Dead or Alive 2 (DVD)
In the second installment of the DEAD OR ALIVE trilogy, Takashi Miike references the namesake film, but presents a very different film. While still loaded with indiscriminate violence and black comedy, DEAD OR ALIVE 2 becomes a bit more sentimental. Sho Aikawa and Riki Takeuchi return to play the main characters, but this time with a moral purpose. When Mizuki (Sho Aikawa), a Yakuza gangster, witnesses a target shot by a rival assassin, he tracks down the killer to check out the competition. What he finds, however, is that his rival, Shuichi (Riki Takeuchi), is also a long-lost childhood friend. They escape from the rival gangsters who want to kill them by returning to their childhood home, where they visit the orphanage where they lived, and find a renewed sense of what is right and wrong in their lives.Unrated"
Director: Takashi Miike
ACTORS: Sho Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi
The Last Detail (DVD)
In THE LAST DETAIL the winning combination of director Hal Ashby, screenwriter Robert Towne, and actor Jack Nicholson turned an unheralded novel by Darryl Ponicsan into one of the first of what are now thought of as the classic films of the1970s. Navy lifers Badass Budduskey (Nicholson) and Mule Mulhall (Otis Young) are given a week to escort a teenage petty thief, Larry Meadows (Randy Quaid), from Virginia to the naval penitentiary in Maine. Their plan to bring him there quickly, and spend the remaining time having a good time themselves, changes when they come to sympathize with the naive Meadows. Hes clearly an uncontrollable kleptomaniac given an unjust sentence, so they decide to include him in their plans. But as they escort him through the entire sixties scene, from bars, brawls, and drug-addled parties to a visit to a prostitute (Carol Kane), they come to feel that showing him the world hell be missing in prison might not be the act of kindness they intended.
The film features a breakthrough performance by Nicholson. The killer smile, quick anger, and antiestablishment attitude that brought him stardom in CHINATOWN is well controlled by Ashbys direction. He never lets Nicholson steal the show. The balance with Quaid`s and Youngs strong performances makes for a very moving character-based dramatic comedy.R"
Director: Hal Ashby
ACTORS: Jack Nicholson, Otis Young, Randy Quaid, Michael Moriarty, Nancy Allen
D.O.A. - Greatest Shits 1978-1998 (DVD)
Featuring 10 videos and 3 live performances, D.O.A. present a selection of material from their 20+ years of existence. Tracks include Disco Sucks, Death Machine, Get Out of My Life, and many more!NR"
ACTORS: D.O.A.
Primitive Love/Mondo Balordo (DVD) Special Edition Jayne Mansfield, the quintessential blonde bombshell is paired with the famed horror movie actor Boris Karloff (FRANKENSTEIN) in this over-the-top double feature. In PRIMITIVE LOVE, the outrageously curvaceous Jayne Man...
Jayne Mansfield, the quintessential blonde bombshell is paired with the famed horror movie actor Boris Karloff (FRANKENSTEIN) in this over-the-top double feature. In PRIMITIVE LOVE, the outrageously curvaceous Jayne Mansfield, vacationing in Italy, delights two voyeuristic bellhops in what is a relatively rare, decidedly campy spaghetti sex farce. In MONDO BALORDO, Karloff narrates the action of an international freak show which includes transvestites, 27-inch tall men singing, and Japanese bondage.
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ACTORS: Jayne Mansfield, Mickey Hargitay, Boris Karloff
Red, White & Blue Jet 3-Pack (DVD)
This three program collection features some of the hottest jets and flying teams in the world. RED ARROWS - ROLLING IN THE SKY features the European aerobatic team flying some of their most daring maneuvers. BLUE ANGELS - ROLLING IN THE SKY features the famous U.S. Navy flight demonstration team performing some of their own thrilling aerobatics. Lastly, PULLING G`s puts the viewer behind the panel of some of the world`s most advanced fighter jets for some thrilling test rides.NR"
