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"A funny, fantastic voyage. Blast off and have a great time." - Richard Corliss, Time. Jack Putter feels funny today. That's nothing new to this 25-hour-a-day hypochondriac. What's new is that Jack hears something. "I'm possessed!," he cries. And you're about to be possessed - with laughter. Steven Spielberg and Joe Dante, the filmmaking team that made Gremlins a box-office hit, again have revved their imaginations into overdrive. The result: InnerSpace, the Academy Award-winning comedy adventure. The voice Jack (Martin Short) hears isn't coming from a deep-seated demon. It belongs to hotshot Navy pilot Tuck Pendleton (Dennis Quaid), subject of a Top Secret miniaturization project gone haywire. Tuck's accidentally been injected into Jack's InnerSpace. And before frazzled Jack can say "I've got you under my skin," his unlikely blood brother has him tearing into a demento boogie of Twistin' the Night Away - and tearing off on the craziest adventure of his life.
Rated PG.
"Perfect...seamless...filmmaking...One of the funniest movies in a long time." - Los Angeles Magazine.In this satirical farce, secretaries Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and office manager Lily Tomlin live every female worker's dream after discovering they share the same resentment towards their egotistical, sexist boss (Dabney Coleman). When they get an unexpected chance to take revenge, they turn their male controlled workplace into a model office - even as their scheme spins wildly out of control. Parton's hit song received an Oscar nomination.
Rated PG.
They couldn't agree. They wouldn't give in. They thought they had nothing in common. But in the years they spent together they built the friendship of a lifetime. Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy and Dan Aykroyd star in Driving Miss Daisy, the joyous comedy about a headstrong Southern lady and her ever-patient chauffer that won Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress (Tandy), Adaptation Screenplay and Makeup. Shot in and around Atlanta, the movie wins high marks for authenticity from Atlanta-born author Alfred Uhry, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his original play as well as an Oscar for his film script. "No detail was too small to escape the attention of Bruce Beresford, our director, "Uhry said. "He once held up filming while he tracked me down to find out if Miss Daisy would eat fried chicken with her fingers." The care is evident, the ride a pleasure. Driving Miss Daisy motors into the memory as "an American masterpiece" (Rex Reed, At The Movies).
Rated PG.
...worse help is hard to find. Jessie Montgomery (Ally Sheedy) is rich and bored. The Beverly Hills raised daughter of a widower (Tom Skerritt) has become a spoiled brat. Her father wishes he never had a daughter. Unknown to all, his wish is granted by fairy godmother Stell (Beverly D'Angelo). Stella transforms Jessie into a homeless penniless outsider, who is forced to work as a maid for wealthy social climbers Stan and Georgette Starkey (Dick Shawn and Valerie Perrine) and their daughter Brie (Rainbow Phoenix). Jessie learns the hard way to coexist with the Starkey's staff, Cook (Merry Clayton), maid (Begona Plaza) and handsome young chauffer (Michael Ontkean). What begins as a cruel nightmare unfolds into a fairytale lesson about the meaning of true friendship and love.
Rated PG.
The killing. The conviction. The cover-up. Now James Woods is about to go up against corruption and conspiracy at the highest levels of New York law enforcement in the action-packed courtroom drama, True Believer. Woods is spellbinding as Eddie Dodd, once an acclaimed civil rights attorney of the 60's, now an embittered cynic who makes a living defending drug-dealing low-lifes. Dodd's passion for justice is rekindled when an idealistic young associate (Robert Downey, Jr.) urges him to re-open an eight-year-old murder case involving a young prisoner serving life in Sing Sing for a gang initiation killing. Dodd's frenetic search for the truth takes him through a harrowing maze of unscrupulous prosecutors, white supremacist hate groups and corrupt cops. But is he willing to put his life on the line in defense of his beliefs? A powerful thriller, True Believer takes a piercing look at justice for all, from all sides of the American legal system.
Rated R.
Deal yourself in on the critically acclaimed, breathtakingly wacko comedy that proves there's no romantic snafu that a flock of flying Elvises can't fix. With an all-star cast featuring Oscar-nominee James Caan (Misery), Nicolas Cage (Moonstruck) and Sarah Jessica Parker (Three Rivers, L.A. Story), it's a comic classic of high-stakes hilarity from the producers of City Slickers and When Harry Met Sally... Determined to finally make "The Big Commitment," low-rent private eye Jack Singer (Cage) proposes a whirlwind Vegas marriage to his long-suffering girl, Betsy (Parker). But before they can say "I do," Jack loses Betsy...in a poker game...to slick and sinister card-shark, Tommy Korman (Caan). In wild, love-crazed pursuit of his shangshaied fiancee, Jack careens from Vegas, to Hawaii, to the most outlandish finale in recent screen history aboard a planeload of skydiving Elvis impersonators! Rocking to a soundtrack of "The King's" immortal hits by Billy Joel, John Mellencamp, Dwight Yoakam, and others, Honeymoon in Vegas takes the jackpot as the most outrageously entertaining laugh riot in years!
Rated PG-13.
"A comedy with very large laughs. Chevy Chase does some of his best work." - Joel Siegel, Good Morning America/ABC-TV. When Chevy Chase plays a Manhattan sportswriter who abandons his career for life in the country, you know that "getting away from it all" will inevitably mean Chevy's getting in deeper. And that the serenity of smalltown USA will hilariously turn into a city slicker's nightmare. Funny Farm delivers the gut-busting fun you expect from Chevy Chase. National Lampoon's Vacation, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Fletch, Spies like Us and the Three Amigos tops his performances in all those films with his pratfalling portrayal of urban transplant Andy Farmer. Funny Farm is "Chevy Chase's best work," say TV's Siskel and Ebert. "It's the best script...best direction...best ensemble acting. Genuinely funny." Madolyn Smith (Urban Cowboy, All of Me) co-stars as Andy's supportive wife. Together, the funny Farmers learn that the eccentric people and events of their new hometown out-number even the mosquitoes. The postman guns along the backroads like Mad Max. The sheriff travels nowhere without a chauffer. Gruesome discoveries turn up in the garden and pond. And Andy becomes the punchline of the movie's rowdiest gag when he unsuspectingly brags "Call me Mr. Lamb Fries." Call Funny Farm endlessly entertaining. Filled with comic delights, it also features the buoyant direction of George Roy Hill (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting), a vibrant Elmer Bernstein score and the lush cinematography of Miroslav Ondricek (Amadeus). Harvest the good times...from Funny Farm!
Rated PG.
When Johnny Carson announces his retirement from The Tonight Show, it throws the networks and their executives, two talk-shows and millions of late night television viewers into a frenzy. Who could replace the most important talk-show host in history? It soon comes down to The Tonight Show's guest host Jay Leno, and the later late-night star David Letterman in a fight to the finish. Take a peek behind television's most famous curtains to witness for yourself the madness, the mayhem and the money that made the battle for The Tonight Show hot-seat one of the most brutally contested - and hilarious - battles in television history. We all know who replaced Johnny Carson - but no one knew how he got there...until now.
Rated R.
From the producers of Get Shorty and Pulp Fiction. "Clooney and Lopez ignite sparks on the screen!" - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone. Meet Jack Foley, the most successful bank robber in the country. On the day he busts out of jail, he finds himself stealing something far more precious than money...Karen Sisco's heart. She's smart. She's sexy, and unfortunately for Jack, she's a Federal Marshal. Now, they're willing to risk it all to find out if there's more between them than just the law. Out Of Sight, starring George Clooney as the smooth criminal who bends the law and is determined to make one last heist, and Jennifer Lopez who chooses all the right moves...and all the wrong guys. Variety hails Out Of Sight "a sly, sexy, vastly entertaining film."
Rated R.
"Funny and clever!" - Los Angeles Times. This hip and edgy thriller from the director of From Dusk Till Dawn and the writer of Scream and Scream 2 sizzles with a hot young cast including Elijah Wood (Deep Impact), Josh Hartnett (Halloween: H20) and R&B superstar Usher Raymond! When some very creepy things start happening around school, the kids at Herrington High make a chilling discovery that confirms their worst suspicions: their teachers really are from another planet! As mind-controlling parasites rapidly begin spreading from the faculty to the students' bodies, it's ultimately up to the few who are left - an unlikely collection of loners, leaders, nerds and jocks - to save the world from alien domination! Also starring Robert Patrick (Terminator 2), Famke Janssen (Deep Rising), and Jon Stewart (Playing By Heart) in a great cast - don't miss the unstoppable excitement of this unpredictably smart and scary hit! "A scary sci-fi flick with wit, energy and attitude!" - Detroit News.
Rated R.
Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law and Cate Blanchett electrify the screen in this riveting thriller from Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient). Matt Damon "gives one of the year's most extraordinary performances" (Premiere) as Tom Ripley, a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy American shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie (Law). Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend (Paltrow), plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Rated R.
David Sinclair has it all. He's the most popular guy in high school. He's a promising songwriter. He has a nice car and a pretty girlfriend. And one night, during the biggest party of the year, David kills himself. Permanent Record is a powerful, moving story about the people David leaves behind. Those who shared his dreams are left to dream alone. Those who shared his fears are more frightened than ever. His friends must learn to deal with the tragedy in different ways, but they all have one thing in common - no one's life will ever be the same.
Rated PG-13.
"Outstanding...one of the year's best films." - Jeffrey Lyons, Sneak Previews. Robin Williams, Jeff Bridges, Amanda Plummer and Mercedes Ruehl star in Terry Gilliam's must-see masterpiece. Williams is Parry, a homeless history professor who lives in a fantasy world full of castles, Red Knights and damsels in distress. Bridges co-stars as Jack, New York's #1 shock dee-jay, whose off-hand arrogance triggers a tragedy which ruins his career. Penniless and without prospects, Jack finds himself plucked from disaster by the most improbable of saviors...Parry. And so the amazing story of the Fisher King unfolds - a modern quest for redemption and the Holy Grail, filled with humor, heartbreak and ravishing romance. "Truly a great movie." (Joel Siegel, Good Morning America)
Rated R.
Starring Robert Downey, Jr., Kiefer Sutherland, Bruce Dern, Winona Ryder. Ralph and Scott are best friends, a couple of ordinary kids worried about girls, college and fitting in. The tumult of the 60's is something they read about, not something they live...until Scott's brother comes home from Vietnam in a pine box. Three of today's hottest stars - Robert Downey, Jr. (True Believer, Chances Are); Kiefer Sutherland (The Lost Boys, Young Guns); and Winona Ryder (Beetlejuice, Great Balls of Fire) - join screen veterans Bruce Dern and Mariette Hartley for 1969, a joyful and heartbreaking story that captures the music, the anger and the innocence of an unforgettable era. If you were there, or wish you had been, 1969 is the movie you've been waiting for.
Rated R.
They were buddies in Vietnam, 'Megs' Megessey, Bobby and Dave, until Bobby was killed saving Megs' life. Fifteen years later, Dave is still haunted by the painful memory of his buddy's death. He's become a drunk, living with his sister Martha cut off from the world and from life itself. Then one day, Megs Megessey bursts through the door to change their lives forever. He's out to free them from the pain of the past and shatter the dismal routine of their lives. But the past holds shadows which cannot be expelled so easily - memories which threaten to destroy all their lives. Starring Robert De Niro, Ed Harris, Kathy Baker "Jacknife"
Rated R.
Academy Award winner Cher is the free-spirited and decidedly unconventional Mrs. Flax, the original liberated woman. She's sexy, sassy, brassy, and more than just a bit exasperating, especially to her daughters. Charlotte (Winona Ryder) is a hormonal 15-year-old desperate to be a nun, even though the family's Jewish, and nine-year-old Kate (Christina Ricci) is an aspiring swimming champ who practices in the bathtub. The guy with a heart of gold, Lou Landsky (Bob Hoskins) tries to turn this wacky trio into a family as they careen through romantic escapades and unusual encounters.
Rated PG-13.
"A zesty, hot weather tonic. A laff riot." - Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times. Hoops McCann has the name - but not the talent - to carry on his family's proud basketball tradition. No in-yo' face slam dunks for Hoops; the only thing he can dunk is a doughnut. What Hoops really wants to do is write and illustrate a love story. He has the drawing skill. But he's stumped for a storyline because, so far, he's only a benchwarmer in the game of love. But not for long - not after Hoops rambles off to Nantucket for One Crazy Summer. John Cusack (The Sure Thing, Better Off Dead) and Demi Moore (St. Elmo's Fire, ...About Last Night) headline this off-the-wall comedy by Better Off Dead writer/director Savage Holland about teens coping with their parents' expectations...while chasing their own dreams. Their gag-filled adventure bubble along in a New England chowder of chuckleheaded characters: Egg Stork (maniacal comedian Bobcat Goldwait, star of two Police Academy romps and the new Burglar), who dons a Godzilla suit for a riotous rampage; gentle Ack Ack (Curtis Armstrong of Risky Business), whose Patton-esque dad sends him off to collect shells - mortar shells - at the seashore; garrulous George (Joel Murray), intent on "scaling mermaids;" a wholw family of larcenous land developers; and a lovesick animated rhino who plays out Hoops' fantasies in a series of goofily inventive cartoon sequences. Overworkded and under-vacationed? Then join one crazy cast of characters of One Crazy Summer and soak up some laughs!
Rated PG.
Climb aboard for the funniest high-seas misadventure in years! Screen favorite Kurt Russell (Backdraft) teams up with funnyman Martin Short (Father Of The Bride) in an outrageously wild comedy that's sure to drive you overboard! Russell plays hilariously laid-back Captain Ron - a vagabond seaman who charts a course for comedy when he skippers the newly inherited Caribbean yacht of corporated executive Martin Harvey (Short) and his family! With his dubious nautical skills, Captain Ron takes the helm and creates wave after wave of hilarity as he leads the Harveys on a wildly amusing oceanic voyage in their dilapidated sailing vessel - all the while, driving well-meaning Martin Harvey off the deep end!
Rated PG-13.
Academy Award-winning actor Denzel Washington gives a riveting performance in Spike Lee's breathtaking film on music and love. Talented trumpeter Bleek Gilliam (Washington) is obsessed by his music and indecisive about his girlfriends Indigo (Joie Lee) and Clarke (Cynda Williams). But when he is forced to come to the aid of his manager and childhood friend (Spike Lee), Bleek finds his world more fragile than ever imagined. Stunning cinematography, a rousing score and superlative performances come together in this unforgettable feast for the senses.
Rated R.
With smoldering sensuality and biting humor, the surprising relationship between the three title subjects is revealed in "sex, lies, and videotape," the most talked about erotic comedy of the decade. James Spader (Wall Street, Bad Influence) ran away with the Best Actor prize at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival for his brilliantly understated and seductive performance as Graham, a long lost college friend who drifts back into town and into the lives of John, a self-involved philanderer, his angelic wife, Ann, and her saucy sister, Cynthia. One by one, each is drawn into the very "personal project" Graham is working on, leaving the relationships between them forever transformed. A monumental debut effort from first-time feature director Steven Soderbergh, this comic original includes riveting performances by Peter Gallagher, Andie MacDowell (St. Elmo's Fire) and sizzling newcomer Laura San Giancomo.
Rated R.
In this fiendishly funny comedy from the creators of Airplane!, loathesome millionaire Sam Stone (Danny DeVito) is Ruthless. How ruthless? When his shrill wife Barbara (Bette Midler) is nabbed by inept kidnappers (Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater), Sam cries tears of joy...and refuses to pay the ransom. And when the abductors threaten to kill the abrasive heiress, Sam takes immediate action - he celebrates! Ruthless People. Raucous outlandish...one of the top box office hits of the year! "...wonderfully inventive twists and turns with a triple-twist payoff that is as surprising as it is laughter-loaded." - Judith Crist. "...the laugh riot of the summer." - Rex Reed.
Rated R.
Ever After : A Cinderella Story
Once upon a time..."a dazzling rendering of the Cinderella story" ( The Washingon Post) brought new life to an age-old legend and made us believe in the strongest magic of all: the power of the human heart. Drew Barrymore and Anjelica Huston star in this enchanting adventure about having the courage to make your dreams come true. A "modern" young woman of the 16th century, Danielle (Barrymore) is as independent and wise as she is beautiful and kind. Against remarkable odds, she stands up to her scheming stepmother (Huston) and works miracles on the lives of everyone around her, including the crown prince of France (Dougray Scott)! Now you can relive this captivating, contemporary retelling of the classic fairy tale. No matter what you're looking for, "action, romance, adventure...'Ever After' delivers it all!" (ABC-TV)
Rated PG.
"A sparkling romantic comedy!" - Kevin Thomas, LA Times. You are cordially invited to fall in love with one of the funniest romantic comedies of the year! It's 1985 and Robbie Hart (Adam Sandler, Happy Gilmore, Billy Madison) is the ultimate master of ceremonies...until he is left at the altar at his own wedding. Devastated, he becomes a newlywed's worst nightmare - an entertainer who can do nothing but destroy other people's weddings. It's not until he meets a warm-hearted waitress named Julia (Drew Barrymore, Scream), that he starts to pick up the pieces of his heart. The only problem is Julia's about to have a wedding of her own and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a lifetime, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever. From big hair to Billy Idol (as himself), The Wedding Singer features a hilarious cast and a platinum soundtrack including 80's hits from Culture Club, David Bowie and The Police.
Rated PG-13.
Highlander 2 : The Director's Cut
Academy Award Winner, Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert reunite in the spectacular sequel to the popular Highlander saga. Once again Conner MacLeod (Lambert) calls up the spirit of his mentor Juan Ramirez (Connery). Together they join in one final, fiery battle to save mankind! Digitaly remastered and edited to include 16 minutes of never before seen footage, the Director's Cut finally brings to audiences worldwide the full length version of Highlander 2 as originally intended by Producers and Director Russell Mulcahy.
Unrated.
"this isn't just a thrill ride, it's a rocket..." - Richard Corliss, Time Magazine. FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) knows how to stop elusive terrorist Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage). He'll become him. Archer undergoes a futuristic surgery and has Troy's face mapped onto his, then infiltrated the terrorist's world to discover his deadly secrets. But as much as Archer looks like Troy, he doesn't really know him. He never figures Troy will retaliate and force doctors to transform him into Archer. Now the agent faces a shattering nightmare: his archrival is living with his family. The Travolta/Cage star-power comes on strong and so does the excitement in this roaring thrill machine of a movie directed by John Woo (Broken Arrow). So buckle up. It's going to be a furious fight.
Rated R.
"Total complete fun from beginning to end." - WPIX TV, New York. From the blockbuster-making team who produced and directed The Rock comes the biggest movie of the year - Armageddon! Starring the explosive talents of Bruce Willis (Die Hard), Academy Award winners Ben Affleck (Good Will Hunting) and Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade), Liv Tyler (Inventing The Abbotts), Armageddon is a meteor storm of action-adventure moviemaking that has you on the edge of your seat forgetting to breathe! When NASA's executive director, Dan Truman (Thornton), realizes the Earth has 18 days before it's obliterated by a meteor the size of Texas, he has only one option - land a ragtag team of roughneck oil drillers on the asteroid and drop a nuclear warhead into its core. Spectacular special effects, laugh-out-loud humor, great characters, riveting storytelling and heartfelt emotion make Armageddon an exhilarating thrill ride you'll want to experience like there's no tomorrow.
Rated PG-13.
Never before has political satire been so wickedly funny...or more timely than in this masterful tour de farce created by a lineup of Hollywood's biggest talents; directed by Barry Levinson, written by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet, and starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert De Niro. When the President is caught in a sex scandal less than 2 weeks before the election, the White House sends for "Mr. Fix-it." Washington spinmaster Conrad Brean (De Niro) needs a war to distract the public's attention, and he calls on Hollywood's top producer Stanley Motss (Hoffman) to create it. Nominated for 2 Academy Awards, including Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman), Wag the Dog is a biting look at American politics...and the high rated spectacle this country's ever seen.
Rated R.