If you're looking for signs that the modern-day Disney has lost neither its touch nor its savvy nature, then there's evidence in abundance in the smart modern-day fairy tale Enchanted. Bookended by the kind of old-style animation the studio is rightly famed for, the main, live action segment of the film finds Amy Adams' Giselle--an archetypal Disney princess in pretty much every ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmentStarring: Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, James Marsden, Timothy Spall, Susan SarandonDirected By: Kevin Lima
An over-the-top, sensory overload experience determined to replicate its frantic, television-anime origins, Speed Racer is wild enough to induce a headache or wow a viewer with one dazzling effect after another. Adapted for the big screen as a live-action feature, Speed Racer is written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski, the sibling team behind the intensely satisfying The ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Christina Ricci, John GoodmanDirected By: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
For those who never thought Disney would release a film in which Santa Claus is kidnapped and tortured, well, here it is. The full title is Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, which should give you an idea of the tone of this stop-action animated musical/fantasy/horror/comedy. It is based on characters created by Burton, the former Disney animator best known as the director of ...
Manufacturer: Touchstone Home VideoStarring: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Glenn ShadixDirected By: Tim Burton
Roald Dahl's modern classic for children becomes a delightful combination of live action and stop-motion animation by the team that made The Nightmare Before Christmas: director Henry Selick and producers Tim Burton (Batman) and Denise Di Novi. The story concerns young James (played for real and through voice-overs by Paul Terry), who is orphaned and left in the charge of two cruel ...
Manufacturer: Pathe DistributionStarring: Paul Terry, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Simon Callow, Richard DreyfussDirected By: Henry Selick
Notch up another great role for Tommy Lee Jones here, as his starring performance in the lead of In The Valley Of Elah is a further acting performance of real merit. And this from the man who has already recently added the equally excellent No Country For Old Men to his CV. In The Valley Of Elah, however, is a very different beast. It's the new film from writer/director ...
Manufacturer: Optimum Home EntertainmentStarring: Charlize Theron, Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, Josh Brolin, James FrancoDirected By: Paul Haggis
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentStarring: Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O'Brien, Patricia QuinnDirected By: Jim Sharman
Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Christina Ricci, John Goodman
The flaws are easily forgiven in this beautiful version of Louisa May Alcott's novel. A stirring look at life in New England during the Civil War, Little Women is a triumph for all involved. We follow one family as they split into the world, ending up with the most independent, the outspoken Jo (Winona Ryder). This time around, the dramatics and conclusions fall into place a little too ...
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures Home EntertainmentStarring: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, Gabriel ByrneDirected By: Gillian Armstrong
Jack Nicholson was born to play the devil and in George Miller's adaptation of John Updike's novel he plays it for all he's worth. As a wolfish womaniser summoned by three bored women in a picturesque New England town, he's sating all of his appetites with a rakish grin. Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer play the women who discover their untapped magical powers by accident. The smart and ...
Manufacturer: Warner Home VideoStarring: Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer, Veronica CartwrightDirected By: George Miller
Something got lost in translation from 1996's critically acclaimed Japanese comedy, but the American remake of Shall We Dance? is not without charms of its own. In being transplanted from Tokyo to Chicago, the original version's subtle humor is shaken out of its cultural context, but this is an otherwise faithful adaptation in which a weary lawyer (Richard Gere) battles his mid-life crisis ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmStarring: Richard Gere, Jennifer Lopez, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Anita GilletteDirected By: Peter Chelsom
