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Madeline (1998) (Spanish) [VHS]

Madeline (1998) (Spanish) [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Frances McDormand , Nigel Hawthorne , Hatty Jones , Ben Daniels , Arturo Venegas
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
The schoolgirl adventures of Madeline, a flame-haired orphan, are lovingly adapted from Ludwig Bemelmans's classic children's books. His sly and witty writing is transferred to this first-rate film, one that should not be thought of merely as childhood entertainment. Spunky Madeline is most adept at finding trouble. She is also a quick-witted and likable child who can solve almost any problem. Her latest scheme is to keep her school, which is also her home, from being sold by its owner, the recently widowed Lord Covington (Nigel Hawthorne). Unlike most youthful movie fare, this adventure boasts high production values that wisely include colorful Parisian locations. Hatty Jones is all spunky self-sufficiency and sweet innocence in the title role, and Frances McDormand is quite humorous as the stern school-mistress, Miss Clavel. --Rochelle O'Gorman
List Price: $9.95 Our Price: $32.00
The Guru [VHS]

The Guru [VHS]

Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring: Jimi Mistry , Heather Graham , Marisa Tomei , Michael McKean , Dash Mihok
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
The Day-Glo delights of India's Bollywood musicals collide with the crossed-love conventions of Hollywood romantic comedies in The Guru. Jimi Mistry, a young Indian named Ramu who wants to live the American dream and become famous, moves to New York and finds only menial work in restaurants. But when he mistakenly gets cast in a skin flick, he meets a sweet and thoughtful porn star (Heather Graham) whose philosophical mix of sex and spirituality come in handy when Ramu has to pretend to be a swami for an upper-crust birthday party. The birthday girl (Marisa Tomei) seizes upon Ramu's cribbed aphorisms and leads Ramu into a career as a sex guru. The Guru's uneven script squanders much of its comic potential, but the stars have charm to burn--and when the movie launches into its glorious musical numbers, it enters a realm of delirious glee. --Bret Fetzer
Madeline [VHS]

Madeline [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Frances McDormand , Nigel Hawthorne , Hatty Jones , Ben Daniels , Arturo Venegas
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
The schoolgirl adventures of Madeline, a flame-haired orphan, are lovingly adapted from Ludwig Bemelmans's classic children's books. His sly and witty writing is transferred to this first-rate film, one that should not be thought of merely as childhood entertainment. Spunky Madeline is most adept at finding trouble. She is also a quick-witted and likable child who can solve almost any problem. Her latest scheme is to keep her school, which is also her home, from being sold by its owner, the recently widowed Lord Covington (Nigel Hawthorne). Unlike most youthful movie fare, this adventure boasts high production values that wisely include colorful Parisian locations. Hatty Jones is all spunky self-sufficiency and sweet innocence in the title role, and Frances McDormand is quite humorous as the stern school-mistress, Miss Clavel. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Our Price: $5.50
Madeline [VHS]

Madeline [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Frances McDormand , Nigel Hawthorne , Hatty Jones , Ben Daniels , Arturo Venegas
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
The schoolgirl adventures of Madeline, a flame-haired orphan, are lovingly adapted from Ludwig Bemelmans's classic children's books. His sly and witty writing is transferred to this first-rate film, one that should not be thought of merely as childhood entertainment. Spunky Madeline is most adept at finding trouble. She is also a quick-witted and likable child who can solve almost any problem. Her latest scheme is to keep her school, which is also her home, from being sold by its owner, the recently widowed Lord Covington (Nigel Hawthorne). Unlike most youthful movie fare, this adventure boasts high production values that wisely include colorful Parisian locations. Hatty Jones is all spunky self-sufficiency and sweet innocence in the title role, and Frances McDormand is quite humorous as the stern school-mistress, Miss Clavel. --Rochelle O'Gorman
List Price: $9.95 Our Price: $1.93
Party Girl (1995) [VHS]

Party Girl (1995) [VHS]

Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring: Parker Posey , Anthony DeSando , Guillermo Díaz , Donna Mitchell , Liev Schreiber
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
"Queen of the Indies" Parker Posey (Dazed and Confused, Waiting for Guffman, The Daytrippers) shines in this lightweight comedy about a romance between a floundering downtown party girl and a falafel vendor set in Manhattan's trendy loft and club scene. Posey is utterly charming as Mary, the 23-year-old whose talents are pretty much limited to "partying, flirting, making stuff up." Her penchant for partying gets her evicted from her apartment, whereupon--unable to pay her fine or decide what she wants to do with her life--she receives financial and career help from her godmother, who gets her a job in the New York Public Library system. Does the Dewey decimal system hold the key to Mary's future? Director Daisy von Scherler Mayer went on to direct Madeline (1998). --Jim Emerson
List Price: $9.98
Party Girl [VHS]

Party Girl [VHS]

Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring: Parker Posey , Anthony DeSando , Guillermo Díaz , Donna Mitchell , Liev Schreiber
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
"Queen of the Indies" Parker Posey (Dazed and Confused, Waiting for Guffman, The Daytrippers) shines in this lightweight comedy about a romance between a floundering downtown party girl and a falafel vendor set in Manhattan's trendy loft and club scene. Posey is utterly charming as Mary, the 23-year-old whose talents are pretty much limited to "partying, flirting, making stuff up." Her penchant for partying gets her evicted from her apartment, whereupon--unable to pay her fine or decide what she wants to do with her life--she receives financial and career help from her godmother, who gets her a job in the New York Public Library system. Does the Dewey decimal system hold the key to Mary's future? Director Daisy von Scherler Mayer went on to direct Madeline (1998). --Jim Emerson
List Price: $14.95 Our Price: $5.00
Madeline

Madeline

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Frances McDormand , Nigel Hawthorne
Director: Daisy Von Scherler Mayer
The schoolgirl adventures of Madeline, a flame-haired orphan, are lovingly adapted from Ludwig Bemelmans's classic children's books. His sly and witty writing is transferred to this first-rate film, one that should not be thought of merely as childhood entertainment. Spunky Madeline is most adept at finding trouble. She is also a quick-witted and likable child who can solve almost any problem. Her latest scheme is to keep her school, which is also her home, from being sold by its owner, the recently widowed Lord Covington (Nigel Hawthorne). Unlike most youthful movie fare, this adventure boasts high production values that wisely include colorful Parisian locations. Hatty Jones is all spunky self-sufficiency and sweet innocence in the title role, and Frances McDormand is quite humorous as the stern school-mistress, Miss Clavel. --Rochelle O'Gorman
Our Price: $1.97
The Muppet Movie / Matilda / Madeline [VHS]

The Muppet Movie / Matilda / Madeline [VHS]

Rated: G (General Audience)
Staring: Frances McDormand , Nigel Hawthorne , Danny DeVito , Rhea Perlman , Mara Wilson
Director: Danny DeVito , Daisy von Scherler Mayer , James Frawley

List Price: $26.95 Our Price: $39.98
Woo [VHS]

Woo [VHS]

Rated: R (Restricted)
Staring: Jada Pinkett Smith , Tommy Davidson , Duane Martin , Michael Ralph , Darrel Heath
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
A pic about a man who can not get a date and is then cursed witha beautiful, neurotic woman he can't get rid of.
List Price: $9.98 Our Price: $3.40
Madeline [VHS]

Madeline [VHS]

Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Staring: Frances McDormand , Nigel Hawthorne , Hatty Jones , Ben Daniels , Arturo Venegas
Director: Daisy von Scherler Mayer
The schoolgirl adventures of Madeline, a flame-haired orphan, are lovingly adapted from Ludwig Bemelmans's classic children's books. His sly and witty writing is transferred to this first-rate film, one that should not be thought of merely as childhood entertainment. Spunky Madeline is most adept at finding trouble. She is also a quick-witted and likable child who can solve almost any problem. Her latest scheme is to keep her school, which is also her home, from being sold by its owner, the recently widowed Lord Covington (Nigel Hawthorne). Unlike most youthful movie fare, this adventure boasts high production values that wisely include colorful Parisian locations. Hatty Jones is all spunky self-sufficiency and sweet innocence in the title role, and Frances McDormand is quite humorous as the stern school-mistress, Miss Clavel. --Rochelle O'Gorman