Trixie (DVD)
Director Alan Rudolph and producer Robert Altman are up to their usual tricks with this quirky farce starring Emily Watson. She plays Trixie Zurbo, a naive would-be detective who takes a job at an upstate casino and finds herself on the outside of a possible cover-up scheme and murder. She also finds romance with Dex (Dermot Mulroney), the swaggering yacht captain for shady local powerbroker W. Red Rafferty (Will Patton). Also figuring into the case are Nathan Lane as a besotted lounge singer, newcomer Brittany Murphy as an attractive ex-girlfriend of Dex`s, Lesley Ann Warren as Red`s sexpot wife, and, best of all, Nick Nolte in a perfectly hilarious turn as a double-talking senator.
The witty script by Rudolph plays with language, having Trixie speak almost solely in malapropisms such as I`m looking through a needle for a haystack, Nobody`s human, and Your life is going to hell in a handbag. Whether it`s a meditation on love and the limitations of speech or just a goofy detective spoof, TRIXIE boasts fine performances all around and a nicely elegaic score by Mark Isham and Roger Neil.R"
Director: Alan Rudolph
ACTORS: Emily Watson, Nick Nolte, Dermot Mulroney, Brittany Murphy, Nathan Lane
Sakura Wars: The Movie (DVD) Standard Edition This SAKURA WARS feature length film finds the Imperial Flower Combat Troupe falling on hard times. Though Tokyo is once again under siege by vicious demons, the Douglas-Stewart Company has produced a new breed of figh...
This SAKURA WARS feature length film finds the Imperial Flower Combat Troupe falling on hard times. Though Tokyo is once again under siege by vicious demons, the Douglas-Stewart Company has produced a new breed of fighting mecha that is purported to make the Flower Division obsolete. Placed on indefinite standby status, the girls quickly become frustrated. However, when members of the Troupe begin to disappear, they realize that there is more to these new mechas than meets the eye.
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Three Stooges, The: The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (DVD)
Larry, Moe and Curly Joe are servants to Phileas Fogg`s great-grandson as he tries to duplicate the famous trip around the world in this spoof on the classic Jules Verne story.NR"
Director: Norman Maurer
ACTORS: Three Stooges, Jay Sheffield, Murray Alper, Walter Burke, Pat Cooper
Real Bout High School Vol. 4: The Final Battle (DVD)
Ryoko is an unusual high school girl in an unusual high school. With a curriculum consisting mostly of martial arts classes and a school full of students who settle their quarrels with duels, Ryoko has proven herself able to take on the toughest of her fellow students. However, when she is sucked into another dimension where she must do battle with a host of supernatural and demonic adversaries, Ryoko is in for the fight of her life. In these final episodes of the series, Ryoko prepares for the Ultimate Clash with the Netherworld Demons while hanging on to her reputation as the toughest fighter in school.NR"
Coach (DVD)
Olympic champion Randy Rawlings is hired to coach a high school basketball team. Unfortunately, her bosses hadn`t realized she was a woman. The school principal does everything in his power to see her fail while Randy builds a team of winners. Sports satire made at the height of the women`s rights movement.PG"
Director: Bud Townsend
ACTORS: Cathy Lee Crosby, Michael Biehn, Keenan Wynn
