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Releases: March 2001 Release Calendar
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- March 6
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Meet the Parents
Wild and wacky surprise box office hit has nice
guy Ben Stiller heading off with wife-to-be Teri Polo to join her family at the
wedding of her younger sister. What he doesn't know can hurt him: Dad (Robert De
Niro) is a retired horticulturist cum CIA agent -- with a specialty in lie
detection -- who feels no man is good enough for his oldest daughter and Stiller
makes him quite suspicious. Uh oh! Great fun for all.
Director: Jay Roach. Stars: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Teri Polo, Blythe
Danner, Owen Wilson, Phyllis George, James Rebhorn. 2000, CC, MPAA rating:
Pg-13, 108 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $200.000 million, Universal, $22.98
SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Little Vampire, The
Delightful and whimsical tale about an
American boy who moves with his family to the sprawling Scottish countryside,
where he makes friends with a family of vampires whose lasting wish is to become
human. The vampire family includes a cool teenage daughter and pre-teen son, the
latter who comes to the American's aid when he's picked upon by more burly
Scottish schoolmates. And the American, in turn, helps the vampires overcome a
centuries-old curse. Suitable for all but pre-schoolers.
Stars: Jonathan Lipnicki, Richard E. Grant, Jim Carter, Alice Krige. 2000,
CC, MPAA rating: PG, 94 min., Family, Box office gross: $13.555 million, New
Line, $19.96 SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Contender, The
Behind-the-scenes political drama about a female
Senator nominated for vice president after the incumbent dies. There's plenty of
sexism, hypocrisy and political maneuvering as Congress takes up nomination
hearings and the Senator's opponents dig up a sex scandal. Almost ripped from
the headlines. Intelligent character study.
Director: Rod Lurie. Stars: Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian
Slater, William Petersen, Philip Baker Hall. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 126
min., Drama, Box office gross: $17.662 million, DreamWorks, No SRP, Priced for
rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School
Latest Scooby-Doo adventure,
featuring the upright dog and his human pal Shaggy. Here Scooby, Shaggy and
Scrappy take jobs at Miss Grimwood's Academy for Girls, leading them into an
eerie adventure: the students are daughters of the world's most famous monsters.
When a sinister sorceress tries to kidnap the girls -- Elsa Frankenstein, Winnie
the Werewolf and Sibella Dracula -- the boys move in to save the day.
2001, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 93 min., Animated, Warner, $14.95 SRP.
DVD: No.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Broken Hearts Club, The
Ensemble romantic comedy about a group
of gay men in West Hollywood, their lovers and friends, the funny and
occasionally poignant space in between, and the tests their friendships are put
through when tragedy strikes the group.
Director: Greg Berlanti. Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Dean Cain, John Mahoney,
Andrew Keegan, Matt McGrath. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 94 min., Romantic
Comedy, Box office gross: $1.639 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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Judgment
Fourth installment in Cloud Ten's series of end-time
tales has a lawyer (Corbin Bernsen) defending God against charges brought by the
world's self-proclaimed messiah (Nick Mancuso). Throw in a renegade group of
resistance fighters led by Mr. T and you have a thriller/drama that "tests human
reason while questioning a God who lets pain and suffering exist." Cloud Ten's
previous release, "Left Behind," became a smash hit in the video market -- well
before its release to theaters.
Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Nick Mancuso. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 115 min.,
Drama, Cloud Ten Pictures, $29.95 VHS SRP.
DVD: March 20.
- March 13
-
Almost Famous
Forget any other movie about rock 'n' roll you've
ever seen -- this one captures the pure essence, joy, flamboyance and terror of
the rock scene like no other. It's 1973 and a would-be rock writer William
Miller (Patrick Fugit), (a kind of protege of famous rock critic Lester Bangs,
here played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in a perfect intonation of an already
world-weary writer) who gets an assignment by Rolling Stone magazine to cover
the tour of "almost famous" rock group Stillwater (even though -- and unknown to
the Rolling Stone editors -- he's just 16-years old). Miller gets sucked into
the world of rock and groupies as he travels on the road with the band, against
the wishes of his mother (Frances McDormand), whose sage advice is simply "Don't
take drugs," and against Bangs' maxims, which amounted to "don't get too close
to those you write about, because friendship is the booze rockers feed you." But
Miller has to learn it all himself, and he's wide-eyed and naked in paradise.
Kate Hudson is fabulous as a lead groupie (or band aid as she prefers to be
called); Jason Lee and Billy Crudup as leaders of Stillwater turn in their
best performances yet; and McDormand is, well, the prototypical hip but
conservative mom. And, oh yeah, writer-director Cameron Crowe was a young writer
for Rolling Stone in 1973.
Director: Cameron Crowe. Stars: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson,
Jason Lee, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Patrick Fugit. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R,
122 min., Comedy Drama, Box office gross: $31.932 million, DreamWorks, No SRP,
Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Wonder Boys
A finely tuned and intelligent film by Curtis ("L.A.
Confidential") Hanson that had difficulty at the boxoffice earlier this year
(how do you market a smart film these days?) but has been reissued by Paramount
for Academy Award consideration. Douglas plays a rumpled English professor
with one novel under his belt and seven years of writer's block. He's having an
affair with the college chancellor (who's the wife of the English department
chairman) but mostly he walks around in a hemp-influenced daze. His life changes
drastically when he takes an oddball, loner writing student (Tobey Maguire)
under his wing.
Director: Curtis Hanson. Stars: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances
McDormand, Robert Downey Jr., Katie Holmes, Richard Thomas. 2000, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 112 min., Comedy Drama, Box office gross: $19.3 million, Paramount,
No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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6th Day, The
Typical Arnold Schwarzenegger actioner with the man
of muscle pounding his way against bad guys with his fists of steel. Here he
plays a helicopter pilot in an automated future that features talking
refrigerators, driverless cars, cool laser weapons and replicant pets. Can
cloned humans be far behind the "RePet?" Go ask Arnold, who returns from his job
one day to find his family enthralled with his clone. From there on out its
muscle-man against monsters and the evil Replacement Technologies corporation,
which wants to make hay with outlawed human clones. Slambam.
Director: Roger Spottiswoode. Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Michael Rapaport,
Tony Goldwyn, Michael Rooker, Sarah Wynter, Robert Duvall. 2000, CC, MPAA
rating: PG-13, 124 min., Science Fiction, Box office gross: $33.001 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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Legend of Drunken Master, The
Reissue of 1994 "Drunken Master
II" finds star Jackie Chan in peak form as legendary real-life turn of the
century historical character Fei-Hung, a master of many kung fu styles including
drunken boxing, in which the fighter uses "inebriation" to fight looser and less
predictably. Chan's moves here are awesome -- including a battle against 20 men
(Fei-Hung once took on 30 axe-wielding opponents with only a wood staff) and a
20-minute finale in a steel factory. Oh, the plot: a conspiracy to rob China of
rare artifacts.
Director: Lau Ka Leung. Stars: Jackie Chan, Ti Lung, Anita Mui. 1994, CC,
MPAA rating: R, 102 min., Martial Arts, Box office gross: $11.546 million,
Dimension, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Crew, The
Weak comedy about four retired mobsters who hatch a
lame plot to prevent their hotel in the South Beach of Miami from being turned
into a yuppie playpen. Their scheme -- to steal a stiff from the morgue, shoot
it, and let the word go out that the area is too unsavory for redevelopment.
Unfortunately for them the body they choose is the missing father of a Miami
wiseguy (the old guy wandered off and died anonymously) and all hell breaks
loose when the word gets out about the whacking. Sounds good on paper but
doesn't make it on the screen.
Director: Michael Dinner. Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Burt Reynolds, Dan Hedaya,
Seymour Cassel, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jennifer Tilly, Lanie Kazan. 2000, CC,
MPAA rating: PG-13, 88 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $13.019 million, Buena
Vista, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Cruel Intentions 2
Telefilm prequel to the 1999 contemporary
teen version (with Ryan Phillippe and Sarah Michelle Gellar) of Choderios de
Laclos' 18th century novel of seduction, "Les Liaisons Dangereuses." There's
more of the same sibling rivalry from "Cruel Intentions," with the brother
trying to seduce the daughter of the headmaster of a New York prep school while
the sister throws herself at the brother.
Stars: Robin Dunne, Amy Adams, Sarah Thompson, Keri Lynn Pratt. 2000, CC,
MPAA rating: R, 87 min., Drama, Columbia TriStar, No SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Immortality
Crime thriller about a man who -- literally --
cannot live without the love of a woman and his involvement in a series of
murders around town.
Stars: Jude Law, Elina Lowensohn, Timothy Spall. 2001, CC, MPAA
rating: R, Thriller, Miramax, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Rosie
Moving tale of a 13-year-old girl in Antwerp living with
her unmarried mother in a small apartment who resorts to a vivid imagination to
overcome her drab and emotionally stifling existence (her mother, for example,
wants to be called sister so that her suitors won't be put off by a woman with
an adolescent child). The film opens with Rosie in trouble and in a juvenile
detention center, and the story of Rosie's problems -- to create a life she
first goes joyriding, then babynapping -- is told in flashbacks.
Director: Patrice Toye. Stars: Aranka Coppens, Sara de Roo, Frank Vercruyssen,
Dirk Roofthooft, Joost Wijnant. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 97 min., Drama,
New Yorker, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: No.
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Bridge, The
A powerful story, set in a small provincial town in
France, about the consequences of adultery upon a marriage: when an unemployed
construction worker takes a job away from home working on a bridge, his bored
wife escapes to the movies, eventually having an affair with a man she meets
there. In French with yellow English subtitles.
Director: Gerard Depardieu. Stars: Carole Bouquet, Gerard Depardieu, Charles
Berling. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 92 min., Drama, Winstar, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Madadayo
Heartwarming story about the relationship between a
professor and his former students. Kurosawa's 30th and final film. In Japanese
with yellow English subtitles.
Director: Akira Kurosawa. 1998, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 134 min.,
Drama, Winstar, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Blood and Black Lace
Cult horror thriller, available for the
first time in its original, uncut version, about elegant models being murdered
in a haute couture salon. Digitally remastered. Spanish with English subtitles.
Director: Mario Bava. Stars: Cameron Mitchell, Eva Bartok. 1964, CC, MPAA
rating: NR, 90 min., Horror, VCI Home Video, $14.99 VHS SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Whip and the Body
Cult horror thriller about a man who comes
back from the dead to carry on a forbidden love affair with his sister-in-law.
Digitally remastered, original, uncut version. In Spanish with English
subtitles.
Director: Mario Bava. Stars: Christopher Lee, Daliah Lavi. 1963, CC, MPAA
rating: NR, 88 min., Horror, VCI Home Video, $14.99 VHS SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Tuesdays With Morrie
Video release of telefilm "Oprah Winfrey
Presents Tuesdays With Morrie," based on the bestseller by Detroit Free Press
sports writer Mitch Albom. After a chance viewing of a "Nightline" episode about
his old professor and mentor Morrie Schwartz (Jack Lemmon), Albom (Hank Azaria)
decides to reconnect with the older man. He begins to make weekly visits --
every Tuesday -- to Morrie, who is dying from ALS/Lou Gehrig's disease. They
develop a close relationship and Albom learns strong lessons on how to live
one's life. The book was an effort to raise money to help Morrie pay his medical
bills and ended up a phenomenal best seller.
Director: Mick Jackson. Stars: Hank Azaria, Jack Lemmon. 1999, CC, MPAA
rating: NR, Drama, Buena Vista, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: No.
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Grass
Documentary about the history of marijuana prohibition in
the U.S., from the 1930s to the 1960s. Official selection of the 2000 Sundance
Film Festival. Narrated by Woody Harrelson.
Director: Ron Mann. 1999, CC, MPAA rating: R, 79 min., Documentary, Box
office gross: $0.313 million, A-Pix Entertainment, No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental.
DVD: No.
- March 20
-
Remember the Titans
By-the-numbers drama about desegregation in
an all-white high school in Alexandria, Va., and its effects on the school and
its football team. Not only are black students integrated into the school and
the team, but the white head coach is demoted to make room for a new coach --
Denzel Washington. The students -- and the coaches -- have to work together and
overcome their differences to triumph on -- and off -- the field. A real
audience pleaser despite itself. Based on a true story.
Director: Boaz Yakin. Stars: Denzel Washington, Will Patton, Donald Faison, Wood
Harris, Ryan Hurst, Ethan Supiee. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 108 min.,
Football Drama, Box office gross: $112.900 million, Buena Vista, $14.95.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Turn It Up
Hip-hop urban drama about a would-be hip-hop musician
(Fugees' Pras) whose desire to rise to stardom in the music world is brought
down to street level by his childhood buddy, a street gangsta who funds his
friend's attempts to buy studio time with robberies and murders. Add in a
pregnant girlfriend, an absent father who suddenly shows up, and a brutal
British bad guy to the mix and you get a weird mix of "Mean Streets" and
"Stayin' Alive."
Director: Robert Adetuyi. Stars: Prakazrel Michel, Ja Rule, Vondie Curtis Hall,
Jason Stratham, Tamala Jones. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 86 min., Drama, Box
office gross: $1.244 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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Lucky Numbers
Caper comedy about a host of venal and despicable
characters who get involved in a wild scheme to fix the Pennsylvania state
lottery. John Travolta plays an over-the-top weatherman who teams with a
promiscuous lottery employee (Lisa Kudrow) to rig the sweepstakes, leading to
disastrous results. Joining in the mistakes and snafus that result from the
scheme (including murder) are a greedy station manager (Ed O'Neil), a dimwitted
cop (Bill Pullman) and two criminal low-lifes who lead everyone astray.
Director: Nora Ephron. Stars: John Travolta, Lisa Kudrow, Tim Roth, Ed O'Neil,
Michael Rapaport, Michael Moore, Bill Pullman. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 105
min., Caper Comedy, Box office gross: $10.014 million, Paramount, No SRP, Priced
for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Dancer in the Dark
Icelandic pop singer Bjork plays a Czech
immigrant living in a trailer park and working at a sink factory in rural
America who spends her spare time watching old Hollywood musicals. Born with a
sight defect -- she's going blind -- she tries to alleviate the boredom and
oppressiveness of her existence by escaping into fantasies of fully
choreographed "all-singing, all dancing" Hollywood numbers. When her life
savings -- packed away to pay for an operation for her son, who also will go
blind if he doesn't get an operation by the time he's 15 -- is almost stolen,
tragedy strikes, and the woman sinks deeper and deeper into her Hollywood
dreams. A strange and at times haunting film.
Director: Lars Von Trier. Stars: Bjork, Catherine Deneuve, David Morse, Peter
Stormare, Joel Grey. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 139 min., Drama/Musical, Box
office gross: $4.157 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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Tao of Steve, The
Indie film about an overweight, slacker
kindergarten teacher who discovers a way to apply the teachings of Lao-tzu to
the chasing of women -- basically to make women chase after him despite his
slovenly appearance -- by 1) not desiring them, 2) acting intelligent with them
and, 3) ignoring them. The Tao of Steve -- named so because it turns an ordinary
guy into a Steve McQueen -- works (its based on the real life adventures of
co-writer Duncan North) and this film chronicles those adventures. But be
prepared to be bored: it's all talk and no show.
Director: Jenniphr Goodman. Stars: Donal Logue, Greer Goodman, Kimo Wills,
Ayelet Kaznelson, David Aaron Baker, Nina Jarolsaw. 2000, CC, MPAA rating:
R, 90 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $4.334 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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Jesus Christ Superstar
Filmed version of the 1999 stage revival
of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical.
Director: Gale Edwards. Stars: Glenn Carter, Jerome Pradon, Renee Castle, Rik
Mayall. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 112 min., Musical, Universal, $19.98 VHS
SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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American Vampire
Campy horror thriller about two young dudes
whose plans to party away their summer vacation go slightly awry when they meet
a con artist and his two lady friends and invite them to move into their house.
When it turns out that their guests are vampires, they seek the help of The Big
Kahuna(Adam West), the number one vampire slayer, to get rid of the threesome.
Stars: Carmen Electra, Adam West, Trevor Lissauer, Sidney Lassick.
2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 98 min., Horror, York/Maverick, No VHS SRP,
Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Crow, The: Salvation
Latest in the Crow franchise, about a man
wrongly accused and executed for his girlfriend's murder and brought back to
life by a mysterious crow. When the resurrected man discovers that the girl was
killed by a group of rogue cops who framed him for the murder, he teams up with
the girl's sister to uncover the truth. When he finds out that the girls' father
was involved in the cops' crime ring, he uses his supernatural powers to get
retribution.
Director: Bharat Nalluri. Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Eric Mabius, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe,
William Atherton, Fred Ward. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 102 min., Thriller,
Dimension, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Apostate, The
A young priest experiences spiritual doubt after
the murder of his brother. Summoned home when his brother is savagely murdered,
the priest (Richard Grieco) joins the police in the pursuit of a serial killer,
becoming enmeshed in a world that threatens to destroy everything he believes.
Driven by a lust for revenge and tempted by the love of a woman, the priest must
struggle mightily to keep his faith.
Stars: Dennis Hopper, Richard Grieco. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: R,
94 min., Drama, HBO Home Video, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Lover's Prayer (All Forgotten)
An innocent rich boy becomes
infatuated with a beautiful young woman who is summering next door. The boy
quickly gives up his toys and pastimes for the thrill of her seductive ways, but
soon learns of her evil ways, forcing him to become a man through shattered
innocence.
Director: Reverge Anselmo. Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Nick Stahl, Julie Walters.
2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 106 min., Romantic Drama, First Look Pictures,
No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Specials, The
Saga of a group of also-ran superheroes -- The
Strobe (Thomas Haden Church), The Weevil (Rob Lowe) and Amok (Jamie Kennedy) --
and their one chance at attaining greatness.
Director: Craig Mazin. Stars: Rob Lowe, Thomas Haden Church, Jamie Kennedy.
2000, CC, MPAA rating: NR, 89 min., Comedy, Pioneer Entertainment, No VHS
SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
- March 27
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Charlie's Angels
This big screen upgrading of TV's "Charlie
Angels" has only three things going for it -- the star power of Drew Barrymore,
Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liu. Forget the story line -- three female private
investigators are called upon to solve the kidnapping of a technology baron --
and concentrate on the high-flying, man-butt-kicking action sequences (and, of
course, the skimpy costumes and disguises) that makes this the ultimate chick
action flick. TV's jiggle has become widescreen cleavage shaking glam -- with
energy.
Director: McG. Stars: Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, Bill Murray, Sam
Rockwel, Kelly Lynch, Tim Curry. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 92 min.,
Action, Box office gross: $120.000 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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Rugrats in Paris: The Movie
The Rugrats invade Paris in this
delightful tale that once again showcases the mixture of fantasy, comedy,
slapstick and tenderness that are the hallmarks of the animated kids (and
adults) show. The entire Pickles clan and friends are whisked to Paris when Stu
Pickles' mechanical Reptar -- the highlight of the EuroReptarland amusement park
-- goes on the fritz and he's summoned to repair it. Throw in a conniving park
manager who will do anything for a promotion, a new love interest for Chuckie's
dad, and a lot of the patented Rugrats humor, and you have another hit for kids
of all ages.
Director: Stig Bergqvist, Paul Demeyer. Stars: Voices of Susan Sarandon, John
Lithgow, E.G. Daly, Christine Cavanaugh, Kath Soucie, Cheryl Chase. 2000,
CC, MPAA rating: G, 86 min., Family, Box office gross: $74.222 million,
Paramount, $22.99 VHS SRP.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Red Planet
Sci-Fi thriller about the first manned mission to
Mars in 2050. The plot has a future Earth so destroyed by pollution that Mars is
seeded with algae to make it an oxygen-rich environment for future colonization.
But something has gone awry, and a crew is dispatched to the planet. Naturally,
everything that can go wrong, does, and a shuttle with the crew crash lands,
pitting the survivors against the harsh Martian environment and a malfunctioning
exploration robot. Bad day at red rock, huh!
Director: Antony Hoffman. Stars: Carrie-Anne Moss, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore,
Benjamin Bratt, Simon Baker, Terence Stamp. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13,
106 min., Science Fiction, Box office gross: $17.158 million, Warner Bros., No
SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
Buy or preorder this title at up to 40% discount
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Girlfight
A young Bronx woman finds direction in her life by
taking up boxing and training for the big fight. Diana (Michelle Rodriguez) is
always fighting -- in the projects with her abusive dad or in school against
gossipy girl cliques -- but she finds her true calling when she visits her
brother's boxing gym and discovers her talent. Given hard-core training from a
veteran boxing coach, Diana finds new strengths in herself -- including the
strength to love -- as she matures. A fine character study.
Director: Karyn Kusama. Stars: Michelle Rodriguez, Jaime Tirelli, Ray Santiago,
Paul Calderon, Santiago Douglas. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min., Drama,
Box office gross: $1.523 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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Once in the Life
Two half-brothers get involved in a heroin deal
that goes bad, resulting in the death of the local crime boss' nephew. The
brothers turn to an old friend for help, but what they don't know is that the
friend now works for the gangster and has been hired to kill them. Friendship,
family and loyalty are explored, but the inevitability of the life these men
have chosen leaves them no way out, reaching a conclusion of death and tragedy.
Director: Laurence Fishburne. Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Gregory Hines, Titus
Welliver, Eammon Walker. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min., Urban drama,
Box office gross: $0.053 million, Trimark, No VHS SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: Day & Date.
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Winning London
The 'tween twins travel to London to participate
in their high school's Model United Nations competition, taking in the sights,
surveying the culture, meeting guys and learning that winning isn't everything.
Stars: Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. 2001, CC, MPAA rating: G, Family, Warner,
$19.96 VHS SRP.
DVD: No.
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Hendrix
Television biopic of rock star Jimi Hendrix.
Director: Leon Ichaso. Stars: Wood Harris, Billy Zane, Vivica A. Fox, Dorian
Harewood. 2000, CC, MPAA rating: R, 103 min., Biopic, MGM, 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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