Category: Drama

Volcano

Volcano VHS cover art. Movie starring Tommy Lee Jones. With Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim, Keith David. Directed by Mick Jackson. 1997.

Volcano on VHS. Starring Tommy Lee Jones. With Anne Heche, Gaby Hoffmann, Don Cheadle, Jacqueline Kim, Keith David. Directed by Mick Jackson. 1997.

From the box:

The Coast Is Toast.

“YOU’LL HAVE A HELL-LAVA TIME!”
— Time

“THIS IS THE VOLCANO MOVIE TO SEE!”
— Pat Collins, WWOR-TV

Quakes. Riots. Mudslides. Los Angeles has seen it all… almost. Get set for nonstop action, searing suspense and explosive special effects when Oscar winner Tommy Lee Jones stars in “The first great action film of the year!” (Matt Levitz, Syndicated Radio).

Something unspeakably chilling is heating up The City of Angels. Beneath the famed La Brea Tar Pits, a raging volcano has formed, raining a storm of deadly fire bombs and an endless tide of white-hot lava upon the stunned city. Experience the pulse-pounding thrills as the dream capital of the world erupts into the stuff nightmares are made of.

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Bandits

Bandits VHS cover art. Movie starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett. Directed by Barry Levinson. 2001.

Bandits on VHS. Starring Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett. Directed by Barry Levinson. 2001.

From the box:

Busting out of prison, Joe (Bruce Willis) and Terry (Billy Bob Thornton) are on the run and out of money. That changes when they devise a scheme to place bank managers under house arrest the night before they rob their banks. But success as the infamous “sleepover bandits” isn’t the only change in store for them. As they cross state lines and federal laws, they meet Kate (Cate Blanchett), a sexy, eccentric housewife whose indecision as to which of the two bandits she wants could spoil their partnership for good!

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Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction VHS cover art. Movie starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson. With Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Ving Rhames, Peter Greene, Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel, Maria de Medeiros. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. 1994.

Pulp Fiction on VHS. Starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson. With Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Ving Rhames, Peter Greene, Christopher Walken, Harvey Keitel, Maria de Medeiros. Directed by Quentin Tarantino. 1994.

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The lives of two mob hit men, a boxer, a gangster’s wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

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GoodFellas

GoodFellas VHS cover art. Movie starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci. With Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Debi Mazar, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Michael Imperioli, Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Gallo. Directed by Martin Scorsese. 1990.

GoodFellas on VHS. Starring Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci. With Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Debi Mazar, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Michael Imperioli, Samuel L. Jackson, Vincent Gallo. Directed by Martin Scorsese. 1990.

From the box:

Three Decades Of Life In The Mafia.

When Martin Scorsese, one of the world’s most skillful and respected directors, reunited with two-time Oscar-winner Robert De Niro in GoodFellas, the result was one of the most powerful films of the year. Based on the true-life best seller Wiseguy by Nicholas Pileggi and backed by a dynamic pop/rock oldies soundtrack, critics and filmgoers alike declared GoodFellas great. It was named 1990’s best film by the New York, Los Angeles and National Society of Film Critics. And it earned six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director.

Robert De Niro received wide recognition for his performance as veteran criminal Jimmy “The Gent” Conway. And as the volatile Tommy DeVito, Joe Pesci walked off with the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Academy Award nominee Lorraine Bracco, Ray Liotta and Paul Sorvino also turned in electrifying performances.

You have to see it to believe it — then watch it again. GoodFellas explores the criminal life like no other movie.

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Phoenix

Phoenix VHS cover art. Movie starring Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Anjelica Huston. With Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven, Royce D. Applegate, Xander Berkeley, Brittany Murphy, Kari Wuhrer, Giancarlo Esposito. Directed by Danny Cannon. 1998.

Phoenix on VHS. Starring Ray Liotta, Anthony LaPaglia, Anjelica Huston. With Daniel Baldwin, Jeremy Piven, Royce D. Applegate, Xander Berkeley, Brittany Murphy, Kari Wuhrer, Giancarlo Esposito. Directed by Danny Cannon. 1998.

From the box:

In This Town, The Heat Can Kill You.

These days it seems like everybody’s addicted to something, and for Detective Harry Collins (Ray Liotta) gambling is his “drug.” He’ll bet on anything, no matter the odds, just for the rush. But this time, he’s in over his head. Caught between a brutal bookie, a lethal loan shark and a murderous heist gone wrong, Harry has a daring plan to settle his debts, once and for all.

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Chinatown

Chinatown VHS cover art. Movie starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. Directed by Roman Polanski. 1974.

Chinatown on VHS. Starring Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway, John Huston. Directed by Roman Polanski. 1974.

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Jack Nicholson is private-eye Jake Gittes, living off the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-war Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite (Faye Dunaway), to investigate her husband’s extramarital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together for one, unforgettable night in Chinatown.

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Fist of Honor

Fist of Honor VHS cover art. Movie starring Joey House, Sam Jones, Abe Vigoda, Harry Guardino, Bubba Smith. Directed by Richard Pepin. 1993.

Fist of Honor on VHS. Starring Joey House, Sam Jones, Abe Vigoda, Harry Guardino, Bubba Smith. Directed by Richard Pepin. 1993.

From the box:

Revenge Has No Loyalty

Beautiful Top International model Joey House and “bad cop” Bubba Smith (highly successful “Police Academy” series) are involved in an all-out, hard-hitting family feud. The war begins when two rival Godfathers, Harry Guardino and Abe Vigoda, vie to take control of the city, and a hot-tempered family member breaks the Truce of Honor, killing two relatives of the opposing family.

As a young boxer Sam Jones gets caught in the middle of this double and sometimes triple-cross, he must seek revenge for his fiancee’s death and settle the score.

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Felicia’s Journey

Felicia's Journey VHS cover art. Movie starring Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Arsinée Khanjian. Directed by Atom Egoyan. 1999.

Felicia’s Journey on VHS. Starring Bob Hoskins, Elaine Cassidy, Arsinée Khanjian. Directed by Atom Egoyan. 1999.

From the box:

“The richest, most provocative serial killer movie in cinema history.” — Kenneth M. Charles, Newark Star Ledger

Joseph Hilditch is an eccentric chef who lives in a large country manor. He befriends a young woman named Felicia who has come to town searching for her boyfriend. Felicia is attracted to the seemingly harmless and extremely helpful Hilditch, trusting him, entering his home — and his life — only to discover too late that she is not the first woman this man has taken in — although she may be the last.

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Rosemary’s Baby

Rosemary's Baby VHS cover art. Movie starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon. Directed by Roman Polanski. 1968.

Rosemary’s Baby on VHS. Starring Mia Farrow, John Cassavetes, Ruth Gordon. Directed by Roman Polanski. 1968.

From the box:

Possibly the best horror film ever made, this brilliant adaptation of Ira Levin’s best-selling novel is the story of a loving young New York City couple who are expecting their first child. Like most first-time mothers, Rosemary (Mia Farrow) experiences confusion and fear. Her husband (John Cassavetes), an ambitious but unsuccessful actor, makes a pact with the devil that promises to send his career skyward.

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Pleasantville

Pleasantville VHS cover art. Movie starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh, Reese Witherspoon. With Don Knotts, Jane Kaczmarek, Jenny Lewis. Written and directed by Gary Ross. 1998.

Pleasantville on VHS. Starring Tobey Maguire, Jeff Daniels, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, J.T. Walsh, Reese Witherspoon. With Don Knotts, Jane Kaczmarek, Jenny Lewis. Written and directed by Gary Ross. 1998.

From the box:

Nothing Is As Simple As Black And White

When ’90’s teens David and Jennifer (Tobey Maguire, The Ice Storm, Reese Witherspoon, Freeway) get zapped into the perfect suburbia of the black & white ’50’s sitcom, Pleasantville, what results is a “visionary adventure” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone) that Siskel and Ebert give “Two big thumbs up!”

Pleasantville’s perfect people include a mild-mannered soda jerk (Jeff Daniels, Dumb and Dumber), a socially repressed mom (Joan Allen, Face/Off) and a father who always knows best (William H. Macy, Fargo). But, when ’90’s pop culture clashes with ’50’s family values, chaos ensues, turning the town of Pleasantville upside down and black and white into color.

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