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The
Hours (Widescreen Edition) (2003) DVD
THE HOURS tells the story of three
very different individuals who share the feeling that they have been living
their lives for someone else. Virginia Woolf (Kidman) lives in a suburb
of London in the 1920’s as she struggles to begin writing her first great
novel, Mrs. Dalloway, while also attempting to overcome the mental illness
that threatens to engulf her. Laura Brown (Moore), a young wife and mother
in post - World War II Los Angeles, is just starting to read Mrs. Dalloway,
and is so deeply affected by it that she begins to question the life she
has chosen for herself. Then, in contemporary New York City, Clarissa Vaughan
(Streep) is a modern-day mirror image of Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway as she plans
what may be the final party for her friend and former lover, Richard (Harris),
who is dying of AIDS. |
Wives
and Daughters
(1999)
DVD
From the team that brought you
"Pride and Prejudice." Set in a richly portrayed society well-stocked with
eccentric nobles and gossipy villagers, the story centers around 17-year-old
Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a respected country Doctor. |
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City
of God (2002) DVD
Mystifying, compelling, precisely
provocative and an excellent case study. Get ready to see the "hidden"
Rio - one that is filled with a decaying sense of despair and hopelessness.
The surprising aspect of "City of God", is the striking realism conveyed
in the film. |
While
You Were Sleeping
(1995)
DVD
If you don't mind a heavy dose
of schmaltz and sentiment, this romantic comedy has a gentle way of seducing
you with its charms. While You Were Sleeping was the first starring role
for Sandra Bullock after her blockbuster success in Speed. In a role that
nicely emphasizes her easygoing appeal, Bullock is the reason the movie
works at all. She plays Lucy Eleanor Moderatz, a Chicago Transit tollbooth
clerk who's hopelessly smitten with a daily commuter, Peter Callaghan (Peter
Gallagher). She saves the object of her affection from certain death after
he's mugged and falls onto the train tracks. While Peter is in a coma,
she lets his family believe that she is his fiancée, and surprisingly
finds herself drawn to his brother (Bill Pullman), for whom the attraction
is definitely mutual. How Lucy gets out of this amorous predicament is
what makes this pleasant movie less predictable than its familiar ingredients
would initially indicate. It's feel-good fluff, with characters and performances
that keep you smiling through the drippy plot mechanics. --Jeff Shannon |
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Ever
After - A Cinderella Story (1998) DVD
Drew Barrymore plays Cinderella's
alleged inspiration, Danielle, in this romantic drama that purports to
tell the "facts" behind the Grimm brothers' story. One of three daughters
of a man (Jeroen Krabbé) who dies and leaves her fate in the hands
of a conniving stepmother (Anjelica Huston), Danielle is cast into the
lowly role of a servant. Meanwhile, her sisters are evaluated as possible
mates for a French prince (Dougray Scott), but he's far more intrigued
with Danielle's intelligence and beauty --not to mention her way with a
sword and fist. Directed by Andy Tennant (who directed Barrymore in TV's
The Amy Fisher Story), Ever After has that rare ability to win the heart
and mind of a viewer simply by being committed to its own innocence, particularly
where Barrymore's luminous performance is concerned. A contemporary take
on an old, virtually forgotten Hollywood convention--the costume adventure
with middling artistic ambition but real audience appeal--Ever After is
a surprisingly delightful film. --Tom Keogh |
Ulee's
Gold (1997) DVD
This movie is a nice change from
standard Hollywood fare with Peter Fonda's and Patricia Richardson's subtle
performances in this sweet, but not sugary, masterpiece premiered as the
Festival Centerpiece in 1997's Sundance Film Festival. |
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