Pressure Point (DVD)
Prison psychiatrist Sidney Poitier knows what makes the mind tick but his new patient is a ticking time bomb, a racist Nazi fanatic. The doctor`s office becomes a battleground for a tumultuous clash of wills.NR"
Director: Hubert Cornfield
ACTORS: Sidney Poitier, Peter Falk, Carl Benton Reid, Mary Munday, Barry Gordon
Brute Force (DVD)
Joe Collins, an inmate of Westgate prison, schemes with a group of convicts to breakout. He`s intent on reaching his love, who does not know he`s in prison but will not have a lifesaving operation until he`s at her side. The escape plan goes awry when Capt. Munsey, the prison guard and Joe`s enemy, gets a tip-off and greets them in a machine-gun shoot out.NR"
Director: Jules Dassin
ACTORS: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo, Ann Blyth
Stella (DVD)
Bette Midler stars in the title role of Stella, a 1990`s update of two previous tearjerkers. Brassy barmaid Stella Claire charms the pants off blueblood Stephen Dallas, and eventually they have a child. Because of their different values and personalities, Stella and Stephen do not marry. She, however, decides to raise their daughter, Jenny, by herself. Although the feisty mother and Jenny have a warm, if sometimes tense, relationship, Stella realizes she must give away her girl to a wealthy man if Jenny is to enjoy all that life has to offer. This, however, would mean parting company with her lovely daughter.PG-13"
Director: John Erman
ACTORS: Bette Midler, John Goodman, Trini Alvarado, Stephen Collins, Marsha Mason
Black Picket Fence (DVD)
This documentary focuses on rapper Tiz as he attempts to escape from life in the projects. Living in Brooklyn, NY, Tiz struggles with family commitments, and a rap career that has fallen under the guidance of the legendary Kool G Rap, as well as his old friends who seem to keep sucking him back into his old way of life.NR"
The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (DVD)
A courtroom drama based on the true story of an American general who was court-martialled for accusing the military of criminal negligence and incompetance. The time was 1925 and, in the wake of World War I, General Billy Mitchell considered the Army and Navy`s failure to begin seriously building up the Air Force akin to treason. He said so publicly and, during the famous trial that followed, predicted a situation akin to the bombing of Pearl Harbor that would occur some two decades later.NR"
Director: Otto Preminger
ACTORS: Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery
