XX/ XY (DVD) Widescreen & Full Frame Writer-director Austin Chick`s first feature film is almost two films rolled into one. The dark, grainy first half with its choppy style introduces would-be filmmaker Coles (Mark Ruffalo), mild-mannered Samantha...
Writer-director Austin Chick`s first feature film is almost two films rolled into one. The dark, grainy first half with its choppy style introduces would-be filmmaker Coles (Mark Ruffalo), mild-mannered Samantha (Maya Stange), and self-destructive Thea (Kathleen Robertson). Coles meets the two friends at a Sarah Lawrence College in the early 1990s, and the three spend a night together that is ultimately awkward. But Coles and Samantha seem to have found true love, and the couple embarks on the kind of tempestuous relationship so common during the college years. The brighter, more conventionally shot second half of the film--which is also imbued with more comic relief--is set ten years later. Coles works in advertising and is in a stable relationship with Clare (Petra Wright), Thea is happily married and a successful restaurateur, and Sam has just returned to New York City from London having broken off her engagement. With their past love affair looming in the background, Sam and Coles are both forced to confront the past and the future, and to make some tough decisions about their lives. Chick`s debut is an interesting experiment in style and structure.
R"
Director: Austin Chick
ACTORS: Mark Ruffalo, Kathleen Robertson, Maya Stange, Petra Wright, David Thornton
Crash Course (DVD)
When Terry Stone (Meredith Baxter) firnds out about her son`s severe head injuries due to a car accident, she goes to court to gain justice against the driver and his drunk driving history.NR"
Director: Tom Rickman
ACTORS: Meredith Baxter, Alan Rosenberg, Robin Brule
The Verdict (DVD)
THE VERDICT, a Sidney Lumet-directed film, stars Paul Newman as a Boston-based lawyer who takes on an impossible medical malpractice case.R"
Director: Sidney Lumet
ACTORS: Paul Newman, Jack Warden, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason, Milo O`Shea
The Charge of the Light Brigade (DVD) Widescreen Tony Richardson`s revisionist version of the oft-filmed romance of empire stars Trevor Howard as the arrogant Lord Cardigan. In 1854, the leading officers of the British military seek an opportunity for military glory, Cardi...
Tony Richardson`s revisionist version of the oft-filmed romance of empire stars Trevor Howard as the arrogant Lord Cardigan. In 1854, the leading officers of the British military seek an opportunity for military glory, Cardigan chief among them. He plans on taking a military force into the Crimean region of Turkey, with the ostensible purpose of protecting the Ottoman Empire from an invading Russian army. Lord Cardigan and his army set sail for Turkey, and, en route, he becomes involved in a dispute with Captain Nolan (David Hemmings), an officer recently returned from India who questions the actions of the high command. Despite substandard rations and a cholera epidemic, the British score a quick victory over Russian troops before its leaders fall into inertia and confusion. The nearly senile Lord Raglan (John Gielgud) temporizes while Cardigan is distracted by the charms of Miss Duberly (Jill Bennett), the paymaster`s wife. When the Battle of Balaclava begins, the combination of pompous stupidity in Whitehall`s state men and incompetent officers on the battlefield results in Cardigan`s taking his fabled Light Brigade down the wrong valley and directly into the heart of the Russian artillery. A comment on America`s involvement in Vietnam, Richardson`s satire on military and political blundering features an excellent cast and exceptionally convincing battlefield photography by David Watkin.
PG-13"
Director: Tony Richardson
ACTORS: David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave, John Gielgud, Harry Andrews, Trevor Howard
Desert Island Story X - Box Set (DVD)
When Toko takes a party cruise with some of her friends on her father`s yacht, things turn ugly when escaped fugitives seajack their ship. Without a captain, the ship is in great danger when a storm hits and they finally crash land onto a deserted beach island. The girls` sexual frustrations mount to sensual heights as the tensions heighten while they are stranded. Also, are the fugitives still after them? Featuring the voices of adult film stars DAYTON RAINS and MIKO LEE.
This set contains Volumes 1 - 4.
Contains graphic sexual situations. Totally uncensored and absolutely not for viewers under 18 years of age.Unrated"
