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Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Joan Crawford , Barry Sullivan , Betsy Palmer , John Ireland , Lucy Marlow
Director: Ranald MacDougall
"Any man's my man if I want it that way." The speaker could only be Joan Crawford, as a wicked man-eater terrorizing her Deep South household in Queen Bee. Crawford's the whole show in this campy 1955 melodrama, which aspires to be second-rate Lillian Hellman but doesn't even reach that level. Having trapped a wealthy Southerner (Barry Sullivan) into marriage, Crawford takes her main pleasure in making life miserable for the other women of the mansion. This is fun to watch for a while, but director Ranald MacDougall (he wrote Mildred Pierce for Crawford) can't get the pace moving, and the final comeuppance is all too predictable. Crawford was going into her final high-diva phase at this point in her career, all chalky makeup and yard-long eyebrows, and Queen Bee clearly points the way toward What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Star power prevails, however, and at least the picture summons up its share of unintentional laughs. --Robert Horton

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Elvis / Viva Las Vegas [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Elvis Presley , Ann-Margret , Cesare Danova , William Demarest , Nicky Blair
It's pretty tough to beat Jailhouse Rock in terms of sheer entertainment, but Elvis lovers are particularly fond of this 1964 hit. The Big E plays race-car driver Lucky Jackson, who arrives in Las Vegas for an upcoming Grand Prix race. Lucky's car needs a new engine, so he gets a waiter job at a casino and starts working his crooning charms on Rusty Martin (Ann-Margret). It's their on-screen chemistry that makes this flick a lot of fun; Presley never had a better costar than Ann-Margret, and their race-car romance is quintessential 1960s fluff. Then there are the songs, of course, including the snappy title tune, a rockin' rendition of Ray Charles's "What'd I Say?," and "The Yellow Rose of Texas." Viva Las Vegas is one of the Elvis movies that stands the test of time, when the legend was still at his peak. And if you're wondering if the King gets his car fixed in time to win the race, well, check out the movie to find out. --Jeff Shannon

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The Twilight Zone: Nightmare at 20,000 Feet/ The Odyssey of Flight 33 [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Rod Serling , Robert McCord , Jay Overholts , Vaughn Taylor , James Turley

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Illicit Behavior [VHS]

Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring: Robert Davi , Joan Severance , Jack Scalia , James Russo , Kent McCord
Director: Worth Keeter

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The Twilight Zone: Perchance To Dream/ Shadow [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Rod Serling , Robert McCord , Jay Overholts , Vaughn Taylor , James Turley

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Predator 2 [VHS]

Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring: Danny Glover , Gary Busey , Kevin Peter Hall , Rubén Blades , Maria Conchita Alonso
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Predator wreaked havoc in the jungle and struck box-office gold, so Hollywood logic dictated that Predator 2 should raise hell in the big, bad city. Los Angeles, to be specific, and this near-future L.A. (circa 1997) is an ultra-violent playground for the invisibility-cloaked alien that hunted Arnold Schwarzenegger in the previous film. Scant explanation is given for the creature's return, and because Ah-nuld was busy making Total Recall, Danny Glover was awkwardly installed as the maverick cop (is there any other kind?) who defies a government goon (Gary Busey) to curtail the alien's inner-city killing spree. But why bother, when the victims are scummy Colombian drug lords? Don't look for intelligent answers; director Stephen Hopkins favors wall-to-wall action over sensible plotting, allowing Stan Winston's more prominently featured Predator to join the ranks of iconic movie monsters. And anticipating Alien vs. Predator in comic books and in theaters, there's a familiar-looking skull in the Predator's trophy case! --Jeff Shannon

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The Twilight Zone Box Set [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Rod Serling , Robert McCord , Jay Overholts , Vaughn Taylor , James Turley
In 1959 Emmy Award-winning playwright Rod Serling transported viewers to "a fifth dimension ... as vast as space and as timeless as infinity ... and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge." It was an area he called The Twilight Zone.

One of television's greatest series (it's still the pop-culture reference point for the weird and bizarre), this series is well represented by this three-tape collection of six classic episodes, three of which are making their video debuts. "The After Hours," on tape 1, stars Anne Francis as a confused shopper who discovers she shares a close bond with the store's mannequins. "Living Doll," on tape 2, is one of the Zone's scariest episodes. Telly Savalas stars as a mean-spirited man who makes a pint-sized enemy in his stepdaughter's new and very protective doll, Talky Tina. "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up," on tape 3, poses the question, Who among the stranded travelers in a remote roadside diner is really an alien?

Also included in this boxed set are three quintessential Zone episodes, the thoughtful "Eye of the Beholder"; "Time Enough at Last," in which a cruel fate awaits post-ap...

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The Twilight Zone: Eye of the Beholder/ Living Doll [VHS]

Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Staring: Rod Serling , Robert McCord , Jay Overholts , Vaughn Taylor , James Turley
Living Doll, one of The Twilight Zone's scariest episodes, written by Charles Beaumont, stars Telly Savalas as a mean-spirited man who makes a pint-sized enemy in his stepdaughter's new and very protective doll, Talky Tina (June Foray, the venerable Queen of Cartoons, who is best known as the voice of Rocket J. Squirrel). He thinks after tossing her in the garbage can that he's seen the last of Tina. But then the telephone rings: "My name is Talky Tina ... and I'm going to kill you." This video also includes one of Rod Serling's best episodes, the thoughtful The Eye of the Beholder, in which unseen plastic surgeons labor intensively to make their desperate female patient look "normal." This is one of three must-own volumes of vintage Twilight Zone episodes released to commemorate this timeless series' 40th anniversary. Tape 1 features the video premiere of The After Hours (the one with the mannequins) and Time Enough at Last starring Burgess Meredith as the post-apocalyptic bookworm. Tape 3 features the alien-in-a-diner puzzler Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up, as well as the signature episode To Serve Man, which TV Gu...

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Airplane 2: Sequel [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Robert Hays , Julie Hagerty , Lloyd Bridges , Chad Everett , Peter Graves
Director: Ken Finkleman
The 1982 sequel to Airplane! is basically more of the same class-clown ironies but with a more forced feeling to the jokes. In the first film, veterans such as Peter Graves, Robert Stack, and Lloyd Bridges were feeling their way through self-parody, and the air of experimentation was part of the fun. By this film, however, everybody knows what's up, and the assuredness of new cast members Raymond Burr, William Shatner, and Chuck Connors is almost counterproductive. Still, there's lots to laugh about. --Tom Keogh

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