After several years as the hottest musical director on Broadway, Bob Fosse made his film directorial debut with this movie version of his Broadway hit, which was based on Fellini's Nights of Cabiria. Shirley MacLaine is terrific as the proverbial hooker with the heart of gold, one who is convinced that she will find the right man if she just turns enough tricks. The Cy Coleman score is a solid one; the film is at its best when Fosse lets his cast of singer-dancers (which includes Chita Rivera, Paula Kelly, and Sammy Davis Jr) unleash his leggy brand of choreography. While the film suffers from stylistic excesses of the period, you can see the seeds being planted for Fosse's future musical film forays in Cabaret and All That Jazz. --Marshall Fine
This curiously overlooked drama from Clint Eastwood, released just after his Oscar triumph with Unforgiven, concerns a prisoner (Kevin Costner) on the run with a kidnapped young boy as protection and the Texas Ranger (Eastwood) and federal agent (Laura Dern) on his tail. Eastwood manages a number of nice touches--the boy's innocence is nicely contrasted with Costner's soft-spoken desperado by the Casper Halloween costume he wears and the law-enforcement officials look vaguely foolish, travelling around the countryside with a high-tech camper in tow. Eastwood gives a grizzled performance that, despite its seen-it-all surface, still feels fresh after all these years, and he coaxes surprisingly sensitive work out of Costner. But it's the sheer, modest scale of this piece that makes it so disarming--no planet lies in jeopardy, there are no cosmic make-or-break consequences here, just committed people doing their job and a well-meaning bad guy hoping things don't get too out of hand while he prevents them from doing so. --David Kronke
Essentially a cautionary tale of slightly futuristic cyber-terrorism, Netforce carries Tom Clancy's heavyweight name as the executive producer (but not writer). Don't expect a drama on the level of Patriot Games, however: Netforce is a blunt and somewhat rushed thriller with little time for character or relationship development. What it does offer is a scenario for the prospect of organised crime uniting with computer geeks and malevolent industrialists to sabotage national security through attacks on the Internet. Scott Bakula plays the FBI agent in charge of the Netforce division of the bureau; he takes charge after his mentor (Kris Kristofferson) is murdered and the investigation points to the involvement of a Web pioneer (Judge Reinhold). The hero's romance with a colleague (Joanna Going) grows a little trickier after he promotes her to the number two spot behind himself, but with the president's chief of staff (Brian Dennehy) breathing down their necks, that's the least of their professional problems. The action bounces around from good guys to sundry bad guys, but there's no question that a creeping paranoia about Net vulnerability and its disastrous implications grows on this production--and the viewers. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com
Five siblings are left to fend their own way in the world when their parents are killed by a drunk driver. The series revolves around the struggles of raising each other and the struggles of life in general. Episodes comprise: 1. Ready Or Not 2. Falsies 3. Dearly Beloved 4. Have No Fear 5. Change Partners...And Dance 6. Analogies 7. Where There's Smoke 8. Best Laid Plans 9. The Wedding 10. Grand Delusions 11. Unfair Advantage 12. Hold On Tight 13. Poor Substitutes 14. Strange
Includes the following five great Clint Eastwood movies: Tightrope: By day Wes Block is a conscientious cop raising his two daughters alone. By night he indulges his bizarre sexaul tastes in the sleazy New Orleans twilight world. When a psychopathic sex murderer invades his dark domain Block's profession and personal lives violently conflict... The Rookie: Undercover cop David Ackerman is delighted with his promotion; that is until he meets his partner Nick Pulov
April 18th 1993: David Koresh one of the most notorious religious leaders in the United States and 83 of his followers have been trapped inside their Waco Texas compound for over 50 days. Unwilling to surrender and surrounded by authorities the siege is the longest modern-day standoff in American law enforcement history. In 24 hours however it will all be over... and Koresh and 75 others will be dead. Featuring archival footage dramatic reenactments and key interviews Final 24 documents the final moments of the infamous preacher's life. This compelling documentary unlocks the hidden secrets psychological flaws and events that result in the death of the famed notorious and the iconic. Part of a series every episode maps out the final 24 hours of a different famous person's life. By weaving the star's back-story with events from their last day it attempts to uncover the mystery of how each celebrity met their untimely end.
Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996):Inspired by Victor Hugos classic novel. Disney brings the heroic adventures of Quasimodo the gentle and lonely bell ringer of Notre Dame to spectacular life. At the urging of his hilarious gargoyle pals Victor Hugo and Laverne Quasimodo defies his evil guardian Frollo and ventures from his tower to the joyous Festival of Fools below. But the crowd turns cruel and rejects Quasi because of the way he looks. After another outcast the gypsy Esmeralda (Demi Moore) rescues him Quasi finds himself battling to save the people and the city he loves -- while reminding us to see people for who they are rather than how they appear. Hunchback of Notre Dame II: The Secret of the Bell (2001):In The Secret of the Bell the gentle but lonely Quasi has settled into Parisian life when he meets Madelline a beautiful girl from the circus. Immediately Quasi falls in love and in time Madelline grows fond of Quasi. When Sarousch Madelline's master steals the precious 'La Fidele' jewelled bell from the cathedral Quasi banishes Madelline from his trust believing that she befriended him only to help steal the bell. Quasi ignores some hilarious advice from the cathedral gargoyles Victor Hugo and Laverne and with the help of his friends re-captures 'La Fidele'. Through this fun-filled adventure Quasi learns how he too must look past appearances to find true love.
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