Final Justice (DVD)
A sleazy lawyer (Michael McKean, THIS IS SPINAL TAP) is able to get his client, who is guilty of murder, acquitted by using corrupt tactics. The murder victim`s sister (Annette O`Toole) is sure of the defendant`s guilt and exacts revenge by kidnapping the murderer`s lawyer and forcing him to confess his dishonorable ways. Things turn around her, though, when she finds herself on trial for kidnapping.NR"
Director: Tommy Lee Wallace
ACTORS: Annette O`Toole, Michael McKean, Tobias Andersen, Brian Wimmer, Karen Trumbo
Cyber Formula GPX Complete Collection (DVD)
CYBER FORMULA GPX COMPLETE COLLECTION presents all the episodes of the thrilling anime auto-racing series. Advanced technology has significantly increased the difficulty of car racing, and Kazami Hayato must prove to his team that he can make it in this fast-paced world.NR"
Director: Shoji Kawamori
Le Magnifique (DVD)
A hack novelist finds his wildest dreams coming true when a lovely woman falls in love with one of his fictional characters. This wild spy comedy stars famous French thespian Jean-Paul Belmondo, best known for his starmaking performance in Godard`s BREATHLESS.NR"
Director: Phillippe De Broca
ACTORS: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jacqueline Bisset
Black Sister`s Revenge (DVD)
Her man may have beaten her up, but this dishy black sister still wants him back. The problem? How to get the green to spring him from the Big House. The solution? Rob a bank, of course!R"
Director: Jamaa Fanaka
ACTORS: Jerri Hayes, Charles D. Brooks, Ernest Williams
In the Bedroom (DVD)
Todd Field`s IN THE BEDROOM is an artistic and realistic portrait of domestic trouble in small-town America. Sissy Spacek and Tom Wilkinson star as Ruth and Matt Fowler, the parents of a recent high school graduate, Frank (Nick Stahl), who has an affair with a married woman, Natalie (Marisa Tomei). A tragic event near the beginning of the film seems to stunt its action and dialogue, allowing the film to change into a largely visual piece based on memories, feelings, and silent communication; while the film`s slow-moving camera, soft sunny lighting, and cautious pacing give it a resonating intensity.
Set in coastal Maine, the Fowlers are a well-liked family with simple, straightforward values. Dr. Fowler has his own small medical practice. Mrs. Fowler directs the chorus at the high school. Frank is a good kid who is working on the fishing docks for the summer, waiting for college in the fall. Frank falls into a summer romance with Natalie, an older woman with two young sons and a creepy, lurking husband (William Mapother) from whom she is separated. The relationship is worrisome to Mr. and Mrs. Fowler, but they want to be supportive of their son so they gently nudge him to think about the bigger picture, without being overbearing. But when the unthinkable happens, Mr. and Mrs. Fowler come face to face with their worst nightmare. Quietly, calmly, and with the most logic they can muster, they begin a dark and dangerous psychological journey. The result, reinforced by stunning performances from Wilkinson and Spacek, is a pensive, penetrating, and utterly believable story.R"
Director: Todd Field
ACTORS: Sissy Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Marisa Tomei, Nick Stahl, William R. Mapother
