Just Do It (DVD)
This Korean comedy begins as a down on his luck businessman finds that getting hit by a truck brings him an unexpected financial boon. Given a huge sum from his insurance company, the man soon decides that getting himself into life threatening situations is the way to financial independence. Soon, he has convinced his family to join him in his injurious pursuit as they all just do it in hopes of hitting the insurance jackpot.NR"
Unknown Pleasures (VHS)
UNKNOWN PLEASURES ruminates on the boredom, longing, and helplessness of two teenage boys in Datong, a small town in northern China. While Bin Bin (Zhao Wei Wei) has a serious girlfriend (Zhou Qing Feng) and thinks about a future with her, she is only focused on leaving town and never coming back. Having been accepted to Beijing University, she is much more focused on her studies than on her occasional dates to the movies with Bin Bin. Xiao Ji (Wu Qiong) is Bin Bin`s best friend, a slacker with a motor scooter and a skater haircut that constantly masks his eyes. The boys haphazardly witness a group of young girls auditioning for an advertising campaign for Mongolian Liquor, and Xiao Ji becomes obsessed with the contest`s winner, Qiao Qiao (Zhao Tao). A fast-moving girl with a bossy, slightly threatening boyfriend, Qiao Qiao does all she can to deter Xiao Ji`s advances, but eventually his persistence pays off. A moody, sometimes dreamlike film enhanced by its tough and gritty urban landscape, UNKNOWN PLEASURES is a thoughtful work from writer-director Jia Zhang-ke.NR"
Director: Zhang Ke Jia
ACTORS: Wu Qiong, Zhao Wei Wei, Zhao Tao, Zhou Qing Feng, Wang Hong Wei
Gloria Estefan - Don`t Stop! (DVD)
A candid behind-the-scenes look into the world of one of pop music`s greatest performers. Includes twelve videos and additional interview footage with the diva herself.NR"
ACTORS: Gloria Estefan
Vamp (DVD)
A couple of college kids scouring the sleazy, local red-light district for a stripper for their party make the mistake of visiting the After Dark Club, where a vampiric Grace Jones is the marquee talent. Keith, Vic, and A.J., looking for strippers for their next frat party, unfortunately happen upon the only strip joint in town staffed and run by vampires. It isn`t long before two of the boys have joined the ranks of the undead, complicating things for their fraternity brothers and their roommates. A kinky, often comedic modern-day vampire tale.R"
Director: Richard Wenk
ACTORS: Chris Makepeace, Robert Rusler, Grace Jones, Gedde Watanabe, Dedee Pfeiffer
Katie Tippel (DVD)
Paul Verhoeven (SHOWGIRLS) directed this film, a moving period drama, before he relocated to Hollywood. A true story set in 19th century Holland, Keetje Tippel is a young girl born into poverty whose mother takes her to work in a brothel. As men use her, so too, Katie decides, she can use them to obtain the social status she seeks. When she becomes the mistress of a young banker (Hauer), Keetje finds a foothold in the Dutch upper-class and uses it to wed one of the banker`s wealthy friends. Once again, Verhoeven has crafted a riveting film where female sexuality is a weapon to be honed and used cunningly, as in BASIC INSTINCT, resulting in an erotic, yet disturbing, drama that takes a dim view of capitalism and male dominated societies.R"
Director: Paul Verhoeven
ACTORS: Rutger Hauer, Monique Van De Ven, Peter Faber
