A Shot at Glory (DVD)
Gordon McLoed (Robert Duvall), is a former soccer star who now manages a smalltime team in the town of Kilnockie. The team hasn`t won a championship for over a hundred years, so the American team owner (Michael Keaton) acquires star player Jackie McQuillan (real life soccer pro Ally McQuist) to increase the team`s chances of winning. To complicate matters, womanizing Jackie is in a failing marriage to McLeod`s daughter. But the team must learn to work together, because if they don`t have a winning season, it is likely that the club will be permanently moved to Ireland. Director Michael Corrente (OUTSIDE PROVIDENCE) has fashioned a touching tale like to appeal to sports fans and non-fans alike.R"
Director: Michael Corrente
ACTORS: Ally McCoist, Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Brian Cox, Kirsty Mitchell
Robin Hood (DVD)
An animated version of the classic tale.NR"
Men of Honor (DVD) Full Screen Edition A heroic life gets a suitably dramatic retelling in George Tillman Jr.`s docudrama MEN OF HONOR. Based on the true story of Carl Brashear, the first African American to become a United States Navy master diver, the ...
A heroic life gets a suitably dramatic retelling in George Tillman Jr.`s docudrama MEN OF HONOR. Based on the true story of Carl Brashear, the first African American to become a United States Navy master diver, the film follows the conventional yet pleasurable against-all-odds narrative. Carl Brashear (played with noble grace by Cuba Gooding Jr.) is the son of a degraded southern sharecropper. Determined to succeed in the vocation he believes he was born for, Brashear enlists in the navy. Once there, however, the determined young man finds his dream inaccessible--thwarted by the antagonistic forces of institutional and personal racism. When, after a long and difficult struggle, he is finally allowed into diving school, he finds himself under the authority of Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro). A former master diver whose injured lung has left him permanently above water, Sunday simultaneously becomes Brashear`s most vicious adversary and most loyal supporter, motivating him to succeed. The story that follows is a highly emotional wave of ups and downs--Brashear unbelievably overcomes one barrier only to be met by the next, even larger one. MEN OF HONOR is at times heartbreaking and painful to watch, but the triumphant ending makes for a deeply satisfying payoff.
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Director: George Tillman
ACTORS: Robert De Niro, Cuba Gooding, Charlize Theron, Hal Holbrook, David Keith
The Medallion/ Art of Action 2-Pack (DVD) DVD 2-Pack This DVD 2-Pack combines Jackie Chan`s 2003 action title, THE MEDALLION, with ART OF ACTION, a 2002 documentary, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, which examines the world of martial arts films. See individual titles for details.
This DVD 2-Pack combines Jackie Chan`s 2003 action title, THE MEDALLION, with ART OF ACTION, a 2002 documentary, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson, which examines the world of martial arts films. See individual titles for details.
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Director: Gordon Chan
ACTORS: Jackie Chan, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, Lee Evans
GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka Vol. 9 - Field Trips (DVD)
Onizuka is a former member of a motorcycle gang who has decided to become a teacher to put his somewhat troubled past behind him and impart what he has learned to the younger generation, and, perhaps just a bit, because of the girls. In these episodes, Onizuka`s class prepares for its eagerly anticipated field trip. What they don`t expect is that their teacher is developing a lesson plan guaranteed to cause problems for everyone during the trip.NR"
