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Guide to
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Releases: February 2001 Release Calendar
For the latest 'B' films, special interest, and direct-to-video
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- February 6
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
All DVDs are screened on a reference system consisting of a
Rotel RDV-1080 DVD Audio/Video Player, a
Rotel RSX-972 Surround Sound Receiver, and Phase Technology 1.1 (front), 33.1 (center),
and 50 (rear) speakers and Power 10 subwoofer.
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