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Wall Street (1987) [VHS] 20th Century Fox Michael Douglas won an Oscar for perfectly embodying the Reagan-era credo that greed is good As a Donald Trump-like Wall Street raider aptly named Gordon Gecko for his reptilian ability to attack corporate targets and swallow them whole Douglas found a role tailor-made to his skill in portraying heartless men whove sacrificed humanity to power Hes a slick seductive role model for the young ambitious Wall Street broker played by Charlie Sheen who falls into Geckos sphere of influence and instantly succumbs to the allure of risky deals and generous payoffs With such perks as a high-rise apartment and women who love men for their money Charlies like a worm on Geckos hook blind to the corporate maneuvering that puts him at odds with his own father played by Sheens offscreen father Martin With his usual lack of subtlety writer-director Oliver Stone drew from the brokering experience of his own father to tell this Faustian tale for the me decade but the movies sledgehammer style is undeniably effective A cautionary warning that Stone delivers on highly entertaining terms Wall Street grabs your attention while questioning the corrupted values of a system that worships profit at the cost of ones soul --Jeff Shannon Michael Douglas won an Oscar for perfectly embodying the Reagan-era credo that greed is good As a Donald Trump-like Wall Street raider aptly named Gordon Gecko for his reptilian ability to attack corporate targets and swallow them whole Douglas found a role tailor-made to his skill in portraying heartless men whove sacrificed humanity to power Hes a slick seductive role model for the young ambitious Wall Street broker played by Charlie Sheen who falls into Geckos sphere of influence and instantly succumbs to the allure of risky deals and generous payoffs With such perks as a high-rise apartment and women who love men for their money Charlies like a worm on Geckos hook blind to the corporate maneuvering that puts him at odds with his own father played by Sheens offscreen father Martin With his usual lack of subtlety writer-director Oliver Stone drew from the brokering experience of his own father to tell this Faustian tale for the me decade but the movies sledgehammer style is undeniably effective A cautionary warning that Stone delivers on highly entertaining terms Wall Street grabs your attention while questioning the corrupted values of a system that worships profit at the cost of ones soul --Jeff Shannon To Kill a Mockingbird (Widescreen) [VHS] Universal Studios Ranked 34 on the American Film Institutes list of the 100 Greatest American Films To Kill a Mockingbird is quite simply one of the finest family-oriented dramas ever made A beautiful and deeply affecting adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee the film retains a timeless quality that transcends its historically dated subject matter racism in the Depression-era South and remains powerfully resonant in present-day America with its advocacy of tolerance justice integrity and loving responsible parenthood Its tempting to call this an important message movie that should be required viewing for children and adults alike but this riveting courtroom drama is anything but stodgy or pedantic As Atticus Finch the small-town Alabama lawyer and widower father of two Gregory Peck gives one of his finest performances with his impassioned defense of a black man Brock Peters wrongfully accused of the rape and assault of a young white woman While his children Scout Mary Badham and Jem Philip Alford learn the realities of racial prejudice and irrational hatred they also learn to overcome their fear of the unknown as personified by their mysterious mostly unseen neighbor Boo Radley Robert Duvall in his brilliant almost completely nonverbal screen debut What emerges from this evocative exquisitely filmed drama is a pure distillation of the themes of Harper Lees enduring novel a showcase for some of the finest American acting ever assembled in one film and a rare quality of humanitarian artistry including Horton Footes splendid screenplay and Elmer Bernsteins outstanding score that seems all but lost in the chaotic morass of modern cinema --Jeff Shannon Separate But Equal [VHS] Republic Pictures One of the most pivotal moments in 20th century American history is bracingly dramatized in Separate but Equal In telling the detailed story of the Supreme Courts 1953 decision to abolish racial segregation in schools this superb 1991 TV movie covers a broad spectrum of issues never taking its eyes off the prize while its first-rate cast conveys the importance of the Supreme Courts ultimately unanimous decision It was the culmination of a lengthy legally complex and morally compelling struggle that began humbly in South Carolina in 1950 where future Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall Sidney Poitier --then a New York-based lawyer for the NAACP--fought on behalf of an underprivileged black community facing social injustice despite the 1896 decision Plessy v Ferguson that promised separate but equal treatment in the wake of slaverys abolition Both direction and script by George Stevens Jr are utterly conventional but with so much dignity and fine acting in the service of a noble undertaking including Burt Lancasters final performance as opposing counsel John W Davis Separate but Equal achieves a lasting importance of its own --Jeff Shannon Blue Dahlia [VHS] Universal Studios 12 Angry Men (1957) [VHS] MGM (Video & DVD) Sidney Lumets directorial debut remains a tense atmospheric though slightly manipulative and stagy courtroom thriller in which the viewer never sees a trial and the only action is verbal As he does in his later corruption commentaries such as Serpico or Q A Lumet focuses on the lonely one-man battles of a protagonist whose ethics alienate him from the rest of jaded society As the film opens the seemingly open-and-shut trial of a young Puerto Rican accused of murdering his father with a knife has just concluded and the 12-man jury retires to their microscopic sweltering quarters to decide the verdict When the votes are counted 11 men rule guilty while one--played by Henry Fonda again typecast as another liberal truth-seeking hero--doubts the obvious Stressing the idea of reasonable doubt Fonda slowly chips away at the jury who represent a microcosm of white male society--exposing the prejudices and preconceptions that directly influence the other jurors snap judgments The tight script by Reginald Rose based on his own teleplay presents each juror vividly using detailed soliloquies all which are expertly performed by the films flawless cast Still its Lumets claustrophobic direction--all sweaty close-ups and cramped compositions within a one-room setting--that really transforms this contrived story into an explosive and compelling nail-biter --Dave McCoy Chiefs TV Mini-Series [VHS] Anchor Bay Pure Luck [VHS] Universal Studios This weak 1991 remake of the French comedy La Ch vre stars Danny Glover as a detective who is sent to Mexico to find a businessmans daughter Sheila Kelley and who gets stuck with a hapless assistant Martin Short The film wears out its welcome very quickly despite some passable physical comedy from Short Both actors have made much better movies dont be surprised if you cant make it through to the end of this one --Tom Keogh Exit to Eden [VHS] Hbo Home Video Garry Marshall the man behind Pretty Woman has made two movies here One is based on Anne Rices erotic novel of a fantasy island where dreams are fulfilled and sexuality is open to all led by a congenial dominatrix Dana Delany and a glowing new recruit Paul Mercurio of Strictly Ballroom The other is a farcical comedy-action movie which is what you saw in the ads Savoy Pictures must have been unsure of to how to market the movie and they pushed the secondary action of pop songs needless narration and even a few noticeable dubs Amazingly though the film works by the end as a guilty pleasure thanks to the four principals Delany finally ripples on the big screen Rosie ODonnell has her first confident work since A League of Their Own Dan Aykroyd becomes a comic mainstay and best of all is Mercurio The brooding stud is a delight and is sure to launch a million fans as the loverboy who finds a sweet love story Agreeable stuff if you really want Rices erotic novels turned into cute TV-ish comedies With as always Hector Elizondo --Doug Thomas The Birds (The Alfred Hitchcock Collection) [VHS] Universal Studios Vacationing in northern California Alfred Hitchcock was struck by a story in a Santa Cruz newspaper Seabird Invasion Hits Coastal Homes From this peculiar incident and his memory of a short story by Daphne du Maurier the master of suspense created one of his strangest and most terrifying films The Birds follows a chic blonde Melanie Daniels Tippi Hedren as she travels to the coastal town of Bodega Bay to hook up with a rugged fellow Rod Taylor shes only just met Before long the town is attacked by marauding birds and Hitchcocks skill at staging action is brought to the fore Beyond the superb effects however The Birds is also one of Hitchcocks most psychologically complicated scenarios a tense study of violence loneliness and complacency What really gets under your skin are not the bird skirmishes but the anxiety and the eerie quiet between attacks The director elevated an unknown model Tippi Hedren mother of Melanie Griffith to being his latest cool blond leading lady an experience that was not always easy on the much-pecked Ms Hedren Still she returned for the next Hitchcock picture the underrated Marnie Treated with scant attention by serious critics in 1963 The Birds has grown into a classic and--despite the sci-fi trappings--one of Hitchcocks most serious films --Robert Horton I Come in Peace [VHS] Starz / Anchor Bay