Vivendi's "National lampoon's TV: The Movie" - starring Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Lee Majors, Judd Nelson. It is a celebration of the ever-increasing ridiculousness of society reflected through television...oh, who are we trying to kid? We just wanted to break the stuff, throw Steve-O off a building and get some chick naked. Biting sketch comedy combined with "Jackassian" stunts form the basis of this demented channel-surfing adventure for the unfocused youth of the world. This spoof comedy stars pop-culture icons.
ThinkFilm's "Keeping Mum" - starring Maggie Smith, Rowan Atkinson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Patrick Swayze. Rowan Atkinson is an absent minded vicar of a rural parish who is so distracted by the pressures of his job that he fails to notice thta his wife's dalliance with her brash young golf instructor, his daughter's parade of new boyfriends, and his young son's regular trouncing by the school's bullies. Enter their charming new housekeeper,Grace, the answer to the family's prayers: a sweet old lady with her own distinctive definition of cleaning house - and avery unusual way of solving problems.
Columbia's "Half Nelson" - starring Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie. Dan Dunne is a young inner-city junior high school teacher whose ideals wither and die in the face of reality. Though Dan is brilliant, and in control in the classroom, he spends his time outside school on the edge of consciousness. His disappointments and disillusionment have led to a serious drug habit. He juggles his hangovers and his homework, keeping his lives separated, until one of his troubled students, Drey, catches him getting high after school. From this awkward beginning, Dand and Drey stumble into an unexpected friendasip.
Screenmedia's "Disaster! The Movie" - starring Tommy Lee, Mick Mars, Glenn Morshower, Vince Neil, Nicki Sixx. In this spoof of big budget disaster films, a killer planetoid threatens the earth. To combat this threat, the government turns to a vulcanoligist Harry Bottoms. He assembles a crack team of disaster specialists consisting of his estranged daughter Sandy Mellons, a nuclear physician, and a Deepcore driller. Together with a NASA flight crew and a flatulent French astronaut, our heroes face numerous, preposterous complications, including the hazardous gas passed by Bidet and an angry space monkey who dwells on the planetoid.
Columbia's "Boynton Beach Club" - starring Sally Kellerman, Joseph Bologna, Dyan Cannon, Len Cariou, Brenda Vaccaro. Lois, Harry, Marilyn, Sandy and Jack live in an "Active Adult" community in Boynton Beach, Florida. Their lives intersect when they meet at a local Bereavement Club where they go to find emotional support after the loss of a loved one. For anyone who thins that new love and romance ends long before retirement, they're in for a reality check. No one sees themselves as becoming old, and the residents of Boynton Beach aren't about to start. But sometimes we all need a little reminder that life is worth living and sharing.
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!
