In the ongoing deluge of comic-book adaptations, Hellboy ranks well above average. Having turned down an offer to helm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in favor of bringing Hellboy's origin story to the big screen, the gifted Mexican director Guillermo del Toro compensates for the excesses of Blade II with a moodily effective, consistently entertaining ...
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentStarring: Ron Perlman, Doug Jones, Selma Blair, John Hurt, Rupert EvansDirected By: Guillermo del Toro
The pressure was really on The Sarah Connor Chronicles right from the start. The first spin-off from the extraordinary Terminator franchise, it picks up after the events of the second film, and finds Lena Headey in the title role, who--along with her 15-year old son, John--sets about trying to save the world from the impending threat of Skynet. Along the way too, they encounter ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Lena Headey, Thomas Dekker, Summer Glau, Richard T. Jones, Brian Austin Green
HellboyIn the ongoing deluge of comic-book adaptations, Hellboy ranks well above average. Having turned down an offer to helm Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in favour of bringing Hellboy's origin story to the big screen, the gifted Mexican director Guillermo del Toro compensates for the excesses of Blade II with a moodily ...
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UKStarring: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Doug Jones, James Dodd, Jeffrey TamborDirected By: Guillermo del Toro
Manufacturer: Optimum Home EntertainmentStarring: Sam Jones III, Ornella Muti, Melody Anderson, Max Von Sydow, TopolDirected By: Mike Hodges
Both warmly funny and surprisingly touching, the one-off 90-minute BBC comedy Cruise of the Gods (2002) unites the twin comic talents of Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan for the first time. Brydon, whose Marion & Geoff brought him instant cult status and critical acclaim, plays Andy Van Allen, a washed-up actor who once enjoyed celebrity as the star of a TV science-fiction series but who ...
Manufacturer: 2 Entertain VideoStarring: Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan, David Walliams, James Corden, Helen CokerDirected By: Declan Lowney
In The Edge writer David Mamet created two engrossing and memorable characters; an urbane fashion photographer played by Alec Baldwin and a reserved and intellectual billionaire played by Anthony Hopkins. They find themselves teamed up against both a giant Kodiak bear and their own inner demons, when lost together in the Alaskan wilderness. The subject matter includes male rivalry, the ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentStarring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau, Bart the BearDirected By: Lee Tamahori
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Nicholas Rowe, Alan Cox, Sophie Ward, Anthony Higgins, Susan FleetwoodDirected By: Barry Levinson
Kiss the Girls is a thriller about a collaboration between two serial killers, and, coming after The Silence of the Lambs and Seven, it feels like a pale attempt to cash in on the success of those earlier, better films. That's a pity, because this film certainly has its strengths--particularly in the central performances of Morgan Freeman as a forensic detective and Ashley ...
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur, Tony GoldwynDirected By: Gary Fleder
Brendan Fraser stars in Bedazzled as Elliot, a dweebish office worker who yearns for Alison (Frances O'Connor), a coworker who barely knows he exists. When he blithely says he'd give his soul for Alison, the Devil appears in the fetching guise of Elizabeth Hurley and promises him seven wishes in exchange. Elliot is dubious at first, but agrees out of desperation. Unfortunately, his every ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentStarring: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor, Miriam Shor, Orlando JonesDirected By: Harold Ramis
Let's face it, sometimes you just want to watch some fluff. The ever-expanding subgenre of cheerleader cinema offers dependable fluff, of which Man of the House is a shiny, frivolous example. After a multiethnic cheerleading squad witnesses a mob execution, Texas Ranger Roland Sharp (Tommy Lee Jones) is assigned to protect them. That's all you need to know--a formulaic plot follows, but the ...
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentStarring: Tommy Lee Jones, Christina Milian, Anne Archer, Brian Van Holt, Paget BrewsterDirected By: Stephen Herek
