Peter Mamakos

For Pete's Sake -- Superstar Barbra Streisand is superb as a young wife who'll do anything to finance her husband's dreams.

Demetrius and the Gladiators -- The story picks up at the point where 'The Robe' ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.

In the midst of a brutal war, Taras Bulba learns his farm has been destroyed, his eldest son captured and his wife murdered. Seeking vengeance, the fierce warrior sets off on an epic mission for retribution.

Stacy Keach ("American History X," "Escape from L.A.") and Sondra Locke ("The Outlaw Josey Wales," "Sudden Impact") made their film debuts in Carson McCuller's poignant story of a deaf mute (Academy Award-winner Alan Arkin - "Little Miss Sunshine," "Slums of Beverly Hills") who brings warmth into the lives of lonely people in a small Southern town, particularly to a sensitive 14-year-old girl who becomes his staunch friend after an initial period of hostility. Locke and Arkin earned Oscar nominations for their performances. Directed by Robert Ellis Miller ("Hawks," "Any Wednesday").