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Finding Forrester (DVD)
Director Gus Van Sant brings to the screen this moving story of a grizzled recluse and an inner-city teenager brought together by their shared passion for writing. Like Van Sant`s Oscar-nominated GOOD WILL HUNTING, FINDING FORRESTER earnestly explores the struggles of a youthful genius whose position in society (underprivileged kid from the wrong side of the tracks) makes him seem destined for failure until he forms a relationship with a gifted but introverted mentor who helps him see the light.The youthful genius is a talented urban basketball player named Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown), who in his spare time reads everything he can get his hands on, secretly scribbling prose and poetry into a composition pad. The introverted mentor is William Forrester (Sean Connery), who took the literary world by storm with his debut novel, AVALON RISING, 50 years earlier but now spends whole days shut inside his Bronx apartment looking out the window onto a basketball court where Jamal hangs out. Buoyed by excellent performances from Connery and newcomer Brown, FINDING FORRESTER paints a compelling, alluring portrait of friendship while offering intriguing insights into the heart and soul of the dedicated writer.PG-13"
Director: Gus Van Sant
ACTORS: Sean Connery, Rob Brown, Anna Paquin, F. Murray Abraham, Busta Rhymes
Krux Live (DVD)
Krux is a heavy metal band fronted by Candlemass leader Leif Edling and features four other names from the pantheon of Swedish heavy metal: Mats Leven, former vocalist for Yngwie Malmsteen, Jorgen Sandstrom on guitar, Peter Stjarnvind from Entombed on drums and Fredrik Akesson of Talisman, on second guitar. This DVD is Krux`s first live performance, recorded in Stockholm on May 18th 2003 and features many great songs from their debut album.NR"
Le Ammche (DVD)
An early drama from director Antonioni (BLOW UP), LE AMICHE is an allegory about the changing roles of women in society. Clelia (Rossi-Drago) is a beautiful young woman who works in the fashion industry, where she discovers a world of shallow people with put-on attitudes and ideas. The only solace she is able to find in this cruel and phony world is in the companionship of young architect Carlo.NR"
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
The Learning Curve (DVD)
Two L.A. nightclub scenesters, Georgia (Monet Mazur) and Paul (Carmine Giovinazzo), have figured out a not-so-new way to make money: the shake-down. After a chance meeting, in which Paul helps save Georgia from a possible date rape, the two discover that they make a great team, both as lovers and as con artists. Their plans for easy money go awry, however, when they stage a car accident to hustle the wrong guy -- Marshal (Vincent Ventresca), a ruthless record producer who has his own dastardly plans to swindle and steal, on a scale vastly larger than anything Paul and Georgia could have imagined.
Marshal decides that this enterprising young con team can be of use to him, and instead of prosecuting Paul and Georgia, he puts them to work for him. He needs them to help him execute a plan to cut through some governmental red tape which is preventing him from creating a huge entertainment complex in downtown L.A. While Paul becomes increasingly involved with and excited by Marshal`s schemes--and his sleazy, posh lifestyle--Georgia feels trapped and betrayed. Shot in classic film-noir style, this first effort by writer-director Eric Schwab is stylish and energetic, and makes great use of L.A. locations.R"
Director: Eric Schwab
ACTORS: Monet Mazur, Carmine Giovinazzo, Majandra Delfino, Steven Bauer, James Eckhouse
Zoltan: Hound of Dracula (DVD)
As the result of a bizarre discovery, a group of Russian soldiers bring back to life the dog of Dracula. The evil canine then travels to Los Angeles where the last descendants of the deadly clan still survive.R"
Director: Albert Band
ACTORS: Josi Ferrer, Michael Pataki, Reggie Nalder
