Stroker Ace (DVD)
A flashy stock car racer named Stroker Ace does his comic best to break a promotional contract which he signed with a greedy fried chicken magnate.PG"
Director: Hal Needham
ACTORS: Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Jim Nabors, Loni Anderson, Parker Stevenson
The Luzhin Defence (DVD)
Based on the novel THE DEFENSE by Vladimir Nabokov, director Marleen Gorris`s THE LUZHIN DEFENCE is set in Italy in the 1920s as the world reknowned chess master Alexander Luzhin (John Turturro) from St. Petersburg, Russia, arrives for a match with his only known rival. Almost immediately after he arrives, Luzhin meets a glowing, graceful aristocratic woman, Natalia (Emily Watson), who is attending the match with her mother. Surrounded by potential suitors, Natalia is busy behaving like a lady and presenting various young men to her mother for approval. However, she is curious about the slovenly, unconventional, quirky Luzhin from their first meeting, and she sees past his social ineptitude, believing him to be a true genius. Luzhin is utterly smitten, and practically forgets his determination to win the match when he proposes marriage to Natalia. From there, THE LUZHIN DEFENCE spirals downward as Natalia becomes a maternal figure to Luzhin, who is haunted by ghosts from his past and is nearly driven insane by the nagging, torturous pressure to figure out the one move (a flawless defense) that will allow him to win the chess match.
With beautiful imagery depicting the lavish Italian resort where the match is held, elegant costumes, and a triumphant, stirring classical score, THE LUZHIN DEFENCE is an evenly acted, well-paced film about love, intrigue, and going that extra mile.PG-13"
Director: Marleen Gorris
ACTORS: John Turturro, Stuart Wilson, Emily Watson, Christopher Thompson, Geraldine James
The Hours (DVD) Widescreen Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf`s classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during...
Based on the Pulitzer-prize winning novel by Michael Cunningham, THE HOURS employs Virginia Woolf`s classic novel and central character, MRS. DALLOWAY, as its foundation and inspiration. Spanning three different eras, during one day, the film focuses on the parallel lives of three women joined in their depression, alienation, and search for love. Nicole Kidman, wearing a prosthetic nose, is virtually unrecognizable as the tortured writer Virginia Woolf whose ongoing battle with mental illness eventually led to her tragic suicide in 1941. The film begins with the moment of her suicide and flashes back on her life and work as she crafted her most memorable character, Clarissa Dalloway, in 1923. In 1950`s California suburbia another woman, Laura Brown (Julianne Moore), struggles with alienation and depression. Trapped by her clinging young son and an adoring husband whom she does not love, the desperate woman tries to prepare for her husband`s birthday but cannot stop reading MRS. DALLOWAY. Finally, in modern day Manhattan, Clarissa Vaughn (Meryl Streep), a lesbian who lives with her lover (Allison Janney) and her daughter (Claire Danes), struggles to prepare a party for her ex-husband (Ed Harris) who is dying of AIDS. Director Stephen Daltry uses beautiful overlapping editing to sew the women`s interwoven stories seamlessly together. At the core of this profoundly moving film is the trio of award-winning actresses who grace the screen with their bold and awe-inspiring performances.
PG-13"
Director: Stephen Daldry
ACTORS: Nicole Kidman, Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Toni Collette, Claire Danes
Return of Sherlock Holmes, The - Vol. 1: The Empty House & The Abbey Grange (DVD)
This program collects two episodes from THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES television series: THE EMPTY HOUSE and THE ABBEY GRANGE. See individual titles for details.NR"
ACTORS: Jeremy Brett, Edward Hardwicke
Music of the Heart (DVD) Special Edition 2-Disc Set The uplifting true story of violin teacher Roberta Guaspari (Streep), a woman who battled insurmountable odds to teach underprivileged children in East Harlem the gift of music. As Roberta struggles to convin...
The uplifting true story of violin teacher Roberta Guaspari (Streep), a woman who battled insurmountable odds to teach underprivileged children in East Harlem the gift of music. As Roberta struggles to convince a skeptical school board--as well as skeptical parents--that this music will help the children immensely, she must conquer seemingly insurmountable odds to do just that. Eventually, she does. Based on the documentary SMALL WONDERS, MUSIC OF THE HEART proves that Craven is more than just a horror director.
PG"
Director: Wes Craven
