Second To Die (DVD)
This thriller stars Erika Eleniak as Sara Morgan, a woman who believes the murder of her husband (John Wesley Shipp) would be the answer to all her problems--but she soon realizes that one murder isn`t enough.R"
ACTORS: Erika Eleniak-Goglia, John Wesley Shipp, Paul Winfield, Colleen Camp, Margaret Avery
Diabolique (DVD)
In this remake of the French classic, the wife of an abusive school headmaster joins forces with his mistress to do away with him. However, something goes wrong, and the two begin to get the feeling that their victim may not really be dead. When a private investigator becomes involved, the thread begins to unravel.R"
Director: Jeremiah Chechik
Two Friends (DVD)
Originally produced for Australian television, TWO FRIENDS is the tale of Louise (Emma Coles) and Kelly (Kris Bedenko), best friends who drift apart when one of them is denied access to an exclusive all-girls college by her self-righteous stepfather (Peter Hehir). While Louise becomes educated but withdrawn, Kelly drifts into the punk scene and drugs, growing ever more estranged from her once closest pal. Told in an interesting reverse-timeline format, the film begins with Louise`s parents attending the funeral of a girl friend of Kelly`s, prompting worry on her behalf, and ends with the girls arm in arm at a particularly key moment in their blossoming friendship. This innovative technique is well used by Campion, packing an extraordinary emotional wallop. Low-key, realistic performances from the girls and the rest of the cast give the film a feeling of such intimacy that it at times seems like a documentary. It saw limited release as a theatrical feature in the U.S. after the success of Campion`s breakthrough film, THE PIANO, and features inklings of that film`s style with occasional inspired splashes of surrealism and dreamy narrative structure.NR"
Director: Jane Campion
ACTORS: Kris Bidenko, Emma Coles, Peter Hehir, Stephen Leeder, Kris McQuade
Dead Zone (DVD)
Adapted from a Stephen King novel, it stars Mr. Walken as Johnny, a man who has been in a coma for five years and wakes up to realize that he can tell a person's fate just by touching them.
This, Mr. Cronenberg's first foray into mainstream filmmaking, is also one of his most satisfying pictures. Adapted from a Stephen King novel, it stars Mr. Walken as Johnny, a man who has been in a coma for five years and wakes up to realize that he can tell a person's fate just by touching them. Realizing that he can change the future as well, Johnny soon gets intervenes in a number of would-be tragedies. Consequently, he soon becomes famous for his gift, but he longs for his former life, when he still had his job, his fiancee, and a normal life. However, when he shakes hands with a future president of the US (Sheen, in a wonderfully hammy performance) who could end up being the biggest mass murderer since Hitler, Johnny wrestles with what seems to be his destiny. Mr. Walken's bravura performance forms the soul of this excellent and touching thriller.
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Drama Triple Feature - Volume 2 (DVD)
A collection of early dramatic films from yesteryear are combined in this program. The triple feature stars Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. in THE IRON MASK (1929) and in the swashbuckling classic, THE BLACK PIRATE (1926). Also included is THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1934) starring Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon. See individual titles for descriptions.NR"
ACTORS: Douglas Fairbanks, Leslie Howard, Merle Oberon
