A Role Reversal For A Cinderella, And 'Shane' Comes To Outer Space

Inquirer staff reviews and synopses, compiled by Christopher Cornell
Posted: March 04, 1999

A retelling of the Cinderella story tops this week's list of new movies on video.

Ever After * * * 1/2 (1998) (Fox) $19.98. 101 minutes. Drew Barrymore, Anjelica Huston, Dougray Scott, Patrick Godfrey. Breathing fresh air into the stale saga of Cinderella, Ever After stars Barrymore as the resourceful chargirl who doesn't need

a prince to save her, but does have a hand in saving a certain Prince Henry. Enough derring-do for adventurers, and enough courtship to send romantics into raptures. PG-13 (swordplay, threat of sexual violence). DVD available. (CC)

Soldier * * (1998) (Warner) 95 minutes. Kurt Russell, Jason Scott Lee, Jason Isaacs, Gary Busey. Garbled, occasionally nonsensical translation of Shane - not to mention its theft from dozens of other westerns and sciencefiction classics - to outer space. Russell is a superannuated soldier exiled to a planet that serves as a junkyard. R (violence).

FOR CHILDREN Baby Huey's Great Easter Adventure (1999) (Columbia TriStar) $20.98. 89 minutes. Joseph Bologna, Maureen McCormick, Harvey Korman. Live-action film reintroducing the comic-book and cartoon character. G.

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986) (Columbia TriStar) $9.95. 51 minutes A little bunny learns that he's worthwhile. (CC)

MADE FOR TELEVISION Green Acres (1960s) (Orion) $9.94 each. 105 minutes each. Eva Gabor, Eddie Albert. Four volumes, each featuring four episodes of the 1960s television comedy series. (CC)

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