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
Dead Target (DVD)
It`s a race to find a rare Chinese treasure, that leads through many of China`s scenic and cultural wonders. From villains and jewel smugglers to a sightseeing grandfather and daughter, they are all after the map and the treasure.NR"
Drop Squad (DVD) Widescreen When a secret para-military organization of African Americans decides an African American ad executive is selling out his race, it abducts him for deprogramming.
When a secret para-military organization of African Americans decides an African American ad executive is selling out his race, it abducts him for deprogramming.
R"
Director: David Johnson
ACTORS: Eriq La Salle, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Ving Rhames, Vanessa L. Williams, Spike Lee
Mrs. Soffel (DVD)
A woman who distributes Bibles to prison inmates has an affair with one of them, and later helps him to escape. Set in Pittsburgh during the turn of the century.PG-13"
Director: Gillian Armstrong
ACTORS: Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson, Edward Herrmann, Matthew Modine
Rocket Gibraltar (DVD)
In director Daniel Petrie`s ROCKET GIBRALTAR, the affluent and somewhat eccentric Rockwell clan gets together in honor of Levi (Burt Lancaster), the family`s patriarch, on his 77th birthday. Reunited on the shores of Levi`s idyllic Saggaponack home, his children and their large brood of grandchildren prepare themselves for a festive celebration. While Levi spends his time leisurely reminiscing about family traditions, his adult children pursue various obsessions such as sex, baseball, and movie production. Costars include Kevin Spacey (in an early screen appearance), Bill Pullman, John Glover, Patricia Clarkson, Suzy Amis, Siniad Cusack, and Frances Conroy as Levi`s various children and their spouses, a wild crew of neurotic and self-obsessed yuppies eager to please the sentimental Rockwell patriarch. As the large family spends the weekend together, they revel in past joys and memories of their youth and prepare for the big event while engaging in ever-present sibling rivalry and marital squabbles. But as a surprise, Levi`s grandchildren (including a very young Macaulay Culkin in his film debut) have come up with a rather moving and unorthodox present to honor Levi`s most cherished wish in a touching and insightful finale to this quiet family drama that relishes the youthful exuberance and imaginative creativity of childhood.PG"
Director: Daniel Petrie
ACTORS: Burt Lancaster, Suzy Amis, John Glover, Bill Pullman, Kevin Spacey
