This restored, animated valentine to the Beatles offers viewers the rare chance to see a work that's been substantially improved by its technical facelift, not just supersized with extra footage. Recognizing that its song-studded soundtrack alone makes Yellow Submarine a video annuity, United Artists has lavished a frame-by-frame refurbishment of the original feature, while replacing its ...

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, The Beatles
Directed By: George Dunning

Manufacturer: Sony
Starring: Michael Jackson, Hakeem Abdul-Samad, Khiry Abdul-Samad, Tajh Abdul-Samad, Brandon Quintin Adams
Directed By: Colin Chilvers, Jerry Kramer, Jim Blashfield

Filmed at the 1980 Paris concert, the blazing heavy metal masters unleash 13 searing songs, including "Live Wire" "Highway to Hell" and "Let There be Rock." Year: 1980. Director: Eric Dionysius, Eric Mistler. Starring: Phill Rudd, Ronald Belford Scott, Cliff Williams, Angus Young, Malcolm Young.

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Phil Rudd, Ronald Belford Scott, Cliff Williams, Angus Young, Malcolm Young
Directed By: Eric Dionysius, Eric Mistler

Christmas is almost canceled because of a fierce storm. Rudolph saves the day with his glowing nose, guiding Santa's sleigh through the snow.

Manufacturer: Sony
Starring: Billie Mae Richards, Burl Ives, Paul Soles, Larry D. Mann, Stan Francis
Directed By: Kizo Nagashima, Larry Roemer

Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Kathryn Walker, Cathy Moriarty, Igors Gavon
Directed By: John G. Avildsen

Manufacturer: MGM/UA
Starring: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Malcolm McDowell
Directed By: Patrick Montgomery

Writer-director Alan Parker's feature debut Bugsy Malone is a pastiche of American movies, a musical gangster comedy set in 1929, featuring prohibition, showgirls, and gang warfare, with references to everything from Some Like It Hot to The Godfather. Uniquely, though, all the parts are played by children, including an excellent if underused Jodie Foster as platinum-blonde ...

Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florrie Dugger, John Cassisi, Martin Lev
Directed By: Alan Parker

Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Starring: Trent Reznor, Robin Finck, Charlie Clouser, Danny Lohner, Richard Patrick (II)
Directed By: Jonathan Rach, Mark Romanek

Manufacturer: Vestron Music Video
Starring: Rick Baker, Michael Jackson, John Landis, Josh Paddock, Vincent Price
Directed By: John Landis

A mixed bag as variations on A Christmas Carol go, this 1970 British musical tells the usual story of Scrooge (Albert Finney) and his spirits on Christmas Eve, although the whole thing is set to music by Leslie Bricusse. Except for Finney's feisty and involved performance, however, there isn't much to recommend this. The songs, which absorb so much of the evolving story line and emotions, ...

Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Albert Finney, Alec Guinness, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith
Directed By: Ronald Neame