AVP - Alien Vs. Predator (Widescreen Edition)
AVP - Alien Vs. Predator (Widescreen Edition)In delivering PG-13-rated excitement, Alien vs. Predator is an acceptably average science-fiction action thriller with some noteworthy highlights, even if it squanders its opportunity to intelligently combine two popular and R-rated franchises. Rabid fans can justifiably ask "Is that all there is?" after a decade of... More
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandTwenty years after his grandfather was a hit in World War I, Frampton stars as a new Sgt. Pepper and tries to carry on the tradition.If it weren't for a couple of inspired performances, as well as the time-capsule weirdness of it all, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band would be definitively unwatchable. This misguided effort to... More
Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer [Blu-ray]
Fantastic Four - Rise of the Silver Surfer [Blu-ray]Bluray DiscFantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is another entertaining romp for the Marvel-superhero franchise. Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd), is treading on thin ice when his fiancée, Sue Storm, the Invisible Woman (Jessica Alba), thinks he's more interested in a series of cosmic phenomena occurring around the earth than in... More
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Full Screen Edition)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (Full Screen Edition)Having proven itself as a favorite film of children around the world, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory is every bit as entertaining now as it was when originally released in 1971. There's a timeless appeal to Roald Dahl's classic children's novel, which was playfully preserved in this charming musical, from the colorful carnival-like splendor of its production design to the infectious... More
Rat Race (Special Collector’s Edition)
Rat Race (Special Collector's Edition)The adventures of six Las Vegas vacationers who are entered into a race to reach Silver City, New Mexico for a $2 million prize.Modeled after 1963's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, Jerry Zucker's Rat Race lacks the irreverence of Zucker's 1980 hit Airplane! but has enough chuckles to make it an agreeable time-killer. Like... More
Menace II Society
Menace II SocietyA Los Angeles teenager is immersed in a violent neighborhood, an environment that controls his life.Tyrin Turner may not have broken out into stardom as was initially expected, but his work in Menace II Society is one of the more powerful cinematic debuts. The film, from the brother writer-director team of... More
Barbie and the Diamond Castle
Barbie and the Diamond CastleMusic-loving best friends rescue a girl trapped in a mirror.A musical story about the power of friendship and believing in oneself, Barbie and the Diamond Castle opens with Barbie and her friend Teresa singing, playing guitar, and relating a story about friendship to Stacy who's just had a disagreement with her best friend Courtney. In the story, friends Alexa and... More
Longitude
LongitudeGracefully adapted from Dava Sobel's extraordinary bestseller, the four-part TV production of Longitude combines drama, history, and science into a stimulating, painstakingly authentic account of personal triumph and joyous discovery. Equally impressive is the way writer-director Charles Sturridge has crafted parallel stories... More
Bandits
BanditsOUT OF JAIL AND ON THE RUN, BANK ROBBER BRUCE WILLIS DEVISES THE PERFECT CRIME WITH IMPERFECT PARTNERS BILLY BOB THORNTON AND CATE BLANCHETT.Chemistry and quirkiness--and a stellar cast--help make Barry Levinson's Bandits more than just another comedy about ill-matched outlaws. Levinson's deft touch in Rain Man is evident in the... More
The Muppet Movie - Kermit’s 50th Anniversary Edition
The Muppet Movie - Kermit's 50th Anniversary EditionJim Henson vaulted Kermit, the famous floppy-armed frog, and his Muppet pals to the big screen with this charming 1979 musical adventure. Like the TV show that inspired it, Henson and director James Frawley playfully acknowledge movie clichés and conventions and allow the characters to address the camera in asides, like a Hope and Crosby road film for the 1980s. The ambitious... More