Kung Fu`s Hero (DVD)
Chief detective Cheng Hou uses his kung fu fighting skills to maintain justice and defeat the evil thugs who are involved in the trafficking of women and illegal smuggling.NR"
ACTORS: Cheung Nick, Kong Hoi Yan
Gothika (DVD) Full-Screen GOTHIKA stars Halle Berry as Dr. Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist who becomes a patient in her own mental hospital after she is accused of murdering her husband (Charles S. Dutton). Grey`s only initial memory of the incident in...
GOTHIKA stars Halle Berry as Dr. Miranda Grey, a psychiatrist who becomes a patient in her own mental hospital after she is accused of murdering her husband (Charles S. Dutton). Grey`s only initial memory of the incident involves a chilling encounter with a distraught girl (Kathleen Mackey) on a rain-soaked road. The incarcerated and medicated Grey is now haunted by the same apparition, and she must convince her former colleague Pete Graham (Robert Downey Jr.) that she is not insane or guilty of murder. Meanwhile, the seemingly mad ramblings of Chloe (Penelope Cruz), one of Grey`s former patients, now make more sense, and Grey must throw aside clinical logic to solve the supernatural murder mystery. Kassovitz, who is already a capable actor (AMELIE) and director (CRIMSON RIVERS), makes the leap to Hollywood filmmaking with GOTHIKA. Drawing from heavily from the Japanese horror renaissance that began with RINGU in the late 1990s, Kassovitz conjures up a forebodingly stark and shadowy tale. Berry continues her remarkable string of success (after her Oscar-winning role in MONSTER`S BALL, along with DIE ANOTHER DAY and X-MEN 2), portraying Grey as a traumatized and vulnerable yet determined woman who must unravel the brutal and bizarre knot of her own lost memory. As Grey`s coworker, Downey Jr. adds an intriguing element to the film, and Cruz, as a frustrated inmate, gives an unusual quirky performance. A scare-laden thriller that delights in the strange and the frightening, GOTHIKA proves to be one of the finest of 2003`s many horror films.
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Director: Mathieu Kassovitz
ACTORS: Halle Berry, Robert Downey, Penilope Cruz, Charles S. Dutton, John Carroll Lynch
Status Quo - EP (DVD) Special Edition Classic Pictures EP One of Britains longest-running rock bands, Status Quo have recorded 55 British hit singles--22 of which were Top Ten. This DVD EP features 3 live performances from German television: Are You Growin...
One of Britains longest-running rock bands, Status Quo have recorded 55 British hit singles--22 of which were Top Ten. This DVD EP features 3 live performances from German television: Are You Growing Tired Of My Love? (1969), Technicolor Dreams (1969), and Spinning Wheel Blues (1970).
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ACTORS: Status Quo
Woyzeck (DVD)
In WOYZECK, Werner Herzog (AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD) crafts yet another highly stylized and dispassionate tale of madness and obsession and for the first time in his oeuvre injects a love story (tortured though it is) into the equation. Based on Georg B|chner`s unfinished play, the film is a dark study of a lowly German flunky (Klaus Kinski) who toils as an orderly in the army. Cowering pathetically in front of his superiors, who constantly push him around, he struggles and rushes through his daily duties. In order to earn much-needed extra money, Woyzeck volunteers for a local doctor`s strange experiments, which require Woyzeck to stay on a strict diet of peas and push him to murderous insanity. In addition, Woyzeck has a son with a lusty young prostitute, Marie (Eva Mattes), who is easily seduced by a stout drum major. Publicly humiliated by the officer, Woyzeck is propelled into a rage. Herzog pushes his use of static cinematography and extremely stylized acting almost to the point of abstraction as he evokes Woyzecks struggles with social and sexual oppression that lead to his eventual journey into humiliation and madness.NR"
Director: Werner Herzog
ACTORS: Klaus Kinski, Eva Mattes
CIA - Shocking Stories Behind the Headlines (DVD)
Gaining unprecedented access to the CIA`s inner files at the Langley, Virginia headquarters, this documentary explores the story behind many world events. From historical events in Vietnam to Moscow to Cuba, and from the Pope to Che Guevara, learn some of the stories behind the headlines.NR"
