Staying On (DVD)
Sequel to The Jewel in the Crown, Staying On tells the love story of Colonel Tusker Smaller and his wife Lucy who chose to stay-on in India after the departure of the British Army in 1948. Clinging to memories of the India of the past, they are in effect, post-Colonial anachronisms.NR"
ACTORS: Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson
Beyond Tomorrow (DVD)
A drama for the Christmas season which tells the story of three millionaires who return from the spirit world to help a young couple.NR"
Director: A. Edward Sutherland|Lee Garmes
ACTORS: Charles Winninger, C. Aubrey Smith, Harry Carey, Jean Parker, Richard Carlson
Lansky (DVD)
LANSKY tells the true story of a young immigrant`s ascent from poverty to almost unimaginable riches through hard-edged business sense and a ruthless ability to murder anyone who ever got in his way. Richard Dreyfuss stars as Meyer Lansky, a genius white-collar criminal on the run from the FBI. As he hops from country to country in search of asylum, he recounts his years as a dirt-poor youth in New York City`s Lower East Side (a vibrant and dangerous multiracial ghetto in the early 1900s); as a rising gang member with such fearsome allies as Lucky Luciano and Bugsy Siegel; and as a wizard of crooked accounting who became one of the most influential figures in the history of American organized crime.
Backed by a strong supporting cast (most notably Beverly DAngelo and Eric Roberts) and sparked by a dynamite David Mamet script, Dreyfuss delivers a powerful and deeply moving performance as the aged mafioso. Produced for HBO, LANSKY did not receive the widespread acclaim it deserved. With LANSKY, director John McNaughton (HENRY PORTRAIT OF A SERIAL KILLER, WILD THINGS) delivers another of his penetrating cinematic investigations of the teeming shadow world undergirding late-20th-century American life.R"
Director: John McNaughton
ACTORS: Richard Dreyfuss, Eric Roberts, Illeana Douglas, Beverly D`Angelo, Anthony LaPaglia
A Man Apart (DVD) Widescreen & Full Frame When maverick DEA agents Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate) team-up to bust notorious drug overlord Memo Lucero (Geno Silva), they soon find themselves in grave danger. When an attempte...
When maverick DEA agents Sean Vetter (Vin Diesel) and Demetrius Hicks (Larenz Tate) team-up to bust notorious drug overlord Memo Lucero (Geno Silva), they soon find themselves in grave danger. When an attempted retaliatory strike by Lucero`s gang results in the murder of Vetter`s wife, Vetter violently confronts Lucero in his jail cell. Vetter hears the crime boss proclaim his innocence, and realizes that he and his DEA cohorts must go after the mysterious Diablo, who now appears to be running all drug-related business on the California-Mexico border. As the investigation into Diablo begins, Vetter`s mind becomes clouded by revenge fantasies for his dead wife, and he is soon relinquished of his duties as an officer after a routine bust turns into a bloodbath. Forming a gang of rogue buddies from their days as street punks, Vetter and Hicks decide to risk everything and go above the law to track down the shadowy Diablo.
Director F. Gary Gray (FRIDAY) ensures that Vin Diesel`s action-hero rep is cemented in this violent revenge tale. The fast-paced action builds to a visceral, nail-biting crescendo that is sure to appease any fans of Diesel`s previous thrill-packed movies, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS, and XXX.
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Director: F. Gary Gray
Sherlock Hound: Case File 3 (DVD)
A selection of episodes from the popular Japanese animated series, SHERLOCK HOUND is a delightful and lighthearted take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle`s stories that feature dogs taking the place of the human roles. Directed by some of Japan`s greatest talents, such as Hayao Miyazaki (PRINCESS MONONOKE), SHERLOCK HOUND is an entertaining series that is sure to captivate children of all ages. Contains episodes 11-14: The Sovereign Gold Coin, The Stormy Getaway, The Runaway Freight Car, and The Coral Lobster. NR"
