Normal (DVD)
Based on Jane Anderson`s play Looking For Normal, this deeply moving drama tells the story of Roy (Tom Wilkinson), a small town Illinois man who makes a wild declaration after blacking out on his 25th wedding anniversary. Stunning his wife Irma (Jessica Lange), his kids, and the entire community, Roy announces that he`s convinced he`s a woman trapped in a man`s body, and plans on going through with a sex change. What follows is a poignant, heartbreaking, and ultimately uplifting, story of Roy`s attempt to live a normal life in a society that is unable to come to terms with his revelation. Writer/director Jane Anderson`s extraordinary film features unforgettable performances by Wilkinson and Lang.NR"
Director: Jane Anderson
ACTORS: Jessica Lange, Tom Wilkinson, Clancy Brown, Hayden Panettiere
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Meet Casey Jones (DVD) Edited Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo, and Raphael are back in a new animated series that more closely follows the dark tone of the original comic books than did the comedy-driven 1980s version. With the help of Zen master Splinter...
Leonardo, Donatello, Michaelangelo, and Raphael are back in a new animated series that more closely follows the dark tone of the original comic books than did the comedy-driven 1980s version. With the help of Zen master Splinter (a mutated rat) and their human ally April O`Neil, the four ninja turtles battle New York City crime, their evil nemesis Shredder, and the mad scientist Baxter Stockman in a series of action-packed adventures. This volume includes the 3-part episode Meet Casey Jones.
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Bully (DVD) Unrated Bobby Kent (Nick Stahl) is not a nice guy. He beats up his best friend Marty every chance he gets, he abuses Marty`s girlfriend Lisa, and he rapes Lisa`s friend Ali. From director Larry Clark (KIDS) and screenwriter David McK...
Bobby Kent (Nick Stahl) is not a nice guy. He beats up his best friend Marty every chance he gets, he abuses Marty`s girlfriend Lisa, and he rapes Lisa`s friend Ali. From director Larry Clark (KIDS) and screenwriter David McKenna (AMERICAN HISTORY X) comes this gruelling thriller based on the true story of Bobby Kent, a bossy Florida teenager who was beaten to death by a group of his peers.
There isn`t a lot to do in the suburban Florida town that Bobby and his friends inhabit. They play violent shoot-em-up video games, they work at the Pizza Hut, they go surfing at the beach, and they cruise in their hot rods. But mostly, Bobby and his friends have lots of sex. The film is drenched in graphic shots of barely legal naked teenagers. (This has been Clark`s favorite subject matter since his days as a photographer, as illustrated in his 1997 book TEENAGE LUST.) Sexual identity is an undercurrent in Bobby`s story: he watches gay porn while he rapes Ali, and he forces Marty to dance with him at a gay club. Some of the other teenagers think that Bobby and Marty are a couple. But this is a minor issue. They decide to kill Bobby because he`s a bully who has hurt and angered them; and because they`re bored and desensitized to violence. In BULLY, Clark provides another hard look at the hard lives of American teenagers, in all their confusion. It isn`t pretty.
Unrated"
Director: Larry Clark
ACTORS: Nick Stahl, Bijou Phillips, Brad Renfro, Leo Fitzpatrick, Rachel Miner
O Youth and Beauty! (DVD)
The Broadway Theatre Archive presents another program in its series of televised plays from the 60s to the 80s. In O YOUTH AND BEAUTY!, a suburban husband with a drinking problem is trying to come to terms with getting older and letting go of his fading youth. The play stars Michael Murphy (MANHATTAN), Sigourney Weaver (the ALIEN series) and Edward Herrmann (PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO, THE LOST BOYS).NR"
ACTORS: Michael Murphy, Kathryn Walker, Sigourney Weaver, Edward Herrmann
The Cotton Club (DVD)
Beautiful music and striking dance performances are the highlight of Francis Ford Coppolas musical/mobster flick centered around the legendary Harlem nightclub. The clubs black dancers and musicians entertain the exclusively white audience made up of gangsters and Hollywood stars. Local boy Dixie Dwyer (Richard Gere) saves the life of crime boss Dutch Schultz (James Remar) and reluctantly enters the world of racketeering. Talented tap dancer Sandman Williams (Gregory Hines) struggles to get ahead in the segregated world of 1920s nightlife. Authentic costuming and sets help make THE COTTON CLUB a stylistic homage to the Jazz Age and gangster films of old.R"
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
ACTORS: Richard Gere, Gregory Hines, Diane Lane, Lonette McKee, Bob Hoskins
