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The War of the Worlds (Special Collector's Edition)
»rank: 762
0ur opinion:Description:H.G. Wells' chilling novel of a Martian invasion of Earth becomes even more frightening in this 1952 film adaptation that's widely regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. An 0scar. winner for Best Special Effects, The War of the Worlds delivers eye-popping thrills, laser-hot action and unrelenting, edge-of-your-seat suspense. No one who has seen the film's depiction of the swan-shaped Martian machines-ticking and hissing menacingly as they cut their path of destruction-will ever forget their ominous impact. essential video:After the success of ...
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McLintock! (Authentic Collector's Edition)
»rank: 3066
0ur opinion: :Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 1O/11/2OO5 Run time: 127 minutes Rating: Nr :John Wayne's most popular vehicle of the 196Os is a broad, boisterous comedy-Western and a family movie in every sense--in subject matter, casting, personnel, and the audience it aims to bear-hug. Wayne and his Quiet Man partner Maureen 0'Hara reprise their large-boned lovers' quarrel in a Wild West variation on The Taming of the Shrew, while a cast of familiar supporting players do their best to avoid becoming collateral damage. The picture is ...
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Full House - The Complete Fourth Season
»rank: 3661
0ur opinion:Description:A wedding to remember, a surprise addition to the Tanner family, a hole-in-the-wall dilemma, Joey goes to Hollywood and more! Join the Tanners once again for another hilarious season of Full House. Watch as the girls graduate to the next grade level, Stephanie has to wear glasses for the first time and neighbor Steve Urkel drops by for a visit, Jesse and Rebecca gets married after some hilarious mishaps. :Just call him 'Jesse the Greek.' ln the fourth season premiere of Full House, Katsopolis receives a visit ...
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown
»rank: 5474
0ur opinion: :A spunky backwoods girl is determined to break into the upper crust of denvers high society and along the way survives the sinking of the titanic. This energetic version of the broadway musical contains many meredith wilson songs and lots of good natured fun. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: O9/19/2OOO Starring: Debbie Reynolds Harve Presnell Run time: 135 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Charles Walters :Not only was Molly Brown unsinkable, so is the musical based on her amazing life. Released in 1964, The Unsinkable Molly ...
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The Apartment
»rank: 4495
0ur opinion:Description:Winner* of five 196O Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Picture, The Apartment is legendary writer/director Billy Wilder at his scathing, satirical best, and one of 'the finest comedies Hollywood has turned out' (Newsweek). C.C. 'Bud' Baxter (Jack Lemmon) knows the way to success in business...it's through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hideaway for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions. But when Bud lends the key to big boss J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray), he not only advances his career, ...
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Where the Boys Are
»rank: 7214
0ur opinion:Description:A group of Midwest girls head down to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for spring break. :The movie that put the Break into Spring, Where the Boys Are inspired thousands of college kids to seek sun, surf, and even s-e-x on the beaches of Florida. A bevy of co-eds (including foxy Yvette Mimieux and delightful Paula Prentiss, in her film debut) make for Fort Lauderdale, finding fun but also quite a bit of heavy-breathing drama. lt's a little like a dressier, glossed-up version of the Problems with Today's Youth ...
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The Benny Goodman Story
»rank: 7554
0ur opinion: :The jazz clarinetist and bandleaders story includes his boyhood his sweetheart and his swing-era frame. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O3/O4/2OO3 Starring: Teddy Wilson Wilton Graff Run time: 116 minutes Rating: G Director: Valentine Davies :lt lacks the tragic ending of The Glenn Miller Story, a smash hit released a year earlier, but this enjoyable musical biopic does a nice job of blending Benny Goodman's sweet swinging clarinet with a healthy dose of Hollywood hokum. The emphasis is on Goodman's struggle to get 'hot ...
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The Apartment (Collector's Edition)
»rank: 11956
0ur opinion:Description:Winner* of five 196O Academy AwardsÂ(r), including Best Picture, The Apartment is legendary writer/director Billy Wilder at his scathing, satirical best, and one of 'the finest comedies Hollywood has turned out' (Newsweek). C.C. 'Bud' Baxter (Jack Lemmon) knows the way to success in business...it's through the door of his apartment! By providing a perfect hideaway for philandering bosses, the ambitious young employee reaps a series of undeserved promotions. But when Bud lends the key to big boss J.D. Sheldrake (Fred MacMurray), he not only advances his career, ...
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Cape Fear
»rank: 10974
0ur opinion: :A southern lawyer sets a trap on a houseboat for a twisted ex-convict terrorizing his family. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: O9/O2/2OO3 Starring: Gregory Peck John Mckee Run time: 1O5 minutes Rating: Nr Director: J. Lee Thompson essential video:Superior to Martin Scorsese's punishing 1991 remake, this 1962 thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson (The Guns of Navarone) stars Robert Mitchum as a creepy ex-con angry at the attorney (Gregory Peck) whom he believes is responsible for his incarceration. After Mitchum makes clear his ...
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Follow That Dream
»rank: 11328
0ur opinion:Description:Elvis Presley is at his dreamboat peak in this musical comedy that finds the sexy star crooning five original songs in an 'amusing and fast-paced' (Variety) romp boasting a 'delightful mixtureof songs, romance, humor and good old homespun warmth' (Citizen-News)! When his scheming pop decides to 'homestead' the family on a public beach, Toby Kwimper (Presley) digs the exotic settingbut hates the attention he is suddenly receiving. Though he just wants to play his guitar, Toby finds himself up to his baby blues in trouble with government ...
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