Miracle Dogs (DVD)
Young Charlie and his family have just moved to Cleveland, where his parents are working at the Cleveland Clinic. There, he meets Annie, a three-legged Springer Spaniel who seems to have positive effect on all she meets. Annie has just had puppies, which will be destroyed if they don`t find homes. Desperate to help his new friends, Charlie goes on a quest to find homes for the dogs. This family adventure is based on the best-selling children`s book ANNIE LOSES HER LEG BUT FINDS HER WAY by Sandra J. Philipson.NR"
Director: Craig Clyde
ACTORS: Kate Jackson, Stacy Keach, Rue McClanahan, Ted Shackelford, Daniel Roebuck
The Big Bounce (DVD)
Before Tom Clancy made the name Jack Ryan synonymous with Cold War heroics, Ryan O`Neal broke into the movies by portraying a decidedly different Jack Ryan in this lurid drama. O`Neal`s Ryan is picking cucumbers when he picks a fight with a Mexican immigrant coworker (Victor Paul). The brutal beating sends Ryan to look for work elsewhere and he lands in roadside motel. Trouble continues to follow the ex-con as both a secretary with a seedy reckless streak (Leigh Taylor-Young) and a troubled, sexy transient (Lee Grant) make plays for the handsome young Ryan. A revelation, this meandering work exudes attitude and boasts a highly unusual score by Mike Curb, who would later become Lieutenant Governor of California."
Director: Alex March
ACTORS: Ryan O`Neal, Leigh Taylor-Young, Lee Grant, Van Heflin, Noam Pitlik
Medabots Vol. 1: Transport Metabee! (DVD)
A tremendously popular children`s anime in both Japan and the United States, MEDABOTS follows Ikki, a ten year old boy whose sole wish is to represent his country in the World Robattle Tournament. Unfortunately, young Ikki doesn`t have a Medabot and can only dream of becoming an ace Medafighter. However, when Ikki finds a Rare Medal, the key to all Medabot`s souls, he is thrust into the world he has dreamed about. Now, Ikki must somehow obtain the money needed to build his own Medabot in order to fulfill his dream.NR"
The Doors (DVD)
Kilmer gives an excellent performance, including a frighteningly accurate imitation of Morrison's singing.
Oliver Stone might have considered his film a tribute to the enduring power of the Doors' music, but he seems to have also intended it as a cautionary tale on the perils of both celebrity and substance abuse. Starring Val Kilmer as Jim Morrison, the film focuses on the Lizard King from his days as a UCLA film student in the early '60s to his death in a Paris hotel in 1971. In the early days of the group's formation, Morrison is at his most benign; he's just a guy hanging out at the beach writing poetry. But as the Doors' fame begins to spread--with Morrison as the focus of attention--his drug consumption and erratic behavior increase exponentially. The rest of the band--Ray Manzarek (Kyle McLachalan), John Densmore (Kevin Dillon), and Robby Krieger (Frank Whaley)--begins to grow tired of his late arrivals, the increasing number of cancellations, and the drunken recording sessions requiring infinite retakes. But no one can help Morrison as he spirals downward into an inferno of drugs, alcohol, public obscenity, and depression. Kilmer gives an excellent performance, including a frighteningly accurate imitation of Morrison's singing. Stone's intimate familiarity with SoCal in the '60s also provides the film with a high degree of surface verisimilitude.
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Cardcaptors Vol. 6: The Best of Friends (DVD)
An extremely popular anime and manga in Japan, CARDCAPTORS follows the exploits of 10 year-old Sakura, who unleashes a host of spirits from a deck of Tarot cards enclosed in a magical book. The guardian of the cards, a winged teddy bear named Kero-chan, informs her that she must use the power of the two cards that she still has to become the retrieve the rest of the deck since she let them go free.
In these episodes, Sakura must Contend with The Watery and the Earth, two of the most powerful Clow Cards, as well as the the sad news that Mei Lin is returning to Hong Kong. This is the television version of CARDCAPTOR SAKURA, with a similar storyline, but made for younger viewers. Contains three episodes.NR"
