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Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over
Staring:
Bill Murray,
John Belushi,
Christopher Guest
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Rated: Parental Guidance
Staring:
Cary Elwes,
Robin Wright,
Mandy Patinkin,
Wallace Shawn,
Andre the Giant
Director:
Rob Reiner
Screenwriter William Goldman's novel The Princess Bride earned its own loyal audience on the strength of its narrative voice and its gently satirical, hyperbolic spin on swashbuckled adventure that seemed almost purely literary. For all its derring-do and vivid over-the-top characters, the book's joy was dictated as much by the deadpan tone of its narrator and a winking acknowledgement of the clichés being sent up. Miraculously, director Rob Reiner and Goldman himself managed to visualize this romantic fable while keeping that external voice largely intact: using a storytelling framework, avuncular Grandpa (Peter Falk) gradually seduces his sceptical grandson (Fre...
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Rated: Parental Guidance
Staring:
Rick Moranis,
Ellen Greene,
Vincent Gardenia,
Steve Martin,
Tichina Arnold
Director:
Frank Oz
The off-Broadway comedy-horror-musical hit that ran for years makes a successful transfer to film with a bevy of big-name cameos and two perfectly cast leads. Rick Moranis is the nebbish Seymour, who pines for flower-girl Audrey (Ellen Greene) while living in the basement of florist Mr Mushnik (Vincent Gardenia). Things start turning around for Seymour, though, after he buys a little plant during a solar eclipse, christens it Audrey II, and discovers that it likes to drink blood. Soon enough, though, Seymour finds out that Audrey II, now grown to epic proportions, is in actuality a "mean green mother from outer space" that is hell-bent on world domination. Based on the 19...
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Rated: Exempt
Staring:
Freddie Mercury,
Queen,
David Bowie,
Gary Cherone,
Cindy Crawford
Director:
David Mallet
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Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Rob Reiner,
Michael McKean,
Christopher Guest,
Kimberly Stringer,
Chazz Dominguez
Director:
Rob Reiner
The comedic genius of This Is Spinal Tap is confirmed by the fact that a majority of studio executives were utterly clueless about its brilliance. As a first-time director and cowriter, Rob Reiner must have felt simultaneously frustrated and elated, knowing that the obtuseness of movie executives was a clue to his debut project's potential greatness. Now, of course, the clarity of hindsight and the rarity of superior satire have turned This Is Spinal Tap into one of the funniest documentary spoofs of all time. Reiner and the members of "Tap" (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer) couldn't have picked a better target for their satire, because heav...
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Rated: Parental Guidance
Staring:
Cary Elwes,
Mandy Patinkin,
Robin Wright,
Chris Sarandon,
Christopher Guest
Director:
Rob Reiner
Director Rob Reiner's The Princess Bride is a gently amusing, affectionate pastiche of a medieval fairytale adventure, offering a similar blend of warm, literate humour as his Stand By Me (1985) and When Harry Met Sally (1989). Adapted from his own novel, William Goldman's script plays with the conventions of such 1980s fantasies as Ladyhawke and Legend (both 1985), and with the budget never allowing for spectacle, sensibly concentrates on creating a gallery of memorable characters. Robin Wright makes a delightful Princess Buttercup, Cary Elwes is splendid as Westley and "Dread Pirate Roberts", while Mandy Patinkin makes fine Spanish ave...
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Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Eugene Levy,
Christopher Guest,
Jennifer Coolidge,
Drew Carey,
Sarah Jessica Parker
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List Price: £11.99
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Rated: Suitable for 18 years and over
Staring:
David Carradine,
Stacy Keach,
Dennis Quaid,
Keith Carradine,
Robert Carradine
Director:
Walter Hill
This terrific Walter Hill Western follows the careers of the James and Younger brothers--and uses the nifty idea of casting actual clans of acting siblings in the roles. Thus, the James brothers are played by James and Stacy Keach; the Youngers by David, Keith, and Robert Carradine; the Millers by Randy and Dennis Quaid; and the Fords by Christopher and Nicholas Guest. Hill, working with an evocative Ry Cooder score, creates a film that is at once breathtakingly exciting and elegiac in its treatment of these post-Civil War outlaws. The Keaches in particular bring a surprising dignity to the roles of Frank and Jesse James, while David Carradine is a hoot as Cole Younger--a...
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Rated: Suitable for 15 years and over
Staring:
Christopher Guest,
Michael McKean,
Harry Shearer
Director:
Rob Reiner
The comedic genius of This Is Spinal Tap is confirmed by the fact that a majority of studio executives were utterly clueless about its brilliance. As a first-time director and cowriter, Rob Reiner must have felt simultaneously frustrated and elated, knowing that the obtuseness of movie executives was a clue to his debut project's potential greatness. Now, of course, the clarity of hindsight and the rarity of superior satire have turned This Is Spinal Tap into one of the funniest documentary spoofs of all time. Reiner and the members of "Tap" (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer) couldn't have picked a better target for their satire, because heav...
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List Price: £69.99
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Rated: Suitable for 12 years and over
Staring:
Judi Dench,
Bob Hoskins,
Will Young,
Christopher Guest,
Thelma Barlow
Director:
Stephen Frears
The blitz-bombing of London in World War II provides the serious backdrop for the uplifting entertainment of Mrs. Henderson Presents, a delightful comedy anchored by the flawless performances of Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins. After losing a son in World War I, and becoming a widow in 1937, the wealthy and respectable Mrs. Henderson (Dench) decides that the best way to support soldiers going off to battle is to give them a wartime send-off they'll never forget. Thus, she buys and renovates the Windmill Theatre in London's Soho district, hires Mr. Vivian Van Damm (Hoskins) as the impresario of an all-day musical variety show called "Revudeville," and secures permi...
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