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Eddie and the Cruisers (DVD)
Back in the early 1960s, Eddie and the Cruisers, a (fictitious) rock band, was the hottest act around. However, in 1964 the group broke up, following the apparent suicide of the band`s charismatic lead singer Eddie Wilson, who drove off a bridge. His body was never found. Twenty years later, TV reporter Maggie Foley decides to do an investigative story on the band. At the same time, she searches for the missing tapes of the group`s last recording, which could provide clues to Eddie`s disappearance. The more Maggie researches her story, however, the more she suspects that Eddie Wilson may still be alive...PG"
Director: Martin Davidson
ACTORS: Tom Berenger, Michael Pari, Ellen Barkin, Joe Pantoliano
House of Wax (DVD)
Andri de Toths remake of MYSTERY OF THE WAX MUSEUM is one of the first and best 3-D (stereoscopic) feature films, an alternative technology (like Cinemascope, Cinerama) used by 1950s directors attempting to compete with the new threat of television. Professor Jarrod (Vincent Price) is a devoted wax figure sculptor for his museum in 1910s NYC. When his financial partner, Sidney Wallace (Paul Cavanagh), demands more sensational exhibits to increase profits, Jarrod refuses. The vengeful Wallace torches the museum, leaving Jarrod for dead. Miraculously, Jarrod survives (though his hands and legs are rendered useless) and builds a new House of Wax with help from threatening deaf-mute sculptor, Igor (Charles Bronson). The museums popular Chamber of Horrors showcases recent crimes like the murder of Wallace, a victim of a cloaked, disfigured killer along with his fiancie, Cathy (Carolyn Jones). When Cathys friend, Sue (Phyllis Kirk), visits the museum she makes a discovery that leads to the horrifying truth behind the House of Wax. With gasp inducing (and tongue-in-cheek) 3-D scenes like the museum fire, paddleball man and can-can girls, de Toth creates an atmospheric film which stands up as a horror classic in 2-D as well.NR"
Director: Andre De Toth
ACTORS: Vincent Price, Frank Lovejoy, Phyllis Kirk, Carolyn Jones, Charles Bronson
Tortilla Soup (DVD)
In TORTILLA SOUP, a film inspired by director Ang Lee`s EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN, a Mexican-American master chef living in LA with his three daughters prepares a magnificent dinner each Sunday night to bring his family together. Sunday dinner is a time to make major announcements, to share ideas, and to air the basic frustrations of daily life. It`s also a time to critique Dad`s cooking because, although he still succeeds in presenting beautiful, mouth-watering dishes, he has lost his sense of taste and his food does not have the same wonderful flavor that it did once. Outside of Sunday dinner, the members of the family live their own lives. Martin, the father (Hector Elizondo), works in a restaurant and entertains the eccentric mother (Raquel Welch) of his close friend and neighbor (Constance Marie). His youngest daughter, Maribel (Tamara Mello) debates whether to go to college and finds a new love interest in Brazilian stud Andy (Nikolai Kinski). The eldest daughter, Carmen (Jacqueline Obradors), is a headstrong, forthright business executive. Stuck in the middle is Letitcia (Elizabeth Pena), a prim school teacher who wants nothing more than to find true love. A light, sweet, playful take on family life in L.A., TORTILLA SOUP is one tasty tamale.PG-13"
Director: Maria Ripoll
ACTORS: Hector Elizondo, Jacqueline Obradors, Elizabeth Peqa, Tamara Mello, Nikolai Kinski
Shadow Magic (DVD)
With her directorial debut, a colorful historical drama recounting cinema`s arrival in 1902 Peking, Chinese filmmaker and co-writer, Ann Hu, makes history herself with the first co-production between Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese film studios. Liu, (Xia Yu) the young photographer at Master Ren`s (Liu Peiqi) well-respected photo shop, is fascinated with new technology. Ren, however, thinks Liu`s tinkering is a distraction from duties like photographing the Peking Opera`s biggest star, Lord Tan (Li Yusheng). When an Englishman, Raymond Wallace, (Jared Harris) opens Shadow Magic, a small, dusty theatre touting a new technology of pictures that move, Liu is incredibly curious. After beholding the ethereal images in rapt amazement, the spellbound photographer begs Wallace for a job. The two men join forces, pledging to earn fortunes to impress Wallace`s drifting wife, and Liu`s beloved Ling (Xing Yufei), the pretty, aloof daughter of Lord Tan. Liu`s double life soon leads to conflict, however, when his father, Ren, and Lord Tan view the Western gimmick as a threat to old, Eastern tradition. With elaborate costumes, and lovely locations like The Forbidden City and the Great Wall, Hu`s film is a movie lover`s cross-cultural paean to the power and magic of cinema.NR"
Director: Ann Hu
Silent Night (DVD)
SILENT NIGHT is based on a true story about a young mother (Linda Hamilton from TV`s Beauty and the Beast and the TERMINATOR series) and son who find shelter in a cabin in Germany on Christmas Eve of 1944. However, soon she finds that three German soldiers and three American soldiers also need a place to spend the night, and she manages to forge a temporary peace between the opposing soldiers to enjoy a peaceful Christmas eve dinner.NR"
