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Continental Divide (DVD)
City meets country in this romantic comedy about a tough Chicago newspaperman who falls in love with an ornithologist. Ernie Souchak is a guy who thinks communing with nature means sitting on a bench in the city park. Nell Porter is a woman who has spent most of her life alone in the mountains studying birds. The two meet when a reluctant Souchak is sent to the Rocky Mountains to do a story on the reclusive bird lover. Their mutual attraction overcomes their differences as the mismatched couple begins pursuing a highly irregular relationship.PG"
Director: Michael Apted
ACTORS: John Belushi, Blair Brown, Carlin Glynn, Allen Garfield, Val Avery
Chance Pop: Session 1 (DVD)
At a concert given by a renowned young product of an illustrious music school, three young girls meet and share their passion for music and their idol. Determined to become stars as well, the girls enroll in their idol`s university and are brought together when each are put in a special class for those who are especially talented. Now determined more than ever to join together to achieve success, the girls face the rigors of school and the social life that comes with it hoping they can stay together long enough to propel each other into superstardom.NR"
Moonlight Mile (DVD)
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, and Susan Sarandon, MOONLIGHT MILE is a romantic drama set in 1966. Joe (Gyllenhaal) is grieving over the death of his fiancee, Diana, and is living with her parents, Ben (Hoffman) and JoJo (Sarandon). Though Joe just wants to do what`s right, he openly admits that he has no plan, no answers, and needs time to sort things out. Meanwhile, Ben and JoJo cling to him as their only hope after losing their daughter, and the rest of the world expects him to bounce back into dating without a moment`s pause. Joe`s awkwardness and unquenchable efforts to be helpful provide for some touching and softly comedic moments. The New England setting of the film, the `60s cars and clothes, and the excellent soundtrack (Sly & The Family Stone, T-Rex, Bob Dylan) provide enough atmosphere to move this emotional story right along. But it isn`t until Joe meets another woman (Ellen Pompeo), who also lost someone she loved, that he regains hope and begins to be true to himself and to the people around him.PG"
Director: Brad Silberling
ACTORS: Jake Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon, Holly Hunter, Ellen Pompeo
Destination Unknown (DVD)
Rico (Yancey Arias) is a struggling Latino actor living in Queens trying to find roles where few exist for Hispanics. His Queens neighbors Pepe and Marisol face similar difficulties. Pepe (Marcos Antonio Miranda), trying to become a chauffeur, drives a cab and occasionally goes on a run for neighborhood underworld figures. Marisol (Lisa Vidal) is an unwed mother trying to make ends meet. The fully drawn characters of DESTINATION UNKNOWN flirt with success only to meet undesirable fates in this powerful portrait of urban America.NR"
Director: Nestor Miranda
ACTORS: Lisa Vidal, Yancey Arias, Marcos Miranda
The Puppetmaster (DVD)
The second installment of Hou Hsiao-Hsien`s historical trilogy (which also includes A CITY OF SADNESS and GOOD MEN, GOOD WOMEN), THE PUPPETMASTER is based on the life of famed Chinese puppet master Li Tien-Lu. Spanning the years 1909 to 1945 and covering major historical events in China`s occupation by the Japanese, the film is epic in scope, yet highly personal in focus. Influenced by Chinese painting and the aesthetic concept of liu-pai (the idea that what is visible within the frame can open the mind to the world that extends beyond its parameters), the PUPPETMASTER is visually stunning. Hou`s use of deep-focus composition, long fixed shots, and lack of close-ups create an onscreen tableau evocative of a puppet stage. It is on this stage that Chinese history unfolds, interwoven with the simple narrative of Li`s life, which is performed by various actors and isrelated anecdotally by Li himself, who appears onscreen as a humorous and engaging raconteur. For Hou fans, Li is a familiar presence, having acted in several of the director`s previous films. Through this quietly complex film, Hou offers a slow meditation on the relationship between man, his art, and the world around him.NR"
Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
ACTORS: Tien-Lu Li, Giong Lim, Kuizhong Chen, Liu Hong, Minghua Bai
