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69 reviews
Robert Englund, Jill Schoelen

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

"Only love and music are forever"
The emphasis is definitely on gore in this effective 1989 take on THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, starring Robert Englund in the title role. Followers of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical might want to bypass this one. The setting is modern-day New York. Promising opera singer Christine Day (Jill Schoelen) is auditioning for an important producer when a stage accident catapults her back to ...

Priest

62 reviews
Linus Roache, Tom Wilkinson

Miramax, 1999

Moving and Uplifitng
"PRIEST" Moving and Uplifting Amos Lassen and Cinema Pride "Priest" is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. Highly underrated and rarely seen, this is a classic film about the nature of intolerance and how understanding can bring people together. But be warned, you need tissues to watch this film. I remember when the movie was released it so riled the Catholic Church that ...

Irish Jam

19 reviews
Justin Sharp, Tom Georgeson

Bauer, 2006

IRISH JAM
A CUTE COMEDY FOR ONE AND ALL. IT SHOWS US WHAT KINDNESS AND CARING CAN DO IF PROPERLY DONE. HOW A ONE TIME CON ARTIST CAN CHANGE HIS WAYS, AND FIND A LIFE OF HAPPINESS FOR HIMSELF. ONE NICE FACTOR IS THAT THERE IS NO FOUL LANGUAGE USED IN THIS MOVIE, SO ANYONE OF ANY AGE CAN SIT AND ENJOY IT.

Captives

24 reviews
Julia Ormond, Tim Roth

Miramax, 2002

Tim Roth is Gifted
I was inspired to write because I like this actor SO much. The movie's script may seem improbable (jail dentist having affair with inmate)but who really knows...certainly the acting ability of the leads (Julia Ormand and Tim Roth)convinced me that the characters were destined for each other. The depiction of life inside, people's motivations, both good and bad seemed very realistic and thought ...

Casper (Full Screen Special Edition)

75 reviews
Chauncey Leopardi, Spencer Vrooman

Universal Studios, 2003

Casper -
Ordered for my granddaughter and had it shipped to her in Avondale, AZ. Everything was fine.

48 HRS. / Another 48 HRS.

2 reviews
Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte

Paramount, 2007

Great Double Feature
I was a bit suspect of two movies on one disc but after viewing both flicks on my Aquos flat-screen, I must admit, they are damn good transfers. This was perhaps Eddy Murphy's best work and they both represent the flavor of 1980s movie making in Hollywood. Anamorphic Widescreen is the best for 16x9 TV viewing, these films won't disappoint any fan of the Nolte/Murphy genre.

Casper (Widescreen Special Edition)

75 reviews
Chauncey Leopardi, Spencer Vrooman

Universal Studios, 2003

Casper -
Ordered for my granddaughter and had it shipped to her in Avondale, AZ. Everything was fine.

Bleak House

18 reviews
Diana Rigg, Denholm Elliott

BBC Warner, 2005

My Favorite Dickens, My Favorite Film Version
There is an excellent 2006 BBC version of BLEAK HOUSE, but the 1985 production is my favorite. I won't compare the two--other than to remark that each version ignores certain plotlines, while emphasizing others. The original story is quite involved, so you really can get away with making major cuts here & there for staging. I will say this, I believe the 1985 version is truer to the spirit of ...

Moll Flanders

37 reviews
Robin Wright Penn, Morgan Freeman

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

A Beautiful Film NOT Based Upon The Book Of The Same Name
Many people (including others who reviewed this film) have made the mistake of comparing this movie to the book of the same name by Daniel Defoe. If you all watched the opening credits a little more closely, you would notice that this movie is based on Defoe's CHARACTER Moll Flanders NOT his book. It has become apparent to me that people have drawn the wrong conclusions. The filmmakers simply ...

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

38 reviews
Tara Fitzgerald, Cathy Murphy

BBC Warner, 2008

cruelty vs. unrelenting love
Wow, what an intense, dark Gothic romance! A mysterious, beautiful widow with a past arrives with her son to a nosey, judgemental countryside town. A past that is slowly unraveled with the pryings of a handsome, obsessed suitor. The actors are superb: Tara Fitzgerald(Helen), whom I simply adore as an actress, as the long suffering, fiel heroine with a lesson to learn and a son to protect, ...

Another 48 HRS.

22 reviews
Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte

Paramount, 1999

An awesome sequel!
Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte are back together for this sequel to the 1982-83 hit 48 HRS. As I mentioned in the review for the first film,Murphy had a long string of hit films in between that film and this one. Nolte's in-between films include DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS and EXTREME PREJUDICE. Plain clothes cop Jack Cates(Nolte) is on the verge of losing his police badge. We first see Reggie ...

Casper [Region 2]

75 reviews
Chauncey Leopardi, Spencer Vrooman

Casper -
Ordered for my granddaughter and had it shipped to her in Avondale, AZ. Everything was fine.

American Experience - Jesse James

2 reviews
Michael Murphy, Phil Stewart (II)

PBS (Direct), 2006

Jesse James...The Good...The Bad...And The Ugly.
Having caught this on PBS, I was immediately motivated to purchase the DVD to include in my historical library. I have seen a longer documentary effort last year: "Jesse James; Outlaw-Legend-Terrorist", but found it too dependant upon sensationalism to get it`s point across. Here, American Experience does it`s usual quality effort; Historians comment as Period Photos and Newspaper Headlines ...

Edge of Sanity

13 reviews
Anthony Perkins, Glynis Barber

MGM (Video & DVD), 2002

Hopkins at his best...
This 'R-Rated' 2002 DVD re-release is actually six minutes longer than the previous 'Unrated'/'International' edition. The extra running time is almost all accounted for by this version being transferred to video at the correct 24fps theatrical rate whereas the earlier incarnation was artificially speeded up to around 25fps even for NTSC users. This made watching the old and new versions ...

Those Glory, Glory Days
Liz Campion, Julia Goodman

Trinity Home Ent, 2006

Welcome to London 1961 where Tottenham Hotspur soccer team is on a winning streak led by the legendary player Danny Blanchflower. Among the hoards of cheering fans are four football crazed schoolgirls Julia Toni Jailbird and Tub determined to do whatever it takes to get to the Cup Final! Julia so devoted to the star player that she has changed her name to Danny is devastated when her father won t take her to the game. But when she finds out ...

Another 48 Hrs. [Region 2]

22 reviews
Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte

An awesome sequel!
Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte are back together for this sequel to the 1982-83 hit 48 HRS. As I mentioned in the review for the first film,Murphy had a long string of hit films in between that film and this one. Nolte's in-between films include DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS and EXTREME PREJUDICE. Plain clothes cop Jack Cates(Nolte) is on the verge of losing his police badge. We first see Reggie ...

Hallelujah! Ron Athey: A Story of Deliverance
Brian Murphy; Pigpen Myers Rifkin; Julie Tolentino Wood, Alex Binnie, Vaginal Davis; Cathy Opie Ron Athey; Darryl Carlton; Cross

Aubin Pictures, 1998

Hallelujah! Ron Athey: A Story of Deliverance A 90 minute 35mm feature documentary film. Raised by his grandmother to be a Pentecostal minister, Ron Athey was speaking in tongues by the age of ten, a heroin addict by seventeen, and a performance artist by twenty-three. HALLELUJAH! presents Athey's life and work, spending time with him on and off the stage in Mexico City; Zagreb, Croatia; and Los Angeles. Completed 1998.