The Fan (DVD) Checkpoint Lauren Bacall is glamorous stage and screen star Sally Ross, who has decided to take a role in a new Broadway musical. Meanwhile, an obsessed young fan, Douglas Breen (Michael Biehn), who has tenuous grip on reality, has bee...
Lauren Bacall is glamorous stage and screen star Sally Ross, who has decided to take a role in a new Broadway musical. Meanwhile, an obsessed young fan, Douglas Breen (Michael Biehn), who has tenuous grip on reality, has been writing obsessive fan letters to her. Sally`s secretary, Belle (Maureen Stapleton), disregards the letters, deeming them not worthy of Sally`s time. But as Douglas realizes that he is being ignored, he decides to take whatever steps are necessary to eliminate the people who stand between him and his favorite star. Based in the novel by Bob Randall.
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Director: Edward Bianchi
ACTORS: Lauren Bacall, James Garner, Maureen Stapleton, Hector Elizondo, Michael Biehn
Men (VHS)
Young plays a gourmet chef who has an insatiable appetite for men. When her gourmandizing becomes overwhelming, she begins to realize that there is more to love than just sex.R"
Director: Zoe Clarke-Williams
ACTORS: Sean Young, John Heard, Dylan Walsh, Richard Hillman
Liar Liar/EDtv (DVD)
LIAR LIAR: An unctuous, smooth-talking divorce attorney`s propensity for propitious prevarication may wow the juries, but his five-year-old son Max wants an end to the lies. So when Dad blows off the boy`s birthday bash with yet another weak excuse, Max wishes his dad to spend a whole day incapable of lying. And lo and behold, the wish comes true, with hilariously disastrous results in the courtroom. EDTV: A normal video store clerk, Ed (McConaughey), doesn`t realize what he`s getting himself into when he allows a television executive (DeGeneres) to begin filming his life 24 hours a day. The resulting media circus makes for an entertaining social commentary about how important (and, perhaps, detrimental) an issue television has become in our lives.PG-13"
Director: Ron Howard|Tom Shadyac
ACTORS: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Jennifer Tilly, Matthew McConaughey, Jenna Elfman
The Waiting Time (DVD)
Based on the popular book by Gerald Seymour, THE WAITING TIME is a compelling cat-and-mouse thriller set in Germany during the Cold War era. When a woman serving as a corporal in the British Intelligence Corp assaults a German politician seemingly without reason, a story of murder, espionage, and intrigue begins to chillingly unfold. The corporal and a solicitor`s clerk attempt to discern the truth behind the unprovoked attack and soon find themselves barely outrunning the East German State Secret Police.NR"
Director: Stuart Orme
ACTORS: John Thaw, Colin Baker, Struan Rodger, Zara Turner, Hartmut Becker
Innocent Blood (DVD)
The underworld and netherworld collide as two types of bloodsuckers work the same Pittsburgh turf: nefarious gangsters, and a sexy, tormented female vampire who preys on them. INNOCENT BLOOD is a uniquely amusing blend of vampire, gangster, and love stories, starring Anne Parillaud as the beguiling vampire Marie, who feeds on the head of the Pittsburgh mafia and suddenly finds herself responsible for creating a bloodthirsty killer. When the newly created vampire mobster devises a scheme to turn his macho mafia men into vampire killing machines, she knows he must be stopped. Look for cameos from such significant B-movie personages as Sam Raimi, Dario Argento, Linnea Quigley, and Teri Weigel.R"
Director: John Landis
ACTORS: Anne Parillaud, Robert Loggia, Chazz Palminteri, Anthony LaPaglia, Don Rickles
