Desert Saints (DVD)
Acclaimed actor Kiefer Sutherland (known to many as either the son of accomplished thespian Donald Sutherland or the ex-fiancee of Julia Roberts) stars here as a hard-edge hit man. Known as the world`s best professional killer, Sutherland is living a life of detached solitude when he is given an assignment that pairs him up with a sultry hitchhiker (Melora Walters). Before long, he finds there is more to her than meets the eye, as he becomes entangled deeper and deeper into a web of fatal lies and double cross.R"
Mr. Deeds (DVD) Special Edition - Full Screen Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) is content to run his pizzeria in the cozy New Hampshire hamlet of Mandrake Falls. His only further desire is to someday see one of his corny rhymes printed in a greeting ca...
Longfellow Deeds (Adam Sandler) is content to run his pizzeria in the cozy New Hampshire hamlet of Mandrake Falls. His only further desire is to someday see one of his corny rhymes printed in a greeting card. Deeds is awarded much more when he inherits the $40 billion empire of a media tycoon, a distant relative. He is lured to New York City by unscrupulous partners of the deceased where he is prayed upon by greedy stockholders. He also makes ample fodder for tabloid journalists, notably reporter Babe Bennett (Winona Ryder) who poses as a school nurse from Iowa to win Deed`s heart and expose him as an idiot to her viewership. Against her will and her own sleazy principles, Babe falls for the charming naivety of Deeds, whose fortune is in jeopardy.
Adam Sandler`s man-child persona stands in for Gary Cooper in this remake of the 1936 MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN. Sandler and longtime collaborator Tim Herlihy have molded the Frank Capra romantic comedy into a perfect vehicle for its star and a love letter to New York City. Jared Harris as a tabloid TV host and John Turturro as an omnipresent Spanish butler shine in supporting roles.
PG-13"
Director: Steven Brill
ACTORS: Adam Sandler, Winona Ryder, John Turturro, Peter Gallagher, Steve Buscemi
Hot Pursuit (DVD) Widescreen Prep-schooler Dan Bartlett (John Cusack) is crushed when he fails a chemistry exam, preventing him from going on a Caribbean vacation with his girlfriend. At the last minute, his teacher passes him, and he sets off to meet u...
Prep-schooler Dan Bartlett (John Cusack) is crushed when he fails a chemistry exam, preventing him from going on a Caribbean vacation with his girlfriend. At the last minute, his teacher passes him, and he sets off to meet up with the girl and her parents. Unfortunately, a series of travel misadventures causes him to remain several steps behind them. Circumstances lead him to become the first mate of a roguish sailor of fortune (Robert Loggia), who helps him try to catch up to his wayward lady love`s boat. Meanwhile, she is busy fending off the unwanted advances of a comically persistent young man (Ben Stiller).
PG-13"
Director: Steven Lisberger
ACTORS: John Cusack, Jerry Stiller, Ben Stiller, Wendy Gazelle, Robert Loggia
Rex the Runt (DVD)
The latest in witty, remarkable clay animation from the folks who created the acclaimed WALLACE AND GROMIT series and CHICKEN RUN feature film, REX THE RUNT first aired on BBC in England. The adventures of a group of friends--Rex the Runt, Wendy, Vince, and Bad Bob--the program pairs cleverly written dialogue with eye-poppingly creative animation. All 26 episodes from the series are included on this collector`s set.NR"
The Talk of the Town (DVD)
George Stevens` last film with Cary Grant represents yet another hit in his string of classic comedies. Grant stars as Leopold Dilg, a political activist who is wrongly indicted for arson and murder when a factory worker dies in a mill fire in the town of Sweetbrook. Believing that he`ll be executed if he remains in jail, he escapes and breaks into a cottage that schoolteacher Nora Shelley (Jean Arthur) is preparing for Professor Michael Lightcap (Ronald Coleman), the dean of a law school. She allows Grant to stay in the attic, without alerting the professor. The next day, a reporter arrives to question Lightcap about Dilg`s case, along with Sam Yates (Edgar Buchanan), Dilg`s lawyer, who comes at Nora`s behest. Since Yates and Lightcap know each other from law school, Yates asks Lightcap`s help in defending his client, who he claims to have been framed. The professor refuses, intent on writing a legal treatise. Before Yates leaves, he persuades Nora to house Dilg, who she introduces to Lightcap as a gardener. Before long, the professor begins to realize that the gardener is well versed in the intricacies and inequities of the U.S. legal system. Stevens` entertaining romantic triangle, in which the atmosphere of legal debate is leavened by wit, and low comedy, is brilliantly played by all, especially an atypically dark and impulsive Grant. The director`s characteristically deft touch with comic business is evident throughout the film.NR"
Director: George Stevens
ACTORS: Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Edgar Buchanan, Glenda Farrell
