Stalking Laura
by Michael Switzer
from Allumination
When harassment becomes unbareable Laura reports the problem to the company. Farley is dismissed for poor performance. Alone with his fantasy the once soft spoken technician begans plotting his revenge.Which will leave seven people dead and an entire factory held hostage...
What's Cooking?
by Gurinder Chadha
from Lions Gate
What happens when families come together for Thanksgiving? Almost anything! Sit back relax and enjoy this "generous and charming" (The New York Times) tale of four very different families as they cook up some tasty holiday surprises: love betrayal and even a few outrageous secrets! And ultimately discover the astonishing power love has to reconnect us all.System Requirements:Starring: Joan Chen Julianna Margulies Mercedes Ruehl Kyra Sedgwick Alfre Woodard Maury Chaykin Estelle Harris Dennis Haysbert Lainie Kazan Victor Rivers and Douglas Spain. Directed By: Gurinder Chadha. Running Time: 109 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Standard" format. Copyright 2003 Lions Gate Entertainment.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: UPC: 031398826927 Manufacturer No: VM8269D
At first glance, What's Cooking? looks like it was dreamed up by some politically correct screenwriting committee: a series of overlapping stories that intercut among four families (one Hispanic, one Vietnamese, one African American, one Jewish) all preparing for Thanksgiving dinner. But what could be toothless and smarmy is made gripping and genuinely affecting by a mixture of observant writing, fluid direction, and a truly superb ensemble of actors, including Mercedes Ruehl, Alfre Woodard, Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Kyra Sedgewick, Dennis Haysbert, and a host of less well known but just as capable others. The script is a marvel of orchestration: small annoyances blossom into fierce conflicts, secrets are deftly revealed, and sanctimoniousness is subtly punctured. The acute but sympathetic portrait of family stress and tension is layered with quiet observations about race and class, as well as the capacity for tolerance and forgiveness. It's recently become a cliché to have characters express themselves through food (examples include Soul Food, Big Night, and Eat Drink Man Woman), but What's Cooking? turns food into a witty exploration of culture as everyone prepares their turkeys in entertainingly different ways--this is not a movie to watch on an empty stomach. Warm without false sentiment, What's Cooking? is deeply enjoyable. --Bret Fetzer
Rio Diablo
by Rod Hardy
from Lions Gate
In Rio Diablo some men are worth more dead than alive.System Requirements:Starring Brion James Bruce Greenwood Kenny Rogers Laura Elena Harring Michael G. Hagerty Naomi Judd Stacy Keach Travis Tritt Directed by Rod Hardy Running time: 93 minutes Copyright Artisan Entertainment 2003Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 707729145035 Manufacturer No: 14503
The Dirty Dozen Double Feature (The Dirty Dozen - The Deadly Mission / The Dirty Dozen - The Fatal Mission)
by Lee H. Katzin
from MGM (Video & DVD)
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal MissionIn case of defeat the Nazis are setting up a Fourth Reich in the Middle East. Ordered to stop them is Major Wright (Telly Savalas) and his team of convict commandoes who this time include a woman intelligence officer Lt. Carol Campbell (Heather Thomas).The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly MissionGeneral Sam Worden (Ernest Borgnine) assigns Major Wright (Telly Savalas) with an impossible mission: lead twelve convicts on a suicide raid deep into Nazi-occupied France and destroy a poison nerve gas factory.System Requirements:Running Time: 190 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY UPC: 027616145475 Manufacturer No: 14547
Frankie and Hazel
by JoBeth Williams
from Showtime Ent.
Actress JoBeth Williams directed this Showtime family feature starring The Sixth Sense's Mischa Barton for Barbra Streisand's Barwood Films. Barton is Frankie and Ingrid Uribe is Hazel, Frankie's neighbor and best friend. Frankie is an orphan who lives with her imperious grandmother, Phoebe (Joan Plowright), while Hazel lives with her father and older brother. Frankie's mother was a prima ballerina--killed in a car crash along with her father--and Frankie's been following in her toe shoes ever since. Although she's the best dancer in her class, she'd rather play baseball, whereas Hazel's a local activist who'd rather be mayor. The story strains credibility when 13-year-old Hazel runs for office against the middle-aged incumbent, but Frankie's goal is more understandable, and both actresses make their characters sympathetic and believable. It's as hard not to like them as it is not to root for them to succeed. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
What's Cooking?
by Gurinder Chadha
from Lions Gate
At first glance, What's Cooking? looks like it was dreamed up by some politically correct screenwriting committee: a series of overlapping stories that intercut among four families (one Hispanic, one Vietnamese, one African American, one Jewish) all preparing for Thanksgiving dinner. But what could be toothless and smarmy is made gripping and genuinely affecting by a mixture of observant writing, fluid direction, and a truly superb ensemble of actors, including Mercedes Ruehl, Alfre Woodard, Joan Chen, Julianna Margulies, Kyra Sedgewick, Dennis Haysbert, and a host of less well known but just as capable others. The script is a marvel of orchestration: small annoyances blossom into fierce conflicts, secrets are deftly revealed, and sanctimoniousness is subtly punctured. The acute but sympathetic portrait of family stress and tension is layered with quiet observations about race and class, as well as the capacity for tolerance and forgiveness. It's recently become a cliché to have characters express themselves through food (examples include Soul Food, Big Night, and Eat Drink Man Woman), but What's Cooking? turns food into a witty exploration of culture as everyone prepares their turkeys in entertainingly different ways--this is not a movie to watch on an empty stomach. Warm without false sentiment, What's Cooking? is deeply enjoyable. --Bret Fetzer
Shark Kill
by William A. Graham
from Wild Eye Releasing
- Violence, Adult Situations
- Uncut Version
- All Region Disc
A horrible flesh eating Great White shark invades a quiet coastal town in search of human victims, terrorizing all who enter the water. It's up to 2 adventurers to gear up in search of the beast. But in a twist of fate, the 2 men find themselves stranded on their boat, and slowly the hunters become the hunted when the Great White destroys their vessel and forces them into his arena - the open sea. That is when the true torment begins for them as the shark begins a gory game of predator and prey...
Stalking Laura
by Michael Switzer
from Jef Films/Mvd
Starring Brooke Shields and Richard Thomas. Brooke Shields stars in this shocking story of passion, obsession and revenge - a fatal attraction that leads to a murderous rampage. Richard Farley is her co-worker, an unassuming computer specialist. When h
Gone to Texas
by Peter Levin
from Republic Pictures
The American West has produced more than its share of legends, but none greater than the true-life story of Sam Houston. SAM ELLIOTT is the frontier hero and statesman whose bravery and vision led to the creation of Texas! 1829 - Sam Houston's career as the popular governor of Tennessee ends in disgrace and heartbreak. He treks back to the happy place of his boyhood among the Cherokee Indians. Houston finds love with a part-Cherokee (DEVON ERICSON) and honor as he negotiates peace among warring tribes. Yet the U.S. Government destroys his triumph by coldly seizing the Cherokee land. In despair, he heads up to the Mexican territory of Texas to join his old friend Jim Bowie (MICHAEL BECK) in an epic fight for the liberation of what will one day be the state of Texas. A star-studded cast including JAMES STEPHENS as Stephen Austin recreate a pivotal crossroads of the United States...when Sam Houston has "GONE TO TEXAS."
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