Boy`s Choir (DVD)
This coming of age film tells the story of fifteen year old Michio who is sent off to a boys orphanage following the untimely death of his father. Being a stutterer, Michio finds it very hard to fit in and get along with other students at the school. Yasuo, his only friend and star soprano in the choir, helps him overcome his fear and convinces him to join the group of singers. The two become closer as friends until Yasuo becomes jealous of Michio`s growing attraction to the girls of a neighboring school. Over the Summer break Michio and Yasuo spend most of their time protesting and performing revolutionary songs with anit-war groups in Tokyo. When they return for the next school year, one of them is horrified when he discovers his voice has drastically changed.NR"
Harvard Man (DVD)
This innovative drama from writer and director James Toback (BUGSY, BLACK AND WHITE) follows the travails of Alan Jensen (Adrian Grenier), a Harvard student determined to live life to the fullest and find the ultimate truth. He gets high regularly, and is sleeping with Holy Cross cheerleader Cindy Bandolini (Sarah Michelle Gellar), who also happens to be a mobster`s daughter. Simultaneously, Alan is carrying on an illicit affair with his philosophy professor, Chesney Cort (Joey Lauren Adams), a woman with a vast sexual appetite. When his parents lose their Kansas home in a tornado, Alan is desperate to help them financially. He turns to Cindy`s father for a loan and is soon entrenched in a high-stakes gambling scheme. But all is not as it seems and Alan soon finds himself in over his head with many aspects of his life: his drug use, the women in his life, and even the FBI.
Grenier is endearing as the truth-seeking Alan, and as a tough-talking Mafia princess, Gellar steps far away from her television persona as Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Eric Stoltz and Rebecca Gayheart lend their talents in supporting roles that add to the films twisting storyline.R"
Director: James Toback
ACTORS: Adrian Grenier, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Eric Stoltz, Rebecca Gayheart, Joey Lauren Adams
Saturday Night Live - Best of Molly Shannon (DVD)
During her years on Saturday Night Live, Molly Shannon introduced a series of strong, manic female characters, brought to life through her special gift for extremely physical comedy. This collection of skits and clips collects some of her best moments, including Catholic schoolgirl Mary Catherine Gallagher, 50 year-old Sally O`Malley, Monica Lewinsky, and more!NR"
ACTORS: Molly Shannon
Heart of Dixie (DVD)
A college southern belle and her sorority sisters are living life free from worry, except landing a man. But when she meets an intriguing young man who talks about the impending changes of the south, she knows her life is changing.PG"
Director: Martin Davidson
ACTORS: Ally Sheedy, Virginia Madsen, Phoebe Cates, Treat Williams, Don Michael Paul
Brian`s Song (DVD)
This remake of the classic 1971 made-for-TV tear jerker details the late-1960s interracial friendship between new Chicago Bears recruit Gale Sayers (Mekhi Phifer, in the Billy Dee Williams role) and valuable running back Brian Piccolo (Sean Maher, in the role originally played by James Caan). Competition between the men quickly dissipates and they form a close bond. Tragedy strikes, however, when Piccolo finds that he has cancer. The original BRIAN`S SONG was significant for being the first Movie of the Week ever produced for specifically for television.NR"
Director: John Gray
ACTORS: Mekhi Phifer, Sean Maher, Ben Gazzara, Elise Neal, Janessa Crimi
