Director Garry Marshall's 1988 drama Beaches about the 30-year friendship between two women, one wealthy (Barbara Hershey) and the other (Bette Midler) seeking her fortune in show business, is well written (based on the novel by Iris Rainer Dart) and nicely textured in its contrast between the characters' separate destinies. When Hershey becomes ill with cancer, the film takes a predictably sentimental course, yet Marshall brings out the best in both actresses and catches some very fine drama. Beaches is a little too long, perhaps, but overall it is a fine experience. --Tom Keogh
In this classic 1963 adaptation of William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, a planeload of schoolboys are stranded on a tropical island. They've got food and water; all that's left is to govern themselves peacefully until they are rescued. "After all", says choir leader Jack, "We're English. We're the best in the world at everything!" Unfortunately, living peacefully is not as easy as it seems. Though Ralph is named chief, Jack and the choristers quickly form a clique of their own, using the ever-effective political promise of fun rather than responsibility to draw converts. Director Peter Brook draws some excellent performances out of his young cast: the moment when Ralph realises that even if he blows the conch for a meeting people might not come is an excruciating one. Well acted and faithfully executed, Lord of the Flies is as compelling today as when first released. --Ali Davis
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For the first time in 28 years Enter The Dragon is available for viewing uncut with every martial arts moment restored to its full glory. Enter The Dragon takes Lee to the island fortress of a criminal warlord called Han whose martial arts academy covers up opium-smuggling and prostitution activities. To avenge the death of his sister Lee infiltrates the stronghold and enters Han's brutal martial arts tournament - a breathtaking visual feast of competitions fusing skills in Kung Fu
The Legendary Bruce Lee. Unknown in 1971. Two years later an international cult hero and more than twenty years on still remembered as the star of the biggest martial arts epic ever filmed - ""Enter The Dragon."" ""Enter The Dragon"" takes Lee into the island fortress of a warlord of crime Han who carries on his opium smuggling and prostitution activities under the disguise of a martial arts academy. Determined to avenge the death of his sister Lee penetrates Han's Stronghold and enters the brutal martial arts tournament Han is staging. Then follows a visual feast of spectacular martial arts matches that combine skills in Karate Judo Tae Kwon Do Tai Chi Chuan and Hap Ki Do. Bruce Lee staged these fighting sequences himself demonstrating experienced awareness of film rhythm and dramatic timing as well as mastery of the martial arts that made him famous. His reputation as an all-time great has grown since his untimely and mysterious death in 1973 three weeks before the opening of ""Enter The Dragon."" This special edition of the film is available uncut for the very first time in Britain and features the 'lost' Bruce Lee monk scene and the full version of the previously edited nanchaku showdown sequence: quite simply the definitive cut of the greatest martial arts movie ever!
The Legendary Bruce Lee. Unknown in 1971. Two years later an international cult hero and more than twenty years on still remembered as the star of the biggest martial arts epic ever filmed - Enter The Dragon. Enter The Dragon takes Lee into the island fortress of a warlord of crime Han who carries on his opium smuggling and prostitution activities under the disguise of a martial arts academy. Determined to avenge the death of his sister Lee penetrates Han's Stronghold and enters the brutal martial arts tournament Han is staging. Then follows a visual feast of spectacular martial arts matches that combine skills in Karate Judo Tae Kwon Do Tai Chi Chuan and Hap Ki Do. Bruce Lee staged these fighting sequences himself demonstrating experienced awareness of film rhythm and dramatic timing as well as mastery of the martial arts that made him famous. His reputation as an all-time great has grown since his untimely and mysterious death in 1973 three weeks before the opening of Enter The Dragon. This special edition of the film is available uncut for the very first time in Britain and features the 'lost' Bruce Lee monk scene and the full version of the previously edited nanchaku showdown sequence: quite simply the definitive cut of the greatest martial arts movie ever!
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