Generic Thriller $24.99

Steven, a handsome, young theatre history professor sets out to write a stage thriller only to discover that his characters prefer a character study- and want it to be a movie, not a play. Basing the characters on his real life friends, Steven has created a conundrum. As the psyce of each character develops, they begin to consume Steven, especially the uncooperative lead character, Vertigo. Add a psycotic killer and Steven may be pushed over the edge. In the vein of Fellini's 8, Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author or Woody Allen's Deconstucting Harry, Generic Thriller shines a light into the creative process of a writer/director on the brink of insanity.

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Last updated: August 18, 2009, 4:25 pm

A Better Tomorrow II

"I won't give you nothing, man; I give you shit," sneers charismatic superstar Chow Yun Fat, speaking English (with a De Niro accent) in his role as a New York restaurateur who won't knuckle under to the (Italian) mob. Chow plays the twin brother of the character he played in the original Tomorrow, the ultraviolent, ultraromantic ultrapopular Hong Kong gangster melodrama. And the blatancy of that device is a fair indication of the sequel's shortcomings--and of its screwy charm: this is a film that knows no shame. The bond between the natural siblings played by Ti Lung (as a reformed mobster) and Leslie Cheung (as a hot shot cop) still resonate tellingly. As a good-guy ex-thug driven batty by the slaying of his only daughter, real-life Cinema City studio chief Dean Shek gets to play a garishly extended "mad scene," foaming at the mouth, chewing on soup bones. A later episode in which a dying man crawls to a phone booth to call his wife (and newborn daughter) in the hospital must also be some kind of lurid first in the soap sweepstakes. The final 15 minutes could be the bloodiest single shoot-out sequence ever committed to celluloid. The story line hasn't been shaped to any particular purpose here, but the images have a golden Godfather-like glow, and this faintly anachronistic, all-stops-out wish-fulfillment approach to moviemaking still has a lot of power. --David Chute

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Last updated: October 31, 2009, 9:40 pm

Spirit of the Eagle $6.99

GABBY THE BEAR AND LADY THE GOLDEN EAGLE HELP A MOUNTAIN MAN TRACK THE FUR TRADER WHO KIDNAPPED HIS SON.

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Last updated: October 31, 2009, 10:00 pm

Friday Foster

Soul Cinema superstar Pam Grier leads an outta-sight, all-star cast, including Yaphet Kotto (Alien), Eartha Kitt (TV's original Catwoman), Carl Weathers (RockyÂ(r)), Scatman Crothers (The Shining), Ted Lange ("The Love Boat"), Jim Backus ("Gilligan's Island") and Godfrey Cambridge (Cotton Comes to Harlem) in this ultra-slick, pulse-pumping actioner that brings a foxy camerawoman into the focus of danger! When photographer Friday Foster (Grier) unwittingly uncovers a white supremecist plot to knock off all of the country's top black leaders, she andher free-wheelin', trouble-dealin' P.I. friend, Hawkins (Kotto), go on a mission to stomp the killers' plans! From the backstage murders at a righteous fashion show to a pedal-to-the-metal car chase from a funeralin a hearse(!)this shutterbuggin' babe will go anywhere and do anything to expose the corruptiononly this time, the shooting isn't just with a camera!

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Last updated: October 31, 2009, 10:01 pm

TV Classic Westerns - 4 DVD Set - Over 15 Hours! $9.98

TV CLASSIC WESTERNS - OVER 15 HOURS! 30 Classic Shows from the Golden Age of TV Westerns! Together in one box set of 4 DVDs, over 950 minutes of rip-roarin', rootin' tootin', Western entertainment the whole family is sure to enjoy, including "lost" westerns. This very special collection includes: Buffalo Bill Jr., The Adventures of Kit Carson, The Cisco Kid, Annie Oakley, The Lone Ranger, Red Ryder, Roy Rogers, Tate, The High Chaparral, 26 Men, Range Rider, Sugarfoot, The Texan, The Rifleman, Frontier Doctor, The Texas Rangers, Bat Masterson, Yancy Derringer, Judge Roy Bean, Cowboy G-Men, Death Valley Days, Shotgun Slade, Diamond Jim, Tumbleweed, Wichita Town, Frontier, Johnny Moccasin, Night Rider, Story of a Star and The Adventures of Rick O'Shay. Great Western stars like Chuck Connors, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Dale Robertson, Clayton Moore, Rory Calhoun, Joel McCrae and Johnny Cash! Rare and hard to find episodes of your favorite shows! Never before aired and one-of-a-kind pilot episodes!

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Last updated: August 20, 2009, 2:45 am

RiffTrax: House on Haunted Hill - from the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000! $9.95

If an eccentric millionaire were to offer you a large sum of money to you spend a night in a haunted house, you might think to yourself, "How did I wind up in an episode of Scooby Doo? Or perhaps a Simpson's Halloween special? Or any one of the countless other TV shows or movies that have employed this hackneyed plot device?" But every cliche has its origins somewhere, and House on Haunted Hill may be the very first movie where a random assortment of guests are summoned to a haunted house. In this case, the haunted house just happens to reside in the Haunted Hill district of town, and it's presided over by a ghoulish master of ceremonies played by Vincent Price. Murder, mayhem and clumsy romance ensue. Fortunately, three of the guests at this party are Mike Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett of RiffTrax.com and Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame, on hand to heckle the House on Haunted Hill!

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Last updated: August 22, 2009, 7:55 am

Death Wish 4: The Crackdown $9.98

The streets are filled with death and destruction. Ruthless drug traffickers prey upon the poor, the lonely, the helpless. L.A. is a city desperate for deliverance until now! Charles Bronson returns as Paul Kersey, the original urban vigilante and one-man demolition force in this pulse-pounding, take-no-prisoners thriller! Two rival drug gangs have a death-grip on L.A.'s battle-torn inner city. But their brutal reign of terror is about to come to a violent end. One man is out to avenge the cocaine-induced death of his girlfriend's teenage daughter. His name is Paul Kerseyand he's armed, dangerous and mad as hell!

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Last updated: October 30, 2009, 8:45 pm