Video release 06/10
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Frida: (3 stars) Biography of celebrated Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (played by
Salma Hayek, who received this year's Oscar for Best Actress), told in
flashback on the day of her one-and-only exhibit in Mexico in the spring of
1953. Her life was tumultuous. A trolley accident in 1923 impaled her on a
metal rod and put her in bed for months where she miraculously recovered,
taking up painting to ease her boredom. She drank, smoked and took drugs to
excess -- to dull inner and outer pain. She met and fell in love with the
famous muralist Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina) and they shared lovers in their
open marriage -- she was bisexual. Her paintings are amazing, and fortunately
don't take too much of a back seat in this opulent biography that will
certainly tantalize viewers with it lust for life. Director: Julie Taymor.
Stars: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Edward Norton, Antonio
Banderas, Mia Maestro, Ashley Judd, Roger Rees, Valeria Golino. 2002, CC, MPAA
rating: R, 119 min., Bio-Drama, Box office gross: $25.000 million, Miramax, No
VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: yes
Old School: (3 stars) 21st century version of John Landis' classic "Animal
House" as performed by a trio of men who want to relive their college days and
take one last stab at irresponsibility. Lawyer Mitch (Luke Wilson) returns from
a business trip to find his live-in girl friend (Juliette Lewis) having kinky
sex with someone else and, crestfallen, he moves out and rents a house near a
college campus. Joined by pals Beanie (Vince Vaughn) and Frank (Will Ferrell),
he turns the place into a frat house, setting off all sorts of wild and
wonderful times -- with lots of sexy gals and cool parties. Ahh, to be young
again. In rated and unrated versions. Director: Todd Phillips. Stars: Luke
Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ellen Pompeo, Juliette Lewis, Leah Remini,
Perry Reeves, Craig Kilborn, Jeremy Piven. 2003, CC, MPAA rating: R, 91 min.,
Comedy, Box office gross: $73.000 million, DreamWorks, No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental. DVD: yes
Tears of the Sun: (3 stars) Set against the exotic backdrop of Africa, this
Bruce Willis-starrer is a gripping heroic drama that deals with the gritty
realism of human conflict. When Navy S.E.A.L. veteran Lt. Waters (Willis) and
his top-secret team arrives in war-torn Nigeria to rescue Dr. Lena Kendricks
(Monica Bellucci), a U.S. citizen who runs a mission in the countryside, she
refuses to abandon the refugees under her care and implores him to escort them
on a dangerous trek through the dense jungle to the nearby Cameroon border.
During their journey the S.E.A.L.s find themselves the unwitting guardians of a
man sought by the rebel militia, but as Waters' resolve to protect Lena
strengthens, he ultimately chooses to defy his military orders and fights to
deliver her and the refugees safely across the border. Director: Antoine Fuqua.
Stars: Bruce Willis, Monica Bellucci, Cole Hauser, Fionnula Flanagan, Eamonn
Walker, Johnny Messner, Nick Chinlund, Tom Skerritt. 2003, CC, MPAA rating: R,
121 min., Action Drama, Box office gross: $42.000 million, Columbia TriStar, No
VHS SRP, Priced for rental. DVD: yes
The Jungle Book 2: (3 stars) Picking up where the 1967 original left off --
when Mowgli's love for a young girl brings him out of the jungle and into
civilization -- this mellow sequel has Mowgli living with his adopted parents,
his little stepbrother, and Shanti, the little girl who stole his heart. But
Mowgli (Haley Joel Osment) still feels the call of the wild and soon finds
himself disobeying his father's orders and crossing the river into the jungle
to recreate "happier" freer times with Baloo the bear (John Goodman). Naturally
there's evil lurking there, in the form of nasty tiger Shere Khan, who's still
on the hunt for Mowgli. Mowgli must outwit the tiger, and decide if he wants a
life of laid back hilarity with Baloo in the jungle or a simpler existence in
the man-village with Shanti. Director: Steve Trenbirth. Voices of John Goodman,
Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman, Connor Funk, Tony Jay Kaa, Jim Cummings, Bob
Joles, Phil Collins, John Rhys-Davies. 2003, CC, MPAA rating: G, 72 min.,
Animated, Box office gross: $46.253 million, Disney, $24.99 VHS SRP. DVD: yes
Biker Boyz: (3 stars) Exciting, action-packed contemporary Western on wheels
with desperados who live every day on the edge. Lawyers and city workers by
day, they take to the streets in their leathers to race by night. In the world
of underground motorcycle clubs, the undefeated racer known as Smoke (Laurence
Fishburne) is the undisputed "King of Cali." But Smoke's dominance of the set
is about to be threatened by a young motorcycle racing prodigy called Kid
(Derek Luke), who is determined to win Smoke's helmet and earn the coveted
title. Based on a New Times Magazine article. Director: Reggie Rock Bythewood.
Stars: Laurence Fishburne, Derek Luke, Kid Rock, Orlando Jones, Djimon Hounsou,
Lisa Bonet, Larenz Tate, Meagan Goode, Brendan Fehr, Rick Gonzalez, Terence
Howard, Eriq La Salle, Kadeem Hardison. 2003, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 110 min.,
Thriller, Box office gross: $21.701 million, DreamWorks, No VHS SRP, Priced for
rental. DVD: yes
They: (2 stars) Weak horror thriller with the official title of "Wes Craven
Presents They," though Craven's involvement with this outing is most likely
only in the marketing of his name, since he's not listed in the production
credits. Psychology student Julia (Laura Regan), who experienced "night
terrors" as a child, realizes that the monsters in her nightmares might not
have been her imagination. As she begins to find other people who shared
similar experiences, she realizes that like the others she was marked by the
terrors in her dreams, and now they have come back to collect their victims one
by one. Her only hope of survival is to stay awake and out of the dark. But her
wacky, darkness-loving friends and rolling blackouts in the city only heighten
her fears that "They" will succeed. Director: Robert Harmon. Stars: Laura
Regan, Marc Blucas, Ethan Embry. 2002, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 89 min., Horror,
Box office gross: $12.693 million, Dimension, No VH SRP, Priced for rental.
DVD: yes
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