From The Terminator to Titanic, you can always rely on writer-director James Cameron to show you something you've never seen on the big screen before. The guy may not consistently pen the most scintillating dialogue in the world (and, especially in this movie, he doesn't seem to have a particularly high regard for women), but as a director of kinetic, push-the-envelope action ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century FoxStarring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton, Charlton HestonDirected By: James Cameron
"As Elvis might put it, you can't help falling in love with LILO & STITCH." -- Claudia Puig, USA TODAY. Out-of-this-world storytelling, stunning Disney animation, and wild and irresistible characters are at the heart of Disney's hilarious new animated adventure. This worldwide box office sensation is a heartwarming comedy about the power of loyalty, friendship, and finding your place in the world. ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Home EntertainmentStarring: Zoe Caldwell, Tia Carrere, Daveigh Chase, John DeMita, Judi M. DurandDirected By: Chris Sanders (III), Dean DeBlois
This updated version of Hans Christian Andersen's classic Thumbelina is set by a river in a rain forest in South America. A childless woman prays every day to be blessed with a child. One day, a rare exotic flower floats down the river. Wrapped in its beautiful leaves is Thumbelina, a child no bigger than the woman's thumb. The woman rejoices in her answered prayers. As Thumbelina ...
Manufacturer: Hbo Home VideoStarring: B.D. Wong, Robert Pastorelli, Pam Grier, Ben Vereen, Samuel L. JacksonDirected By: Bruce W. Smith, Edward Bell (III)
This installment in HBO's Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child series shifts the familiar Grimm story to Latin America. Instead of asking, "Nibble, nibble like a mouse, who's been nibbling at my house?" the Witch says, "Qué pasa, qué pasa, someone's nibbling on my casa!" The half-hour show boasts simple, appealing character designs with dark skin and black hair, and bright ...
Manufacturer: Random House VideoStarring: B.D. Wong, Robert Pastorelli, Pam Grier, Ben Vereen, Samuel L. JacksonDirected By: Bruce W. Smith, Edward Bell (III)
Manufacturer: Video TreasuresStarring: Pierce Brosnan, Deborah Raffin, Ben Masters, Keith Bonnard, Tia CarrereDirected By: Gary Nelson
In this classic tale based on "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," Ichabod Crane (William H. Macey, "Fargo"), the town's new schoolmaster, is instantly enamored with Katrina Van Tassel (Tia Carrere, "Wayne's World"), but he must compete for her love with Brom Bones (Luke Perry, TV's "Beverly Hills, 90210"), who will stop at nothing to win her. Ichabod thinks that Brom is his biggest obstacle, but to ...
Manufacturer: 20th Century FoxStarring: Clancy Brown, Tia Carrere, Mark Hamill, William H. Macy, Luke PerryDirected By: Shane Williams
In this astonishingly star-studded animated version of the traditional tale, Goldilocks (Raven-Symone of TV's The Cosby Show) is a black girl from a tropical village whose way of life boils down to doing what she wants without thinking of the consequences. She gets her customary comeuppance, of course, but not before she has incriminated her fellow students for something she did and ...
Manufacturer: Starmaker EntertainmentStarring: Adam West, Jon Mikl Thor, Tia Carrere, Manuska Rigaud, Frank DietzDirected By: Jack Bravman
TV's Saturday Night Live has been like the evil twin of the legendary alchemist's stone, which supposedly could turn lead into gold. SNL usually does the opposite, taking rich comic premises from short skits and extrapolating them into overblown and unfunny full-length films. ("The Coneheads"? Puh-leeze!) But this film proved to be the exception, thanks to Mike Myers's wonderfully ...
Manufacturer: ParamountStarring: Dan Bell, Lara Flynn Boyle, Colleen Camp, Tia Carrere, Dana Carvey
A Mother Goose classic is retold with a Polynesian theme. A cat is shipwrecked on a mice-infested island, but this is one talking feline with a taste for twisting the truth, not rodents. He talks his new owner into making him a pair of boots in return for fame and fortune. When the owner's father dies, he leaves the plantation to the older brother and the crop to the middle brother, while the ...
