vhs video: Bob Peck     vhs video:     Bob Peck      Smilla's Sense of Snow Ona Fletcher, Julia Ormond 20th Century Fox, 2001 Smilla's Sense of Snow I came across this movie on late night television by accident and when I saw who was in it I set my VCR to record. I was pleased I did. I now have the DVD. It was the second movie I saw Gabriel Byrne in and I am now a confirmed supporter. Julia Ormond is a treasure and ...             David & Bathsheba Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward 20th Century Fox, 1995 real quality, intelligent script, well realized This is like a good stage play. The screen writer has created a small masterpiece. Each line reveals some aspect of Israelite culture as well as developing the character and advancing the plot. Not a word is wasted; and the actors, especially Peck, express the script ...             Surviving Picasso Anthony Hopkins, Natascha McElhone Warner Home Video, 1997 Why no DVD after all these years? When week after week you see some of the slop flipped to DVD quickly, it's surprising to me this interesting film is still VHS only. I disagree with some of the other reviewers- I think Hopkins did a great job at inhabiting Picasso's spirit. Did the film "explain" ...             Edge of Darkness Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker 20th Century Fox, 1993 Masterpiece........ Firstly let me point out that there is a DVD version of EOD, several actually. The best version is the latest released this year which is a wonderful transfer and includes a documentary on the film, Magnox and has clips of interviews and award ceremonies and ...             Macbeth / McKellen, Dench, Royal Shakespeare Company Ian McKellen, Judi Dench Hbo Home Video, 1999 Far Better than Orson Welles Version My daughter made 1st witch in her 6th grade school play. In my youth I did Hamlet and Richard III, so I KNOW the difficulty and skill to do Shakespeare correctly. This is done WELL. Short of Lord Olivier's performances, which are rare at best, there is no better ...             Edge of Darkness (2pc) Bob Peck, Joe Don Baker BBC Warner, 2000 Masterpiece........ Firstly let me point out that there is a DVD version of EOD, several actually. The best version is the latest released this year which is a wonderful transfer and includes a documentary on the film, Magnox and has clips of interviews and award ceremonies and ...             Jurassic Park Sam Neill, Laura Dern Universal Studios, 1994 The T. Rex Wants to Hunt! Jurassic Park is one of the best Crichton film adaptations thus far. Though the screenplay is only marginally faithful to the plot of the novel, the basic premise, people being hunted by prehistoric beasts in a tropical paradise, remains intact. The animatronics and ...             Fairy Tale: A True Story Harvey Keitel, Jason Salkey Paramount, 1998 "Fairy Tale: A True Story" Is About BELIEF! And A Delight For All Ages With Fine Performances--Including A Mel Gibson Cameo! As a Peter O'Toole fan I ran across this film and held it in my basket for close to a year, until I finally purchased it--and I am very pleased with my choice. My decision was based primarily on the Wikipedia introduction: "Fairy Tale: A True Story" is a 1997 film ...             Return of the Living Dead David Bond, Don Calfa Hbo Home Video, 1989 One of the zombie genre's high points As great as zombie flicks are, they easily qualify as one of horror's most polarizing sub-genres. Movies such as Dawn of the Dead have gone on to be considered what great horror is made of, and others such as Oasis of the Zombies have quickly been filed away into most ...             Big Country (1958) Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons MGM (Video & DVD), 1994 Eastern gentleman tries to tame the wild west There have been many fine reviews of this film already. Thus, I will largely confine my remarks to one of the themes of the film: the incompatabilities that most contributed to the breakup of marriage plans between Jim McKay (Gregory Peck) and Pat Terrill(Carroll ...             Jurassic Park - Collector's Edition Sam Neill, Laura Dern Universal Studios, 2000 The T. Rex Wants to Hunt! Jurassic Park is one of the best Crichton film adaptations thus far. Though the screenplay is only marginally faithful to the plot of the novel, the basic premise, people being hunted by prehistoric beasts in a tropical paradise, remains intact. The animatronics and ...             Black Velvet Gown Bob Peck, Janet McTeer Questar Video, 1995 A MIND IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE... This international award winning adaptation of Catherine Cookson's best selling book of the same name should delight Ms. Cookson's devoted fans and anyone else who enjoys period pieces in which class conflicts are the central theme. Set in England in the 1840s, a ...             The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby Nicholas Gecks, Emily Richard A&E Home Video, 2002 The Best Thing I've Ever Seen Nicholas Nickleby is not only my favorite Charles Dickens' book--indeed, my favorite book period--but this production is the ONLY adaptation of which I wholeheartedly approve. It is eminently true to the text and only a handful of adaptations (of any work) are. I've ...             Jurassic Park Sam Neill, Laura Dern The T. Rex Wants to Hunt! Jurassic Park is one of the best Crichton film adaptations thus far. Though the screenplay is only marginally faithful to the plot of the novel, the basic premise, people being hunted by prehistoric beasts in a tropical paradise, remains intact. The animatronics and ...             Kitchen Toto Edwin Mahinda, Bob Peck Warner Home Video, 1995 Excellent portrayal of racial tensions in Colonial Kenya "The Kitchen Toto" does a fine job of examining all aspects of a troubled time in Colonial Kenya. The director himself grew up in Kenya, and the film was shot on location. Very authentic, very interesting, and not a little troubling!          products you might be interested in   search for videos adventures, bathsheba, collector, darkness, shakespeare, surviving      toavi.com    web we recommend The T. Rex Wants to Hunt! randomly chosen DVD: Stay Away, Joe