Russia, bringing massive resources to bear on this sumptuous, if ultimately misguided adaptation of Tolstoy's classic. Given the marquee casting of Audrey Hepburn as Natasha and then-husband Mel Ferrer as decorated battle hero Prince Andrei, this is a movie you watch for star value, not literary fidelity (for the latter, look to Sergei Bondarchuk's Russian version). Henry Fonda serves Tolstoy more effectively as Pierre, whose passive observation of Napoleon's invasion turns this grand moral tale into an intimate study of individual passions. The battle scenes (directed by Mario Soldati) remain impressive, as does the film's grand parade of pomp and circumstance. Slow, regal, and peppered with brilliance, this epic falls short...  (less)

Who Would Be King , heads an international all-star cast as true-Brit John Colby, a former soccer champion, who heads the rag-tag squad. Max Von Sydow costars as the humane German officer who proposes the match, improbably staged for maximum propaganda impact in a stadium in Paris. As the Allied team, which includes real-life soccer legends Pele and Bobby Moore, practices, the officers' only goal is an audacious half-time escape. Sylvester Stallone is somewhat out of his league as the American determined to join the team. As an actor, Pele may not be on the same playing field as his Oscar-winning costars, but he is thrilling to watch as he executes some awesome, game-winning kicks. --Donald Liebenson  (less)

of the law while taking it into his own hands. Charles Bronson stars as the vengeance-seeking urban warrior who goes on a punk-killing spree after his wife and daughter are attacked by intruders. Director Michael Winner ( The Wicked Lady ) shamelessly builds upon audience identification with Bronson's rage, but he also makes an interesting story out of the latter's tug-of-war with disapproving police. It's an unpleasant film all around, but not nearly as bad as its horrifying, numerous sequels. Watch for a very young Jeff Goldblum--in this, his second movie--as one of the assailants of Bronson's loved ones. --Tom Keogh  (less)

war the two lost touch. In the first episode of Series One they meet again and slowly begin to rekindle their romance. The wonderful series that ensues is simply a pleasure to watch.  (less)

The star-studded cast is headed by Richard Thomas ( The Waltons ) as Paul Baumer, and includes such award-winning actors as Ernest Borgnine, Ian Holm, and Patricia Neal. As both narrator and star, Thomas occasionally seems to reincarnate his familiar John-Boy persona, but creates a character that has many more levels than that television alter ego. Watching Paul as he watches all of his high school buddies die is a highly emotional experience. He returns to his home a different person, conflicted in his feelings about the Army and war, evolving from an idealistic schoolboy to a fearful and humble veteran. The scenery and costuming in this period piece are well done, and surely contributed to its winning the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Made for TV. ...  (less)

war the two lost touch. In the first episode of Series One they meet again and slowly begin to rekindle their romance. The wonderful series that ensues is simply a pleasure to watch.  (less)

the second of their six films together on this box-office hit shot entirely in Utah. THE TRAIN ROBBERS Civil War veterans John Wayne, Rod Taylor and Ben Johnson team up with a train robbers widow to recover a cool half-million in hidden gold. The widow (Ann-Margret), the kind who “sticks out in all the right places,” wants to clear her husbands name. But the dead mans ex-partners just want the gold and will kill to get it. THE WILD BUNCH Director Sam Peckinpahs powerful tale of hangdog desperados bound by a code of honor rates as one of the all-time greatest Westerns. Watch William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan and more great stars saddle up for the roles of a lifetime. McCABE & MRS. MILLER Presbyterian Church is a small mining town in the turn-of-th...  (less)

Robert Rossen's tale of a beautiful, sexual omnivore and psychotic patient at a New England mental hospital. Withdrawn into her small world of dolls and fantasies, Lilith responds to the attention of a laconic, Korean War veteran, Vincent Bruce (Warren Beatty), who is trying to find himself by working as an occupational therapist. Burdened by a murky, guilt-ridden past (involving his mentally ill mother), Vincent gradually falls into an unnervingly passionate affair with Lilith--much less a romance than a shared journey toward mutual implosion. Rossen's severe, sincere, stark black-and-white drama is sometimes lost in a muddle of undefined character motivations, but it's quite a ride toward the film's last-minute epiphany. Watch for Gene Hackman ...  (less)

of dissent from the growing resistance movement. When the Roman underground ambushes a column of SS military police, killing 33, the German High Command orders the execution of 10 Roman citizens for each of its fallen soldiers. MASSACRE IN ROME unites two of the greatest cinema icons of the 1960s. Marcello Mastroianni (LA DOLCE VITA, 8½) stars as Roman priest Pietro Antonelli, ordered by the Pope to collaborate with Nazi Lt. Colonel Herbert Kappler ( Richard Burton , of WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?), charged by Hitler with the duty of rounding up 330 civilians for execution. Dedicated to pacifism, Antonelli must choose whether to defy the Pope’s orders and aid the resistance or remain true to his vows and watch his countrymen ...  (less)

and action movie star, the film exposes Arnold Schwarzenegger s life in all of its sordid glory. We watch how Arnold s ambition for fame and power have led him on a take no prisoners political career that resulted in his winning the political circus special recall election campaign to become the leader of the world s fifth largest economy as Governor of California. With movements afoot to amend the U.S. Constitution to allow for foreign born presidential candidates, how far will Arnold go in his drive for power? Will the governor s office be enough? See for yourself and draw your own conclusions!  (less)

Comedy Hour is best remembered for the programs hosted by Martin and Lewis that ran from 1950 to 1955. In addition to Dean & Jerry, these shows feature powerhouse guest stars, including Jack Benny, Burt Lancaster, and Tony Curtis. It s Martin & Lewis raw, live, just as they went out over America s airwaves way back when! Disc One AT WAR WITH THE ARMY (1950) This was the first film designed specifically as a Martin & Lewis starring vehicle, with Dean and Jerry as a couple of song-and-dance men who join the army and cause all sorts of mayhem along the way. Polly Bergen has her first solid role, as Dino's girlfriend. (90:00) COLGATE COMEDY HOUR - Tony Martin and Joe Louis (the other Martin & Louis) guest star. (6/24/51) Disc Two CCH - Sketches include Dean trying to watch TV while...  (less)