TLA Film, Video, and DVD Guide 2002-2003: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide

Ninety nine The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (2000, 88 min, US, Des McAnuff) Robert De Niro, Jason Alexander, Rene Russo, Piper Perabo; Voices of: Keith Scott, June Foray. A misplacement of priorities by means of the filmmakers, so universal to big-budget diversifications of television indicates, buries this reside action/computer animation mixture, however the charms of our heroes virtually store the day. while the plots of the episodes harkened to old-time cliffhangers, author Kenneth Lonergan models a highway motion picture, thrusting Moose and Squirrel out of syndication and into genuine existence. There they're pursued by way of fascinating yet flat caricatures of Boris, Natascha and Fearless chief (Alexander, Russo, and De Niro). supporting the intrepid duo is an tense and cloying FBI agent (Perabo), who turns out to exist exclusively to placate fidgety gradeschoolers along with her “Sesame road” angle. yet lower than this kiddie sheen is the outdated subversive humor, in particular obvious in a breathless, commonly lively establishing section that will get the plot churning. Even the computer-animated duo get a few solid barbs (and wretchedly undesirable puns) that maintain curiosity and smiles during the short working time. It simply might have been lots greater through aiming plenty reduce. ** VHS: $14. ninety nine; DVD: $26. ninety nine The Adventures of Sebastian Cole (1999, a hundred min, US, Tod Williams) Adrian Grenier, Margaret Colin, Clark Gregg, Gabriel Macht, John Shea. This offbeat, independently produced comedy-drama set in a small long island city is a captivating movie undermined through attempting to take on an excessive amount of. Is it a poignant coming-of-age story approximately charismatic 17-year-old Sebastian? Or a probing drama into the loving yet strained dating among him and his stepfather? Or is it a narrative of the problems of a transgendered man-to-woman attempting to deal with a rebellious stepson in addition to a eager for love and figuring out in a backwater city? regardless of it moving into diverse instructions, so much should be entertained by means of the characters, specially Grenier who brings depth and beauty to the usual story of an adolescent stifled via lifestyles in a small city. We watch as Sebastian is pressured to accommodate his loving stepdad Hank visit from a strapping dude to a willowy Henrietta (a switch that sends his mom packing) all of the whereas attempting to take care of undesirable grades, past love and a necessity to discover existence. A clean, and from time to time unique spin at the coming-of-age subject matter. *** VHS: $79. ninety nine; DVD: $29. ninety nine The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939, eighty five min, US, Alfred L. Werker) Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce. one of many definitive Sherlock Holmes photographs, this intriguing and atmospheric piece stars Rathbone and Bruce because the well-known sleuth and his spouse Dr. Watson. Holmes’ archenemy, the evil Professor Moriarty, makes an attempt to devote the “crime of the century” correct underneath the detective’s nostril. *** recommend and Consent (1962, 139 min, US, Otto Preminger) Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Walter Pidgeon, Gene Tierney, Don Murray, Lew Ayres, Burgess Meredith, Franchot Tone, Peter Lawford, Inga Swenson.