H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds VHS cover art. Movie starring Anthony Piana, Jack Clay, James Lathrop, Darlene Sellers, John Kaufmann, Jamie Lynn Sease, Susan Goforth, W. Bernard Bauman. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells. Directed by Timothy Hines. 2005.

H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds on VHS. Starring Anthony Piana, Jack Clay, James Lathrop, Darlene Sellers, John Kaufmann, Jamie Lynn Sease, Susan Goforth, W. Bernard Bauman. Based on the novel by H.G. Wells. Directed by Timothy Hines. 2005.

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The War To End All Wars

In the year 1898, critically acclaimed author H.G. Wells conceived of a tale so terrifying that it has captured the imagination of millions of readers for more than 100 years. Now for the first time ever, the true adaptation of the classic novel hits the screen with devastating effect!

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Men in Black

Men in Black VHS cover art. Movie starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub, David Cross. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. 1997.

Men in Black on VHS. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D’Onofrio, Rip Torn, Tony Shalhoub, David Cross. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. 1997.

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Protecting The Earth From The Scum Of The Universe.

MEMO TO: Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones) and Agent J (Will Smith)

FROM: Agent Zed (Rip Torn)

WARNING: New York City is being threatened by a villainous bug who has inhabited the body of a farmer (Vincent D’Onofrio, The Player). Your mission is to locate and exterminate this bug before it destroys our planet. We have a cache of weapons for you to arm yourselves with, including the Carbonizer, Series 4 De-Atomizer and the Noisy Cricket. Make sure you also bring your Neuralyzers. You may find Dr. Laurel Weaver (Linda Fiorentino, The Last Seduction) and an alien arms dealer (Tony Shalhoub, TV’s “Wings”) useful in carrying out your task. Good Luck!

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Space Cowboys

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Space Cowboys on VHS. Starring Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 2000.

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Clint Eastwood, directing for the 22nd time and starring for the 42nd, leads a stellar cast into orbit in the exhilarating, high-tech adventure, Space Cowboys. Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner join Eastwood as old-school test pilots whose grasp of outdated technology make them the only ones able to repair a primitive, deorbiting Russian satellite that imperils Earth.

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Firefox

Firefox VHS cover art. Movie starring Clint Eastwood. With Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 1982.

Firefox on VHS. Starring Clint Eastwood. With Freddie Jones, David Huffman, Warren Clarke. Directed by Clint Eastwood. 1982.

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The most devastating killing machine ever built. His job: steal it!

Like a high-tech bat out of hell, it rips through the skies at six times the speed of sound. Like a shimmering ghost, it is invisible to radar. Like a sleek cobra, it spits death — with missiles launched and guided purely by the pilot’s thoughts. It’s the most devastating war machine ever built by man. Code name: Firefox.

But Firefox belongs to the Russians. To maintain the delicate balance of world power, the West must steal it. The right man for the job? Take a guess.

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Eat The Rich

Eat the Rich VHS cover art. Movie starring Ronald Allen, Sandra Dorne, Jimmy Fagg, Lemmy Kilmister, Lanah Pellay, Nosher Powell, Fiona Richmond, Ron Tarr. With Kevin Allen, Dave Beard, Rowena Bently, Robbie Coltrane, Angela Bowie, Bill Wyman, Steve Walsh, Paul McCartney, Shane MacGowan, Hugh Cornwell, Miles A. Copeland III, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, Jools Holland, Koo Stark, Dawn French, Kathy Burke, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson. Directed by Peter Richardson. 1988.

Eat the Rich on VHS. Starring Ronald Allen, Sandra Dorne, Jimmy Fagg, Lemmy Kilmister, Lanah Pellay, Nosher Powell, Fiona Richmond, Ron Tarr. With Kevin Allen, Dave Beard, Rowena Bently, Robbie Coltrane, Angela Bowie, Bill Wyman, Steve Walsh, Paul McCartney, Shane MacGowan, Hugh Cornwell, Miles A. Copeland III, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall, Jools Holland, Koo Stark, Dawn French, Kathy Burke, Jennifer Saunders, Adrian Edmondson. Directed by Peter Richardson. 1988.

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You are what you eat!

“You are what you eat,” is given new meaning when a trendy London restaurant is suddenly taken over by maniacal subversives in the outrageous Eat The Rich. Nosher Powell stars as an ex-boxer, beer-gulping bully elected to the elitist position of Home Security, second in command to the Prime Minister. Tired of watching his country be terrorized by undesirables, Nosher kicks butts…bashes baddies…and still finds time to flirt with the Queen. Meanwhile, a surly but sensitive ex-waiter Alex (Lanah Pellay) has assembled a small band to join his people’s uprising-while suave Commander Fortune (Ronald Allen), a Soviet double agent, and his sidekick Spider (Lemmy), are plotting Nosher’s downfall. It’s might versus mincemeat, where the strongest, sexiest, or just plain silliest wind up eating eating their words-or each other-in this unforgettable spoof of the upper crust featuring music by “Motorhead,” and cameos by Paul McCartney, Koo Stark and Bill Wyman.

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The Hunt For Red October

The Hunt For Red October VHS cover art. Movie starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin. With Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Gates McFadden, Tim Curry. Directed by John McTiernan. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1990.

The Hunt For Red October on VHS. Starring Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin. With Scott Glenn, Sam Neill, James Earl Jones, Gates McFadden, Tim Curry. Directed by John McTiernan. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1990.

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A new, technologically-superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the U.S. coast under the command of Captain Marko Ramius (Sean Connery). The American government think Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst (Alec Baldwin) has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it–because the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find him, too. The hunt is on!

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Enemy Of The State

Enemy Of The State VHS cover art. Movie starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight. With Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Jamie Kennedy, Jack Black. Directed by Tony Scott. 1998.

Enemy Of The State on VHS. Starring Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight. With Lisa Bonet, Regina King, Jamie Kennedy, Jack Black. Directed by Tony Scott. 1998.

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Robert Clayton Dean (Will Smith) is a successful Washington, D.C. attorney who–without his knowledge–is given a video that ties a top official of the National Security Agency (Jon Voight) to a political murder! Instantly, every aspect of Dean’s once-normal life is targeted by a lethal team of skilled NSA surveillance operatives, who wage a relentless, ultrahigh-tech campaign to discredit him and retrieve the incriminating evidence!

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The Groundstar Conspiracy

The Groundstar Conspiracy VHS cover art. Movie starring George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford. With Cliff Potts, James Olson. Directed by Lamont Johnson. 1972.

The Groundstar Conspiracy on VHS. Starring George Peppard, Michael Sarrazin, Christine Belford. With Cliff Potts, James Olson. Directed by Lamont Johnson. 1972.

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George Peppard and Michael Sarrazin engage in a monumental battle of wills in this critically-acclaimed espionage thriller from the early 1970’s. The riveting suspense yarn begins when an explosion smashed Groundstar, a top secret government space installation. Only one scientist, a spy placed withing the organization to steal the plant’s secrets, survives. But the blast has left him seriously burned and unable to recall anything that happened. It’s then up to Peppard, an overbearing government security head, to do whatever is necessary to get the spy’s memory back. Failing that, the investigator plans to use the impaired scientist as human bait to bring those behind The Groundstar Conspiracy to the surface. The terrifying drama, fashioned in the Hitchcock tradition, makes spectacular use of the breathtaking scenery shot on location at Vancouver Island.

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Patriot Games

Patriot Games VHS cover art. Movie starring Harrison Ford. With Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Thora Birch, James Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris. Directed by Phillip Noyce. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1992.

Patriot Games on VHS. Starring Harrison Ford. With Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin, Thora Birch, James Fox, Samuel L. Jackson, James Earl Jones, Richard Harris. Directed by Phillip Noyce. From a Tom Clancy novel. 1992.

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Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan in this explosive thriller based on Tom Clancy’s international best-seller.

His days as an intelligence agent behind him, former CIA analyst Jack Ryan has traveled to London to vacation with his wife (Anne Archer, Fatal Attraction) and child (Thora Birch, All I Want For Christmas). Meeting his family outside of Buckingham Palace, Ryan is caught in the middle of a terrorist attack on Lord Holmes (James Fox, The Russia House), a member of the Royal Family. Ryan helps to thwart Holmes’ assailants and becomes a local hero. But Ryan’s courageous act marks him as a target in the sights of the terrorist (Sean Bean, Stormy Monday) whose brother he killed. Now Ryan must return to action for the most vital assignment of his life: to save his family.

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The Day After Tomorrow

The Day After Tomorrow VHS cover art. Movie starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum. With Ian Holm, Arjay Smith, Austin Nichols, Sela Ward, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 2004.

The Day After Tomorrow on VHS. Starring Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum. With Ian Holm, Arjay Smith, Austin Nichols, Sela Ward, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders. Directed by Roland Emmerich. 2004.

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In this pulse-pounding action-thriller, global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age. As tornadoes flatten Los Angeles and a tidal wave engulfs New York City, the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall (Dennis Quaid), his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhaal) and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive.

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