The Specialist [DVD] [Standard]

Sylvester Stallone and Sharon Stone star in this hard-edged thriller about an ex-CIA explosives expert (Stallone) who helps a seductive beauty (Stone) avenge the murder of her parents by a powerful Cuban-American crime boss.

The Soldier's Tale is an animated classic by the renowned New Yorker illustrator R.O. Blechman, based on Igor Stravinsky's 1918 composition. This poetic tale revolves around a young soldier's return home, where he strikes a deal with the devil, trading his beloved violin for boundless wealth. Haunted by regret, the soldier sets out on a journey to reclaim his soul and rediscovers the life he left behind. As the soldier ventures into these alternate realities, Blechman's simple pen-and-ink drawings explode into colorful fantasies. The film was a milestone in the marriage of animation and music (Stravinsky's Rite of Spring was used to score one of the most memorable sequences of Walt Disney's Fantasia). This 2K restoration of The Soldier's Tale (from the filmmaker's personal 35mm print) is accompanied by Blechman's Christmas-themed short film No Room at the Inn.

Years ago, when high-end assassin Moody Dutton (Samuel L. Jackson) found an infant girl in the wake of a Saigon massacre, he chose to raise her as his own... and school her in his craft. Today, Anna (Maggie Q) has proven the apt pupil-and, after Moody is brutally slain, the vengeance trail takes her back to Vietnam and into violent conflict with the enigmatic criminal Rembrandt (Michael Keaton). Slam-bang actioner from Martin Campbell co-stars Robert Patrick, Ori Pfeffer. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.