French Kiss (DVD) Widescreen A woman with a phobia about flying gets caught up with a shady French smuggler while flying to Paris to retrieve her wayward fiance. Director Lawrence Kasdan`s first stab at romantic comedy.
A woman with a phobia about flying gets caught up with a shady French smuggler while flying to Paris to retrieve her wayward fiance. Director Lawrence Kasdan`s first stab at romantic comedy.
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Director: Lawrence Kasdan
ACTORS: Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton, Jean Reno, Frangois Cluzet
Amazing Grace (DVD)
Social commentary and riotous slapstick are combined in this vehicle for one of the original raunchy comedians, Moms Mabley. Moms plays the elderly Grace, who is fed up with the black elected officials of Baltimore. Tired of being sold out by her own people she becomes an outspoken activist and community organizer opposing the mayor and other high ranking officials.
One of the most amazing things about GRACE is that it is rated G. This is perhaps due to the inability to understand much of Mom`s eclectic, raspy speech pattern. The ending begs for a sequel that was never made as Grace intends to continue her crusade into the nation`s capital. Populated with many gifted African-American comedians who were rarely afforded film roles.G"
Director: Stan Lathan
ACTORS: Moms Mabley, Rosalind Cash, Moses Gunn, James Karen, Slappy White
Jacked Up (DVD)
As a young teenager growing up on the streets, Dre follows in the path of many brothers before him and takes the step necessary to join a violent gang. However, his gang initiation goes terribly wrong and an innocent man ends up dead. Recognizing the error of his ways, Dre attempts to put away his gun and stay away from crime. He even goes so far as to become friends with the murdered man`s family. However, although Dre is intent on maintaining a new, morally upstanding life, the gang he left behind is not so happy with the decision.R"
ACTORS: Ronreaco Lee, Alexis Fields, Bizzy Bone, Anna Maria Horsford
Conceiving Ada (DVD)
Ada Byron King was the daughter of poet Lord Byron, and is credited with having written the world`s first computer program, a machine called the Analytic Engine. She is also the obsession of a woman named Emmy in this unique film that has an intriguing sci-fi premise and a stylized look. Emmy is fanatically devoted to finding a way to penetrate time with genetic information and to meet and talk with Ada Byron. The two women live somewhat parallel lives; Ada and Emmy`s mother are similarly overbearing and played by the same actress (Black) and their personal lives also are suspiciously similar. Director Lynn Hershman-Leeson conceived each shot in the film with the DNA double helix in mind in order to emphasize this aspect of the film. The film has an astonishing climax in which Ada and Emmy finally meet, but it wouldn`t be fair to say any more.NR"
Director: Lynn Hershmann-Leeson
ACTORS: Tilda Swinton, Francesca Faridany, Karen Black, Timothy Leary, John Perry Barlow
The Simpsons - The Complete Second Season (DVD) 4-Disc Box Set With the second season of the animated sitcom THE SIMPSONS, the show really began to come into its own with the animation becoming more fluid and the writing providing more laughs. This incredibly funny second season inc...
With the second season of the animated sitcom THE SIMPSONS, the show really began to come into its own with the animation becoming more fluid and the writing providing more laughs. This incredibly funny second season includes such memorable moments as Homer eating a deadly blowfish and James Earl Jones reading Edgar Allen Poe`s THE RAVEN. Among the classic episodes included are O Brother, Where Art Thou? Bart Gets Hit By a Car, Bart the Daredevil, The Simpsons Halloween Special, and Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment.
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