Mill Creek Entertainment has announced its lineup of Retro VHS Blu-ray titles for October. This batch of 1990s films include The Cure (on Blu-ray for the first time), Shadowlands, The Replacement Killers and The Paper.
The Cure (1995)
One summer, two boys went in search of a dream…and found the friendship of a lifetime. Joseph Mazzello and Brad Renfro star in this heartwarming adventure story filled with laughter, compassion and the enduring power of hope. New to a quaint, riverside community, eleven-year-old Dexter (Mazzello) and his single mom are quickly shunned when it’s learned the boy has AIDS. Next door lives Erik (Renfro), a lonely latch-key bully who surprisingly initiates a friendship. But trouble soon finds the two-some after they read a tabloid that suggests a New Orleans doctor has a cure. Determined to find him, the boys build a raft and set sail down the mighty Mississippi, “Tom Sawyer” style, in a magical, often hilarious journey that gives Dexter a chance to experience life as it should be lived and will change both boys’ lives forever.
Starring: Brad Renfro, Joseph Mazzello, Bruce Davison, Annabella Sciorra
Director: Peter Horton
Writer: Robert Kuhn
Shadowlands (1993)
Based on a true story, C.S. Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) is a world-renowned writer and professor. Unmarried, he leads a gentleman’s life filled by intellectual pursuits, remaining untouched by any great passion until he meets Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). Joy is a feisty, abrasive New York divorcée whose sharp-edged, no-nonsense attitude takes Lewis by surprise. Bursting unexpectedly into Lewis’ world, Joy shocks his associates and awakens him to deep emotions he has written about, but never experienced. Slowly he opens his heart to this woman, and their romance shatters the walls of his cloistered world. But life is made up of delicate balances, and Lewis must confront a terrible truth: that a heart awakened to great love is also opened to great pain.
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Debra Winger, Joseph Mazzello
Director: Richard Attenborough
Writer: William Nicholson
The Replacement Killers (1998)
International superstar CHOW YUN-FAT (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) makes his Hollywood debut with Oscar®-winner MIRA SORVINO (1995 Best Supporting Actress, Mighty Aphrodite) in THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS, a fierce and explosive action thriller from director ANTOINE FUQUA (Training Day). After he betrays Mr. Wei, the ruthless crime boss who hired him to avenge his son’s death, professional killer John Lee (Yun-Fat) goes on the run. Enlisting the aid of beautiful document forger Meg Coburn (Sorvino), Lee attempts to return to his family in China before they are victimized by his betrayal. But Wei’s army of “replacement killers” is hot on his trail, and now both he and Meg are targets of their impressive firepower. With both sides fully armed and determined to fight to the death, an ultra-violent shoot-out breaks out when they finally face off against each other. It’s “a seamless fusion of Hong Kong action-adventure style and cool” (The New York Times) that will blow everyone away – including you!
Starring: Chow Yun-Fat, Mira Sorvino, Michael Rooker, Kenneth Tsang
Co-Starring: Jurgen Prochnow, Til Schweiger, Danny Trejo, Clifton Collins Jr.
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writer: Ken Sanzel
The Paper (1994)
Ron Howard directs a star-studded cast in this stop-the-presses comedy that brings the fast-paced, cutthroat, frequently hilarious world of newspaper journalism vividly to life.
It’s editorial bedlam during one hectic, twenty-four hour period at the New York Sun. In order to make the morning edition and scoop the competition, Henry Hackett (Michael Keaton) must race against the clock to expose a major scandal, or two innocent men will go to prison. Thwarting him at every turn is his ambitious managing editor (Glenn Close), who seems more concerned with staying on budget than printing the truth. At the same time, Hackett’s wife (Marisa Tomei) is about to give birth to their first child, and she’s pressuring him to take a cushier, less demanding position with a rival newspaper. Meanwhile facing their own private demons are columnist Dan McDougal (Randy Quaid) and senior editor Bernie White (Robert Duvall). Also featuring Catherine O’Hara, Jason Alexander and Jason Robards in headline-grabbing performances, THE PAPER is hailed by US Magazine as “One of the most entertaining movies to come out of Hollywood in years.”
Starring: Michael Keaton, Robert Duvall, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Randy Quaid, Jason Robards
Director: Ron Howard
Writer: David Koepp, Stephen Koepp
CURE RETRO VHS BD
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SHADOWLANDS RETRO VHS BD
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REPLACEMENT KILLERS RETRO VHS BD
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PAPER, THE RETRO VHS BD
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