A suburban London teen finds her traditional education replaced by something slightly more sinister when
an older, more worldly suitor sweeps her off of her feet while placing her future in jeopardy. London, 1961: 16-year-old Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is smart, ...
The preparation for the Battle of the Coral Sea is the basis of this wartime
drama. A submarine captained by Jeff Conway (Cliff Robertson) successfully scouts the location of enemy installations, ships, and subs and then starts to head back ...
The western comedy Cat Ballou gets a superb treatment on this DVD release from Columbia/Tri-Star.
The disc contains two different pictures. The widescreen anamorphic transfer faithfully reproduces the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is preferable to the standard ...
Columbia Pictures turned out many outstanding and acclaimed war dramas over the years. This four-volume
box set offers a quartet of features from that studio and genre. First up is director Philip Leacock's The War Lover (1962); adapted from a ...
When Emily Rocco (Judy Holliday) waddles into view at the beginning of Full of Life,
her appearance marked a cinematic breakthrough; seldom had so pregnant a leading lady ever appeared on an American movie screen. With her baby's birthdate only ...
Frank Capra's classic comedy-drama established James Stewart as a lead actor in one of his
finest (and most archetypal) roles. The film opens as a succession of reporters shout into telephones announcing the death of Senator Samuel Foley. Senator Joseph ...
Director P.J. Hogan (Muriel's Wedding, My Best Friend's Wedding) helms this live-action retelling of J.M.
Barrie's classic children's play Peter Pan. Starring Jeremy Sumpter (Frailty) in the title role, the film follows the adventures of the Darling children, Wendy (Rachel ...
Lawrence Kasdan's Silverado is a fond hark back to the all-star, big-budget westerns of the
1950s and 1960s. The various plotlines converge at the town of Silverado, held in thrall by crooked sheriff Brian Dennehy and his behemoth deputies. The ...
