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Review GT Media / Little House on the Prairie: The Premiere Movie [1974] (NTSC)
Release date: 2001-05-15
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Michael Raschella
Price: £15.70

Review Little House on the Prairie: The Premiere Movie [1974] (NTSC) / GT Media:


Review Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / Ladies in Lavender [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Maggie Smith
  • Daniel Brühl
  • Freddie Jones
  • Judi Dench
  • Charles Dance
  • Gregor Henderson-Begg
Release date: 2005-12-06
Run time: 104 min.
Creator: William J. Locke
Price: £5.93

Review Ladies in Lavender [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:


Review Lolafilms Home Ent / El Embrujo de Shanghai [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Fernando Fernán Gómez
  • Jorge Sanz
  • Antonio Resines
  • Fernando Trueba
  • Rosa María Sardà
  • Ariadna Gil
Release date: 2005-06-21
Run time: 119 min.
Creator: Antoine Duhamel
Price: £9.11

Review El Embrujo de Shanghai [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Lolafilms Home Ent:


Review Miramax / Edges of the Lord [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Richard Banel
  • Yurek Bogayevicz
  • Olaf Lubaszenko
  • Haley Joel Osment
  • Willem Dafoe
  • Liam Hess
Release date: 2005-01-04
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Danny Lerner
Price: £7.93

Review Edges of the Lord [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Miramax:


Review WGBH Boston / Masterpiece Theatre: Jane Eyre [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Susanna White
  • Letty Butler
Release date: 2007-02-20
Run time: 228 min.
Creator: Sandy Welch
Price: £11.11

Review Masterpiece Theatre: Jane Eyre [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / WGBH Boston:


Review Merchant Ivory CV0024 / Howards End [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Emma Thompson
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Vanessa Redgrave
  • Helena Bonham Carter
  • James Ivory
  • Humphrey Dixon
  • Joseph Bennett
Release date: 2005-02-15
Run time: 142 min.
Creator: Ismail Merchant
Price: £13.37

Review Howards End [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Merchant Ivory CV0024:

Howards End is E M Forster's beautifully subtle story of the criss-crossing paths of the privileged and those they disdain-and of a remarkable pair of women who can see beyond class distinctions. Dramatic and tragic but also surprisingly funny, this James Ivory film focuses on a pair of unmarried sisters (Emma Thompson, who won an Oscar, and Helena Bonham Carter) who befriend a poor young clerk (Sam West) and, without meaning to, ruin his life. Meanwhile, Thompson also makes the acquaintance of a dying neighbour (Vanessa Redgrave), who leaves her a family home in her will-which her husband (Anthony Hopkins) destroys. But, ironically, he meets and falls in love with Thompson, even as their paths once more intersect with the increasingly miserable young clerk. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's beautifully economical script also won an Oscar. -Marshall Fine.

Review BFS Entertainment Entertainment / The Real Charlotte [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Patrick Bergin
  • Tony Barry
  • Bairbre Ni Chaoimh
  • Jeananne Crowley
  • Veronica Coburn
  • Lucinda Clare
Release date: 2003-09-16
Run time: 198 min.
Creator: Martin Ross
Price: £35.56

Review The Real Charlotte [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / BFS Entertainment Entertainment:


Review MGM / Valmont [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Fairuza Balk
  • Milos Forman
  • Siân Phillips
  • Meg Tilly
  • Colin Firth
  • Annette Bening
Release date: 2002-09-17
Run time: 137 min.
Creator: Jean-Claude Carrière
Price: £4.29

Review Valmont [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / MGM:


Review Lions Gate / The Wicked Wicked West [1999] (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Brenda Fricker
  • Meret Becker
  • Lisa Jakub
  • Kelly McGillis
  • Jon Sanders
  • Bronagh Gallagher
Release date: 1998-08-18
Run time: 108 min.
Creator: Mark Shivas
Price: £6.39

Review The Wicked Wicked West [1999] (NTSC) / Lions Gate:


Review Sony Pictures / The Patriot [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Mel Gibson
  • Roland Emmerich
  • Chris Cooper
  • Jason Isaacs
  • Heath Ledger
  • Joely Richardson
Release date: 2006-04-25
Run time: 165 min.
Creator: Peter Winther
Price: £8.67

Review The Patriot [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Sony Pictures:

Aimed directly at a mainstream audience, The Patriot qualifies as respectable entertainment, but anyone expecting a definitive drama about the American Revolution should look elsewhere. Rising above the blatant crowd pleasing of Stargate, Independence Day and Godzilla, director Roland Emmerich crafts a marvellous re-creation of South Carolina in the late 1770s (aided immeasurably by cinematographer Caleb Deschanel), and Robert Rodat's screenplay offers the same balance of epic scale and emotional urgency that elevated his earlier script for Saving Private Ryan. Unfortunately, Emmerich embraces clichés and hackneyed melodrama that a more gifted director would have avoided. Instead of attempting a truly great film about the most pivotal years of American history, Emmerich settles for a standard revenge plot with the Revolutionary War as an incidental backdrop. On those terms, the film is engrossing and sufficiently intelligent, especially when militia leader Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) cagily negotiates with British General Cornwallis (Tom Wilkinson) in one of the most rewarding scenes. For the most part, the story concerns Martin's anguished quest for revenge against ruthless redcoat Colonel Tavington (played with snide relish by Jason Isaacs), and the rise to manhood of Martin's eldest son, Gabriel (Heath Ledger), whose battlefield honour exceeds even that of his brutally volatile father. At its best, The Patriot conveys the horror of war among innocent civilians, and the epic battle scenes, while by no means masterful, are graphically intense and impressive. And although Ledger's love interest (Lisa Brenner) is too bland to register much emotion, the focus on family (which frequently relegates the war to background history) provides a suitable vehicle for Gibson, who matches his achievement in Braveheart with an effectively brooding performance. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Warner Home Video / Ryan's Daughter [1970] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Mitchum
  • Christopher Jones
  • John Mills
  • David Lean
  • Trevor Howard
  • Leo McKern
Release date: 2006-02-07
Run time: 206 min.
Creator: Roy Stevens
Price: £13.34

Review Ryan's Daughter [1970] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Warner Home Video:


Review Delta / The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923]
Actors & Directors
  • Winifred Bryson
  • Nigel de Brulier
  • Gladys Brockwell
  • Lon Chaney
  • John Cossar
Release date: 2004-02-24
Run time: 96 min.
Creator: Tony Kornman
Price: £11.95

Review The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923] / Delta:


Review 20th Century Fox / Anna Karenina [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Kieron Moore
  • Vivien Leigh
  • Hugh Dempster
  • Ralph Richardson
  • Julien Duvivier
  • Mary Kerridge
Release date: 2007-04-24
Run time: 139 min.
Creator: Guy Morgan
Price: £8.63

Review Anna Karenina [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / 20th Century Fox:


Review Quantum Leap / The Merry Wives Of Windsor [1983]
Actors & Directors
  • Gloria Grahame
  • Leon Charles
  • Joel Asher
  • Jack Manning
Release date: 2002-07-01
Run time: 150 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £9.95

Review The Merry Wives Of Windsor [1983] / Quantum Leap:


Review Miramax / Malena [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Luciano Federico
  • Monica Bellucci
  • Giuseppe Tornatore
  • Matilde Piana
  • Giuseppe Sulfaro
  • Pietro Notarianni
Release date: 2001-07-10
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: Luciano Vincenzoni
Price: £4.67

Review Malena [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Miramax:


Review Walt Disney Video / Summer of Sam [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Michael Rispoli
  • John Leguizamo
  • Adrien Brody
  • Mira Sorvino
  • Spike Lee
  • Jennifer Esposito
Release date: 1999-12-21
Run time: 142 min.
Creator: Victor Colicchio
Price: £4.70

Review Summer of Sam [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Walt Disney Video:

It's important to note that Spike Lee's drama is not titled Son of Sam. Summer of Sam doesn't chronicle the killer as much as the times: the blistering hot summer of 1977 when the Big Apple's psyche was taken hostage by the lone gunman. We spot the killer (Michael Badalucco) in his mad ramblings but the film centres on two friends from the Bronx: Vinny and Ritchie (John Leguizamo and Adrien Brody). Vinny and his wife, Dionna (Mira Sorvino), bury a bad marriage (he cheats at a drop of a hat) in the disco halls of the area. Ritchie returns to the neighbourhood sporting punk hair, punk clothes and a British accent that immediately infuriates the neighbourhood boys oozing far too much testosterone. Cops, local mob leaders and the guys on the street all have ideas who the killer is: everyone from neighbourhood loners to Reggie Jackson (in the midst of World Series heroism) are on their misguided lists of suspects. When the film looks at how the citizens faced the fearful times, Lee scores with his energetic camerawork and pop soundtrack. Yet the film is banal in its domestic dramatics, taking large detours into Vinny's home sex life (stagnant) and Ritchie's extracurricular activities. One of the marriage arguments-though real and well acted-is so long and cliché-ridden you wonder if someone fell asleep in the editing booth. Add the point-blank killings and non-stop vulgarity and you have Lee's most unpleasant film. [+]
-Doug Thomas.

Review Columbia TriStar / Legends of the Fall [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Henry Thomas
  • Brad Pitt
  • Anthony Hopkins
  • Julia Ormond
  • Aidan Quinn
  • Edward Zwick
Release date: 1997-04-30
Run time: 133 min.
Creator: Jim Harrison
Price: £35.72

Review Legends of the Fall [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

A box-office hit when released in 1994, this sprawling, frequently overwrought familial melodrama may get sillier as its plot progresses, but it's the kind of lusty, character-based epic that Hollywood should attempt more often. It's also an unabashedly flattering star vehicle for Brad Pitt as Tristan-the rebellious middle son of a fiercely independent Montana rancher and military veteran (Anthony Hopkins)-who is routinely at odds with his more responsible older brother, Alfred (Aidan Quinn), and younger brother, Samuel (Henry Thomas). From the battlefields of World War I to his adventures as an oceangoing sailor, Tristan's life is full of personal torment, especially when he returns to Montana and finds himself competing with Alfred over Samuel's beautiful widow (Julia Ormond), whose passion for Tristan disrupts the already turbulent Ludlow clan. Under the wide-open canopy of Big Sky country, this operatic tale unfolds with all the bloodlust, tragedy, and scenery-chewing performances you'd expect to find in a hokey bestselling novel (in fact, it's based on the acclaimed novella by Jim Harrison), but it's a potent mix that's highly entertaining. Not surprisingly, John Toll won an Academy Award for his breathtaking outdoor cinematography. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Fox Lorber / Effi Briest [1974] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Ulli Lommel
  • Hanna Schygulla
  • Karlheinz Böhm
  • Wolfgang Schenck
  • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Irm Hermann
Release date: 2003-03-18
Run time: 135 min.
Creator: Theodor Fontane
Price: £55.95

Review Effi Briest [1974] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Fox Lorber:


Review Columbia TriStar / The Natural [1984] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Barry Levinson
  • Robert Redford
  • Kim Basinger
  • Barbara Hershey
  • Glenn Close
  • Wilford Brimley
Release date: 2001-04-03
Run time: 132 min.
Price: £9.88

Review The Natural [1984] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / Columbia TriStar:

Director Barry Levinson treats The Natural as a kind of shrine to America's national pastime, baseball, complete with all the possible mythic resonance that can be gleaned from the subject. Fans of the Bernard Malamud novel may be dismayed, but anyone who fell for the similarly mythic Field of Dreams will be hooked. Levinson displays an unabashed devotion to the game, although the film could use more of the realities of chewing tobacco and pine tar. The story opens as a young man (Robert Redford, in soft lighting) emerges from the sun-dappled heartland as maybe the best baseball player anybody's ever seen. On his way to the majors, he is waylaid by an enigmatic black widow (Barbara Hershey) and vanishes for many years. When he re-emerges, a silent mystery, he lands a spot with a New York team and begins tearing up the league-he's still the natural. Redford is fine, and Kim Basinger and Oscar-nominated Glenn Close are effective as the women in his life. The crowning touch is the soaring, extraordinary music by Randy Newman, the singer-songwriter turned orchestral composer. -Robert Horton, Amazon. com.

Review BFS Entertainment Entertainment / Coming Through [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Actors & Directors
  • Philip Martin Brown
  • Peter Barber-Fleming
  • Felicity Montagu
  • Helen Mirren
  • Kenneth Branagh
  • Alison Steadman
Release date: 2003-11-11
Run time: 80 min.
Creator: Alan Plater
Price: £8.25

Review Coming Through [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC) / BFS Entertainment Entertainment:


Models & Brands:
Little House on the Prairie: The Premiere Movie [1974] (NTSC), Ladies in Lavender [2004] (REGION 1) (NTSC), El Embrujo de Shanghai [2002] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Edges of the Lord [2001] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Masterpiece Theatre: Jane Eyre [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Howards End [1992] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Real Charlotte [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Valmont [1991] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Wicked Wicked West [1999] (NTSC), The Patriot [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Ryan's Daughter [1970] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Hunchback of Notre Dame [1923], Anna Karenina [1948] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Merry Wives Of Windsor [1983], Malena [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Summer of Sam [2000] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Legends of the Fall [1995] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Effi Briest [1974] (REGION 1) (NTSC), The Natural [1984] (REGION 1) (NTSC), Coming Through [1985] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

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