Browsing For A Terrific Film? Check Out These Great Film Commentaries

By Joann Stanton

It is a wonderful time to be a motion picture admirer. For numerous years the only way to see a up-to-the-minute motion picture was to go to the theater. After that the video stores came out but there you had to go over there and try to find your movie, it was frequently out of stock and if you didn't get it back on time you had to pay a late fee. Now you can get films by mail but you still have to wait.

Above the Law - This is Steven Segal's breakout motion picture. He plays a Chicago Policeman who takes matters into his own hands. As the title implies, he is 'above the law'. He uses his large body and martial arts skills to cause mayhem on the bad guys. Stars include Steven Segal, Pam Grier, and Sharon Stone. (1988 Action)

Mysterious Lady - An Austrian armed forces officer (Nagel) falls in love with Garbo, naive that she is a Russian agent. Another contrived plot made serviceable by Garbo herself. Cast includes Greta Garbo, Conrad Nagel, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Albert Pollet, and Edward Connelly. (96 minutes,'28)

Rhapsody in Blue - Hollywood biography of George Gershwin is largely fiction, although comes off better than most other composer biographies, seizing Gershwin's exhilaration for his work, and some of his central conflicts. Cast includes Robert Aida, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Oscar Levant, Charles Coburn, Hazel Scott, and Al Jolson. (139 minutes,'45)

Clue - Silly and insipid thriller based on the trendy board game of the same name with all the recognizable characters Mrs. Peacock, Colonel Mustard, Miss Red, et al. gathered for a murderous day in a Victorian mansion. Everyone tries tremendously hard but there is nothing they can do to save this weak film. Cast includes Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, Martin Ponder, and Howard Hesseman. (87 minutes,'85)

Inferno - American returns to N.Y. from school in Rome to investigate the gruesome death of his sibling, and finds "sinister moms" wreaking paranormal chaos on both sides of Atlantic. Surreal, hypnotic shocker by Italian terror maestro Argento does not make much sense, but it has a lot of style. Cast includes Leigh McCloskey, Irene Marvel, Sacha Pitoeff, Daria Nicolodi, Eleonora Giorgi, Veronica Lazar, and Alida Valli. (107 minutes,'84)

Basic - While things go awry throughout an armed forces work out, base captain Daly brings in Travolta, the best interrogator he ever had, to question the surviving members of the squad, whose tales do not add up. In fact a whodunit, this movie keeps us guessing, as a good plot should. Cast includes John Travolta, Connie Nielsen, Samuel L. Jackson, Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Daly, Roselyn Sanchez, and Harry Connick. (2003 minutes,'95)

Before you start downloading movies look at a couple of the available sites. If you want to be able to burn the show onto a Compact disk so you can view it on your TV, make sure that you can do that. Look for a superior range and check to see if the site offers you information on the time that it takes to download a film. - 30202

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