Samurai 2 - Duel at Ichijoji Temple (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
Samurai 2 - Duel at Ichijoji Temple (DVD) Criterion Collection In Part Two, Musashi learns to control his violent impulses under the guidance of the Yoshioka samurai school. Unfortunately, as he is learning to use his sword in a more thoughtful way, his classmates transform in...
In Part Two, Musashi learns to control his violent impulses under the guidance of the Yoshioka samurai school. Unfortunately, as he is learning to use his sword in a more thoughtful way, his classmates transform into violent thugs and the school falls apart. While Akemi, Miyamoto`s love, hangs on to him, he also finds love and respect in Yoshino, a courtesan in a house of pleasure. Both women, however, must stand by as the brave warrior takes on eighty samurai guided by the mysterious Kojiro.
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Director: Hiroshi Inagaki
The Turn of the Screw (DVD)
A well-told ghost tale about a governess who takes charge of two young children living in an isolated country manor. She soons finds herself in a desperate struggle against a hidden, dark force for the children`s very souls. Based on Henry James novel of 1898.NR"
Director: Dan Curtis
ACTORS: Lynn Redgrave, Eva Griffith
What Lies Beneath (DVD)
Robert Zemeckis takes a page right out of Hitchcock and runs with it in the spooky supernatural thriller WHAT LIES BENEATH. Dr. Norman Spencer (Harrison Ford) and his wife, Claire (Michelle Pfeiffer), seem to have the perfect life: a loving marriage, a daughter just entering college, and a beautiful home on the water in Vermont. But what lies beneath this idyllic existence are secrets that will rip everything apart.
Dr. Spencer is an award-winning scientist whose work is threatening to consume his life; meanwhile, his wife is trying to deal with empty-nest syndrome now that her beloved daughter has gone off to college. Strange things start happening around the house, and Claire starts believing that the man next door murdered his wife and that the wife is trying to contact her from beyond the grave. Dr. Spencer is worried that Claire needs psychological help; he refuses to believe that their house is haunted. But as more and more dangerous events unfold, a frightening truth threatens to destroy everything.
Robert Zemeckis`s modern-day ghost story trembles with threatening close-ups, a powerful musical score--and lots of terror. And it does for bathtubs what Alfred Hitchcock did for showers.PG-13"
Director: Robert Zemeckis
ACTORS: Michelle Pfeiffer, Harrison Ford, Diana Scarwid, Joe Morton, James Remar
The Quiet Man (DVD) Collector`s Edition DVD One of John Ford`s most cherished projects, THE QUIET MAN took years to finance but became one of his greatest box-office successes and an enduringly beloved classic. John Wayne stars as Sean Thornton, a retired...
One of John Ford`s most cherished projects, THE QUIET MAN took years to finance but became one of his greatest box-office successes and an enduringly beloved classic. John Wayne stars as Sean Thornton, a retired American boxing champion trying to put tragedy behind him by returning to Innisfree, the bucolic Irish village of his birth. He purchases his birthplace from its current owner, enraging the wealthy and bellicose Red Will Danaher (Victor McLaglen), who had designs on the property. On arriving at his cottage, Thornton finds it being swept out by Mary Kate Danaher (Maureen O`Hara), a redheaded vision from whom he steals a not completely unwelcome kiss. After engaging in a subterfuge involving a horse race, some of the locals manage to get the disgruntled Red Will to allow his sister to be courted by the American. But the courtship ritual of the village is only the first of many local practices that the bewildered Thornton must endure if he is to have Mary Kate. Wayne gives a surprisingly nuanced performance as the fish out of water, and he is perfectly matched with the radiantly rambunctious O`Hara. The rest of the cast is splendid as well, and the lush color photography garnered an Academy Award for Winston Hoch. John Ford also won an Oscar for his directing, and it`s impossible not to be charmed by the artistry with which he weaves his rollicking, robust tale.
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Director: John Ford
ACTORS: John Wayne, Maureen O`Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen
For the Love of Art (DVD)
Early exposure to the arts can stimulate creativity and provide the foundation for a lifetime of cultural appreciation. This program combines classic paintings and companion classical music to introduce children to the world of art!NR"
