Jacobs, Alan

Nina Takes a Lover

Laura San Giacomo Paul Rhys Michael O'Keefe Cristi Conway and Fisher Stevens star in this surprisingly romantic comedy that combines marriage passion and adultery in a lover's triangle you can't resist. San Giacomo stars as Nina a woman deeply in love with her husband despite his infidelity and frequent absences. But when he leaves town and Nina's best friend borrows her apartment for an extramarital tryst Nina starts to reconsider her own ideas about love. Reluctantly she enters into an affair with a handsome stranger. Just when you think you understand Nina's change of heart an astonishing secret reveals her true love. Flirty funny and wonderfully romantic NINA TAKES A LOVER is the perfect movie to share with everyone you love!System Requirements:Running Time: 97 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 043396077812 Manufacturer No: 07781

Laura San Giacomo, introduced to us in the gangbuster role in sex, lies & videotape (1989), only appeared in a handful of empty independent films or small parts in blockbusters (Julia Roberts' best friend in Pretty Woman) before nabbing the starring role in the TV series Just Shoot Me starting in 1997. Nina Takes a Lover, a trite, cute comedy, finds San Giacomo as a wife who decides she deserves a break today and jumps into a lovable affair with a visiting British photographer (Paul Rhys). To first-time filmmaker Alan Jacobs's credit, he takes a earnest road, but the movie takes itself too seriously. Nina narrates her plight to a journalist (Michael O'Keefe) who notes these things (do we know anybody like this?) and before you can say Red Shoe Diaries she's igniting her love life. The film might have been more successful if it stayed as light as a Sandra Bullock vehicle (While You Were Sleeping opened at the same time) although it showcases San Giacomo's leading-lady appeal and provides an interesting role for the brooding Rhys. There's a lovely score by Todd Boekelheide to boot. --Doug Thomas

American Gun

A grief stricken man tries to solve the mystery of his daughter's murder with only a gun's serial number as a clue.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 7-SEP-2004
Media Type: DVD

Just One Night

Nina Takes a Lover [Region 2]

Laura San Giacomo, introduced to us in the gangbuster role in sex, lies & videotape (1989), only appeared in a handful of empty independent films or small parts in blockbusters (Julia Roberts' best friend in Pretty Woman) before nabbing the starring role in the TV series Just Shoot Me starting in 1997. Nina Takes a Lover, a trite, cute comedy, finds San Giacomo as a wife who decides she deserves a break today and jumps into a lovable affair with a visiting British photographer (Paul Rhys). To first-time filmmaker Alan Jacobs's credit, he takes a earnest road, but the movie takes itself too seriously. Nina narrates her plight to a journalist (Michael O'Keefe) who notes these things (do we know anybody like this?) and before you can say Red Shoe Diaries she's igniting her love life. The film might have been more successful if it stayed as light as a Sandra Bullock vehicle (While You Were Sleeping opened at the same time) although it showcases San Giacomo's leading-lady appeal and provides an interesting role for the brooding Rhys. There's a lovely score by Todd Boekelheide to boot. --Doug Thomas

American Gun [Region 2]

American Gun [Region 2]