Strip Show (DVD)
Hosted by Rick Sebak, this documentary examines the history and evolution of Pittsburgh`s Strip District, a neighborhood full of character. From the food to the architecture to the interesting denizens, Strip Show examines the many facets of this favorite place of Pittsburgh residents.NR"
Semi-Gods and Semi-Devils (DVD)
An elaborate, highly produced would-be fantasy blockbuster which finds four women vying for control of a powerful hermit`s supernatural skills. Highbrow Mainlander Gong Li ( Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern ) slums in this HK production, while Lin tackles her dual role with screeching supernatural aplomb.NR"
Director: Andy Chin
Love is Colder Than Death (DVD)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder directs and stars in this, his first film, as Franz, a pimp who has refused to join a local crime syndicate. When a representative from the syndicate named Bruno comes to persuade Franz into joining, the two criminals hit it off. Soon, Bruno and Franz have begun a dangerous crime spree that alarms Franz`s girlfriend Joanna and builds toward a daring and misconceived bank robbery.NR"
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
ACTORS: Ulli Lommel, Hanna Schygulla, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hans Hirschmuller
Wild Criminal (DVD)
A lurid thriller that lives in the world of gun molls, the Yakuza, shady casinos, and dirty money, WILD CRIMINAL is the story of two women who have had enough of life in the fast lane. Tomoyo is the girlfriend of one of the leading members of the Yakuza, Udo, who disappears with glut of stolen cash. Suspected as an accomplice, Tomoyo knows that the syndicate is out to kill her. By chance, she meets up with a beautiful casino dealer who was raped by a couple of Udo`s thugs and who, while locked in the trunk of a car, overheard a conversation with Udo that could lead the two to him so that they can exact their revenge.NR"
ACTORS: Riki Takeuchi
Aenigma (DVD)
Lucio Fulci (THE BEYOND, ZOMBI), the Godfather of Gore, helms this CARRIE inspired shocker about a girl named Kathy whose stint at St. Mary`s School is cut short when the other girls play a prank on her that sends her into a coma. However, from within her coma, Kathy uses her powers of telekinesis to take over the body of Eva and exact her revenge on the girls of St. Mary`s through her. Featuring the justly famed snail attack, AENIGMA is filled with the imaginative and gruesome horror sequences that are Fulci`s trademark.NR"
Director: Lucio Fulci
ACTORS: Jared Martin, Lara Naszinsky, Milijana Zirojevic, Suzy Kendall
