"While Japan undergoes tumultuous transition to a more Westernized society in 1876-77, The Last Samurai gives epic sweep to an intimate story of cultures at a crossroads. In America, tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is coerced by a mercenary officer (Tony Goldwyn) to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this "progress" is a rebellion of samurai warriors, holding fast to t ..."
"Another John Grisham legal thriller comes to the screen, pairing Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts in a film directed by Alan J. Pakula, who is known for dark-hued suspense pictures such as Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men, and Presumed Innocent. The Pelican Brief isn't up to the level of those films, but it is a perfectly entertaining movie about a law student (Roberts) whose life is endangered when she discovers evi ..."
"Christian Slater stars in this non-stop action-comedy! George Kuffs (Slater) is a restless young man who wants to make the big score. But when his beautiful girlfriend (Milla Jovovich) begins to get serious, George decides it's time to move on. Approaching his older brother Brad (Bruce Boxleitner) for a loan, George receives a job proposal instead: join Brad's well-regarded Patrol Special team. Not real keen on the idea, George nonethel ..."
"Mit einem Budget von 68 Millionen Dollar war die epische Miniserie From the Earth to the Moon, die im April und Mai 1998 ihre Erstausstrahlung erlebte, die bis dato teuerste Produktion des amerikanischen Kabelsenders HBO. Von Tom Hanks, der auch als ausführender Produzent fungierte, durch das Programm geführt, versucht sich der Film an der scheinbar entmutigenden Herausforderung, die gesamte Historie des US-amerikanischen Apollo-Weltrau ..."
"For seven decades Katharine Hepburn played a leading role in the popular culture of the twentieth century--reigning as an admired actress, a beloved movie star, and a treasured icon of the modern American woman. She also remained one of the most private of all the public figures of her time.In 1983--at the age of seventy-five, her career cresting--the four-time Academy Award winner opened the door to biographer A. Scott Berg--then thirt ..."
"This DVD 2-pack collections Schawarzenneger starring vehicles THE LAST ACTION HERO (1993) and the 2-DVD Special Edition of THE 6TH DAY. See individual titles for details."
"Passion and murder make for a deadly cocktail in this taut suspenseful thriller. Someone is killing the women in Detective Jack Dobson's (James Belushi) life - and he has to find out who. The killer is leaving traces, notes written in red lipstick that may lead to a startling discovery. Jack Dobson is under pressure to find the killer and, maybe he's going crazy, but this detective has reached the point where he can't rule out any suspe ..."
"Director Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies, Noriega) creates a world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the a ..."
"The biggest hit of 1990, Ghost is part comedy, part romance, part supernatural thriller. Patrick Swayze, previously best known for Dirty Dancing, stars as Sam, the banker who is killed following a mugging. Caught in a limbo between here and the afterlife, he uses Whoopi Goldberg's fake psychic as an intermediary to warn wife Molly (Demi Moore) that his death was no accident but a murder and that she is in danger too. Ghost's original p ..."
"In the not-too-distant future, when pets can be cloned after they die and "virtual girlfriends" can be installed and programmed, Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) works as a helicopter tour pilot. On his birthday he comes home to discover an identical version of himself--an illegal human clone--celebrating with his family and friends. The next thing he knows, a squad of killers is after him in order to hide the evidence of their cloni ..."
"Dieser Thriller kam nach Das Schweigen der Lämmer und Sieben in die Kinos und handelt von der Zusammenarbeit zweier Serienkiller. Dabei erscheint er ein wenig wie der blasse Versuch, sich an den Erfolg der beiden früher entstandenen und auch eindrucksvolleren Filme anzuhängen. Das ist allerdings schade, da Denn zum Küssen sind sie da zweifellos seine Stärken hat, vor allem in der Darstellung von Morgan Freeman als Detektiv der Gerichtsm ..."
"Es ist nur angemessen, dass ein Film über das Klonen, wie The Sixth Day mit Arnold Schwarzenegger, durchsetzt ist mit Déjà-vu-Erlebnissen. Namentlich sind dies solche aus Arnolds früherem "Wer bin ich?"-Abenteuer, Total Recall. In diesem Film spielt Arnold einen ganz normalen Bürger, der entdeckt, dass sein komplettes Dasein teilweise zu einer finsteren Verschwörung gehört, und er sein Leben mit Gewalt zurückgewinnen muss. Die gleiche P ..."
"Another John Grisham legal thriller comes to the screen, pairing Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts in a film directed by Alan J. Pakula, who is known for dark-hued suspense pictures such as Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men, and Presumed Innocent. The Pelican Brief isn't up to the level of those films, but it is a perfectly entertaining movie about a law student (Roberts) whose life is endangered when she discovers evi ..."
"After viewing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote to Walt Disney about adapting his novel of an ape-man into a feature animated cartoon. Sixty odd years later, the tale is finally told with brilliant design work that looks unlike any previous animated film. The story is a natural for Disney since the themes of misunderstood central figures have been at the heart of most of its recent hits. Disney's Tarzan doesn't ..."
"After viewing "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote to Walt Disney about adapting his novel of an ape-man into a feature animated cartoon. Sixtysome years later, the tale is finally told with brilliant design work that looks unlike any previous animated film. The story is a natural for Disney since the themes of misunderstood central figures have been at the heart of its recent hits. Disney's "Tarzan" doesn't wa ..."
"Another John Grisham legal thriller comes to the screen, pairing Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts in a film directed by Alan J. Pakula, who is known for dark-hued suspense pictures such as Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men, and Presumed Innocent. The Pelican Brief isn't up to the level of those films, but it is a perfectly entertaining movie about a law student (Roberts) whose life is endangered when she discovers evi ..."
"After viewing Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote to Walt Disney about adapting his novel of an ape-man into a feature animated cartoon. Sixty odd years later, the tale is finally told with brilliant design work that looks unlike any previous animated film. The story is a natural for Disney since the themes of misunderstood central figures have been at the heart of most of its recent hits. Disney's Tarzan doesn't ..."
"Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze are the passionate lovers whose romance is undone when the latter is murdered during a bungled hit arranged by a rival. The clever concept by screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin (director of My Life) extends outward into comedy (Swayze's character communicates through a sassy medium played by Whoopi Goldberg, who won an Oscar for this role), horror (the afterlife is populated by hell-bound demons and the like), a ..."