Just a Dream (DVD)
Danny Glover directs this Showtime original movie about a young boy`s coming of age during one memorable summer in the 1960s when a film crew visits his sleepy Nevada town. Twelve-year-old Henry Sturbuck (Jeremy Sumpter) is a shy and sheltered boy due to a strict upbringing at the hands of his doctor father (Robby Benson) and housewife mother (Ally Sheedy). But all that changes when Henry lands his first summer job at the local saloon, meeting and befriending people from all walks of life--most particularly, J.M. Hoagland (Carl Lumbly), an African American mechanic obsessed with movies and Marilyn Monroe. When Henry learns that Marilyn will be in town shooting a film called THE MISFITS, he attempts to arrange J.M.`s meeting with the starlet but instead triggers a series of events that result in tragedy and a loss of his childhood innocence.NR"
Director: Danny Glover
ACTORS: Carl Lumbly, Jeremy Sumpter, Robby Benson, Ally Sheedy, Rodney A. Grant
Latin Boys Go To Hell (DVD)
The story of a twenty-year-old Latino youth who spends his days lost inside daydreams of pop stars and Mexican telenovelas. When his suave cousin Angel arrives, he is immediately attracted to him. The ensuing encounters that occur threaten to ruin the relationships of Justin and his circle of friends. Pretty soon, Justin`s life feels like that of his favorite telenova star: confused and insane. For adults only.Unrated"
Director: Ella Troyano
ACTORS: Irwin Ossa, John Bryant Davila, Alexis Artiles, Mike Ruiz, Jenifer Lee Simard
Get Carter (DVD)
Jack Carter`s brother is dead. And Jack (Sylvester Stallone) wants to know why. A Las Vegas mob enforcer, he carefully packs his guns and sets off for Seattle by train. At the funeral, he discovers his brother was full of alcohol when he died in a car accident. But according to his niece, Doreen (Rachael Leigh Cook), his brother didn`t drink. Jack starts on a tortuous trail that leads, via gang boss Brumby (Michael Caine) and porno-loving thug Cyrus Paice (Mickey Rourke), to a Seattle computer billionaire named Jeremy Kinnear (Alan Cumming). Among those trying to get Carter is Con (John C. McGinley), another enforcer from Las Vegas.
GET CARTER is the second remake of the bleak and gritty 1971 British thriller of the same title. In the original, directed by Mike Hodges (CROUPIER), Michael Caine was Carter. The first remake was George Armitage`s 1972 film HIT MAN. Scriptwriter David McKenna and director Stephen T. Kay have shifted the location in GET CARTER 2000 to the Pacific Northwest. While they have made it less perverse than the original, this version is more upscale, and more jolting, with splintered jump cuts and pulsating music.R"
Director: Stephen Kay
ACTORS: Sylvester Stallone, Miranda Richardson, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael Caine, Mickey Rourke
The Majestic (DVD)
In THE MAJESTIC, Jim Carrey stretches his talents and proves that he can be a credible serious actor with his portrayal of Peter Appleton, a Hollywood B-movie screenwriter who is black listed during the McCarthy era. A car accident costs him his memory, and in the small coastal town where he ends up, he is mistaken for a local hero, presumed dead almost ten years ago in the war. Unable to recall anything of his past in the town, Appleton not only embraces his new identity, but becomes a pillar of the community, restoring hope that the residents lost along with many of their young men in World War II. In the process, he discovers new inspiration, new purpose, and a new life.
Director Frank Darabont, true to form, tells a leisurely tale of a man`s renewed faith in himself and in others. The film is an homage to old-fashioned values and proud-to-be-an-American patriotism, studded with rock-solid performances not just by Carrey, but by film veterans Martin Landau, Hal Holbrook, and Ron Rifkin, among others. Listen as well for cameo voice overs by Garry Marshall, Matt Damon, and Carl and Rob Reiner.PG"
Director: Frank Darabont
ACTORS: Jim Carrey, Laurie Holden, Martin Landau, Jeffrey DeMunn, Bruce Campbell
The Frightened City (DVD)
Featuring a pre-Bond Sean Connery as gruff Irish mob enforcer Paddy Damion, THE FRIGHTENED CITY earns its status as a notable example of British film noir. Set in London, the film makes a nod to American mob violence in one scene where Scotland Yard condemns the press for making analogies to Chicago gang uprisings. Czech actor Herbert Lom, perhaps best known for his role as Inspector Clouseau`s boss in THE PINK PANTHER, plays corrupt, villainous accountant Waldo Zhernikov. Zhernikov wants to consolidate each of London`s six crime organizations into one unstoppable syndicate. He recruits a relatively insignificant racketeer, Harry Foulcher (Alfred Marks) to run the reorganization, so that Zhernikov can remain the powerful, silent brains behind the operation. He also recruits Damion to enforce the new order. The plan at first goes well, with the various mob leaders appeased by the increased influx of money into their pockets. However, in response to Zhernikov`s spiraling power trip, Foulcher eventually breaks away, igniting an all-out mob gang war. To regain control, Zhernikov sends Damion to kill Foulcher. Damion, however, finds himself double-crossed and offered up to the police for the murder. On the run from both the police and the mob, Damion goes after Zhernikov and his cronies to set things straight.NR"
Director: John Lemont
ACTORS: Sean Connery, Herbert Lom, John Gregson, Alfred Marks, Yvonne Romain
