title: The Exorcist function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); studio: Warner Home Video MPAA rating: R starring: Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller, Max Von Sydow, Linda Blair release year: 1973 film rating: Five stars sound/picture: Four stars reviewed by: Abbie Bernstein ‘The Exorcist’ is one of those rare, seminal films that, even stripped of its shock and novelty value, is just as effective now as it was upon release. It’s extremely difficult to envision anyone making this film now. This is because it is just about impossible to imagine present-day pop culture in general and horror cinema in particular without a quarter-century of ‘The Exorcist’ influencing what followed.

title: The Hunt for Red October function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); studio: Paramount Home Video MPAA rating: PG starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, Sam Neill release year: 1990 reviewed by: Bill Warren Harrison Ford has made such an indelible impression on audiences as Tom Clancy’s CIA hero Jack Ryan in ‘Patriot Games’ and ‘Clear and Present Danger’ that it’s easy to forget that the character first made his screen appearance played by Alec Baldwin in ‘The Hunt for Red October.’

title: DAY OF THE DEAD function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment MPAA rating: unrated starring: Lori Cardille, Terry Alexander, Joseph Pilato, Jarlath Conroy, Antone DiLeo, Richard Liberty, Howard Sherman, Gary Howard Klar release year: 1985 film rating: Two Stars reviewed by: Bill Warren When he made the precedent-shattering Night of the Living Dead, George Romero had no idea that he'd return twice more to a world increasingly dominated by the walking dead, corpses that eat the living. He'd been inspired by Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend and the (first) inadequate movie based on it, The Last Man on Earth. When Night of the Living Dead became a worldwide hit, even a cult sensation, and sequels seemed to be in order, Romero decided to follow Matheson's lead, and gradually suggest that even if the human race as we know it is dying off, perhaps a new kind of civilization will rise in its place.

title: The Satanic Rites Of Dracula function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); <br> studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment MPAA rating: NR starring: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Michael Coles, William Franklyn, Freddie Jones, Joanna Lumley, Richard Vernon. release year: 1973 film rating: Three stars reviewed by: Bill Warren With Dracula A.D. 1972, Hammer Films brought Count Dracula into the 1970s, but severed the links with their earlier Dracula series -- A.D. 1972 played as though none of the earlier films even existed, although Christopher Lee again played Dracula, and Peter Cushing his nemesis, Dr. Van Helsing. The Satanic Rites of Dracula was the only real sequel to A.D. 72, but it's considerably better.

title: Dances With Wolves function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,'location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10'); amznwin.focus();} document.open(); document.write(""); document.close(); studio: Orion Home Video/Image Entertainment MPAA rating: PG-13 starring: Kevin Costner, Mary McDonnell, Graham Greene, Rodney A. Grant release year: 1990 film rating: Four and a half stars sound/picture: Four stars reviewed by: Abbie Bernstein 1990's Oscar winner for Best Picture 'Dances With Wolves' is almost everything one can ask from an epic film: it's emotionally stirring without being sentimental, powefully acted and stunningly beautiful to look at--credit here to cinematographer Dean Semler, who creates the West of our dreams for the camera. Since its release, there has been something of a backlash against the popularity of 'Dances' and its director/star/producer (with Jim Wilson) Kevin Costner. Don't let the anti-hype or the post-'Prince of Thieves' Costner-bashing get to you. This is one instance where the initial acclaim is deserved.