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Guide to Home Video Releases:
May 2001 Release Calendar


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May 1
  • Emperor's New Groove, The Thoroughly enjoyable animated adventure about the arrogant ruler of a South American kingdom who's turned into a llama by his devious advisor and her hunky henchman. The ruler -- who selfishly once had it all -- must form an unlikely alliance with a peasant to find a way to become human (literally and figuratively) again to regain his throne. Fast-paced action and comedy will delight kids and adults alike -- while imparting a good lesson about the virtues of kindness and understanding. Director: Mark Dindal. Stars: Voices of David Spade, John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Patrick Warburton, Wendie Malick. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: G, 78 min., Animated, Box office gross: $83.498 million, Disney, $26.99 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date. 4 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Miss Congeniality Comedy actioner about a scrappy FBI agent forced to go undercover as a contestant in the Miss United States beauty pageant in order to capture a terrorist. Highlight of the film is the transformation of Bullock -- as the agent -- from a ramshackle female version of Dirty Harry to a beauty queen. Director: Donald Petrie. Stars: Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Benjamin Bratt, Candice Bergen, William Shatner, Ernie Hudson. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 109 min., Action Comedy, Box office gross: $97.690 million, Warner, $22.98 VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • All the Pretty Horses "Death of the West" saga set in 1949 about the trials and tribulations of a pair of erstwhile cowboys -- Matt Damon, whose family ranch has been sold by his mother, and pal Henry Thomas -- who travel South of the border in search of romance, adventure and meaning in their lives. What they find is hard work on a rancho owned by wealthy scion Ruben Blades, unrequited love and a Mexican jail. But they do get the horses. Billy Bob Thornton's first directorial outing since "Sling Blade." Director: Billy Bob Thornton. Stars: Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Lucas Black, Penelope Cruz, Ruben Blades, Sam Shepard, Bruce Dern. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 112 min., Western Drama, Box office gross: $15.527 million, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Rum and Coke Romantic comedy about a young woman, the daughter of Cuban immigrants, who has spent her life denying her Latin heritage: she refuses to dance salsa and date Latin men, she collects American folk art, eats frozen meals, and has just moved in with her gringo boyfriend. But her well-planned life is upset when she meets -- and falls for -- a cuban firefighter who woos her back to her roots. Stars: Diana Marquis, Juan Carlos Hernandez. 1997, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 93 min., Romantic comedy, MTI Home Video, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

May 8
  • Quills Geoffrey Rush is brilliant as the Marquis de Sade, the literary sexual adventurer whose exploits led him to be imprisoned in the Charenton Asylum for the criminally insane. Here we find de Sade, laboring mightily to purge his evil thoughts by putting them on paper, under the not-so-watchful eyes of a liberal priest (Joaquin Phoenix). Despite his incarceration, de Sade's explicit writings are published -- snuggled out by a willing chambermaid -- Kate Winslet -- until the Emperor Napoleon cracks down and sends in the rather nasty doctor Royer-Collard (Michael Caine) to create efficient (and gruesome) ways to silence the writer. A sensual, erotic drama about literary and sexual freedom. Director: Philip Kaufman. Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 124 min., Drama, Box office gross: $6.471 million, Fox, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 4 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Duets Off-beat comedy about six strangers pursuing their dreams via karaoke contests around the country. It's a kind of singing road trip as the six -- from different backgrounds and with different problems -- separately work their way from state to state until they all converge on a major karaoke contest in Omaha. Included is a karaoke hustler (Huey Lewis), a salesman who discovers uppers and karaoke at the same time (Paul Giamatti), an escaped con with the voice of an angel (Andre Braugher), a dumped-upon cabbie (Scott Speedman), a singing waitress (Maria Bello)and Gwyneth Paltrow as Lewis' Vegas showgirl daughter. Director: Bruce Paltrow. Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Huey Lewis, Paul Giamatti, Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman, Maria Bello. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 112 min., Comedy Drama, Box office gross: $4.734 million, Buena Vista, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Magnificent Seven, The Seven mysterious gunslingers are hired to defend a small Mexican farming town against desperados. Based on Akira Kurosawa's masterful epic "The Seven Samurai." Score by Elmer Bernstein. Available on VHS at $14.95. New to DVD, with a new documentary; commentary by James Coburn, Eli Wallach and executive producer Walter Mirisch; photo gallery; booklet. Director: John Sturges. Stars: Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, James Coburn, Charles Bronson, Robert Vaughn, Horst Buchholz. 1960, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 128 min., Western, MGM, $14.95 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date. 5 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • What Women Want Quick-witted comedy about a fast-living, womanizing, insensitive ad exec (Mel Gibson) who considers himself to be God's gift to women who finds that -- due to a freak accident with a hair blower and a wet bathtub -- he can read the minds of the women around him (including his new female boss, his ex-wife, his daughter and even a French poodle). In the end he learns to be more sensitive to women, making him a better lover/father/worker. Surprise smash hit. Director: Nancy Meyers. Stars: Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei, Lauren Holly, Ashley Johnson, Mark Feuerstein, Delta Burke. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 127 min., Romantic Comedy, Box office gross: $175.625 million, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Ballad of Ramblin' Jack, The Documentary about the great folksinger Ramblin' Jack Elliott, a cult favorite who started out at the side of Woody Guthrie and went on to befriend and influence such cultural icons as Jack Kerouac and Bob Dylan. The film was put together by Elliott's daughter, Aiyana, as an homage to the father whom she had little contact with as he rambled around the country. Director: Aiyana Elliott. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 112 min., Documentary, Box office gross: $0.212 million, Fox Lorber CentreStage, $19.98 VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Interview, The Kafkaesque drama from Australia about a young man brought into a police station for interrogation for a routine auto theft. But is the questioning about the theft -- or a murder -- or a series of murders? Set solely in the interrogation room, the film takes audiences on a cat and mouse game where the uncertainty of a man's innocence or guilt makes him either the victim of an obsessive detective's hunt for the truth, or a clever killer getting away with murder. Director: Craig Monahan. Stars: Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 103 min., Drama, New Yorker Films, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Legend 2, The Jet Li reprises his role as the legendary Cantonese folk hero Fong Sai Yuk. Here he must defend the honor of his godfather -- the respected head of the Red Flower Society -- by quelling an overthrow and obtaining a box that holds a family secret. Stars: Jet Li, Adam Cheng, Josephine Siao, Michelle Reis. 1993, CC, MPAA rating: R, 92 min., Martial Arts, Dimension, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Cut Horror thriller about the deaths surrounding the production of the horror flick "Hot Blooded." Fourteen years ago the production was stalked by a masked killer, and was halted when the director was murdered. And every time footage is screened, somebody dies. Now, a group of students decide to finish the film but soon find that, after shooting commences on an eerie location, they begin to disappear, one by one. Can they finish the production before it finishes them? Director: Kimble Rendall. Stars: Molly Ringwald, Kylie Minogue. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 82 min., Horror, Trimark, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Double Parked Winner of the Moviemaker Breakthrough Award at the Slamdance Film Festival, this urban comedy drama follows the trials and tribulations of a single mom and her ailing adolescent son as they struggle to find a better life. Director: Stephen Kinsella. Stars: Callie Thorne, Rufus Read, Noah Fleiss. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 98 min., Comedy Drama, Fox Lorber, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Incubus, The In a pre-"Star Trek" role, William Shatner plays a soldier of pure heart who returns home from the war an injured man. He becomes the target of a beautiful female demon who, bored of taking the lives of corrupt men, sets out to seduce Shatner. Instead she falls for him, setting off a bizarre battle between good and evil on a strange island inhabited by demons and spirits. In Esperanto with English subtitles. Restored with funding by the Sci Fi Channel. Director: Leslie Stevens. Stars: William Shatner, Allyson Ames. 1965, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 76 min., Horror, Fox Lorber, $19.98 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Yi Yi -- A One and a Two Absorbing look at the lives of a middle-class Taiwanese family as they move from one crisis to another: a middle-aged software executive whose business is failing; his wife, who suffers a midlife crisis; and their children, a teenage girl and 7-year-old boy, who pose nothing but trouble. Voted best picture by the National Society of Film Critics; best foreign film of the year by the New York Film Critics Circle and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association; Yang was voted best director at the 2000 Cannes International Film Festival. In Mandarin with English subtitles. Director: Edward Yang. Stars: Wu Nien-Jen, Elaine Jin, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 173 min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.703 million, Fox Lorber, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Sunshine Sweeping study of a Hungarian Jewish family -- their successes and failures -- through three generations and three political periods: during the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire, during the rise of the Nazi, and during the post-WWII era of Communism. On two cassettes. Director: Istvan Szabo. Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Molly Parker, Deborah Unger, William Hurt. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: R, 179 min., Drama, Box office gross: $5.095 million, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars

May 15
  • Best in Show Funny ensemble mockumentary on dog shows and neurotic dog-lovers. Directed by and starring Christopher Guest, and written by Guest and Eugene Levy, the film follows five story lines as four couples and a single man head out (separately) for a big dog show in Philadelphia. There's hilarity all around as everyone has their own weird bits and problems -- a dog with its own shrink, a telepathic bloodhound, overzealous yuppies, a housewife with a colorful on-the-road sexual history -- and it all dovetails -- with other crazy characters, including a hotel manager, a Kennel Club president, and a TV broadcast team -- in Philly for the show. Director: Christopher Guest. Stars: Christopher Guest, Parker Posey, Michael Hitchcock, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Michael McKean. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 90 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $17.402 million, Warner, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Pay It Forward Heartstring-tugger about three fragile lives: a sensitive seventh-grader (Haley Joel Osment), his working-class alcoholic mother (Helen Hunt), and the boy's new social studies teacher (Kevin Spacey), who hides his emotionally scarred psyche behind his strong outer facade. Given a year-long assignment to do something about the world around him, the boy comes up with the idea of doing something good for others with the stipulation being that each person will in turn do something good for three others: Pay It Forward, not pay it back. And that includes setting his mom up with his teacher. Will mom and teach pay it forward? Director Mimi Leder (just off "Deep Impact") here gives us plenty of sentimental wallop. Director: Mimi Leder. Stars: Kevin Spacey, Helen Hunt, Haley Joel Osment, James Caviezel, Jon Bon Jovi, Angie Dickinson. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 122 min., Drama, Box office gross: $32.980 million, Warner Bros., No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Antitrust Letdown of a thriller about a young computer geek (Ryan Phillippe) recruited from his garage startup company by a multibillion dollar evil empire of a software giant company. Ostensibly hired to help NURV go online with a massive satellite communications system, he's the unwitting pawn in a game of deceit and treachery lead by the guru-like company leader (Tim Robbins), who will stop at nothing, including stealing computer secrets and committing murder, to make his company the biggest and best in the world. When he uncovers the secret mandate of NURV, the computer whiz embarks on a high-tech mission to destroy his new boss. A promising premise bogged down by improbability and a pat storyline. Director: Peter Howitt. Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claire Forlani, Tim Robbins, Douglas McFerran, Richard Roundtree, Tygh Runyan, Yee Jee Tso. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 109 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $10.965 million, MGM, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 2 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

May 22
  • Requiem for a Dream A disjointing and disorienting movie about addiction -- to hard drugs, pills and TV -- by the director of 1998's weird and wild "Pi." Here the camera becomes a subjective tool in chronicling the downfall of several main characters -- a retired housewife (Ellen Burstyn) emotionally hooked on a TV game show and diet pills, her addict son (Jared Leto), his girlfriend (Jennifer Connelly) and best friend (Marlon Wayans), all junkies. Using extreme closeups, split screens, super fast and slow motion, and cross- cutting, Aronofsky looks at things frightfully thru the eyes of the addicts, allowing us to see their world, literally, as drugs come on or wear off. It's a harrowing, filmic rush for the eyes and the mind. Director: Darren Aronofsky. Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald, Louise Lasser. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R-rated and unrated versions, 102 min., Drama, Box office gross: $3.000 million, Artisan, No SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 4 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Some Like It Hot Quite possibly the greatest comedy of all time (and, in fact, it came in at No. 1 on the American Film Institute's list of top 100 American comedies). Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis are Chicago musicians who accidentally witness the infamous St. Valentine's Day massacre. In fear for their lives, they get a gig -- in drag -- with an all-girls band on its way to Florida. Their cover is perfect -- until Tony falls for a lovelorn singer (Marilyn Monroe) and an ancient playboy (Joe E. Brown) falls for Jack. Nobody's perfect! Available on VHS for $14.95 and new to DVD, in two editions: a standard DVD for $14.95 and a Special Edition that includes a Leonard Maltin interview with Tony Curtis; a "Memories From the Sweet Sues" featurette with the cast from the original all-girl band; a virtual "Hall of Memories" featuring five vignettes including never-before-seen behind-the-scene photos of Monroe, Lemmon, Curtis and Wilder; original press book gallery; and the original theatrical trailers; for $24.98 Director: Billy Wilder. Stars: Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis. 1959, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 122 min., Comedy, MGM, $14.95 VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 5 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Before Night Falls Impressionistic bio-drama by the director of "Basquiat." Javier Bardem stars as Reinaldo Arenas, a gay Cuban poet who runs up against the censorship of the Castro regime. When his books are published abroad illegally, he becomes a target of the government's anti-homosexual stance and is thrown into prison. He finally gets a chance to come to America -- as part of the 1980 Mariel boat lift. Arriving in New York, he tries to make his way but, eventually, suffering from AIDS, he takes his life in 1990. A sad, depressing but humanistically rewarding film. And Johnny Depp puts in an outrageous performance. Director: Julian Schnabel. Stars: Javier Bardem, Oliver Martinez, Andrea Di Stefano, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn, Michael Wincott. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 125 min., Bio Drama, Box office gross: $1.398 million, New Line, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Vertical Limit Effects-laden mountain climbing adventure has Chris O'Donnell as an ex-mountain climber (he gave it up to be a nature photographer when he caused the death of his father while on a climb with his sister) who's called back into action to save his sister and a financial tycoon stranded in an icy cavern near the top of the 28,000 foot high K2 mountain in Pakistan. Heading up a rescue team of eccentrics, and loaded with nitroglycerin (to blast the cavern and create better special effects), the likeable young man has his work cut out for him: How to get to the top before he loses most of his crew to accidents and explosions and before the stunts and effects wear down the viewer. Director: Martin Campbell. Stars: Chris O'Donnell, Bill Paxton, Robin Tunney, Scott Glenn, Isabella Scorupco. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 124 min., Action, Box office gross: $68.322 million, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Dungeons & Dragons Feature-length film based on the role-playing Dungeons & Dragons computer game, about the battle between good and evil in the Empire of Izmer, pitting a young empress seeking equality for her people against the evil Mages, an elite group of magic users. Director: Courtney Solomon. Stars: Thora Birch, Jeremy Irons, Justin Whalin, Marlon Wayans, Bruce Payne, Zoe McLellan. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 107 min., Fantasy, Box office gross: $15.185 million, New Line, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 2 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Bongwater Comedy about the trials and tribulations of a pot dealer/struggling artist: his house burns down, his girlfriend splits for New York with a wannabe rock star, and he just can't seem to remember what his big plans for life are. Director: Richard Sears. Stars: Luke Wilson, Alicia Witt, Jamie Kennedy, Jack Black, Andy Dick. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: R, 97 min., Comedy, First Look Pictures, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: July 3. Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Lost Son, The Off-beat noir thriller about a world-weary private detective (Daniel Auteuil) hired to locate the missing son of wealthy parents. His routine case turns into a nightmare as he uncovers a dark underground world of child slavery that thrives on corruption and murder. Directed by Academy Award-winning cinematographer Chris Menges. Director: Chris Menges. Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Nastassja Kinski, Bruce Greenwood, Katrin Cartlidge, Nillie Whitelaw. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: R, 102 min., Thriller, Artisan, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars

  • Brooklyn Babylon Star-crossed lovers face a culture clash when a Rasta rapper falls for a young Jewish woman in Brooklyn, leading to racial tension and violence. Director: Marc Levin. Stars: Tariq Trotter, Bonz Malone, Karen Goberman. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 90 min., Drama, Artisan, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Tell Me No Lies A serial killer targets a beautiful co-ed (Amber Smith) as his next target but the woman has other plans for the murderer -- she wants him dead first. Revenge is sweet. Director: Byron Bay. Stars: Amber Smith. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 94 min., Thriller, Artisan, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Peril Actioner about a woman whose husband is trapped in a cave near a dam about to unleash its spring runoff. When the woman goes for help, she's kidnapped by an escapee from a psychiatric facility, bent on getting revenge on the world. What's a woman to do to save her man? Director: David Giancola. Stars: Morgan Fairchild, Michael Pare. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 90 min., Thriller, MTI Home Video, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

May 29
  • Traffic Academy-award nominated film, based on the British Channel 4 miniseries "Traffik," focuses in on the U.S.-Mexico drug trade and the implications it holds for our culture -- social, political, psychological and physical -- through three disparate but overlapping narratives. In Baja Calif., a Mexican lawman (Benicio Del Toro) and his partner struggle against the power of the Mexican cartel. In Ohio, a nominee for U.S. drug czar (Michael Douglas) must come to grips with his daughter's experiments with dope. In San Diego, two DEA agents (Don Cheadle and Luis Guzman) arrest a wealthy businessman (Steven Bauer) in front of his wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones); unbeknownst to her, his drug connections provided his family with its flourishing and sophisticated lifestyle. Director: Steven Soderbergh. Stars: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Steven Bauer, Erika Christensen, Amy Irving. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 147 min., Drama, Box office gross: $71.000 million, USA, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 4 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Shadow of the Vampire Delightful take on the vampire horror genre has screenwriter Steven Katz and director E. Elias Merhige recreating the history of the making of F.W. Murnau's classic 1922 silent-era vampire saga "Nosferatu" with a brilliant conceit: In his search for realism, Murnau (John Malkovich) casts a real vampire (Willem Dafoe) as the film's lead. In order to entice the undead actor, the director promises him the neck of the beautiful leading lady (Catherine McCormack), but the vampire's thirst gets the better of him (and the production). Ah, the price one pays for art. Director: E. Elias Merhige. Stars: John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Cary Elwes, Catherine McCormack, Eddie Izzard. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 90 min., Horror, Box office gross: $7.032 million, Lions Gate, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 4 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • House of Mirth, The Literary film based on the novel by Edith Wharton has a wonderful ensemble cast, headed up by Gillian Anderson (who sheds her "X-Files" skin here to make an excellent acting turn), exploring the treacherous world of New York high society in the early 20th century. Anderson plays Lily Bart, a ravishing socialite whose position in the rarified social world begins to dissolve when she makes all the wrong choices, in particular giving up love for wealth, getting involved with a married man and being falsely accused of having an affair with him. Director: Terence Davies. Stars: Gillian Anderson, Dan Aykroyd, Terry Kinney, Laura Linney, Eric Stoltz, Elizabeth McGovern, Anthony LaPaglia. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 140 min., Drama, Box office gross: $1.902 million, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date. 3 stars Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discountBigStarlogo

  • Once Upon a Time in China II Sequel, set in the late 19th century, has Dr. Wong Fe-Hung (Jet Li), his assistant and his beloved aunt arriving in Canton for a medical convention. Unbeknownst to them, however, the city is on the brink of revolution as pro-democracy rebels and anarchists alike threaten the stability of the crumbling dynasty. Wong must join forces with a brave revolutionary when a terrorist group -- The White Lotus Clan -- initiates a campaign of violence against all foreigners in an attempt to preserve Chinese culture. Director: Tusi Hark. Stars: Jet Li. 1992, CC, MPAA rating: R, 112 min., Martial Arts, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Spin the Bottle What begins as a pleasant reunion of five childhood friends at a remote lakeside lodge escalates into a weekend of tense emotions, sexual hijinks and subtle but effective revenge. Director: Jamie Yerkes. Stars: Mitchell Riggs, Kim Winter, Jessica Faller, Holter Graham. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 83 min., Comedy Drama, First Run Features, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: Day & Date.

  • Nightwatch To finance his law school studies, a young man takes a job as the night watchman in the city morgue. When a serial killer begins preying on prostitutes, the victims begin to show up at work, and the young man begins to find evidence that strange things are happening in the morgue. Soon the young man becomes the prime suspect in the murders, and he must find out who the real killer is before the police capture him. Remade in the U.S. in 1998 with Ewan MacGregor, Nick Nolte and Patricia Arquette. Director: Ole Bornedal. 1994, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 107 min., Thriller, Anchor Bay, $14.98 VHS SRP. DVD: Day & Date.


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