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The Fugitive
: :Dr. Richard Kimble (Ford) is on the run from the law, in an attempt to find the one-armed man he saw murder his wife. He is relentlessly pursued by a U.S. marshall (Jones).Genre: Feature Film-Action/AdventureRating: PG13Release Date: 7-JUN-2005Media Type: DVD essential video:Do you know anyone who hasn't seen this movie? A box-office smash when released in 1993, this spectacular update of the popular 1960s TV series stars Harrison Ford as a surgeon wrongly accused of the murder of ...
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The Day of the Jackal
: :With its high-intensity plot about an attempt to assassinate French President Charles de Gaulle, the bestselling novel by Frederick Forsyth was a prime candidate for screen adaptation. Director Fred Zinnemann brought his veteran skills to bear on what has become a timeless classic of screen suspense. Not to be confused with the later remake The Jackal starring Bruce Willis (which shamelessly embraced all the bombast that Zinnemann so wisely avoided), this 1973 thriller opts for lethal elegance and low-key tenacity ...
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Coffy
: :She's the ultimate tough and sexy heroine. She's Soul Cinema superstar Pam Grier and whether delivering her justice with a shotgun a razor or just her bare hands she doesn't miss a beat in this 'smashing no-holds-barred tale of retaliation' (Variety)! Nobody ever commandeered the screen quite like Pam Grier...and Coffy 'couldn t be better! [It's] one of the most entertaining movies ever made'(Quentin Tarantino)!Grier is Coffy nurse by day and avenging angel by night. When she discovers that ...
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Death Wish
: :This controversial, 1974 drama exploits urban paranoia and presents vigilantism as cathartic release. But it is also a captivating, Everyman-ish story of a New Yorker who goes through a sea change after crime depletes his family, and who runs afoul of the law while taking it into his own hands. Charles Bronson stars as the vengeance-seeking urban warrior who goes on a punk-killing spree after his wife and daughter are attacked by intruders. Director Michael Winner (The Wicked Lady) shamelessly ...
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And Then There Were None
:Description:Ten people, strangers to each other, are invited to a lavish estate on an island. Through a recording, their mysterious host accuses each of his `guests' of murder and proceeds to exact `justice'. The tension mounts as, one by one, the number of people are reduced through the ingenious plotting of the unseen killer. Finally only two are left and each is uncertain as to weather or not the other is the murderer. A top cast of veteran performers bring ...
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Death on the Nile
: :Inspector Hercule Poirot must solve the murder of a beautiful young heiress.Genre: MysteryRating: PGRelease Date: 8-JUN-2004Media Type: DVD :Following Albert Finney's quirky and compelling performance as Agatha Christie's Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, in 1974's Murder on the Orient Express, Peter Ustinov capably took over the role in this 1978 adaptation of Christie's river-bound whodunit. While on a pleasure cruise along the Nile with a taciturn companion (David Niven), Poirot slips into action following the murder of a much-despised heiress ...
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Foxy Brown
: :Foxy Brown is a sexy black woman who seeks revenge when her government agent boyfriend Michael is shot down by gangsters led by a kinky couple.Genre: Feature Film Urban ActionRating: RRelease Date: 9-JAN-2001Media Type: DVD essential video:Pam Grier, the voluptuous queen of blaxploitation movies (and the foxy title character of Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown) reigns supreme in this kick-ass action flick. Bodacious nurse Foxy takes the law into her own hands after her main squeeze is murdered in ...
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The Last Boy Scout
: :In giving 1991's The Last Boy Scout a three-star review, critic Roger Ebert was properly performing his duty as an objective reporter, praising the filmmakers' professional skill while observing that 'the only consistent theme of the film is its hatred of women.' For the purposes of this capsule review, there's no such obligation to level-headed fairness; the simple truth is, this ultraviolent, action-packed vehicle for Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans is disgustingly rotten to the core. Not only is it ...
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Last Man Standing
: :Best known for making movies about men and violence, director Walter Hill scored a misfire with this ambitious but ultimately dreary remake of Akira Kurosawa's samurai classic Yojimbo. The story's essentially the same but the setting has been switched to a dusty, almost ghostly Texas town in the 1930s, where two rival Chicago gangs are locked in an uneasy truce. Bruce Willis plays the lone drifter who allies himself with both gangs to his own advantage, working both sides against ...
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U.S. Marshals (Special Edition)
: :Ladies and gentlemen be alert. We are going to initiate a hard-target search for a fugitive in an ever-widening perimeter. We will wade through swamps prowl Manhattan streets search every house and doghouse. We'll eat on the run sleep tomorrow watch our backs. And since Marshal Sam Gerard leads the hunt we will experience suspense action and daring twists every breathless step of the way. Returning to his Oscar-winning role from The Fugitive Tommy Lee Jones is Gerard joining ...
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