Sharpe`s Honour (DVD)
Bean is Richard Sharpe, a maverick British office deep behind French lines in the battle against Napoleon`s conquests. When Sharpe becomes a pawn at the hands of Major Pierre Ducos, a French spy, he must cross enemy lines to find the one person who can clear his name. Meanwhile, the irresistible Marquesa Dorada (Krige), also a pawn of Major Ducos` plot, wins Sharpe`s heart, placing him in deeper danger.NR"
Director: Tom Clegg
ACTORS: Sean Bean, Daragh O`Malley, Hugh Fraser, Michael Byrne, Alice Krige
Murda Muzik (VHS)
Hip-hop artists Prodigy, Havoc, and Nas star in this urban drama about an aspiring rapper from a Queens housing project torn between success and the lure of the streets. Features music by 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, Mobb Deep, and more.NR"
Director: Lawrence Page
ACTORS: Prodigy, Havoc, Nas, Big Noyd, Infamous Mobb
CQ (DVD) Special Edition Directed by Roman Coppola (the son of Francis Ford Coppola) in his feature film debut, CQ follows Paul (Jeremy Davies), an aspiring American filmmaker living in Paris circa 1969 with his French girlfriend, Marlene (Ilod...
Directed by Roman Coppola (the son of Francis Ford Coppola) in his feature film debut, CQ follows Paul (Jeremy Davies), an aspiring American filmmaker living in Paris circa 1969 with his French girlfriend, Marlene (Ilodie Boulez). When Paul`s not in his flat making an angst-ridden home movie and treating Marlene with complete indifference, he`s working as a editor on a sci-fi film helmed by the volatile Andrezej (Girard Depardieu) and starring the beautiful Valentine (Angela Lindvall) as Dragonfly, a sexy secret agent. After a tense fight between Andrezej and the film`s producer (Giancarlo Giannini), Paul is promoted to director, leaving him with an unfinished film and a growing infatuation with Valentine.
A tribute to late-1960s guilty pleasures such as BARBARELLA and DANGER: DIABOLIK, CQ even goes so far as to include John Phillip Law (who starred in both films) in a minor role. Coppola`s film also places one foot in the film-about-film genre, with many references to French New Wave cinema that particularly pop up in Paul`s autobiographical movie. With it`s immaculate 1969 period design and eclectic supporting cast--including Jason Schwartzman, Dean Stockwell, and Billy Zane--CQ makes for a unique look at the strange world of making movies.
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Director: Roman Coppola
ACTORS: Jeremy Davies, Angela Lindvall, Elodie Bouchez, Girard Depardieu, Massimo Ghini
Excel Saga Vol. 2 (DVD)
Billed as the ultimate parody of anime, EXCEL SAGA certainly goes out of its way to parody every convention of the genre it can. From the cloying J-pop opening, it`s clear that this series` sole aim is to be a good-natured farce, one that revolves around a main character who, on the surface is not much different from any other anime heroine. However, the key difference between Excel and all those who preceded her is that Excel is completely and utterly insane and considers it her goal to to conquer the city of F. This gives the series a clear and ingenious jumping off point as it encounters Martian princesses, afro-wearing action heroes, mysterious governmental agencies, space butlers, deranged comic book authors, annoying roommates, and removable moustaches, among other things.NR"
The Monster Hunter (DVD)
THE MONSTER HUNTER, a fast-paced supernatural thriller, features a formidable cast including the renowned David Carradine, Darren E. Burrows (AMISTAD, CRY BABY), Bob Balaban (GOSFORD PARK, THE MEXICAN), and STEPHEN ROOT (WHITE OLEANDER, ICE AGE). When dual serial killers with a supernatural bent terrorize a small town, the FBI sends a special agent (David Carradine) who can deal with the demon influencing the killers.R"
ACTORS: David Carradine, Darren E. Burrows, Bob Balaban, Stephen Root
