Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (DVD) @ discount dvd online store
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (DVD) Full Frame Sidda Walker (Sandra Bullock), who is high on life--about to marry Connor (Angus MacFadyen) and flushed with success because her new play is about to open on Broadway--gives an unguarded interview to TIME Magazine. After rea...
Sidda Walker (Sandra Bullock), who is high on life--about to marry Connor (Angus MacFadyen) and flushed with success because her new play is about to open on Broadway--gives an unguarded interview to TIME Magazine. After reading the interview, Sidda`s mother, Vivi (Ellen Burnstein), is so livid that she disowns Sidda, takes down her pictures, and refuses to attend her daughter`s wedding. Trying to heal the rift between mother and daughter, Vivi`s best friends, Caro (Maggie Smith), Teensy (Fionnula Flanagan), and Necie (Shirley Knight), go to New York, take Sidda to dinner, slip her a Mickey Finn, and spirit her off to Louisiana.
First-time director Callie Khouri (writer of THELMA AND LOUISE) uses an intricate series of flashbacks to slowly reveal the DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD, which is based on the book by Rebecca Wells. The flashbacks are triggered by a scrapbook that Caro, Teensy, and Necie show Sidda. The scrapbook chronicles the hopes, dreams and disappointments that they shared with Vivi. Standouts in the great cast are Ashley Judd, as the younger Vivi, and Maggie Smith as the feisty Caro.
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Director: Callie Khouri
ACTORS: Sandra Bullock, Ellen Burstyn, Fionnula Flanagan, James Garner, Ashley Judd
Mahler - Symphony No. 5 In C Sharp Minor (DVD)
Gustav Mahler`s Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor performed exquisitely by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim.NR"
ACTORS: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Scared to Death (DVD)
The legendary Bela Lugosi stars in this sub B horror film about a woman who narrates the story of her own death from the morgue. Of interest chiefly because it is only one of two color films Lugosi appeared in, SCARED TO DEATH nonetheless features an excellent performance from its star, and laughable performances by the rest of the cast. Enjoyable for an evening of MS3K inspired viewing.NR"
Director: Christy Cabanne
ACTORS: Bela Lugosi, Douglas Fowley, Joyce Compton, George Zucco, Nat Pendleton
Shadows in a Battle (DVD)
The solitary life of veterinarian Ana (Carmen Maura) has become a topic of gossip for the residents of Zamora, Spain, near the Portuguese border. Her daily routine raising her children and working with the animals is her life now and little is known about her past, a subject Ana has been thoroughly silent about. This past catches up to her when a Portuguese man she once knew comes to town with unfinished business.NR"
Director: Mario Camus
ACTORS: Carmen Maura, Joaquim de Almeida, Fernando Valverde
Plankton (DVD)
When five teenagers decide to take an old rowboat for a ride on the ocean, it leads to mutation and disaster in this B-movie horror romp. Coming to an abandoned yacht, two of the teens, Bob and Julie go aboard the ghost ship for some hanky panky. Unfortunately, their tryst takes place among some radioactive plankton, mutating Bob into a ravenous beast who promptly devours Julie and unleashes the other monsters trapped on the boat. Now the three remaining teens have to escape their newly cannibalistic friend and get back to dry land.NR"
