Breaking Point – Widescreen AC3 Dolby
Breaking Point – Widescreen AC3 Dolby
A disgraced criminal defense attorney uncovers evidence of corruption within the police department while attempting a career comeback in this crime drama from director Jeff Celentano (Under the Hula Moon, Say It in Russian). Before his career was sidelined by drug addiction and a family tragedy, Steven Luisi (Tom Berenger) defended some of the worst criminals in the city. These days he’s sober and determined to get his career… Continue reading
Drug Addiction: Postcards From the Edge – Widescreen Subtitle
Postcards From the Edge – Widescreen Subtitle
Mike Nichols lends some comic structure to Carrie Fisher’s best-selling confessional novel concerning a woman’s struggles with drug addiction and mother-daughter rivalry (subjects Fisher admits to understanding all too well). Meryl Streep, in her most full-blown comic performance up to that point, plays Suzanne Vale, a popular movie actress well on her way to a Hollywood crack-up. Suzanne suffers from blackouts and memory lapses, and awakens in the… Continue reading
Hoop Dreams – Widescreen
Hoop Dreams – Widescreen
This documentary about the aspirations of high-school basketball players from inner city Chicago won awards from the Sundance film festival, the New York Film Critics Circle, and the Academy Award (Oscar) for best editing. Two young men are followed during their entire high-school career, beginning with their participation in playground games and ending with their being recruited by colleges. The obstacles these young men face include parental drug addiction, family poverty,… Continue reading
Happy Valley – Widescreen
Happy Valley – Widescreen
A full-time father’s earnest mission to reunite his 12-year-old daughter with her drug-addicted mother serves as the catalyst for a series of unexpected miracles in director Ron Williams’ revealing look at the dark underbelly of an outwardly perfect community. Deep in the heart of Utah exists a community commonly known as “Happy Valley.” Not only does Happy Valley boast one of the lowest crime rates in the nation, but it’s also… Continue reading
Affliction – Widescreen
Affliction – Widescreen
Nick Nolte and James Coburn deliver some of the finest work of their respective careers in this powerful but troubling adaptation of Russell Banks’s novel. Wade Whitehouse (Nick Nolte) is the sheriff in a small New England town; it’s a part-time job with few taxing responsibilities, and Wade fills his many free hours by swilling booze, smoking pot, and thinking back on his nightmarish childhood. Wade’s father Glen (James Coburn) was by… Continue reading
Longest Yard/Varsity Blues [2 Discs] – Widescreen
Longest Yard/Varsity Blues [2 Discs] – Widescreen
Includes:Varsity Blues (1999), MPAA Rating: R The Longest Yard (2005), MPAA Rating: PG-13 Varsity Blues In his first feature following the success of television’s Dawson’s Creek, James Van Der Beek stars as Jonathan Moxon, the back-up quarterback on his high-school football team, the West Canaan Coyotes. In West Canaan, the only thing that matters is football, and the man who matters is the one with 22 divisional championships,… Continue reading