Charles Napier
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed...
Series
Criterion collection volume 13
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
"In this chilling adaptation of the best-selling novel by Thomas Harris, the astonishingly versatile director Jonathan Demme crafted a taut psychological thriller about an American obsession: serial murder. As Clarice Sterling, an FBI trainee who enlists the help of the infamous Hannibal "the Cannibal" Lecter to gain insight into the mind of another killer, Jodie Foster subverts classic gender dynamics and gives one of the most memorable performances...
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
Nine-year-old Bobby lives on a Nebraska farm and has an overactive imagination, conjuring up all sorts of playmates that seem real to him. Then one day fantasy becomes reality when infamous pirate arrives through a time warp in search of treasure. Now it's up to Bobby and Captain Jack to protect the family farm from an all-out battle when the captain's disgruntled crew also finds their way to the fields of Nebraska.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Video
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Based on a true story, hard-luck milkman Melvin Dummar picks up a bum in the Nevada desert. The old man claims to be Howard Hughes and eight years later, Dummar finds himself a beneficiary in the Hughes will. Dummar becomes an instant celebrity while trying to cash in on the fortune.
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
First blood (1982): A veteran Green Beret is forced by a cruel Sheriff and his deputies to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.
Rambo: First blood part II (1985): Rambo returns to the jungles of Vietnam on a mission to infiltrate an enemy base-camp and rescue the American POWs still held captive there.
Rambo III (1988): Rambo mounts a one-man mission to rescue his friend Colonel Trautman from the clutches...
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
In First blood, an ex-Green Beret haunted by memories of Vietnam is searching for peace, but finds instead an overzealous, small town sheriff who's spoiling for a fight.
In Rambo, First blood part II, John Rambo is recruited for a highly secret and dangerous mission in the jungles of Vietnam to locate missing American POW's.
In Rambo III, John Rambo is living a secluded life in a Buddhist monastery in search of inner peace. When friend and mentor...
Series
Criterion collection volume 836
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Three girls come to Hollywood to make it big, but find only sex, drugs and sleaze.
"In 1970, Twentieth Century-Fox, impressed by the visual zing 'King of the Nudies' Russ Meyer had been bringing to bargain-basement exploitation fare, handed the director a studio budget and the title to one of its biggest hits, Valley of the Dolls. With a satirical screenplay by Roger Ebert, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls follows three young female rockers going Hollywood,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 836
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
It follows three young female rockers going Hollywood in hell-bent sixties style under the spell of a flamboyant producer, whose decadent bashes showcase Meyer's trademark libidinal exuberance. Transgressive and outrageous, this big-studio version of a debaucherous midnight movie is an addictively entertaining romp from one of the movies' great outsider artists.
Publisher
Lions Gate Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
First blood: John Rambo is a former Green Beret and Medal of Honor recipient who is plagued by dreadful memories of his time served in Vietnam. Living as a drifter, Rambo is on his way to get some food when he is arrested by Will Teasle, a small town sheriff who is used to getting things his way. Once incarcerated, Rambo soon finds himself reliving the awful memories of his fighting days as he is tormented by the sheriff's deputy. Rambo escapes and...
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008?]
Description
In First blood, an ex-Green Beret haunted by memories of Vietnam is searching for peace, but finds instead an overzealous, small town sheriff who's spoiling for a fight.
In Rambo, Vietnam veteran John Rambo has withdrawn into a simple and secluded existence in Thailand. Even though he is looking to avoid trouble, trouble finds him. A group of Christian missionaries approach Rambo with the desire to rent his boat to travel up the river to Burma, which...