Joy Ride (DVD) Special Edition Director John Dahl knows his way around a thriller as few contemporary filmmakers do. He revitalized the film noir with his darkly witty films, RED ROCK WEST and THE LAST SEDUCTION. With JOY RIDE, Dahl streamlines the p...
Director John Dahl knows his way around a thriller as few contemporary filmmakers do. He revitalized the film noir with his darkly witty films, RED ROCK WEST and THE LAST SEDUCTION. With JOY RIDE, Dahl streamlines the plot and ratchets up the tension. Two brothers, Lewis (Paul Walker) and Fuller (Steve Zahn) are driving home cross-country. Fuller bullies Lewis into using the CB radio ( Prehistoric internet, Fuller calls it) to play a mean-spirited practical joke on a trucker, and it backfires horribly. The psychotic trucker comes after them, but they get away. Foolishly thinking they`re out of danger, they pick up Venna (Leelee Sobieski), the girl Lewis has been pining for, on the way home. The mysterious trucker, who they know only by his CB handle, Rusty Nail, goes further than they could ever imagine to exact his revenge. Zahn is pitch-perfect here, capturing both Fuller`s charm and his stupid recklessness. Dahl builds the suspense beautifully, creating a real sense of being out on the highway in the middle of nowhere. The script, by Clay Tarver and J.J. Abrams, brings three strong characters to life with sharp, funny dialogue, fleshing out the bare bones of the plot.
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Director: John Dahl
ACTORS: Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Jessica Bowman, Stuart Stone
Robin and the Seven Hoods (DVD)
Mob-ruled 1928 Chicago`s not big enough for the rat-a-tat comedy and songs of this popular favorite about the do-gooder gangsters who fleece the rich and give to the poor as a front for their not-so-legal activities. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Song ( My Kind of Town ), Best (Adapted) Score.NR"
Director: Gordon Douglas
ACTORS: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Sammy Davis, Peter Falk
Animatrix (DVD) Gift Set Includes CD Taking the characters and premise from the groundbreaking science-fiction film, THE MATRIX, this ambitious project compiles nine short films directed by animation specialists from Japan, Korea, and America. The act...
Taking the characters and premise from the groundbreaking science-fiction film, THE MATRIX, this ambitious project compiles nine short films directed by animation specialists from Japan, Korea, and America. The action is rapidly paced and combines different styles of animation from CGI to anime to more traditional animation, producing a unique and varied look even more stunning than its predecessor. A sampling of the talent includes MATRIX creators Larry and Andy Wachowski, Yoshiaki Kawajiri (NINJA SCROLL), Peter Chung (AEON FLUX), and Shinchiro Watanabe (COWBOY BEBOP).
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Director: Yoshiaki Kawajiri|Shinichiro Watanabe|Mahiro Maeda|Takeshi Koike|Andy Jones
The Indian in the Cupboard (DVD)
Good things often come in little packages, as young Omri (Hal Scardino) discovers when he receives a present from his friend Patrick, a plastic Indian figure that comes to life after Omri locks him in his toy cupboard. Little Bear (Litefoot), an Iroquois Indian from 1761, opens up new worlds of thought, experience, and tolerance to young Omri. A few disastrous experiments with other toys in the cupboard and Patricks insistence on receiving his own living toy reveals to Omri that the toys have feelings just as he does, no matter how small their stature. Frank Oz (BOWFINGER) directs from a script from Melissa Mathison (E.T.).PG"
Director: Frank Oz
ACTORS: Hal Scardino, Litefoot, Lindsay Crouse, David Keith, Rishi Bhat
The Human Monster (DVD)
The story of a proprietor of a home for the blind who uses the residents as pawns in an elaborate murder scheme. British. A.K.A. Dark Eyes of London. NR"
Director: Walter Summers
