Secret Society (DVD)
An overweight young woman discovers her inner strength after she takes a job in a canning factory and joins a secret society of female Sumo wrestlers. Daisy (Charlotte Brittain) is self-conscious about her weight even though her husband Ken (Lee Ross) thinks she`s the most beautiful woman on earth. After he`s fired, Ken decides to make a living selling nude postcards of his voluptuous wife. Daisy, uncomfortable with his plans, gets work in a factory where she notices many of her coworkers share her chubby build. As Daisy gets used to life as a working stiff, Ken spends his time drinking and getting high with his best friend Billy (James Hooton), a UFO freak. One day, Daisy discovers her boss, Marlene (Annette Badland), is the leader of a secret society of female Sumo wrestlers from the factory. Daisy joins the society and spends hours after work strengthening her body for an important Sumo match with male Japanese Sumo wrestlers. Unfortunately, Ken, made stupid by drugs and alcohol, suspects Daisy has been corrupted by aliens, and needs to be rescued. Imogen Kimmel`s debut film is a quirky romantic comedy about how love and acceptance allow people to grow and change.NR"
Director: Imogen Kimmel
ACTORS: Charlotte Brittain, Lee Ross, Annette Badland, James Hooton, Lisa Riley
Runaway Jury (WS DVD)
Director Gary Fleder (THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD, KISS THE GIRLS) tackles best-selling novelist John Grisham's tale of jury manipulation in RUNAWAY JURY.
Director Gary Fleder (THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU'RE DEAD, KISS THE GIRLS) tackles best-selling novelist John Grisham's tale of jury manipulation in RUNAWAY JURY. Jury consultant Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman) can spin any jury in favor of his client. At least he always could before. But his latest job may turn out to be his most challenging. As an explosive civil case goes to trial in New Orleans, Fitch thinks he has arranged for the perfect jury and has the verdict sealed in favor of his client, a gun manufacturer. Soon, however, he starts receiving phone calls from the mysterious Marlee (Rachel Weisz), who claims that she can turn the jury any way she wants and--for a price--she'll spin it his way. Meanwhile, Marlee is making the same offer to the plaintiff's lawyer, Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman), a Southern gentleman who always plays by the rules. Marlee's insider is Juror #9, Nick Easter (John Cusack), who is working with her to influence his fellow jurors. Are these two just grifters in it for the money, or do they have another agenda? The audience is kept guessing until the very end.
PG-13"
Director: Gary Fleder
ACTORS: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davidson
Strange Bedfellows (DVD)
An American businessman on assignment in London meets and marries an Italian woman his first day in town. Discovering they don`t have anything in common other than in the bedroom he returns to the states. Seven years later he goes back to London to get a divorce, but in hopes of securing a promotion he courts her again--and this time they fall in love.NR"
Director: Melvin Frank
ACTORS: Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Gig Young, Edward Judd, Howard St. John
Broadway Theatre Archive - Enemies (DVD)
The Broadway Theatre Archive presents another program in its series of televised plays from the 60s to the 80s. Maxim Gorky`s reknown play examines how the 1917 Russian Revolution affected people of every age and class. Set on a palatial estate in the provinces, we see the effects of the sweeping changes among the various characters whose lives revolve around these tony surroundings.NR"
ACTORS: Frances Sternhagen, Peter Donat, Kate Reid
Shooters (DVD)
Ex-con Gilly and his hustling, drug addict friend J want to go straight, but crime is in their blood. Their moneymaking schemes include everything from trading drugs for guns and dealing with an Irish crime lord (Adrian Dunbar) and a psychotic supplier (Gerard Butler). But even if they can avoid the law, it will be nearly impossible for them to avoid the dangers that exist in their own criminal world. This uniquely British crime film features sharp dialogue and violent twists along the way.R"
Director: Dan Reed
ACTORS: Andrew Howard, Adrian Dunbar, Melanie Lynskey, Gerard Butler
