Two cops Artie and Steve are investigating a drugs ring. When Steve is murdered Artie and his wife become the legal guardians of Steve's children. As the case continues Artie's family become the next targets...
A startlingly effective and provocative drama, La Mission is about more than a father's battle to overcome his homophobia, it's also a powerful story of the redemptive power of love. Jessie hasn't had the easiest of lives, having to deal with the loss of his mother whilst trying to carve out a life as a gay man in New York's infamously volatile 'barrio' district. But things are about to get a lot harder when his homophobic father, Che (Benjamin Bratt) gets released from prison. Initially reacting to Jessie's revelation with violence and fear, Che is soon forced to choose between his old sense of pride and his love for the only thing that really means anything to him in this world - his son.
Scott Barnes is an alcoholic turned social worker hellbent on saving a young boy named Tommy from self-destructing when he finds out he has begun selling crack cocaine in an organisation run by Carlos. Posing as a drug dealer to infiltrate their ranks Scott soon discovers that Tommy isn't the only victim; hundreds of children have been abducted and freeing them all is going to take a miracle!
Despicable Me is a compelling animated comedy about an aging supervillain's falling popularity at the hands of a younger supervillain and three young orphan girls. Gru is a true, bad-to-the-core evildoer who's earned the title of the world's No. 1 supervillain. But when young upstart Vector steals the Pyramid of Giza, Gru's status suddenly sinks to No. 2. Gru counters his fall by speeding up his plan to shrink and steal the moon, enlisting the help of his army of minions and the elderly Dr. Nefario, but a lack of funding and the difficulties involved in stealing the needed shrink-ray gun threaten to derail everything. Adopting three young orphan girls is an unlikely, but seemingly effective means to further Gru's evil mission, but Gru quickly discovers that caring for three young girls is more work, and distraction, than he could ever have anticipated. What unfolds is an unexpected shift in attitude that will forever change the lives of Gru, Vector, and all three young girls. A visually appealing film produced by Chris Meledandri (Ice Age, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, and Horton Hears a Who), Despicable Me is full of weirdly shaped characters and settings that are somehow a perfect fit for Sergio Pablos's story. What's especially refreshing is that in this film, 3-D effects are used skillfully and effectively: even when the effects are exploited for comic reasons, they don't become a distraction, as is all too common in many recent movies. The film is full of corny banter and silly antics that inspire plenty of spontaneous laughter, and the minions, while not the best-developed characters, sure are comical. Ultimately, there's also a wholesome message about following one's heart. Steve Carell is the perfect villain-gone-soft in his role as Gru, Jason Segal is quite funny as Vector, and Julie Andrews makes a surprising appearance as Gru's very un-motherly mom. The story isn't new, the humour is relatively juvenile and somewhat forgettable, and it's no Toy Story 3, but Despicable Me celebrates silliness in a way that's satisfying and highly entertaining. (Ages 6 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
Miguel Pinero became a leading figure in New York's art scene during the 1970s as a poet, actor, and playwright whose vibrant, often pointed, work spoke directly to the lower classes and to disenfranchised minorities. As a founder of the influential Nuyorican Poets Cafe, his poetry soon became recognized as a forerunner to rap and hip-hop music. TV screenwriter turned director Leon Ichaso spins this impressionistic biographical look at this artist.
Available for the first time on DVD! Miguel Piero was a New York City poet and playwright who wrote what he knew: a world of ""stabbing shooting and dying."" This gritty non-linear biographical film presents Piero's dark charisma and even darker life in all it's angry glory. A junkie a drug dealer and a thief Piero (played by Benjamin Bratt) spent time in Sing-Sing prison an experience which was the basis of his most famous play SHORT EYES which won the Tony award in 1974. P
In Red Planet the only thing thicker than the Martian atmosphere (which is breathable, by the way) is the layer of clichés that nearly smothers a formulaic beat-the-clock plot. Science fiction fans are sure to be forgiving, however, because the film is reasonably intelligent, boasts a few dazzling sequences, and presents fascinating technology in the year 2057. We don't know how the Mars-1 spaceship gets to Mars in only six months (newfangled propulsion, no doubt), but we do get some cool diagnostic read-outs on tinfoil scrolls, an abundance of well-designed hardware, and a service-robot-turned-villain that's a high-tech hybrid of RoboCop, Bruce Lee, and a slinky panther with plenty of lethal attitude. A perfectly suitable companion to another Year 2000 sci-fi thriller, Pitch Black, Red Planet is a fine way to kill a couple of hours. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.comWhen Battlefield Earth was released theatrically, this inept sci-fi epic qualified as an instant camp classic, prompting Daily Variety to call it "the Showgirls of sci-fi shoot-'em-ups". Other reviews were united in their derision, and toy stores were left with truckloads of Battlefield Earth action figures that nobody wanted. Recklessly adapted from the novel by sci-fi author and Scientology founder L Ron Hubbard and set in the year 3000, the film is no worse than many cheesy sci-fi flicks, but the sight of Travolta as a burly, dreadlocked alien from the planet Psychlo provokes unintentional laughter from first frame to final credits. The best that Battlefield Earth can hope for is a Dune-like fate: it might improve in a longer director's cut--but that's wishful thinking. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.comKurt Russell hits new heights in laconic action heroes with his portrayal of Sergeant Todd, born and bred to be a Soldier in a futuristic army. Raised to kill mercilessly, living only for battle, he finds himself at the twilight of his career (and so-called life) when a regiment of genetically enhanced warriors threatens to make his brand of soldiering obsolete. Soldier is one of those rare sci-fi movies that relies more on plot and action than special effects (though the trash planet is effectively wrought). The pace of action in the last half of the film is relentless and exciting, and Russell's portrayal of the old warrior as he warms to human emotions relies more on expression than words-in fact, he barely utters half-dozen lines. --Tod Nelson, Amazon.com
On an island occupied by the descendants of pirates a rugged beachcomber's simple life is thrown into a tailspin when he discovers a sunken ship carrying treasures beyond his wildest dreams...
Corruption Empire The death of a corporate mogul due to an overdose from a sexual performance enhancing drug leads to a case in which a witness (Roberts) accuses Detective Curtis (Bratt) of tampering with evidence. Meanwhile Detective Briscoe is set up by a former partner to take the rap for corruption. Now the two cops must take the stand to face the very justice that they defend... Playing God It's high-voltage thrills as hot X-files star David Duchovny and new big-screen bad boy Timothy Hutton square off in an edgy confrontation where the stakes are high...and the action is deadly! Duchovny plays Dr. Eugene Sands an ex-surgeon lured into a dark underworld by a hip - but lethal - mob caught in a web of murder and mayhem and growing far too close to the mobster's seductive mistress played by sexy Angelina Jolie. It's a potent action thriller where passion and deception meet in a battle between good and evil! Al's Lads Adventure drama set in 1927 Chicago surrounding Jimmy and his two Liverpool pals who work as lowly waiters on the Mauretania steaming towards America. They soon become involved in a gin selling racket and before long they are working for legendary gangster Al Capone... All The Queens Men Led by an American a mismatched team of British Special Services agents must infiltrate in disguise a female-run Enigma factory in Berlin and bring back the decoding device that will help end the war.
Rage Injected with lethal chemicals known to induce murderous rage Alex races against time and runs from the police in his desperate search for the antidote that will save his life. The Last Producer Sonny Wexler a classsic Hollywood producer dreaming of the respect he commanded in the past and hoping for one more shot at the big time is is hanging on to the threads of his career. His last chance for glory is a script optioned from a hungary young writer. Steel Frontier After the fall of the world a colony of survivors put their hopes on a drifter Yuma to defeat a tyrannical general who has taken their tone by force. But Yuma may have plans of his own... Brothers Beercan Driftwood Fats-Joey The King Mystic Matey Tarzan and Wildman - lads on th pull in sunny Greece in this sex and booze drenched feast.
Sandra Bullock stars as a bumbling female FBI agent assigned to go undercover as a participant in the Miss United States beauty pageant when it is discovered that one of the contestants is being targeted for murder. Benjamin Bratt leads the undercover team while also playing the reluctant love interest. Candice Bergen and William Shatner manage the pageant and hire Michael Caine to turn Bullock from rough and tumble agent to stunning beauty queen. The physical transformation is impressive although the klutzy personality remains. Everything seems to be fine once the killer is suddenly caught but Bullock suspects there is more to this story and the truth eventually unfolds with an unexpected twist... CD tracklist: 1. Esthero - Wikkid Lil' Grrrls 2. Natasha Bedingfield - I'm A Bomb 3. Pink - trouble 4. Spiderbait - Black Betty 5. Paul Anka - (You're) Having A Baby 6. Carl Carlton - She's A Bad Mama Jama 7. Ohio Players - Fire 8. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way 9. The Staple Singers - 'I'll Take You There' 10. Ike And Tina Turner - Proud Mary 11. Patti LaBelle - New Attitude 13. Liza Minelli - Cabaret (live version)
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