After.Life
2009 3.4 stars 103 mins Thrillers Rated: R
As the life of young Anna Taylor (Christina Ricci) hangs precariously in the balance, funeral director Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson), who has a mysterious ability to help the dead transition to the afterlife, has complete control over her fate. Though it's possible she isn't dead after all, it's equally possible that she's already in hell. Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo directs and co-writes this macabre thriller; Justin Long co-stars. |
To Kill a Mockingbird: Bonus Material
2005 4.3 stars 60 mins Drama Rated: NR
This companion disc to director Robert Mulligan's film based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel includes a conversation with Gregory Peck and "Fearful Symmetry: The Making of To Kill a Mockingbird." |
Dust
2001 2.5 stars 124 mins Drama Rated: R
Two separate stories are woven intricately throughout this unique film. The first tale is of two brothers (Joseph Fiennes and David Wenham) who fall in love with the same woman (Anne Brochet) in turn-of-the-century Turkey. In the second story, set in modern-day New York, an elderly woman becomes friends with an unlikely person: the thief (Adrian Lester) who's out to steal her secret stash of Balkan gold. |
Mighty Aphrodite
Years after adopting a baby, a happily married family man becomes obsessed with learning about the child's birth mother, only to discover she is a high-priced call girl in this superior late-career effort from writer, director and star Woody Allen. The comedy also stars Mira Sorvino, who won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her memorable turn as the object of Allen's infatuation, while Allen's tart screenplay also earned Academy Award honors. |
Don't Drink the Water
1994 3.0 stars 92 mins Comedy Rated: PG
Woody Allen directs this screen version of his 1960s play about an American family vacationing in Eastern Europe. The Hollanders end up in deep trouble when Walter (Allen) takes a picture of a sunset taking place near a military base. Afraid, they take refuge at the American embassy, where, unfortunately, their only hope is the bufoonish son of the ambassador. Stars Michael J. Fox and Mayim Bialik. |
For the Boys
On the eve of receiving a presidential medal, aging USO performer Dixie Leonard (Bette Midler) reflects on the events of her 50-year career. Plucked from obscurity by Eddie Sparks (James Caan), Dixie agrees to a tentative partnership that takes the duo through many wars, onstage and off. Eddie and Dixie never quite see eye to eye, but they somehow manage to keep the act together -- for the sake of the boys in uniform. |
September
1987 3.1 stars 83 mins Drama Rated: PG
Mia Farrow shines as Lane, a woman trying to recover from attempted suicide and to blot out a traumatic event from adolescence in auteur Woody Allen's Chekhovian drama. During a rainy Vermont weekend, Lane's houseguests -- her brassy mother (Elaine Stritch), physicist stepfather (Jack Warden), best friend (Dianne Wiest), smitten neighbor (Denholm Elliott) and an aspiring author (Sam Waterston) -- seek an elixir that will give their lives import. |
The Hand
1981 3.0 stars 104 mins Horror Rated: R
Academy Award winner Michael Caine stars as successful comic book artist Jonathan Lansdale, who suffers a tragedy in this thriller from director Oliver Stone. A grisly car wreck causes Jonathan to lose one of his hands, which is not recovered at the accident scene. Later, people who've angered the now-paranoid cartoonist begin to disappear. Is Jonathan's severed hand capable of a killing spree? |
The Attic / Crawl Space Double Feature
1980 2.7 stars 181 mins Horror Rated: R
In The Attic, the insecure and unmarried daughter (Carrie Snodgress) of an overbearing, invalid father (Ray Milland) escapes her miserable life by hiding in the attic, fantasizing about her father's death. In Crawlspace, a boarding house is equipped with secret passageways and hidden rooms so that the perverted doctor (Klaus Kinski) who runs the home may spy on -- and murder -- his beautiful tenants. (This video contains both feature films.) |
Julia
A case of writer's block and a chance to reconnect with lifelong friend Julia (Vanessa Redgrave) prompt American dramatist Lillian Hellman (Jane Fonda) to journey to 1930s Europe. Julia, once a young woman of privilege, has become an antifascism activist and recruits Lillian for a risky undertaking that tests their friendship. Redgrave and Jason Robards (as Lillian's mentor and paramour, Dashiell Hammett) netted Oscars for their supporting turns. |
Eleanor & Franklin: The Early Years
1976 3.8 stars 208 mins Television Rated: NR
This TV miniseries (which won an Emmy for Outstanding Special Drama) takes a look at the unique and complicated relationship of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Edward Herrmann) and his wife, Eleanor (Jane Alexander). Their life together was problematic yet symbiotic, with Franklin engaged in an affair with his wife's personal secretary and Eleanor filling in publicly for her ailing husband when he contracted polio. Daniel Petrie directs. |
Eleanor & Franklin: The White House Years
1976 3.8 stars 156 mins Drama Rated: NR
As an impoverished nation looks to the future with hope, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Edward Herrmann) takes the oath of office with Eleanor (Jane Alexander) by his side. Together, the president and first lady inspire a nation, even as their marriage suffers the strains of infidelity. Daniel Petrie directs this Emmy Award-winning drama based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Eleanor and Franklin by Joseph P. Lash. |
Walking Tall
1973 3.6 stars 126 mins Classics Rated: R
This true-life story is the saga of a real American hero who refused to compromise his beliefs and turn a blind eye to corruption. Joe Don Baker plays Buford Pusser, a man who tries to stand up to his town's problems with gambling, prostitution and bootleggers by becoming the sheriff. But a badge isn't enough to stop the criminals -- for that, Buford needs his four-foot oak club... |
40 Carats
A night of passion during a Greek vacation blossoms into a May-December romance in this 1973 comedy. When 22-year-old lothario Peter Latham (Edward Albert) turns up months later in New York City, his middle-aged paramour, Ann Stanley (Liv Ullmann, whose performance netted a Golden Globe nod), must decide whether to listen to her head or follow her heart. The supporting cast includes Deborah Raffin and Gene Kelly (as Ann's ex-husband). |
Any Wednesday
Ditsy Ellen Gordon (Jane Fonda, who earned a Golden Globe nomination) needs an apartment, and philandering businessman John Cleves (Jason Robards) needs a Wednesday date. The solution: A company-owned executive suite, where Ellen lives and John visits on Wednesdays. But their cozy arrangement gets disrupted when handsome bachelor Cass Henderson (Dean Jones) enters the picture in this witty film adaptation of the Broadway play. |
To Kill a Mockingbird
Southern comforts abound in this big-screen adaptation of Harper Lee's novel as lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck, in an Oscar-winning role) defends an innocent black man (Brock Peters) against rape charges but ends up in a maelstrom of hate and prejudice. Meanwhile, with help from a friend (John Megna), Finch's children, Jem (Phillip Alford) and Scout (Mary Badham), set their sights on making contact with a reclusive neighbor (Robert Duvall). |
One Step Beyond: Vol. 5
1959 2.9 stars 100 mins Television Rated: NR
The classic TV series "One Step Beyond" prompted viewers to wonder whether what they were seeing could possibly be real. Now, with host John Newland as your guide, you can weigh in on hauntings, visions and other unexplained phenomena, too. This collection of four tales leads off with "The Last Round," starring a young Charles Bronson as a boxer who comes face-to-face with the spirit of a dead prizefighter. |