The Vineyard (DVD)
James Hong (BLADE RUNNER) co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in this horror film as Dr. Elson Po, a mysterious winemaker whose wines are coveted for their supposedly age reducing qualities. Dr. Po, who has kept himself alive for hundreds of years with the help of a special potion, now finds that his concoction is failing him. Desperate to find a new fountain of youth, Dr. Po brings a group of young actresses to his secluded island under the pretenses that he is filming a movie. However, when the girls discover the undead bodies buried in Dr. Po`s vineyard and some of their colleagues begin disappearing, they begin to realize what Dr. Po has in store for them.R"
Director: Bill Rice|James Hong
ACTORS: James Hong, Karen Witter, Michael Wong
NASA - 25 Years of Glory Vol. 1: Freedom 7/Voyage of Friendship 7/Four Days of Gemini/This is Houston Flight (DVD)
Volume 1 of the five volume NASA - 25 Years of Glory collection.NR"
R.E.M. - Tourfilm (DVD)
R.E.M. are one of the major success stories in college rock history. The Athens, Georgia quartet build up a huge fan base on the 1980`s college circuit, and broke through to incredible mainstream success in the early 1990`s. TOURFILM was filmed in 1989, during the band`s GREEN tour. It captures the boys as they are poised to breakthrough to a wider audience, and finds them with a youthful energy and decidedly alternative mindset. Of an excellent set of seventeen songs, Pop Song 89, Stand, The One I Love, and Finest Worksong are highlights.NR"
The Makropulos Case (DVD)
An evocative production of Janacek`s 20th-century opera featuring Ana Silja and Kim Begley and conducted by Andrew Davis, featuring the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. As presented by director Nikolaus Lehnhoff, this story of love and immortality is as relevant and stirring as when Janacek wrote it.NR"
ACTORS: Anja Silja
The Evil Dead (DVD)
Director Sam Raimi`s first film has achieved legendary status since its 1982 release, and for good reason. Though perhaps not as widely seen as its two sequels, EVIL DEAD 2 and ARMY OF DARKNESS, THE EVIL DEAD is arguably the best of the three. It is the story of five college-age friends who travel to a cabin in rural Tennessee where the stumble upon the Book of the Dead, an ancient tome bound in human flesh and inked in blood. After unwittingly awakening the unspeakable terror told of in the book, each of the friends is transformed into the evil dead, one by one, except for Ash (Bruce Campbell). So, Ash is left with no other way to survive than to dismember the living corpses of his sister, girlfriend, and two of his friends. Shot on a shoestring budget, the film boasts some impressive camera work and extremely over the top gore effects as well as a sense of humor much more subtle than the tongue-in-cheek aesthetic of the two sequels.NR"
Director: Sam Raimi
ACTORS: Bruce Campbell, Ellen Sandweiss, Betsy Baker, Hal Delrich, Sarah York
