Steam Detectives Vol. 1: Case One (DVD)
In a city shrouded in steam, criminals learn to take advantage of the obscuring fog to aid their wicked schemes. Fortunately, a boy genius named Narutaki, along with his assistants, nurse Ling-Ling and her megamaton Goriki, has taken it upon himself to make sure these criminals are stopped. The son of a slain detective, Narutaki has made it his life`s work to protect Steam City from the evils of the criminal underworld.NR"
Wonderworks - A Waltz Through the Hills (DVD)
Two children who find themselves suddenly orphaned make a desperate attempt to prevent their separation by trekking across the outback to Perth, Australia. there they plan to take a ship to England to be with their grandparents.NR"
Director: Frank Arnold
ACTORS: Andre Jansen, Tina Kemp, Ernie Dingo, Dan O`Herlihy
Malcolm X (DVD)
Spike Lee brings the life of African-American leader Malcolm X (an intense Denzel Washington in an Oscar-nominated performance) to the big screen in this sprawling, epic biographical drama. Born Malcolm Little, son of a Nebraska preacher, on May 19, 1925, he became one of the most militant leaders and charismatic spokesmen of the black liberation movement before his assassination at the Audubon Ballroom in New York City on February 21, 1965. The film sweeps through his early life as a small-time hustler and thief with his friend Shorty (Lee), his conversion to Islam in jail, and his subsequent life as a controversial spiritual leader and husband of Betty Shabazz (Angela Bassett). Malcolm`s tragic assassination is presented as a conspiracy of Nation of Islam leaders; the film shows how his philosophy has been realized in the lives of others who have been moved by his words. Filmed with great visual flair by Lee, the film is a work of entertainment as much as it is a historical artifact. Washington captures the spiritual conversion of the hero with a sincerity that is entirely as believable and ultimately moving as it was in the book that inspired the film, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X.PG-13"
Director: Spike Lee
ACTORS: Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Al Freeman, Delroy Lindo, Albert Hall
The Great Animation Studios: The Fleischer Studios (DVD)
They gave us the first rotoscoping and cartoon/live action hybrid in 1914, the first long form animation in 1935 and over forty other major animation innovations. Featuring such favorites as Popeye, Betty Boop and Superman, this collection from the Great Animation Studios series covers the early great studio of the Fleischer Brothers.NR"
Director: Max Fleischer|Dave Fleischer
