Mercury (DVD)
Bill Wyatt (Geoffrey Rush from SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE, SHINE) is the editor of the Sunday Mercury, watching over his stable of reporters all angling for the byline on that big, breaking story. Featuring stories ranging from government scandals to crime to everyday heroics, this is an inside look at the mechanics of a newspaper.NR"
ACTORS: Geoffrey Rush
A Few Good Men (DVD) Special Edition When two marines are charged with murdering a member of their platoon during an unsanctioned disciplinary action in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the armed forces hire a lieutenant they believe is a lightweight defense attorney...
When two marines are charged with murdering a member of their platoon during an unsanctioned disciplinary action in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the armed forces hire a lieutenant they believe is a lightweight defense attorney. Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) prides himself in having successfully plea-bargained every one of his 44 cases and would just as well make this one his 45th. However, ambitious internal affairs officer Lieutenant Commander Jo Ann Galloway (Demi Moore) smells a rat in the form of a hushed-up practice known as Code Red and, furious at Kaffees halfhearted efforts, gets hired as the younger cadets defender. Aided by Lt. Com. Galloways prodding, Lt. Kaffee begins to realize the rottenness of the whole affair and sets to take on the whole Guantanamo Bay marine corps and its codes, a decision that makes inevitable a ferocious head-to-head showdown with an immovable force. Irascible Colonel Nathan Jessup (Jack Nicholson, in one of the most striking performances of his fabled career) heads the Cuban marine base and is on the cusp of appointment to the National Security Council. Jessup embodies both the necessity and the evil in necessary evil and does not take lightly to anyone questioning his or his corps methods. Aaron Sorkin`s script is adapted from his own gripping award-winning Broadway play and is skillfully brought to the screen by director Rob Reiner.
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Director: Rob Reiner
ACTORS: Tom Cruise, Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, James Marshall
Dead Heat (DVD)
After tough Boston cop Pally LeMarr (Keifer Sutherland) is forced to retire, his mob-connected, small-time crook brother, Ray (Anthony LaPaglia), convinces him to purchase a potentially lucrative racehorse in a money-making scheme. But when the horse catches the eye of the mob, Pally and Ray find themselves in a life-threatening struggle to protect their equine investment.R"
Director: Mark Malone
ACTORS: Kiefer Sutherland, Anthony LaPaglia, Radha Mitchell, Lothaire Bluteau, Kay Panabaker
Christ in Concrete (DVD)
Blacklisted director Edward Dmytryk directed CHRIST IN CONCRETE in 1949, adapting it from the 1939 novel by Pietro Di Donato. Concerning the lives of Italian-American immigrants struggling to find work in the construction trade around the time of the Great Depression, the story is a gritty, neo-realist drama that pulls no punches in its portrayal of urban living.NR"
Director: Edward Dmytryk
ACTORS: Charles Goldner, Kathleen Ryan, Lea Padovani, Sam Wanamaker
Square Dance (DVD)
Director Daniel Petrie`s poignant coming-of-age drama, based on the novel by Alan Hines, stars Winona Ryder (in an early screen role) as Gemma, a young girl who has grown up in relative seclusion on a run-down farm in rural Texas. Abandoned by her mother, Juanelle (Jane Alexander), at an early age, Gemma has been raised by her cranky but devoted grandfather, Dillard (Jason Robards), and protected from the realities of the outside world. But Gemma`s vision of the world is changed forever when her mother visits and attempts to convince her to come live with her in the big city of Ft. Worth. Initially, Gemma refuses, but gradually she is overwhelmed with a deep desire to know her real mother. One night Gemma runs away from home and winds up at the doorsteps of her mother`s home, where she lives with her new husband (Guich Koock). Gemma learns about life in the city with Juanelle, a hard-living independent woman who spends her days working at a local beauty parlor and her nights dancing at a saloon. Gemma grows from an innocent girl to a young woman, befriending Rory (Rob Lowe), a mentally disabled and handsome young man who captures Gemma`s heart. Rory and Gemma begin an innnocent courtship that quicky becomes more serious when Rory asks Gemma to marry him. Although Gemma is only 13, she becomes like a mother and wife to the young man and is profoundly affected by their close relationship. As Gemma learns about the realities of life, love, and family, she is forced to leave her youthful innocence behind in this bittersweet love story. The film features outstanding performances from young stars Ryder and Lowe.PG-13"
Director: Daniel Petrie
ACTORS: Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Winona Ryder, Rob Lowe, Deborah Richter
