At last--a great American movie available on video for the first time in its original aspect ratio. For all the slasher pictures that have ripped off Psycho (and particularly its classic set piece, the "shower scene"), nothing has ever matched the impact of the real thing. More than just a first-rate shocker full of thrills and suspense, Psycho is also an engrossing character study in which director Alfred Hitchcock skillfully seduces you into identifying with the main characters--then pulls the rug (or the bathmat) out from under you. Anthony Perkins is unforgettable as Norman Bates, the mama's boy proprietor of the Bates Motel; and so is Janet Leigh as Marion Crane, who makes an impulsive decision and becomes a fugitive from the law, hiding out at Norman's roadside inn for... Learn More
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I know what you're thinking.. a sequel to one of the greatest movies ever made, done 20 years after the fact. It's sure to be a bomb. Right? Wrong.
Psycho 2 continues the story of Norman Bates, who after spending several years locked up in a mental institution after murdering several people, has been deemed fit to return to society once again. Some people, particularly Lila Loomis, the sister of Marion Crane who was murdered by Bates, disagree. After returning home, Norman soon begins to receive notes and phone calls from his "mother". Little does Norman know that Lila is behind it all, and begins to become convinced that his mother has returned from the grave and slides back down the slope of insanity. One by one, those who don't know enough to stay away from the... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Anthony Perkins DVD Release Date: Released the 13 September 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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It's hard to imagine a sequel ever coming close to matching the greatness of its originator, but Psycho III in many ways, is better than Psycho. Now, before you stone me to death, read a little further.
Anyone who watches Psycho today can't help but notice how the film feels dated, like it was created in an era where sexual discussion and other issues were considered taboo. Don't get me wrong, Psycho is definitely a classic, but where Psycho III excels is in piercing those taboos and reveling in them. It's very obvious that Anthony Perkins, who not only stars as Norman Bates, but directed the film as well, feels a very personal attachment to the story. Many of us know that Perkins was homosexual and died of AIDS, and in this film, one can see him struggling with his own identity... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Anthony Perkins DVD Release Date: Released the 13 September 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Just the name "Orient Express" conjures images of a bygone era. Add an all-star cast (including Sean Connery, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, and Lauren Bacall, to name a few) and Agatha Christie's delicious plot and how can you go wrong? Particularly if you add in Albert Finney as Christie's delightfully persnickety sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Someone has knocked off nasty Richard Widmark on this train trip and, to Poirot's puzzlement, everyone seems to have a motive--just the setup for a terrific whodunit. Though it seems like an ensemble film, director Sidney Lumet gives each of his stars their own solo and each makes the most of it. Bergman went so far as to win an Oscar for her role. But the real scene-stealer is the ever-reliable Finney as the eccentric detective who never misses a... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Albert Finney - Lauren Bacall - Ingrid Bergman - Sean Connery - Anthony Perkins Director(s): Sidney Lumet DVD Release Date: Released the 07 September 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Disney's foray into big-budget science fiction, close on the heels of Star Wars, had some of the most impressive special effects to grace theater screens in the 1970s. Graced by handsome production design--most notably a glass and latticework interstellar craft that looks like a battleship crossed with a modern skyscraper--The Black Hole is in many ways the most beautiful science fiction film of its era. Unfortunately, the graceful and gorgeous picture is jarred by dialogue that wouldn't pass muster in a comic book and a silly conclusion that plays like a murky, dime-store knockoff of 2001. Too bad, because the visual realization of the film is a veritable haunted house of futuristic phenomena, from the cloaked zombie-like drones shuffling through corridors to... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Maximilian Schell - Anthony Perkins Director(s): Gary Nelson DVD Release Date: Released the 03 August 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Anthony Mann made some of the greatest Westerns of the 1950s, all in partnership with James Stewart. Perhaps needing to prove himself as his own man, in 1957 Mann dropped out of Night Passage to do this film. It's a rather schematic character study about a lawman-turned-bounty-hunter (Henry Fonda) who undertakes the professional shaping-up of an effete young sheriff (Anthony Perkins) too tentative to police the streets of his town. Those streets are compositionally present right outside the oversize window of the office where Perkins undergoes a lot of his soul-searching and arguments with Fonda. That's typical of the film--scrupulously designed, yet abstract to the point of dramatic aridity. The VistaVision black-and-white of cameraman Loyal Griggs (Oscar®-winner... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Henry Fonda - Anthony Perkins Director(s): Anthony Mann DVD Release Date: Released the 11 May 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Apart from the inherent clarity and richness of its black-and-white VistaVision--a wonderful format--The Lonely Man could be mistaken for a mediocre "adult Western" episode from '50s TV. The sets look like sets, not living spaces, and people trade ponderous, pause-laden dialogue instead of talking. Jack Palance plays an ex-gunslinger--a papier-mâché death's head--trying to reconnect with son Anthony Perkins, who's grown up (or not grown up) hating him. Meanwhile, gambler Neville Brand, once shot by Palance, waits for henchman Elisha Cook to pick up Palance's trail so other henchman Lee Van Cleef can kill him (got that?). The backstory is so weakly imagined, and the scenes so wanly directed, we have no idea how many years of history the characters have shared, or... More Info About This DVD Actor(s): Jack Palance - Anthony Perkins Director(s): Henry Levin DVD Release Date: Released the 01 March 2004 Usually ships within 24 hours
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