Guma, Tony

Just Can't Get Enough: The True Story of the Chippendales' Murders

Smart and sardonic, Just Can't Get Enough begins with a cheeky, freeze-frame interruption of a major character's murder, accompanied by wistful narration about the end of Chippendales' glory days. You can tell that this sorry story about the infamous male strip club is going to be just sharp enough to keep it from drowning in soft-core froth.

Based on fact, the film stars Jonathan Aube as hunky naif Chad Patterson, fresh from graduate school but lured by big money and sleazy opportunities afforded by Chippendales, where the lust of women is big business and seething grudges between the owner (Shelley Malil) and an untrustworthy choreographer (Peter Nevargic) spill over into homicidal conspiracies. Too much of the film plays like a poor man's Boogie Nights, with beefcake morons wasting away as temptation takes its toll. But the key performances of Malil and Nevargic are crisp and interesting, and the dance-floor action never stalls. --Tom Keogh

JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH starts off with a bang-literally-when choreographer/promoter Nick Denoia (Peter Nevargic) is shot in his office. Was it his former boss Steve Banerjee (Shelley Malil), who founded Chippendales? Or one of the dozens of other people he has crossed to get ahead? Spanning the decadent techno-dance era of the 80's, a sexy drama that chronicles the rise and fall of the legendary Chippendales nightclub. After a casting session for prospective male dancers, handsome Chad Patterson impresses nightclub owner Steve Banerjee and becomes the club's host. After Banerjee hires choreographer Nick Denoia, Chippendales becomes a sensation. However, success comes at a high price, involving sex, drugs and money. When DeNoia produces a successful touring revue, using the Chippendales name, Banerjee plots to kill him. In the end, lust and greed lead to murder and suicide, and no one is left unscathed. An intriguing look at the excess of the 80's, exposing the bizarre truth about Chippendales and the end of an era. The world-famous Chippendales male stripper nightclubs- the days of screaming women with big hair stuffing dollar bills into the thin g-strings of smooth-skinned male erotic dancers.

DVD Features include Full-Frame Presentation, Director's Commentary and more.

The Suburbans

Sort of a cross between That Thing You Do! and Still Crazy, The Suburbans follows a one-hit '80s new-wave band (played by Craig Bierko, Will Ferrell, and cowriters Tony Guma and Donal Lardner Ward) who pull themselves together to play their hit at a wedding and then find themselves pursued by a young record executive (Jennifer Love Hewitt) who wants to revive their careers. The band is enthusiastic until they discover that their rock career is now becoming a a combination of muckraking interviews and intrusive, round-the-clock videotaping à la VH1's Behind the Music. The movie's strength is that it avoids easy targets and focuses on personalities, which provides a lot of room for some surprising offbeat bits--cameos by Ben and Jerry Stiller are particularly funny. Hewitt is sweet and wears many cute, skimpy outfits. Amy Brenneman, as Ward's girlfriend, is excellent and makes the movie more than an entertainment pastiche. Ward, who also directed, would probably have been better off not casting himself in the lead, but he sustains a puppy-doggish appeal. Bierko, Ferrell, and Guma all acquit themselves well. And perhaps most importantly, their hit song, which is played several times, is actually an enjoyable slice of power pop with a bit of a Mersey-beat flavor. --Bret Fetzer

There goes the neighborhood when THE SUBURBANS - the height of cool back in the day - are rediscovered by an overly eager fan turned highpowered music executive (Jennifer Love Hewitt) determined to stage the comeback of her favorite eighties band. Suddenly four regular guys (Craig Bierko Will Ferrell Tony Guma and Donal Lardner Ward) find themselves faced with the possiblity of recapturing the fifteen minutes of fame they lost eighteen years ago. But when their fantasy of rock stardom is replaced with the reality of humiliating MTV interviews an ill-fated video and an impossible lack of talent.... THE SUBURBANS must decide whether to go down quietly as one hit wonders or squeeze the retro trend 'till it squeaks!System Requirements:Running Time: 87 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 043396043879

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