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Faced with the choice of getting married within the next 24 hours or losing a $100 million inheritance, unrepentant bachelor Jimmie Shannon (Chris O'Donnell, Batman and Robin, The Chamber) is suddenly desperate to get to the altar. The problem is, his adorable and independent girlfriend, Anne (Renee Zellweger, Jerry Maguire, One True Thing), has seen through his act and won't touch him with a ten-foot pole. With the priest waiting in the wings and the minutes counting down, it may take 1,000 brides to help Jimmie discover the true meaning of love in the movie critics call "...the epitome of a modern romantic comedy..."
Rated PG-13.
Somewhere In Time is the story of a young writer who sacrifices his life in the present to find happiness in the past, where true love awaits him. Young Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) is approached by an old woman who gives him an antique gold watch and who pleads with him to return in time with her. Years later, Richard Collier is overwhelmed by a photograph of a beautiful young woman (Jane Seymour). Another picture of this woman in her later years reveals to him that she is the same woman who had given him the gold watch. Collier then becomes obsessed with returning to 1912 and the beautiful young woman who awaits him there.
Rated PG.
"A mesmerizing display of body language at its most eloquent...Jennifer Grey is a knockout." - David Ansen, Newsweek. "A sleeper. The dancing in this flick is as thrilling as any in a decade." - Rolling Stone. "Patrick Swayze...is a seething mass of sensuality in his new movie,'Dirty Dancing'..." Jami Bernard, New York Post. Heartthrob Patrick Swayze (Red Dawn, TV's North and South), Jennifer Grey (Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and dancing sensation Cynthia Rhodes (Flashdance, Staying Alive) star in this electrifying and sensual film. A vivid love story, Dirty Dancing is set to pounding rhythms and vibrant dance - guaranteed to be the time of your life! It's summer, 1963. Baby (Grey), 17 years old and all idealistic innocence, is vacationing with her parents in the Catskills. While exploring the resort grounds late one evening, she is drawn to the staff quarters by stirring music. There she meets Johnny (Swayze), the hotel dance instructor, as experienced in life as Baby is naive. Mesmerized by the sexy beats and uninhibited movements of "dirty dancing," Baby soon becomes Johnny's prize pupil - in dance and in love.
Rated PG-13.
Fire With Fire is the story of Joe Fisk, a street-wise kid who has learned to fight for the things he wants...and finds a whole new batch of troubles when he's sentenced to hard labor in a state youth reformatory. But he also finds Lisa, a beautiful, sheltered young girl studying at a nearby convent. It's love at first sight, and when their passions ignite, nothing can keep them apart...not friends, not parents, not even the law. And anybody who attempts to come between them had better come prepared to fight Fire With Fire.
Rated PG-13.
"The best action movie of the year!" - Los Angeles Times. There's a new law enforcer in town... and he's half man, half machine! From the director of Total Recall (and Basic Instinct) comes a "sci-fi fantasy with sleek, high-powered drive" (Time) about a high-tech, indestructible policeman who dishes out justice at every turn! When a good cop (Peter Weller) gets blown away by some ruthless criminals, innovative scientists and doctors are able to piece hem back together as an unstoppable crime-fighting cyborg called "Robocop." Impervious to bullets and bombs, and equipped with high-tech weaponry, Robocop quickly makes a name for himself by cleaning up the crime-ridden streets of violence-ravaged Detroit. But despite his new, hardened exterior, Robocop is tormented by scraps of memory of his former life, and relives vivid nightmares of his own death at the hands of the vicious killers. Now he is out to seek more than just justice...he wants revenge! "Fast, furious and entertaining" (L.A. Daily News), Robocop is "fiercely paced action film" (Screen International) that doesn't let up on the thrills.
Rated R.
"Suspense you can cut with a knife." - Bonnie Churchill, National News Syndicate. Michael Keaton and Andy Garcia go head to head in this riveting thriller about a cop forced to protect a vicious killer. It's a parent's worst nightmare and a cop's harshest test: Frank Connor (Garcia) is a dedicated officer and devoted father. He'll do anything to find a bone-marrow donor for his dying son, including break into the FBI's computer and solicit the help of a ruthless killer (Keaton). But when the killer escapes from the prison hospital, leaving scorched bodies in his wake, Frank must endanger innocent people of kill the only man who can save his son.
Rated R.
Smokey and the Bandit is one of the all-time big box office hits. Burt Reynolds is the Bandit, a king-of-the-road trucker hero who has accepted a challenge to pick up a truckload of Coors beer in Texarkana, the closest place it can be legally sold, and bring it back to Atlanta in 28 hours. The reward? $80,000. The result? The wildest series of car chases and crashes ever filmed because a Texas Smokey (Jackie Gleason) has become maniacally obsessed with apprehending Bandit, who has joined forces with his son's runaway bride (Sally Field).
Rated PG.
Meet the model son who's been good too long. Meet Joel Goodsen. Industrious, college-bound 17-year-old. Responsible, trustworthy son. Promising Future Enterpriser. But he's been good for too long. It's time for a change. Joel's parents are going on vacation and leaving him in charge of the house. They trust him...but they shouldn't. Every kid's dream is every parent's nightmare. "One of the best American comedies of recent years: (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times), Risky Business delights in fantasy and forbidden fun. Writer/director Paul Brickman (Men Don't Leave) cleverly explores the teen dilemma of growing up good-hearted but guilt-ridden. No sooner do Joel's parents step on the plane when Joel begins to step out, encountering Lana, a young call girl who lives the theories of free enterprise and high finance he has been studying. In his starmaking role, Tom Cruise (Top Gun, Jerry Maguire) creates a memorable character that recalls The Graduate's Ben Braddock. Rebecca de Mornay (Runaway Train, The Trip to Bountiful) lends credibility and a stunning physical presence as capable, streetwise Lana. They and Brickman make Risky Business "a first-class affair" (People).
Rated R.
Sometimes the most unlikely people become heroes. This extraordinary film is based on the real-life story of Rocky Dennis, a disfigured teenager whose face resembles a bizarre mask. Cher, in her first leading role, is his mother, Rusty. With the help of Rusty's uncompromising love and fierce determination, Rocky overcomes pain, loneliness and prejudice to emerge as an outstanding young man who becomes an inspiration to his classmates and teachers. Directed with disarming candor and sensitivity by Peter Bogdanovitch, Mask features incredible performances by Cher and Eric Stoltz, along with a powerful score by Bob Seger and other hit artists. It's an unsentimental tribute to the hero hiding inside each of us. "Mask touches the heart and the conscience." People. "Cher has put her heart into this performance and the emotion shows through." New York Daily News. "Mask is superb." Gene Siskel, "At the Movies."
Rated PG-13.
Your entire family will fall in love with the big-hearted, wet-nosed star of this outrageously entertaining comedy hit from producer Ivan Reitman (Kindergarten Cop, Twins, Ghostbusters). Barely escaping from nefarious dog-nappers, an adorable puppy named Beethoven adopts the unsuspecting Newton family - and promptly grows up into 185 pounds of romping, drooling, disaster-prone St. Bernard! Unfortunately, even after proving his canine credentials to mom and the kids, the heroic hound gets nowhere with uptight dad, George (Charles Grodin). But when a beastly veterninarian (Dean Jones) makes Beethoven the target of an unspeakable animal experiment, George becomes the only hope for saving the Newton's furriest family member. It's head-over-tails adventure in the most fetching canine comedy ever!
Rated PG.
It's Samantha Baker's Sweet Sixteen and no one in her family remembers the important occasion. John Hughes, the writer of National Lampoon's Vacation shows how coming-of-age can be full of surprises in this warm-hearted teenage comedy starring Molly Ringwald. She's your average teen, enduring creepy freshmen, spoiled siblings, confused parents and the Big Blonde on dreams. But wait...the day isn't over yet! This sparkling film features a dynamic score, and outstanding performances by Paul Dooley, Emmy winner Blanche Baker and Oscar nominee Justin Henry.
Rated PG.
John Travolta is the Urban Cowboy, breakin' hearts and bustin' mechanical bulls in one of his most electrifying film roles. By day, Bud Davis (Travolta) toils at a Texas refinery; at night, he trades his hard hat for a Stetson and heads to Gilley's, Houston's most popular nightclub. There, he meets a pretty two-stepper named Sissy (Debra Winger) who thinks Bud is a "real cowboy." But Bud's got to prove it when a dangerous ex-con (Scott Glenn) schemes to rob Gilley's and steal Sissy's heart. Travolta and Winger make an unforgettable screen couple in this compelling, Texas-sized look at a country-western way of life. Featuring a hit soundtrack and musical appearances by Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee, Bonnie Raitt and The Charlie Daniels Band.
Rated PG.
"Effective and visually interesting!" - Janet Maslin, New York Post. Johnny Depp (Sleepy Hollow) and Charlize Theron (Devil's Advocate) star as courageous NASA astronaut Spencer Armacost and his beautiful, schoolteacher wife Jillian - a seemingly perfect couple whose lives are momentarily shattered when Spencer's mission mysteriously loses contact with Earth for 2 minutes. But neither Spencer nor Jillian know that those 120 seconds of terror will ultimately threaten their sanity, their future and their lives in this heart-stopping psychological thriller the critics call "One scary edge-of-the-seat nightmare."
Rated R.
"Thumbs up!" - Roger Ebert, Siskel & Ebert. In this edge-of-your-seat supernatural thriller featuring Hollywood's hottest stars, a study in fear escalates into a heart-stopping nightmare for a professor and three subjects trapped in a mysterious mansion. For over a century, the dark and forbidding Hill House has sat alone and abandoned...or so it seemed. Intrigued by the mansion's storied past, Dr. Marrow (Liam Neeson) lures his three subjects - Theo (Catherine Zeta-Jones), Nell (Lili Taylor) and Luke (Owen Wilson) - to the site for a seemingly harmless experiment. But, from the moment of their arrival, Nell seems mysteriously drawn to the house...and the attraction is frighteningly mutual. When night descends, the study goes horrifyingly awry as the subjects discover the haunting secrets that live within the walls of Hill House. Don't miss the state-of-the-art special effects as Hill House unleashes its supernatural wrath in this latest thriller from the director of Speed and Twister.
Rated PG-13.
"The Boy In The Plastic Bubble"
John Travolta stars as Tod Lubitch, born with no immunities and forced to live in an incubator-like plastic bubble, isolating him from all direct human contact. He is faced with a life-and-death decision when he falls in love with the girl next door and yearns to be with her.
Not Rated.
"A delightful comedy. Literate, funny and scary." - Richard Freedman, Newhouse Newspapers. There are really two casting choices to play the Devil: Old Scratch himself and Jack Nicholson. "The Witches of Eastwick" took the better actor - two-time Academy Award winner Nicholson - and came up with the slyest, sleekest, sexiest supernatural comedy thriller ever, earning Nicholson New York and Los Angeles Film Critics Best Actor Awards. The "witches" are three modern-day women yearning for Mr. Right in a sleepy New England town. Played glowingly by Cher, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer, they're lovely enough to tempt even the most jaded netherworld denizen. Sure enough, wealthy Daryl Van Horne (Nicholson) comes to town and quickly proves himself a devil with the ladies. Is it coincidence - or the conjuration of the women's unconscious sorcery? Based on John Updike's best-seller and directed by George Miller (The Road Warrior), "The Witches of Eastwick" is a star-bright otherworldly delight.
Rated R.
When Bruce Willis is set up with gorgeous Kim Basinger, the perfect Blind Date dissolves into disaster in this sexy comedy caper. Workaholic Walter Davis (Willis, Moonlighting) invites beautiful southern belle Nadia Gates (Basinger, No Mercy) to a button-down corporate dinner, expecting to impress his associates with this dazzling beauty. But all hell breaks loose when Nadia has "one too many" and reduces the evening - and Walter's career - to a shambles. Bad turns to worse when Nadia's insanely jealous ex-beau, David (John Larroquette, Night Court), discovers them together and decides to annihilate the unsuspecting Walter. Can true love blossom amidst this hilarious havoc? Will Nadia and Walter ever get down to courting each other instead of courting disaster? Find out in the zany Blind Date, where first encounters can lead to close encounters of the worst kind.
Rated PG-13.
Dark passions explode in this steamy, sinister love story starring Rachel Ward and Jeff Bridges. Terry Brogan (Bridges), a cynical ex-football star, is hired to find Jessie Wyler (Ward), the runaway mistress of a ruthless L.A. nightclub owner, Jake Wise (James Woods). According to Jake, Jessie had stabbed him and vanished with $50,000. But Terry's mission is soon forgotten when he tracks down the beautiful Jessie on a Mexican island and falls in love with her. Trouble brews, however, when Jake dispatches his henchman, Hank Sully (Alex Karras), to bring the lovers back. Driven by passion for the mysterious young woman, Terry quickly finds himself trapped in a complex web of corruption, betrayal and murder. Packed with riveting excitement and vivid sensuality, Against All Odds grabs you and never lets go.
Rated R.
"A roller-coaster ride of thrills and chills. Think 'Seven' times seven." - Anne Marie O'Conner, Mademoiselle Magazine. Eight kidnapped women. All beautiful. All talented. All in danger of having their lives cut cruelly short if police detective Alex Cross and key witness Kate Mctiernan can't locate the elusive "collector" who calls himself Casanova. From the Deep South to the California coast and back, the hunt is on in this provocative race-against-time suspenser based on the best-selling novel by James Patterson. Ashley Judd plays resourceful, strong-willed Mctiernan. She's the lone escapee from Casanova's hidden lair...and determined to rescue the fellow captives she left behind. Morgan Freeman is Cross, a master at solving the unsolvable. But there's more than his reputation at stake: This time one of the victims is his niece in this "taut, riveting thriller" (Fox-TV).
Rated R.
"Two thumbs up!" - Siskel & Ebert. "Erotic and stylish. This is one hot chiller!" - Bob Fenster, Arizona Republic. Matt Dillon, Sean Young and Max Von Sydow star in this chilling romantic thriller from writer/director James Dearden. Troubled by the death of her twin sister, Ellen Carlson (Young) unwittingly falls in love with an ambitious young man, Jonathan Corliss (Dillon). As she investigates Dorothy's death, a chance encounter reveals how little Ellen really knows about her husband, and what she doesn't know may kill her in this heart-stopping suspense thriller based on Ira Levin's best-selling novel.
Rated R.
They were five teenage students with nothing in common, faced with spending a Saturday detention together in their high school library. At seven a.m., they had nothing to say, but by four p.m., they had bared their souls to each other and become good friends. John Hughes, creator of the critically acclaimed Sixteen Candles, wrote, directed and produced this hilarious and often touching comedy starring five of today's hottest young actors: Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Judd Nelson, Molly Ringwald, and Ally Sheedy. To the outside world they were simply the Jock, the Brain, the Criminal, the Princess, and the Kook, but to each other, they would always be The Breakfast Club.
Rated R.
Terms of Endearment dazzled critics and audiences alike with its believable, insightful story of two captivating people, mother and daughter, unforgettably played by Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger. From grand slapstick to deepest sentiment, director James L. Brooks masterfully paints scenes from their evolving 30-year relationship. Jack Nicholson turns in a great comic performance as MacLaine's neighbor, a boozy, womanizing former astronaut. Winner of five Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Actress - Shirley MacLaine, Best Supporting Actor- Jack Nicholson, Best Director and Best Screenplay Adaptation - James L. Brooks.
Rated PG.
"...elegant go-for-the-throat suspense thriller!" - Joel Seigel, ABC-TV. "...one howl of a movie!" - Gene Shalit, NBC Today. Starring Jack Nicholson, Michelle Pffeifer, James Spader, Kate Nelligan and Christopher Plummer.
Rated R.
"Big laughs, great stars!" - Joel Siegel, Good Morning America. "Roberts and Gere confirm their status as an enternal screen team" in this delightful laugh-filled romantic comedy. Roberts plays small-town girl Maggie Carpenter, whose marches down the aisle become a series of near Mrs. when she bolts before saying "I do." Gere is Ike Graham, a cynical, big-city newspaper columnist eager to write a tell-all story about Maggie. But the more Ike finds out about skittish Maggie, the more he finds he's falling in love.
Rated PG.
In the last 15 years Jack Baker (Jeff Bridges) and Frank Baker (Beau Bridges) have played every hotel and cocktail lounge they could book. But lately business has been off and they decide to hire Susie Diamond (Michelle Pfeiffer), a chain-smoking, hard-talking beauty with a terrific voice. The trio hits the road and they are an instant success. Susie has given the act a touch of class and a lot of sex appeal. Jack secretly yearns to play solo jazz gigs even though Frank wants to keep the group together. the sparks fly between Susie and Jack and, despite their best efforts, they fall in love. Superb performances and showstopping music rate a standing ovation in this lively, heartwarming story of love, hope and dreams.
Rated R.
This is a critically acclaimed whodunit packed with stars and suspense. Paul Newman plays Harry Ross, a burned-out private eye who's plunged into a murder mystery tied to a long-unsolved case of Hollywood dreams, schemes and cover-ups. Filmmaker Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer, Nobody's Fool), reunites with Newman in this richly layered, character-driven tale. And Susan Sarandon, Gene Hackman, James Garner, Stockard Channing and Reese Witherspoon are among the locals who inhabit a Tinseltown world of privilege and sleaze, sexuality and desperation, trust and double-cross. From beginning to end, Twilight glows.
Rated R.
In the search for a lost civilization, they stumble onto a discovery that will literally take your breath away. "It's a slick, scary creature feature, beautifully photographed...splendidly acted." - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times.
Rated PG-13.
"As close to perfect as a movie gets. Steven Spielberg has made one of his best movies yet." - US Magazine. Steven Spielberg directs this heartwarming romantic adventure USA Today calls "a winner." Pete Sandich (Richard Dreyfuss) is a legendary pilot with a passion for dare-devil firefighting. However Dorinda (Holly Hunter), the woman he loves, and Al (John Goodman), Pete's best friend, know that legends cannot take risks forever. After sacrificing himself to save Al, the ace pilot faces his most challenging mission: helping Dorinda move on with her life. Breathtaking cinematography and exhilarating aerial choreography highlight this compelling adventure that co-stars Brad Johnson and features a special appearance by Audrey Hepburn.
Rated PG.
"Unforgettable. The impact is truly awesome!" - Michael Medved, New York Post. Without warning, day becomes night; air turns to fire, and solid ground melts beneath white-hot lava. From Director Roger Donaldson comes an adrenaline-pumping adventure starring Pierce Brosnan and Linda Hamilton. Welcome to the town of Dante's Peak, where a long-dormant volcano is about to erupt with devastating force. Who will survive when the inferno unleashes its fury? The answer will leave you breathless, and the special effects will blow you away!
Rated PG-13.
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