Blue Car (DVD)
Agnes Bruckner delivers an impressive, assured performance with BLUE CAR, an affecting coming-of-age drama from Karen Moncrieff. Bruckner is Meg, a beautiful teenager who is desperate to find inspiration and guidance in her otherwise tumultuous life. At an early age, her father left her family behind. Now, there is only her edgy mother, Diane (Margaret Colin), and her increasingly aloof younger sister, Lily (Regan Arnold). Salvation appears to arrive in the presence of Mr. Auster (David Strathairn), Meg`s reserved English teacher who takes an interest in Meg`s poetry. It isn`t long before both Meg and Mr. Auster begin to take an interest in each other, and as an approaching national poetry competition brings the two closer together, deeper feelings emerge. But Meg eventually learns a painful secret about Mr. Auster, which shatters her impressions of the man, and threatens to push her over the edge forever.
Moncrieff, a former television actress turned writer-director, turns her potentially formulaic material into ultimately moving entertainment. This can be attributed to the performances of her lead actors. As the conflicted Meg, Bruckner is a perfect blend of budding sexuality and adolescent bitterness. As her damaged teacher, Strathairn is at turns deeply comforting and crushingly evil.R"
Director: Karen Moncrieff
ACTORS: David Strathairn, Agnes Bruckner, Margaret Colin, Frances Fisher, Regan Arnold
They Drive by Night (DVD)
A superb drama dealing with the heroic efforts of two brothers who maintain a free-lance truck driving business against a brace of angry mob bosses. Once these crooked businessmen find out independent operators are invading their turf, they plan to overthrow their business--by literally running them off the road.NR"
Director: Raoul Walsh
ACTORS: George Raft, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Gale Page
Don`t Say A Word/Unfaithful 2-Pack (DVD) 2 Pack, Widescreen; Side-by-Side Action-thriller double pack starring Michael Douglas (DON`T SAY A WORD) and Richard Gere (UNFAITHFUL). See individual titles for synopses.
Action-thriller double pack starring Michael Douglas (DON`T SAY A WORD) and Richard Gere (UNFAITHFUL). See individual titles for synopses.
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Director: Gary Fleder|Adrian Lyne
ACTORS: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Michael Douglas, Olivier Martinez, Erik Per Sullivan
The Next Step (DVD)
An aging dancer finishes one Broadway musical and anticipates the next. His girlfriend Amy pressures him to retire, leave New York City and get married, while a seductive chorus girl wants him to move in with her. As another man enters Amy`s life, he gets increasingly desperate about scoring one last Broadway hit, driving him into a spiraling whirlwind of desire, romance, and heartbreak.NR"
Director: Christian Faber
ACTORS: Rick Negron, Kristin Moreau, Denise Faye, Taylor Nichols
Kim (DVD)
Rudyard Kipling`s 1901 tale of the horse trader and secret agent who introduces young Kim to the dangerous ways of espionage in 19th-century India.NR"
Director: Victor Saville
ACTORS: Errol Flynn, Dean Stockwell, Paul Lukas, Thomas Gomez, Cecil Kellaway
