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Fatal Attraction (Special Collector's Edition)
Starring: Anne Archer , Michael Arkin , Jonathan Brandis , Tom Brennan , and Glenn Close Director: Adrian Lyne Manufacturer: Paramount ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00003CXA0 Release Date: 2002-04-16 |
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<I>The</I> date movie of the late 1980s, this had everyone arguing in the aisles. Does Michael Douglas deserve the unwanted attention he and his family are receiving at the hands of loony stalker Glenn Close? After a weekend extramarital affair with colleague Close, he returns home to wife Anne Archer, and Close becomes progressively angrier. You might even say she is boiling bunny mad.Directed by Adrian Lyne, this is not your average thriller, as it garnered six Academy Award nominations. The plot is too obvious, but the dialogue rings true and the intense performances hold the story together. Anne Archer deserves kudos for side-stepping cliché as the strong but frightened wife, and Close is a scream as she chews up the scenery.
The film's original ending, which was reshot after poor preview screenings, has been added to the video release. <I>--Rochelle O'Gorman</I>
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The Last of His Tribe
Starring: Jon Voight , Graham Greene (II) , David Ogden Stiers , Jack Blessing , and Anne Archer Director: Harry Hook Manufacturer: Hbo Home Video ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00021R7CQ Release Date: 2004-06-01 |
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Wild Tigers I Have Known
Starring: Fairuza Balk , Tom Gilroy , Lydia Lunch , Kim Dickens , and Malcolm Stumpf Director: Cam Archer Manufacturer: Genius Entertainment ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000P6R9NU Release Date: 2007-07-10 |
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Logan is a soft spoken and lonely 13 year old boy with a crush. Unlike his equally lonely friend Joey, who obsesses over the sexual exploits of the popular boys, Logan is fixated on the boys themselves, particularly Rodeo Walker. Logan's infatuation with Rodeo inspires him to create a new persona named Leah. Leah and Rodeo grow close through whispered late night phone calls, and when Leah agrees to meet Rodeo face to face it is Logan who must finally prove that he can ask for what he so achingly wants.
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Clear and Present Danger (Special Collector's Edition)
Starring: Harrison Ford , Willem Dafoe , Anne Archer , Joaquim de Almeida , and Henry Czerny Director: Phillip Noyce Manufacturer: Paramount ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008K76V Release Date: 2003-05-06 |
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The third installment in the cinematic incarnation of Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan and the second starring Harrison Ford, this follow-up to <I>Patriot Games</I> is a more complex, rewarding, and bolder film than its predecessor. Ford returns as Ryan, this time embroiled in a failed White House bid to wipe out a Colombian drug cartel and cover up the mess. The script, by Clancy and John Milius (<I>Red Dawn</I>), has an air of true adventure about it as Ryan places himself in harm's way to extract covert soldiers abandoned in a Latin American jungle. There are a couple of remarkable set pieces expertly handled by <I>Patriot Games</I> director Phillip Noyce, especially a shocking scene involving an ambush on Ryan's car in an alley. The supporting cast is superb, including Willem Dafoe as the soldiers' leader, Henry Czerny as Ryan's enemy at the CIA, Joaquim de Almeida as a smooth-talking villain, Ann Magnuson as an unwitting confederate in international crime, and James Earl Jones as Ryan's dying boss. The DVD release has a widescreen presentation, theatrical trailer, closed captioning, optional French soundtrack, and optional Spanish subtitles. <I>--Tom Keogh</I>Description
In CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER, Harrison Ford returns as intrepid CIA agent Jack Ryan. When his mentor, Admiral Greer (Jones), becomes gravely ill, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. His first assignment: investigate the murder of one of the President's friends, a prominent U.S. businessman with secret ties to Colombian drug cartels. Unbeknownst to Ryan, the CIA has already dispatched a deadly field operative (Dafoe) to lead a paramilitary force against the Colombian drug lords. Caught in the crossfire, Ryan takes matters into his own hands, risking his career and life for the only cause he still believes in -- the truth.
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Patriot Games (Special Collector's Edition)
Starring: Harrison Ford , Anne Archer , Patrick Bergin , Sean Bean , and Thora Birch Director: Phillip Noyce Manufacturer: Paramount ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008K76W Release Date: 2003-05-06 |
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Let's see--he's been Han Solo in three films and Indiana Jones in three more. So why shouldn't Harrison Ford take on a new continuing character in Tom Clancy's CIA analyst Jack Ryan? In this film, directed by Phillip Noyce, Ford picked up the baton when Alec Baldwin, who played Ryan in The Hunt for Red October, opted for a Broadway role instead. In this film, Ryan and his family are on vacation when Ryan saves a member of the British royal family from attack by Irish terrorists. The next thing he knows, the Ryan clan has been targeted by the same terrorists, who invade his Maryland home. The film can't shed all of Clancy's lumbering prose, or his techno-dweeb fascination with spy satellites and the like. But no one is better than Ford at righteous heroism--and Sean Bean makes a suitably snakey villain. <I>--Marshall Fine</I>Description
Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan in PATRIOT GAMES, an explosive thriller based on Tom Clancy's international best-seller. His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has traveled to London to vacation with his wife (Archer) and child (Birch). Meeting his family outside of Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on Lord Holmes (Fox), a member of the Royal Family. Ryan helps to thwart Holmes' assailants and becomes a local hero. But Ryan's courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorist (Bean) whose brother he killed. Now Ryan must return to action for the most vital assignment of his life -- to save his family.
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Short Cuts - Criterion Collection
Starring: Andie MacDowell , Bruce Davison , Jack Lemmon , Zane Cassidy , and Julianne Moore Director: Robert Altman , Mike E. Kaplan , and John Dorr Manufacturer: Criterion ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000305ZXO Release Date: 2004-11-16 |
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If aliens came down to earth to see if humanity was worth saving, showing them <I>Short Cuts</I>, Robert Altman's bluesy riff on life in L.A. in the '90s, would not be a good idea. Based on the stories of Raymond Carver (adapted by Altman and Frank Barhydt), this ambitious film is a devilish valentine to living in L.A., where happiness comes at a premium. There are at least eight separate stories that crisscross, most about people who choose not to relate to the lives they are living. Seemingly by design, none of the stories (nor the performances for that matter) have more impact than the others--this is a true mosaic film. The most representative plot deals with a group of friends (Buck Henry, Fred Ward, and Huey Lewis) who decide to keep fishing even after discovering a body in the river. The story works as a morose comedy and a flag holder for the movie: the inability to take the correct action. Others would rather talk about seeing Alex Trebek than discuss their faltering relationships. A huge and talented cast twists in the wind, bumping into moments of truth, sex, and passion. Some even come out all right in the end. The accidental nature of life--a common theme in many Altman films--has never been so maddeningly persistent, or absorbing. The score by Mark Isham with songs sung by Annie Ross (also a cast member) fuels the moodiness, as does the opening number in which Medfly helicopters spray the town to the tune "Prisoner of Life." Delivering the film a year after his biggest hit in two decades, <I>The Player</I>, Altman proved his artistic tenacity as an aged artist with the heart of a new filmmaker: he's not afraid of risking it all. <I>--Doug Thomas</I>Description
The work of two great American artists merge in <I>Short Cuts</I>, maverick director Robert Altman's kaleidoscopic adaptation of the stories of renowned author Raymond Carver. Epic in scale yet meticulously observed, the film interweaves the stories of twenty-two characters struggling to find solace and meaning in contemporary Los Angeles. The extraordinary ensemble cast includes Tim Robbins, Julianne Moore, Robert Downey, Jr., Jack Lemmon, and Jennifer Jason Leighall giving fearless performances in one of Altman's most compassionate creations.
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Look, Up in the Sky - The Amazing Story of Superman
Starring: Thomas Tull , Richard Donner , Philip Hecht , Brandon Routh , and Margot Kidder Director: Kevin Burns (III) Manufacturer: Warner Home Video ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000FO0AHY Release Date: 2006-06-20 |
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Here he is! It's SupermanTM -- in an amazing, thrill-packed story of the legendary hero through the years: from comic books to cartoons to TV to movies, including awesome see-it-first, see-it-now footage of 2006's Superman Returns. Discover the Man of Steel story that's never been told with the action and excitement you expect from the mightiest of all heroes.<BR />No matter if you're a super fan<BR />or just a movie fan, this is<BR />the adventure you've<BR />been waiting for.Amazon.com
Executive-produced by <I>Superman Returns</I> director Bryan Singer and narrated by star Kevin Spacey, <I>Look, Up in the Sky: The Amazing Story of Superman</I> is an exhaustive, nearly two-hour documentary covering over 60 years of the Man of Steel. It begins with the early work of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster leading to the 1938 <I>Action Comics</I> debut of Superman, then continues through the Max Fleischer cartoons, the Columbia serials, to the 1950s <I>Adventures of Superman</I> series and the tragic suicide of its star, George Reeves. Then it's on to the 1966 Broadway musical, the 1970s feature films (including screen tests of Stockard Channing and Lesley Anne Warren), the paralysis and death of star Christopher Reeve, the subsequent TV series <I>Lois & Clark</I> and <I>Smallville</I>, and the 2006 feature <I>Superman Returns</I>. The documentary also discusses Superman's transformations during World War II, the atomic age, and the 1960s; events in the comic books such as John Byrne's reboot and <I>The Death of Superman</I>; and obscurities such as a pilot for <I>The Adventures of Superpup</I> and the TV-musical version of <I>It's a Bird It's a Plane It's Superman</I>. Interview subjects range from two-production stars such as Noel Neill and Jack Larson (who were in both <I>Adventures of Superman</I> and <I>Superman Returns</I>), and Annette O'Toole (<I>Superman III</I> and <I>Smallville</I>) to producer Ilya Salkind, director Richard Donner, Margot Kidder, Stan Lee, Dean Cain, and Brandon Routh. The animated series deserves more coverage, and some interviewees are conspicuously absent--no surprise <I>Lois & Clark</I>'s Teri Hatcher couldn't find the time, but what about <I>Smallville</I>'s Tom Welling?--but overall it's an impressive and engaging examination of the DC Comics icon. <I>--David Horiuchi</I>
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Man of the House [Region 99]
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones , Cedric the Entertainer , Christina Milian , Paula Garcés , and Monica Keena Director: Stephen Herek Manufacturer: Sony Pictures ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00096S4DK Release Date: 2005-07-19 |
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Let's face it, sometimes you just want to watch some fluff. The ever-expanding subgenre of cheerleader cinema offers dependable fluff, of which <I>Man of the House</I> is a shiny, frivolous example. After a multiethnic cheerleading squad witnesses a mob execution, Texas Ranger Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones, <I>The Fugitive</I>, <I>Men in Black</I>) is assigned to protect them. That's all you need to know--a formulaic plot follows, but the filmmakers recognizes that the formula is known by all so they doesn't waste time with unnecessary exposition. Instead, we go straight to amusing scenes of Sharp teaching the unruly (and scantily clad) girls some discipline and the girls teaching Sharp to loosen up and forge a better relationship with his estranged daughter. It's a one-joke movie, but thanks to Jones' leathery hound-dog face and cowpoke gravitas, the contrast between the girls and Sharp keeps being funny. Of its kind, <I>Man of the House</I> isn't in the same league as <I>Bring It On</I> (pretty much the <I>ne plus ultra</I> of cheerleader movies), but it's head and shoulders over the likes of <I>Sugar & Spice</I>. Also featuring Cedric the Entertainer (<I>Barbershop</I>), Anne Archer (<I>Fatal Attraction</I>), and R. Lee Ermey(<I>Full Metal Jacket</I>). <I>--Bret Fetzer</I>Description
When five perky cheerleaders witness the murder of a drug bust informant, they require 'round-the-clock surveillance to keep from being the next victims. Enter tough-as-nails Texas Ranger Lt. Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones), who masquerades as their assistant coach and camps out in their campus digs. But these feisty foxes just want to have fun, and the buttoned-down Sharp learns it's no easy task to keep the uncontrollable coeds in line and out of harm's way. Cedric the Entertainer joins this spirited cast in a comedy that busts out with high energy, pride, and the joy of a Texas Ranger getting in touch with his feminine side.
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Rules of Engagement
Starring: Anne Archer , Kim Delaney , Bruce Greenwood , Philip Baker Hall , and Samuel L. Jackson Director: William Friedkin Manufacturer: Paramount ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00003CXGV Release Date: 2000-10-10 |
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Director William Friedkin knows a thing or two about staging harrowing action sequences, and if you don't believe that, you've never seen <I>The French Connection</I> or <I>To Live and Die in L.A.</I> He comes through niftily in this film as well, with an opening Vietnam battle sequence that sets the stage for the rest of the story, and then with the central moment in the film: a rescue mission involving Marines extricating the American ambassador from an embassy surrounded by hostile protesters in Yemen. Unfortunately, Friedkin can't do much about the implausible plot that follows, in which the Marine commander, played by the always-terrific Samuel L. Jackson, is accused of slaughtering innocent civilians (who actually were shooting at him and his men). He must rely on an old Marine buddy--a lawyer played by Tommy Lee Jones--to get him through the jury-rigged court martial. But the central premise--that an evil presidential aide would perjure himself and destroy evidence simply to maintain good relations with U.S. allies in the Middle East, rather than defending a highly decorated Marine colonel who risked his life--is inevitably hard to swallow. And the ending is even flimsier. <I>--Marshall Fine</I>
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Man Friday/Raise the Titanic
Starring: Peter O'Toole , Richard Roundtree , Peter Cellier , Christopher Cabot , and Joel Fluellen Director: Jack Gold , and Jerry Jameson Manufacturer: Lions Gate ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000C65YS0 Release Date: 2006-01-24 |
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