Saturday, January 27, 2007

March, 2007 Hidden Gem Titles

Echo Bridge's "Some Things That Stay" Stars Katie Boland, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Zegers, and Alberta Watson After years of moving, 15 year-old Tamara is tored of starting over. When her unconventional family relocates to a conservative country town, she discovers new friends, new romance - and a chance of a normal life. But just as she begins to feel at home, her mother is hospitalized, forcing young Tamara to grow up quickly and find the strength to keep her family from falling apart. Set in rural 1950's America, this luminous coming-of-age story tells a compellingtale of courage, faith, and the incredible power of forgiveness.

Anchor Bay's "The Pleasure Drivers" Starring Lauren Holly, Angus MacFadyen, Lacey Chabert, Meat Loaf, and Billy Zane Streets 3-13-2007 "The Pleasure Drivers" lays out three separate interconnected stories involving and adulterous therapist, a young sociopath call girl, a vicious lesbian hit woman, a white trash kidnapper, and a brain-damaged ex-cult guru. Described as funny, sexy, edgy amd dangerous. "The Pleasure Drivers" energetically explores the dark side of Los Angeles and how it gleefully relates to the gasoline of libido.


Zeitgeist's "My Country, My Country" Streets 3-20-2007 Over eight months, American filmmaker Laura Poitras follows Iraqui Physician Dr. Riyadh - father of six and Sunni political candidate - for an unforgettable journey into the heart of war-ravaged Iraq in the months leading up to the January, 2005 elections. An outspoen critic of the occupation, Dr. Riyadh is equally passionate about building democracy in Iraq. Yet all around him, he sees only chaos, as his waiting room fills each day with patients suffering the physical and mental effects of ever-increasing violence. dramatically inter-woven into his personal journey is the landscape of U.S. military occupation. Australian private security contractors, and the U,N, officials who orchestrated the elections.

Screen Media's "Kettle of Fish" - Stars Matthew Modine, Gina Gershon, Christy Scott Cashman, and Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Streets 3-6-2007. Longtime lothario Mel realizes he's gwetting older and no closer to love, so he decides to sublet his apartment and settle down with his new girlfriend, Inga. But no sooner has he moc=ved in with Inga, when anotherwoman catches his eye and obsession. When Inga finds out, she dumps Mel back into the street and he's forced back into his apartment, which is now occupied by Ginger. The sparks begin to fly when Mel and Ginger form a friendship and try to help each other navigate love and life, in a funny, sweet romantic comedy that cannot be missed!