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Killah Priest - A Day in the Life (DVD)
An in-depth look at the life of a recording artist, courtesy of Wu Tang Clan member Killah Priest.NR"
Maid in Manhattan (DVD)
Director Wayne Wang (THE JOY LUCK CLUB, SMOKE) updates the familiar Cinderella story in this charming romantic comedy. Jennifer Lopez stars as Marissa Ventura, a beautiful young woman who divides her time between her precocious son Ty (Tyler Posey) and her housekeeping duties at The Beresford, an upscale Manhattan hotel. When the boyish and affluent politician Christopher Marshall (Ralph Fiennes) shares an amusing elevator ride with Ty, he subsequently meets Marissa. As luck would have it, Marissa is mischievously sporting an exotic Dolce & Gabbana gown belonging to another Beresford tenant, and is mistaken by Christopher as a guest of the hotel. The two undeniably hit it off, but Marissa is unable to reveal her working-class secret, afraid of losing her job. Christopher is completely smitten and makes numerous attempts to locate her, despite the comedic fact she is often right under his nose. While the film is always lighthearted and fun, it does not shy away from foregrounding race and class issues, devoting much screen time to Marissa`s coworkers and their struggles to survive. As a rags-to-riches fairy tale, MAID IN MANHATTAN hits all the right notes.PG-13"
Director: Wayne Wang
ACTORS: Jennifer Lopez, Ralph Fiennes, Kevin Wade, Natasha Richardson, Tyler Posey
They (DVD)
Robert Harmon`s psychological thriller tells the tale of a graduate student whose childhood comes back to haunt her. Julia Lund (Laura Regan) is a seemingly well adjusted young woman who is getting a Master`s degree in psychology. But one night she receives a call from her childhood friend, Billy (Jon Abrahams), who appears to have lost his grip on reality. Billy is convinced that the nighttime monsters that plagued both him and Julia as youngsters have returned to torment him. Before she can get him to calm down, Billy has turned a gun on himself and pulled the trigger. At the funeral service, Julia meets college friends of Billy`s (Ethan Embry and Dagmara Dominczyk), who confess that they too had night terrors as children. Already under enough stress with her impending thesis defense, Julia must now contend with the supernatural evil that has begun to wreak havoc on her life. Harmon, who directed the classic 1986 thriller THE HITCHER, creates a dark and gloomy atmosphere, leaving it to the viewer to decide if this is really happening, or if it`s all just inside Julia`s stressed-out, fragile mind.PG-13"
Director: Robert Harmon
ACTORS: Laura Regan, Marc Blucas, Dagmara Dominczyk, Ethan Embry, Jon Abrahams
Nazi Medicine/The Cross and the Star (DVD)
Two documentaries examining the horrors of the Nazi regime and anti-Semitism are coupled in this pairing of films directed by John J. Michalczyk. NAZI MEDICINE looks at the bizarre, inhumane theories and practices of the Holocaust. THE CROSS AND THE STAR looks at the anti-Semitic teachings in voices from various religions that paved the way for the Nazi party`s hatred. Please see individual titles for further information.Unrated"
Director: John J. Michalczyk
Alphaville (DVD) Criterion Collection Jean-Luc Godard redefines the apocalyptic science fiction genre with this abstract, political, and intellectual space-chase across the glass and metal landscape of futuristic Paris--here called Alphaville. Creating...
Jean-Luc Godard redefines the apocalyptic science fiction genre with this abstract, political, and intellectual space-chase across the glass and metal landscape of futuristic Paris--here called Alphaville. Creating a dystopian tomorrow characterized by alienation and cold corporate comforts, Godard slyly suggests that the future is now; the resulting film has become a bona fide cult classic. Secret agent man Lemmy Caution (Eddie Constantine) travels across the expanses of intergalactic space and time to uncover the fate of his missing predecessor. Working under the alias of Ivan Johnson, Caution is accompanied in his quest by the lovely Natasha Vonbraun (Anna Karina), the daughter of a supposedly missing professor. Caution later discovers that the elder Vonbraun is the mastermind behind Alpha 60--the rigid, masterful computer that governs Alphaville. Alpha`s job is to crush individuality, eradicating any human being who does not conform. Ultimately, Lemmy is left with no other choice but to destroy the calculating chip-and-wire monolith, with the only weapons he has left: his heart and soul. With ALPHAVILLE--part sci-fi action film, part noir thriller--Godard achieves a stunningly clinical futurism using absolutely no visual effects. The result is a moving, original addition to the science fiction genre from one of cinema`s greatest contributors.
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Director: Jean-Luc Godard
ACTORS: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Howard Vernon, Laszlo Szabo
