Swimming (DVD)
SWIMMING is a summer coming of age story about a young working class girl living in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Starring Lauren Ambrose (SIX FEET UNDER) as Frankie, the film shows how, with her two best friends, Nicola (Jennifer Dundas Lowe) and Josee (Joelle Carter), Frankie (Ambrose) holds down a summer job, flirts with boys, and tries to figure out her future.NR"
Director: Robert J. Siegel
ACTORS: Lauren Ambrose, Jennifer Dundas Lowe, Joelle Carter, Jamie Harrold, James Villemaire
If I See You In My Dreams (DVD)
Misou is a young man who has never had much luck with the ladies. Throughout high school and college he never managed to meet anyone he hit it off with. Now, somewhat belatedly, he has become smitten with a beautiful young woman named Nagisa. Desperate to win her heart, Misou finds that this isn`t going to be easy because he not only has competition in the form of the suave and handsome Kaizuka and the unattractive Kujira, but also manages to put himself in rather embarassing spots with other women whenever Nagisa is present.NR"
Ghosts of Mississippi (DVD)
Fueled by James Woodss chilling portrayal of Klansman Byron De La Beckwith, the cold-blooded, unrepentant killer of Medgar Evers, GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI offers a compelling account based on the true story of the attempt to see justice served in spite of time, corruption, and a defiant community. During the 1960s, Myrlie Evers (stirringly portrayed by Whoopi Goldberg) witnessed her husband slain in her own driveway in front of her three young children. For 30 years, Mrs. Evers petitioned the courts to reopen his case, tried twice to questionable mistrial, with her pleas eternally falling on deaf ears. Bobby DeLaughter (Alec Baldwin), while certainly an ambitious attorney, is not the most likely candidate to take on the largely forgotten case of the shooting murder of Evers, a prominent civil rights worker. The son-in-law of a well-known (and well-known to be racist) judge, DeLaughter`s civil rights history is negligible; however, as a father, the case strikes his sense of fairness, justice, and family, and he takes it. From there lies an uphill battle, as many in Mississippi, even at the end of the 20th century, still hold to the traditions of segregation and resentment of those who would change them. Despite these odds, Rob Reiner`s film tells the moving story of one unlikely triumph over the horrors of the past.PG-13"
Director: Rob Reiner
ACTORS: Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, William H. Macy
White Man`s Burden (DVD)
In this acclaimed story of role reversal, John Travolta plays a blue collar man from the white minority who fights against the odds and the system when he loses his job, taking on the owner of his company in court. His bravery may cost him dearly.R"
Director: Desmond Nakano
ACTORS: John Travolta, Harry Belafonte, Kelly Lynch, Tom Bower, Margaret Avery
Santa and the Three Bears (DVD)
Usually the bears miss Christmas because of their need to hibernate, but this year the cubs woke up early, and now it`s time for their very first Christmas!NR"
