Apr 052022
 

Through the Decades: 10 Film Collection has a random sampling of movies from the 1980s and 1990s, at least ones licensed under Mill Creek Entertainment including RoxanneThe FreshmanAnaconda and I Know What You Did Last Summer amongst many others.

 

 

Through the Decades: 10 Film Collection
— 1980s —
(1983-1989)


Genre(s): Various
Mill Creek Entertainment| NR – 1035 min. – $40.99 | April 12, 2022

Date Published: 04/05/2022 | Author: The Movieman


MOVIE INFO:

Directed by: Richard Benjamin (Little Nikita); Sean S. Cunningham (The New Kids); Rob Daniel (Like Father, Like Son); Paul Flaherty (Who’s Harry Crumb?); Brian Gilbert (Vice Versa); Paul Michael Glaser (Band of the Hand); Fred Schepisi (Roxanne); David Seltzer (Punchline); Peter Yates (Suspect);


Cast (Alphabetical): Sean Astin, Kirk Cameron, John Candy, Cher, Sally Field, John Goodman, Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Lauren Holly, Jeffrey Jones, Swoosie Kurtz, Stephen Lang, Lori Loughlin, Steve Martin, Dudley Moore, Liam Neeson, Warren Oates, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, Annie Potts, Shannon Presby, Dennis Quaid, Judge Reinhold, James Remar, Fred Savage, Roy Scheider, James Spader


DISC INFO:
Features: None
Slip Cover: No
Digital Copy: No
Formats Included: DVD
Number of Discs: 4


Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen
Subtitles: English SDH
Region(s): 1


 

PLOT SYNOPSIS


Blue Thunder (1983) — LAPD Pilot Frank Murphy (ROY SCHEIDER) is assigned as a test pilot for the experimental Blue Thunder police helicopter, designed to pacify riots. But Frank soon begins to suspect there is more to Blue Thunder than he is being told.

The New Kids (1985) — Orphaned siblings Abby (LORI LOUGHLIN) and Loren (SHANNON PRESBY) move to Florida to live with their aunt and uncle to help run their amusement park. They soon find themselves at odds with a local gang of teenage ruffians, forcing them into a confrontation at the amusement park.

Band of the Hand (1986) — Five teen criminals are shipped out to the Everglades, where a war veteran tries to whip them into shape by teaching them to survive in the Florida wilderness. Executive Produced by Michael Mann.

Like Father, Like Son (1987) — An uptight doctor (DUDLEY MOORE) struggles to relate to his troublemaking, laid back son (KIRK CAMERON) until an experimental potion causes them to swap identities.

Roxanne (1987) — C.D. Bales (STEVE MARTIN) has always been shy because of his abnormally large nose. To win over his love Roxanne (DARYL HANNAH), he enlists the help of Chris, a handsome man who Roxanne loves. C.D. uses his gift with words to write letters as Chris professing his love to Roxanne.

Suspect (1987) — Defense attorney Kathleen (CHER) and jury panelist Eddie Sanger (DENNIS QUAID) work together to prove Kathleen’s client (LIAM NEESON) innocent in a murder case involving a judge’s secretary and corrupt officials.

Little Nikita (1988) — On the hunt for a Soviet agent, FBI agent Roy Parmenter (SIDNEY POITIER) investigates the family of young Jeffrey Grant (RIVER PHOENIX), whose parents are both suspects. Things get complicated when Roy forms an unexpected friendship with Jeffrey.

Punchline (1988) — Steve Golden (TOM HANKS) and Lilah Krytsick (SALLY FIELD) meet on the New York stand-up comedy circuit and become friends, helping each other improve their acts. But when a competition comes to town with a star-making grand prize, their friendship may be left in the dust.

Vice Versa (1988) — A wish made upon a mysterious Tibetan artifact causes divorced executive Marshall (JUDGE REINHOLD) and his son Charlie (FRED SAVAGE) to switch bodies, and they both find the other’s life isn’t quite so easy as they thought.

Who’s Harry Crumb? (1989) — A hapless private investigator (JOHN CANDY) stumbles and bumbles along the trail if a kidnapped young heiress, managing to get closer and closer to solving the case despite making mistakes every step of the way.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 0/5


No features were included.

 

VIDEO – 3/5, AUDIO – 3/5


Mill Creek Entertainment releases these films onto DVD and with 10 spread across four discs you’re going to get some compression, as such they may not look great but acceptable enough, though I believe a few of these received Blu-rays in the past. Each movie comes with a Dolby Digital 2.0 track, perfectly fine but of course limited, however dialogue did come across with good clarity. Still, at a low price and if you’re not bothered by any of these issues, it might be a fine pick-up.


Through the Decades: 10 Film Collection
— 1990s —
(1990-1999)


Genre(s): Various
Mill Creek Entertainment| NR – 1063 min. – $40.99 | April 12, 2022

Date Published: 04/05/2022 | Author: The Movieman


MOVIE INFO:
Directed by: Andrew Bergman (The Freshman); Carl Franklin (One True Thing); Jim Gillespie (I Know What You Did Last Summer); Uli Grosbard (The Deep End of the Ocean); Mark Joffe (The Matchmaker); Luis Llosa (Anaconda); Luis Mandoki (White Palace); Mike Newell (Donnie Brasco); Frank Oz (Housesitter); Alan J. Pakula (The Devil’s Own);


Cast (Alphabetical): Marlon Brando, Matthew Broderick, Dana Delaney, Johnny Depp, Harrison Ford, Janeane Garofalo, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Whoopi Goldberg, Lauren Graham, Goldie Hawn, William Hurt, Bruno Kirby, Jennifer Lopez, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Michael Madsen, Steve Martin, Al Pacino, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ryan Phillippe, Brad Pitt, Susan Sarandon, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Meryl Streep, Jon Voight, Treat Williams, Owen Wilson, Renee Zellweger


DISC INFO:
Features: None
Slip Cover: Yes
Digital Copy: No
Formats Included: DVD
Number of Discs: 1

Audio: English (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen
Subtitles: English SDH
Region(s): 1


 

PLOT SYNOPSIS


The Freshman (1990) – A first-year film student starts working with a New York mobster who resembles a famous movie mafioso and is soon swept up a world of crime and fine dining.

White Palace (1990) – Young ad executive and widower Max Baron is still picking up the pieces after the death of his wife. One night, he meets 43-year-old waitress Nora Baker, and the two soon begin a heated love affair despite their obvious differences.

Housesitter (1992) – After a one night stand, Gwen moves into Newton Davis’ empty home outside the city without telling him. When the neighbors start to ask questions, Gwen tells them that she’s Newton’s new wife.

Anaconda (1997) – A film crew in the Amazon rainforest gets caught up in a game of cat-and-mouse between a crazed hunter and the jungle’s deadliest predator.

The Devil’s Own (1997) – Police officer Tom O’Meara begins to uncover his house-guest’s true identity as an IRA hitman/gunrunner, a secret that puts his family in in mortal danger.

Donnie Brasco (1997) – FBI agent Joe Pistone infiltrates the New York City mafia and forms an unlikely bond with mobster Lefty Ruggiero. Before long Pistone begins to question where his loyalties lie.

I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997) – Four teenagers are stalked by a hook-wielding killer with knowledge of their terrible secret.

The Matchmaker (1997) – Marcy, a senator’s aide, arrives in Ireland to trace her boss’s Irish roots and happens to arrive in a quaint country village just in time for its annual matchmaking festival. A young, single woman kicks local matchmakers into a frenzy.

One True Thing (1998) – A career-driven New York woman is forced to leave behind the big city life to take care of her seriously ill mother. While back home, she learns more about her parents lives as people apart from her.

The Deep End of the Ocean (1999) – The family of a kidnapped child is shocked when nearly a decade later, the child resurfaces as the “adopted” son of their new neighbor.

 

SPECIAL FEATURES – 0/5


No features were included.

 

VIDEO – 3/5, AUDIO – 3/5


Mill Creek Entertainment releases these films onto DVD and with 10 spread across four discs you’re going to get some compression, as such they may not look great but acceptable enough, though I believe a few of these received Blu-rays in the past. Each movie comes with a Dolby Digital 2.0 track, perfectly fine but of course limited, however dialogue did come across with good clarity. Still, at a low price and if you’re not bothered by any of these issues, it might be a fine pick-up.

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