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Guide to
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Releases: November 2001 Release Calendar
For the latest 'B' films, special interest, and
direct-to-video releases, check out
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DVD Releases
Movies are rated on a scale of one to five, with five
denoting a classic. For more information on how we rate, check out our
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Calendar Index.
- November 2
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Shrek
Delightful story about the adventures of an
odious ogre, Shrek (Mike Myers), who is definitely not the hero of your
run-of-the-mill fairy tales: he's got bad breath, he's green and ornery, and he
just wants to be left alone. His warm, isolated swamp becomes overrun by a host
of fairy tale creatures -- blind mice, pigs, a wooden boy with a long nose, a
big, bad wolf (DreamWorks' spoof on Disney) --banished from an antiseptic
kingdom by a pint-sized king (John Lithgow). To get his swamp back, Shrek teams
up with a talking donkey (Eddie Murphy) to rescue a princess (Cameron Diaz) from
a fire-breathing dragon. Somewhere along the line there's love and revenge (as
in most fairy tales) and plenty of satire and just plain fun.
Director: Andrew Adamson, Vicky Jenson. Voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy,
Cameron Diaz, John Lithgow, Vincent Cassel. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 85
min., Animated, Box office gross: $265 million, DreamWorks, $15.95 minimum
advertised VHS SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
- November 6
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Legally Blonde
Surprise summer romantic comedy stars Reese
Witherspoon as Elle, a soon-to-be-college grad pegged as a dumb blonde whose
priorities are shopping, clothes, hair, nails and marriage and whose boyfriend
dumps her because she's not good enough for him on his journey to become a U.S.
Senator by age 30 after a stint at Harvard Law School. Devastated -- but smarter
than she acts -- Elle bones up and enters Harvard herself to get her man,
finding, however, that he's taken up with another woman. Now Elle must
outperform her rival and win over skeptical law students and professors,
eventually finding that her new personae is much more important than husband
chasing. A wonderful family film moral tale.
Director: Robert Luketic. Stars: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair,
Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge, Holland Taylor. 2001, CC,
MPAA rating: PG-13, 96 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $95 million, MGM, No
VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Sopranos, The: The Complete Second
Season
The second season of
the smash series, packaged in a five-volume VHS Collector's Edition box set for
$99.92 and a four-disc DVD Collector's Edition box set for $99.98. The DVDs
include four audio commentaries by the directors of selected episodes;
interviews with the cast and creator David Chase; "The Real Deal" featurette
that features discussions about "The Sopranos" with critics, psychiatrists,
former FBI agents and other experts; first season recap; episodic synopses;
previews and recaps; more. Contains all 13 episodes.
Stars: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael
Imperioli, Nancy Marchand, Dominic Chianese. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 696
min., Drama, HBO.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Baby Boy
Tough, unflinching look at modern urban life, third in
director John Singleton's Los Angeles trilogy (that began with "Boyz N the
Hood"). Jody is a 20-year-old African-American trying to live large in South
Central L.A., but lacking the job to power his wallet. He's got two babies by
two different women and still lives at home with his mother. Growing up is tough
on Jody, but a series of events involving his mother's new boyfriend and her
ex-con ex-boyfriend force him to learn some hard lessons about living, loving
and surviving as a man in the hood.
Director: John Singleton. Stars: Tyrese Gibson, Snoop Dogg, Ving Rhames, A.J.
Johnson, Taraji P. Henson. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 130 min., Drama, Box
office gross: $27.823 million, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Sweetwater: A True Rock Story
TV bio of late-60s
never-quite-made-it rock band Sweetwater.
Director: Lorraine Senna. Stars: Amy Jo Johnson, Kelli Williams, Michelle
Phillips, Frederic Forrest, Mark Murphy. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 95
min., Musical Biodrama, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: No.
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Golden Bowl, The
Typical James Ivory-Ismail Merchant ("Howards
End" "A Room With a View") costume drama based on the novel by Henry James.
Adultery raises its ugly head in England and Italy in the early 1900s as the
daughter of an American tycoon marries a charming but impoverished Italian
aristocrat, while, through a twist of fate, her father marries the aristocrat's
former lover. Look out hanky-panky.
Director: James Ivory. Stars: Uma Thurman, Kate Beckinsale, Nick Nolte, Jeremy
Northam, Anjelica Huston, James Fox.. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 130 min.,
Drama, Box office gross: $ million, Trimark, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: .
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Santa Who?
Disney telefilm has Santa, played by Leslie Nielson,
taking a tumble from his sleigh just days before Christmas and developing a case
of amnesia. While his panicked elves try to find him, an ambitious,
Christmas-hating reporter latches onto Santa and helps him land a job in New
York City. Soon it's up to a dedicated little boy to bring Santa to his senses
and save Christmas.
Stars: Leslie Nielson, Tommy Davidson, Steven Eckholdt, Max Morrow.
2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 90 min., Comedy, Buena Vista, $22.99 VHS SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
- November 13
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Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
Slam-bam action film based on the Lara
Croft interactive game series. Angelina Jolie plays Lara Croft, a well-endowed
heroine whose one goal in life, it seems, is to save the universe from the bad
guys. She travels the world to find the broken pieces of a magical triangle and
keep them from falling into the hands of a mystical cabal called the Illuminati.
Why? Well, once every 5,000 years there's this solar eclipse, and it will bestow
godlike powers on the owner of the amulet. And so Lara is off to save humankind.
But she also has an ulterior motive -- to use the amulet to give her the powers
to talk to her long-dead dad. Is Lara really Indiana Jones in a push-up bra?
Director: Simon West. Stars: Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor,
Daniel Craig, Leslie Phillips. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 100 min.,
Action, Box office gross: $131.043 million, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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America's Sweethearts
Delightful comedy with a fabulous cast
starts out like gangbusters but then slows down at the stretch. A cynical press
agent (Billy Crystal) is called in to put out a studio fire: An eccentric auteur
(Christopher Walken) is holding the print of his mega-budget film hostage until
the film's press junket -- if there is a press junket. The film's stars --
married actors (Catherine Zeta Jones and John Cusack) have broken up after a
string of nine hits. So it's up to the agent to get this pair back together at a
remote Nevada desert casino, with the aid of the diva's assistant (and sister)
(Julia Roberts) who, it seems, has had a torch for her sister's soon-to-be ex,
who's just left a wellness guru's retreat. It all comes together at the casino,
with unexpected revealed secrets that takes an askant look at Hollywood endings.
Director: Joe Roth. Stars: Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, Catherine Zeta-Jones,
John Cusack, Stanley Tucci, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Seth Green, Hank
Azaria. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 103 min., Comedy, Box office gross:
$95 million, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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crazy/beautiful
Run-of-the-mill teen romance tries to spice up
the age-old wrong-sides-of-the-track love affair with a modern tone, music and
dancing but just succeeds in being ho-hum. Kirsten Dunst plays a spoiled
congressman's daughter who's an accident waiting to happen. Her last brush with
authority forced her to make amends by picking up trash on the beach by her
Pacific Palisades home. There she meets a handsome young man (Jay Hernandez)
from East L.A. and the sparks fly. He's got good grades and a bright future; she
doesn't wear bras. The film gets hot and heavy as these star-crossed lovers try
to make a go of it.
Director: John Stockwell. Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Lucinda Jenney,
Taryn Manning, Rolando Molina, Soledad St. Hilaire, Bruce Davison. 2001, CC,
MPAA rating: PG-13, 88 min., Teen romance, Box office gross: $17 million,
Buena Vista, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.x
DVD: Day & Date.
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Osmosis Jones
Combination live-action and CGI bodily function
comedy that sinks to new lows, so to speak. Osmosis Jones is an Alka Seltzer
commercial come to life, with its story existing in two realms: the real world
of junk-food addict Frank (Bill Murray) and the interior, CGI-created world
inside his body. The action is officially kicked off when Frank eats a
hard-boiled egg that has landed on the ground, gulping down with it a good dose
of an evil virus. Thrax the virus rides the egg into Downtown Frank, where he's
chased by Osmosis Jones, a member of the Immunity Police. There's an entire city
inside Frank, with an election, wannabe cops and red blood cell girl friends.
It's oh so clever in its execution as the film jumps back and forth between the
two worlds, but the heavy-handed humor consistently falls flat (like an Alka
Seltzer left in a class of water for too long) in both universes.
Director: Peter and Bobby Farrelly. Stars: Bill Murray, Elena Franklin, Molly
Shannon; voices of Laurence Fishburne, Chris Rock, David Hyde Pierce, Brandy
Norwood, William Shatner. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 98 min., Comedy, Box
office gross: $14 million, Warner, $22.96 VHS SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Point Men, The
Action thriller with Christopher Lambert as an
Israeli secret service agent assigned to track and kill a terrorist who is
threatening the Middle East peace process. When the mission fails, his team is
demoted, dejected and an embarrassment to the agency. When the other members of
his team are killed in a series of brutal revenge killings disguised as
accidents, the agent decides to take matters in his own hands.
Director: John Glen. Stars: Christopher Lambert, Vincent Regan, Kerry Fox.
2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 90 min., Thriller, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Diary of a Sex Addict
Glimpse into the life of a sexual
compulsive, played by Michael Des Barres, who outwardly appears to be the
picture of domestic bliss -- devoted husband, loving father, successful
businessman -- but leads a double life cheating and lying and trolling for sex.
Director: Joseph Brutsman. Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Natassja Kinski, Michael Des
Barres. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 90 min., Erotic drama, Columbia TriStar,
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: .
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Bride of the Wind
Sensual saga of a woman for whom genius was
the ultimate aphrodisiac. Like moths to a flame, some of the greatest talents of
turn-of-the-century Europe were drawn to Alma (Alma
Schindler-Mahler-Gropius-Werfel) (played by newcomer Sarah Wynter),
a remarkable muse who ignited desire that would translate into masterpieces of
art, music and literature. Alma inspired the hearts and minds of composer Gustav
Mahler, painter Oskar Kokoschka, architect Walter Gropius and novelist Franz
Werfel -- and married or slept with them all.
Director: Bruce Beresford. Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Sarah Wynter, Vincent Perez.
2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 99 min., Drama, Box office gross: $0.410 million,
Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: No.
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Shatter Dead
Low budget cult thriller reimagines the zombie film
genre: the dead return to life and try to become a part of society, only to be
rejected in a bloody war between the living and the dead. Amid the chaos, a lone
woman tries to get through the madness, and her skill with firearms makes it
clear that no one, living or undead, will get in her way.
Director: Scooter McCrae. Stars: Stark Raven. 1995, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 84
min., Thriller, Sub Roas Studios (www.b-movie.com), $29.99 VHS SRP.
DVD: No.
- November 20
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Planet of the Apes
Tim Burton's reimagining of the 1968 "Planet
of the Apes" is not the breathtaking tour-de-force that fans of the director --
and the series -- expected, but it still stands as a fine cinematic
accomplishment in its own right. If there had been no original, this film would
certainly be applauded but, alas, there is that first one and we'll always carry
that version in our mind (kind of like our first boyfriend or girlfriend -- we
can never shake the beauty of that first encounter). This remake loosely follows
the original, with some extra twists and turns (including the ending) and some
delightful, typically Burtonesque flourishes along the way. A fast paced, fun,
enjoyable outing.
Director: Tim Burton. Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter,
Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti, Estella Warren, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa,
David Warner. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 119 min., Science Fiction, Box
office gross: $180.000 million, Fox, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole
Christmas!
Dr. Seuss' classic
Christmas tale comes to the big screen in an overdone, bloated production that
drains the story of its life and meaning -- exacerbated by another scene chewing
performance by Jim Carrey. But we're in the minority -- audiences flocked to
director Ron Howard's outing to the tune of $260 million -- and the prospects of
a video blockbuster awaits in the wings.
Director: Ron Howard. Stars: Jim Carrey, Taylor Momsen, Jeffrey Tambor,
Christine Baranski, Molly Shannon, Bill Irwin, Clint Howard, Anthony Hopkins.
2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 105 min., Family, Box office gross: $260
million, Universal, $24.98 VHS SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Best of Friends, The -- Vol. 3 &
4
Ten more episodes -- voted
the best by fans and the series' creators -- of the consistently popular
"Friends" TV show. Episodes are digitally remastered and expanded with
never-before-seen footage. Vol. 3 and Vol. 4 are $14.95 each VHS, $19.98 each
DVD; a two-volume set is $24.98 VHS and $34.98 DVD; a four volume set containing
Vols. 1-4 will also be available for $49.98 VHS and $69.98 DVD. The DVD contains
a behind-the-scenes documentary "Friends: On the Inside" that allows viewers to
witness the creation of an actual episode from start to finish.
Stars: Lisa Kudrow, Courtney-Cox-Arquette, Jennifer Aniston, David
Schwimmer, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc. , CC, Warner.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Keepin' It Real
Raw-D (rap star Kurupt) is breakin' through --
he's the newest star in rap and has a beautiful girl, Joslyn, willing to do
anything for him -- including stealing from her producer father, A-Train
Tranton. While in L.A., Raw-D convinces Joslyn to steal a recording master from
her father, starting a cross-country journey that leads to her being chased by
her father's thugs, her car getting stolen, and meeting a handsome traveler
(Sean Blakemore) who makes her question her motives. Joslyn begins to wonder if
the world of rap egos and wannabes is something to be seen only from her
rearview mirror.
Stars: Kurupt, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., Sean Blakemore, Portia Realer. 2001,
CC, Urban comedy drama, York/Maverick, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Breed, The
Vampire thriller about an FBI agent (Bokeem Woodbine)
who is assigned to track a renegade bloodsucker who is bent on exposing a
government plan to integrate vampires into society. Along with his new partner,
a good vampire cop, the agent follows the clues and bodies to the lair of a
stunningly beautiful vampire (Bai Ling). When he finds himself falling for her,
the line between the good guys and the bad guys begins to blur.
Director: Michael Oblowitz. Stars: Adrian Paul, Bokeem Woodbine, Bai Ling, Zen
Gesner. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 91 min., Horror, Columbia TriStar, No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Pornographer, The
A lonely paralegal, who spends his nights with
porn movies and prostitutes, decides to produce some erotic movies of his own.
He finds immediate fame and acceptance in the porn world, only to discover that
fame and fortune come at a price. Also available in an unrated director's cut.
Stars: Michael DeGood, Katheryn Cain, Craig Wasson, Monique Parent.
2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 88 min., Drama, Vanguard Cinema, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Stuart Bliss
Stuart Bliss has it all: a good job, a big house, a
beautiful wife and a shiny red BMW. But after his frustrated wife walks out on
him, Bliss' mind slowly slips into a muddled mixture of conspiracy fantasies,
apocalyptic visions and rampant paranoia: His TV set becomes possessed,
religious zealots surround him and his favorite cream soda turns radioactive. A
black comedy that confronts the issues of privacy, identity and religion in the
modern world.
Director: Neil Grieve. Stars: Michael Zelnicker. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR,
88 min., Comedy, Vanguard Cinema, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Strange Justice
Fact-based drama about the hearings to confirm
Clarence Thomas (Delroy Lindo) as a Justice of the Supreme Court and the
allegations by law professor Anita Hill (Regina Taylor) that he sexually
harassed her. The administration tries to discredit Hill and, with the aid of a
wily spinmaster (played by Mandy Patinkin), and attempts to keep other accusers
from coming forward. In the end, of course, Thomas got his post and Congress
sent Hill packing. But since then, some of Thomas' defenders have had a change
of heart, and more doubts have been raised about his cleanliness. An absorbing
TV docudrama.
Director: Ernest Dickerson. Stars: Delroy Lindo, Mandy Patinkin, Regina Taylor,
Paul Winfield, Louis Gossett Jr.. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: R, 95 min., Drama,
Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: No.
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Uncorked
Minnie Driver stars as a wealthy young professional
frustrated by her unsuccessful boyfriend's newest moneymaking scheme. During a
holiday on her crazy uncle's country estate, the old man enlists her in a wild
plan to throw her boyfriend back on track and help him find his true calling.
Director: John Huddles. Stars: Nigel Hawthorne, Minnie Driver, Rufus Sewell.
1998, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 95 min., Comedy, Trimark, No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Cement
A neo-noir thriller that explores the tenuous alliance
between rival crime crews in a small Texas city. The action zigzags between the
slow torture on a freeway construction site where the heir-apparent of one crew
is slowly buried alive by a bad cop and flashbacks to the twisted events of
prior days. Weird.
Director: Adrian Pasdar. Stars: Chris Penn, Sherilyn Fenn, Jeffrey Wright, Henry
Czerny, Anthony De Sando. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: R, 100 min., Thriller,
Studio Home Entertainment, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Enemy, The
Terrorists have kidnapped a brilliant scientist,
stolen the world's deadliest bioweapon, and are threatening to kill millions of
people unless their demands are met. Now, a beautiful CIA agent and the
scientist's son are in a desperate race to decode the formula, rescue his
father, and stop the terror before rogue government agents stop them.
Director: Tom Kinninmont. Stars: Luke Perry, Olivia D'Abo, Roger Moore, Tom
Conti. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: R, 99 min., Thriller, Avalance Home
Entertainment, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
- November 27
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Made
Mock-mob comedy has Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn playing a
pair of losers (workers cum aspiring boxers) who seek a better life
by getting jobs working for an aging crime boss (Peter Falk). Traveling from Los
Angeles (where Favreau's character is the failed bodyguard/driver for his
stripper girlfriend, played by Famke Janssen) to New York, the dim duo have a
simple job: a high-stakes delivery to a Scottish gangster called the Welshman.
But instead of being done with the simple job, the pair decide to play the life
of high-rolling "made men" and get involved way over their heads in stretch
limos, nightclubs and loose women. It's a kind of the "Odd Couple" meets the
"Godfather."
Director: Jon Favreau. Stars: Jon Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Sean Combs, Peter Falk,
Famke Janssen, Makenzie Vega, Faizon Love, David O'Hara. 2001, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 95 min., Comedy, Artisan, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Pootie Tang
Dismally titled, directed and acted comedy based on
a sketch from HBO's "The Chris Rock Show." Lance Crouther plays Pootie Tang, a
crime-fighting superhero in his hood who battles the bad influence of cigarettes
and booze and whose superpowers come from a belt given him by his dying father.
Naturally he's incurred the wrath of a conglomerate that thrives on selling bad
things to good people, and the company's chief (Robert Vaughn) sends a femme
fatale to get Pootie's belt. Now he must find the strength from within to fight
the baddies. Incredibly dumb.
Director: Lance Crouther, JB Smoove, Jennifer. Stars: Coolidge, Reg E. Cathey,
Robert Vaughn, Wanda Sykes, Chis Rock. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 81
min., Comedy, Box office gross: $3.293 million, Paramount, No VHS SRP, Priced
for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Divided We Fall
True bittersweet story about a Czechoslovakian
couple whose village has been taken over by the Nazis during WWII. Josef and
Marie lead a simple life in their small apartment while outside the turmoil of
war and prejudice is a constant threat. When they decide to hide a young Jewish
neighbor in their home, they put themselves in danger, since a constant visitor
is Horst, a German sympathizer with eyes for Marie. When she rejects his
advances, he seeks revenge by trying to move a Nazi clerk into their home. But
the pair lie, saying they need the space for a nursery because Marie is
pregnant. But Josef is sterile, so the couple desperately employ their secret
roommate to impregnate Marie to keep the Nazi at bay.
Director: Jan Hrebejk. Stars: Bolek Polivka, Csongor Kassai, Jaroslav Dusek,
Anna Siskova. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 122 min., Drama, Box office
gross: $1.032 million, Columbia TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Time Lapse
Spy thriller about a secret agent who, after 20 years
of service, begins to question his loyalty. His devotion to his job has already
cost him his wife, family and personal life -- and now maybe his mind. He's been
injected with the drug Oblivion, which destroys brain cells causing permanent
memory and identity loss. He can no longer trust anyone at the agency, so he
turns to his ex-wife for help. Will the pair be able to find an antidote before
time runs it? I forget.
Director: David Worth. Stars: Roy Scheider, Dina Meyer, William McNamara, Henry
Rollins. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 88 min., Thriller, Trimark, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Road Home, The
When Luo Yusheng's father dies, he returns from
the city to his childhood village where his father was the much-revered teacher.
What begins as a short trip to bury his father becomes much more when he learns
his mother wants a traditional burial. She wants to have him carried by foot
honoring the belief that a body returned this way would never forget the road
home. As Yusheng enlists the men needed to fulfill his mother's wishes, the
story of his parents' love affair unfolds. In the day of arranged marriages,
Yusheng learns his parents' was the first based on love. Directed by Zhang Yimou
("Raise the Red Lantern"). In Mandarin and French with English subtitles.
Director: Zhang Yimou. Stars: Zhang Ziyi, Sun Honglei. 1999, CC, MPAA
rating: G, 89 min., Romantic Drama, Box office gross: $1.222 million, Columbia
TriStar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Wind River
Based on a true story. In 1855, on the western plains
of Utah, a battle rages for control of the American frontier. White settlers
pushing West clash with the Shoshone Indians, led by chief Washakie. After
Washakie's wife has a vision that a yellow-haired boy is the only one who can
save their family, A Shoshone warrior kidnaps a young white settler. Nicholas
Wilson. When a gang of settlers comes looking for him, Nicholas faces the
toughest decision in his life. Trapped between two worlds, Nicholas must decides
whether to return to his real family, or stay with the Indian family he has
grown to love.
Director: Tom Shell. Stars: Karen Black, Blake Heron, A Martinez, Wes Studi,
Russell Means. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 97 min., Western, Avalanche Home
Entertainment, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Bread & Roses
Involving story of a group of immigrant workers
who take a stand against the giant corporation that employs them. Newly arrived
immigrant Maya has just joined her sister on the job as a janitor in a downtown
L.A. office building. Appalled at the work conditions and unfair labor
practices, she teams up with a labor organizer to fight the ruthless employer.
Director: Ken Loach. Stars: Pilar Padilla, Adrien Brody, Elpidia Carrillo, Jack
McGee. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min., Drama, Studio Home Entertainment,
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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