A saturnine vision of the universe and an interest in the female form bordering on adoration have been two constants of Dennis Hopper's directorial work. Both are on display in this neo-noir starring Don Johnson as cagey drifter Harry Madox who picks up a job from used car lot owner George Harshaw (Jerry Hardin) soon after arriving in a small Texas town. Attracting women is not one of Harry's problems and he's soon involved with Harshaw's innocent young bookkeeper Gloria Harper (Jennifer Connelly) and his tough sexy wife Dolly (Virginia Madsen). An ambitious sort Harry is also planning to rob the local bank. But things begin to get strange when he learns that Gloria is being extorted by nasty backwoodsman Frank Sutton (William Sadler) who also seems to be linked to Dolly. While not quite camp the film is a triumph of style over substance as the characters obey the highly improbable laws of the noir universe as religiously as any Kabuki performer does theirs. Working with longtime cinematographer Ueli Steiger Hopper again reveals a fastidious eye and the lavish photography of the women evokes an era when they were Hollywood's cynosure.

Ironclads VHS
Based on the true account of the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimack. Their captains were men of steel in ships of iron clashing in the fiercest Naval battle of the Civil War.

Blue Tiger VHS
When her young son is killed by a Japanese assassin called the Blue Tiger a grieving woman channels her energies and becomes the Red Tiger a deadly instrument of vengeance.

Candyman DVD

Folklorics graduate student Helen Lyle's thesis research leads her into the urban underworld of Chicago's Cabrini-Green housing projects whose residents are genuinely terrified of Candyman a legendary figure with a hook for a hand. Skeptical she summons him in front of a mirror and discovers with horror that he's real--and deadly. A surprisingly taut horror thriller based on Clive Barker's The Forbidden. Barker also executive-produces.