Calendar Girls (UK 2003)
Director: Nigel Cole
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 29.99
MPAA Rating: PG13
Helen Mirren (Chris), Julie Walters (Annie), John Alderton (John), Linda Bassett (Cora), Annette Crosbie (Jessie), Philip Glenister (Lawrence), Ciaran Hinds (Rod), Celia Imrie (Celia), Geraldine James (Marie), Penelope Wilton (Ruth), George Costigan (Eddie),

Middle aged Women's Institute member's do the Full Monty for a charity calendar! Just what you'd expect, really, but funny and poignant in the right places.

Back to Bataan (USA 1945)
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 19.97
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
John Wayne (Colonel Joseph Madden), Anthony Quinn (Captain Andres Bonifacio), Beulah Bondi (Bertha Barnes), Lawrence Tierney (Lt. Commander Waite), Philip Ahn (Col. Coroki), Abner Biberman (Ja), Paul Fix (Spindle Jackson), Benson Fong (Officer making broadcast), Harold Fong (Prince Ito), Richard Loo (Major Hasko), Vladimir Sokoloff (Senor Buenaventura J. Bello,),

The Duke takes on the role of guerilla fighter after the fall of the Philippines to the Japanese. Dodgy history. But solid war drama of a neglected campaign.

Battleground (USA 1949)
Director: William Wellman
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 19.97
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Van Johnson (Holley), John Hodiak (Jarvess), Ricardo Montalban (Rodriguez), George Murphy ("Pop" Ernest J. S. Stazak), Marshall Thompson (Jim Layton), Jerome Courtland (Abner Spudler), Don Taylor (Standiferd), Bruce Cowling (Wolowicz), James Whitmore (Kinnie), Douglas Fowley ("Kipp" Kippton), Leon Ames (Chaplain),

A recreation of the Battle of the Bulge, not a weight loss program, but the Germans last major WWII offensive in the West. Not bad for an old school war flick.Screenwriter actually served in the campaign.

Buck Privates Come Home (USA 1946)
Director: Charles Barton
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 24.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Bud Abbott (Slicker Smith), Lou Costello (Herbie Brown), Tom Brown (Bill Gregory), Joan Shawlee (Sylvia Hunter), Nat Pendleton (Sgt. Collins), Don Beddoe (Mr. Roberts), Russell Hicks (Mr. Appleby), Donald MacBride (Police Captain), Don Porter (Capt. Christie), Milburn Stone (Auto Race Announcer), Charles Trowbridge (Mr. Quince),

Bud & Lou return to the States after their wartime experiences, and cross paths with their nemesis training sergeant. What no Andrews Sisters?!

Day at the Races (USA 1937)
Director: Sam Wood
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 19.98
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Douglass Dumbrille (Morgan), Margaret Dumont (Emily Upjohn), Allan Jones (Gil Stewart), Carole Landis (Extra), Chico Marx (Tony), Groucho Marx (Doctor Hugo Z. Hackenbush), Harpo Marx (Stuffy), Maureen O'Sullivan (Judy Standish), Sig Ruman (Dr. Leopold X. Steinberg), Charles Trowbridge (Dr. Wilmerding),

"If I hold you any closer, I'll be in back of you". Excellent Marx Bros. mayhem.

Elephant (USA 2003)
Director: Gus Van Sant
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 27.98
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Alex Frost (Alex), Eric Deulen (Eric), John Robinson (John McFarland), Elias McConnell (Elias), Jordan Tsylor (Jordan), Carrie Finklea (Carrie),

Odd reflection on the high school shootings phenomena. Slow and strange.

Flying Leathernecks (USA 1951)
Director: Nicholas Ray
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 19.97
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Janis Carter (), James Dobson (Pudge McCabe), Jay C. Flippen (Master Sergeant Clancy), Gordon Gebert (Tommy Kirby), William Harrigan (Lt. Cdr. Curan), Barry Kelley (General), Robert Ryan (Captain Carl Griffin), Milburn Stone (Ground control officer), Don Taylor (Lt. 'Cowboy' Blithe), Adam Williams (Lieutenant Malotke), Mack Williams (),

Great Locomotive Chase (USA 1956)
Director: Francis D. Lyon
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 19.99
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Fess Parker (James J. Andrews), Jeffrey Hunter (William A. Fuller), Jeff York (William Campbell), John Lupton (William Pittenger), Eddie Firestone (Robert Buffum), Kenneth Tobey (Anthony Murphy), Slim Pickens (Pete Bracken), Morgan Woodward (Alex),

Disney retelling of a true civil war incident, previously used by Buster Keaton's The General. Good Fun.

Herbie Goes Bananas (USA 1980)
Director: Vincent McEveety
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 19.99
MPAA Rating: G
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Iris Adrian (), Elyssa Davalos (Melissa), Fritz Feld (), Richard Jaeckel (Shepard), Harvey Korman (Captain Blythe), Cloris Leachman (Aunt Louise), Alex Rocco (Quinn), Charles Martin Smith (Davie Johns), John Vernon (Prindle),

Lesser Herbie effort, stick with The Love Bug

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (USA 1977)
Director: Vincent McEveety
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 19.99
MPAA Rating: G
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Bill Erickson (Driver), Dean Jones (Jim Douglas), Roy Kinnear (Quincey), Don Knotts (Wheely Applegate), Laurie Main (Duval), Jacques Marin (Inspector Bouchet), Lloyd Nelson (Mechanic), Julie Sommars (Diane Darcy), Eric Braeden (Bruno Vob Stickle), Stanley Brock (Taxi Driver),

Lesser Herbie effort, stick with The Love Bug

Herbie Rides Again (USA 1974)
Director: Robert Stevenson
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 19.99
MPAA Rating: G
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Raymond Bailey (Lawyer), Ken Berry (Willoughby Whitfield), Elaine Devry (Secretary), Huntz Hall (Judge), Helen Hayes (Mrs. Steinmetz), Chuck McCann (Loostgarten), John McIntire (Mr. Judson), Stefanie Powers (Nicole), Vito Scotti (Taxi Driver), Dan Tobin (Lawyer), Keenan Wynn (Alonzo Hawk),

Best of the Herbie sequels...but...a little bug goes a long way

Here Come the Co-eds (USA 1945)
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 24.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Bud Abbott (Slats), Lou Costello (Oliver Quackenbush), Peggy Ryan (Patty), Martha O'Driscoll (Molly), June Vincent (Diane), Lon Chaney (Johnson), Donald Cook (Benson), Charles Dingle (Jonathan Kirkland), Richard Lane (Nearsighted Man),

Bud and Lou shennanigans as they end up as caretakers at an all-girls college in their 14th film.

Hit the Ice (USA 1943)
Director: Charles Lamont
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 24.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Bud Abbott (Flash Fulton), Lou Costello (Tubby McCoy), Ginny Simms (Marcia Manning), Patric Knowles (Dr. William 'Bill' Burns), Elyse Knox (Nurse Peggy Osborne), Joseph Sawyer (Buster), Marc Lawrence (Phil), Sheldon Leonard (Harry 'Silky' Fellowsby),

Icecapades for A&C in one of their lesser vehicles, musical interludes provided by Johnny Long and his Orchestra.

In Society (USA 1944)
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 24.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Bud Abbott (Eddie), Lou Costello (Albert), Marion Hutton (Elsie Hammerdingle), Kirby Grant (Peter Evans), Margaret Irving (Mrs. Roger Winthrop), Ann Gillis (Gloria Winthrop), Arthur Treacher (Pipps, The Winthrop's Butler), Thomas Gomez (Drexel), Thurston Hall (Mr Van Cleve),

Good supporting cast, notably Arthur Treacher doing the perfect English butler thing in this A&C story where they play plumbers come to fix a problem at a swank house.

Little Giant (USA 1946)
Director: William A. Seiter
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 24.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Bud Abbott (Eddie L. Morrison/T.S. Chandler), Lou Costello (Benny Miller), Brenda Joyce (Miss Ruby Burke), George Cleveland (), Margaret Dumont (), Mary Gordon (), Elena Verdugo (),

Lesser A&C vehicle, Lou plays a hapless vacuum cleaner salesman working for Bud.

Naughty Nineties (USA 1945)
Director: Jean Yarbrough
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 24.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Bud Abbott (Dexter Broadhurst), Lou Costello (Sebastian Dinwiddle), Rita Johnson (), Joe Sawyer (), Henry Travers (), Alan Curtis (),

The boys try to recover a riverboat from dishonest gamblers in the 1890's. Contains the routine for which A&C are best known - Who's On First, but I've never believed it was their best.

Night at the Opera (USA 1935)
Director: Sam Wood
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 19.98
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Kitty Carlisle (), Margaret Dumont (Mrs. Claypool), Billy Gilbert (Peasant), Jonathan Hale (Stage Manager), Allan Jones (Ricardo Baroni), Edward Keane (Captain), Chico Marx (Fiorello), Groucho Marx (Otis B. Driftwood), Harpo Marx (Tomasso), Sig Ruman (Herman Gottlieb), Sigfried Rumann (),

Long MIA Marx Brothers comedies finally see the light of day. A classic.

Noises Off (USA 1992)
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 14.99
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Diana Agostini (Broadway Theatregoer), Roger Armstrong (Des Moines Additional stagehand), Carol Burnett (Dotty Otley/Mrs Clackett), Michael Caine (Lloyd Fellowes), Zoe R Cassavetes (Miami Stagehand), Dick Corman (Des Moines Additional stagehand), Keith Crowningshield (Broadway Usher), Rosie DeSanctis (Miami Backstage Visitor), Bronson Dudley (NY Curb Bum), Denholm Elliott (Selsdon Mowbray/Burglar), Drummond Erskine (NY Backstage Doorman),

Nicely done farce from a crew of pros

Now You See Him, Now You Don't (USA 1972)
Director: Robert Butler
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 19.99
MPAA Rating: G
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Edward Andrews (Mr. Sampson), Jim Backus (Timothyy Forsythe), Ed Begley (), Joe Flynn (Higgins), Alan Hewitt (Collingsgood), Michael McGreevey (Richard Schuyler), Michael McGreevy (), Cesar Romero (A.J. Arno), Kurt Russell (Dexter Riley), William Windom (Prof. Lufkin),

Another of those college Disney romps with a depressingly young Kurt Russell, I loved this movie when I was 10!

Peter Pan (USA 2003)
Director: P. J. Hogan
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 26.98
MPAA Rating: PG
Screen Ratio: 2.40:1
Jason Isaacs (Captain Hook), Olivia Williams (Mrs Darling), Ludivine Sagnier (Tinker Bell), Jeremy Sumpter (Peter), Rachel Hurd-Wood (Wendy),

Live action retelling of the classic children's tale. I ain't seen it, but Rusty liked it!

Strongest Man in the World (USA 1974)
Director: Vincent McEveety
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 19.99
MPAA Rating: G
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Eve Arden (Harriet), Raymond Bailey (Regent Burns), Dick Bakalyan (Cookie), William Bakewell (Professor), Joe Flynn (Dean Higgins), Harold Gould (Dietz), James Gregory (Chief Blair), Cesar Romero (A.J. Arno), Kurt Russell (Dexter), Phil Silvers (Krinkle), Dick Van Patten (Harry),

I remember this as being quite fun, can't imagine that it will have aged well though

Time of Their Lives (USA 1946)
Director: Charles Barton
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 24.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Bud Abbott (Cuthbert Greenway/Dr. Ralph Greenwa), Lou Costello (Horatio Prim), Marjorie Reynolds (Melody Allen), Binnie Barnes (Mildred Prescott), John Shelton (Sheldon Gage), Gale Sondergaard (Emily), Jess Barker (Tom Danbury), Robert Barrat (Major Putnam), Ann Gillis (Nora), Donald MacBride (Lieutenant Mason),

Unusual A&C film, in that they don't play as a team. However, this is possibly their finest film. Costello and Reynolds are revolutionary period ghosts trying to convince the living that they weren't traitors.

Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (USA 1947)
Director: Charles Barton
Release Date: 05/04/2004
Price: 24.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Bud Abbott (Duke Eagan), William Ching (), George Cleveland (), Lou Costello (), Gordon Jones (), Marjorie Main (), Glenn Strange (), Peter Thompson (),

The frog in the glass of milk that nobody sees but Costello is an A&C gem.

Robin Hood (USA 1991)
Director: John Irvin
Release Date: 05/11/2004
Price: 14.98
Daniel Webb (Much the Miller), Conrad Asquith (Lodwick), Barry Stanton (Miter), Patrick Bergin (Robin), Owen Teale (Will Scarlett), Jurgen Prochnow (Sir Miles Folcanet), Uma Thurman (Maid Marian), Jeroen Krabbe (Baron Roger Daguerre), Phelim McDermott (Jester), Carolyn Backhouse (Nicole, Roger's Mistress), David Morrissey (Little John),

"Unkile some Robin Hoods, I have an English accent", well in this case Irish. Attempt to rival the Kevin Costner version falls flat despite the underrated Bergin and...hey, is that Uma!?

Border (USA 1981)
Director: Tony Richardson
Release Date: 05/11/2004
Price: 14.98
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Eddie Albert (Moffat), David Beecroft (Kevin), Dirk Blocker (Beef), Elpidia Carrillo (), Lonny Chapman (Andy), Alan Fudge (Hawker), Mike Gomez (Manuel), Gary Grubbs (Honk), Harvey Keitel (Cat), Floyd Levine (Lou), Jeff Morris (J.J.),

Considering the talent, this should have a been a lot better, but still a good watch.

Godfather (USA 1971)
Director: Francis Coppola
Release Date: 05/11/2004
Price: 19.99
MPAA Rating: R
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Marlon Brando (Don Vito Corleone), Richard Bright (Neri), James Caan (Sonny Corleone), Richard Castellano (Clemenza), John Cazale (Fredo Corleone), Franco Citti (Calo), Richard Conte (Barzini), Sofia Coppola (Baby uncredited), Robert Duvall (Tom Hagen), Julie Gregg (Sandra Corleone), Sterling Hayden (Captain McCluskey),

The original film strikes out on its own. One of the best films of all time. A soap opera par excellence with gore.

Independence Day (USA 1996)
Director: Roland Emmerich
Release Date: 05/11/2004
Price: 19.98
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Screen Ratio: 2.35:1
Jay Acovone (Area 51 Guard), Ross Bagley (Dylan), Adam Baldwin (Maj. Mitchell), Margaret Colin (Constance Spano), Harry Connick (Capt. Jimmy Wilder), James Duval (Miguel), Harvey Fierstein (Marty Gilbert), Jeff Goldblum (David Levinson), Judd Hirsch (Julius Levinson), Lisa Jakub (Alicia), Dan Lauria (commanding officer),

Re-release for Roland Emmerichs not-so-cunningly reworked version of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Ludicrous but a great action flick.

Night of the Following Day (USA 1969)
Director: Hubert Cornfield
Release Date: 05/11/2004
Price: 14.98
MPAA Rating: R
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Marlon Brando (Bud), Richard Boone (Leer), Rita Moreno (Blonde), Pamela Franklin (Girl), Jess Hahn (Friendly), Gerard Buhr (Cop), Jacques Marin (Bartender), Al Lettieri (Pilot),

European feeling film details saga of kidnapped heiress, good performances from Brando and Boone.

Nighthawks (USA 1981)
Director: Bruce Malmuth
Release Date: 05/11/2004
Price: 14.98
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Jim Beaver (Subway Passenger), Walter Mathews (Commissioner), Lindsay Wagner (Irene), Sylvester Stallone (Deke DaSilva), Billy Dee Williams (Matthew Fox), Persis Khambatta (Shakka), Nigel Davenport (Peter Hartman), Rutger Hauer (Wulfgar), Joe Spinell (Lieutenant Munafo), Dar Robinson (A.T.A.C. Man), Robert Pugh (Kenna),

Hopefully a much better reissue of the neglected Rutger Hauer Sly Stallone terrorist opus

Shrek (USA 2001)
Director: Vicky Jenson
Release Date: 05/11/2004
Price: 26.99
MPAA Rating: PG
Screen Ratio: VAR
Mike Myers (Voice: Shrek), Eddie Murphy (The Donkey), Cameron Diaz (Princess Fiona), John Lithgow (Lord Farquaad), Vincent Cassel (Monsieur Hood), Peter Dennis (Ogre Hunter), Clive Pearse (Ogre Hunter), Jim Cummings (Captain of the Guards), Bobby Block (Baby Bear), Chris Miller (Geppetto/Magic Mirror), Cody Cameron (Pinnochio/Three Pigs),

Delightful trashing of Fairy Tales will delight young and old, as unsavoury ogre, Shrek, sets forth to rescue a beautiful princess. New 3-D Shrek Short is bundled in too!

Around the World in Eighty Days (USA 1956)
Director: Michael Anderson
Release Date: 05/18/2004
Price: 26.99
Screen Ratio: 2.20:1
David Niven (Phileas Fogg), Cantinflas, (Passepartout), Ronald Adam (), Charles Boyer (Monsieur Gasse), Joe E. Brown (Stationmaster), Martine Carol (Tourist), John Carradine (Col. Proctor Stamp), Charles Coburn (Clerk), Ronald Colman (Official), Melville Cooper (Steward), Noel Coward (Hesketh-Baggott),

Special Edition release for this completely over the top version of the Jules Verne classic. Great fun. Even more so for cameo spotters.

Enter the Dragon (USA 1973)
Director: Robert Clouse
Release Date: 05/18/2004
Price: 26.99
MPAA Rating: R
Screen Ratio: 2.35:1
Bruce Lee (Lee), John Saxon (Roper), Ahna Capri (Tanya), Jackie Chan (extra), Marlene Clark (Se), Jim Kelly (Williams), Angela Mao (Su-Lin), Chuck Norris (Messenger), Yang Tse (Bolo),

Now classic Kung Fu from icon Bruce Lee. 2 disk special edition.

Angel Heart (USA 1987)
Director: Alan Parker
Release Date: 05/18/2004
Price: 19.98
MPAA Rating: R
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Dann Florek (Winesap), Charles Gordone (Spider Simpson), Pruitt Taylor Vince (Delmos), Kathleen Wilhoite (Nurse), Judith Drake (Izzy's wife), Elizabeth Whitcraft (Connie), Eliott Keener (Sterne), George Buck (Izzy), Gerald L. Orange (Pastor John), Mickey Rourke (Harry Angel), Robert DeNiro (Louis Cyphre),

Special Edition re-release for Alan Parker's very scary, very intense and very adult horror film. This just gets better each time I see it.

Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italy 1968)
Director: Sergio Leone
Release Date: 05/18/2004
Price: 29.98
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 2.35:1
Clint Eastwood (The Man with No Name), Luigi Pistilli (), Lee Van Cleef (Angeleyes), Eli Wallach (Tuco),

2 disc reissue of Leone's masterpiece...wait a mo' his masterpiece is Once Upon a Time in the West... Aaarrggh I don't know which one of them is better!?!?!

Great Escape (USA 1963)
Director: John Sturges
Release Date: 05/18/2004
Price: 29.98
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 2.35:1
Tom Adams (), Richard Attenborough (Bartlett "Big X"), Charles Bronson (Danny), James Coburn (Sedgewick), James Donald (Ramsey), James Garner (Hendley), Robert Graf (Werner), Gordon Jackson (MacDonald), Angus Lennie (Ives), John Leyton (Willie), David McCallum (Ashley-Pitt),

The best of the big war movies of the 60s. Hugely entertaining, great score, great stunts. McQueen's best role, perhaps. Let down by Bronson and Coburn, saddled with awful accents

Stay Hungry (USA 1976)
Director: Bob Rafelson
Release Date: 05/18/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: R
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
R. G. Armstrong (Thoe Erickson), Ed Begley (Lester), Jeff Bridges (Craig Blake), Joanna Cassidy (Joe Mason), Scatman Crothers (Butler), Robert Englund (Franklin), Sally Field (Mary Tate Farnsworth), Fannie Flagg (Amy Walterson), Richard Gilliland (Hal Foss), Helena Kallianiotes (Anita), Roger Mosley (Newton),

Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Germany 1933)
Director: Fritz Lang
Release Date: 05/18/2004
Price: 39.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Rudolf Klein-Rogge (),

Classic Fritz Lang given the Criterion treatment

Tin Drum (Germany 1979)
Director: Volker Schlondorff
Release Date: 05/18/2004
Price: 39.95
MPAA Rating: R
Screen Ratio: 1.77:1
Mario Adorf (Alfred), Charles Aznavour (Sigismund), David Bennent (Oskar), Heinz Bennent (Greff), Andrea Ferreol (Lina Greff), Daniel Olbrychski (), Katharina Thalbach (), Angela Winkler (),

The tale of Oskar who refuses to get any older on the verge of WWII. Outrageous and memorable film version of Gunter Grass novel.

Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King (NZ 2003)
Director: Peter Jackson
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 29.95
MPAA Rating: PG13
Noel Appleby (Everard Proudfoot), Alexandra Astin (Elanor Gamgee), Sean Astin (Sam), David Aston (Gondorian Soldier#3), John Bach (Madril), Sean Bean (Boromir), Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Orlando Bloom (Legolas), Billy Boyd (Pippin), Sadwyn Brophy (Eldarion), Alistair Browning (Damrod),

I was disappointed when I saw this at the cinema. Not because it was bad, but because there wouldn't be another to look forward to...Perhaps too many hobbits looking lovingly at eachother in the last 1/2 hour. Still the three films taken together are methinks the greatest cinematic achievement in my lifetime. Loaded two disc edition, with the REALLY loaded four disc extended version coming in December.

Belle Noiseuse (France 1991)
Director: Jacques Rivette
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 29.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Michel Piccoli (Edouard Frenhofer), Jane Birkin (Liz), Emmanuelle Beart (Marianne),

Masochism in the name of art. An artist puts his model and his wife through the ringer. Mmmm Emmanuelle Beart...

Bubba Ho-Tep (USA 2002)
Director: Don Coscarelli
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 27.98
MPAA Rating: R
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Bruce Campbell (Elvis Presley/Sebastian Haff), Ossie Davis (Jack Kennedy), Reggie Bannister (Rest Home Administrator), Ella Joyce (Nurse), Heidi Marnhout (Callie), Bob Ivy (Bubba Ho-Tep), Gabi Ferrer (Fan at concert), Timothy E. Goodwin (Good Ol Boy), Larry Pennell (Kemosabe), Daniel Roebuck (Hearse Driver), Daniel Schweiger (Hearse Driver),

Instant Cult classic as retirement home residents Elvis and JFK team up to defeat a renegade mummy. Very funny low budget film. Thank you very much!

Custer of the West (USA 1968)
Director: Robert Siodmak
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: G
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Robert Shaw (General George Custer), Mary Ure (Elizabeth Custer), Ty Hardin (Maj. Marcus Reno), Jeffrey Hunter (Lieutenant Benteen), Lawrence Tierney (Gen. Philip Sheridan), Charles Stalmaker (Lieutenant Howells), Kieron Moore (Chief Dull Knife), Marc Lawrence (Goldminer), Robert Ryan (Sergeant Mulligan),

Off kilter western with scenary chewing performance from Robert Shaw, can't wait to see this again.

Gray Lady Down (USA 1978)
Director: David Greene
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.98
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Charlton Heston (Captain Paul Blanchard), David Carradine (Capt. Gates), Stacy Keach (Captain Bennett), Ned Beatty (Mickey), Stephen McHattie (Murphy), Ronny Cox (Commander Samuelson), Dorian Harewood (Fowler), Rosemary Forsyth (Vickie), Hilly Hicks (Page), Charles Cioffi (Admiral Barnes), William Jordan (Waters),

TV movie like feature concerning a damaged submarine and attempts to rescue it. Typical jaded movie fare from the tail end of the 70's. Put Christopher Reeve on the map though. 2nd release for this disk is much better.

Guns of the Magnificent Seven (USA 1969)
Director: Paul Wendkos
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Michael Ansara (), Joe Don Baker (), Bernie Casey (), George Kennedy (Chris), Monte Markham (Keno), Fernando Rey (), Reni Santoni (), Frank Silvera (), Scott Thomas (), James Whitmore (Levi),

Lesser Magnificent 7 flic, sorely lacking Yul Brynner.

Hell in the Pacific (USA 1968)
Director: John Boorman
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: G
Screen Ratio: 2.35:1
Lee Marvin (American Pilot), Toshiro Mifune (Japanese Naval Officer),

One of the great war films as two combatants have to work together to survive!

Hickey and Boggs (USA 1972)
Director: Robert Culp
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: PG
Screen Ratio: 1.33:1
Bill Cosby (Al Hickey), Robert Culp (Frank Boggs), Rosalind Cash (Nyona), Bernard Nedell (Used Car Salesman), Isabel Sanford (Nyona's Mother), Sheila Sullivan (Edith Boggs), Robert Mandan (Mr Brill), Michael Moriarty (Ballard), Tom Signorelli (Nick), Vincent Gardenia (Papadakis), Ed Lauter (Ted),

Those expecting I Spy like capers will be in for a surprise. Deadly serious cop thriller in the Dirty Harry mold! Very good thriller, and Cosby in serious mode is a revelation.

Junior Bonner (USA 1972)
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: PG
Screen Ratio: 2.20:1
Joe Don Baker (Curley Bonner), Charles Gray (Burt), Ben Johnson (Buck Roan), Barbara Leigh (Charmagne), Ida Lupino (Elvira Bonner), Bill McKinney (Red Terwiliger), Mary Murphy (Ruth Bonner), Robert Preston (Ace Bonner), Dub Taylor (Del), Steve McQueen (Junior Bonner),

Sensitive character study from Sam Peckinpah?! McQueen plays a rodeo rider determined to make a comeback and make all well with his family.

Last Valley (UK 1970)
Director: James Clavell
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: PG
Screen Ratio: 2.35:1
Florinda Bolkan (), Michael Caine (The Captain), Nigel Davenport (Gruber), Arthur O'Connell (), Per Oscarsson (), Omar Sharif (Vogel),

Studio re-release for this excellent underrated action flick of The Thirty Years war, a European conflict of religion and power from 1618-1648

Magnificent Seven Ride! (USA 1972)
Director: George McCowan
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: PG
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Lee Van Cleef (Chris), Stefanie Powers (Laurie Gunn), Michael Callan (Noah Forbes), Mariette Hartley (Arilla), Luke Askew (Mark Skinner), Pedro Armendariz (Pepe Carral), Ralph Waite (Jim Mackay), Melissa Murphy (Madge Buchanan), William Lucking (Walt Drummond), James B. Sikking (Captain Andy Hayes), Ed Lauter (Scott Elliot),

Last and least of the Magnificent Seven without Yul Brynner.

Saving Private Ryan (USA 1998)
Director: Steven Spielberg
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 26.99
MPAA Rating: R
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Tom Hanks (Capt. Miller), Tom Sizemore (Sgt. Horvath), Edward Burns (Pvt. Reiben), Barry Pepper (Pvt. Jackson), Adam Goldberg (Pvt. Mellish), Vin Diesel (Pvt. Caparzo), Giovanni Ribisi (Medic Wade), Jeremy Davies (Cpl. Upham), Matt Damon (Pvt. Ryan), Ted Danson (Capt. Hamill), Paul Giamatti (Sgt. Hill),

The rest of the film is not quite up to the astonishing opening recreation of the D-Day landings. Still a very important film, and Spielberg's 2nd best. Rerelease with a few extra bits thrown in.

Shalako (UK 1968)
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: PG
Screen Ratio: 2.35:1
Sean Connery (Shalako), Brigitte Bardot (Irina Lazaar), Stephen Boyd (Brosky Fulton), Jack Hawkins (Sir Charles Baggett), Peter Van Eyck (Frederick Von Hallstatt), Honor Blackman (Lady Daggett), Woody Strode (Chato), Eric Sykes (Mako), Alexander Knox (Henry Clarke), Valerie French (Elena Clarke), Julian Mateos (Rojas),

Oddball British Western, doesn't work but has moments, Eric Sykes is great. Connery doesn't try at a USA accent which helps. Originally released by Anchor Bay, now by MGM.

Slaughterhouse Five (USA 1972)
Director: George Roy Hill
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.98
MPAA Rating: R
Screen Ratio: 1.85:1
Michael Sacks (Billy Pilgrim), Ron Leibman (Paul Lazzaro), Eugene Roche (Derby), Sharon Gans (Valencia), Valerie Perrine (Montana Wildhack), Holly Near (Barbara), Perry King (Robert), Kevin Conway (Weary), Friedrich Ledebur (German Leader), Nick Belle (Young German Guard), Sorrell Booke (Lionel Merble),

Kurt Vonnegut's tale of poor Billy Pilgrim doomed to flit back and forth in time between the present, WWII and alien imprisonment in the future. Demented but lovely. Go read the book NOW!!!

To Hell and Back (USA 1955)
Director: Jesse Hibbs
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.98
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 2.55:1
Audie Murphy (Audie Murphy), Marshall Thompson (Johnson), Charles Drake (Brandon), Jack Kelly (Kerrigan), Gregg Palmer (Lt. Manning), Paul Picerni (Valentino), David Janssen (Lt. Lee), Richard Castle (Kovack), Bruce Cowling (Captain Marks), Paul Langton (Colonel Howe), Art Aragon (Sanchez),

Almost ludicrous exploits of most decorated US soldier - except it's true! Audie Murphy plays himself in this biopic.

Too Late the Hero (UK 1970)
Director: Robert Aldrich
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 14.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 1.78:1
Harry Andrews (Lt. Col. Thompson), Ian Bannen (Priv. Thornton), Michael Caine (Priv. Tosh Hearne), Denholm Elliott (Capt. Hornsby), Henry Fonda (Capt. John G. Nolan), Ronald Fraser (Priv. Campbell), Percy Herbert (Sergeant Johnstone), Harvey Jason (Signalman Scott), Patrick Jordan (Sergeant Major), Don Knight (Private Connolly), Sam Kydd (Sgt. Major),

Excellent 70's war film, you know where the heroes have doubts!

Underworld (USA Germany Hungary UK 2003)
Director: Len Wiseman
Release Date: 05/25/2004
Price: 34.95
MPAA Rating: NR
Screen Ratio: 2.35:1
Kate Beckinsale (Selene), Scott Speedman (Michael), Michael Sheen (Lucian), Shane Brolly (Kraven), Bill Nighy (Viktor), Erwin Leder (Singe), Sophia Myles (Erika), Robbie Gee (Kahn), Wentworth Miller (Dr Adam), Kevin Grevioux (Raze), Zita Gorog (Amelia),

It's Vamps vs. Werewolves and a style cribbed from the Matrix. But I thought this was a lot of fun. Michael Sheen shines as a lycanthrope on a mission. Special Edition rerelease, the director has modified the film this time out.