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Frighteners [VHS]

Frighteners [VHS]

Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring: Michael J. Fox , Trini Alvarado , Peter Dobson , John Astin , Jeffrey Combs
Director: Peter Jackson
One movie lover's nightmare is another's raucous joyride, and this special effects-laden horror comedy is bound to split both camps right down the middle. (Or, as Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide puts it, "definitely not for all tastes but a wild time for those who get into it.") Michael J. Fox plays a psychic investigator who can actually see ghosts, and lives with a trio of undead spirits who scare people to promote Fox's ghost-busting business. In a town infamous for serial killings, a new series of deaths prompts Fox to induce his own out-of-body experience so he can battle death in a spirit-plagued netherworld where evil reigns supreme--or something like that. So much happens in this chaotic film that you might feel like you're watching several movies at once--a slasher pic, a supernatural thriller, and a black comedy all rolled into a nonstop showcase for grisly makeup and a dozen varieties of special effects. It's an odd but wildly inventive film from New Zealand director Peter Jackson, who earned critical acclaim for his previous film Heavenly Creatures and would later create the ingenious pseudo-documentary Forgotten Silver. --Jeff Shannon
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American Friends [VHS]

American Friends [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Bryan Pringle , Fred Pearson , Michael Palin , Alfred Molina , Susan Denaker
Director: Tristram Powell

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American Blue Note [VHS]

American Blue Note [VHS]

Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Peter MacNicol , Carl Capotorto , Tim Guinee , Bill Christopher-Myers , Jonathan Walker (II)
Director: Ralph Toporoff

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Chair, The (1988) [VHS]

Chair, The (1988) [VHS]

Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring: James Coco , Trini Alvarado , Paul Benedict , Stephen Geoffreys
Director: Waldemar Korzeniowsky

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Paulie [VHS]

Paulie [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Gena Rowlands , Tony Shalhoub , Cheech Marin , Bruce Davison , Trini Alvarado
Director: John Roberts
The human beings are almost as interesting as the title character in this surprisingly subtle and engaging film about the cross-country adventures of a smart-mouthed parrot. As director John Roberts deploys the footage, the bird becomes a vivid personality; every quizzical twist of his head is oddly expressive. The people who interact with Paulie are a quirky and interesting bunch as well, and the casting is topnotch: Tony Shalhoub (The Siege) as a Russian immigrant janitor, Cheech Marin as an open-hearted mariachi musician, and Gena Rowlands as a widowed painter in a footloose Winnebago--all are vividly eccentric individuals, memorable in their own right. There are some tired swipes at the cold-blooded meanies of Big Science (beady-eyed researcher Bruce Davison has Paulie clapped in irons), but for the most part the film respects the complexity of everyone's motivations, and that's virtually unheard of in today's Hollywood, even in films supposedly designed for grownups. --David Chute
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Little Women (Slip) [VHS]

Little Women (Slip) [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Winona Ryder , Gabriel Byrne , Trini Alvarado , Samantha Mathis , Kirsten Dunst
Director: Gillian Armstrong
The flaws are easily forgiven in this beautiful version of Louisa May Alcott's novel. A stirring look at life in New England during the Civil War, Little Women is a triumph for all involved. We follow one family as they split into the world, ending up with the most independent, the outspoken Jo (Winona Ryder). This time around, the dramatics and conclusions fall into place a little too well, instead of finding life's little accidents along the way. Everyone now looks a bit too cute and oh, so nice. As the matron, Marmee, Susan Sarandon kicks the film into a modern tone, creating a movie alive with a great feminine sprit. Kirsten Dunst (Interview with the Vampire) has another showy role. The young ensemble cast cannot be faulted, with Ryder beginning the movie in a role akin to light comedy and crescendoing to a triumphant end worthy of an Oscar. --Doug Thomas
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The Perez Family [VHS]

The Perez Family [VHS]

Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring: Marisa Tomei , Anjelica Huston , Alfred Molina , Chazz Palminteri , Trini Alvarado
Director: Mira Nair
Marisa Tomei releases her inner spitfire in The Perez Family. Dottie Perez (Tomei) comes to the U.S. from Cuba, along with a mixed lot of criminals, lunatics, and political prisoners--including Juan Perez (Alfred Molina), who hopes to be reunited with his wife after 20 years. To work around the bureaucratic politics of the refugee camps, Dottie persuades Juan to pretend that they're married, and drafts a few other Perezes to create a family. Meanwhile, Juan's wife Carmella believes that Juan never arrived and is finally letting go of his memory, helped by the attentions of a Miami police detective (Chazz Palmintieri). Tomei's sexy passion sometimes spills over into silliness and the story unfolds erratically, but the examination of how love grows and how love fades is sincere and affecting. The actors are charismatic, the music's fantastic, and Tomei wears many skimpy outfits. Directed by Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding). --Bret Fetzer
Sweet Lorraine [VHS]

Sweet Lorraine [VHS]

Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Maureen Stapleton , Trini Alvarado , Lee Richardson , John Bedford Lloyd , Freddie Roman
Director: Steve Gomer

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Babe [VHS]

Babe [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: John Goodman , Kelly McGillis , Trini Alvarado , Bruce Boxleitner , Peter Donat
Director: Arthur Hiller

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Stella [VHS]

Stella [VHS]

Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Bette Midler , John Goodman , Trini Alvarado , Stephen Collins , Marsha Mason
Director: John Erman

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