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Releases: June Release Calendar
DVD Releases
Movies are rated on a scale of one to five, with five
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- June 4
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Shallow Hal
The Farrelly brothers desert their gross out
bathroom humor of previous outings ("There's Something About Mary") and here go
for some humor based a bit higher up in the anatomy -- the heart. Well, almost.
Jack Black plays a superficial skirt chaser interested in "supermodel babes"
only. Stuck in an elevator one day with self-help guru Tony Robbins, Hal is
"hypnotized" into seeing only the inner beauty in women and starts going after
women who are gentle, friendly and sincere -- but not his typical centerfold
prey. He finally meets the girl of his dreams -- Rosemary, who appears to Hal as
a sinuous, gorgeous blonde (Gwyneth Paltrow) who is, in fact, a 300-pound woman.
But Hal doesn't see that -- he only sees her inner beauty which, of course, gets
him into all sorts of jams. Jason Alexander plays Hal's smarmy buddy Mauricio,
who eggs him on to chase after babes and attempts to get Robbins to break the
spell, resulting in the film's sentimental conclusion. There's plenty of fat
jokes which, for the Farrellys, is an improvement -- well, sort of.
Director: Bobby and Peter Farrelly. Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jack Black, Jason
Alexander, Joe Viterelli, Rene Kirby, Tony Robbins. 2001, CC, MPAA rating:
PG-13, 113 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $98.467 million, Fox, No SRP, Priced
for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Mothman Prophecies, The
Lackluster supernatural thriller has
Richard Gere starring as a journalist for the Washington Post whose wife is
killed in a car accident just after "seeing" a man-sized moth-like entity
fluttering nearby. Distraught by her death, Gere finds himself mysteriously
drawn to a small West Virginia town where his car inexplicably strands him.
Rescued by the sympathetic but skeptical local police sergeant (Laura Linney),
Gere soon learns that many of the town's residents have been beset by bizarre
events, including sightings of the eerie mothman. After further investigation
and terrifying encounters with the creature, Gere becomes obsessed with the idea
that this supernatural being can predict impending doom and is trying to warn
the town. Is it a psychic delusion brought on by grief or can he convince Linney
that there's a tragedy that can be averted? Based on a 1975 book based on the
real collapse of the Ohio River Bridge in December 1967.
Director: Mark Pellington. Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton, Debra
Messing, Lucinda Jenney, Alan Bates. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 119 min.,
Horror, Box office gross: $36.000 million, Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for
rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
- June 11
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Monster's Ball
Hard-hitting Southern drama tempered by the
redemptive story of a life-changing love. Billy Bob Thornton plays Hank
Grotowski, an embittered second generation prison guard who works on Death Row
at a Georgia penitentiary. By a twist of fate, he ends up having an affair with
the widow (Halle Berry) of a condemned man who spent his last hours in the
company of Hank and his son, Sonny (Heath Ledger), who also works on death row.
There's plenty of coupling and soul-baring and adroit acting by all involved
(and, of course, Berry won a best actress Oscar for her role). Boyle is right on
as the bigoted, hateful family patriarch whose venom has poisoned his family,
and Ledger is fine as the son hell-bent on getting out. A fine outing for Swiss
filmmaker Marc Forster.
Director: Marc Forster. Stars: Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Peter Boyle,
Heath Ledger, Sean Combs, Mos Def, Coronji Calhoun. 2001, CC, MPAA rating:
R, 108 min., Drama, Box office gross: $30.000 million, Lions Gate, No SRP,
Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Black Hawk Down
Harrowing true story of a group of elite
American soldiers sent into Mogadishu, Somalia, in October, 1993, to abduct
several top lieutenants of a Somalian warlord as part of a strategy to quell the
civil war that was tearing the country apart (the U.N. peacekeeping
effort was having a difficult time bringing order to the country). But two out
of the four Black Hawk helicopters -- sent to provide cover for the assault
force -- are shot down and what began as a "quickie" strike turned into a
prolonged rescue mission. Before it was over, 18 Americans were dead and 73 were
wounded. Young Rangers and veteran Delta Force soldiers fought side-by-side
against overwhelming odds in one of the most fearsome firefights since Vietnam.
While the film is true to the horrors of war, the lack of characterization and
individualism in the story line makes it difficult to truly emphasize with any
of the soldiers. Although for some, the gritty fighting and an amorphous us (as
in U.S.) vs. them emotionalism will suffice to carry the film, particularly in
this post-Sept. 11 world.
Director: Ridley Scott. Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Tom Sizemore, Eric
Bana, William Fichtner, Sam Shepard, Gabriel Casseus, Ron Eldard, Jeremy Piven.
2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 144 min., War drama, Box office gross: $110.000
million, Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Kate & Leopold
Fluffy time travel romance about a 19th century
English nobleman in New York whisked into the 21st century. Beginning in 1876,
the film maps the predicament of Leopold (Hugh Jackman), an inventor with
dwindling resources who has come to N.Y.C. to wed into money. At a grand ball
Leopold sees a man in odd clothes with a small camera, gives chase and the two
fall into a time portal into modern Manhattan. The odd-clothed man is Stuart,
Leopold's great-great-grandson, who has discovered the means of time travel.
Into this mix comes Kate (Meg Ryan), a high powered ad agency exec who lives
directly below Stuart's apartment. Soured on modern men, Kate wants nothing to
do with the visitor -- until his mannered ways and old-fashioned ideas about
romance start to win her over. Much of the fun of the film derives from the
juxtaposition of a 19th century man in the 21st century: Not only does Leopold
have to adapt to his new surroundings, but the modern world has to make way for
Leopold. This one's an innocuous way to while away an evening.
Director: James Mangold. Stars: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Breckin
Meyer, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford, Paxton Whitehead. 2001, CC, MPAA
rating: PG-13, 123 min., Romantic comedy, Box office gross: $46.849 million,
Miramax, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Getting There
The Olsen twins are back in one of their patented
pre-pubescent adventures. This time they're Sweet 16 and licensed to drive and
taking off in their classic Ford Mustang on their very first road trip.
Destination: the Winter Olympics in Utah. There's cute outfits, cut guys and
cute situations.
Stars: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: G, 85 min., Kids,
Warner, $19.96 SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Behind the Sun
Depressing story about two feuding families in
the Brazilian badlands in 1910. Twenty-year-old Tonio, the eldest brother in the
Breves family, is ordered by his father to avenge the death of his brother.
Tonio knows the fate that awaits him upon completing his mission: the
next-in-line Ferreira brother will come for him. In the days before meeting his
fate and realizing the futility of the feud, Tonio tries to seek peace and love.
In Portuguese with English subtitles.
Director: Walter Salles. Stars: Jose Dumont, Rita Assemany. 2001, CC, MPAA
rating: PG-13, 93 min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.045 million, Miramax, No
SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Speedway Junkie
Teen runaway Johnny (Jesse Bradford) sets out to
find fame and glory on the professional racetracks of North Carolina, only to
find himself holding on for the ride of his life. Along the way, Johnny meets a
collection of Las Vegas scam artists and casualties, like fallen angel Veronica
(Daryl Hannah), veteran street hustler Steven (Jonathan Taylor Thomas), Southern
charmer Wilma (Tiffani-Amber Thiessen) and fellow street hustler Donna (Patsy
Kensit), each one just trying to survive. Johnny quickly learns that what it
takes to survive is more than he ever bargained for.
Director: Nickolas Perry. Stars: Daryl Hannah, Jesse Bradford, Jonathan Taylor
Thomas, Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, Patsy Kensit. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 105
min., Action, Pioneer Entertainment, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
- June 18
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Shipping News, The
Story of one man's redemption, directed by
Lasse ("The Cider House Rules") Hallstrom from E. Annie Proulx's Pulitzer
Prize-winning novel. Kevin Spacey plays Quoyle, a newspaper worker in New York
who has a self-esteem problem: not only does his parents abuse him but he's the
butt of derision by his unfaithful wife (Cate Blanchett). An abrupt twist of
fate allows Quoyle, along with his young daughter (played by the Gainer
triplets), to move to his ancestral home in a small shipping community in New
Foundland. There he takes a job as a reporter at the local newspaper and, with
each article he writes, his sense of himself slowly returns. Along the way he
begins to get a handle on the quirky community as well as learning to come to
terms with his dark family history. And he even builds a tenuous relationship
with another damaged soul, Wavey Prowse (Julianne Moore). As his new life
unfolds in this Northern place of magic, beauty and hardship, his past melds
with his present and Quoyle is transformed.
Director: Lasse Hallstrom. Stars: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench,
Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Jason Behr, Gorodn Pinsent, Pete Postlethwaite, Cate
Blanchett, Alyssa, Kaitlyn and Lauren Gainer. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 111
min., Drama, Box office gross: $11.405 million, Miramax, No SRP, Priced for
rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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I Am Sam
Stirring melodrama about the trials and tribulations of
a mentally retarded single father fighting to regain custody of his
seven-year-old daughter. Sean Penn plays Sam, who has raised his daughter Lucy
single-handedly despite his handicap. But one day -- through a set of
implausible circumstances -- he's arrested on false charges and a social worker
is called in to evaluate the situation. Naturally the child is whisked away, and
it's up to the court to evaluate Sam on his ability to continue to raise Lucy.
Sam, encouraged by his friends, seeks a lawyer to represent him and he comes
across Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), a high-powered attorney whose personal
life is a shambles (she cares more about her work than her unloved, resentful
son). Initially resistant, Rita takes the case pro bono. Now Sam and Rita must
struggle to convince the system that Sam deserves to get his daughter back.
Along the way Rita is transformed, of course, learning, from Sam and Lucy, the
power of unconditional love.
Director: Jessie Nelson. Stars: Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning,
Dianne Wiest, Loretta Devine, Richard Schiff, Laura Dern. 2001, CC, MPAA
rating: PG-13, 134 min., Drama, Box office gross: $40.000 million, New Line, No
SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Rollerball
Very weak remake of the 1975 cult-classic that stared
James Caan and was directed by Norman Jewison. Jonathan Cross (Chris Klein) is
the newest recruit in the most extreme sport of all time -- Rollerball, a
death-defying game that melds rollerskaters and motorcyclists in a
no-holds-barred tourney of destruction on an enclosed track, with the goal being
to capture a rolling steel ball and score a goal with it. Jonathan's fast moves
and good looks make him an instant superstar on the Rollerball circuit, which
takes place (unlike the original) in the present day, set in the rugged former
Soviet republics. But his life in the fast lane collides with reality when he
learns that the league's owner (Jean Reno in a nasty outing) is orchestrating
serious on-court "accidents" to boost ratings. Now Jonathan and teammates Marcus
(LL Cool J) and Aurora (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos) plan to take down the owner and
his ruthless sport before the game puts an end to them. Action-director John
McTiernan has really dropped the ball, so to speak, on this one: there's zero
character development, the action sequences are muddled, and the suspense non-
existent. In a word, a boring, shell of a film. Expanded R-rated version.
Director: John McTiernan. Stars: Chris Klein, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos,
Jean Reno. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: R, 99 min., Science Fiction, Box office
gross: $18.894 million, MGM, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Max Keeble's Big Move
Nerdy movie about a nerdy 12-year-old
facing the rites of passage of his first year in junior high school. Alex D.
Linz stars as Max Keeble, who faces several obstacles in his efforts to be cool
on campus: his nerdy friends, the school bully, the principal (Larry Miller) out
to get him and an evil ice cream man (Jamie Kennedy). When Max's parents tell
him they're going to move, Max seizes the opportunity to turn the tables on his
foes and with his friends begins a week-long all-out retaliation. But just when
things are looking up for the reinvigorated Max, his parents inform him that
they're not going to move after all, and Max must now face the consequences of
his actions. Mean-spirited humor that works as a kiddie revenge opus.
Director: Tim Hill. Stars: Alex D. Linz, Zena Grey, Josh Peck, Larry Miller,
Jamie Kennedy, Orlando Brown, Amber Valletta, Robert Carradine, Nora Dunn, Noel
Fisher. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 86 min., Comedy, Box office gross:
$17.268 million, Buena Vista, $29.99 SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Majestic, The
From the director of "The Shawshank Redemption"
and "The Green Mile" comes predictably sentimental and pat drama that stands out
only for delivering a toned-down Jim Carrey. The year is 1951 and ambitious
Hollywood screenwriter Peter Appleton (Carrey) is suddenly targeted as a
suspected Communist. He loses his job and his girl in quick succession and then
in a serious car accident, he's left with amnesia and loses his identity
altogether. Stumbling into a charming small California town where he's mistaken
for Luke Trimble, one of their many long lost World War II heroes, Peter meets
Luke's beautiful girlfriend Adele (Laurie Holden). His "father" Harry (Martin
Landau) reintroduces Peter to the life he led before the war, and they work
together as father and son to restore and reopen The Majestic, the town's long
abandoned movie palace. Though his true memory eventually returns, Peter falls
in love with Adele, and he discovers the courage and the conviction to become
the hero of his own life.
Director: Frank Darabont. Stars: Jim Carrey, Laurie Holden, Martin Landau, Bob
Balaban, Alan Garfield. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 152 min., Drama, Box
office gross: $27.796 million, Warner, $14.98 SRP.
DVD: Day & date.
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Orange County
Shaun Brumder (Colin Hanks) is an Orange County,
Calif., high-school teen who suddenly decides he wants to reassess his life
after a friend's freak surfing accident. He trades in his hours at the beach for
hours of studying and replaces surfing with classes. With a stellar GPA,
excellent SAT scores and a long line of extracurricular activities, he's
convinced he's a shoe-in for Stanford University. But when the letter finally
arrives, he's not accepted. The reason: his high school counselor (Lily Tomlin)
sent Stanford the wrong transcripts. With only 24 hours to set the record
straight, and with no real help from his dysfunctional parents (Catherine O'Hara
and John Lithgow), Shaun sets out on a comedic mission -- with some help from
his girlfriend (Schuyler Fisk) and brother (Jack Black) -- to get his rightful
acceptance into school. Innocuous teen comedy.
Director: Jake Kasdan. Stars: Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Schuyler Fisk, Lily
Tomlin, Catherine O'Hara, John Lithgow. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 90
min., Comedy, Box office gross: $41.000 million, Paramount, No SRP, Priced for
rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch
Disney's Air Bud franchise is back
for a fourth outing (after basketball, football and soccer). Star golden
retriever Buddy is back and this time he's hitting a home run on the baseball
field. Josh (from the three previous "Air Buds") is off to college and Buddy
stays behind with Josh's littler sister, Andrea, and the rest of the family.
Andrea joins her Junior High's baseball team, only to find out that Buddy can
play baseball too. Just as the season starts, however, the discovery is made
that Buddy' s puppies, now grown, are disappearing, thanks to the devious Rocky
the Raccoon. Soon Buddy is on the kidnapper's trail -- and he's also in the
major leagues, going to bat for the Anaheim Angels (coincidentally owned by
Disney). Direct-to-video.
Stars: Kevin Zegers, Richard Karns, Caitlin Wachs, Cynthia Stevenson. 2002,
CC, MPAA rating: G, Family, Buena Vista, $19.95 SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Happy Campers
Crude and rude "rites of passage" teen comedy
about the chaos of a summer camp with no parental supervision. A diverse team of
college freshmen spend their summer as camp counselors in a state of anarchy
when the tyrannical camp director is accidentally incapacitated. The kids take
it upon themselves to spice up the monotonous daily activities with their own
brand of teenage leadership.
Director: Daniel Waters. Stars: Brad Refro, Dominique Swain, James King, Emily
Bergl, Justin Long, Jordan Bridges, Keram Malicki-Sanchez. 2001, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 94 min., Comedy, New Line, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Hard Cash
Typical action-thriller crime-caper has Christian
Slater as the ringleader of a gang that holds up a betting parlor.
Unfortunately, the money disappears and Slater has to figure out who
double-crossed him before the cops and the mob close in. Plenty of high-speed
chases and twists and turns.
Director: Predreg Antonijevic. Stars: Christian Slater, Val Kilmer, Daryl
Hannah, Bookeem Woodbine, Verne Trover. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 99 min.,
Thriller, Artisan, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Final Hit, The (The Last
Producer)
Burt Reynolds directs and
stars in this comedy about an over-the-hill producer's last attempt to go out in
glory by making one last pitch to get a script sold to a major studio. He has a
couple of things in his way, however: A studio exec who wants to steal the
script from under his nose, a scheming son-in-law who has gambled away the
family business, a young temptress who he can't trust, a con man with an itchy
trigger finger, and a shady loan shark who wants it all -- plus 50% interest.
Director: Burt Reynolds. Stars: Burt Reynolds, Benjamin Bratt, Lauren Holly,
Charles Durning, Ann Margret, Rod Steiger. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 90
min., Comedy, Artisan, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Sins of the Father
Drama based on the real-life events of one of
the most notorious hate crimes of the Civil Rights era -- the 1963 bombing of
the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama (that killed four
black girls) -- and the son who, 35 years later, testifies against his father, a
Ku Klux Klan member accused of the crime. Aired on FX in January.
Director: Robert Dornhelm. Stars: Tom Sizemore, Ving Rhames, Richard Jenkins.
2002, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 93 min., Drama, Artisan, No SRP, Priced for
rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
- June 25
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Beautiful Mind, A
Academy Award-winning, stirring bio-drama of
the life of mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr., a genius diagnosed as a
paranoid-schizophrenic at the peak of his career. In order to tell this
intriguing story -- Nash eventually overcame his mental illness and went on to
win a Nobel Prize -- Oscar-winning director Ron Howard creates whole scenes and
story lines that appear to be part of the biography but turn out to be Nash's
delusions. It's a nice touch but at times a tad disconcerting, and it drove some
critics nuts (so to speak) for what they felt was cheating. Nevertheless,
audiences loved this tale, which is part mystery (what caused the man to go over
the edge?), part romance (Nash's wife -- played by Jennifer Connelly -- was
central in nurturing him through his tough times), part sentimental tear-jerker.
Towering over it all is Russell Crowe as Nash -- the film is, really, all about
Nash, and it all comes together in Crowe's dominating performance. And despite
the fake delusional sequences, this film is a text-book model of fine-tuned
acting, music, cinematography, and directing.
Director: Ron Howard. Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly,
Christopher Plummer, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Josh Lucas. 2001, CC, MPAA
rating: PG-13, 135 min., Drama, Box office gross: $170.000 million, Universal,
$14.95 SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Gosford Park
Robert Altman's distinctively American take on
British manners and society circa 1932 owes as much to his "Nashville" and "The
Player" as to "Upstairs Downstairs," which has become the standard for the new
breed of British comedy of manners. Here Altman and his gigantic ensemble cast
(he would have it no other way) take on both the upper- and lower-crust in a
bucolic country setting as Sir William McCordle and his wife host a weekend
shooting party. Invited are a melange of guests ranging from family and friends
to a matinee idol and a Hollywood producer. There's all sorts of deceits, power
struggles and affairs, both among and between the denizens of the upstairs and
downstairs (maids, foot men and all), culminating in a murder. There's so many
subplots and overlapping events that you need a scorecard to keep track, but
that's the beauty of Altman's work and this delightful and involving (and
wonderfully well-acted) outing.
Director: Robert Altman. Stars: Michael Gambon, Kristen Scott Thomas, Maggie
Smith, Charles Dance, Jeremy Northam, Bob Balaban, Alan Bates, Helen Mirren,
Stephen Fry, Derek Jacobi, Emily Watson, Richard E. Grant, Ryan Phillippe.
2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 137 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $41.000
million, USA/Universal, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Affair of the Necklace, The
Hilary Swank is out of place in this
18th century costume drama as French countess Jeanne De La Motte Valois, whose
title was stripped from her by the Royal Family after her parents were
dishonored in a scheme against the crown. Her only desire in life is to get her
name and land back, and to that end she concocts a scheme in which she persuades
the Cardinal (who wants to be Prime Minister) to present Marie Antoinette (the
King's wife) with a fabulous diamond necklace. Instead, Jeanne misappropriates
the necklace, and finds herself way over her head in intrigue and mystery.
Director: Charles Shyer. Stars: Hilary Swank, Jonathan Price, Simon Baker,
Adrien Brody, Brian Cox, Joely Richardson, Christopher Walken. 2001, CC,
MPAA rating: R, 120 min., Costume Drama, Box office gross: $0.430 million,
Warner, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Devil's Backbone, The
Impressive ghost film set at the end of
the Spanish Civil War by the director of "Mimic." In the final days of the
fighting, children of left-wing families have been brought to an orphanage to
await the end of the war. A recent arrival is 12-year-old Carlos, who quickly
learns that the building holds more than just children and political refugees.
Hidden riches, sexual intrigue and the restless ghost of a murdered student are
waiting in the darkness. But the film resonates more with the ghosts of a failed
cause -- and the death and possible resurrection of human yearnings. In Spanish
with English subtitles.
Director: Guillermo del Toro. Stars: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico
Luppi, Fernando Tielve, Irene Visedo. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 106 min.,
Thriller, Box office gross: $0.746 million, Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for
rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Rumor of Angels, A
Devastated by the loss of his mother,
12-year-old James endures an unbearably lonesome summer on Cape Cod until he
befriends Maddy, the crazy old lady who lives by the lighthouse. With her
unending compassion and some rather unusual beliefs, Maddy seems to be the only
one who can reach James and pull him out of his shell. But when James' dad
discovers the otherworldly nature of their conversations, he forbids their
friendship, putting James' newfound belief in the power of love and Maddy's
belief in the power of life to the ultimate test.
Director: Peter O'Fallon. Stars: Vanessa Redgrave, Ray Liotta, Catherine
McCormack, Trevor Morgan, Ron Livingston. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 94
min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.031 million, MGM, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Thesis (Tesis)
An American-style thriller from the director of
"The Others." Angela is a university student writing a thesis on violence in the
media. During her research she comes upon a "snuff" film in which a murder has
actually been committed. She finds out that not only has the film been shot on
campus, but that university administrators may be involved. Her next discovery:
She may be the next victim. In Spanish with English subtitles.
Director: Alejandro Amenabar. Stars: Ana Torrent, Fele Martinez, Eduardo
Noriega. 1996, CC, MPAA rating: R, 125 min., Thriller, Vanguard, No SRP,
Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Place Vendome
Catherine Deneuve portrays Marianne, the alcoholic
wife of a famous diamond jeweler. When he suddenly commits suicide, she learns
that the business is in shambles and she is drawn back into the world of dealing
jewels. Forced into selling a cache of stolen gems that her husband hid in their
home, Marianne finds herself confronted by plenty of would-be suitors for the
diamonds including lovers -- both old and new -- mistresses, the Russian mafia,
and the DeBeers diamond cartel. As the relationships between them unravel,
Marianne must pick up the pieces of her broken life and recover from her past
mistakes. In French with English subtitles.
Director: Nicole Garcia. Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Pierre Bacri, Emmanuelle
Seigner, Jacques Dutronc, Bernard Fresson.. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 117
min., Suspense, Wellspring Media, No 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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