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Guide to Home Video Releases: February 2001 Release Calendar For the latest 'B' films, special interest, and direct-to-video releases, check out OnVideo's VidNews pages. DVD Releases Movies are rated on a scale of one to five, with five denoting a classic. For more information on how we rate, check out our Rentability Index. Back to Calendar Index. February 6 Urban Legends: Final Cut Sequel to "Urban Legends" -- in which a series of murders are committed based on contemporary folk tales -- pretty much jettisons the original conceit and keys in on the killings of kids who worked on a student film at Alpine University, where the Alfred Hitchcock Award is to die for, so to speak. Director: John Ottman. Stars: Jennifer Morrison, Mathew Davis, Hart Bochner, Loretta Devine, Joseph Lawrence, Anson Mount. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 98 min., Horror, Box office gross: $21.428 million, Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Whipped Sex comedy about three friends -- would-be lotharios who meet every Sunday at a diner to discuss their real and imagined conquests with women -- who all fall for the same woman (Amanda Peet). Unbeknownst to them -- or despite the truth facing them -- the young woman plays them all for chumps. The three men are painted with broad strokes of loathsome salaciousness so that you can't help but relish their ultimate comeuppance. Director: Peter M. Cohen. Stars: Amanda Peet, Brian Van Holt, Judah Domke, Zorie Barber, Jonathan Abrahams, Callie Thorner. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 85 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $4.095 million, Columbia TriStar, SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Dr. T and the Women Robert Altman ensemble comedy about a doctor who appears to have it all: a thriving practice frequented by adoring, good-looking women; a loving wife and a cheerleading daughter. But things begin to unravel as his wife has a nervous breakdown, the soon- to-be-married daughter has a thing for her maid of honor and he falls for a local female golf pro. Oh yes -- there's a typical big Altman crazy-quilt wedding and a Texas twister on the way. Director: Robert Altman. Stars: Richard Gere, Helen Hunt, Farrah Fawcett, Laura Dern, Shelley Long, Tara Reid, Kate Hudson, Liv Tyler. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 122 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $13.022 million, Artisan, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Digimon: The Movie Based on the Fox Kids Network very popular animated series (from Japan's Toei Animation) about digital monsters who live mostly in the digital world but nevertheless can wreak havoc in the real world. In this feature, good Digimon and their kid friends battle a bad Internet Digimon who is destroying worldwide communications. Better -- and more creative -- than the thankfully fading out Pokemon. Director: Takaaki Yamashita. Voices of Lara Jill Miller, Joshua Seth, Michael Reisz, Mona Marshall. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 90 min., Animated, Box office gross: $9.610 million, Fox, $19.98 SRP. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Straight Out of Compton Urban thriller about a con, just out of prison, who masterminds a plan to score some big cash to set up his own record company. He targets a racist politician (who's made a fortune laundering mob money) and enlists two of his friends from South Central. Now he just has to fight off the mob, the cops and rival gangstas. Stars: David E. Baker. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 80 min., Thriller, York/Maverick, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Better Way to Die, A When a jaded cop quits the force and makes his way to a small town to marry and live the simple life, a frightening chain of events leaves him mistaken for a mysterious government operative and fatefully targeted by a blood-thirsty Mafia boss. In a race against time, a tough FBI agent must reel in the young ex-cop before the mob does. Director: Scott Wiper. Stars: Andre Braugher, Lou Diamond Philips, Natasha Henstridge, Joe Pantoliano. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 101 min., Thriller, Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Having Our Say TV movie about two extraordinary African-American sisters who both lived past the age of 100 and who's life stories launched a best-selling book and a successful Broadway play. Stars: Diahann Carroll, Ruby Dee, Amy Madigan, Della Reese. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 94 min., Drama, Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: No. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount February 13 Bless the Child Kim Basinger is a working-class nurse who raises the "special" daughter of her junkie sister -- the child, born on Christmas Eve, is "special" because she appears to be autistic but really has paranormal powers (she can heal the sick, scare off bad guys with just a stare, etc.). But one day the sister returns -- supposedly cured and bringing along her new husband, the evil leader of a devil-worshipping cult -- to claim the girl. Is the girl a Christ child? Is she about to be abducted by satan's crew? Will FBI investigator Jimmy Smits help Kim save the day? The "Omen" this ain't. Director: Mace Neufeld. Stars: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell, Christina Ricci, Ian Holm, Holliston Coleman, Angela Bettis. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 113 min., Horror Thriller, Box office gross: $29.374 million, Paramount, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Bring It On High school cheerleading comes to the fore in this fluff piece on behind-the-scenes rivalries, competitions and antics of pompon twirlers. Director: Peyton Reed. Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Eliza Dushku, Jesse Bradford, Gabrielle Union, Clare Kramer, Nicole Bilderback. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 98 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $64.749 million, Universal, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Jay Ward's famous animated heroes make it to the big screen with mixed results. When baddies Natasha Fatale (Rene Russo), Boris Badenov (Jason Alexander) and Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro) somehow morph from animated characters into the real world -- with a mission of world domination and destruction of moose and squirrel -- Rocky and Bullwinkle are called back into action to save the planet. Joined by a rookie FBI agent (Piper Perabo) the dynamic duo blunder their way on a wild cross-country journey to Washington to foil the evil plot. The uneven humor is generously spiced with inside-Hollywood jokes. Director: Des McAnuff. Stars: Voice of June Foray (Rocky), Keith Scott (Bullwinkle), Rene Russo, Jason Alexander, Piper Perabo, Robert De Niro, Kenan Thompson, Kel Mitchell, Randy Quaid. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 86 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $26.000 million, Universal, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Backstage Documentary of 1999's 54-date Hard Knock Life Tour. Director: Chris Fiore. Stars: Jay-Z, DMX, Method Man, Redman, Beanie Sigel, Ja Rule, DJ Clue, Amil, Memphis Bleek. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 87 min., Documentary, Box office gross: $1.184 million, Dimension, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Get Carter Remake of 1971 movie (starring Michael Caine) about a small time gangster who investigates his brother's death, here with Sylvester Stallone as a cool-customer Las Vegas loan shark collector who travels to Seattle when he finds out that his brother's death was not accidental. Aging Stallone perks up in this role that allows him to beat up a lot of people. Violent and oppressive. Director: Stephen Kay. Stars: Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael Caine, Alan Cumming, Mickey Rourke. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 102 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $14.967 million, Warner, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Woman on Top Modern-day fable about a woman with a rare motion sickness that forces her to constantly be in control of her physical movement -- from dancing to making love -- who is blessed by a Brazilian sea goddess with the ability to make food imbued with the magic of aphrodisiacs. When her husband -- tired of being on the bottom -- has an affair, the woman flees to San Francisco, where she gets her own cooking show. Meantime, her husband tracks her down, hoping to break her spell on other men and win her back. A delightful, if inconsequential, love story, imbued with gorgeous colors and catchy Brazilian music, reaffirming the belief that love conquers all. Director: Fina Torres. Stars: Penelope Cruz, Murilo Benicio, Harold Perrineau Jr., Mark Feuerstein, John De Lancie. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 85 min., Drama, Box office gross: $5.018 million, Fox, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Seven Girlfriends A thirtysomething man who can't maintain a successful relationship goes on a journey to visit all his past major girlfriends in an effort to find out what he has been doing wrong. Director: Paul Lazarus. Stars: Tim Daly, Mimi Rogers, Laura Leighton, Elizabeth Pena, Jamie Gertz. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: R, 100 min., Comedy, Trimark, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: No. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Sunset Strip Drama -- with music and fashions -- of the 1970s, about six young, carefree individuals in the pursuit of musical success in one form or another, and one 24-hour period on the Sunset Strip when their lives become entwined. Director: Adam Collis. Stars: Jared Leto, Adam Goldberg, Anna Friel, Simon Baker, Nick Stahl. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 102 min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.003 million, Fox, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: No. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Prophet's Game, The When a retired Seattle cop (Dennis Hopper) receives a postcard from a serial killer -- called the Prophet -- he thought long dead, the cop begins to wonder if he shot the wrong man or if a copycat is afoot. When he learns of a string of L.A. murders that follow the Prophet's M.O., he starts his own investigation, aided by an L.A. detective (Stephanie Zimbalist). But is the cop falling into the Prophet's web? Director: David Worth. Stars: Dennis Hopper, Sondra Locke, Joe Penny, Michael Dorn, Stephanie Zimbalist, Don Swayze. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: R, 108 min., Thriller, York/Maverick, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Relative Values When a star (William Baldwin) and a Hollywood diva (Jeanne Triplehorn) break up, a playboy prince sweeps her off her feet and brings her home to his high-class, society minded mother (Julie Andrews). Mom's not too pleased about having a starlet in the family, and she comes to the aid of the young star to help him win his love back. Released in the United Kingdom only. Stars: Julie Andrews, William Baldwin, Jeanne Triplehorn, Colin Firth, Stephen Fry, Sophie Thompson. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 92 min., Comedy, First Look Pictures, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount City, The (La Ciudad) Four stories about love, hope and loss among disenfranchised Latin American immigrants living in N.Y.: A worker paid to gather bricks from an abandoned lot is crushed when a wall collapses; a young man finds than loses a girl from his home village at a party; a homeless puppeteer dreams of a better life for his daughter but when he tries to enroll her in school he is turned away; a seamstress works at a sweatshop to send money home to pay for her daughter's medical treatments but has not been paid for more than a month. Director: David Riker. Stars: Ricardo Cuevas, Cipriano Garcia, Leticia Herrera, Jose Rabelo, Silvia Goiz. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 88 min., Drama, New Yorker, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: No. Sweet Revenge A depressed businessman decides to end his troubles by jumping off London's Tower Bridge, there meeting an aristocratic woman who has come to the bridge with the same thing in mind. They save each other from jumping, and team up to get revenge and destroy each other's rivals and enemies. Stars: Sam Neill, Helena Bonham Carter, Kristin Scott Thomas, Rupert Graves, Martin Clunes, Steve Coogan. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, Comedy, Miramax, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. February 20 Beautiful Off-kilter look at beauty pageants, with Minnie Driver as a professional beauty contestant who has entrusted her daughter to a friend so that she can enter the contests. Joey Lauren Adams plays the lifelong friend, who pretends to be the mother of Driver's daughter. Unlikable characters in unlikely situations. Director: Sally Field. Stars: Minnie Driver, Joey Lauren Adams, Hallie Kate Eisenberg, Kathleen Turner, Leslie Stefanson. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 112 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $2.834 million, Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 Lackluster sequel to smash indie hit has five youngsters obsessed with the original traveling into the woods of Burkittsville, Md., where they encounter all sorts of terrible things, including strange visions, a mass murder of another group of Blair Witch tourists, and a lapse of story line and true horror thrills. Includes "The Secret of Esrever" feature that has never-before-seen footage and a special message about hidden images in the video that will only be revealed when the piece is viewed in Reverse Playback. Director: Joe Berlinger. Stars: Jeffrey Donovan, Tristen Skyler, Stephen Barker Turner, Erica Leerhsen, Kim Director. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 90 min., Horror, Box office gross: $26.378 million, Artisan, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: March 13. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Highlander: End Game Fourth Highlander epic, here with big screen Highlander (Christopher Lambert) and small screen Highlander (Adrian Paul) meeting to continue their battle against the evil immortal Kell to determine who will be the last man standing. For fans only. Director: Douglas Aarniokoski. Stars: Christopher Lambert, Adrian Paul, Bruce Payne, Lisa Barbuscia, Donnie Yen. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 88 min., Science Fiction, Box office gross: $12.801 million, Dimension, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Watcher, The All too familiar thriller about criminal duality: the interactions between a serial killer and the man who must track him down. Keanu Reeves is the black-leather clad murderer who stalks lonely women (his conceit: he identifies them a day in advance) and James Spader is the emotionally destroyed FBI agent who hunts him. It's a non-stop bloodfest for the gore-inclined. Soundtrack features, appropriately, music by Rob Zombie. Director: Joe Charbanic. Stars: Keanu Reeves, James Spader, Marisa Tomei, Ernie Hudson, Chris Ellis. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 97 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $28.927 million, Universal, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Wonderland Three women search for love in modern London: one is due to have her first baby; another spends her nights on the town, leaving her 9-year-old at home; the third lives alone and is in search of companionship. The three lives are interwoven into a single tapestry of love, pain and joy by director Michael Winterbottom. Winner of the 1999 British Independent Film Award. Director: Michael Winterbottom. Stars: Shirley Henderson, Gina McKee, Molly Parker. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: R, 109 min., Drama, Universal, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Prisoner, The Martial arts actioner has Jackie Chan star as an inmate locked up in the most dangerous high security prison in Hong Kong. He joins with two other cons -- Sammo Hung and Tony Leung -- to unveil a world of high-class criminals and corrupt prison officials. Director: Chu Yen Ping. Stars: Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Tony Leung, Jummy Wang, Ko Chun Hsiung, Tao Chung Hwa. 1990, CC, MPAA rating: R, 94 min., Martial Arts, Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Don't Let Me Die on a Sunday A psychosexual drama about disaffected young people in Paris. A morgue attendant, beguiled by the beauty of a young woman brought in for an Ecstasy overdose, makes love to her seemingly lifeless body, bringing her back to life. Now bonded, the pair now embark on an odyssey that takes them into the world of sadomasochism, wild techno-dance paries and orgies as they search for new sensations that will ease their sense of despair. French with English subtitles. Director: Didier Le Pecheur. Stars: Elodie Bouchez, Jean-Marc Barr, Martin Petitguyot, Patrick Catalifo, Gerard Loussine. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 86 min., Erotic drama, First Run Features, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Flushed Candid look into what people do when they think no one is watching: Set in the men's and women's bathrooms of a downtown NYC bar, the film weaves together the tales of nearly 100 characters during the course of one night as they fight, fall in love wax philosophical, and find relief. Blunt humor, naked truth and intimate details. Director: Carrie Ansell. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 81 min., First Run Features, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. I Was Possessed by God Indie short about a man who ingests a dose of magic mushrooms on his birthday in order to experience God. When a voice begins to speak through him, claiming to be God, a strange conversation ensues. Director: Caveh Zahedi. Stars: Caveh Zahedi. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 27 min., Short, World Artists Home Video, $39.95 VHS SRP. DVD: No. February 27 Lost Souls It's 666 time again in this horror thriller that stars Winona Ryder as a demon hunter hot on the trail of the latest Antichrist -- who in this case is a famous but mild-mannered author who will become the devil's own on his fast-approaching 33rd birthday. The ringer here is that Ryder's character had once been possessed herself -- she was saved by a priest, played by John Hurt -- so her hunt is tainted by her own demonic background. Will she stop the devil in time or will the ending be downbeat? Director: Janusz Kaminski. Stars: Winona Ryder, Ben Chaplin, Sarah Wynter, Philip Baler Hall, John Hurt, Elias Koteas. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 98 min., Horror, Box office gross: $16.779 million, New Line, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure Sequel to 1955's "Lady and the Tramp," here with son Scamp leaving the safety of the Darlings' home to see the world outside. The mischievous pup takes up with the Junkyard Dogs, a group of strays who seem to represent the free and easy lifestyle. Despite meeting and falling for Angel, a lovely stray, Scamp must put up with the constant bullying of the group's leader, Buster, forcing the youngster to decide between an uncertain life on the street or the unconditional love of his family. Director: Darrell Rooney. Stars: Voices of Scott Wolf, Alyssa Milano, Jodi Benson, Jeff Bennett, Chazz Palminteri, Cathy Moriarty. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: G, 70 min., Animated, Walt Disney, $26.99 SRP. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Bedazzled Remake of 1967 British comedy of the same name created by Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, pales in comparison to the original. Social misfit Brendan Fraser is hopelessly in love with co-worker Frances O'Connor and strikes a bargain with the devil (played vampishly by Elizabeth Hurley) for seven wishes in which to win his girl. Naturally all his wishes go disastrously haywire. Director: Harold Ramis. Stars: Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley. Frances O'Connor, Orlando Jones, Miriam Shor, Paul Adelstein. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 92 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $37.319 million, Fox, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: March 13. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Nurse Betty Offbeat comedy-fantasy about a young Kansas waitress (Renee Zellweger) who witnesses the brutal murder of her husband by two hitmen looking to recover a cache of stolen drugs. The shock pushes her into a fantasy world where she becomes the persona of Nurse Betty, a character on her favorite soap, and she takes off for Los Angeles to search out the character of her TV doctor-lover. She's followed by the hitmen, the local sheriff and a hometown reporter, all ending up in a wild shoot-out finish. Director: Neil LaBute. Stars: Renee Zellweger, Morgan Freeman, Chris Rock, Gref Kinnear. Crispin Glover, Pruitt Taylor Vince. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 108 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $12.133 million, USA, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: April 3. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Greatest Story Ever Told, The Epic film that follows Christ from birth to resurrection, with an all-star ensemble cast, has undergone a complete restoration (at a cost of $400 000) from the original 65mm roadshow version, with overture and intermission music. The VHS edition features a new documentary with cast and crew interviews; the Special Edition DVD contains two documentaries, deleted scene, photo gallery, original theatrical trailer. Director: George Stevens. Stars: Max Von Sydow, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, John Wayne, Shelley Winters, Pat Boone, Claude Raines, Martin Landau, Angela Lansbury, Roddy McDowall, Carroll Baker, Ed Wynn, Jose Ferrer, Van Heflin. 1965, CC, MPAA rating: G, 199 min., Biblical Epic, MGM, $19.98 SRP. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Original Kings of Comedy, The Spike Lee's documentary of a highly successful comedy tour by Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Bernie Mac. Director: Spike Lee. Stars: Steve Harvey, D.L. Hughley, Cedric the Entertainer, Bernie Mac. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 117 min., Documentary, Box office gross: $38.168 million, Paramount, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Bootmen Entertaining story of small-town Australian Sean Okden, a steelworker whose love for dance motivated him to break away from toiling in the mills and form his own dance troupe, going on to create the high octane dance productions "Taps Dogs" and "Steel City," both of which have captivated audiences around the world. Director: Dein Perry. Stars: Adam Garcia, Sophie Lee. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 93 min., Musical/Dance, Box office gross: $0.021 million, Fox, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: No. Right Temptation, The A private investigator (Rebecca DeMornay) gets more than she bargained for when she agrees to investigate a husband (Kiefer Sutherland) suspected of infidelity. Although he's loyal, the wife (Dana Delany) persuades the detective to try to seduce him. Swiftly the situation turns bad -- the private detective falls for the man. Things get worse when the husband turns up dead and the wife points an accusing finger at the detective. Was she a pawn in the wife's game? Now she has to prove her innocence. Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Rebecca DeMornay, Dana Delany. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 93 min., Thriller, Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Tic Code, The The lives of three people come together, set against the sights and sounds of the Greenwich Village jazz scene. A 12-year-old piano prodigy gets to meet and work with his musical idol, a saxophonist, who in turn falls for the young boy's mother. But deep secrets threaten to destroy everything. Director: Gary Winick. Stars: Christopher George Marquett, Polly Draper, Gregory Hines. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: R, 90 min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.203 million, Universal, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Last of the Blonde Bombshells, The At the funeral of her husband, an elderly woman realizes for the first time that, after 50 years of marriage and a safe, respectable life, the only time she felt truly alive was when she was a teenager playing in an (almost) all-girl band during WWII. She decides to reassemble the band, scouring England and beyond for former bandmates, eventually falling under the romantic spell of the band's only male - - a lady-killing drummer. An HBO telefilm. Stars: Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian Holm, Olympia Dukakis, Leslie Caron, Dame Cleo Laine. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 84 min., Romantic Comedy, HBO Home Video, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the 13th Spoof on horror/slasher film conventions, with a sexy reporter (Tiffani Theissen) teaming up with a bumbling mall cop (Tom Arnold) to track a killer intent on killing off the most popular kids at Bulimia Falls High School. Director: John Blanchard. Stars: Tiffani Theissen, Tom Arnold, Coolio, Majandra Delfino, Shirley Jones, Simon Rex. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 86 min., Comedy, Trimark, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount Fantasticks, The The longest-running musical in the history of theater comes to the screen in an adaptation from the original creative team of Tom Jones and Harvey Schmidt. Two teenage lovers on neighboring farms hide their romance from their feuding fathers, not knowing that the dads are really good friends who have secretly agreed to their children's arranged marriage. With the help of a mystical roving sideshow -- and a little magic -- a plan is hatched to get the two lovers down the aisle. Director: Michael Ritchie. Stars: Joel Grey, Barnard Hughes, Jean Louisa Kelly, Joe McIntyre, Jonathan Morris, Brad Sullivan Teller. 1995, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 87 min., Musical, MGM, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Queens of Comedy, The Live comedy concert from the Orpheum Theatre in Memphis featuring Miss Laura Hayes, Adele Givens, Sommore, Mo'Nique. Produced by PHE and Latham Entertainment, the same company that produced the Kings of Comedy tour. Stars: Miss Laura Hayes, Adele Givens, Sommore, Mo'Nique. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 79 min., Comedy concert, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Chasing Destiny A relentless bill collector (Casper Van Dien) sets out to reprocess the prized Mustang convertible of a down-and-out rock 'n' roll legend (Christopher Lloyd) but falls in love with the musician's daughter instead. Stars: Christopher Lloyd, Lauren Graham, Roger Daltry, Casper Van Dien. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 90 min., Romantic comedy, MTI Home Video, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Charming Billy The story of a seemingly ordinary man, Billy Starkman, who wakes up one day, climbs a water tower, and opens fire on the world below. An intense tapestry about an average man and what might make him snap and go on a killing spree in a small Midwest community. Director: William R. Pace. Stars: Michael Hayden, Chelcie Ross, Sally Murphy. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 80 min., Drama, Winstar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Humanite Portrait of human suffering, compassion and empathy as epitomized in the personae of a police detective, living in a working class town in Northern France, who agonizes over the evil he must confront every day. His latest case is about an 11-year-old girl who is raped and murdered. As he struggles to grasp the meaning of such a grotesque crime, the policeman's humanity is tested to its limits when the investigation gets to its startling climax. In French with English subtitles. Director: Bruno Dumont. Stars: Emmanuel Schotte. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 148 min., Drama, Winstar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. In Pursuit Thriller about an attorney fighting to prove his innocence after being accused of murdering a powerful entrepreneur and having an affair with his wife. The attorney escapes to Mexico and, trapped over the border and on the run for his life, he must outsmart a tough, female detective and untangle a frightening web of murder and betrayal. Director: Peter Pistor. Stars: Daniel Baldwin, Claudia Schiffer, Coolie, Dean Stockwell. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 91 min., Thriller, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Brainiacs.com, The An 11-year-old boy comes up with a nifty plan to buy his father's company, Tyler Toys, so his dad will have more time to spend with the family. The plan: go online and attract investors in a new microchip his older sister has invented, then use the money to buy up his dad's stock. Only problem is that the company is deep in debt and a ruthless banker (Dom DeLuise) is waiting to take over the toy firm. So the kids come up with a new line of smart toys -- but they have only one week to save the company. Director: Blair Treu. Stars: Michael Angarano, Kevin Kilner, Alexandra Paul, Rich Little, Dom DeLuise, Vanessa Zima. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: G, 99 min., Family, Monarch Home Video, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 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