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Billy’s Balloon
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Boys on the Side $2.86 This female-bonding film takes your basic soap opera and twists it inside out. Although director Herbert Ross draws superb performances from his actresses, he occasionally wallows in that maudlin, Hollywood melodrama in which close-ups are crucial. Remember, this is the man who directed Steel Magnolias. However, Ross also does something you don’t expect: he makes you fall in love with his characte… |
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The Royal Diaries $1.22 From the producers of the “Dear America” series comes these fictionalized tales of love and political intrigue that blend history and entertainment to examine what the lives of young royals might have been like. All three episodes–”Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Egypt, 57 B.C.,” “Isabel: Jewel of Castilla, Spain, 1466″ and “Elizabeth I: Red Rose of the House of Tudor, England, 1544″–are fe… |
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Harum Scarum $2.34 Say this for Harum Scarum: At least it has the virtue of boasting one of the strangest settings of any Elvis Presley vehicle. Elvis plays an action-movie star on a goodwill tour of the Middle East who’s kidnapped in a remote country that has turned its back on modernity. Vilified as an “American unbeliever,” he is enlisted by the Lord of the Assassins in a plot to kill a monarch (they’ve mistaken… |
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Five Weeks in a Balloon [VHS] $3.99 A group of daring adventurers set out in a unicorn-shaped balloon on a trip across the African continent. During their perilous travels they battle everything from sandstorms to Sultans. Based on a novel by Jules Verne…. |
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Things That Go Bump in the Night [VHS] $24.95 … |
