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Review Warner Home Video / Lethal Weapon - 1, 2, 3 And 4 [VHS] [1987]
Actors & Directors
  • Gary Busey
  • Tom Atkins
  • Mel Gibson
  • Richard Donner
  • Mitch Ryan
  • Danny Glover
Release date: 1999-11-08
Run time: 449 min.
Creator: Shane Black
RRP: £29.99
Price: £9.50

Review Lethal Weapon - 1, 2, 3 And 4 [VHS] [1987] / Warner Home Video:

Mel Gibson set aside his art-house credentials to star as a crazy cop paired with a stable one (Danny Glover) in this full-blown 1987 Richard Donner action picture. The most violent film in the series (which includes three sequels), Lethal Weapon is also the edgiest and most interesting. After Gibson's character jumps off a building handcuffed to a man, and Gary Busey (as a cold, efficient enforcer) lets his hand get burned without flinching, there is a sense that anything can happen, and it usually does. Donner's strangely messy visual and audio style doesn't make a lot of aesthetic sense, but it stuck with all four movies. -Tom Keogh.

Review Vision Video Ltd. / The Clown At Midnight [VHS] [1998]
Actors & Directors
  • Margot Kidder
  • Jean Pellerin
  • Sarah Lassez
  • James Duval
  • Tatyana Ali
  • Christopher Plummer
Release date: 2000-06-05
Run time: 86 min.
Creator: Kenneth J. Hall
RRP: £12.99
Price: £4.99

Review The Clown At Midnight [VHS] [1998] / Vision Video Ltd.:


Review Paramount Home Entertainment (UK) / The Core [VHS] [2003]
Actors & Directors
  • Hilary Swank
  • Bruce Greenwood
  • Stanley Tucci
  • Aaron Eckhart
  • Delroy Lindo
  • Jon Amiel
Release date: 2003-10-13
Run time: 129 min.
Creator: John Rogers
Price: £12.99

Review The Core [VHS] [2003] / Paramount Home Entertainment (UK):

The Core is high-tech Hollywood hokum at its finest; smarter than Armageddon and equally extreme. It's scientifically ridiculous, naturally, but this variant of Fantastic Voyage at least tries to be credible as it plunges deep into the Earth's inner core, where a formulaic team of experts pilot an earth-boring ship to jump-start the planet's spinning molten interior, now stalled by a military secret that could seal the fate of all humankind. It's a geophysicist's daydream, which only a fine ensemble cast could rescue from absurdity, and director Jon Amiel (Entrapment, Copycat) draws excellent work (and plenty of humorous interplay) from Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Delroy Lindo and a host of memorable supporting players, especially DJ Qualls as the world's greatest cyber-nerd. With enough digital FX disasters to satisfy anyone's apocalyptic fantasies, this is a popcorn thriller with all the bells and whistles that its genre demands. Sit back, pump up the volume and enjoy the dazzling ride. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Universal Pictures UK / Shadow Of A Doubt [VHS] [1942]
Actors & Directors
  • Joseph Cotten
  • Macdonald Carey
  • Teresa Wright
  • Henry Travers
  • Alfred Hitchcock
  • Patricia Collinge
Release date: 2003-04-21
Run time: 103 min.
Creator: Thornton Wilder
RRP: £14.99
Price: £4.99

Review Shadow Of A Doubt [VHS] [1942] / Universal Pictures UK:

Alfred Hitchcock considered this 1943 thriller to be his personal favourite among his own films, and although it's not as popular as some of Hitchcock's later work, it's certainly worthy of the master's admiration. Scripted by playwright Thornton Wilder and inspired by the actual case of a 1920s serial killer known as "The Merry Widow Murderer," Shadow of a Doubt sets a tone of menace and fear by introducing a psychotic killer into the small-town comforts of Santa Rosa, California. That's where young Charlie (Teresa Wright) lives with her parents and two younger siblings, and where murder is little more than a topic of morbid conversation for their mystery-buff neighbour (Hume Cronyn). Charlie was named after her favourite uncle, who has just arrived for an extended visit, and at first Uncle Charlie (Joseph Cotten) gets along famously with his admiring niece. But the film's chilling prologue has already revealed Uncle Charlie's true identity as the notorious Merry Widow Murderer, and the suspense grows almost unbearable when young Charlie's trust gives way to gradual dread and suspicion. Through narrow escapes and a climactic scene aboard a speeding train, this witty thriller strips away the fa ade of small-town tranquillity to reveal evil where it's least expected. And, of course, it's all done in pure Hitchcockian style. -Jeff Shannon.

Review Warner / The in Crowd [VHS]
Release date: 2002-04-22
RRP: £12.99
Price: £0.99

Review The in Crowd [VHS] / Warner:

If you like murder and dig beachwear, you'll love The In Crowd. Former obsessive Adrien is released from a mental institution (cue ominous music) and her nice psychiatrist finds her a summer job at a snooty country club, apparently reasoning that there's no better place to rebuild your self-esteem. Adrien quickly encounters the rich kids, who mostly run around being rich and beautiful. Rich queen Brittany decides to become Adrien's new best friend. Could it be for (oh, no!) the wrong reasons? Actually, her reasons turn out to be baffling, along with the rest of the poorly thought-out plot and thinly sketched characters. Director Mary Lambert makes a game attempt at building suspense with incredibly dark lighting and generic Spooky Music, but the script doesn't give her any help. The ending involves one of those elaborate, Scooby Doo-ish plots that require knowing precisely how someone will react and exactly where she will go when she is very, very upset. Nonetheless, the movie presents lots of attractive young people in swimwear and provides an excellent opportunity to play the which-of-these-actors-will-still-have-a-career-next-year game. Enjoy. -Ali Davis, Amazon. [+]
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Review Warner Home Video / Hell Is A City [1959] [VHS] [1960]
Actors & Directors
  • Val Guest|Stanley Baker|John Comer|Donald Pleasence
Release date: 1995-05-29
Run time: 92 min.
Creator: Val Guest|Stanley Baker|John Comer|Donald Pleasence
Price: £10.99

Review Hell Is A City [1959] [VHS] [1960] / Warner Home Video:


Actors & Directors
  • Carl Weathers
  • Harry Hamlin
  • Ken Howard
  • Lewis Teague
  • Lindsay Frost
  • Kim Cattrall
Release date: 1998-03-16
Run time: 113 min.
Creator: Ken Howard
RRP: £5.99
Price: £10.99

Review Tom Clancy's Op Centre [VHS] [1995] / First Independent Video:


Review 4 Front Video / Chained Heat 2 [VHS] [1993]
Actors & Directors
  • Kimberley Kates
  • Paul Koslo
  • Lloyd A. Simandl
  • Jana Svandová
  • Kari Whitman
  • Brigitte Nielsen
Release date: 1996-08-19
Run time: 98 min.
Creator: Chris Hyde
Price: £5.99

Review Chained Heat 2 [VHS] [1993] / 4 Front Video:


Review Manga Entertainment / Crying Freeman - Chapter 2 - The Enemy Within [VHS] [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Mark Dacascos
  • Byron Mann
  • Christophe Gans
  • Masaya Kato
  • Rae Dawn Chong
  • Julie Condra
Release date: 1993-10-04
Run time: 50 min.
Creator: Thierry Cazals
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.31

Review Crying Freeman - Chapter 2 - The Enemy Within [VHS] [1997] / Manga Entertainment:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The Day The Earth Stood Still [VHS] [1951]
Actors & Directors
  • Patricia Neal
  • Hugh Marlowe
  • Sam Jaffe
  • Robert Wise
  • Michael Rennie
  • Billy Gray
Release date: 1997-02-17
Run time: 88 min.
Creator: Harry Bates
RRP: £5.99
Price: £26.99

Review The Day The Earth Stood Still [VHS] [1951] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:

The very epitome of a cult SF classic, The Day the Earth Stood Still is more often referenced than seen, which is a pity since it remains even now one of the most thought-provoking examples of the genre. The title is a misnomer, a mere tease to entice 1950s audiences into the cinema in the expectation of seeing another sensationalist B-movie about murderous aliens (i. e. Communists). In fact, Robert Wise's film of Edmund North's screenplay is a thoughtful Cold War allegory about a Christ-like visitor (Michael Rennie) who comes to Earth preaching a message of salvation for mankind, only to be spurned, killed then finally resurrected (significantly, Rennie's character Klaatu adopts the pseudonym "Mr Carpenter" while on the run from the authorities). Aside from its philosophical message, the film also boasts memorable imagery-notably the giant robot Gort-a much-quoted catchphrase in "Klaatu barada nikto", and one of composer Bernard Herrmann's most admired scores, featuring the theremin and other electronic instruments that must have sounded very otherworldly back in 1951. The result is a bona fide landmark in cinema SF with a central message about "weapons of mass destruction" that's still uncannily relevant today. On the DVD: The Day the Earth Stood Still has been splendidly restored for its DVD incarnation from the original 35 mm print, and the results are demonstrated in the "Restoration Comparison" feature. Also included is a fascinating 1951 newsreel showing Klaatu receiving a certificate of merit amid stories of Communist threats, the Korean war and beauty pageants ("Pomp and pulchritude on parade in Atlantic City"). Best of all is an absorbing commentary track with director Robert Wise in conversation with Nicholas Meyer (both men have Star Trek movies on their CV). [+]
-Mark Walker.

Review Warner Home Video / The Bodyguard [VHS] [1992]
Actors & Directors
  • Whitney Houston
  • Gary Kemp
  • Mick Jackson
  • Ralph Waite
  • Kevin Costner
  • Bill Cobbs
Release date: 1993-11-05
Run time: 124 min.
Creator: Lawrence Kasdan
RRP: £6.99
Price: £1.20

Review The Bodyguard [VHS] [1992] / Warner Home Video:

This 1992 crowd pleaser made almost as much money for Whitney Houston as its chart-busting soundtrack. A high-wattage star vehicle as only Hollywood can make, The Bodyguard stars Houston as a pop-music diva (now there's a stretch) and Kevin Costner as the stern bodyguard who is assigned to protect her after the singer receives some nasty death threats. Pop star and bodyguard don't hit it off at first, but they wear down each others' defenses, and before long Houston is baring her tonsils with a rousing rendition of the Dolly Parton chestnut "I Will Always Love You. " The film, written by Lawrence Kasden, was originally intended for Steve McQueen, but the script languished for years before Houston took an interest in the project. A proposed sequel would potentially have starred Costner and Princess Diana, until Diana's tragic death precluded that possibility. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review Channel 5 / Mighty Morph'n Power Rangers - Series 2 - Vol. 1 - White Light - Vols. 1 and 2 [VHS] [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Paul Schrier
  • Jason Narvy
  • David Yost
  • Amy Jo Johnson
  • Richard Steven Horvitz
Release date: 1998-04-06
Run time: 42 min.
Creator: Jack Olesker
Price: £3.99

Review Mighty Morph'n Power Rangers - Series 2 - Vol. 1 - White Light - Vols. 1 and 2 [VHS] [1995] / Channel 5:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : Season 6 Box Set [VHS] [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Robert Patrick
  • Gillian Anderson
  • Tom Braidwood
  • Mitch Pileggi
  • David Duchovny
Release date: 2000-02-14
Run time: 945 min.
Creator: Chris Carter
RRP: £79.99
Price: £11.72

Review The X Files : Season 6 Box Set [VHS] [1994] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Touchstone Home Video / Leon [VHS] [1995]
Actors & Directors
  • Danny Aiello
  • Jean Reno
  • Peter Appel
  • Luc Besson
  • Natalie Portman
  • Gary Oldman
Release date: 1996-02-05
Run time: 105 min.
Creator: Patrice Ledoux
RRP: £14.99
Price: £3.50

Review Leon [VHS] [1995] / Touchstone Home Video:

Luc Besson (The Fifth Element) made his American directorial debut with Leon, a stylised thriller about a French hit man (Jean Reno) who takes in an American girl (Natalie Portman) being pursued by a corrupt killer cop (Gary Oldman). Oldman is a little more unhinged than he should be, but there is something genuinely irresistible about the story line and the relationship between Reno and Portman. Rather than cave in to the cookie-cutter look and feel of American action pictures, Besson brings a bit of his glossy style from French hits La Femme Nikita and Subway to the production of The Professional, and the results are refreshing even if the bullets and explosions are awfully familiar. -Tom Keogh.

Actors & Directors
  • Martin Balsam
  • Charles Bronson
  • Gavan O'Herlihy
  • Deborah Raffin
  • Ed Lauter
  • Michael Winner
Release date: 1991-03-18
Run time: 86 min.
Creator: Don Jakoby
Price: £6.99

Review Death Wish 3 [VHS] [1985] / 2 Entertain Video:


Actors & Directors
  • David Pearson
  • John Carradine
  • Richard Hench
  • Susan Stokey
  • Cameron Mitchell
Run time: 84 min.
Creator: John Carradine
Price: £10.99

Review The Tomb [VHS] [1985] / 2 Entertain Video:


Review 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment / The X Files : Season 2 Collector's Edition [VHS] [1994]
Actors & Directors
  • Tom Braidwood
  • Gillian Anderson
  • Robert Patrick
  • Mitch Pileggi
  • David Duchovny
Release date: 1997-05-26
Run time: 45 min.
Creator: Chris Carter
RRP: £79.99
Price: £12.85

Review The X Files : Season 2 Collector's Edition [VHS] [1994] / 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment:


Review Warner Home Video / Hamlet [VHS] [1997]
Actors & Directors
  • Kenneth Branagh
  • Riz Abbasi
  • Derek Jacobi
  • Julie Christie
  • Kenneth Branagh
  • Kate Winslet
Release date: 2001-08-06
Run time: 121 min.
Creator: William Shakespeare
RRP: £6.99
Price: £10.00

Review Hamlet [VHS] [1997] / Warner Home Video:

Kenneth Branagh's four-hour production of Shakespeare's full text for Hamlet is visually lush (shot in 70mm, which is rarely done) and full of fascinating story moments that normally get cut from shorter stage versions. (Your idea of what kind of fellow Polonius is may change quite a bit. ) The unexpurgated approach is truly enlightening, and Branagh intermittently succeeds at giving familiar moments in the drama an original cinematic spin, including Hamlet's spooky confrontation with his father's ghost (Brian Blessed). (Branagh also imposes some Hollywood glitter on the proceedings by casting the likes of Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Charlton Heston and Jack Lemmon in the smaller parts. ) The pre-Titanic Kate Winslet is very good as the doomed Ophelia, and Derek Jacobi delivers a wonderfully nuanced performance as Claudius, whose character is definitely filled out by the restored material. Branagh's own performance is a little revisionist-some viewers have quibbled with it while others seem fine. -Tom Keogh.

Review Warner Home Video / Westworld [VHS] [1973]
Actors & Directors
  • James Brolin
  • Richard Benjamin
  • Norman Bartold
  • Yul Brynner
  • Alan Oppenheimer
  • Michael Crichton
Release date: 2004-11-01
Run time: 85 min.
Creator: Paul Lazarus III
RRP: £5.99
Price: £12.98

Review Westworld [VHS] [1973] / Warner Home Video:

Welcome to Delos, the high-tech Disneyland for adults that Michael Crichton created for Westworld, a nifty science fiction thriller from 1973 that also marked the popular novelist's feature-film directorial debut. The movie is so named because the vacationing buddies who travel to Delos (James Brolin, Richard Benjamin) choose Westworld as their destination (the other choices being Roman World and Medieval World), where they are free to indulge their movie-inspired fantasies of the Wild West). The place is populated by perfectly humanlike robots programmed and monitored to cater to every guest's fancy, from brothel beauties to black-hatted gunslingers (such as the villain played by Yul Brynner). But fun turns into abject horror when the robots-particularly Brynner's villain-begin to malfunction and Delos turns into an amusement park that's anything but amusing. Westworld has moments of camp and the look of a low-budget back-lot production, but two decades before Crichton revamped his idea to create Jurassic Park, this movie made the most of its interesting and exciting premise. -Jeff Shannon, Amazon. com.

Review Cinema Club / Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe [VHS] [1989]
Actors & Directors
  • Hugh Fraser
  • Pauline Moran
  • David Suchet
  • Philip Jackson
  • Richard Bebb
Release date: 2003-07-14
Run time: 101 min.
Creator: Hugh Fraser
RRP: £5.99
Price: £10.99

Review Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe [VHS] [1989] / Cinema Club:


Models & Brands:
Lethal Weapon - 1, 2, 3 And 4 [VHS] [1987], The Clown At Midnight [VHS] [1998], The Core [VHS] [2003], Shadow Of A Doubt [VHS] [1942], The in Crowd [VHS], Hell Is A City [1959] [VHS] [1960], Tom Clancy's Op Centre [VHS] [1995], Chained Heat 2 [VHS] [1993], Crying Freeman - Chapter 2 - The Enemy Within [VHS] [1997], The Day The Earth Stood Still [VHS] [1951], The Bodyguard [VHS] [1992], Mighty Morph'n Power Rangers - Series 2 - Vol. 1 - White Light - Vols. 1 and 2 [VHS] [1995], The X Files : Season 6 Box Set [VHS] [1994], Leon [VHS] [1995], Death Wish 3 [VHS] [1985], The Tomb [VHS] [1985], The X Files : Season 2 Collector's Edition [VHS] [1994], Hamlet [VHS] [1997], Westworld [VHS] [1973], Poirot - Agatha Christie's Poirot - One, Two, Buckle My Shoe [VHS] [1989]

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