Dusenberry, Ann

Jaws 2

The tourist island of Amity is once again threatened by a giant killer white shark when it attacks a group of teenagers.
Genre: Feature Film-Action/Adventure
Rating: PG
Release Date: 23-MAY-2006
Media Type: DVD

Ushering in the age of the inferior sequel, Jaws 2 was essentially a license to print money. Indeed, the film did very well despite blatantly replicating the plot of Steven Spielberg's original, though to lesser effect. Roy Scheider returns as Martin Brody, sheriff of the small island town of Amity. Just as the beachside resort is rebounding from the previous movie's shark attacks, another great white is snacking on divers and water-skiers. Naturally, the town fathers don't want to confront reality and choose to proceed with a lucrative sailing regatta, resulting in a grisly loss of life. Besides the fact that director Jeannot Szwarc takes an impersonal, workaday approach to the film, Jaws 2 manages to be both stylistically flat and openly cynical about its commercial intentions. Of chief interest here is Scheider's performance, which wisely reflects the emotional fallout from Brody's last trauma in his obsessive behavior here. --Tom Keogh

Little Women

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Cutter's Way

This Ivan Passer movie--a marvel of dark, brooding cinema--almost didn't make it into theaters. The film was nearly dumped by its studio because its pessimistic story seemed too downbeat. Which, in fact, is part of the appeal: the way it gets to the heart of a group of people who have given up, but then find something that motivates them to go on. In this case, it's greed: Cutter (Jeff Bridges), a burnt-out gigolo, and his pal Bone (John Heard), a disfigured Vietnam veteran, get involved in a plot involving corruption and murder. Bone has proof that a powerful businessman is behind the killing and wants to be paid off to keep quiet; instead he buys them more trouble than he can imagine. Bridges, as always, is superb--and Heard is downright scary. --Marshall Fine

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The Cold War heats up in this sexy and wildly provocative comedy that proves that the battle of thesuperpowers is nothing compared to the battle of the sexes! Melinda (Ann Dusenberry) is an ambitious young woman with sky-high aspirations. After landing a job at the Pentagon, she learns that her country is in deep defensive trouble because her bosses are engaging in their own sort of arms race'to get their arms around every subordinate sweetie they see! Enlisting her buxom coworking buddies, Melinda decides to get down and dirty with the military brass and do whatever it takes to save the world from premature extermination!

National Lampoon's Movie Madness

Outrageously funny! Scandalously shocking! And...did we mention the stripper? National Lampoon® spoofs the hell out of life as we know it in three eye-widening knee-slapping and mom-offending movies combined into one hysterical whole...National Lampoon's® Movie Madness!An arrogant corporate lawyer forces his wife to leave him so that he can find what's been missing from his life and the mania begins. A victimized stripper vows to take over the world and mayhem sets in. Two mismatched cops search for a deranged serial killer and madness completely takes over! Individually each movie will shock your senses. But together they'll blow you away!System Requirements:Running Time 79 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 027616925640 Manufacturer No: 1008554

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Jaws 2 [Region 2]

Ushering in the age of the inferior sequel, Jaws 2 was essentially a license to print money. Indeed, the film did very well despite blatantly replicating the plot of Steven Spielberg's original, though to lesser effect. Roy Scheider returns as Martin Brody, sheriff of the small island town of Amity. Just as the beachside resort is rebounding from the previous movie's shark attacks, another great white is snacking on divers and water-skiers. Naturally, the town fathers don't want to confront reality and choose to proceed with a lucrative sailing regatta, resulting in a grisly loss of life. Besides the fact that director Jeannot Szwarc takes an impersonal, workaday approach to the film, Jaws 2 manages to be both stylistically flat and openly cynical about its commercial intentions. Of chief interest here is Scheider's performance, which wisely reflects the emotional fallout from Brody's last trauma in his obsessive behavior here. --Tom Keogh

Jaws 2 [Region 2]

Ushering in the age of the inferior sequel, Jaws 2 was essentially a license to print money. Indeed, the film did very well despite blatantly replicating the plot of Steven Spielberg's original, though to lesser effect. Roy Scheider returns as Martin Brody, sheriff of the small island town of Amity. Just as the beachside resort is rebounding from the previous movie's shark attacks, another great white is snacking on divers and water-skiers. Naturally, the town fathers don't want to confront reality and choose to proceed with a lucrative sailing regatta, resulting in a grisly loss of life. Besides the fact that director Jeannot Szwarc takes an impersonal, workaday approach to the film, Jaws 2 manages to be both stylistically flat and openly cynical about its commercial intentions. Of chief interest here is Scheider's performance, which wisely reflects the emotional fallout from Brody's last trauma in his obsessive behavior here. --Tom Keogh