Suburbia (DVD) Roger Corman Presents The Director`s Series From the director of THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION and WAYNES WORLD comes this tale of a group of runaway -- collectively called The Rejected -- punks with spikey hair and strange clo...
From the director of THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION and WAYNES WORLD comes this tale of a group of runaway -- collectively called The Rejected -- punks with spikey hair and strange clothes who move into a condemned suburban development and almost immediately find trouble. They become the target of Citizens Against Crime, a group consisting mainly of laid-off GM workers. Features live performances by T.S.O.L., The Vandals, and DI.
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Director: Penelope Spheeris
ACTORS: Chris Pederson, Bill Coyne, Jennifer Clay, Timothy Eric O`Brien, Flea
How to Commit Marriage (DVD)
Above-average Hope fare about a once model couple who, after nineteen years of apparent bliss, have decided to call it quits. The only trouble is that no one remembered to call their daughter. The fun begins when she arrives home with plans to marry Gleason`s son, a wacky musician. The mod humor was outdated by the film`s premiere, but viewers now have enough distance to understand and appreciate the intended angle. NR"
Director: Norman Panama
ACTORS: Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Jane Wyman, Maureen Arthur, Tim Matheson
Magnolia (DVD)
In a single day in Los Angeles, a number of interconnected lives are changed forever. A lonely police officer (John C. Reilly) falls in love with a disturbed cocaine addict (Melora Walters). Her father (Philip Baker Hall), the host of the game show What Do Kids Know? has terminal cancer and tries to make amends for his past mistakes. A former champion of the show (William H. Macy) struggles to find love while the current champion (Jeremy Blackman) suffocates under the pressures of being a boy genius. An elderly man (Jason Robards) lies on his deathbed, tended by nurse Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman), while his trophy wife (Julianne Moore) wrestles with grief and guilt, and his estranged son (Tom Cruise), an infomercial host, teaches workshops on how to trick women into having sex. Throughout all of this, past deeds are lamented and strange forces loom in the air.
Director Paul Thomas Andersons follow-up to BOOGIE NIGHTS is an extravagant, emotional epic inspired by such films as Robert Altman`s NASHVILLE and SHORT CUTS, with a sprawling cast of characters searching for love and meaning in a chaotic world. The cast delivers uniformly excellent performances, most notably Tom Cruises Oscar-nominated role as the sleazy Frank T.J. Mackey.R"
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
ACTORS: John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tom Cruise
Hello Kitty`s Paradise: Essential Collection 1 (DVD)
Hello Kitty comes to life in this series, in which the adorable young cat and her friends have some amazing adventures all the while learning important lessons about life. This collection contains the first two volumes of the series.NR"
El Jefe De La Mafia (DVD)
Pedro is an honest police officer who is chasing after Barnabe, who works for a drug cartel. Unfortunately Barnabe has been marked for death by his boss, the local mob boss, and Pedro winds up saving his life when he picks him up. Pedro eventually finds out, to his disappointment, the extent of police corruption in his department when he himself becomes a target for the mob through his protection of Barnabe.NR"
