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Manufacturer: Starz / Anchor Bay
Starring: Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Rachel Friend, Tamsin West, Dempsey Knight
Directed By: Brian Trenchard-Smith

Manufacturer: Moviestore Entertainment
Starring: Sally Kellerman, Patrick Dempsey, Al Waxman, Isabelle Mejias, Shannon Tweed
Directed By: George Mendeluk

There's a fine line between quirky and gimmicky; at times Hugo Pool can't decide whether to be a cute comedy or a mawkish melodrama. Alyssa Milano is Hugo, the owner-operator of a pool company. She has a staggering 44 pools to service in one day, so she shanghais her gambling-addicted mom (Cathy Moriarty), a drug-whacked director (Robert Downey Jr.), and a new client, who happens to be an ...

Manufacturer: Bmg Video/Sbme
Starring: Alyssa Milano, Mark Boone Junior, Malcolm McDowell, Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr.
Directed By: Robert Downey Sr.

There's a fine line between quirky and gimmicky; at times Hugo Pool can't decide whether to be a cute comedy or a mawkish melodrama. Alyssa Milano is Hugo, the owner-operator of a pool company. She has a staggering 44 pools to service in one day, so she shanghais her gambling-addicted mom (Cathy Moriarty), a drug-whacked director (Robert Downey Jr.), and a new client, who happens to be an ...

Manufacturer: Fox Lorber
Starring: Alyssa Milano, Mark Boone Junior, Malcolm McDowell, Sean Penn, Robert Downey Jr.
Directed By: Robert Downey Sr.

The delightful episode "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" is a time-travel story with an infectious blend of suspense and humor. After dropping into a black hole, the Enterprise ends up orbiting the Earth in the late 1960s and is spotted by U.S. Air Force captain Christopher (Roger Perry), who happens to be flying by in his jet. Inadvertently giving poor Christopher an unwanted glimpse into the ...

Manufacturer: CBS Paramount International Television
Starring: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Roger Perry, DeForest Kelley, Hal Lynch
Directed By: Michael O'Herlihy

This 1970 television production of Oh! Calcutta! preserves a live performance of the notorious Broadway show only a year into its 17-year run. You may know the show only by its reputation for copious full-frontal nudity, and indeed there's nudity in spades here. But as a whole, the show doesn't hold up that well. There's a lot of talent behind it: the numerous sex-themed skits were ...

Manufacturer: Vid America
Starring: Raina Barrett, Mark Dempsey, Samantha Harper, Patricia Hawkins, Bill Macy
Directed By: Jacques Levy

As formulaic, utterly inoffensive romantic comedies go, Sweet Home Alabama could be better, and could be worse. It's a variant of Julia Roberts's Something to Talk About, with all the same strengths and weaknesses, and Reese Witherspoon is definitely its saving grace. As an Alabama country girl turned hot New York fashion designer, Witherspoon finds the genuine emotions hidden under ...

Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, Patrick Dempsey, Candice Bergen, Mary Kay Place
Directed By: Andy Tennant

Manufacturer: Dej
Starring: Matthew Twining, James E. Foley, Jack Carlisle, Mark Ian Miller, Greg Lyczkowski
Directed By: David DeCoteau

This fascinating adaptation of J.G. Farrell's novel is both a compelling drama and an illuminating examination of Ireland's troubled history. When Major Brendan Archer returns from the trenches of World War I to his fiancée in Ireland, he quickly becomes involved in familial and political turmoil. The shell-shocked major (played with wounded vulnerability by Ian Charleson) is engaged to ...

Manufacturer: Bfs Video
Starring: Sean Bean, Duncan Bell, Ian Charleson, Andrew Connolly, Mark Conrad
Directed By: Christopher Morahan

This 1970 television production of Oh! Calcutta! preserves a live performance of the notorious Broadway show only a year into its 17-year run. You may know the show only by its reputation for copious full-frontal nudity, and indeed there's nudity in spades here. But as a whole, the show doesn't hold up that well. There's a lot of talent behind it: the numerous sex-themed skits were ...

Manufacturer: Jef Films/Mvd
Starring: Raina Barrett, Mark Dempsey, Samantha Harper, Patricia Hawkins, Bill Macy
Directed By: Jacques Levy