DVD Alerts provides announcements of recommended films set for DVD release. Check back frequently for many announcements of recommended DVDs. Dates in parenthesis are scheduled releases.

Voted Best Foreign Film of 2000 at the Oscars©, Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tiger (6/5/01) bows on DVD in what promises to be a spectacular looking DVD. Elegant production values help this essentially Hong Kong romantic actioner break out into the American mainstream.

Director Robert Zemeckis takes on the chores of audio commentary for Castaway (6/12/01), with Tom Hanks providing an Oscar© nominated central performance.

Another classic film from Columbia's library is set for DVD release. All the King's Men (6/5/01) springs to life in beautiful black and white. The 1949 film stars Broderick Crawford as a Louisiana political demagogue a la Huey Long. Great picture, great performance. Academy Award winner as Best Picture in 1949.

Get set for a Muppet invasion. A double helping of Muppet mischief arrives via The Muppet Movie and The Muppets Take Mahattan (6/5/01) from Columbia. The 1980 Muppet debut and it d1985 follow-up are being released anamorphic widescreen. Are you listening Miss Piggy?

John Wayne takes to the South Seas in Wake of the Red Witch (5/22/010) from Artisan. The black and white film features some solid underwater black and white photography

John Ford's revisionist western The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (6/5/01) graces DVD courtesy Paramount. John Wayne and James Stewart share the black and white vistas in the 1962 film. Anamorphic enhanced for widescreen 16 x 9 thank you.

Want to get the low down on how good a dancer Mel Gibson is? Nancy Meyers supplies the behind the scenes answers in an audio commentary for the release of her delightful comedy 2000 What Women Want (5/8/01). Paramount adds a making of and cast and crew interviews for the special edition.

Istvan Szabo's sprawling drama depicting  three generations of a Hungarian Jewish family Sunshine (5/8/01) bows on DVD from Paramount. The 1999 film stars Ralph Fiennes as the family scion. The three hour film is delivered anamorphic widescreen.

The brilliant horror film Repulsion (4/24/01) is set for DVD release from Koch Video. Roman Polanski's 1965 film stars Catherine Deneuve. Hopefully, newcomer Koch will deliver the goods in frightfully good condition.

Lesser John Ford comes from Paramount in Donovan's Reef (6/5/01). John Wayne and Lee Marvin battle it out in this 1963 comic South Seas romp. Anamorphic widescreen.

Director Mike Nichols gets behind the microphone to share his experiences in an audio commentary for the new special edition of Catch 22 (5/22/01) coming from Paramount. Steven Soderbergh joins Nichols in a look at Joseph Heller's classic comic tale of the madness of war starring Alan Arkin, Jon Voight and Art Garfunkel.  Yosarian, are you there?

Outstanding war drama The Bridges of Toko-Ri (5/22/01) debuts on DVD from Paramount in a full frame edition. William Holden stars in the 1954 drama with excellent support from Grace Kelly, Fredric March and Mickey Rooney.

Paramount delivers another war movie with the 1965 In Harm's Way (5/22/01). John Wayne leads an all-star cast through the pacific ocean drama as the US mounts an answer to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Anamorphic widescreen 2.35. Black and White.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (5/29/01) is given special edition treatment from Columbia with an added 101 documentary about the film and numerous deleted scenes. Steven Spielberg's science fiction favorite is presented in its third and presumably final incarnation of 137 minutes, and de rigueur anamorphic widescreen 2.35.

Michael Dorsey is desperate enough for an acting gig to transform himself into Tootsie (5/29/01). Sydney Pollack's 1982 film is a hilarious cross dressing romp featuring terrific performances from Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange and Charles Durning. Coming from Columbia anamorphic widescreen 2.35.

At long last I can replace my rotted laser disc of Sweet Smell of Success (6/19/01). Directed by Alexander Mackendrick in 1957, the searing show business drama stars Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis in unforgettable roles. Script by one time gossip columnist assistant Ernest Lehman crackles with malice. MGM release's the black and white film 1.66 widescreen.

Melanie Griffith made an indelible screen mark with her free-spirited portrayal in the 1986 Something Wild (6/5/01). MGM is releasing Jonathan Demme's film anamorphic widescreen 1.85

Tony Richardson directs Laurence Olivier as Archie Rice, the vaudeville song and dance man on the edge in the 1960 black and white film The Entertainer (6/19/01). Widescreen 1.66 from MGM.

Beautifully evoking the innocence of childhood, John Boorman's remembrance of England at War makes it's DVD debut in widescreen 1.66 from MGM. The 1987 Hope and Glory (6/5/01) drama  stars Sarah Miles and includes a wonderful performance by Ian Bannen.

Fran Kubelik holds the key to C.C. Baxter's heart, but Baxter owns the key to success  through boss Sheldrake's influence. The Apartment (6/19/01) is Billy Wilder's smart 1960 comic drama starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine. Not to be missed in anamorphic widescreen 2.35 from MGM

The next splash you hear may be the sound of a big whale landing on DVD. Gregory Peck stiffens his resolve as Captain Ahab, the man with a mission in Moby Dick (6/19/010). Directed by John Huston, the 1956 film is presented full frame from MGM.

Nigel Hawthorne chews up the scenery in The Madness of King George (6/5/01), director Nicholas Hytner's film debut. The beautifully acted 1994 film features sumptuous production design. MGM is releasing the film enhanced for 16 x 9 anamorphic widescreen 1.85.

Many moons ago the award winning foreign film Pelle the Conqueror (4/1/01) was announced for a laser disc release. It never made it. Now, Anchor Bay is releasing the film in an anamorphic edition on DVD. Starring Max Van Sydow in an Oscar© nominated performance, the 1988  film explores the complexities of a father/son relationship.

One of the first of the successful sword and sandal flicks, The Sword and the Sorcerer (4/17/01) slashes its way onto DVD. Anchor Bay delivers the goods 16 x 9 anamorphic.

In a special edition from Anchor Bay, director Lizzie Borden adds audio commentary to her ground-breaking 1986 feature film Working Girls (4/17/01). A look into prostitution in the fast lane from a feminist perspective.

Hulot arrives on DVD as part of the Criterion Collection. Mr. Hulot's Holiday (4/24/01) is a breezily funny silent look at a Frenchman's antic beach interlude. Jacque Tati mines and mimes the material for brilliant comic effect in the 1953 black and white classic. Hulot returns to cause havoc in the wake of his jaunty stride again in Mon Oncle (4/24/01), Tati's 1958 follow-up comedy.

Blacklisted American director Jules Dassin moved to Paris to continue making movies and the result was the highly successful 1954 French caper film Rififi (4/24/01). From the Criterion Collection in beautiful black and white.

Director Steven Soderbergh's 2000 film Traffic (5/29/01) arrives on DVD from USA Films in 16 x 9 anamorphic 1.85. Michael Douglas is the drug czar and Benecio Del Toro a laid back investigator in this exploration of the drug world.

Paramount is letting some Audrey Hepburn out of the vault on April 10, 2000. One of Hepburn's signature films, Sabrina (1954), features the gamin actress at her most charming. With rakish William Holden and dour Humphrey Bogart chasing her skirts under the direction of Billy Wilder. Not a bad combo.
Funny Face (1957) pairs Audrey with Fred Astaire in a musical directed by Stanley Donen. Maybe a  touch of Pygmalion before My Fair Lady.
Maybe not the best of Holden and Hepburn, Paris When it Sizzles (1957) fails to recapture the innocent chemistry generated by Sabrina. Too bad. Audrey in Paris is usually a sound bet.
Now the question is when does Roman Holiday (1953)  breeze out onto DVD on a purring motor scooter?

Whose minding the turkey? What's Cooking?(4/10/01) explores four ethnically diverse Thanksgiving celebrations in suburban Los Angeles. Beat the drumsticks for this 2000 release from Trimark?

Miss Congeniality (5/1/01) made me laugh hard and long for the most part. The welcome Warners DVD special edition features audio commentaries from star Sandra Bullock and writer Marc Lawrence and a second from director Daniel Petrie.

Sean Connery may have turned seventy last year, but the actor has not lost any of the screen magic that made him one of the most reliable stars of Hollywood. Finding Forester (4/24/01) casts Connery as a recluse writer whose one only book made him a legend. A young urban black youth unlocks the writer's door and in the process finds his true self. Some sentimental tendencies are overpowered by intelligent writing.

Edward Yang's award winning film Yi Yi (5/8/01) arrives on DVD from Fox Lorber. Yang's film is an exploration of family in contemporary Taiwan. The DVD is widescreen 1.85. Anamorphic enhanced for 16 x 9 please!

The films of Leos Carax has a faithful following amonst film aficonados. Now Fox Lorberhas scheduled several for an 4/10/01 DVD release. Pola X (4/10/01), get the special edition treatment. The 1999 stars Catherine Deneuve and Guillaume Depardieu. Audio commentary by Guillaume Depardieu and outtakes are included. Pola get the anamorphic widescreen treatment. The 1986  Carax film Mauvais Sang (4/10/01) stars Julie Delpy, Michel Piccoli, and Juliette Binoche.
The 1984 debut feature film of Carax, Boy Meet Girl (4/10/01) is presented widescreen 1.66.

February 25, 2000

Elizabeth Taylor regally reclining across the widescreen as full dress Cleopatra is an enduring Hollywood image. Now the 1963 Hollywood mega-film Cleopatra (4/3/01) sweeps onto DVD dressed by Fox in special edition garments. Included with the new anamorphic enhanced for 16 x 9  widescreen 2.35 transfer are audio commentary by actor Martin Landau, the director's sons Chris and Tom Mankiewicz, and producer Jack Brodsky. The 3 DVD set also features two documentaries, one made in 1963 and one in 2000, productions stills, costume sketches, concept art; archival footage of New York and Hollywood premieres.

Kurt Russell doing John Wayne under the baton of director John Carpenter is one of the underrated treats of the eighties.The 1986 Big Trouble in Little China (5/22/01) presaged the video embrace of the Hong Kong kung fu flicks. The special edition 2 DVD set includes audio commentary from John Carpenter and more. Get it, Pilgrim!

Here's a nice DVD Valentine announcement from Columbia. Writer Carrie Fisher provides audio commentary insights for Postcards from the Edge (5/1/01), the biting story of a mother/daughter show business relationship. Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine star in this 1990 film.

Are you ready for the uplifting experience of Billy Elliot (4/17/01). The highly charged entertainment about a young boy who finds himself through dance gets a DVD release from Universal. Look for a lot of fancy steps and emotional release.

Cuba Gooding, Jr. plays the Navy's first black master diver Carl Brasher in Men of Honor (4/10/01), a biographical film directed by George Tillman, Jr. Old fashioned filmmaking with polish and gloss. Robert De Niro co-stars as the man who puts Brasher through the hoops. Coming in a special edition from Fox

Superman times four is coming to DVD from Warner. All four of the Superman features are being released in anamorphic 16 x 9 enhanced with Superman: The Movie (4/1/01) delivered as a special edition featuring audio commentary, screen tests, eight additional minutes added to the film, and more. Warner is even offering a Superman Collection  package.

John Wayne sobers up Dean Martin, teaches Ricky Nelson a thing or two as Walter Brennan cackles away in Howard Hawks' feisty western Rio Bravo (5/8/01). Warner is releasing the 1969 film anamorphic widescreen enhanced for 16 x 9.

The Mummy: The Ultimate Edition(4/24/01) is getting unwrapped in a DVD special edition treatment from Universal. Coinciding with the The Mummy Returns debut in May, this chock full special edition includes two audio commentaries and everything you ever wanted to know about making The Mummy.

Some Like it Hot (5/22/01) is being released by MGM in a special edition and movie only edition. Details of the special edition has not yet been released.  The 1956 film is sheer joy.

The powerful 1969 documentary from Marcel Ophuls, The Sorrow and the Pity (4/17/01) is being released by Image Entertainment. Ophuls chronicles the war years in France with laser precision.

Movie lovers are getting John Sayles' outstanding baseball movie Eight Men Out (5/8/01) from MGM. The fascinating story of the "Black Sox" scandal gets a heart-felt rendering.

Robert Altman's entertaining adaptation of Arthur Kopit's great play Buffalo Bill and the Indians (5/8/01) is coming from MGM. Paul Newman is the grand-standing showman and Burt Lancaster gets quality screen time as chronicler Ned Buntline.

Burnt by the desert sun, Burt Lancaster plays  Massai, a independent  warrior in Apache (5/8/01) The 1954 film is one of four collaborations between star Lancaster and director Robert Aldrich.

The final film of Akira Kurosawa. Madadayo (3/13/01) arrives on DVD from Fox Lorber. This is Kurosawa in his contemplative mode. Widescreen 1.66.

The crack of the baseball bat has a magic ring to it in Barry Levinson's excellent 1984 adaptation of the Bernard Malamud novel The Natural (4/3/01) arriving on DVD from Columbia.  exclusive documentary is included in the package.

Columbia is also releasing another Barry Levinson gem, Avalon (3/13/01), the director's remembrance of Baltimore past. Levinson gets terrific performances from his ensemble cast in the 1990 film.

There is nothing laid back about the directing style of Lars Von Trier. The director's latest, Dancer in the Dark (3/20/01), a musical that taps into classic Hollywood musicals with  a touch of Dennis Potter is getting a special edition DVD release from New Line. Audio commentaries includes observations of the director, choreographers, producer and star. Alternate scenes and two documentaries make this a top notch DVD package.

 Two of young director Harmony Korine's films, Gummo (3/20/01) and Julien Donkey-Boy (3/20/01) are making it to DVD through New Line. Gummo, his 1997 debut film, includes an animated photo gallery with commentary by the director. His 1999  sophomore film Julien Donkey-Boy includes two deleted scenes and a documentary.

The very hip translation of the comic strip Tank Girl (4/10/01) stars Lori Petty storming through the futuristic world through the imaginative direction of Rachel Talalay. MGM gives the colorful 1995  flick a 2.35 anamorphic enhanced for 16 x 9 transfer.

Steve McQueen is a ship's engineer of a different order in Robert Wise's adaptation of the Richard McKenna novel set in turn of the century China. The 1966  Sand Pebbles (5/5/01) co-stars Richard Crenna and Candace Bergen. Still awaiting word from Fox for aspect ratio details for the more than three hour film.

David Lean's 1984 sincere but ultimately cold adaptation of E.M. Forster's A Passage to India (3/20/01) comes to DVD courtesy of Columbia in a 1.85 anamorphic enhanced for 16 x 9 transfer.

Sally Field chews up the scenery in Norma Rae (4/17/01), her Academy Award winning performance. The 1979 film is being released by Fox. Still awaiting aspect ratio info.

Atom Egoyan makes highly original and often fascinating films. The Adjuster (4/1/01), his 1992 takes at swat at film censorship will examining the sexual peccadilloes of a Canadian quartet. MGM is releasing the film anamorphic 2.35 enhanced for 16 x 9.

One of those films that played the art house circuit forever, King of Hearts (4/10/01) stars Alan Bates as one of the inmates in French insane asylum. Philippe de Broca's film is a welcome addition to the DVD catalogue. Widescreen from MGM.

Great News for movie fans and DVD fans. Columbia is releasing a two disc DVD special edition of Lawrence of Arabia (4/3/01). Along with the restored film, there will be an exclusive documentary, four featurettes, a conversation with Stephen Spielberg and newsreel footage. No commentary tracks have been announced. Anamorphic 16 x 9 enhanced widescreen.

After the audacious debut film Pi, Darren Aronofsky follows up with a hard look into the soul of drugs filtered through the story-telling talents of Hubert Selby, Jr. Set in a decaying Coney Island, the film stars Jared Leto and Ellen Burstyn. Requiem for a Dream 3/20/01) gets the special edition treatment from Artisan, including audio commentary from Aronofsky, a making of and deleted scenes.

Girlfight (3/27/01),  Karyn Kusama's debut film that opened to high praise last year gets an enhanced for 16 x 9 widescreen anamorphic release from Columbia. This film chronicles the rise of a young woman boxer with some romance to keep the girl on her feet.

Charlie's Angels (3/27/01) got more critical respect than you'd expect considering the source material, but the appealing trio of stars helped make the goofy film a box office blockbuster. Columbia is giving the film a special edition DVD release. Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Lui provide the action and charm.

Two of Albert Brooks' best are coming from Warners. Defending Your Life (4/3/01), Brooks' 1991 satire on Heaven, stars Brooks and Meryl Streep, with notable supporting work from Rip Torn and a cameo gem from Shirley MacLaine. Lost in America (4/3/01), Brooks 1985 hilarious road movie stars Brooks with Airplane's Julie Haggerty, assaying America through a Brookseye lens. Both DVDs are enhanced for 16 x 9 Anamorphic.

A new meaning for the garden, writer Jerzy Kosinski's novel is translated impeccably to the screen by director Hal Ashby. Peter Sellers is brilliantly simple, handling Shirley MacLaine's ample appetites with hilarious élan. Warners releases the 1979 Being There (4/3/01) on DVD enhanced for 16 x 9 Anamorphic.

Sturges does Hemingway with elegance and power. Spencer Tracy is wonderful in The Old Man and the Sea (3/13/01). The 1958 film features Dimitri Tiomkin's breathtakingly beautiful score. Enhanced for 16 x 9 Anamorphic.

Ice cold story-telling from Barbet Schroeder with Jeremy Irons adding a chillingly appropriate performance, Reversal of Fortune (3/13/01) is being delivered as a special edition from Warners. The 1990 film includes commentary from director Barbet Schroeder and writer Nicholas Kazan. Enhanced for 16 x 9 Anamorphic.

Fox is breaking out a bottle of Marilyn Monroe champagne bubbles with a five film release scheduled for 5/29/01. Included are Bus Stop(1956), Gentleman Prefer Blondes(1953), How to Marry a Millionaire(1953), There's No Business Like Show Business(1954), and The Seven Year Itch(1955).

The cast and crew of 2000's Bedazzled(3/13/01) get to make some devilish observations on the making of the film in two audio commentaries in this special edition from Fox. Deleted scenes and a making of are included in the package. Brendan Fraser stars as the lovelorn nerd and Elizabeth Hurley slips into a series of hot outfits as the devil.

A 1936 bit of fluff from stylish director Rouben Mamoulian, The Gay Desperado (3/20/01) stars Leo Carrillo as a Mexican bandit who idolizes Chicago gangsters. The movie takes pot shots at various movie genres. Look for a deliciously young Ida Lupino.

Here's an interesting entry in the special edition sweepstakes: Remember the Titans (3/20/01) gets the white glove treatment from Disney with two audio commentaries featuring Coach Boone and Yost, the high school football coaches on whose story the film is based, and director Boaz Yakin, Writer Gregory Alan Howard and Producer Jerry Bruckheimer.  Denzel Washington and Will Patton bring the real life coaches to the screen in this feel good gridiron drama.

12 Angry Men (3/6/01) is classic court room drama from director Sidney Lumet. Intense jury deliberations bring out the best and the worst in people. Great cast led by Henry Fonda and Lee J. Cobb. The 1957 film is being delivered widescreen 1.66 from MGM

William Wyler painting Western images across the screen in 1958's The Big Country (3/20/01). Gregory Peck and Charlton Heston battle it out to dominate the screen. Anamorphic enhanced for 16 x 9 widescreen 2.35 from MGM.

Breathing fire and brimstone, with a huge sexual appetite, Burt Lancaster won the Academy Award for his performance in the 1960 drama Elmer Gantry (3/6/01). Jean Simmons is the lust  object and Arthur Kennedy provides cynical asides. MGM is presenting the Richard Brooks film widescreen 1.66.

Too bad they couldn't get this one out for Christmas. Earth to Dudley. Cary Grant stars as an angel in the beautifully shot black and white fantasy The Bishop's Wife (3/6/01). MGM is releasing  the 1947 film.

Vera Cruz 3/20/01) is an entertaining Western but plays a bit stiff today. The 1954 film features Gary Cooper fending off the rambunctious villainy of Burt Lancaster. MGM is giving the film an anamorphic widescreen 2.00 release.

Get ready for some grand mud-slinging fun when Support Your Local Sheriff (3/20/01) is released by MGM in anamorphic widescreen 1.85. James Garner is the guy with a badge and a rye sense of humor in this broad 1968 comedy.

The casting is part of the concept. Ben Stiller is the suitor who must win the approval of a fiancée's father. Robert DeNiro returns to the comic mode in fine form as the potential father-in-law from Hell in Meet the Parents (3/6/01) directed by Jay Roach coming from Universal.

Hens Tooth has announced an interesting feature, Vincent Ward's The Navigator (2/26/01). The 1988 films won numerous Australian Awards but has never had a high end video release.

Before Anthony Hopkins cooked Hannibal Lector to delicious perfection, Brian Cox formed a chilling ice sculpture of the character in Michael Mann's fine thriller Manhunter(1/30/01). Anchor Bay is releasing the 1986 film on DVD in two versions, a number limited special 2 disc edition that includes the theatrical release and a three minute longer director's cut. On the same day, Anchor Bay, is releasing a single platter with the theatrical release. Both editions contain two featurettes on the film.

Victor Mature sheds some the fibers of The Robe and flexes his Sampson muscles to fill the widescreen opposite gorgeous Susan Hayward in Demetrius and the Gladiators (2/27/01). Fox's big screen 1954 epic is consistently colorful.

Painting in images as cold as the title implies, Ang Lee's The Ice Storm  (3/13/01) is a perspicacious look at suburban ennui. A fine cast including Christina Ricci, Toby McGuire, Sigourney Weaver and Kevin Kline explore the chilly winter nights in the 1997 Fox film.

With strikingly evocative images of 1950s small town America, director Pat O'Connor creates a sometimes successful canvas of love and ambition in Inventing the Abbotts (3/13/01), coming on DVD from Fox.

Columbia is releasing the fascinating but emotionally cold film about pianist Glenn Gould 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould (2/20/01). Very unusual filmmaking in this 1993 film punctuated by the strong classical chords of Gould's piano.

Universal is giving Hitchcock fans reason to expedite the calendar. On March 6, 2001, the studio is releasing ten of the suspense master's films to coincide with the release of the newly spiffed up Rear Window(1954). Included in the massive Hitchcock attack are Saboteur (1942), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Rope (1948), The Trouble with Harry (1955), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Torn Curtain (1966) Topaz (1969), Frenzy (1972), Family Plot (1976) The studio is also releasing two Best of Hitchcock collections which include a selection of feature films and some bonus episodes from Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Get ready to camp out in the home theater. Huzzahs to Universal!

You get Audio Commentary by director James L. Brooks, co-producer Penney Cox, designer Polly Platt in this special edition of Terms of Endearment (2/27/01) coming from Paramount. The 1983 won five Academy Awards®. The 1996 sequel, Evening Star (2/13/01) gets audio commentary from director Robert Harling from Paramount.

The first true blast of Albert Brooks, Real Life (2/13/01) makes it to DVD from Paramount. The 1979 film is widescreen anamorphic enhanced for 16 x 9.

Get ready to sit down to the coldest family dinners I can remember as Paramount releases the 1980 Award winning film from director Robert Redford, Ordinary People (2/27/01).

It's open season on Bulldogs with Image Entertainment's release of Bulldog Drummond Escapes/ Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police (2/13/01). The pair of thirties mysteries star Ray Milland and John Howard as the detective.

It's the 1945 Academy Award winning performance from Ray Milland as the desperate alcoholic in Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend (2/6/01) is getting a release from Universal.

Elwood P. Dowd just can't get rid of that invisible rabbit in Harvey (2/6/01). James Stewart stars in the delightful 1950 comedy coming from Universal.

Director William Cameron Menzies' stylish adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel Things to Come (2/27/01) comes to DVD from Image Entertainment. The 1936 film stars Ralph Richardson.

Selections from the feature archive include articles on Akira Kurosawa,  Frank Darabont, Blonde Bimbos, Hollywood Street Gangs, or Vietnam: The Hollywood Pariah, and many more....

Hail, Hail, the Gangs in Hollywood

From Angels with Dirty Faces to West Side Story to Menace II Society, Hollywood has depicted youth gangs as reflections of the times.

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Three Kings/A-,A

Three Kings speeds ahead like a formula one race car on the fast track to reckless fascination.

Annie Get Your Gun/A,A-
Irving Berlin's brilliant musical gem is polished and preserved on this Warner DVD release. An explosion of music, song, dance and color.

The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen/A,A-

Director Terry Gilliam's richly detailed interpretation of the outlandishly imagined and fabricated exploits of the legendary eighteenth-century German adventurer and storyteller.

Starship Troopers/A-,A

 A great, modern, war movie that skewers genre conventions. Director Paul Verhoeven controls the Scifi flick with a perfect flight plan.