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
The Blood Oranges (DVD)
This sultry drama by the director of ANGELS AND INSECTS takes place in the early 1970s in a small Mediterranean town, where Cyril and Fiona, an American couple, are residing in a rented villa. Both are proponents of free love, and when they make the acquaintance of Hugh and Catherine, a photographer and his wife vacationing in the area, they don`t hesitate to incorporate the newcomers into their sexual routine. This arrangement soon backfires, however, forcing the two couples to realize that there is a price to be paid for sexual recklessness.R"
Director: Philip Haas
ACTORS: Charles Dance, Sheryl Lee, Laila Robins, Rachael Bella
Lucky Town (DVD)
Two kids from Nebraska, Lidda (Kirsten Dunst) and Colonel (Vincent Kartheiser), set out on a road trip to Las Vegas with individual aspirations. Lidda wants to locate her father Charlie Doyles (James Caan) whom has left home to further pursue his calling as a professional poker player, and Colonel dreams of becoming a big time Vegas gambler of his own. Along the way, the couple falls in love, but their relationship as well as their lives are threatened when Colonel gets mixed-up with a local gangster named Tony, (Robert Miano) who just happens to be Charlie`s poker playing archenemy. When push comes to shove, Lidda and Colonel are forced gamble with the highest stakes of all... their lives.R"
Director: Paul Nicholas
ACTORS: Kirsten Dunst, Vincent Kartheiser, James Caan, Luis Guzman, Jennifer Gareis
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (DVD)
An extraterrestrial anthropologist (David Hyde Pierce) examines the dating and mating rituals of a typical human in this romantic comedy. From the pick-up, to the first date, to meeting the parents, the scientist tries to make sense of the hoops that a young couple (Mackenzie Astin and Carmen Electra) jump through in order to be together. Lucy Liu co-stars.R"
Director: Jeff Abugov
ACTORS: Carmen Electra, Mackenzie Astin, David Hyde Pierce, Lucy Liu
Awake and Sing! (DVD)
The great stage and screen actor Walter Matthau stars in the television adaptation of Clifford Odets` acclaimed Broadway play AWAKE AND SING! Set in the Bronx, it is the dramatic story of a Jewish family, the Bergers, living in a tenement building during the Great Depression. Matthau plays a legless World War I veteran dealing with penury and emotional pain.NR"
ACTORS: Walter Matthau, Ruth Storey, Felicia Farr, Leo Fuchs
