Sexual Predator (DVD)
Photographer J.C. Gale (Richard Grieco) is convicted of involuntary manslaughter after a young woman dies while engaging in kinkly sexual games with him. Sexy probation officer Beth Spineta (Angie Everhart) is assigned to Gale`s case and must monitor him accordingly. Gale however, doesn`t realize that Beth is the dead woman`s best friend, and she intends to make him pay--but Gale exhibits a strange power over her, and revenge will not come so easy for Beth.Unrated"
Director: Robert Angelo|Robert Spera
ACTORS: Richard Grieco, Angie Everhart
He Got Game (DVD) Widescreen Spike Lee turns his attention to the high-stakes world of basketball with this charged drama. Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington) is serving 15 years for playing a role in the death of his wife. His son, Jesus (Ray Allen)...
Spike Lee turns his attention to the high-stakes world of basketball with this charged drama. Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington) is serving 15 years for playing a role in the death of his wife. His son, Jesus (Ray Allen), is the best high school basketball player in the country. One week before Jesus must sign a letter of intent to the college of his choice, Jake is granted a temporary reprieve. The catch is that the state`s governor wants the prodigy to go to his alma mater and is willing to consider commuting Jake`s sentence if he can persuade Jesus to go there. When the time comes for Jesus to make a decision, both father and son are forced to confront their past and present actions--as a role reversal has taken place during Jake`s time in prison that sparks a heated confrontation on the basketball court. Lees unusual choice to use the music of Aaron Copland, an American classical composer, for the soundtrack and his concept of pairing it with the national sport of basketball is a contrast that is made even more striking by the other contributing artists, notably the insistent urban sound provided by Public Enemy.
R"
Director: Spike Lee
ACTORS: Denzel Washington, Ray Allen, Milla Jovovich, Bill Nunn, Jim Brown
Murder by Television (DVD)
Spies go after the inventor of a television device in order to obtain the plans. Bela Lugosi plays two roles in this vintage suspense thriller.NR"
Director: Clifford Sandforth
ACTORS: June Collyer, Huntley Gordon, Bela Lugosi
Lord of the Flies (DVD) Criterion Collection Director Peter Brook`s faithful adaptation of William Golding`s 1954 novel stars James Aubrey and Tom Chapin as antagonists Ralph and Jack, respectively. When a plane carrying 30-odd British schoolboys out of a war...
Director Peter Brook`s faithful adaptation of William Golding`s 1954 novel stars James Aubrey and Tom Chapin as antagonists Ralph and Jack, respectively. When a plane carrying 30-odd British schoolboys out of a war zone crashes on an island, all of the adults are killed. The boys organize for survival, naming Ralph as their chief, in charge of providing fire and shelter. Jack is designated to lead a group of boys to hunt the wild pigs that roam the island. Almost inevitably, as time passes, the two boys, representatives of civilization and savagery, begin a deadly struggle for dominance. The frequently invoked image of life as a war of all against all, in which civility is merely another weapon in the battle to gain one`s ends, is given a particularly disturbing twist because it is enacted by children. Brooks shot an enormous amount of footage, a documentary style ratio of 60:1, and used nonprofessional actors to achieve a raw, visceral realism. With a jauntily ironic score by Raymond Leppard, the film succeeds completely in suggesting the chilling malignity that lurks beneath a bland exterior.
NR"
Director: Peter Brook
ACTORS: James Aubrey, Tom Chapin, Hugh Edwards, Roger Elwin, Tom Gaman
The Hunter`s Moon (DVD)
Reynolds portrays a father of a young girl in backwoods 1930`s Appalachia.R"
Director: Richard C. Weinman
ACTORS: Burt Reynolds, Keith Carradine, Hayley DuMond
