Joyride (DVD)
Three slacker kids in search of those elusive kicks nab a car, only to discover that their new wheels are the rightful property of a crack female assassin--and she`s hot on their trail. Huge Hollywood stars Tobey Maguire (SPIDERMAN) and Benicio Del Toro (The Academy Award winning for 2000`s TRAFFIC) are showcased before their rise to superstardom.R"
Director: Quinton Peeples
ACTORS: Tobey Maguire, Wilson Cruz, Benicio Del Toro, Adam West, Amy Hathaway
Revolutionary Girl Utena: Impatience and Longing (DVD)
From the director of SAILOR MOON comes this series about Tenou Utena, a new student at Ohtori Academy, who has somehow obtained a rose signet, a ring that allows one access to hidden world of duels and floating arenas where the struggle for the Rose Bride and World Revolution takes place. Here, Utena`s friend Wakaba begins seeing a mysterious man who makes her very happy. Initially Utena is also very happy for the couple, but soon her warm feelings turn to jealousy and resentment threatening her friendship and forcing her to wonder what force has put this hate within her.NR"
Director: Kunihiko Ikuhara
Sunset Boulevard (DVD) Collector`s Edition Billy Wilder`s masterpiece, a corrosive black comedy that remains the most memorable assault on the emptiness and vanity of the movie business, it stars William Holden as young, down-and-out screenwriter Joe Gillis.
Billy Wilder`s masterpiece, a corrosive black comedy that remains the most memorable assault on the emptiness and vanity of the movie business, it stars William Holden as young, down-and-out screenwriter Joe Gillis. Narrated in flashbacks by the now-deceased scribe, the film unwinds the series of events that left him lying face down in a pool. Unable to sell his most recent chef-d`oeuvre, and in hock up to his eyeballs, Joe stashes his car in the driveway of what appears to be an abandoned mansion on Sunset Boulevard, while trying to elude some persistent repo men. Closer inspection reveals the decrepit property to be inhabited by grandiose former silent movie goddess Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson), and her zombie-like manservant Max (Erich von Stroheim). Upon hearing that he`s a writer, the lonely but still wealthy woman offers to pay him generously to stay at the house and work on her `comeback` script on the life of Salome. Although spooked by the people and the surroundings, in desperate straits, Joe takes the job, little suspecting the madness of the netherworld he`s entered. Wilder`s merciless portrait of the dangers of a profession that trades in fantasy, cagily couples the cynical amorality of the never-was with the near-psychotic narcissism of the has-been to reveal the vacuity of wealth and the transience of fame.
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Director: Billy Wilder
ACTORS: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Buster Keaton
Air Bud Spikes Back (DVD)
Not simply content with his basketball prowess, Air Bud (who has also played football, soccer and baseball) sets out to conquer the beaches in AIR BUD SPIKES BACK as the hoop shooting pooch takes up competitive volleyball. However, when a neighborhood crime concerns his owners, Buddy, the most athletic golden retriever the world has ever known, also plays the role of detective as he tries to reveal the identity of the neighborhood menace.G"
French & Saunders: The Ingenue Years (DVD)
In this collection of skits from the BBC series, the comedic duo parodies James Bond, Hollywood musicals, and dance crazes.NR"
Director: Bob Spiers
