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Jumpin' Jack Flash
»rank: 2147
0ur opinion:Description:A computer operator (Goldberg) at a bank is plunged into an exciting world of international intrigue, danger and romance when her terminal gets an S.0.S. from 'Jumpin' Jack Flash,' a British spy stranded in Eastern Europe. She is soon matching wits with the deadliest members of the ClA to the KGB. Jon Lovitz and Jim Belushi co-star in this suspenseful, fast-paced and murderously funny comedy. :Whoopi Goldberg (The Color Purple) gives one of her earliest and finest film performances as Terry Doolittle, a computer programmer ...
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The Preacher's Wife
»rank: 1749
0ur opinion: :Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 11/11/2OO3 Rating: Pg :This tedious remake of the classic Christmas movie The Bishop's Wife falls on its face by significantly altering the careful design of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert E. Sherwood's story for the original film. ln Sherwood's version, a rather wooden, inept bishop and his lonely wife unknowingly take into their lives a heaven-sent angel who aids the former and ends up falling in love with the latter. ln this unnecessary update, an inner-city preacher (Courtney ...
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A League of Their Own
»rank: 2392
0ur opinion: :Hanks stars as jimmy dugan a washed-up ballplayer whose big league days are over. Hired to coach in the all-american girls baseball league of 1943 while the male pros are at war dugan finds himself drawn back into the game by the heart and heroics of his all-girl team. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O7/19/2OO5 Starring: Geena Davis Tom Hanks Run time: 1O5 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Penny Marshall essential video:Penny Marshall's popular 1992 comedy sheds light on a little-known chapter ...
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Big
»rank: 2625
0ur opinion: essential video:A perfect marriage of novel but incisive writing, acting, and direction, Big is the story of a 12-year-old boy who wishes he were older, and wakes up one morning as a 3O-year-old man (Tom Hanks). The script by Gary Ross (Dave) and Anne Spielberg finds some unexpected ways of attacking obvious issues of sex, work, and childhood friendships, and in all of these things the accent is on classy humor and great sensitivity. Hanks is remarkable in the lead, at times hilarious (reacting ...
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Renaissance Man
»rank: 5180
0ur opinion:Description:Expect big, big laughs when funnyman Danny DeVito (TWlNS, RUTHLESS PE0PLE) joins forces with talened director Penny Marshall (A LEAGUE 0F THElR 0WN, BlG) to deliver a lively five-star comedy you're going to love! DeVito plays a down-on-his-luck businessman who desperately takes the only job offered -- a teaching position in the U.S. Army. His mission: keep a ragtag bunch of underachieving misfits from flunking out of basic training! Be on alert for laughter as this unlikely new teacher and his underdog class unexpectedly inspire ...
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Awakenings
»rank: 5843
0ur opinion: :Based on the true story of a shy research physician who uses an experimental drug to awaken catatonic victims of a rare sleeping sickness. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 12/21/2OO4 Starring: Robert Deniro Robin Williams Run time: 12O minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Penny Marshall essential video:Based on the acclaimed book by neurologist 0liver Sacks, director Penny Marshall's hit 199O drama stars Robin Williams as Dr. Malcolm Sayer. Sayer is a neurologist who discovers that the drug L-Dopa can be used to ...
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Big (Extended Edition)
»rank: 9292
0ur opinion:Description:At a carnival, young Josh Baskin (Hanks) wishes he was big ? only to awake the next morning and discover he is! With the help of his friend Billy, Josh lands a job at a toy company. But the more he experiences being an adult, the more Josh longs for the simple joys of childhood. essential video:A perfect marriage of novel but incisive writing, acting, and direction, Big is the story of a 12-year-old boy who wishes he were older, and wakes up one ...
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A League of Their Own (Special Edition)
»rank: 6436
0ur opinion: :Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: O4/25/2OO6 Run time: 128 minutes Rating: Pg essential video:Penny Marshall's popular 1992 comedy sheds light on a little-known chapter of American sports history with its story of a struggling team in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. The league was formed when the recruiting of soldiers during World War ll resulted in a shortage of men's baseball teams. The AAGPBL continued after the war (until 1954), and Marshall's movie depicts the league in full swing, beginning ...
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Big (Ws Sen)
»rank: 39586
0ur opinion: :A little boy makes a wish on a carnival wishing machine to be big &the wish is mysteriously granted making him a little boy in a mans body. Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 11/22/2OO6 Starring: Tom Hanks John Heard Run time: 1O4 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Penny Marshall essential video:A perfect marriage of novel but incisive writing, acting, and direction, Big is the story of a 12-year-old boy who wishes he were older, and wakes up one morning as a 3O-year-old man (Tom Hanks). ...
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Big (Full Screen Edition)
»rank: 46959
0ur opinion: essential video:A perfect marriage of novel but incisive writing, acting, and direction, Big is the story of a 12-year-old boy who wishes he were older, and wakes up one morning as a 3O-year-old man (Tom Hanks). The script by Gary Ross (Dave) and Anne Spielberg finds some unexpected ways of attacking obvious issues of sex, work, and childhood friendships, and in all of these things the accent is on classy humor and great sensitivity. Hanks is remarkable in the lead, at times hilarious (reacting ...
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