Listed chronologically by release date.
Asphalt Jungle
(USA
1950)
Director: John Huston
Release Date: 07/06/2004
Price: 19.97
MPAA Rating: NR
Sterling Hayden (Dix Handley),
Louis Calhern (Alonzo D. Emmerich),
Jean Hagen (Doll Conovan),
James Whitmore (Gus Minissi),
Sam Jaffe (Doc Erwin Riedenschneider),
John McIntire (Police Commissioner Hardy),
Marc Lawrence (Cabby),
Barry Kelley (Lt. Ditrich),
Anthony Caruso (Louis Ciavelli),
Teresa Celli (Maria Ciavelli),
Marilyn Monroe (Angela Phinlay),
1950 Ace from John Huston about gradually disintegrating heist Needs Bogart but just when you think it can't get any better - Marilyn comes along!
Butterfly Effect
(USA
2004)
Director: Eric Bress
Release Date: 07/06/2004
Price: 27.95
MPAA Rating: R
Ashton Kutcher (Evan),
Melora Walters (Andrea),
Amy Smart (Kayleigh Miller),
Eldon Henson (Lenny),
William Lee Scott (Tommy),
A serious version of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure? Kutcher discovers the power to go back in time and alter events in an effort to prevent the death of his girlfriend...but nothing is quite as simple as it appears...
Cat From Outer Space
(USA
1978)
Director: Norman Tokar
Release Date: 07/06/2004
Price: 19.99
MPAA Rating: G
Ken Berry (Dr. Franklin 'Frank' Wilson),
Sandy Duncan (Liz),
Harry Morgan (General Stilton),
Roddy McDowall (Mr. Stallwood),
McLean Stevenson (Link),
Hans Conried (Dr. Heffel),
James Hampton (Capt. Anderson),
Ralph Manza (Weasel),
Tiger Joe Marsh (Omar),
Joe Medalis (Sucker),
Roger Pancake (Red),
Slight Disney effort featuring super powered moggie.
Fifth Musketeer
(Austria
1979)
Director: Ken Annakin
Release Date: 07/06/2004
Price: 24.96
MPAA Rating: PG
Sylvia Kristel (Marie-Terese),
Ursula Andress (Mme. de la Valliere),
Beau Bridges (King Louie),
Cornel Wilde (D'Artagnan),
Ian McShane (Fourquet),
Alan Hale (Porthos),
Lloyd Bridges (Aramis),
Jose Ferrer (Athos),
Olivia de Havilland (Queen Anne),
Helmut Dantine (Ambassador),
Rex Harrison (Colbert),
Not a patch on the Richard Lester directed Musketeer movies. At least the European version boasted some naughty bits which are presumably trimmed for this PG rated version.
First Monday in October
(USA
1981)
Director: Ronald Neame
Release Date: 07/06/2004
Price: 14.99
MPAA Rating: R
Jill Clayburgh (Ruth Loomis),
Walter Matthau (Dan Snow),
Barnard Hughes (Chief Justice Crawford),
Jan Sterling (Christine Snow),
James Stephens (Mason Woods),
Joshua Bryant (Bill Russell, Loomis' Boyfreind),
Wiley Harker (Justice Harold Webb),
F. J. O'Neil (Justice Waldo Thompson),
Charles Lampkin (Justice Josiah Clewes),
Lew Palter (Justice Benjamin Halperin),
Richard McMurray (Justice Richard Carey),
Amiable battle of the sexes legal shennanigans between Matthau and Clayburgh with them as rival Justices.
Greyfriars Bobby
(USA
1960)
Director: Don Chaffey
Release Date: 07/06/2004
Price: 19.95
MPAA Rating: G
Donald Crisp (James Brown),
Laurence Naismith (Mr. Traill),
Alexander MacKenzie (Old Jock),
Duncan MacRae (Maclean),
Gordon Jackson (Farmer),
Freda Jackson (Old woman caretaker),
Joyce Carey (First Lady),
Jameson Clark (Constable),
Bruce Seton (),
Hamish Wilson (),
Andrew Cruickshank (Lord Provost),
The story of the little dog that wouldn't desert his master to the point of sleeping on his master's grave. True story given the Disney treatment.
Heartburn
(USA
1986)
Director: Mike Nichols
Release Date: 07/06/2004
Price: 14.99
MPAA Rating: R
Meryl Streep (Rachel),
Jack Nicholson (Mark),
Jeff Daniels (Richard),
Maureen Stapleton (Vera),
Stockard Channing (Julie),
Richard Masur (Arthur),
Catherine O'Hara (Betty),
Steven Hill (Harry),
Milos Forman (Dmitri),
Natalie Stern (Annie Forman),
Karen Akers (Thelma Rice),
Married life in the US of A in the Eighties. Semi autobiographical tale of Nora Ephron's relationship with Carl Bernstein - only the names have changed to protect the innocent.
Kotch
(USA
1971)
Director: Jack Lemmon
Release Date: 07/06/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: G
Walter Matthau (Kotch),
Deborah Winters (Erica Herzenstiel),
Felicia Farr (Wilma Kotcher),
Charles Aidman (Gerald Kotcher),
Ellen Geer (Vera Kotcher),
Darrell Larson (Vincent Perrin),
Larry Linville (Peter),
Paul Picerni (Dr. Caudillo),
Matthau (in old age make-up) plays Joseph P. Kotcher in this sensitive and funny look at the age gap. Sentimental but balanced. One wishes Lemmon had directed more films.
Name of the Rose
(France
1985)
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Release Date: 07/06/2004
Price: 19.98
MPAA Rating: R
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Sean Connery (William of Baskerville),
F. Murray Abraham (Bernardo Gui),
Christian Slater (Adso of Melk),
Elya Baskin (Severinus),
Michel Lonsdale (The Abbot),
Volker Prechtel (Malachia),
Feodor Chaliapin (Jorge de Burgos),
William Hickey (Ubertino de Casale),
Michael Habeck (Berenger),
Urs Althaus (Venatius),
Valentina Vargas (the girl),
About time. DVD release for Jean-Jacques Annaud's excellent adaption of Umberto Eco's clever rehash of Sherlock Holmes. Connery is at his very best. The murder mystery angle delivers. Fans of Cadfael should love it. The only drawback - all the supporting characters are so disgusting.
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
(UK
1969)
Director: Ronald Neame
Release Date: 07/06/2004
Price: 14.98
MPAA Rating: PG
Maggie Smith (Miss Jean Brodie),
Robert Stephens (Teddy Lloyd),
Pamela Franklin (Sandy),
Gordon Jackson (Gordon Lowther),
Celia Johnson (Miss MacKay),
Diane Grayson (Jenny),
Jane Carr (Mary Macgregor),
Shirley Steedman (Monica),
Lavinia Lang (Emily Carstairs),
Antoinette Biggerstaff (Helen McPhee),
Margo Cunningham (Miss Campbell),
The role that defined and typecast Maggie Smith from then 'til now - it's as though Miss Jean Brodie got transplanted to Hogwarts and changed her name to Minerva McGonagall. A liberated teacher givers her values to her charges and learns a few lessons of her own in the repressed environment of 30's Scotland.
Danger: Diabolik
(Italy
1967)
Director: Mario Bava
Release Date: 07/13/2004
Price: 14.99
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Adolfo Celi (Ralph Valmont),
John Phillip Law (Diabolik),
Marisa Mell (Eva Kant),
Michel Piccoli (Insp. Ginko),
Terry-Thomas (Minister of the interior),
Mario Donen (Sgt. Danek),
Campy spy spoof in the days before filmmakers realised that ladies look better in the skin tight leather costumes (Actually the Avengers figured that one out before anyone). Stylishly directed by horror veteran Bava and an Ennio Morricone score too. Dated but fun.
Manchurian Candidate
(USA
1962)
Director: John Frankenheimer
Release Date: 07/13/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Frank Sinatra (Major Bennett Marco),
Laurence Harvey (Sgt. Raymond Shaw),
Janet Leigh (Rosie),
Angela Lansbury (Eleanor Iselin (Mrs. Shaw)),
Henry Silva (Chunjin),
James Gregory (Senator John Iselin),
Leslie Parrish (Jocie),
John McGiver (Senator Thomas Jordan),
Khigh Dhiegh (Yen Lo),
James Edwards (Corporal Melvin),
Douglas Henderson (Colonel),
To cash in on the impending release of Jonathan Demme's remake (which looks very promising), we get Frankenheimer's original cold war brainwashed assassin movie, which racks up so much tension you may need a theraputic massage afterwards. Highly Recommended. Oh and you'll have a hard time watching Angela Lansbury doing her Miss Marple thing again too.
Castle Keep
(USA
1969)
Director: Sydney Pollack
Release Date: 07/20/2004
Price: 19.94
MPAA Rating: R
Burt Lancaster (Major Falconer),
Patrick O'Neal (Captain Beckman),
Jean-Pierre Aumont (Count),
Peter Falk (Sergeant Rossi),
Astrid Heeren (Therese),
Scott Wilson (Corporal Clearboy),
Tony Bill (Lt. Amberjack),
Al Freeman (Pvt. Allistair Piersall Benjamin),
James Patterson (Elk),
Bruce Dern (Billy Bix),
Michael Conrad (Sgt de Vaca),
Surreal WWII film with pretensions. A platoon holes up in a french castle determined to save it from the Germans. Falk is brilliant as a soldier who just wants to get home to his bakery.
Starsky & Hutch
(USA
2004)
Director: Todd Phillips
Release Date: 07/20/2004
Price: 27.95
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Ben Stiller (David Starsky),
Owen Wilson (Ken Hutchinson),
Snoop Dogg (Huggy Bear),
Fred Williamson (Captain Doby),
Vince Vaughn (Reese Feldman),
Juliette Lewis (Kitty),
Jason Bateman (Friday),
Amy Smart (Holly),
Carmen Electra (Staci),
George Cheung (Chau),
Chris Penn (Manetti),
Appalled at the concept, this is actually a rather witty send up of a TV series I still have a soft spot for. Set in a recreated 70s.
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