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Guide to Home Video Releases:
April 2001 Release Calendar


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April 3
  • 102 Dalmatians Sequel to 1996's "101 Dalmatians," Disney's live-action remake of its classic animated film. Here Cruella De Vil, played again by Glenn Close, is released from a London prison after serving a three-year dognapping sentence -- and she's supposedly cured of her fixation on dog fur. But surprise -- the ringing of Big Ben sends her back to her old ways and, with the help of a French furrier (Gerard Depardieu), she goes after canine capes. More of the same slapstick and doggie tricks of the original prevail. Director: Kevin Lima. Stars: Glenn Close, Gerard Depardieu, Joan Gruffudd, Alice Evans, Tim McInnerny, Ben Crompton. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: G, 99 min., Family, Box office gross: $62.608 million, Buena Vista, $24.99 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Cleopatra The DVD debut of one of the costliest films of all time ($42 million in 1963 -- the equivalent of $200+ million today) features the complete, uncut theatrical release plus seven hours of extras on three discs: a two-hour behind-the-scenes documentary "Cleopatra -- The Film That Changed Hollywood"; 1964 making-of featurette "The Fourth Star of Cleopatra"; Fox Movie Tone News footage from the Hollywood and New York premieres; commentary by director Joseph L. Mankiewicz' sons, Martin Landau and Cleopatra expert and former Fox executive Jack Brodsky, more. The VHS versions - on two cassettes -- includes the uncut release, "The Fourth Star of Cleopatra" making-of featurette, and the Movie Tone premiere footage. Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Stars: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison. 1963, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 243 min., Costume drama, Fox, $14.98 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date. 5 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Legend of Bagger Vance, The WWI and Depression-era golf drama that promises more than it delivers. Matt Damon plays Junuh, a young golf whiz in Savannah, Ga., with a great swing, a beautiful society wife, Adele (Charlize Theron), and a bright future. Then he goes off to war and disappears for 10 years -- apparently unable to come to grips with the horrors he underwent. As the Depression permeates Savannah, Adele's father -- owner of a golf resort with no customers -- commits suicide, leaving the failing links to his daughter. To stave off creditors she mounts a golf tournament with golf legends Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen. Wouldn't it be nice to have a Savannah boy play, too? And who should slink into town one dark, gloomy night, but Junuh. Drinking to ward off his evil memories, he takes a few swings -- and meets Bagger Vance (Will Smith), an itinerant golfer/caddie who brings Junuh back to his former glory with sage advice, male bonding and coaching. The resultant golf match fits right into the sports genre. Director: Robert Redford. Stars: Will Smith, Matt Damon, Charlize Theron, Bruce McGill, Joel Gretsch, J. Michael Moncrief. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 127 min., Drama, Box office gross: $30.695 million, DreamWorks, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Circus A pair of petty criminals (John Hannah and Famke Janssen) dream of an escape from the drudgery of everyday crime. Together they mastermind an audacious scam that draws an assortment of outrageous characters into their tangled web. But in this group of thieves, it becomes impossible to discern truth from fiction, and the scam takes more twists and turns than a roller coaster ride. Despite its incredibly convoluted storyline and stilted acting, this glib thriller still has its interesting moments. Director: Rob Walker. Stars: John Hannah, Famke Janssen, Peter Stomare, Eddie Izzard. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 95 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $0.008 million, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Anatomy When a brilliant, ambitious medical student (Franka Potente of "Run, Lola, Run") is accepted into a prestigious anatomy class taught by a legendary professor she uncovers a chilling conspiracy: a secret medical society exists on campus and its members perform grisly autopsies on human subjects -- while they're still alive. With her fellow classmates turning up dead, will she be next? A first-rate thriller that unfortunately didn't get a proper send off by distributor Sony Pictures Classics. Well worth a look. Winner of the Audience Award for German Film of the Year at the 2000 German Film Festival. In German with English subtitles. Director: Stefan Ruzowitzky. Stars: Franka Potente, Benno Furmann. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 100 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $0.005 million, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Million Dollar Hotel, The Another off-kilter outing for director Wim Wenders, who takes us into a surreal world inside a Los Angeles fleabag hotel. When the son of a millionaire media mogul mysteriously dies, an FBI agent (Mel Gibson) is called in to solve the case. The agent, who once had an extra arm growing out of his back, encounters a variety of eccentrics and misfits in the hotel as he attempts to sort out deception and reality. Weird, poetic, strange. With the music of Bono, U2, Brian Eno. Director: Wim Wenders. Stars: Mel Gibson, Milla Jovovich, Jimmy Smits, Jeremy Davies, Peter Stomare, Amanda Plummer, Gloria Stuart, Tom Bower, Donal Logue, Bud Cort, Bono, Julian Sands, Harris Yulin. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 122 min., Drama, Studio S Home Entertainment, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Shadow Warriors II "Hulk" Hogan plays a legendary SEALs and martial arts master who has to lead a team of commandos to an island fortress to capture a ruthless drug lord and rescue the U.S. gymnastics team that's being held hostage. Director: Jon Cassar. Stars: Terry "Hulk" Hogan, Shannon Tweed, Carl Weathers, Martin Kove, Billy Drago, Billy Blanks. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: R, 94 min., Action, Spartan, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

April 10
  • Bounce Ah, cursed fate! How it manipulates our lives. In this romantic drama, fate conquers all. Due to a chance encounter, hot shot ad executive Buddy (Ben Affleck) gives his L.A.-bound airplane ticket to family man Tony Goldwyn so that Buddy can spend the night with a woman he's met at the airport. The plane crashes, killing all aboard, and Buddy, feeling guilt over his missed fate, falls apart. A year later and just out of rehab, he searches out the family man's widow (Gwyneth Paltrow) to make amends. Naturally, love blooms between the two. Director: Don Roos. Stars: Ben Affleck, Gwyneth Paltrow, Joe Morton, Natasha Henstridge, Tony Goldwyn, Jennifer Grey, Alex D. Linz, Johnny Galecki. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 105 min., Romantic Drama, Box office gross: $36.779 million, Miramax, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Men of Honor Stirring military drama about the first black man to become a Navy diver -- and the adversity he must face as he surmounts bigotry and hatred to prove himself. Based on the real-life story of Navy diver Carl Brashear. Director: George Tillman Jr. Stars: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding Jr., Charlize Theron, Aunjanue Ellis, Hal Holbrook, Michael Rapaport, Powers Boothe, David Keith. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 120 min., Military drama, Box office gross: $48.751 million, Fox, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • What's Cooking This exploration of American diversity follows four seemingly disparate families as they celebrate Thanksgiving -- and confront differences and familiarities, laughter and anger, shiitake mushrooms and mashed potatoes, near-disaster and the power of love to connect them all. Director: Guirinder Chadha. Stars: Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Mercedes Ruehl, Kyra Sedgwick, Alfre Woodard. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 110 min., Drama, Box office gross: $1.039 million, Trimark, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • 4 Days After a street-smart kid double-crosses his father's partner out of more than $100,000 from a misbegotten bank heist, he finds himself on the lam and on the road (with an older woman) pursued by the vengeful partner. Director: Curtis Wehrfritz. Stars: Kevin Zegers, Lolita Davidovich, William Forsythe, Colm Meaney. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: R, 88 min., Action, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Agent Red Dolph Lundgren plays a Special Ops Commander on a submarine carrying the deadliest viral weapon on Earth back to a safe storage facility. Naturally, a Russian terrorist group attacks the vessel, kills all aboard (except Dolph, of course), and steers the sub toward New York to wipe out the city. Now it's up to Dolph to save the day. Director: Damian Lee. Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Randolph Mantooth. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 95 min., Action, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Pola X Based on Herman Melville's 1852 novel "Pierre; or the Ambiguities" about a young writer haunted by the specter of his sister's love, leading him on a downward spiral into a world of lies, ambiguities and masquerades. The company is also releasing to VHS sell-through and DVD Carax's first two outings: "Boy Meets Girl" (1984) and "Mauvais Sang (Bad Blood)" (1986) which, along with "The Lovers on the Bridge" (1991), comprise the "Alex Trilogy." Director: Leos Carax. Stars: Delphine Chuillot, Catherine Deneuve, Guillaume Depardieu, Katerina Golubeva. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 134 min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.167 million, Fox Lorber, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars

  • Loving Jezebel Saga of Theodorus, a young man whose penchant for chasing Jezebels -- women who are unattainable because they are attached to other men -- provides him with many ex-girlfriends and many ex-male friends. When he finally meets a woman he considers his soulmate -- an unhappily married lady -- her husband turns out to be a very built, very jealous, very volatile obstacle, giving Theodorus more than he bargained for. Director: Kwyn Bader. Stars: Hill Harper, Laurel Holloman, Nicole Ari Parker, Sandine Holt, David Moscow, Phylicia Rashad. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: R, 88 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $0.069 million, Universal, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 2 stars

April 17
  • Bamboozled Spike Lee has come up with a biting -- and bitter -- satire of TV and, by extension, white Western culture in this heavy-handed but stupendous look at racism in entertainment. Damon Wayans plays the only person of color on the writing staff at a floundering TV net who's pushed by his boss to come up with a black show that will bring in ratings -- instead, he decides to get himself fired and creates a modern version of the 19th/20th century blackfaced minstrel show with two homeless men as his stars. When the show unexpectedly becomes a big hit, the writer lets it go to his head and he becomes obsessed with success ... and blackface. Director: Spike Lee. Stars: Damon Wayans, Savion Glover, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Tommy Davidson, Michael Rapaport, Paul Mooney. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 136 min., Satire, Box office gross: $2.185 million, New Line, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 4 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Space Cowboys Clint Eastwood's take on outer space has more in common with the Old West than science fiction, with four way over-the-hill Air Force test pilots from the 1950s called back into action to repair a Soviet satellite before it crashes to Earth. Outer space is just another vast prairie to these old-timers, who in their youth rode the planes that lead to the last frontier. It's a lament for lost youth in the way that a Western like "The Wild Bunch" equated lost youth with the end of the West, but here the Space Cowboys swagger in what was once a wild frontier but is now the provence of government bureaucrats (NASA). And like Eastwood's other Westerns, the film takes its time, methodically and perfectly, to get its point across. Director: Clint Eastwood. Stars: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner, James Cromwell, Loren Dean, Marcia Gay Harden, William Devane, Courtney B. Vance. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 130 min., Drama, Box office gross: $90.357 million, Warner, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Billy Elliot Delightful light drama about a young boy -- raised all his life in a manly coal-mining town -- who decides one day that he would rather take up ballet dancing than the boxing lessons his macho father and friends have in mind for him. In Great Britain in 1984, at the height of a mining strike, dancing is equated with homosexuality, and a young man putting on a tutu is not the thing to do. But the boy wins over his dad and the town, and the film ends with a big dance number. An art-house success. Director: Stephen Daldry. Stars: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Gary Lewis, Jamie Draven, Nicola Blackwell. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min., Comedy-Drama, Box office gross: $17.730 million, Universal, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Ladies Man, The Weak comedy based on Tim Meadows' "Saturday Night Live" Ladies Man character. Here, the Ladies Man is fired from his Chicago morning-radio talk show and, desperate for money and on the run from a gang of husbands after him for sleeping with their women, he decides to track down the woman from his checkered past who's behind a note offering him love and cash. He gets more than he expected when he finally finds her -- she's married to one of the men after him! Don't expect much from this extended TV skit. Director: Reginald Hudlin. Stars: Tim Meadows, Karyn Parsons, Billy Dee Williams, Tiffani Thiessen, Lee Evans, Will Ferrell. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 84 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $13.592 million, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 2 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Yards, The Sadly overlooked crime drama about a young man (Mark Wahlberg), just released from prison after taking a fall for an auto theft by his buddies, whose only chance for making his way in the world is by entering the corrupt world of The Yards -- that area where New York City's transit vehicles are made and repaired -- with his family connections. Here briberies and muscle rule the day, and the young man quickly gets in over his head. A moody study of the fine line between good and bad, between loyalty to family and the desire for justice. Director: James Gray. Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron, James Caan, Ellen Burstyn, Faye Dunaway. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 115 min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.882 million, Miramax, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Gospel According to Philip K. Dick, The Philip K. Dick was one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time. The author of more than 50 novels, five volumes of short stories, reams of correspondence and an 8,000-page self- examination he called "The Exegesis," PKD died in 1982 following a series of strokes. His novels and stories -- adapted into such films as "Blade Runner," "Total Recall," the upcoming "Imposter" and "Minority Report" -- continue to inspire and influence a generation of writers, filmmakers, technophiles and philosophers: his writing and ideas on reality, humanity and technology blend utopianism, counter-culture paranoia and mystical experience. "The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick" is the first film about the legendary author, combining interviews (with PKD and friends, fans and fellow writers) with animation (including an animated PKD using audio taped interviews) and a techno soundtrack to create a loving portrait of a strange (he inhabited a mental world as surreal as his writings), yet gifted, man. Director: Mark Steensland. With: Robert Anton Wilson, Ray Nelson, Paul Williams, D. Scott Apel, Jay Kinney, Miriam Lloyd. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 80 min., Documentary, First Run Features, $24.95 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars

  • Day Silence Died, The A small Bolivian town's tranquil nature is invaded and changed when a magnetic, attractive stranger wanders in one day, sets up a radio and four loudspeakers in the town square, and sells airtime to the townspeople to broadcast their dirty laundry and secret desires. When the stranger takes a liking to the shackled daughter of a cuckolded husband, and tries to win her away from a farmer, the town is transformed into an emotional inferno and its residents decide to put an end to the source of their problems. A mystical, dreamy, poetic fable. Director: Paolo Agazzi. Stars: Dario Grandinetti, Gustavo Angarita, Elias Serrano, Guillermo Granada, Maria Laura Garcia, Blanca Morisson. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 108 min., Drama, First Run Features, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars

  • Proposal, The Crime thriller about an undercover cop who's assigned a female partner to pose as his wife to infiltrate a crime ring. Things begin to go awry when the pair begin to fall for each other, threatening their investigation. Stars: Jennifer Espositio, Nick Moran, Stephen Lang. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 91 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $ million, Dimension, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Tigerland Gritty, exciting Vietnam-era drama about a group of soldiers in the final stages of boot camp at Tigerland, a special training center in the backwoods of Louisiana where men are taught to torture, kill and maim. Into this hellhole comes Roland Bozz a malcontent who tries to manipulate the system (getting discharges for his friends) and bring reality to the gung-ho grunts who patriotically are being sent out to die. Filmed by director Joel Schumacher ("Falling Down") with a hand-held, 16mm camera in natural light to bring viewers into the life of the soldiers. Director: Joel Schumacher. Stars: Colin Farrell, Mathew Davis, Clifton Collins Jr., Thomas Guiry, Shea Whigham, Russell Richardson, Cole Hauser. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 116 min., Military Drama, Box office gross: $0.139 million, Fox, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Love, Honour & Obey Jonny Lee Miller stars as a young man in a dead-end job as a courier who gets a chance to join the toughest gang in North London and, hungry for gangster action, sparks a deadly feud between his gang and its rivals in South London. With the warfare getting out of hand, the opposing gang leaders decide that Jonny must be stopped at all costs. Director: Dominic Anciano, Ray Burdis. Stars: Sadie Frost, Jonny Lee Miller, Jude Law. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 98 min., Crime drama, Box office gross: $0.002 million, Trimark, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 2 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Rangers Actioner about a team of Army Rangers and their efforts to expose a conspiracy reaching the highest levels of government. Direct-to-video. Director: Jay Andrews. Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Matt McCoy, Glenn Plummer. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 100 min., Action, Box office gross: $ million, Fox, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.x DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • West Beirut A wild but tender comedy/drama about the coming of age of a young boy during the civil war in Lebanon. As far as 15-year-old Tarek is concerned, war means school is out and he gets to wander the streets of Beirut, looking for a way to develop the Super-8 film he shot of a local woman with big hair and a short skirt, learn how to smoke and sneak into a brothel. The war is not ignored -- it's brought down to the human level. Director Ziad Doueiri left Beirut in 1983, studied film at the University of California at San Diego and UCLA, and has worked as a cameraman on many of Quentin Tarantino's films. This is his first solo effort. In Arabic and French with English subtitles. Director: Ziad Doueiri. Stars: Rami Doueiri, Mohamad Chamas, Rola Al Amin, Carmen Lebbos, Joseph Bou Nassar. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 105 min., Comedy Drama, New Yorker, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: No. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Running Out of Time Thriller about a Basque terrorist whose plan to blow up a police station is jeopardized when he falls in love with an alluring woman and enters a world of junkies, vicious cops and steely-eyed drug dealers. Winner of eight Goya awards (the Spanish Oscar). In Spanish with English subtitles. Stars: Carmelo Gomez, Ruth Gabriel, Javier Bardem. 1994, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 93 min., Thriller, New Yorker, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • For Love or Country HBO telefilm about the life of trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, who defected from Cuba with his wife and children. A touching love story of devotion to family and creative freedom. Director: Joseph Sargent. Stars: Andy Garcia, Gloria Estefan, David Paymer, Charles S. Dutton, Mia Maestro. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR, Drama, HBO, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Undesirable When a young woman without a past begins a new career, she is haunted by nightmares about her former life. Frightened that her amnesia is the result of something gruesome, she hires a private investigator to help her uncover her past. But she's unprepared for the discovery that turns her terrifying nightmares into a horrifying reality. Stars: Melissa Gilbert, Michael Gross, Jack Scalia. 1992, CC, MPAA rating: R, 91 min., Horror, Spartan, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

April 24
  • Little Nicky Wacky comedy based on a wild premise: After a 10, 000 year rule, the Devil (Harvey Keitel) calls his three sons together to designate an heir, but, after looking over their sorry state, decides to stay on the throne, causing two of the boys to leave Hell to rule on Earth. This closes the gates between Earth and Hell, stopping the flow of humans down below, and causing dad to lose his body parts. Shambling, speech-slurring, wheezing Little Nicky (Adam Sandler) is dispatched to bring back his brothers, reopen the gates and save his dad's life. But Nicky has problems adjusting to the real world, and his stay on Earth becomes one weird adventure after another. It's a great idea but, unfortunately, the plot is bogged down by weak writing and the typical and by now overused Sandler body humor, sight gags and reliance on bathroom jokes. Director: Steven Brill. Stars: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tommy Lister Jr., Kevin Nealon. Guest appearances by Jon Lovitz, Rodney Dangerfield, Dana Carvey, Reese Witherspoon, Quentin Tarantino, Henry Winkler, Regis Philbin, Michael McKean. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 90 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $39.034 million, New Line, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Finding Forrester Emotionally stirring if predictable drama about a reclusive, white novelist who takes a black high school athlete under his wing. Sean Connery plays the acclaimed writer with one great book under his belt who has retired to seclusion for decades; newcomer Rob Brown plays the basketball-playing boy who has a talent for literature. The author comes out of his shell; the boy leaves the courts of the Bronx for a Manhattan prep school, along the way taking up with a white girl (Anna Paquin). Intelligent script and dialogue as the two men fight their respective demons. Director: Gus Van Sant. Stars: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, F. Murray Abraham, Anna Paquin, Busta Rhymes, April Grace, Michael Nouri. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 136 min., Drama, Box office gross: $20.537 million, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Girl on the Bridge Delightful love story of faith, fate and trust, about two losers -- Gabor, a down-on-his-luck knife thrower, and Adele, a beautiful young woman whose romantic escapades always end up badly. The pair meet when Adele jumps off a bridge in Paris and Gabor saves her life. He enlists her to be his target and the two venture off on a successful, whirlwind tour from France to Monaco to a Mediterranean cruise. There's an almost telepathic connection between the two: Adele can walk into a casino while, outside, Gabor thinks about a roulette number and Adele wins at the table. In time, the knifethrowing becomes a metaphor for lovemaking but, the closer they get, the more they begin to distrust each other. They split up and go their separate ways, but find that neither can function without the other. Shot in beautiful black and white and set to a loving soundtrack of romantic ballads. Director: Patrice Leconte. Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Vanessa Paradis. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 92 min., Drama, Box office gross: $1.708 million, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 4 stars

  • Just Looking Coming of age comedy, set in 1955, about a curious 14-year-old boy from the Bronx whose one goal is to find out more about sex -- if not do it, then see it. His plan for the summer is to achieve that goal, until his mother sends him off to the wilds of Queens. Brokenhearted, all seems lost -- until he meets a group of kids who have a secret sex club and he stumbles upon his true love -- a nurse/bra model (Gretchen Mol) who does more nursing than modeling. Now his summer looks a bit brighter. Director: Jason Alexander. Stars: Gretchen Mol, Patti Lupone, Ryan Merriman. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 97 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $0.039 million, Columbia TriStar, Mo VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • One Day in September Documentary on the shockingly brutal massacre of Israeli athletes by a team of Palestinian terrorists during the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Winner of the 1999 Academy Award for best documentary feature. Director: Kevin MacDonald. Stars: Narrated by Michael Douglas. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: R, 94 min., Documentary, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Kill Shot A killer stalks a group of kids living the idyllic life on the beach in Southern California. Original title: "P.C.H." (for Pacific Coast Highway). Director: Nelson McCormick. Stars: Denise Richards, Casper Van Dien, Elliott Gould. 1995, CC, MPAA rating: R, Thriller, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Substitute 4, The: Failure Is Not an Option Yet another direct-to-video sequel in which Treat Williams plays a substitute teacher (following on Tom Berenger's efforts in the original) bent on fighting crime in schools. Here he must infiltrate a military school's faculty to stop nasty white supremacists. Director: Robert Radler. Stars: Treat Williams, Angie Everhart, Patrick Kilpatrick, Bill Nunn. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 91 min., Thriller, Artisan, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Spaceman Off-beat story about a man -- abducted by aliens when he was just four years old and trained to be a killing machine -- who comes back to Earth and, understandably, has difficulty fitting in. Unable to find a satisfying job suited to his special skills, he takes on Mob contracts. When he botches a major hit, he takes off looking for his real mother, with Mafia assassins, corrupt FBI agents, and a sexy woman -- who has uncovered his human side -- on his trail. Director: Scott Dikkers. Stars: David Ghilardi, Julie Cohen, Anthony Marques. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 90 min., Science Fiction, Palm Pictures, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Crack in the Floor, A Three couples on a weekend getaway in the mountains get more than they bargained for when they not only encounter a variety of deranged locals but camp out in an abandoned cabin inhabited -- in a room under the floor -- by the son of a murdered woman. Unknown to them he waits and watches -- through the crack in the floor (get it?) -- getting ready to pounce. Director: Sean Stanek and Corbin Timbrook. Stars: Gary Busey, Mario Lopez, Bo Hopkins, Tracy Scoggins, Justine Priestley, David Naughton, Rance Howard. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 90 min., Horror, Monarch Home Video, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • If I Die Before I Wake Three intruders break into a suburban household and hold a family hostage. Director: Brian Katkin. Stars: Stepanie Jones, Muse Watson, Michael McCleery. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: R, 77 min., Thriller, Artisan, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.


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