A tale about a fatherless boy finding dramatically different father figures throughout a remarkable adventure, Treasure Island is an entertaining coming-of-age story, with themes of family, loyalty, friendship, trust, and honesty at its core. While Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure tale is popular film fare, it's never been done this well. Charlton Heston stars as Long John ...
Manufacturer: Turner Home EntStarring: Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee, Richard JohnsonDirected By: Fraser Clarke Heston
Except for feature-length animation, the musical has gone the way of the dinosaur. The Walt Disney company took a stab at reviving the live-action musical in 1992 with Newsies, a throwback picture with a curious subject. In 1899, the pint-sized newsboys delivering the New York papers go on strike against the unfair practices of news magnates Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst. The ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney VideoStarring: Christian Bale, Bill Pullman, Robert Duvall, Ann-Margret, David MoscowDirected By: Kenny Ortega
Imagine a work by Shakespeare reduced to one of those pretty, glossy coffee-table picture books that have only a dollop of text alongside its sumptuous photographs, and you might have Michael Hoffman's adaptation of A Midsummer Night's Dream. This all-star version of Shakespeare's comedy is gorgeously shot in Tuscany, complete with a magical forest, breathtaking landscapes, beautiful ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century FoxStarring: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista FlockhartDirected By: Michael Hoffman
This TV movie doesn't venture far from biblical accounts to dramatize the life of the Virgin Mary. It gets off to a promising start by showing Mary to be a resourceful and brave teenager, as she stands up to Roman soldiers who come thundering on horseback into her village. The production then proceeds chronologically, and the major events of Mary's life, and the life of Jesus, are played out in ...
Manufacturer: HallmarkStarring: Christian Bale, Pernilla August, Melinda Kinnaman, David Threlfall, Simone BendixDirected By: Kevin Connor
Starring Academy Award(R)-winner Robert Duvall (Best Actor -- TENDER MERCIES, 1983) and screen favorite Ann-Margret, here's the true story of a courageous group of newsboys who become unlikely heroes when they team up to fight an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon. Determined to make their dreams come true, they find the courage to challenge the powerful! Critically acclaimed from coast to coast -- if ...
The flaws are easily forgiven in this beautiful version of Louisa May Alcott's novel. A stirring look at life in New England during the Civil War, Little Women is a triumph for all involved. We follow one family as they split into the world, ending up with the most independent, the outspoken Jo (Winona Ryder). This time around, the dramatics and conclusions fall into place a little too ...
Manufacturer: Sony PicturesStarring: Susan Sarandon, Winona Ryder, Kirsten Dunst, Claire Danes, Gabriel ByrneDirected By: Gillian Armstrong
Disney's most beautifully animated masterpiece boldly brings to life a fun-filled adventure of hope, courage, and friendship. True to the spirit of every Disney classic, POCAHONTAS became the #1 family film of the year -- bursting with "all the colors of the wind"! Along Virginia's lush tidewaters, Pocahontas, the free-spirited young daughter of Chief Powhatan, wonders what adventures await "just ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney VideoStarring: Mel Gibson, Linda Hunt, Christian Bale, Irene Bedard, Judy KuhnDirected By: Eric Goldberg, Mike Gabriel
Manufacturer: Starmaker EntertainmentStarring: Nick Pickard, Christian Bale, Timothy Bottoms, Susannah York, Christopher LeeDirected By: Vladimir Grammatikov
Leave it to New Zealand director Jane Campion (The Piano, Angel at My Table) to begin an adaptation of Henry James's great novel (set in the late 1800s) with a group of late-20th-century women from Down Under talking about the importance of a kiss. Like any good film adaptation (and it's a very good one, indeed), this exquisitely framed and mounted Portrait of a Lady is at ...
Manufacturer: Polygram USA VideoStarring: Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Martin Donovan, Mary-Louise ParkerDirected By: Jane Campion
Samuel L. Jackson makes a gleefully updated John Shaft in John Singleton's homage to (not remake of) the early '70s action classic, picking up where Richard Roundtree's legendary Shaft left off. The Manhattan-set film is highlighted by excellent performances, dynamic action scenes, and witty one-liners (Jackson's Shaft: "It's my duty to please the booty"--although the line's deceptive: ...
Manufacturer: ParamountStarring: Christian Bale, Philip Bosco, Toni Collette, Zach Grenier, Dan Hedaya
