Hart`s War (DVD)
Director Gregory Hoblits debut feature was the tricky courtroom drama PRIMAL FEAR. With his fourth feature, HARTS WAR, Hoblit is back with another. This time the court is inside a WWII prisoner-of-war camp. The defendant is Lieutenant Lincoln Scott (Terrence Howard), a black officer accused of killing a racist sergeant (Cole Hauser). Scott lawyer is Lieutenant Tommy Hart (Colin Farrell), a second-year law student at Yale. A U.S. senators son, Hart was having a relatively easy war until he was captured, interrogated, and sent to Stalag VI. The camp commandant is the urbane, charming, and ruthless SS Major Visser (compellingly played by Rumanian actor Marcel Iures). The ranking American officer at the camp is Colonel William McNamara (Bruce Willis), and Hart is soon in conflict with him. When Scott is accused of murder, McNamara insists that the prisoners should hold a court martial, and he appoints Hart counsel for the defense. At the court martial, Hart finds his client is being railroaded, although he gets help from unexpected quarters. Intricately plotted by scriptwriters Billy Ray and Terry George, and filmed by Hoblit with his accustomed attention to detail, HARTS WAR is a devious and absorbing courtroom/POW drama.R"
Director: Gregory Hoblit
ACTORS: Bruce Willis, Colin Farrell, Terrence Howard, Vicellous Shannon, Jonathan Brandis
A Cry in the Wild (DVD)
After his plane crash-lands in a remote Canadian forest, a courageous young boy must fend for himself. He encounters bears, wolves and other woodland wildlife--and learns important life lessons--while trying to reach safety. Sequels: White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II and White Wolves II: Legend of the Wild. PG"
Director: Mark Griffiths
ACTORS: Jared Rushton, Ned Beatty, Pamela Sue Martin
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (DVD) 2-Disc Special Edition Van Dyke`s charming as a daydreaming inventor who fixes up an old jalopy and, with the vivid imaginations of his two children and a lady friend, it is transformed into a flying, floating wonder car that carries t...
Van Dyke`s charming as a daydreaming inventor who fixes up an old jalopy and, with the vivid imaginations of his two children and a lady friend, it is transformed into a flying, floating wonder car that carries them to a magical kingdom. Inspired by an Ian Fleming idea.
G"
Director: Ken Hughes
ACTORS: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Benny Hill, Robert Helpmann
Above the Rim (DVD) Widescreen and Full Frame Inner city basketball players give it everything they`ve got in a local tournament to get out of the `hood.`
Inner city basketball players give it everything they`ve got in a local tournament to get out of the `hood.`
R"
Director: Jeff Pollack
ACTORS: Duane Martin, Leon, Tupac Shakur, Marlon Wayans
New Best Friend (DVD)
Colby University, North Carolina. Three rich coeds--Hadley (Meredith Monroe), Sydney (Dominique Swain), and Julianne (Rachel True)--befriend scholarship student Alicia (Mia Kirshner), dress her up, and throw her into their world of drugs, sex, and alcohol. But, they get more than they bargained for--not only can Alicia swim in this pool, but she proves to be one of the sharks. She takes everything--pills, powder, alcohol--dances with their boyfriends, discovers Julianne is bulimic, slips into Hadley`s house and wears her clothes and jewelry, and joins the bisexual Sydney in bed. Then, as the college mystery NEW BEST FRIEND opens, Alicia is found in a bathroom, bruised and overdosed on drugs.
Black deputy sheriff Artie Bonner (Taye Diggs) investigates. The dean of the exclusive college pressures Artie--he wants the matter settled quickly and quietly. Artie interviews Hadley, Julianne, and Sydney, and is soon suspicious. Director Zoe Clarke-Williams and scriptwriter Victoria Strouse put the narrative of their twistingly plotted thriller together like a jigsaw, interweaving flashbacks provoked by Artie`s questions, with Hadley`s recollections of her souring relationship with Alicia, and Alicia`s memory flashes as she moves in and out of consciousness on life support in the hospital.R"
Director: Zoe Clarke-Williams
ACTORS: Mia Kirshner, Meredith Monroe, Taye Diggs, Dominique Swain, Scott Bairstow
