DVD: Paul Winfield

DVD: Paul Winfield

DVD:

Paul Winfield

White Dog - Criterion Collection
Paul Winfield, Kristy McNichol

Criterion Collection, 2008

Samuel Fuller's throat-grabbing exposé on American racism was misunderstood and withheld from release when it was made in the early eighties; today, the notorious film is lauded for its daring metaphor and gripping pulp filmmaking. Kristy McNichol stars as a young actress who adopts a lost German Shepherd, only to discover through a series of ...

Mars Attacks!

Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close

Warner Home Video, 2004

mars attacks
this movie is always funny and we get a kick out of watching it. It was sent in a timely manner and arrived on time. It is good too to do business with Amazon and the people that they have registered too. I have had no problems with any of my orders. J. A. Harris

Backstairs at the White House

Olivia Cole, Leslie Uggams

Acorn Media, 2005

They Don't Make Them Like This Anymore
I remember watching this mini-series back in 1979 and I am so pleased to see it out on DVD now. In 1909, Maggie Rogers is hired at the White House as a maid to the Presidents family. She is the first African-American woman to hold this key position. Not much of a job ...

Baseball - A Film By Ken Burns

Mike Barnicle, Mary Pratt (III)

Pbs Paramount, 2004

The Usual Burns' Spin, but Outstanding Nonetheless
The sheer magnitude of this set makes it worth 5 stars. Of course Burns beats us over the head w/ the racial angle, but that's Burns. If you're from NY, you'll get a lot of satisfaction from the New York bias. The cinematography is often stunning. Look for the Babe ...

The Serpent And The Rainbow

Bill Pullman, Cathy Tyson

Universal Studios, 2003

An underrated shocker from Wes Craven!
Dennis Allan (Bill Pullman) is a Harvard anthropologist who just came back from the jungles of South America has been given an assignment to go to Haiti to find a formula which is rumored to bring the dead back to life and can be useful. On his trip, he falls for a ...

Mildred Pierce (Keepcase)

Joan Crawford, Jack Carson

Warner Home Video, 2005

Great film from Hollywood's Golden Era
This film is a gem from the Hollywood era. Joan Crawford delivers a terrific performance as Mildred Pierce, a middle-aged women desperately trying to provide for her daughters as her marriage collapses. Told mostly in flashbacks, the film opens with a man being shot in ...

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy

Paramount, 2002

Space Opera Supreme
Take a classic television series with a dedicated fanbase, insert one of its most popular villains and toss a major motion picture budget at it and what do you get: "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan." Perhaps the closest film in the "Star Trek" catalogue to the ...

Alex Haley's Queen

Ann-Margret, Halle Berry

Warner Home Video, 2008

Finally This Movie is on DVD!
I have loved Alex Haley's "Queen" since I was a little girl. It's so ironic this came out on DVD because I have been periodically checking to see if it had been released on DVD yet. I am so glad to see it! To respond to some concerns about the DVD, they did not ...

The Terminator

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

Immortal!!
Some films age like wine: the older they get, the better they get. It's hard to believe that the Terminator's pushing 25 years old. Terminator's lean script, staccato editing and direction, and its human driven storyline are what allows it to survive amongst modern ...

Gargoyles - The Complete First Season (Special 10th Anniversary Edition)

Thomas F. Wilson, Xander Berkeley

Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2004

A show from the glory days of American childrens animation...
Once uppon a time, in an era known as the Roaring 90's, you could see cartoons in any time block kids were likely to be watching TV without even having to have cable. It is in these ancient times that several excellently written, exciting, and intelligent kid's shows ...

Cliffhanger (Collector's Edition)

Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow

Sony Pictures, 2000

Cliffhanger review
I read the reviews for this movie here before I bought it for cheap. Based on the reviews, I was not expecting it to be as good as it was. I am a Stallone fan, so that will influences my review. I watched the first scene or two and turned it off. I thought the movie ...

Presumed Innocent

Harrison Ford, Raul Julia

Warner Bros. Pictures, 1997

Superb film, well acted and with a twist at the end
I just saw this film for the second time in a period of several years and although I vaguely remembered the ending it wasn't until the "denouement" that I really remembered the details. However, I would watch it again, even if I did remember the ending because it is so ...

Trouble Man

Robert Hooks, Paul Winfield

20th Century Fox, 2006

ROBERT HOOKS
Known mainly for the soundtrack done by the great Marvin Gaye, 'Trouble Man' is a really good movie. After watching Robert Hooks in this movie it is a shame nobody gave him more roles to fit his talent. The man is every bit as smooth as Richard Roundtree's 'Shaft' but ...

The Terminator

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Biehn

MGM (Video & DVD), 2007

Immortal!!
Some films age like wine: the older they get, the better they get. It's hard to believe that the Terminator's pushing 25 years old. Terminator's lean script, staccato editing and direction, and its human driven storyline are what allows it to survive amongst modern ...