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

230 reviews
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 were born into the 2:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. time block. One of the greatest of these was Gargoyles. Concerning the adventures, ...

The Terminator

471 reviews
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 films that benefit from superior technologies like CGI, motion capture, and now 3D-motion photography. Everything's relative and, in ...

Alex Haley's Queen

19 reviews
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 leave any parts of the movie out. When the first episode ends, be sure to go to the main menu and choose Episode two. That will show ...

The Serpent And The Rainbow

44 reviews
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 female doctor (Cathy Tyson) who's father is a voodoo priest named Hougan (Paul Winfield) as he finds out that the secret of ...

Backstairs at the White House

44 reviews
Olivia Cole, Leslie Uggams

Acorn Media, 2005

A classic
One of my favorite miniseries of all time; so glad I found it. Brilliantly cast and performed. If you have never seen it, do it; you won't be sorry. A great view of history.

Mildred Pierce (Keepcase)

109 reviews
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 a fancy Southern California beach house. The police pick-up Mildred and start questioning her, since it's her 2nd husband who is ...

Mars Attacks!

220 reviews
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

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 horrifying incidents that the dog has been trained to attack black people, and Paul Winfield plays the ...

Baseball - A Film By Ken Burns

15 reviews
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 hitting a HR in slo-mo. Doris Kearns Goodwin somehow slipped into the mix, as did Mario Cuomo. Buck O'Neill is always ...

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

377 reviews
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 original televison series, "Khan" finds Kirk as the admiral in charge of assessing a green crew on routine training maneuvers. ...

Sounder
Cicely Tyson, Paul Winfield

KOCH Vision, 2008

Based on the Newbery Award-winning book by William H. Armstrong... The beloved family classic starring Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield Nathan Lee Morgan (Winfield), an African-American sharecropper, steals food from his neighbor to feed his starving family and is arrested, leaving his wife, Rebecca (Tyson), and their children to endure the hardships of poverty and prejudice in the Depression-era South. Directed by Martin Ritt, Sounder is a ...

The Terminator

471 reviews
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 films that benefit from superior technologies like CGI, motion capture, and now 3D-motion photography. Everything's relative and, in ...

Gargoyles - Season Two, Vol. 1

114 reviews
Thomas F. Wilson, Xander Berkeley

Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2005

One of the greatest cartoons ever.
I have what is available so far on DVD, and watching the first half of Season 2 left me pining for more. For the love of God, release the rest of the series!

Trouble Man

11 reviews
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 wait, Richard Roundtree didn't get too many starring roles either. Somebody slept on some exceptional talent in the '70's

The Blue and the Gray (The Complete Miniseries)

66 reviews
Stacy Keach, John Hammond (IV)

Sony Pictures, 2001

The Complete Miniseries is the one you want
I first saw the complete miniseries in stores in 2001 when the set came out. The thing that really caught my intrest about it was the fact that it was based on the works of Bruce Catton. This had me returning to look at it, trying to decide if I wanted to spend the money (and believe me, I didn't really have enough money to spend on myself for what this cost at that time). Well, things got ...

The Women of Brewster Place

43 reviews
Oprah Winfrey, Mary Alice

Xenon, 2001

Gotta Love Brewster Place
I originally watched this as a series years ago on ABC if i recall correctly. And I love it now just as I loved it then. Oprah Winfrey, Lonette McKey, Cicely Tyson, Robin Givens, Jackee', Lynn Whitfield, they all were superb! A great add to your collection if you like movies like dramas such as this that has a good plot and ending...

Presumed Innocent

37 reviews
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 well written and so well acted.

Cliffhanger (Collector's Edition)

67 reviews
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 was going in a direciton that would be boring, so I waited until I was bored to watch the rest of it. I was pleasantly ...

Sounder

2 reviews
Carl Lumbly, Suzzanne Douglass

Walt Disney Video, 2003

I loved it!
Even though this production was my cousin, Daniel Lee Robertson's first movie, I'm not going to be biased. I loved it!!! Congrats Dan Dan!

Dennis the Menace (Special Edition)

32 reviews
Walter Matthau, Mason Gamble

Warner Home Video, 2003

Great Family Movie
My kids love watching this movie!!! I can remember watching this with my dad and I still remember him laughing so hard!! This is a great moving and should be added to any collection young or old! Especially if you know any ornery children!!!