sex-ed instructor. <I>--Robert Horton</I>
My Blue Heaven VHS Comedy An all too uptight FBI agent must protect a larger than life mobster with a heart of gold, currently under witness protection in the suburbs.
My Blue Heaven DVD Comedy An all too uptight FBI agent must protect a larger than life mobster with a heart of gold, currently under witness protection in the suburbs.
My Cousin Vinny VHS Comedy Bill and Stan are mistaken for murderers while on vacation, and Bill's family sends his cousin to defend them for his first case as a lawyer.
My Demon Lover VHS Drama A homeless street musician becomes a demon when sexually aroused.
My Science Project VHS Drama Michael and Ellie break into a military junkyard to find a science project for Michael's class, and...
Mystery Train VHS Drama A Japanese couple with an obsession with 50's America go to Memphis because the boyfriend's life is Carl Perkins...
The Naked Gun - From the Files of Police Squad! VHS Comedy Incompetent cop Frank Drebbin has to foil an attempt to assasinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Napoleon Dynamite DVD Comedy The directorial debut of filmmaker Jared Hess, who also co-wrote the screenplay, Napoleon Dynamite is a quirky, offbeat comedy set in the small Idaho town of Preston. Jon Heder stars in the titular role, a carrot-topped oddball with a decidedly eccentric family that includes his llama-loving, dune-buggy enthusiast grandmother. The story centers on the local high school's race for class president. Using some nontraditional means, Napoleon is determined to help his pal Pedro (Efrem Ramirez) run a winning campaign and defeat popular girl Summer (Haylie Duff). Also starring The Drew Carey Show's Diedrich Bader, Napoleon Dynamite premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. — Matthew Tobey
Neighbors VHS Comedy A quiet man's peaceful suburban lifestyle is threatened by the new, obnoxious couple that moves in next door.
Nero Wolfe - Complete First Season DVD Drama Complete first season includes: 1) The Doorbell Rang, 2) Champagne For One, 3) Prisoner's Base, 4) Eeny Meeny Murder Moe, 5) Disguise for Murder, 6) Door to Death, 7) Christmas Party, 8) Over my Dead Body
Nero Wolfe - The Complete Second Season DVD Mystery
New Jack City VHS Drama A crime lord ascends to power and becomes megamanical while a maverick police detective vows to stop him.
New York, New York VHS Drama Martin Scorsese combined the splashy atmosphere of the old studio musical with an unromanticized marriage story in his valentine to Hollywood and the Big Band era. On V-J Day 1945, newly minted civilian saxophonist Jimmy Doyle ( Robert De Niro ) meets USO singer Francine Evans ( Liza Minnelli ) at a dance, but she rebuffs every advance that he makes. A day and a hotel lobby meeting later, Jimmy finally wins Francine over after she uses her pop instincts to save his too-jazzy audition at a nightclub. When she goes on tour with Frankie Harte ( Georgie Auld ) and his Orchestra, Jimmy tracks her down, taking a job with the orchestra to be with her. Together on stage, they make beautiful music; off stage they marry, but the struggle between two artists begins to take its toll. Unable to understand that Francine's needs and talents are just as important as his, and unwilling to compromise his music for security, Jimmy abandons Francine after their baby is born. Separately, the two succeed even more, as Francine becomes a music and movie star, while Jimmy has a top hit and opens a jazz club. When they are reunited several years later, the pair must decide if their relationship is worth another try. &mdash; Lucia Bozzola
Night of the Living Dead VHS Horror A group of people hide from bloodthirsty zombies in a farmhouse.
Night Patrol VHS Comedy Melvin is a pathetic loser of a motorcycle cop who gets demoted to working the night shift as a punishment for his constant screw-ups...
Night Shift VHS Comedy A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious...
The Night We Never Met VHS Comedy Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility...
The Nightmare Before Christmas VHS Animation; Holiday Jack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn't quite understand the concept.
Ninja Scroll VHS Animation A peak achievement of Japanese anime, <I>Ninja Scroll</I> is a propulsive mix of samurai action adventure and supernatural fantasy from writer-director Yoshiaki Kawajiri (<I>Supernatural Best City</I>). This is defiantly animation for grown-ups, complete with fountains of blood, plenty of naked flesh, and (in both the subtitled and dubbed versions) some decidedly strong language. (Students of Japanese language could pick up some useful expressions.) The plot sounds like a 16th century variation on the <I>X-Files</I>: An entire village has been wiped out by a mysterious plague and an anti-government conspiracy of invulnerable demons seems to be responsible. A wandering ninja, Jubei, and his female counterpart, Kagero, team up to defeat the plotters. Jubei is a classic reluctant hero, agreeing to participate in the mission only after being fed a slow-acting poison; the antidote will be supplied after he cooperates. And Kagero, a looker whose embrace is lethal, is a femme fatale with a difference that seems distinctively Japanese: sexual contact itself is poisonous, especially for a warrior with a pure soul. <i>--David Chute</i>
No Deposit, No Return VHS Family; Disney Two would-be safe-crackers `sort of' kidnap the two grandchildren of millionaire J. W. Osborne. In a story somewhat reminiscent of O...
Nobody's Perfekt VHS Comedy The story of a group of misfits living in Miami, and their revenge against government bureaucracy. After...
Noises Off... VHS Comedy A travelling theater group find so much action going on behind-the-scenes, they almost ruin the performances.
Norman's Awesome Experience VHS Comedy Through the experiment of a crazy scientist, his colleague Norman, model Erica and her photographer are sent back in time to the Romans...
North Shore VHS Drama Before entering art school next autumn, Rick sets out to spend the summer surfing at Hawaii. He knows nothing about the local habits...
Nothing But Trouble VHS Comedy A financier [Chevy Chase] meets a spurned lover [Demi Moore] and agrees to take her to a business meeting...
Nuns on the Run VHS Drama Brian and Charlie (B & C) work for a gangster. When the boss learns they want to "leave", he sets them up to be killed...
The Nutty Professor VHS Comedy Grossly overweight Prof. Sherman Klump, desperate to lose weight takes a special chemical that turns him into the slim but obnoxious Buddy Love.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? DVD Drama The writing, directing, and producing team of Joel Coen and Ethan Coen created this picaresque comedy (inspired in part by Homer's The Odyssey ) set in the Deep South during the Depression. Suave and fancy-talking Everett Ulysses McGill ( George Clooney ), dim-witted Delmar ( Tim Blake Nelson ), and easily-excitable Pete ( John Turturro ) are serving time together on a prison chain gang. Everett knows where $1.2 million is hidden that's theirs for the taking, and the three manage to escape; however, a stranger soon warns them that they'll find treasure, but not the sort they're looking for. As Everett and his partners hit the road, they happen upon a gluttonous bible salesman, Big Dan Teague ( John Goodman ); meet up with Baby Face Nelson ( Michael Badalucco ) as he robs a bank; encounter three Sirens doing their washing; run into Everett's estranged wife Penny ( Holly Hunter ), who has told everyone her husband was killed in a train wreck; find themselves in the middle of a heated campaign between political boss Pappy O'Daniel ( Charles Durning ), and reformist candidate Homer Stokes ( Wayne Duvall ); and even find time to make a hit record as The Soggy Bottom Boys. Noted songwriter T-Bone Burnett helped compile the songs (combining vintage country blues tunes with originals in the same style), while Carter Burwell composed the background score. Incidentally, the title O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a reference to the classic Preston Sturges comedy Sullivan's Travels , in which a director plans to make a serious "message picture" with that name. &mdash; Mark Deming
Ocean's Eleven (1960) DVD Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas Eleven friends who know each other from World War II service plan to rob five of the biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night...
Ocean's Eleven (2001) DVD Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas A rag-tag group of con artists and ex-cons team up for the heist to end all heists in this high-profile remake of the 1960 Rat Pack favorite. As with its predecessor, Ocean's Eleven opens with its titular hero Danny Ocean ( George Clooney stepping into the Frank Sinatra role) eager for a new challenge. The similarities to the original end there, as Ocean conspires with his old pal Rusty Ryan ( Brad Pitt ) to rob 150 million dollars from an underground vault that serves three of Las Vegas' biggest casinos. Between the two of them, they recruit nine other men, each with his own criminal specialty, to assist in the mission: moneyman Reuben Tishkoff ( Elliot Gould ), card dealer Frank ( Bernie Mac ), pickpocket Linus ( Matt Damon ), aging con artist Saul ( Carl Reiner ), British explosives pro Basher ( Don Cheadle ), techie Dell ( Eddie Jemison ), rude-boy brothers Virgil ( Casey Affleck ) and Turk ( Scott Caan ), and professional acrobat Yen ( Shaobo Qin ). What Ocean doesn't tell the group is that there's another reason he's coordinating the heist: the three casinos they're robbing are all owned by ruthless gambling mogul Terry Benedict ( Andy Garcia ), who just happens to be married to Ocean's former love Tess ( Julia Roberts ). Ocean's Eleven was updated by scribe Ted Griffin and marked the third feature shot by director Steven Soderbergh under the alias Peter Andrews . &mdash; Michael Hastings
Octopussy VHS Action; Bond A Faberge Egg found with a murdered British agent puts Bond on the trail that leads to a plot to kill thousands to weaken NATO defences in Europe.
The Odd Couple VHS Comedy Two friends try sharing an apartment, but their ideas of housekeeping and lifestyles are as different as night and day.
Old School DVD Comedy; Theme - College Three men are disenchanted with life and try to recapture their college days.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service VHS Action; Bond Bond is approached by a crime boss to marry his daughter and in return both father and daughter help 007 hunt for his archenemy, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.
On the Beach DVD Drama The residents of Australia after a global nuclear war must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.
On the Right Track VHS Comedy Lester is a homeless shoeshine boy living in a railway station. He's got this funny knack for picking...
Once Bitten VHS Comedy The Countess has a problem. She is a 400 year old vampire who will cease to look young unless she is...
Once Upon a Time in Mexico DVD Action Hitman "El Mariachi" becomes involved in international espionage involving a psychotic CIA agent and a corrupt Mexican general.
One Crazy Summer VHS Comedy An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
Opportunity Knocks VHS Comedy Eddie and Lou are a couple of two-bit con men on the lam from a loan shark. They hide out in someone's...
Orgazmo VHS Comedy Naive young Mormon Joe Young is recruited to act in porn movies.
Orgazmo DVD Comedy Naive young Mormon Joe Young is recruited to act in porn movies.
Oscar VHS Comedy Angelo "Snaps" Provolone made his dying father a promise on his deathbed: he would leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman...
Out Cold VHS Comedy Sunny is married to the butcher Ernie; their marriage is about to end as both of them have affairs....
Outside Ozona VHS Drama A drama revolving around a group of strangers brought together by a common occurrence as well as listening to the same radio station.
Over the Edge VHS Drama New Grenada is a planned community set in the desert where there is nothing for the kids to do, save for a rec center - which closes at 6 PM...
Overboard VHS Comedy Rich bitch Joanna hires country carpenter Dean to build a closet on her yacht. When the two don't see eye-to-eye...
Palmetto VHS Drama A recently released ex-con gets involved in a fake kidnapping scheme that turns very real.
Parallel Skiing VHS Documentary; Theme - Snow-Winter
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python VHS Comedy Sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969)".
Pee-wee's Big Adventure VHS Comedy The weirdo man-child goes on a cross-country trek in pursuit of his stolen beloved bike.
Pee-Wee's Playhouse Christmas Special VHS Comedy; Holiday The secret word is "Happy New Year" as Pee-Wee Herman ( Paul Reubens ) and the Playhouse gang hold a Christmas party. Things threaten to get out of hand fairly early as the increasingly disappointed Pee-Wee receives one fruitcake after another. When he complains that he didn't get anything he really wanted, our hero learns an important lesson about sharing from none other than Santa Claus. Among Pee-wee's special guests are singers k.d. lang , Grace Jones , Dinah Shore , and the Del Rubio Triplets , "Beach Party" perennials Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon (who'd recently costarred with Pee-wee in the theatrical film Back at the Beach ), the outrageous Little Richard (on ice-skates!) and such pop-culture giants as Oprah Winfrey , Charo , Cher , Joan Rivers , Magic Johnson , and even Zsa Zsa Gabor . Pee-wee Herman's Christmas Special first aired December 21, 1988 on CBS. &mdash; Hal Erickson
Penn & Teller Get Killed VHS Comedy Penn & Teller enjoy playing jokes on each other. When Penn says on an interview show that he wishes...
Pennies from Heaven DVD Comedy It's the depression era and Chicago. Sheet music salesman Arthur Parker is trying to sell his products...
Pete's Dragon VHS Family; Disney An orphan boy and his magical dragon come to town with his abusive adoptive parents in pursuit.
Pete's Dragon - Gold Collection DVD Family; Disney An orphan boy and his magical dragon come to town with his abusive adoptive parents in pursuit.
Pinocchio VHS Animation; Family; Disney A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
Pinocchio DVD Animation; Family; Disney A living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.
Pirates of the Caribbean - The Curse of the Black Pearl DVD Action; Disney You won't need a bottle of rum to enjoy <I>Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl</I>, especially if you've experienced the Disneyland theme-park ride that inspired it. There's a galleon's worth of fun in watching Johnny Depp's androgynous performance as Captain Jack Sparrow, a roguish pirate who could pass for the illegitimate spawn of rockers Keith Richards and Chrissie Hynde. Depp gets all the good lines and steals the show, recruiting Orlando Bloom (a blacksmith and expert swordsman) and Keira Knightley (a lovely governor's daughter) on an adventurous quest to recapture the notorious <I>Black Pearl</I>, a ghost ship commandeered by Jack's nemesis Capt. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush), a mutineer desperate to reverse the curse that left him and his (literally) skeleton crew in a state of eternal, undead damnation. Director Gore Verbinski (<I>The Ring</I>) repeats the redundant mayhem that marred his debut film <I>Mouse Hunt</I>, but with the writers of <I>Shrek</I> he's made <I>Pirates</I> into a special-effects thrill-ride that plays like a Halloween party on the open seas. Aye, matey, we've come a long way since <I>Jason and the Argonauts</I>! <I>--Jeff Shannon</I>
Plain Clothes VHS Drama Trying to get his brother out of jail, Nick has to bump his way out again from high school, find the murderer...
Planes, Trains & Automobiles VHS Comedy A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
Planes, Trains & Automobiles DVD Comedy A man must struggle to travel home for Thanksgiving, with an obnoxious slob of a shower ring salesman his only companion.
The Player VHS Drama A studio executive is being blackmailed by a writer whose script he rejected but which one? Loaded with Hollywood insider jokes.
The Polar Express Theatrical Release Animation On Christmas Eve, a doubting boy boards a magical train that's headed to the North Pole and Santa Claus's home.
Police Academy VHS Comedy A group of good-hearted but incompotent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.
Police Academy DVD Comedy A group of good-hearted but incompotent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks.
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment VHS Comedy When a new gang moves into town it's up to the screwball police team to stop them.
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment DVD Comedy When a new gang moves into town it's up to the screwball police team to stop them.
Popeye VHS Comedy Nothing interests filmmaker Robert Altman more than a contained culture that mixes bare humanity with local eccentricity (think of his <i>M*A*S*H</i> and <i>Nashville</i>). So Altman's <i>Popeye</i> (1980), based on the old comic strip, works best as a portrait of a busy, cluttered, cartoonish town called Sweethaven. But it is much less successful as a comprehensible story about the famous sailor with massive forearms and a relationship with Olive Oyl (Shelley Duvall). Robin Williams plays Popeye with his usual brilliance for mimicry, Paul Dooley makes a credible Wimpy, and Paul L. Smith makes an impression as the oversized bully, Bluto. But this strange, disastrous film never becomes more than an expensive workshop airing out Altmanesque themes. <i>--Tom Keogh</i>
Pray TV DVD Comedy A failing television station is bought out by a slick TV evangelist and starts making mountains of money in the guise of religious programming, but which is actually just an excuse to sell merchandise.
Prelude to War VHS Documentary The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.
Primary Colors VHS Drama A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for president of the USA.
The Princess Bride VHS Family; Comedy A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil king, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather).
The Princess Bride DVD Comedy; Family A classic fairy tale, with swordplay, giants, an evil king, a beautiful princess, and yes, some kissing (as read by a kindly grandfather).
Private Eyes, The DVD Comedy Don Knotts and Tim Conway star in <I>The Private Eyes</I>, a 1980 comedy about two bumbling detectives solving a murder. It's an impressively incompetent affair. Every ancient joke falls with a muffled thud as Knotts and Conway ham their way through the pointless story: The lord and lady of a capacious manor are killed, and the lord's ghost seems to have returned to knock off the staff one by one. There's an austere housekeeper, a snooty butler with compulsive twitches, a sexy upstairs maid, a deformed groomsman, and a buxom young heir to the estate, who of course is going to be in some state of undress before the movie is over. People get killed, their bodies disappear, Knotts and Conway wander aimlessly through secret passageways, dimly seeking some way out of this movie. Conway cowrote the script, so he gets most of the blame; Knotts was probably just happy to have the work. <I>--Bret Fetzer</I>
Private Parts VHS Comedy The auto-biographical story of Howard Stern, the radio-rebel who is now also a TV-personality, an author and a movie star.
The Professional - Golgo 13 VHS Animation Duke Togo is Golgo 13, a stone-faced, stone-cold killer for hire. Utterly amoral and usually expressionless, he is known for always getting the job done, even against impossible odds. Which is precisely what he does when he cleanly kills the son of a wealthy industrialist named Lawson on a crowded yacht with a single bullet. Duke takes on another contract against a Sicilian Mafia boss, while Lawson targets Duke to avenge the killing of his son. Thus begins a chain reaction of murder and revenge as Duke fends off the Mafia and corrupt U.S. government agents, all the while having to deal with an increasingly bizarre array of Lawson's assassins. As he battles his way to the top of Lawson's corporate tower, the wife of the slain Lawson has to wonder: Why is her father-in-law obsessed with hunting down Duke, rather than the person who hired him? &mdash; Emru Townsend
Pulp Fiction DVD Action Outrageously violent, time-twisting, and in love with language, Pulp Fiction was widely considered the most influential American movie of the 1990s. Director and co-screenwriter Quentin Tarantino synthesized such seemingly disparate traditions as the syncopated language of David Mamet ; the serious violence of American gangster movies, crime movies, and films noirs mixed up with the wacky violence of cartoons, video games, and Japanese animation; and the fragmented story-telling structures of such experimental classics as Citizen Kane , Rashomon , and La jetée . The Oscar-winning script by Tarantino and Roger Avary intertwines three stories, featuring Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta , in the role that single-handedly reignited his career, as hit men who have philosophical interchanges on such topics as the French names for American fast food products; Bruce Willis as a boxer out of a 1940s B-movie; and such other stalwarts as Harvey Keitel , Tim Roth , Christopher Walken , Eric Stoltz , Ving Rhames , and Uma Thurman , whose dance sequence with Travolta proved an instant classic. &mdash; Leo Charney
Pump Up the Volume VHS Drama Mark (Christian Slater) runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens.
Queens Logic VHS Drama Ray ( Ken Olin ) is a young adult and has a girlfriend that he lives with quite happily. However, the agreed-on date of their marriage is coming up, and he's not quite sure he wants to make that kind of commitment. His buddies Dennis, Elliot, and Vinny have their own commitment problems. Dennis ( Kevin Bacon ) isn't sure he wants to stay away from his buddies long enough to get his music career going in Hollywood; Elliot ( John Malkovich ) knows that he's homosexual but thinks that being gay means fitting all sorts of ugly stereotypes &mdash; stereotypes he is determined to avoid at all costs; and Vinny ( Tony Spiridakis ) commits himself all too frequently and often to the nearest desirable female. Meanwhile, cousin Al ( Joe Mantegna ) is in trouble with his wife, and only the intervention of a well-intentioned psychotic ( Jamie Lee Curtis ) can put him back on the right track. &mdash; Clarke Fountain
Quick Change VHS Comedy; Theme - Urban Three thieves successfully rob a New York City bank, but making the escape from the city proves to be almost impossible.
Quicksilver VHS Drama Jack Casey used to be a hot-shot stock market whizkid. After a disasterous professional decision, his life in the fast lane is over...
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown VHS Animation; Family The Peanuts gang go to summer camp and participate in a river raft race against some cheating bullies.
Raging Bull VHS Drama A biographical film about the middleweight champ, the physically tough, but emotionally self-destructive Jake LaMotta.
Raiders of the Lost Ark VHS Action Archeologist and adventurer, Indiana Jones, is hired by the US government to find the Ark of the Covenant, before the Nazis...
Rated X VHS Drama Biopic of notorious Mitchell Brothers who opened up a successful San Francisco strip club and thriving porn business that lead to a downward spiral of power and greed.
The Ratings Game VHS Comedy A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.
Ray DVD Drama The life and career of the legendary popular music pianist, Ray Charles.
Real Genius VHS Comedy Teenage geniuses deal with their abilities while developing a laser.
The Real Las Vegas, The Complete Story of America's Neon Oasis - Vol. 1 - Boomtown VHS Documentary; Theme - Gambling-Vegas This installment of the series The Real Las Vegas covers the early days of the city. The city started out as a Mormon settlement, but mobsters such as Bugsy Siegel had other plans. They changed the city into a gambling oasis. Learn the early history of this fabled city with the help of actor and narrator Richard Crenna . &mdash; Linda J. Shriver
The Real Las Vegas, The Complete Story of America's Neon Oasis - Vol. 2 - Gamble in the Desert VHS Documentary; Theme - Gambling-Vegas This installment of the series The Real Las Vegas covers the early gambling life of the city. Bugsy Siegel is noted for starting this present-day gambling oasis. He eventually fell from grace with the mob and after he was gone they moved in. Learn about this part of the history of Las Vegas with the help of actor and narrator Richard Crenna . &mdash; Linda J. Shriver
The Real Las Vegas, The Complete Story of America's Neon Oasis - Vol. 3 - Tarnished Dream VHS Documentary; Theme - Gambling-Vegas This installment of the series The Real Las Vegas examines the influence of the Teamsters. The Teamsters supplied the city with large amounts of money to help the gambling economy grow. This was also the time of the heyday of the "Rat Pack." Learn about the history of the city with the help of actor and narrator Richard Crenna . &mdash; Linda J. Shriver
The Real Las Vegas, The Complete Story of America's Neon Oasis - Vol. 4 - House of Cards VHS Documentary; Theme - Gambling-Vegas This installment of the series The Real Las Vegas reports on the city of today. See a profile of present-day mogul Steve Wynn, who controls many businesses in the city, although some resorts are now family-owned. Learn about today's Las Vegas with the help of actor and narrator Richard Crenna . &mdash; Linda J. Shriver
Real Men VHS Comedy Jim Belushi plays a super-competent secret agent on the trail of Russian thugs. John Ritter plays a milquetoast dad who gets mixed up in the caper...
Remo Williams - The Adventure Begins VHS Action Talk about hubris: this film, released at the height of sequelmania in the mid-1980s, came with its own intimations of future sequels built right into the title. Unfortunately, you have to make a good first film in order to generate follow-ups--something these filmmakers didn't manage--so the adventure began and ended with this one. Based on the pulp paperback adventure series The Destroyer, the film deals with a ne'er-do-well, Remo Williams (Fred Ward), who is recruited to battle the forces of evil. He is trained by an Asian martial arts master who, in those days before political correctness, was played by Joel Grey in heavy makeup. But the action is both forced and preposterous, jokey without every really being funny. The best thing about the film is Grey--and his stereotyped depiction of an Asian is pretty hard to take today. <I>--Marshall Fine</I>
Rented Lips VHS Comedy A documentary filmmaker, who has spent the last 15 years making films like "Aluminum: Our Shiny Friend,"...
Reservoir Dogs DVD Action They were perfect strangers, assembled to pull off the perfect crime. Their simple robbery explodes into a bloody ambush, and the ruthless killers realise one of them is a police informer. But which one?
Return of the Jedi - Star Wars: Episode VI VHS Sci-Fi Han Solo is imprisoned by Jabba the Hutt, the Empire is building a new Death Star, and Luke hasn't finished his Jedi training.
Revenge of the Nerds VHS Comedy At a big campus, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self respect.
Rising Sun VHS Action At a celebration over the completed joint venture between a Japanese company and a US defence contractor a young woman is found strangled...
Road Trip DVD Comedy Four friends (Meyer, Qualls, Scott, Costanzo) take off on an 1800 mile road trip to retrieve an illicit tape mistakenly mailed to a girl friend.
Robin Hood VHS Animation; Family; Disney The story of the legendary outlaw is portrayed with the characters as humanoid animals.
RoboCop DVD Action In a dystopic & crime ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.
RoboCop VHS Action In a dystopic & crime ridden Detroit, a terminally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.
Robot Jox VHS Sci-Fi It is post-World War III. War is outlawed. In its place, are matches between large Robots called Robot Jox...
Rock 'n' Roll High School VHS Comedy A group of rock-loving students, with the help of The Ramones, take over their school to combat its oppressive administration.
Rocket Man VHS Comedy Fred Z. Randall is geeky and obnoxious spacecraft designer, who gets the chance to make his dream come...
Rockula VHS Comedy A young vampire cannot lose his virginity because of a curse casted upon him various centuries ago...
The Rocky Horror Picture Show VHS Musical A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must pay a call to the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 25th Anniversary Edition DVD Musical If a musical sci-fi satire about an alien transvestite named Frank-n-Furter, who is building the perfect man while playing sexual games with his virginal visitors, sounds like an intriguing premise for a movie, then you're in for a treat. Not only is <I>The Rocky Horror Picture</I> all this and more, but it stars the surprising cast of Susan Sarandon and Barry Bostwick (as the demure Janet and uptight Brad, who get lost in a storm and find themselves stranded at Frank-n-Furter's mansion), Meat Loaf (as the rebel Eddie), Charles Gray (as our criminologist and narrator), and, of course, the inimitable Tim Curry as our "sweet transvestite from Transsexual, Transylvania." <p> Upon its release in 1975, the film was an astounding flop. But a few devotees persuaded a New York theater to show it at midnight, and thus was born one of the ultimate cult films of all time. The songs are addictive (just try getting "The Time Warp" or "Toucha Toucha Touch Me" out of your head), the raunchiness amusing, and the plot line utterly ridiculous--in other words, this film is simply tremendous good fun. The downfall, however, is that much of the amusement is found in the audience participation that is obviously missing from a video version (viewers in theaters shout lines at the screen and use props--such as holding up newspapers and shooting water guns during the storm, and throwing rice during a wedding scene). Watched alone as a straight movie, <I>Rocky Horror</I> loses a tremendous amount of its charm. Yet, for those who wish to perfect their lip-synching techniques for movie theater performances or for those who want to gather a crowd around the TV at home for some good, old-fashioned, rowdy fun, this film can't be beat. <I>--Jenny Brown</I>
Roger & Me VHS Documentary; Drama Michael Moore 's wickedly iconoclastic documentary was inspired by the decline and fall of Flint, Michigan. Once the site of a thriving General Motors plant, Flint went quickly to seed when GM decided to close down and move out. As Moore pokes around what has been described by one magazine as "the worst place to live in America", he finds out how the local populace is coping with GM's betrayal of the American Dream. Among those visited are a family who is evicted just before Christmas, and an enterprising middle-aged woman who set up a thriving business slaughtering and skinning rabbits. Never feigning objectivity, Moore contrasts the impact of the shutdown on the average Joes and Janes with the diffident reaction of Flint's power elite. The latter's patronizing attitude towards the unemployed multitudes is succinctly captured in the scenes in which visiting celebrities Robert Schuller, Anita Bryant, Bobby Vinton and Pat Boone exhort the citizenry to grin and bear it. Even more out of synch is "Miss Michigan" Kaye Lani Rae Rafko, who in her morale-boosting speech to the disenfranchised GM employees begs them to pull for her in the upcoming Miss America pageant! The film's throughline is Moore's futile effort to locate GM chairman Roger Smith, so that he can show Moore first-hand the utter devastation of Flint. Roger & Me is very funny, but it is the gallows humor of soldiers about to embark on a suicide mission. In 1992, Michael Moore more or less updated Roger & Me with his half-hour short subject Pets or Meat: The Return to Flint . &mdash; Hal Erickson
Roller Blade VHS Drama This low-budget martial arts fantasy adventure is set in LA after WW III and chronicles the battle between the wheelchair-bound peacenik nun Mother Speed and the wicked Dr. Saticoy. It seems that Mother possesses a special crystal (used in their worship of a big yellow "have a nice day," smiley face). The bad doctor and his skate-boarding goons are desperate to get it. Unfortunately, she is protected by her roller-blading beauties and he must send in a decoy in order to get it. Yes, it is as campy as it sounds. &mdash; Sandra Brennan
Rounders DVD Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas A young man (Matt Damon) is a reformed gambler who must return to playing big stakes poker to help a friend pay off loan sharks.
Roxanne VHS Comedy Based on the play "Cyrano de Bergerac", large nosed C.D. Bales falls for the beautiful Roxanne while she falls for his personality but another man's looks.
Royal Wedding VHS Musical Tom and Ellen Bowen are a brother and sister dance act whose show closes in New York. Their agent books...
The Running Man VHS Action A wrongly-convicted man must try to survive a public execution gauntlet staged as a TV game show.
Running Scared VHS Comedy Danny and Ray are two street wise cops in Chicago. When they are almost killed on a case, they are forced to take a vacation by their captain...
Saturday the 14th VHS Comedy A Family moves into a house inhabited by scary creatures and a number of close calls ensue.
Scared Silly - The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald VHS Animation; Family
Scrooged VHS Comedy; Holiday A cynically selfish TV executive gets haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
Scrooged DVD Comedy; Holiday A cynically selfish TV executive gets haunted by three spirits bearing lessons on Christmas Eve.
SCTV, Volume 1 - Network 90 DVD Comedy At long last, <I>SCTV</I> is on the air... or at least on DVD! While it never reached the ratings heights or pop culture cachet of <I>Saturday Night Live</I>, <I>SCTV</I> did garner critical buzz and a devoted cult following. As with the Python boys, the ensemble members, and the characters they created to populate the fictional Melonville TV network, are revered in hipper comedy circles. In this respect, <I>SCTV</I> is Letterman to <I>SNL</I>'s Leno. This essential five-disc set collects the first nine episodes of the series' <I>Network 90</I> incarnation, which brightened NBC's Friday late-night lineup in 1981. While original cast member Harold Ramis had since left the show, and Martin Short would join the following year, John Candy, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Rick Moranis, Catherine O'Hara, and Dave Thomas were <I>SCTV</I>'s definitive ensemble (<I>SNL</I>-bound Robin Duke and Tony Rosato, we hardly knew ye). These inaugural episodes are comprised mostly of "the golden classics" (so dubbed by Flahrety's wheelchair-bound station manager Guy Caballero) linked by some new material. Included are such series benchmarks as "The Great White North" segments, featuring Moranis and Thomas as the stereotypically Canadian, parka-wearing, beer-swilling McKenzie brothers; "Play It Again, Bob," starring Moranis as Woody Allen and Thomas as Bob Hope; the ill-fated made-for-SCTV "Polynesiantown" starring Candy's Johnny LaRue; "The Sammy Maudlin Show," starring Joe Flahrety as the most sincerely insincere talk show host, with O'Hara as Lola "I want to bear your children" Heatherton, and "Indira," with Andrea Martin in her signature <I>Evita</I> spoof. <p> And that's just on disc 1! <I>SCTV</I> could parody <I>Leave It to Beaver</I> and <I>Fantasy Island</I> with the best of them, but anticipating the future <I>Ben Stiller Show</I>, its genius lay in its show business savvy to subvert television and movie convention. When Levy's comedian Bobby Bittman arrives on a talk show, he brings "bloopers" from his congressional testimony. And you don't need to have seen <I>The Oscar</I> to appreciate <I>The Nobel</I>, but it certainly helps. The price is steep, but don't be a hoser. This is the comedy release of the year. And it blows up real good. <I>--Donald Liebenson</I>
Second Sight VHS Comedy John Larroquette is the head of a detective agency that is hired to find a missing person, probably kidnapped...
The Secret of My Success VHS Comedy A talented young man can't get an executive position without rising through the ranks, so he comes up with a shortcut, which also benefits his love life.
The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy VHS Documentary To tie in with the release of Back to the Future Part III, the third installment in the series, Kirk...
Seems Like Old Times VHS Comedy Writer Nick Gardenia is kidnapped from his California cliffhouse and forced to rob a bank. Now a fugitive...
Seinfeld - Seasons 1 & 2 DVD Comedy Nothing? <I>Seinfeld</I> is a show about everything! It's about the appeal of the posse and coma etiquette. It's about importing and exporting. It's about sneaking a peek, and seeing the baby. It's about this, that, and the other. <I>TV Guide</I> ranked <I>Seinfeld</I> the best TV series of all time. It has become the master of its syndication domain. Its most devoted fans can quote each episode chapter and verse; their absorption of each scene's minutiae anything but a trivial pursuit. With such fervent devotion to the show, and demand for its DVD release, series creators Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David could have easily just OK'd a bare-bones set containing nothing but the episodes. Not that there would have been anything wrong with that, but instead, the creative team came together to create extensive and encyclopedic features that make this four-disc set buy-worthy. The candid and revealing audio commentaries and interviews, deleted scenes and original episode promos, and optional "Notes About Nothing" pop-ups are as irresistible as a Drake's coffee cake. <p> It's always fun and instructive to return to the humble beginnings of a series that became a pop culture benchmark. Here are Kramer's first not-so-grand entrance, Jerry's first contemptuous "Hello, Newman," and Elaine's first "Get Out!" shove. But what is most revelatory about these episodes from the first two seasons is what Jason Alexander, during his commentary for the episode "The Revenge," calls a "sweet quality" that somehow redeems these characters' more base instincts. Consider the scene in which Jerry gives a freshly unemployed George some career guidance, or Jerry and Elaine's palpably affectionate banter throughout. The "Inside Look" episode intros offer fascinating insights into this singular show that subverted sitcom convention with such now-classic episodes as "The Chinese Restaurant," in which Jerry, George, and Elaine wait in vain for a table. We learn, for example, why movie tough guy Lawrence Tierney, who guest starred in "The Jacket," never reprised his role as Elaine's father. All of this, of course, is yadda yadda yadda to <I>Seinfeld</I> fans, whose patience for the show's DVD debut has been amply rewarded. As Elaine screams in the third-season episode, "The Subway," "It's not nothing, it's something!" <I>--Donald Liebenson</I>
Sgt. Bilko VHS Comedy The classic 1955-59 sitcom The Phil Silvers Show (also known as "You'll Never Get Rich" in its first few episodes) became this high concept comedy with an all-star cast. Steve Martin stars as U.S. Army Master Sergeant Ernest G. Bilko, a conniving motor pool supervisor who uses his position to finance various get-rich-quick schemes, including illegal gambling, at a Kansas military base. His commanding officer, Colonel Hall ( Dan Aykroyd ) is mostly oblivious to Bilko's antics. Trouble arrives when the master sergeant's old rival, Major Thorn ( Phil Hartman ), appears. It seems that Thorn, the butt of several past Bilko capers, is eager to settle the score by spearheading a review of Bilko's records and stealing away his fiancée Rita ( Glenne Headley ), who may have been left at the altar one too many times. At the same time, military engineer Major Ebersole ( Austin Pendleton ) is testing a new high-tech "hover tank" that may not be quite ready for deployment. Directed by light comedy specialist ($Jonathan Lynn}, who brought a similar touch to {#My Cousin Vinny} (1992) and {#Greedy} (1994), the updated {#Sgt. Bilko} costarred {$Cathy Silvers}, daughter of the TV show's late star, as Lieutenant Monday. &mdash; Karl Williams
The Shaggy Dog VHS Family; Disney Through an ancient spell, a boy (played by Tommy Kirk) changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems...
Sharky's Machine DVD Action Sharky is a narcotics cop in Atlanta who, while chasing a dealer, gets involved in a shootout that doesn't please the top brass...
The Shawshank Redemption VHS Drama The life of Andy Dufresne changes when he is convicted and jailed for the murder of his wife.
Short Cuts VHS Drama The everyday lives of a number of Los Angeles residents are the subject of this loosely-knitted collection of short stories.
Showgirls VHS Drama; Theme - Gambling-Vegas The story of a young dancer's adventures as a dancer/stripper in Las Vegas.
Shrek DVD Animation; Family; Comedy A reclusive ogre and a chatterbox donkey go on a quest to rescue a princess for a tyrannical midget lord.
Shrek 2 DVD Animation; Family Princess Fiona's parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres.
The Shrimp on the Barbie VHS Comedy Carlos failed in the show-biz and currently works as waiter in a Mexican restaurant. There he meets Alex and dumb footballer Bruce...
Side Out VHS Comedy A law student comes to California for the summer and ends up playing professional volleyball.
The Silence of the Lambs VHS Drama Clarice Starling, a young FBI agent, is assigned to help find a missing woman, and save her from a psychopathic killer with the help of another killer.
Silly Symphonies - Walt Disney Treasures DVD Animation; Disney In 1928, when Walt Disney's artists completed "The Skeleton Dance," the distributor of the Mickey Mouse shorts rejected the first "Silly Symphony" with a two-word telegram: "MORE MICE." Disney arranged to screen "Skeleton Dance" at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles, where it received an enthusiastic response, and the series took off. Seven "Silly Symphonies" won Academy Awards, beginning with "Flowers and Trees." Disney used these musically themed shorts to train young artists and test new styles, effects, and technologies: every film represented an innovation of some sort. In "Three Little Pigs," characters who looked alike demonstrated different personalities through the way they moved. "The Old Mill" showcased the newly invented Multiplane camera. The Sugar Cookie Girl in "Cookie Carnival" was one of several female characters the artists created while learning to animate a believable heroine for <I>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs</I>. The well-chosen selections in this set demonstrate how quickly Disney advanced the art of animation during the '30s. Only eight years separate the crude black-and-white version of "The Ugly Duckling" (1931) from the moving Technicolor Oscar-winner of 1939. Over 60 years later, these films have lost none of their charm. The jazz-dancing insects in "Woodland Caf&#233;," the wonderfully animated caricature of Mae West in "Who Killed Cock Robin," and the instrument-characters in "Music Land" remain as delightful as ever. Leonard Maltin makes a genial host, and two hidden cartoons include Walt's introductions from the old <I>Disneyland</I> program. <I>--Charles Solomon</I>
Silver Streak VHS Comedy On a long-distance train trip, a man finds romance but also finds himself in danger of being killed, or at least pushed off the train.
Simpsons - Best of, Vol. 1 VHS Animation; Comedy
Simpsons - Best of, Vol. 2 VHS Animation; Comedy
Simpsons - Best of, Vol. 3 VHS Animation; Comedy
Simpsons - Best of, Vol. 4 VHS Animation; Comedy
Simpsons - Best of, Vol. 5 VHS Animation; Comedy
Simpsons - Best of, Vol. 6 VHS Animation; Comedy
Simpsons - Best of, Vol. 7 VHS Animation; Comedy
Simpsons - Best of, Vol. 8 VHS Animation; Comedy
Simpsons - Best of, Vol. 9 VHS Animation; Comedy
Simpsons - The Complete First Season DVD Animation; Comedy America's first family of dysfunction, the Simpsons, appear in all their depraved glory in this wonderful DVD compilation of their show's premiere season. Fans accustomed to the slick appearance of the later episodes will be delighted by the rougher nature of these earlier episodes, when the characters weren't as well defined (Homer isn't quite as dumb as he is in later seasons) and the animation was still evolving. This only adds to the charm of these 13 episodes, which begin with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire," the December 1989 Christmas special in which a down-and-out Simpson family adopt Santa's Little Helper. Throughout the season, familiar faces are introduced, as we catch first glimpses of Smithers, Mr. Burns, the Flanderses, and Patty and Selma. Highlights of the season include "The Crepes of Wrath," in which Bart is sent to France as an exchange student ("Don't mess up France the way you messed up your room"); "Bart the Genius," in which Bart ends up in a school for the gifted; and "Krusty Gets Busted," in which Bart's lifelong animosity with Sideshow Bob begins. <I>--Jenny Brown</I>
Simpsons - The Complete Second Season DVD Animation; Comedy "A Simpson on a T-shirt. I never thought I'd see the day." So remarks Marge Simpson in "Dancin' Homer," just one of 22 mostly classic episodes that comprise this series' brilliant second season. <I>The Simpsons</I> by that time was already a pop culture phenomenon, but instead of suffering a sophomore slump, this iconoclastic animated series was just hitting its stride. Series milestones include: first Oscar&#174;-winning guest voice (an unbilled Dustin Hoffman in "Lisa's Substitute"), first Beatle guest voice (Ringo in "Brush with Greatness"), first "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween episode, first flashback episode ("The Way We Was," in which Homer meets Marge), and the first episode to make me cry (Bart's last frolic with obedience school washout Santa's Little Helper in "Bart's Dog Gets an F"). It's in this season the <I>The Simpsons</I> really finds its voice. The writing is sharper, and the upending of sitcom convention more subversive. "Perhaps there is no moral to this story," observes Lisa at the end of "Blood Feud." "Exactly," agrees Homer. "Just a bunch of stuff that happens." <p> In the first season, Bart was the series' breakout star, but in the second, <I>The Simpsons</I> established itself as a true ensemble series. Each character came into their own with career-best episodes. Marge, the family's long-suffering voice of reason, crusades against cartoon violence in "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge." Lisa, the heart and tortured soul of the series, develops an ill-fated crush on her new teacher in "Lisa's Substitute." Bart desperately tries to raise the money to buy Radioactive Man No. 1 in "Three Men and a Comic Book." Homer's stock rises when he grows hair in "Simpson and Delilah." Joining the <I>Simpsons</I> roster of scene-stealing supporting characters are Dr. Hibbert ("Bart the Daredevil"), shyster lawyer Lionel Hutz (voiced by the late, great Phil Hartman in "Bart Gets Hit by a Car"), the Ahnold-esque action hero McBain ("The Way We Was"), slobbering aliens Kang and Kodos ("Treehouse of Horror"), and "nutty professor" Frink ("Old Money"). This essential, extras-laden DVD set is illustrative of why <I>The Simpsons</I> is, in the parlance of Comic Book Guy, funniest show ever. <I>--Donald Liebenson</I>
Simpsons - The Complete Third Season DVD Animation; Comedy Broadcast in 1991, the third season of <I>The Simpsons</I> contains a host of candidates for "Best <I>Simpsons</I> Episode Ever." Homer is in such good form throughout that a reasonable case can be made that he has superseded the importance of his Greek namesake in the annals of culture and civilization. The opener, "Stark Raving Dad," for instance, features a guest appearance by an uncredited Michael Jackson, who plays an obese white inmate whom Homer meets while confined to a mental institution. Other standout episodes include "Like Father, Like Clown," in which Krusty reveals he is estranged from his Rabbi father; this is <I>The Simpsons</I> at the height of its powers, mature, ironic, erudite, and touching while bristling with slapstick and Bart-inspired cheek. "Flaming Moe's" features Aerosmith and sees Homer invent a cocktail that desperate, sleazy bartender Moe steals from him. "Radio Bart" is another demonstration of the series' knack for cultural references, parodying the Billy Wilder movie <I>Ace in the Hole</I>. Finally, there's "Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes," in which Danny DeVito reprises his role as Homer's brother, regaining the fortune Homer lost him by inventing a Baby Translator. Immensely enjoyable at any level, this third year demonstrates conclusively that <I>The Simpsons</I> is quite simply, and by a large margin, the greatest television show ever. <I>--David Stubbs</I>
The Simpsons Christmas Special VHS Animation; Comedy; Holiday It's Christmas time and the Simpsons celebrate it in their own ways. But things take a turn for the worse when Homer's stingy boss...
Sin City DVD Action An adaptation of Frank Miller's stories based in the fictional town of Sin City. Chief amongst the town's residents is Marv, who trawls the darkest areas of town looking for the person who killed his one true love, Goldie.
Singin' in the Rain VHS Musical A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Six Days Seven Nights DVD Action Robin Monroe, a New York magazine editor, and the gruff pilot Quinn Harris must put aside their mutual dislike if they are to survive after crash landing on a deserted South Seas island.
Ski Patrol VHS Comedy; Theme - Snow-Winter In this slapstick comedy, a group of faithful ski patrol members set out to save Snowy Peaks ski resort from the evil plans of greedy businessman Maris ( Martin Mull ). &mdash; Iotis Erlewine
Ski School VHS Comedy; Theme - Snow-Winter In this adolescent comedy, a group of ski instructors spend their time sliding on the slopes, drinking too much, and trying to beat a rival ski school during the annual spring festival. The movie was filmed on location at the Whistler Mountain ski resort in British Columbia, Canada. &mdash; Sandra Brennan
Skiing Frenzy VHS Documentary; Theme - Snow-Winter
Skin Deep VHS Comedy John Ritter portrays a womanizing, drunken, alcholic writer who's life seems to be falling apart at the seams...
Small Time Crooks VHS Comedy A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.
Smokey and the Bandit VHS Comedy; Theme - Driving The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot persute by a pesky sheriff.
Smokey and the Bandit DVD Comedy; Theme - Driving The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff.
Smokey and the Bandit II VHS Comedy; Theme - Driving It's been a few years since Cletus and the Bandit made their famous 24-hour run to Texas for a few cases of Coors...
Smokey and the Bandit II DVD Comedy; Theme - Driving The Bandit goes on another cross-country run, transporting an elephant from Florida to Texas. And, once again, Sheriff Buford T. Justice is on his tail.
Smokey and the Bandit Part 3 DVD Comedy; Theme - Driving Big and Little Enos are opening a sea food restaurant. They bet Sheriff Buford T. Justice that he cannot drive from Miami to the Enos ranch in Texas in a given amount of time. If Buford loses he has to give up his badge.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs DVD Animation; Family; Disney Snow, pursued by a jealous queen, hides with the Dwarfs; the queen feeds her a poison apple, but Prince Charming awakens her with a kiss.
Snowball Express VHS Family; Disney; Theme - Snow-Winter When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it...
Snowball Express DVD Comedy; Family; Disney; Theme - Snow-Winter When John Baxter inherits a ski resort in the Rocky Mountains, he quits his job in New York and moves the family west to run it...
Snowballing VHS Comedy; Theme - Snow-Winter Teenagers enter a downhill skiing contest and end up stopping an avaricious, crooked resort owner from cheating their school in this adolescent adventure. &mdash; Sandra Brennan
Snowboard Academy VHS Comedy; Theme - Snow-Winter This goofy low-budget comedy follows a group of maverick misanthropes as they try to save the struggling title school from financial ruin. &mdash; Sandra Brennan
Soapdish VHS Comedy In the comedic farce Soapdish , the behind-the-scenes lives of several soap opera actors are just as melodramatic as what is on the screen. Sally Field stars as the star of a declining television show whose career is thrown into turmoil when her rival ( Cathy Moriarty ) tries to persuade the producer ( Robert Downey Jr .) to write Field off the show. Downey attempts this by hiring her niece ( Elizabeth Shue ) and then her ex-boyfriend ( Kevin Kline ), who was formerly on the show, but was written out of the program 20 years earlier. Soon, the entire cast is beset with rivalries and love affairs, which are all more complicated and wacky than anything on the television show itself. &mdash; Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Something Wicked This Way Comes VHS Horror; Disney In a small American town, a diabolical circus and its demonic proprietor prey on the townsfolk.
Son in Law VHS Comedy; Theme - College Country girl Rebecca begins college in Los Angeles. There she meets Crawl, a student who is crazy, unpredictable and wild...
The Sound of Music VHS Musical A woman leaves an Austrian convent to become a governess to a Naval officer widower.
South Park - The Complete First Season DVD Animation; Comedy <I>South Park</I> exploded on the pop culture landscape like a dirty bomb in 1997, and the 13 episodes that comprise the groundbreaking first season have lost none of their subversive impact. If <I>Seinfeld</I> was a show about nothing, then <I>South Park</I> is a show about everything, from important moral lessons in compassion and tolerance to good old-fashioned animated character assassination (Kathie Lee Gifford in "Weight Gain 4000" and Barbra Streisand in "Mecha-Streisand"). Like an After School Special gone quite mad, profanity-spewing third-graders Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and the ill-fated Kenny navigate childhood in their mountain town. Nothing in <I>South Park</I> is sacred, and each episode has something to offend, from "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boat Ride" (featuring George Clooney as the voice of Sparky, the homosexual dog), to the Halloween episode "Pink Eye," in which Cartman dresses up as Adolph Hitler. Best not to even get started on Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Pooh, or the season finale cliffhanger, "Cartman's Mom Is a Dirty Slut." <p> Each episode is preceded by a faux introduction by creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone, who proclaim every episode to be their favorite. Their incarnations as Rootin'-Tootin' Trey Parker and Pistol-Slingin' Matt Stone indicate that after <I>South Park</I> runs its course, they'd be great hosts of their own children's show, which--and this cannot be stressed strongly enough--<I>South Park</I> is <I>not</I>. Other extras include the <I>South Park</I> boys' appearance on the CableAce awards and "A South Park Thanksgiving," featuring Jay Leno, which aired exclusively on <I>The Tonight Show</I>. A minor annoyance is the slapdash packaging that mislabels the episodes ("Damien," for example, is on disc 3, not 2 as indicated). <I>--Donald Liebenson</I>
South Park - The Complete Fourth Season - Season 04 DVD Comedy
South Park - The Complete Second Season DVD Animation; Comedy Now that enough time has lapsed, we can all have a good laugh over <I>South Park</I> creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's amusing little April Fools prank, in which they kicked off the show's second season not with the conclusion to season one's cliffhanger that would reveal the identity of Cartman's father, but with an all-Terrance, all-Phillip, all-farting episode, "Not Without My Anus." The ensuing outcry illustrated just how seriously its devoted fans take <I>South Park</I>. There is little evidence of sophomore slump in this three-disc collection of 18 episodes that continue the coming-of-age trials of third graders Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny. There is considerable shock value just in the episode titles alone, among them "Cojoined Fetus Lady," "Merry Christmas, Charlie Manson," and the infamous "Cartman's Mom Is Still a Dirty Slut." But mostly, the episodes are just--in Cartman's words--hella funny. "Spookyfish" is a creepfest about a killer fish, possessed animals, and alien alter egos (in which the so-called Evil Cartman is much nicer than the real Cartman) presented in Spookyvision, with pictures of Barbra Streisand framing the screen. "Chef's Salty Chocolate Balls" is a hilarious send-up of the Sundance Film Festival and the indie film scene that marks the return of Mr. Hankey, the Christmas Poo, and ends with the burial of Robert Redford in excrement. <p> As always, hard-earned life lessons provide <I>South Park</I> with fertile territory for skewed and subversive social commentary. In "Chicken Lover," Ayn Rand's <I>Atlas Shrugged</I> is an argument against literacy. "Underwear Gnomes" makes a strong case for corporate takeover of local family business. It is difficult to respect Warner Bros.' "authoritah" with the scant DVD extras. There are no commentaries, but Parker and Stone are present to introduce most of the episodes, each of which they proclaim to be their favorite. But their incarnations as abusive retirement center entertainers and as the hosts of an all-bacon cooking show fall flat. Bring back Rootin'-Tootin' Trey Parker and Pistol-Slingin' Matt Stone from the <I>Season One</I> set! <I>--Donald Liebenson</I>
South Park - The Complete Third Season - Season 03 DVD Comedy The third time's the, for want of a better word, charm for <I>South Park</I> on DVD. Instead of mere episode intros as on the first two boxed sets, Trey Parker and Matt Stone finally oblige us with actual episode commentary, or, as they call it, "commentary-mini." On this optional audio track, Trey and Matt goof for about five minutes or so at the top of each episode, certifying some as favorites ("Tweek vs. Craig," "Jewbilee," and "Worldwide Recorder Concert," which is described as "a reverse after-school special from hell"), championing others popularly dismissed by <I>South Park</I>'s otherwise loyal fans ("Jakovasaurs," "Sexual Harassment Panda"), and provocatively dismissing all of season 2. <p> The third season was frantically produced simultaneously with the feature film, <I>South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut</I>. This was the season, Trey proclaims, "where <I>South Park</I> turned the corner... and became good (as far as we were concerned)." Among their most inspired conceits is the so-called "Meteor Shower Party" trilogy, three episodes that unfold over the course of one night, each focusing on a different kid. "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery" pays homage to Hanna-Barbera-style animation and <I>Scooby-Doo</I>, recasting Korn as the Mystery Inc gang. "Rainforest Shmainforest," featuring a game Jennifer Aniston, cuts rainforest crusaders down to size. "Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics" takes its irreverent cue from the album of the same name, and contains an outrageously obscure reference to the 1978 made-for-TV <I>Star Wars Holiday Special</I>. Throughout the season, <I>South Park</I> is, as usual, a gleeful equal-opportunity offender, but the show's true gonzo spirit is truly illustrated in such surreal touches as the employment of live action in "Tweek vs. Craig," the singing of "The Morning After" backwards to save Chef from the spell of "The Succubus," and the <I>Seinfeld</I>-worthy argument over whether the term should be "pirate ghosts" or "ghost pirates" in "Korn's Groovy Pirate Ghost Mystery." <I>--Donald Liebenson</I>
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut DVD Animation; Comedy OK, let's get all the disclaimers out of the way first. Despite its colorful (if crude) animation, <I>South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut</I> is in no way meant for kids. It is chock full of profanity that might even make Quentin Tarantino blanch and has blasphemous references to God, Satan, Saddam Hussein (who's sleeping with Satan, literally), and Canada. It's rife with scatological humor, suggestive sexual situations, political incorrectness, and gleeful, rampant vulgarity. And it's probably one of the most brilliant satires ever made. The plot: flatulent Canadian gross <i>meisters</i> Terrance and Philip hit the big screen, and the South Park quartet of third graders--Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman--begin repeating their profane one-liners ad infinitum. The parents of South Park, led by Kyle's overbearing mom, form "Mothers Against Canada," blaming their neighbors to the north for their children's corruption and taking Terrance and Philip as war prisoners. It's up to the kids then to rescue their heroes from execution, not mention a brooding Satan, who's planning to take over the world. <p> To give away any more of the plot would destroy the fun, but this feature-length version of Trey Parker and Matt Stone's Comedy Central hit is a dead-on and hilarious send-up of pop culture. And did we mention it's a musical? From the opening production number "Mountain Town" to the cheerful antiprofanity sing-along "It's Easy, MMMKay" to Satan's faux-Disney ballad "Up There," Parker (who wrote or cowrote all the songs) brilliantly shoots down every earnest musical from <I>Beauty and the Beast</I> to <I>Les Mis&eacute;rables</I>. And in advocating free speech and satirizing well-meaning but misguided parental censorship groups (with a special nod to the MPAA), <I>Bigger, Longer & Uncut</I> hits home against adult paranoia and hypocrisy with a vengeance. And the jokes, while indeed vulgar and gross, are hysterical; we can't repeat them here, especially the lyrics to Terrance and Philip's hit song, but you'll be rolling on the floor. Don't worry, though--to paraphrase Cartman, this movie won't warp your fragile little mind. Unless you have something against the First Amendment. <I>--Mark Englehart</I>
Space Camp VHS Drama <I>SpaceCamp</I> shares a striking similarity to Ron Howard's <I>Apollo&nbsp;13</I>--it's about NASA trying to bring some people down from outer space, except in this case <I>13</I> represents the median age of those in danger. Kate Capshaw plays Andie, who throws off the curve by being on the high end of that age scale. She's always a bridesmaid, but never a bride in the shuttle program, an astronaut doomed to play wet nurse to a gaggle of kids enrolled in NASA's summer program. Of course, out of all these teeming hordes of children (there don't appear to be any particular qualifying standards to attend the camp), the film focuses on five. Kathryn (Lea Thompson) is a hopeful pilot who wants to be at the controls of the shuttle one day. Tate Donovan plays Kevin, a daft young carouser who is supposed to be so incorrigible he's winning (he's not). Kelly Preston is Tish, a valley girl with a photographic memory, and Larry&nbsp;B. Scott is Rudy. Rudy's there to meet the Hollywood quota for capsule diversification, but neither he nor Trish does much. Most oddly, Joaquin Phoenix is Max, the young <I>Star Wars</I> nut whose brain and fast friendship with a NASA robot get them all sent into orbit. It's unfortunate that a lot of topical swear words are peppered throughout <I>SpaceCamp</I>, as it could operate as a diverting night's watch for the young astro-nut in your house. Director Harry Winer, who rose from television and sank back to television after this film stiffed over the summer of 1986, directs in 20-minute blocks like he's pacing himself for a commercial break. Once the embarrassing, extremely '80s, opening 40&nbsp;minutes are dispensed with, however, and the crew accidentally gets blasted into space, the effort to return home is involving, even if it is pretty silly. <I>SpaceCamp</I> won't win any merit badges for script writing, acting, or direction but it's got the right li'l Camp NASA spirit. <I>--Keith Simanton</I>
Space Mutiny VHS Sci-Fi A starship that looks a lot like, but has nothing to do with, the Battlestar Galactica, finds itself...
Spaceballs DVD Comedy Planet Spaceball's President Scroob sends Lord Dark Helmet to steal Planet Druidia's abundant supply of air to replenish their own, and only Lone Starr can stop them.
Speed Zone! VHS Comedy; Theme - Driving Our racers are back for a third time in Speed Zone, a continuation of cannonball run 1 and 2. It's the...
Spies Like Us VHS Comedy Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys.
Spies Like Us DVD Comedy Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys.
The Spirit of '76 VHS Comedy Future Americans decide to time travel to 1776 to ask the founding fathers for the solutions to their problems...
The Spirit of Mickey VHS Animation; Disney; Family Come see Mickey Mouse is a collection of his best shorts.
The Spy Who Loved Me VHS Action; Bond Agent 007 must work with his female Soviet counterpart to find the answer to the disappearance of nuclear missile carrying submarines.
The Squeeze VHS Comedy His ex-wife asks the unsuccessful gambler and inventor Harrison for a small favor: to get her a parcel...
Stand by Me VHS Drama After the death of a friend, a writer recounts a boyhood journey to find a body of a missing boy
Star Wars VHS Sci-Fi Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace DVD Sci-Fi Two Jedi knights and an outcast must help a queen save her world, and along the way discover a boy who has the potential to be a powerful Jedi himself.
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones DVD Sci-Fi Anakin Skywalker shares a forbidden romance with Padmé Amidala even while his teacher's investigation of a separatist assassination attempt leads to the discovery of a secret Republican clone army.
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith DVD Sci-Fi After three years of fighting in the Clone Wars, Anakin Skywalker concludes his journey towards the Dark Side of the Force, putting his friendship with Obi Wan Kenobi and his marriage at risk.
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope DVD Sci-Fi Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader.
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back DVD Sci-Fi While Luke takes advanced Jedi training from Yoda, his friends are relentlessly pursued by Darth Vader as part of his plan to capture Luke.
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi DVD Sci-Fi After rescuing Han Solo from the palace of Jabba the Hutt, the Rebels attempt to destroy the Second Death Star, while Luke Skywalker tries to bring his father back to the Light Side of the Force.
Stargate DVD Sci-Fi An interstellar teleportation device, found in Egypt, leads to a planet with humans resembling ancient Egyptians who worship the god Ra.
Stark Raving Mad DVD Drama A crook quietly plots his revenge against the boss who murdered his brother while working for him.
Starship Troopers VHS Sci-Fi Humans of a fascisticly militaristic future do battle with giant alien bugs in a fight for survival.
Starsky & Hutch DVD Comedy
Start the Revolution Without Me VHS Comedy Two mismatched sets of identical twins - one aristocrat, one peasant - mistakenly exchange identities on the eve of the French Revolution.
Stay Tuned VHS Comedy A husband and wife are sucked into a hellish TV and have to survive a gauntlet of twisted versions of TV shows they find themselves in.
Steep and Deep VHS Documentary; Theme - Snow-Winter
Stepmom DVD Drama Anna and Ben, the two children of Jackie and Luke, have to cope with the fact that their parents divorced...
Stewardess School VHS Comedy Columbia Pictures spent as estimated $8 million dollars on this laughless sex comedy that crashes and burns before ever leaving the ground. Two bumbling boneheads who are kicked out of flying school decide to remain airborne by becoming stewardesses. Bathroom humor, sight gags, and the prerequisite nudity are the lowlights of this forgettable film. The only interest is the appearance of former Playboy bunny Yuliis Ruval. This dog makes Porky's seem like Shakespeare. — Dan Pavlides
The Sting DVD Drama In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker.
Stir Crazy VHS Comedy Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robery and end up in a western prison. The two eastern boys are...
Stir Crazy DVD Comedy Skip and Harry are framed for a bank robery and end up in a western prison. The two eastern boys are...
Strange Brew - The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie VHS Comedy Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.
Strange Brew - The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie DVD Comedy Canada's most famous hosers, Bob and Doug McKenzie, get jobs at the Elsinore Brewery, only to learn that something is rotten with the state of it.
Strange Days VHS Drama A former cop turned street-hustler accidentally uncovers a police conspiracy in 1999 Los Angeles.
Stripes VHS Comedy Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.
Stripes DVD Comedy Two friends who are dissatisfied with their jobs decide to join the army for a bit of fun.
Stroker Ace DVD Comedy; Theme - Driving The title character, a popular NASCAR driver, clashes with the fried-chicken mogul that sponsors his racing team.
The Strongest Man in the World VHS Family; Disney Dexter Riley and his friends accidently discover a new chemical mixed with a cereal seems to give anyone temporary superhuman strength
The Stuff VHS Horror Weird yummy goo erupts from the earth and is discovered by a couple of miners. They taste it and decide to market it because it tastes so good...
SubUrbia VHS Drama A group of suburbian teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults. Loosely based on the life of Eric the scriptwriter of the film.
Summer Rental VHS Comedy Jack Chester, an overworked air traffic controller, takes his family on vacation to the beach. Things immediately start to go wrong for the Chesters...
Summer School VHS Comedy A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students...
Super Troopers DVD Comedy Five Vermont state troopers, avid pranksters with a knack for screwing up, try to save their jobs and out-do the local police department by solving a crime.
Superman - The Movie VHS Family; Action An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest super-hero.
Superman III VHS Action; Family Synthetic kryptonite laced with tobacco tar splits Superman in two: good Clark Kent and bad Man of Steel.
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? VHS Comedy War Games is the streamlined reissue title for the satirical Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? The story is set in a sleepy Southern town, the site of a tranquil army base. Commanding officer Col. Flanders ( Don Ameche ), anxious to win the hearts and minds of the locals, invites the populace to an ice-breaking dance. When the festivities degenerate into a fistfight, right-wing militia leader Billy Joe Davis ( Tom Ewell ) declares war against the Army. The film's romantic subplot is carried by Tony Curtis as a love-'em-and-leave-'em sergeant and Suzanne Pleshette as a smarter-than-she-looks local gal. Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? was reworked as in 1984 as Tank . &mdash; Hal Erickson
Swing Shift VHS Drama Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell got together on <I>Swing Shift</I>--and if that's the main reason people know about this movie, it only has itself to blame. The film has a marvelous subject (women's changing status on the home front during World War II), a hugely attractive cast, and a sympathetic director, Jonathan Demme, whose previous film, <I>Melvin and Howard</I>, had been a splendid piece of Americana. Yet despite this, it feels disjointed. Goldie goes to work at a factory when her husband (Ed Harris) goes off to war; Russell works there too, and they find each other, well, riveting. With the movie wavering between romance and feminist consciousness-raising, the field is open for Oscar&#174;-nominated Christine Lahti, who sparkles as Goldie's lanky, wisecracking best friend. Demme's original version of the movie was obscured by reshoots, which might explain the missed opportunity; this could have been a classic. <I>--Robert Horton</I>
Switching Channels VHS Comedy A television news chief courts his anchorwoman ex-wife with an eleventh-hour story.
Tae Bo - Basic Workout VHS Documentary
Tae Bo - 8-Minute Workout VHS Documentary
Tae Bo - Instructional Workout VHS Documentary
Tae-Bo - Advanced Workout VHS Documentary
Taking Care of Business VHS Comedy An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Taking Care of Business DVD Comedy An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him.
Talk Radio VHS Drama An abrasive radio talk show host, the night before he goes national, finds himself getting death threats from neo nazis during his show.
Tapeheads DVD Comedy A couple of creative losers accidently become big shots in the video music industry.
Team America: World Police DVD Comedy Marionette superheroes fight to end terrorism and put tired celebrities out of their misery.
Teen Wolf VHS Comedy A highschooler discovers that he is a werewolf.
Teen Wolf Too VHS Comedy Jason Bateman stars in this sequel to Teen Wolf as the original's cousin, Todd. Though not a boxer, he receives a college boxing scholarship, and upon discovering that he is afflicted with the same werewolf genetics, transforms from unremarkable to unbelievable. &mdash; Kristie Hassen
They Call Me Bruce? VHS Comedy A goofy Korean finds his life hopelessly complicated with people continually confusing him with Bruce Lee.
Thick as Thieves VHS Comedy Tough City - where grifters, dips and shysters scramble for a dirty dollar and a clean shirt - where...
This Is Spinal Tap DVD Documentary Spinal Tap, the world's loudest band, is chronicled by hack documentarian Marti DeBergi on what proves to be a fateful tour.
Three Amigos! VHS Comedy; Western Three unemployed actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to replay their bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is real thing.
Thunderball VHS Action; Bond When SPECTRE steals two nuclear bombs for a massive extortion scheme, agent 007 is sent in to find them before they can be used.
Tombstone VHS Drama; Western After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity...
Tombstone DVD Drama; Western After success cleaning up Dodge City, Wyatt Earp moves to Tombstone, Arizona, and wishes to get rich in obscurity...
Tommy Boy VHS Comedy An incompetent, immature, and dimwitted heir to an auto parts factory must save the business to keep it out of the hands of his stepmother.
Tomorrow Never Dies VHS Action; Bond Mad media mogul (<a href="/name/nm0000596/">Jonathan Pryce</a>) wants to start World War III to win ratings. Bond has to stop him.
Top Secret! VHS Comedy This time Zucker and Abrams are spoofing, most notably, Elvis films and WWII spy movies. Val Kilmer stars as Nick Rivers...
Total Recall VHS Sci-Fi When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real, or does he?
Total Recall DVD Sci-Fi When a man goes for virtual vacation memories of the planet Mars, an unexpected and harrowing series of events forces him to go to the planet for real, or does he?
Tough Guys VHS Comedy Two elderly gangsters are released from prison only to find they have trouble fitting in as old men who still take no guff from anyone.
Tougher Than Leather VHS Drama Rap group Run-DMC star as themselves in this cross between a blaxploitation film and a spaghetti western...
Tourist Trap VHS Action Seeing his family drifting apart, a father announces that he is planning a special vacation that will take them down the same paths followed by his famous ancestor. &mdash; Sandra Brennan
The Toxic Avenger VHS Horror This is the story of Melvin, the resident geek at the local health club. One day, Slug and Bozo (some...
The Toy VHS Comedy An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
The Toy DVD Comedy An underemployed reporter finds himself literally purchased as a toy for a rich spoiled brat.
Toy Story DVD Animation; Family; Disney A cowboy toy is profoundly threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.
Toy Story 2 DVD Animation; Family; Disney When Woody is stolen by a toy collector, Buzz and his friends vow to rescue him, but Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting.
Toy Story Supplemental Material DVD Disney; Documentary
Toys VHS Comedy An eccentric toymaker finds his family business horribly misused by his militaristic uncle who is bequeathed control of the company.
Trading Places VHS Comedy A snobbish investor and a wily street con artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
The Transporter DVD Action This film is about a man (Statham) whose job is to deliver packages without asking any questions. Complications arise when he breaks those rules.
Transylvania 6-5000 VHS Comedy In a plot that combines Mary Shelley's mad Dr. Frankenstein and Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, two yellow journalism reporters, Jack and Gil ( Jeff Goldblum and Ed Begley, Jr. ) head off to a castle in Transylvania. The intrepid duo is out to hunt down a story that proves Frankenstein's "monster" is still alive and sparking. What they find is an appropriately demented Dr. Malavaqua and his monstrous creations. Tame stuff for the hardcore groupie, this intended spoof falls a tad short of funny. &mdash; Eleanor Mannikka
Trapped in Paradise VHS Comedy; Holiday Bill Firpo has managed to stay honest, but can't help but be dragged into things by his larcenous brothers...
Tron VHS Sci-Fi A hacker is literally abducted into the world of a computer and forced to participate in gladiatorial games where his only chance of escape is with the help of a heroic security program.
Tron - 20th Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD Sci-Fi The surprising truth about Disney's 1982 computer-game fantasy is that it's still visually impressive (though technologically quaint by later high-definition standards) and a lot of fun. It's about a computer wizard named Flynn (Jeff Bridges) who is digitally broken down into a data stream by a villainous software pirate (David Warner) and reconstituted into the internal, 3-D graphical world of computers. It is there, in the blazingly colorful, geometrically intense landscapes of cyberspace, that Flynn joins forces with Tron (Bruce Boxleitner) to outmaneuver the Master Control program that holds them captive in the equivalent of a gigantic, infinitely challenging computer game. Disney's wizards used a variety of cinematic techniques and early-'80s state-of-the-art computer-generated graphics to accomplish their dynamic visual goals, and the result was a milestone in cyberentertainment, catering to technogeeks while providing a dazzling adventure for hackers and nonhackers alike. Appearing just in time to celebrate the nascent cyberpunk movement in science fiction, <I>Tron</I> received a decidedly mixed reaction when originally released, but has since become a high-tech favorite and a landmark in special effects, with a loyal following of fans. DVD is a perfect format for the movie's neon-glow color scheme, and the musical score by synthesizer pioneer Wendy Carlos is faithfully preserved on the digitally remastered soundtrack. <I>--Jeff Shannon</I>
True Lies VHS Action When a secret agent learns of his wife's extra-marital affair, he pursues her and uses his intelligence resources in a job he kept secret from her.
True Stories VHS Comedy David Byrne of Talking Heads fame visits a typical (and fictional) Texas town, on the eve of the town's celebration of the state's sesquicentennial...
Tucker: The Man and His Dream - The Man and His Dream VHS Drama The story of Preston Tucker, the maverick car designer and his ill fated challenge to the auto industry with his revolutionary car concept.
Turk 182! VHS Drama Jimmy Lynch is angry because his older brother, who was injured as a result of an off duty fire rescue...
Twilight Zone: The Movie - The Movie VHS Horror Famous directors create their own versions of classic stories from Rod Serling's landmark television series.
Twin Dragons VHS Action Jackie Chan resurrects the old <i>Corsican Brothers</i> chestnut of identical twin brothers separated at birth who meet up as adults and discover that they share more than blood ties. Poor boy Chan is a mechanic and race-car driver whose black-market activities have made him the target of some nasty mobsters, while jet-setting Chan is a world-famous conductor back in Hong Kong for a concert. In the same vicinity for the first time in years, they can suddenly feel each other's pain, and more. As one Chan jumps a jet boat for a wild escape, the other becomes a spastic victim of the furious ride, thrown around a posh restaurant while drenching his date with drinking water. Though the American cut has been pared of the worst of Chan's incessant mugging (it's about 12 minutes shorter than the original version), it's still overloaded with silly slapstick and cartoonish mistaken-identity gags as the boys swap girlfriends and dance. But wade through the crude comedy and you're rewarded with a gymnastic free-for-all climax in a car-testing workshop, where Chan leaps over, under, and through cars while taking on an army of gangsters before split-screen brothers team up for a bit of marionette martial arts. Tsui Hark and Ringo Lam codirect, Tsui taking the comedy and Lam handling the action, and John Woo makes a cameo as a priest in the wedding finale. <I>--Sean Axmaker</I>
Two-Lane Blacktop VHS Drama Story of two men drag racing across the USA in a primer grey 55 chevy. Wilson is the mechanic, James Taylor is the driver.
UHF VHS Comedy A daydreaming loser assumes control of a dying UHF TV station and starts producing his own strange programming.
Uncle Buck VHS Comedy Bachelor and all round slob, Buck, babysits his brother's rebellious teenage daughter and her cute younger brother and sister.
Uncle Tom's Cabin VHS Drama
The Underachievers VHS Comedy Danny Warren ( Edward Albert ) is a former minor-league shortstop who becomes a narc to uncover drug dealing in this situation comedy. Investigating at a high-school adult-education class, he falls for the tempting teacher Katherine, played by the exotic Barbara Carrera . Danny forgets the reward of $10,000 per arrest when he elects to continue his "education." He joins a colorful group of characters that includes ex-cons, illegal aliens, and brain-dead baby boomers who cause more trouble than their younger counterparts. Swimming classes and wine tasting serve as background for a series of comic catastrophes. Danny soon suspects Katherine's colleague Mrs. Grant ( Susan Tyrell ) of being in cahoots with the drug dealers, and Katherine and Mrs. Grant have a prolonged fight scene that is memorably funny. &mdash; Dan Pavlides
Up the Academy VHS Comedy This puber-comedy is a kind of mixture between 'Animal House' and 'Police Academy'. Four boys are sent...
Up the Academy DVD Comedy This puber-comedy is a kind of mixture between 'Animal House' and 'Police Academy'. Four boys are sent...
Used Cars VHS Comedy Used car salesman Rudy Russo needs money to run for State Senate, so he approaches his boss Luke. Luke agrees to front him the $10,000 he needs...
The Usual Suspects VHS Drama Five villains in New York are rounded up by police in an unconventional manner that worries them. After release, they get together for a spot of revenge, but someone else is controling events.
Vacation VHS Comedy; Theme - Driving The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the WallyWorld theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
Vacation DVD Comedy; Theme - Driving The Griswold family's cross-country drive to the WallyWorld theme park proves to be much more arduous than they ever anticipated.
Vacations: Disneyland - June 2000 DVD Home Movie
Vacations: Thanksgiving-Holiday 2003 DVD Home Movie
Vegas Vacation DVD Comedy; Theme - Gambling-Vegas The Griswolds head off for Las Vegas, as Clark got an extra bonus for developing a food preservative...
Vegas Vacation VHS Comedy; Theme - Gambling-Vegas The Griswolds head off for Las Vegas, as Clark got an extra bonus for developing a food preservative...
A View to a Kill VHS Action; Bond James Bond is faced up against a mad industrialist who plans to destroy Silicon Valley. It is up to 007 to stop him and his ally May Day.
The Visitors from Outer Space - The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald VHS Animation; Family
Viva Knievel! VHS Action As the legendary stuntman travels to Mexico to prepare for one of his greatest stunts yet, he takes time out of his schedule to meet his fans...
Volunteers VHS Comedy Tom Hanks stars as Lawrence, a rich kid with a bad accent and a large debt. After his father refuses to help him out...
Vulgar DVD Drama A poor clown gains celebrity status after rescuing a girl from her father, but being famous brings the skeletons out of his very dark closet.
Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave VHS Family; Animation Wallace falls for Wendolene, a wool shop owner, while Gromit is framed for the sheep rustling.
Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out VHS Family; Animation Wallace and Gromit have run out of cheese and this provides an execellent excuse for the animated duo to take their holiday on the moon.
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit DVD Animation; Family Wallace and his loyal dog, Gromit, set out to discover the mystery behind the garden sabotage that plagues their village and threatens the annual giant vegetable growing contest.
Wallace & Gromit: The First Three Adventures (1990-1995) DVD Animation; Family The perfect gift set for the Wallace and Gromit fan. All three of animator Nick Park's first adventures featuring the dotty inventor and his loyal but laconic dog--<i>The Wrong Trousers</i>, <i>A Close Shave</i>, and <i>A Grand Day Out</i>--come wrapped together and ready for multiple viewings. This is truly one of the rare gift sets that will entertain the entire family. <i>--Doug Thomas --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title</i>.
Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers VHS Animation; Family Wallace is used by a criminal penguin in a robbery involving mechanical trousers.
Walt Disney Story, The VHS Disney; Documentary
Walt Disney World, Around the World with Mickey and Friends VHS Disney; Documentary
Walt: The Man Behind the Myth DVD Documentary; Biography Dick Van Dyke (<I>Mary Poppins</I>) narrates this made-for-TV special, which focuses on the high points in Walt Disney's life and career. Over 70 friends, relatives, and associates were interviewed. Critics, however, weren't given much of a chance to have their say, which prevents <I>Walt</I> from presenting a fully rounded picture. Fortunately, this two-hour story of the great man's rise--and rise--makes for compelling viewing anyway. It doesn't merely cover his work, but personal life, as well. Milestones, such as his marriage, are brought to life using footage from a copious home movie collection. Furthermore, a few Disney animators do mention some of the great man's more negative traits, such as his legendary toughness, but such criticisms are passed over quickly. Smaller viewers may find it boring, but Disney fans 10 and older are sure to be riveted by this fascinating man's life story. <I>--Kathleen C. Fennessy</I>
WarGames VHS Drama A young man finds a back door into a military central computer in which reality is confused with game-playing, possibly starting World War III.
Wavelength VHS Sci-Fi Two young lovers learn that a small group of child-like space aliens are marooned on Earth and are being...
Wayne's World VHS Comedy Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show.
Weekend at Bernie's VHS Theme - Beach; Comedy A pair of losers try to pretend that their murdered employer is really alive, but the murderer is out to "finish him off."
Weird Science VHS Comedy Two nerdish boys attempt to create the perfect woman, but she turns out to be more than that.
Welcome to Hollywood VHS Comedy A film director (Adam Rifkin) decides to chart the course of a young actor (Tony Markes) as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
Welcome to the Dollhouse VHS Drama Insightful look at an unattractive 7th grader as she struggles to cope with un-attentive parents, snobbish classmates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister, and her own insecurities.
We're No Angels VHS Comedy A couple of escaped convicts on the run find refuge with the Church when they are mistaken for two priests...
West Side Story DVD Musical Musical about two youngsters from rival NYC gangs who fall in love.
What About Bob? VHS Comedy A successful psychiatrist loses his mind after one of his most dependent patients tracks him down during his family vacation.
When Harry Met Sally... VHS Comedy Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.
Where the Buffalo Roam DVD Comedy Semi-biographical film based on the experiences of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? VHS Animation; Comedy; Family A toon hating detective is a cartoon rabbit's only hope to prove his innocence when he is accused of murder.
Who's Harry Crumb? VHS Comedy Harry is the latest generation of the Crumbs, famous and extremely talented detectives. Unfortunately...
Who's Harry Crumb? DVD Comedy Harry is the latest generation of the Crumbs, famous and extremely talented detectives. Unfortunately...
Who's Minding the Mint? VHS Comedy A mint worker accidentally destroys some money and decides to break in and reprint it, but find he has some unwanted partners.
Wildcats VHS Comedy Molly is a highschool track coach who knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet...
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory DVD Family; Drama A poor boy wins the oppurtunity to tour the most eccentric and wonderful candy factory of all.
Winning Strategies: Texas Hold 'em Poker - Mike Caro DVD Theme - Gambling-Vegas
Without a Clue VHS Comedy A drunken Sherlock Holmes is really just a cover for the real detective - Dr Watson.
The Wizard of Oz VHS Family; Drama Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home.
Working Girl VHS Comedy When a secretary's idea is stolen by her boss, she seizes an opportunity to steal it back by pretending she has her boss's job.
Working Stiffs, Vol. 1 VHS Comedy
The World Is Not Enough - Special Edition VHS Action; Bond Feeling responsbile for the death of a British oil tycoon and a friend, who died in an explosion in MI6 headquarters, James Bond takes position as bodyguard to the tycoon's daughter, Elektra,
The World's Greatest Athlete DVD Comedy; Disney In this Disney comedy, a down on his luck coach travels to Africa where he spots the world's greatest athlete - a white Tarzan-type...
Worth Winning VHS Comedy Taylor is a man who has no problems with women. So confident is he that he accepts a challenge from...
The Wrong Guys VHS Comedy Five former cub scouts have a reunion and go camping on the mountain they never conquered. High jinks...
You Only Live Twice VHS Action; Bond Agent 007 and the Japanese secret service ninja force must find and stop the true culprit of a series of spacejackings before nuclear war is provoked.
Young Frankenstein VHS Comedy Dr. Frankenstein's grandson, after years of living down the family reputation, inherits granddad's castle and repeats the experiments.
Young Sherlock Holmes VHS Drama When assorted people start having inexplicable delusions that lead to their deaths, a teenage Sherlock Holmes decides to investigate.
Ziggy's Gift VHS Animation; Family; Holiday Ziggy, of Tom Wilson's comic strip, has a Christmas adventure in this Emmy-winning special. When he becomes a streetside Santa for charity...
Zoolander DVD Comedy At the end of his career, a clueless fashion model is brainwashed to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.