Tristan + Isolde

Tristan + Isolde [videorecording] / ApolloProMedia GmbH & Co. 1. Filmproduktion KG; Epsilon Motion Pictures; Franchise Pictures; QI Quality International GmbH & Co. KG; Scott Free Productions; Stillking Films; World 2000 Entertainment; produced by Moseh Diamant, Lisa Ellzey, Giannina Facio, Elie Samaha; written by Dean Georgaris; directed by Kevin Reynolds.

A young Tristan sees his parents killed by the tyrannical Irish, who ruled over a fractured Britain after the Roman occupation. Tristan is taken in by Marke, who rules one of the British tribes. Tristan grows up to be a young prince and a mighty warrior. He's believed slain in battle and given a royal funeral on a burning boat set out to sea. But the fire goes out and Tristan washes ashore on Ireland, where Isolde, the daughter of the Irish king, nurses him back to health. The two fall in love and set in motion a tragic tale that's lasted for centuries.

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The tuxedo

The tuxedo [videorecording] / Dreamworks Pictures presents a Vanguard Films production a Parkes/MacDonald production; producers, John H. Williams, Adam Schroeder; screenplay writers, Michael J. Wilson, Michael Leeson; director, Kevin Donovan.

Jimmy Tong is an ordinary cabbie-turned-chauffeur who slips on a 2 billion dollar, super-spy suit and inadvertently becomes a dashing secret agent. Fit for trouble, this deluxe tux unwittingly thrusts Jimmy and his dazzling partner into a dangerous world of international espionage.

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Two samurai films by Akira Kurosawa

Yōjinbō Sanjūrō

Yōjinbō Sanjūrō [videorecording] = Two samurai films by Akira Kurosawa / Kurosawa Purodakushon; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha; purodūsā Tanaka Tomoyuki, Kikushima Ryūzō; kantoku Kurosawa Akira.

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Two samurai films by Akira Kurosawa

Yōjinbō Sanjūrō

Yōjinbō Sanjūrō [videorecording] = Two samurai films by Akira Kurosawa / Kurosawa Purodakushon; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha; purodūsā Tanaka Tomoyuki, Kikushima Ryūzō; kantoku Kurosawa Akira.

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U.S. Marshals

U.S. Marshals [videorecording] / Warner Bros. presents a Kopelson Entertainment/Keith Barish production; written by John Pogue; produced by Arnold Kopelson and Anne Kopelson; directed by Stuart Baird.

U.S. Marshal Sam Gerard is accompanying a planeload of convicts from Chicago to New York. The plane crashes spectacularly, and Mark Sheridan escapes. But when the FBI's John Royce is assigned to help Gerard recapture Sheridan, it becomes clear that Sheridan is more than just another murderer.

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Underworld

Underworld [videorecording] / Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment present a Lakeshore Entertainment production, a Subterranean Productions UK Limited, Underworld Productions GmbH, Laurinfilm KFT, and Subterranean Productions, LLC co-production; produced by Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi, Richard Wright; screenplay by Danny McBride; directed by Len Wiseman.

A war has been raging between the Vampires and the Lycans for centuries. Selene is a vampire Death Dealer who finds out that the Lycans have plans to capture Michael. As Selene begins to track Michael, she becomes more convinced that the Lycans are planning an attack against the Death Dealers. The vampire kingpin, Kraven, is certain the Lycans do not have that kind of intelligence. As Selene shadows Michael, she finds herself wanting to protect him, but when he's attacked by Lucian, the leader of the werewolf community, and the man she wants to save has now become a sworn enemy.

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Up periscope

Up periscope [videorecording] / Warner Home Video; Warner Bros. Pictures presents; directed by Gordon Douglas; produced by Aubrey Schenck; screenplay by Richard Landau.

A Navy frogman under secret orders is whisked from a stateside romance to the perils of warfare in the South Pacific in 1942.

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V for vendetta

V for vendetta [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Virtual Studios, a Silver Pictures production in association with Anarchos Productions Inc.; produced by Grant Hill, Joel Silver, Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski; screenplay by The Wachowski Brothers; directed by James McTeigue.

Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, the story of a young working-class woman, Evey, who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man known only as 'V.' Incomparably charismatic and ferociously skilled in the art of combat and deception, 'V' ignites a revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to rise up against tyranny and oppression. As Evey uncovers the truth about 'V's' mysterious background, she also discovers the truth about herself. She becomes his ally in his plan to bring freedom and justice to a cruel and corrupt society. (Another movie that originally began life as a graphic novel, this plot originally was set in Thatcher's England of the mid 1980's. One could argue that, no matter what Alan Moore thinks, this film has not lost one whit of relevance for today, and that the plot device changes to make it fit in today's England haven't hurt it one bit in watchability or cohesiveness. The central message of citizen abdication of duty and eventual awakening holds up. -jen)

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A view to a kill

A view to a kill [videorecording] / United Artists; produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson; directed by John Glen.

Roger Moore's Bond confronts Max Zorin, who has devised a plan to corner the world's microchip market, even if he has to kill millions to do it. Before Bond can stop the madman, he must confront Zorin's beautiful and deadly companion May Day.

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The Vikings

The Vikings [videorecording] / director, Richard Fleischer; produced by Jerry Bresler; screenplay by Calder Willingham; adaptation by Dale Wasserman.

The saga of the loves and lusts of the fierce Norse raiders who pillaged Britain over a thousand years ago.

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