Manufacturer: Starmaker Entertainment
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Dick Butkus, Meg Foster, Paul Sand

Richard Simmons is the king of motivational exercise, especially if you're a beginner. This video workout is a dance party simulating a class reunion, with an energizing live band playing lively hits from the '50s and '60s, such as "It's My Party and I'll Cry If I Want To," "Great Balls of Fire," and "Dancing in the Streets." The singers and musicians sometimes come offstage and dance with the ...

Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Richard Simmons, Sally Knyvette, Paul Darrow, Jan Chappell, Michael Keating
Directed By: E.H. Shipley

This multilevel class is safe for and accessible to beginners, and just right for intermediates. Three of Fonda's able and motivating instructors teach the 45-minute step class. Half the room does lower-intensity moves; the other uses higher steps and higher-intensity techniques. The teaching technique is excellent: a pattern is taught on the floor before taking it up on the step. One participant ...

Manufacturer: Warnervision
Starring: Jane Fonda

Manufacturer: Warnervision/Maier Group
Starring: Greg Smithey, Jan Chappell, Jacqueline Pearce, Michael Keating, Steven Pacey
Directed By: Fiona Cumming

Paul Newman, an American original, would seem to be the perfect choice to direct a film adaptation of the second novel by another American original--Ken Kesey. But Kesey's novel, written under the influence of both LSD and growing fame, was a mishmash, and Newman's film can't rescue it. It also seems strange to see the ultraliberal Newman starring as a strike-busting logger who honors a contract ...

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Jim Burk, Bennie E. Dobbins, Henry Fonda, Alan Gibbs, Mickey Gilbert

Manufacturer: Sony
Starring: Michael Jackson, Dion Basco, Kimberly Duncan, Maurissa Tancharoen, Dove Dellos
Directed By: Jerry Kramer (II), Jim Blashfield, Colin Chilvers

Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Starring: Buddy Ebsen, Joey Cramer, Belinda Montgomery, Gordon Tootoosis, Jason Michas
Directed By: Harvey Hart

When it was released during Hollywood's golden year of 1939, The Wizard of Oz didn't start out as the perennial classic it has since become. The film did respectable business, but it wasn't until its debut on television that this family favorite saw its popularity soar. And while Oz's TV broadcasts are now controlled by media mogul Ted Turner (who owns the rights), the advent of home ...

Manufacturer: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Starring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley
Directed By: Victor Fleming, Mervyn LeRoy, Richard Thorpe, King Vidor

Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Starring: Courtney B. Vance, Ossie Davis, George C. Scott, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Dorian Harewood
Directed By: William Friedkin

This weak, 1991 remake of the French comedy La Chèvre stars Danny Glover as a detective who is sent to Mexico to find a businessman's daughter (Sheila Kelley) and who gets stuck with a hapless assistant (Martin Short). The film wears out its welcome very quickly, despite some passable physical comedy from Short. Both actors have made much better movies; don't be surprised if you can't make ...

Manufacturer: Universal Studios
Starring: Martin Short, Danny Glover, Sheila Kelley, Sam Wanamaker, Scott Wilson
Directed By: Nadia Tass