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Tom Green: Subway Monkey Hour (DVD)
Originally a prime time MTV special, this episode of Tom Green`s no-holds-barred show sees the Canadian comedian going to Japan and wreaking havoc on that reserved country`s streets. Tom sexually harasses mechanical Santas, buys used underwear, locks a snow monkey in his van, and more! Never has any country wanted so much to see a visitor leave.NR"
ACTORS: Tom Green
Grind (DVD) Pan & Scan If the world needs even more proof that skateboarding is a mainstream institution as opposed to an underground phenomenon, GRIND does the trick. Casey La Scala`s lighthearted adventure introduces three friends who have just ...
If the world needs even more proof that skateboarding is a mainstream institution as opposed to an underground phenomenon, GRIND does the trick. Casey La Scala`s lighthearted adventure introduces three friends who have just graduated from high school. Eric (Mike Vogel) is determined to make it as a professional skater. He convinces the college-bound Dustin (Adam Brody) and wisecracking Matt (Vince Vieluf) to join him on the road for a summer of contests, with the hopes of getting sponsored by superstar Jimmy Wilson (Jason London). Once they manage to recruit the smooth-talking Sweet Lou (Joey Kern) and his trusty van, the foursome hits the road. Things don`t go as planned, however, to the point where Eric considers giving up. But that`s when Jamie (Jennifer Morrison) enters the picture. Sweet, pretty, and a radical skater herself, Jamie gives Eric the opportunity to strut his stuff at one of the summer`s most heated competitions. Never taking itself too seriously, GRIND is a pleasant ensemble comedy that features inspired performances from its up and coming cast. It is also filled with enough cameos to keep film fanatics on their toes (Randy Quaid, Tom Green, Bobcat Goldthwait).
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Director: Casey La Scala
ACTORS: Mike Vogel, Vince Vieluf, Adam Brody, Joey Kern, Jennifer Morrison
La Escondida (DVD)
This classic from Mexican director Roberto Gavaldsn is a harrowing drama about the Mexican Revolution. Based on the novel by Miguel N. Lira, LA ESCONDIDA is an unflinching look at the scope and consequences of that monumental conflict.NR"
Director: Roberto Gavaldon
ACTORS: Carlos Agosti, Pedro Armendariz, Maria Felix
The Grapes of Wrath (DVD) Studio Classics John Ford`s memorable screen version of John Steinbeck`s epic novel of the Great Depression--often regarded as the director`s best film--stars Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. After having served a brief prison sentence for man...
John Ford`s memorable screen version of John Steinbeck`s epic novel of the Great Depression--often regarded as the director`s best film--stars Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. After having served a brief prison sentence for manslaughter, Joad arrives at his family`s Oklahoma farm only to find it abandoned. Muley (John Qualen), a neighbor now nearly mad with grief, tells Tom of the drought that has transformed the farmland of Oklahoma into a desert and of the preying land agents who have plowed under the shacks of the sharecroppers. Joined by former hellfire preacher Casy (John Carradine), Tom finds his extended family, including Pa (Charles Grapewin) and his indomitable Ma (Jane Darwell), packing their ramshackle truck to seek work in the fields of California. As the family treks across the country, their dissolution begins with the deaths of Tom`s grandparents at close intervals. When they arrive in California, the Joads find only an abundance of poverty-stricken migrants like themselves and little in the way of potential work. Yet, ever resilient, they maintain their dignity, hoping for the best.
Among the talented cast, Fonda does perhaps the best work of his career, as does Qualen in the film`s most haunting sequence. Director of photography Gregg Toland captures the suffering and the weathered, luminous nobility of the Joads and the other uprooted, drifting families, creating striking images equal to the best work of Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans. In a stirring film that stands as a microcosm of the depression experience of millions, Ford gives poverty a human face in a way that was rare then and even rarer in the decades to follow as Hollywood films with a sense of class consciousness dwindled like a species nearing extinction.
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Director: John Ford
ACTORS: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Doris Bowden
Black Sister`s Revenge (VHS/EP)
Her man may have beaten her up, but this dishy black sister still wants him back. The problem? How to get the green to spring him from the Big House. The solution? Rob a bank, of course!R"
Director: Jamaa Fanaka
ACTORS: Jerri Hayes, Charles D. Brooks, Ernest Williams
