Honey (VHS)
With a plethora of flashy cameos by artists Missy Elliot, Tweet, Ginuwine, Jadakiss, and Sheek, HONEY feels like an extended hip-hop video with an inspiring, socially conscious message about ambition and the bittersweet taste of success. New York City dancer-choreographer Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba, of TV`s DARK ANGEL) hopes her talent will soon be recognized, but for now she`s working three odd jobs: clerk in a record store, dance teacher at the local youth center, and bartender in a Manhattan dance club. Hot director of music videos Michael Ellis (David Moscow, JUST MARRIED, BIG) spots an amateur video of Honey cutting a rug after work, and gives her a shot at the big time when he asks her to choreograph videos for Ginuwine and Tweet. Just as the big checks start rolling in, Honey gets a nasty dose of reality when she rebuffs the director`s sexual advances and is blackballed by the industry. Honey throws herself back into her community work with a vengeance and helps two of her most talented students Benny (Lil` Romeo) and Raymond (Zachary Isaiah Williams) stay out of the hands of local drug dealers. HONEY is a 21st-century version of FLASHDANCE or FAME--an infinitely entertaining urban dance movie that gets viewers` feet tapping with high-energy choreography and strings of catchy, cutting-edge tunes.PG-13"
Director: Bille Woodruff
I Love Lucy - Season 1: Volume 3 (DVD)
This DVD release includes four episodes from the first season of the classic television comedy. In Men Are Messy, Lucy divides the living room in half so Ricky can be as sloppy as he wants...on his own side (Episode 8, aired 12/3/51). In The Fur Coat, Ricky brings home a fur coat that Lucy assumes is for her (Episode 9, aired 12/10/51). In Lucy is Jealous of Girl Singer, Lucy poses as a chorus girl to keep an eye on Ricky (aired 12/17/51). Finally, in Drafted, Lucy mistakenly thinks that Ricky is going into the army (aired 12/24/51).NR"
ACTORS: Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, William Frawley
Shallow Hal (DVD)
Directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly continue their string of hilarious oddball comedies with SHALLOW HAL. Hal (Jack Black of HIGH FIDELITY) is a regular guy who has no luck with women because he only wants to be with women who look like supermodels. Then self-help guru Tony Robbins hypnotizes Hal so that he can see a woman`s inner beauty. When Hal meets Rosemary (Gwyneth Paltrow), a Peace Corps volunteer who is smart and funny, he thinks his dreams have come true. Others, like Hal`s slimy friend Mauricio (Jason Alexander), see Rosie for what she is, a 300-pound woman, but Hal can only see the beauty on the inside, so to him she looks like Gwyneth Paltrow.
Black shines in his first starring role. His engagingly manic energy keeps the film in high gear. Paltrow skillfully plays Rosemary as an obese woman in a thin woman`s body. The Farrelly brothers` comedies work so well because they mix off-the-wall humor with characters the audience identifies with and cares about. SHALLOW HAL is outrageous and funny, occasionally exceeding the bounds of good taste, but it`s also a touching love story. Fans of Black`s band, Tenacious D, will be happy to see bandmate Kyle Gass in a small role.PG-13"
Director: Peter Farrelly|Bobby Farrelly
ACTORS: Jack Black, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jason Alexander, Zen Gesner, Susan Ward
Justice League - Star Crossed: The Movie (VHS)
Based on the resurrected Cartoon Network series, this feature film finds everyone`s favorite superheroes battling evil once again. Join Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and many more, as they use their supremely distinct powers to tackle another set of villains. STAR CROSSED: THE MOVIE focuses on Hawkgirl, who is forced to make a very valuable decision when a spaceship from her planet arrives on Earth planning to do some major damage.NR"
Classic Gangster Movies (VHS)
This triple feature boasts a great line up of shoot-em-up gangster films. Legendary names like Alan Ladd, Jack La Rue and Walter Matthau make this collection as intriguing as its title. MA BARKER`S KILLER BROOD (1960), GANGS INC. (1941), and GANGSTER STORY (1960) are all included.NR"
ACTORS: Lurene Tuttle, Alan Ladd, Joan Woodbury, Walter Matthau, Jack LaRue
