Cinderella (DVD)
The fairy tale of yore gets a sparkling 1990s-style musical updating, with Brandy (TV`s MOESHA) in the title role, pop diva Whitney Houston as the Fairy Godmother, and a wickedly acid Noel Peters as the sadistic stepmother. Features the music of Rodgers & Hammerstein. Made for TV`s The Wonderful World of Disney. NR"
Director: Robert Iscove
ACTORS: Brandy Norwood, Whitney Houston, Jason Alexander, Victor Garber, Whoopi Goldberg
Brooklyn Babylon (DVD) Sensormatic Security Tag BROOKLYN BABYLON is a story of love`s ability to cross social boundaries. A young upcoming rapper, Sol (played by Tariq Black Thought Trotter, lead singer of rap group The Roots) falls for Sara, (Karen Goberm...
BROOKLYN BABYLON is a story of love`s ability to cross social boundaries. A young upcoming rapper, Sol (played by Tariq Black Thought Trotter, lead singer of rap group The Roots) falls for Sara, (Karen Goberman) a young attractive Jewish woman. The effects of their love echo across the boundaries that both of their faiths and communities have in place against mixed romances.
R"
Director: Marc Levin
As Kings Go Forth (DVD)
Frank Sinatra stars as Lieutenant Sam Loggins, an American G.I. stationed in a small war torn French village in AS KINGS GO FORTH. Abroad and lonely, he falls in love with a mixed-race American woman, Monique (Natalie Wood). Monique in turn has set her sights on Britt (Tony Curtis), a rich playboy who`s a new member of Sam`s platoon. When Sam learns that Britt has told Monique he could never marry her because she isn`t white, he resolves to kill Britt. But an upcoming mission vital to the Allies` victory over the Nazis makes both men reconsider their feud.
Set in France in 1944, AS KINGS GO FORTH is a riveting film. Director Daves renders an exotic backdrop of villas and meadows as the two battle-hardened GI`s court Monique, evoking a teenage sense of lust and angst. Most delectable however are the hunky leads. Cleverly juxtaposed, Sinatra and Curtis are utterly convincing as enemies. One cannot help but root for Sinatra`s character Sam.NR"
Director: Delmer Daves
ACTORS: Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Leora Dana, Karl Swenson
The Night Visitor (DVD)
Gothic thriller set in Scandinavia about a man imprisoned for a murder he did not commit. Placed in an escape-proof asylum this madman or genius devises brilliant means to visit vengeance upon his tormentors.PG"
Director: Laslo Benedek
ACTORS: Max Von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Trevor Howard, Per Oscarsson
Chinese Box (DVD) Signature Series Unrated Director`s Cut - 2-DVD Set Hong Kong-born American director Wayne Wang returned to the city in 1990 to make the gritty street-level thriller LIFE IS CHEAP...BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE. In 1997, with the city...
Hong Kong-born American director Wayne Wang returned to the city in 1990 to make the gritty street-level thriller LIFE IS CHEAP...BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE. In 1997, with the city on the verge of the British handing the colony back to the Chinese, he returned for a different look. In CHINESE BOX, Jeremy Irons plays John, an English journalist moving among the Chinese business elite and British officials at expensive nightclubs. However, the politics of transition are seen through the prism of his personal relationships. He is in love with Vivian (Gong Li), a woman he meets in Beijing whos now working at a club owned by Chang (Michael Hui), the man she wants to marry. But Chang wants to become respectable and wont marry her because of her checkered past. After a personal crisis, John goes out with a camcorder to capture images of the last days of British rule. He becomes fascinated by Jean, a mysterious woman who hides half her face behind a scarf as she darts through the streets aggressively selling strange items. Played with a manic verve by martial arts star Maggie Cheung, Jean comes to represent everything that is strange and enigmatic about Hong Kong. Taken from a story by Paul Theroux and written by Jean-Claude Carrihre, a frequent collaborator with Luis Buquel, CHINESE BOX is a thoughtful, realistic blend of individual lives set against a large historical backdrop.
Unrated"
Director: Wayne Wang
ACTORS: Jeremy Irons, Gong Li, Maggie Cheung, Michael Hui, Ruben Blades
