Diamond Men (DVD)
Eddie (Robert Forster) is an aging traveling diamond salesman from the old school of salesmen who developed longstanding relationships with their clients and prided themselves in their knowledge of the trade. He is faced with a demotion when the new management of his company deems him too high a risk for carrying their expensive cache of diamonds. His last assignment is to train a rookie salesman, Bobby (Donnie Wahlberg), whose only job experience is in servicing vending machines and whose cocky sales tactics promise to alienate Eddie`s hard-won clientele. Needless to say, the relationship between the two men gets off to a less than amiable start. Eventually, though, the two find that each has something valuable to offer the other.
DIAMOND MEN represents an impressive contribution to Daniel Cohen`s early directing efforts. The film`s quirky plotline and sincere, understated character portrayals are a winning combination. The unlikely match of Wahlberg and Forster creates a wonderfully funny tension that eventually blossoms into endearing friendship.R"
Director: Daniel M. Cohen
P.D. James - A Taste for Death (DVD)
This miniseries is adapted from P.D. James`s popular novel of the same name and features Commander Adam Dalgliesh, the popular protagonist from many of James`s previous books. Here, Dalgliesh has just finished getting Scotland Yard`s Sensitive Crime Squad up and running when he is selected to investigate the mysterious and deadly world that lurks behind Government Minister Sir Paul Berowne`s respectable facade.NR"
Honeymooners Lost Episodes, The - Volume 21 (DVD)
Three episodes in the previously thought lost episodes of the sitcom THE HONEYMOONERS. Episodes included are Stars Over Flatbush, The Adoption, and Game Called on Account of Marriage. NR"
ACTORS: Jackie Gleason, Art Carney, Joyce Randolph, Audrey Meadows
On The Ropes (DVD)
An intimate, gripping documentary that follows three aspiring young boxers from the tough streets of Brooklyn (two boys and a girl) as they prepare for the 1997 Golden Gloves Tournament. Under the guidance of trainer Harry Keitt -- a philosophical, wizened ex-con who once served as a sparring partner to Muhammad Ali -- the three youths experience and learn lessons of life both inside and beyond the ring. Winner of the Special Jury Award at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival.NR"
Director: Nanette Burstein|Brett Morgen
Someone Like You (DVD)
After a series of ill-fated relationships, Jane (Ashley Judd) has finally met Mr. Right, Ray (Greg Kinnear)--he`s emotionally available, and not afraid of commitment. Six weeks into their blissful courtship, he asks her to move in with him, and they start looking at apartments. But little by little Ray starts to pull away, until Jane realizes that once again she`s been dumped. Jane`s womanizing coworker, Eddie, just happens to be looking for a roommate, and Jane reluctantly moves in. Desperate to understand what happened and get over Ray, Jane comes up with a theory of interpreting male-female relations by observing the behaviors of wild animals. She shares this idea with a friend who works at a men`s magazine (Marisa Tomei) and is given an anonymous editorial column devoted solely to her thoughts on the matter. But no one could have predicted the chord she`d strike among women with her theory, and the column`s wild success makes Jane start to question her conclusions--and opens her eyes to what might be right in front of her. Adapted from the novel ANIMAL HUSBANDRY by Laura Zigman, SOMEONE LIKE YOU is a bittersweet, funny romantic comedy, and handsome, charming Hugh Jackman shines as Jane`s serial-dating coworker.PG-13"
Director: Tony Goldwyn
