Looking For A Fantastic Movie? Check Out These Great Movie Reviews

By Ruth Vance

How would you like to be able to watch the exact film that you wanted, anytime and anywhere? No longer will you have to wait for the movie to come in the mail or get in your car and run to the video store.

Alfie - Well redone interpretation of Bill Naughton play he additionally wrote. Caine is marvelous as philandering Cockney playboy who is put in a very difficult situation. Cast includes Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Marin, Julia Foster, Jane Asher, Shirley Anne Field, Graham Stark, and Murray Melvin. (114 minutes,'66)

Dracula - Gloomy retelling of the Bram Stoker classic, with Langella's esteemed Broadway characterization lost among trendy terror gimmicks and ill-imagined modifications in the original tale. The movie was filmed in England. Cast includes Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Trevor Eve, Janine Duvitski, and Tony Haygarth. (109 minutes,'79)

Sugar Town - Amusing mosaic of LA life characterizing a handful of characters whose lives fit together - a musician aspirant who'll do anything to get ahead, an uptight lone lady who allures the unsuitable men like a magnet, and a band made up of cleaned-up '80s rock megastars, to name a few. Made on a shoestring, although sharp and well recognized; superb cast contains a number of actual musicians. Cast includes Ally Sheedy, Rosanna Arquette, John Taylor, Jade Gordon, Michael Des Barres, Lucinda Jenney, and Martin Kemp. (92 minutes,'99)

Ivan the Terrible: Continuation of the story of King Ivan IV, in which he takes on the boyars in a clash for power. Impressive dvd is just a hint underneath its predecessor, Banned by Stalin due to debatable illustration of Ivan's secret patrol, and not released till'58. Cast includes Nikolai Cherkassov; Serafima Birman, Mikhail Nazvanov, Pavel Kadochnikov, and Andrei Abrikosov. (88 minutes,'46)

Black like Me: Commanding drama based on actual history of a journalist who took drugs that permitted him to pass for black so he might live through racial prejudice first hand. Some facets of presentation are outdated, although subjects are still pertinent. Cast includes James Whitmore, Roscoe Lee Browne, Lenka Petersen, Sorrell Booke, Will Geer, Al Freeman, and Raymond Jacques. (107 minutes,'64)

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