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Ransom Special Edition
This tightly conceived nail-biter, with head-spinning plot twists, is another fine effort from the director of Apollo 13.
A headstrong airline tycoon pays the ransom for his abducted son, despite the pleas of his wife and FBI agents, then must gamble on the consequences of attempting to turn the tables on the kidnapper, setting up a gut-wrenching confrontation between the anguished father and the increasingly desperate criminals. This tightly conceived nail-biter, with head-spinning plot twists, is another fine effort from the director of Apollo 13.
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Director: Ron Howard
ACTORS: Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, Delroy Lindo, Lili Taylor
The Maids (DVD)
This adaptation of Jean Genet`s THE MAIDS was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. The film stars Glenda Jackson and Susannah York as two sisters named Solange and Claire who work as maids for their strict Madame. However, when Madame leaves the house, the two sisters dress up as their masters and take turns humiliating one another as the surrogate Madame. This masterpiece of the absurd blends Genet`s acerbic existentialism with cutting surrealist humor.NR"
Director: Christopher Miles
ACTORS: Glenda Jackson, Susannah York, Vivien Merchant, Mark Burns
Alice (DVD)
Alice Tate (Mia Farrow) is a rich Manhattan wife who spends her days shopping, getting pedicures, going to the salon, working out with her personal trainer, and seeing her chiropractor. But when she can`t get rid of her back pain, she goes to an Asian herbalist (the wonderful Keye Luke, in his final performance) who gives her special herbs to cure what`s really ailing her. Reluctantly, she takes these magical potions, which open up a whole new world for her, releasing her inner self, making her invisible, and allowing her to see dead ex-boyfriends. She begins to regret having given up her career in the theater and considers becoming a writer. Meanwhile, she is getting involved in a serious flirtation with Joe Ruffalo (Joe Mantegna), a divorced saxophone player who is drawn to her, while her very rich, very practical husband, Doug (William Hurt), continues to treat her as not-too-bright window dressing, belittling her and discouraging her attempts to become more independent. But the thought of having an affair terrifies her--and intrigues her. Beautifully photographed by Carlo di Palma, with a wonderful set design by Santo Loquasto, Woody Allen`s ALICE is a smart, comic exploration of a woman rediscovering herself, trying to find out what happened to all of her dreams.PG-13"
Director: Woody Allen
ACTORS: Mia Farrow, William Hurt, Joe Mantegna, Keye Luke, Alec Baldwin
Saturday the 14th (DVD)
A suspense comedy spoof about a family that disregards a warning in a will, and decides to accept their inheritance of a cursed house. See House on Haunted Hill (1958), Friday the 13th, Halloween and other slasher-suspense flicks for this film`s targets. Starring Richard Benjamin ( LOVE AT FIRST BITE`) and Paula Prentiss ( THE STEPFORD WIVES. )PG"
Director: Howard R. Cohen
ACTORS: Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Severn Darden, Jeffrey Tambor
The Return of the Native (DVD)
Eustacia Vye, an exquisite beauty despairing at her boring life on an English moor, sets up a fateful lovers` triangle when she uses her wiles to entice two men, a dashing suitor and a successful man who made his name abroad and returned to his home on the heath. A Hallmark Hall of Fame version of Thomas Hardy`s classic 1878 novel.G"
Director: Jack Gold
ACTORS: Joan Plowright, Clive Owen, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steven Mackintosh, Ray Stevenson
