Goodfellas    Martin Scorsese's electrifying gangster saga chronicles three decades in the Mafia with Irish-Sicilian mobster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta) and his "wiseguy" accomplices (played by Robert De Niro and Academy Award-winner Joe Pesci). Based on Nicholas Pileggi's novel, this violent, darkly funny epic also stars Paul Sorvino and Lorraine Bracco. DVD 146 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Surround, French; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; production notes; trailers. | back | |
The Silk Road A spectacular adventure film focusing on the fight between merchants and rebel armies for possession of the Silk Road, an important roadway for transporting goods to Chinese cities. A young man is forced into becoming a warrior when he braves a rebel, and sets out to rescue a princess held captive. Toshiyuki Nishida stars. VHS 99 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. | back | |
Doc Hollywood Lively and bittersweet comedy stars Michael J. Fox as a crass young physician who finds himself stuck in a small South Carolina town while his car is being fixed, damaged en route to a new Beverly Hills practice. Soon, the locals are recruiting him to be the town doctor, and he falls for a pretty ambulance driver (Julie Warner). DVD Woody Harrelson, Bridget Fonda and Barnard Hughes co-star. 103 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; scene access. | back | |
Mr. Saturday Night Billy Crystal makes his directing debut in this bittersweet chronicle of 50 years in the sometimes hilarious, sometimes sad life of acid-tongued comic Buddy Young, Jr. (played by Crystal), from his early Catskills stints to his relationship with his brother-manager (David Paymer) and his twilight years. Julie Warner, Helen Hunt, Ron Silver co-star. DVD 119 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; audio commentary by Crystal; featurettes; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer. | back | |
Casino Martin Scorsese's sprawling Las Vegas saga stars Robert De Niro as a mob-appointed casino honcho whose comfortable lifestyle is threatened when quick-tempered pal Joe Pesci begins pushing people around and hustler wife Sharon Stone's cocaine and alcohol abuse gets out of hand. James Woods, Alan King, Don Rickles, Kevin Pollak and L.Q. Jones also star. VHS 179 min. letterboxed version. | back | |
Higher Learning Controversial, explosive social drama from John Singleton set at a fictitious California college where a group of freshmen face such dilemmas as racism, sexism, date rape and campus unrest. Kristy Swanson, Omar Epps, Jennifer Connelly, Michael Rapaport, Ice Cube and Laurence Fishburne star. DVD 126 min. Widescreen (Enhanced) and Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital Surround, Spanish Dolby Digital Surround, Portuguese Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai; audio commentary by Singleton; filmographies; theatrical trailer; scene access. | back |
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