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Fast Food, Fast Women (DVD)
Writer-director Amos Kollek (SUE) tackles the neurotic, fragile, fast-paced world of New York City in FAST FOOD, FAST WOMEN, a bittersweet comedy that shows just how difficult it is to find love in modern times. The revolving story focuses on Bella (Anna Thomson), a waitress who is on the verge of her thirty-fifth birthday and trapped in a winless affair with a popular Broadway producer. Her mother sets her up with Bruno (Jamie Harris), an unpublished writer who is forced to drive a cab in order to support his newly inherited two children. Also thrown into the mix are Paul (Robert Modica), a sensitive middle-aged man who finds himself falling in love with the simple, kind Emily (Louise Lasser), and Seymour (Victor Argo), Paul`s friend who has become infatuated with Wanda (Valerie Geffner), a beautiful, educated exotic dancer. In trying to outthink their situations and make sure everything proceeds smoothly this time around, the characters react against their better judgments, shooting themselves in the foot in the process, which threatens to ruin the fairytale ending that everyone so desperately wants. Kollek`s film is an entertaining, though at times excruciatingly painful, viewing experience, due to the honest but misguided actions of its characters.R"
Director: Amos Kollek
ACTORS: Anna Thompson, Jamie Harris, Victor Argo, Louise Lasser, Robert Modica
Cradle Will Rock (DVD)
While the rich are funding Mussolinis war efforts by purchasing ill-gotten masterpieces from fascist Margherita Sarfatti (Susan Sarandon), the poor, like Olive Stanton (Emily Watson), are singing on the street for a nickel. In an unlikely partnership, Nelson Rockefeller (John Cusack) commissions anti-capitalism artist Diego Rivera (Ruben Blades) to paint a mural. Meanwhile, Mark Blitzstein (Hank Azaria) is inspired to write a pro-union musical that is closed before it opens when Congress begins to investigate the Federal Theater Project. Based on actual events in the 1930s, writer-director Tim Robbins boldly tackles politics, the arts, and a cultural revolution.R"
Director: Tim Robbins
ACTORS: Hank Azaria, Ruben Blades, Susan Sarandon, John Cusack, Angus MacFadyen
Fearless (DVD)
A middleaged architect with conventional views finds his perspective on life dramatically shifted when he is one of few survivors of a disastrous plane crash. Based on the novel by Rafael Yglesias. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actress--Rosie Perez.R"
Director: Peter Weir
ACTORS: Jeff Bridges, Isabella Rossellini, Rosie Perez, Tom Hulce, John Turturro
Evelyn (DVD) Widescreen Pierce Brosnan stars as Desmond Doyle, an Irishman whose troubles mount after his philandering wife runs away with another man. As a single, unemployed father with a penchant for Dublin`s pubs, Doyle is deemed an unfit paren...
Pierce Brosnan stars as Desmond Doyle, an Irishman whose troubles mount after his philandering wife runs away with another man. As a single, unemployed father with a penchant for Dublin`s pubs, Doyle is deemed an unfit parent, and his daughter and two younger sons are placed in orphanages. Despite his problems, Doyle is an utterly devoted dad and decides to fight for custody of his children and his right to raise them alone. Doyle`s crack pro bono legal team--played by Stephen Rea, Aidan Quinn, and Alan Bates--takes his case all the way to the Irish Supreme Court in 1953, challenging the church and courts. Typically dapper Brosnan is exceedingly likable as down-on-his-luck Doyle, a common man who becomes a real-life hero, in this period piece. Sophie Vavasseur is a scene-stealer as Evelyn, Doyle`s oldest child and the film`s namesake, and Julianna Margulies adopts a believable accent as the barmaid who inspires Doyle to clean up his act if he wants his family back. Based on the true story of a court decision that changed the lives of many Irish families, EVELYN is directed by Bruce Beresford (TENDER MERCIES, DRIVING MISS DAISY).
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Director: Bruce Beresford
ACTORS: Pierce Brosnan, Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies, Stephen Rea, John Lynch
Inside John Lennon (DVD)
This unauthorized look at John Lennon`s life and career is a fascinating artefact on the former Beatle. Interviews with those closest to Lennon are featured, including family members, and footage of the man himself. In-depth and revealing, INSIDE JOHN LENNON provides a welter of detail on the now sadly deceased rock legend.NR"
