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Jaws - 25th Anniversary Collector's Edition

Susan Backlinie, John Bahr

Universal Studios, 2000

"Some bad hat Harry"
I love this movie! Jaws has it all, sure it's scary, but it is very funny, sympathetic, exciting too. It also takes place on and in real water in a real ocean. Something sorely missing in todays aquatic films. The charecters are memorable, and developed and ...

They Only Kill Their Masters

James Garner, Katharine Ross

MGM (Warner), 1998

Hammett for the '70's
For me this is one of those great, underrated movies that I end up watching whenever I'm channel surfing and I find it's on. James Garner is great as a slighty cynical and world weary small town police chief in a coastal California town, but the supporting cast and the ...

Rebecca

Judith Anderson, Florence Bates

Anchor Bay, 1998

Outstanding Video Quality.
As both the Criterion and earlier Anchor Bay releases of Hitchcock's "Rebecca" are out-of-print and very exspensive to purchase as used, I decided to try this Korean import. Turns out to be excellent and appears to come from the Criterion source! It even has their ...

The Big Lebowski

Jeff Bridges, John Goodman

Gramercy Pictures, 1999

ONE 100% COOL POLISH-AMERICAN DUDESTER. LEBOWSKI LIKES HIS BREWSKI BUT HAS A TON OF INTEGRITYSKI - A CLASSICSKI!
A classic. Don't miss the message in the movie: Lebowski seems very party guy and laid back, but is the only guy in the story with a lot of integrity and heart. Classic!

The Uninvited

Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey

MCA/Universal Home Video, 1998

A Classic, Old-fashioned, Spooky Ghost Story
THE UNINVITED is a true classic, one of the best haunted house stories that I have ever seen. Filmed in black and white in 1944, the film relies on the play of light and shadow, an eerie underscore, and suggestion and innuendo to scare the audience. There is no ...

Santa Sangre

Axel Jodorowsky, Blanca Guerra

Expanded Entertainment, 1998

Saintly Blood
What's artful about this film is that it keeps you on the edge of your seat during the entire dramatic and surreal epic and makes you go through a transformation by feeling fear, disgust, sadness, and confusion. There are many stories going on at the same time of love, ...

Magic and Mystery - Jasmine's Enchanted Tales - Disney Princess Collection

Princess Jasmine

Buena Vista Home Video, 1996

OK, but scarier than I expected
Don't let it fool you that this 2 episode video is deemed part of the Disney "Princess Collection". It caters more to the action-oriented than to fans of sweet fairy tales. My 5-year-old twin daughters tend to favor the latter. Personally, I am ok with the stories ...

Rear Window

James Stewart, Grace Kelley

Paramount Pictures, 2001

Hitchcock classic in new 2-disc Special Edition due out October 7th, 2008!
Rear Window is considered by many Alfred Hitchcock's best movie. The story suited him well. A man confined to a wheelchair, watching things that may be innocent or murderous, a beautiful woman out of her element, in danger, with gradually building suspense that takes ...

Dark Tide (Unrated)

Chris Sarandon, Richard Tyson

Vidmark / Trimark, 1997

The sexiest film of the early nineties!
Dark Tide is without a doubt, simply the most erotic film to come out of the action adventure genre since the seventies "Emmannuelle" series, and this would have fit in well with that series of sexploitation films...Richard Tyson is cast once again as the powerful bad ...

Judas Kiss

Carla Gugino, Simon Baker

Sony Pictures, 1999

If you love camp and fun....
Please people, this is great bit of fun. This movie cannot be expected to suspend your disbelief. Even though the director keeps tossing blood around, it is so far off that you can't possibly take any of it seriously. It's a send up folks, keystone cops, over the ...

Tight Spot

Ginger Rogers, Edward G. Robinson

Sony Pictures, 1998

B movie with academy award acting.
"Tight Spot" was a gem. Unexpected, to me, after the early part of the movie seemed to have an inevitable ending. It didn't turn out that way. Rogers was perfect for the plot, which was perfect for Rogers. Her actual age, 45, was perfect for the age of a society ...

The List of Adrian Messenger

George C. Scott, Kirk Douglas

Universal Studios, 1994

DVD, PLEASE!!
When, when, when is this terrific movie going to come out on DVD? The mystery is great, the acting terrific and I defy anyone who sees it for the first time to figure it out!

Pascali's Island

Ben Kingsley, Charles Dance

Lions Gate/Live Home Video, 1990

excellent portrait of a time and place
The year is 1908, the place is a small island in the Aegean sea. Ben Kingsley shines in "Pascali's Island", a subtle tale of fear and betrayal in uncertain, changing times. The violent ending, although hinted at throughout the film, will jar you since the tone till ...

Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

George Sanders, Hurd Hatfield

MGM (Warner), 1998

New DVD release with commentary is announced
The classic moral/horror tale is to finally be released on DVD by Warner Home Video. The story has a Jekyl and Hyde type quality with Dorian making a wish after his portrait is painted that he will remain eternally young while his portrait grows old. George Sanders ...

Play Misty for Me

Duke Everts, George Fargo

Universal Studios, 1992

jessica walter rocks the house!
the main reason why this film ranks so high in my book is jessica walter. her performance set the mark that would be hit by glenn close, rebecca de mornay, lynn whitfield and many other actresses. but it would never be surpassed. her portrait of evelyn is a ...