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Languages: Japanese

Subtitles: English

Summary: Director Rokuro Mochizuki ( ONIBI - THE FIRE WITHIN ) presents to us a fiery story of love blossoming in the strangest of places. His trademark directorial style concentrates on the personal interplay of the lovers, Kinichi, a yakuza enforcer and Yoko, a timid waitress. After a rocky start, a loving relationship develops between them, thanks partly to the mixing drugs with a kidnapping! Kinichi vows to clean up his act but the drugs begin to take effect, sending Kinichi and Yoko on a downward spiral with only their love left to hold them together.

Languages: English

Subtitles: French

Sound: AAC

Comments: Based on the story of GEORGE M. COHAN with the Greatest of all his Great Music

Summary: A musical portrait of composer/singer/dancer George M. Cohan. From his early days as a child-star in his family's vaudeville show up to the time of his comeback at which he received a medal from the president for his special contributions to the US, this is the life- story of George M. Cohan, who produced, directed, wrote and starred in his own musical shows for which he composed his famous songs.

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Languages: English, Spanish

Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1

Comments: Has the world left you a stray?

Summary: Molly Shannon gives a strange and strangely touching performance in "Year of the Dog". A quiet secretary named Peggy (Shannon, "Superstar", "Good Boy!") goes into a tailspin when her beloved dog Pencil dies, leading her to flirt with dating, veganism, animal rights activism, and violence. But though the plot may sound shapeless, the movie is sharp and focused, cutting to the bone of every character's obsessions and neuroses. Yet, though extremely funny, "Year of the Dog" isn't strictly satirical--writer/director Mike White (writer of "The Good Girl" and "Chuck & Buck") doesn't pass judgment on his characters, no matter how irrational or appalling their behavior may be. The movie has a cool empathy, a wistful yet unsparing glance at human weakness. The entire cast--which includes Laura Dern ("We Don't Live Here Anymore"), John C. Reilly ("Boogie Nights"), Regina King ("Ray"), and Peter Sarsgaard ("Boys Don't Cry")--walk a fine line between painfully real and comically absurd. Fans of distinctive directors like Don Roos ("The Opposite of Sex", "Happy Endings") and Todd Solondz ("Happiness", "Storytelling") will enjoy "Year of the Dog". "--Bret Fetzer"

Languages: English, Polish

Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Summary: Redemption for director Michael Cimino and burgeoning stardom for actor Mickey Rourke were on the agenda when "Year of the Dragon" was released in 1985, and even if those things didn't quite come to pass, the result was nevertheless an entertaining, at times even compelling film. Cimino, seven years removed from his Oscar triumph "The Deer Hunter" and five years past the debacle that was (and still is) "Heaven's Gate", made a move back into the mainstream with this violent tale about New York's Chinatown, where gangs and heroin-dealing Chinese "triads" hold sway--at least until police captain Stanley White comes on the scene, fiercely determined to put the bad guys out of business. As portrayed by Rourke, White is arrogant, boorish, and bullheaded, a thoughtless jerk who puts anyone who cares about him in mortal danger, all of which we're supposed to forgive because he served in Vietnam and is so righteously intent on doing his job. Problem is, White is almost completely unlikable, rendering his relationships with his long-suffering wife (Caroline Kava) and his TV reporter girlfriend (a wooden Ariane) implausible in the extreme. Add to that a script (by Cimino and Oliver Stone) filled with stilted, macho dialogue and a level of facile racism and sexism that would be unacceptable by new millennium standards, and you've got a tough sell. Still, Cimino knows how to direct the action sequences, and he's able to sustain a good level of tension as the story builds toward its inevitable confrontation between White and young crime lord Joey Tai (John Lone, channeling Al Pacino in "The Godfather: Part II"). And the aftermath? Cimino made only four movies in the ensuing twenty years, none of them exactly blockbusters, while Rourke sank into a self-inflicted oblivion from which he has yet to recover. Not exactly the hoped-for outcome, but neither of them should be ashamed to have "Year of the Dragon" on his resume. "--Sam Graham"

Languages: English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround

Subtitles: English, Spanish

Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0

Comments: In a city bathed in blood... who can you trust?

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Languages: English, Dolby Digital 5.1; Commentary by the Film's Animator John Coates, and Designer Heinz Edelmann, Dolby Digital 1.0

Subtitles: English

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1

Comments: The forces of good! The forces of evil!

Summary: The singing group, The Beatles, at the height of their popularity, made this cartoon of a land that is taken over by the Blue Meanies. They are recruited by an escapee to come and bring joy (and music) back to the land. The techniques are quite psychedelic in the cartoons and much care was taken to have the walks and mannerisms of the individual Beatles cartoons match the originals.

Sound: Dolby

Comments: Kiiroi namida

Summary: The five members of Arashi appear together on the big screen again in the highly anticipated Kiiroi Namida, a.k.a. Yellow Tears. Based on the classic manga by Nagashima Shinji, this nostalgic film takes the audience back to the 1960s with a moving story about youth, friendship, and the pursuit of dreams.

In the bustle of 1960s Tokyo, five young men cross paths and develop a strong friendship. Ambitious novelist Ryuzo (Sakurai Sho), aspiring manga artist Eisuke (Ninomiya Kazunari), painter Kei (Ono Satoshi), aspiring singer Shoichi (Masaki Aiba), and Yuji (Matsumoto Jun) who moved to Tokyo to make his own way end up living together. Each works hard to realize his dream, but the journey of youth is never straightforward.

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Languages: Korean

Subtitles: English

Sound: AAC

Summary: Set in the futuristic Inner City of a unified Korea circa 2020 A.D., a series of grisly murders propel an overworked police investigator and a celebrated forensics profiler into a nightmarish spiral of death and discovery. Can they unravel the mystery, which has haunted authorities for nearly 30 years?

Languages: Japanese

Subtitles: English

Sound: Dolby

Summary: This semi-comic 1961 film by legendary director Akira Kurosawa ("Rashomon", "Ran") was inspired by the American Western genre. Kurosawa mainstay Toshirô Mifune ("The Seven Samurai") plays a drifting samurai for hire who plays both ends against the middle with two warring factions, surviving on his wits and his ability to outrun his own bad luck. Eventually the samurai seeks to eliminate both sides for his own gain and to define his own sense of honor. "Yojimbo" is striking for its unorthodox treatment of violence and morality, reserving judgment on the actions of its main character and instead presenting an entertaining tale with humor and much visual excitement. One of the inspirations for the "spaghetti Westerns" of director Sergio Leone and later surfacing as a remake as "Last Man Standing" with Bruce Willis, this film offers insight into a director who influenced American films even as he was influenced by them. "--Robert Lane"

Languages: English

Sound: Dolby

Summary: Yongary is another Godzilla clone, only this time made in Korea. This is Korea's first kaiju entry, and even though a lot of things are borrowed from Godzilla and Gamera, the movie is pretty good. The story is that earthquakes start to happen around Korea and they eventually find out it's not earthquakes but really Yongary moving around under the Earth. Yongary goes around all kaiju and begins to attack buildings while the citizens run in terror. It is later found out that Yongary is after one thing, oil. He eats oil just like Gamera eats fire. With him wrecking the city, he must be stopped and fast. Overall, I was impressed with the special fx, some parts were cheesy, in the movie, when the buildings would collapse, fire would break out which I thought was a neat touch. Yongary himself was pretty cool, he could breathe fire like Showa Gamera, but he also has a horn on his nose that could shoot out lasers, which was really cool. He cut one of the airplanes attacking him in half with his nose laser. The movie also features the infamous Yongary dance. On the movie, when Yongary wakes up he starts to dance! It plays 60's music as Yongary gets his freak on! I won't tell the complete story, don't want to spoil the entire story for those who haven't seen it. After Godzilla and Gamera, I would say that Yongary is the next best kaiju created by a different company. If you love kaiju movies, you'll eat this up and love it as much as Yongary loves oil!

Comments: Neoneun nae unmyeong

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Sound: MP3

Comments: Dramatic Story of a Prison Mutiny

Summary: Playboy Johnny Gray (Edward Norris) is framed and sent to prison after his stolen car is found at a holdup committed by Rico (William Castello as Willy Castello), and while the latter is not suspected, his henchman Harry (Mauritz Hugo), Creeper (Charles Jordan) and Red (Sam Bernard) are convicted with Johnny. Stung by the injustice, when even his fiancee (Inna Gest) believes him guilty, Johnny becomes an unruly prisoner and is put in a cell with Cain (Jack La Rue), head of the prison gang planning a break. The new warden, Frank Sanders (Milburn Stone), wins Johnny over by changing his cellmate and giving him a chance to work in the prison gardens. Here, he meets Amy Duncan (Joan Woodbury), daughter of prison guard Duncan (Robert Homans). In an failed escaped, engineered from the outside by Rico, who is killed, one of Rico's men confesses that Johnny is innocent.

Languages: English

Sound: Dolby

Comments: Love is always worth another shot

Summary: A street-smart mob comedy about a hitman (Kingsley) with a drinking problem that gets in the way of his killing. When mismatched people find a common calling the most unlikely relationships are formed and explored through dead-on performances by Kingsley

Languages: French, Japanese

Subtitles: Chinese, English

Sound: Dolby

Summary: n this debut feature by director Edmond Pang Ho Cheung (Men Suddenly In Black), dot-com casualty Bart (Eric Kot) reluctantly becomes a hitman who specialize in killing wealthy socialites. When his latest client demands that he also videotape the job, Bart recruits drug addict Chuen (Cheung Tat Ming) to be his assistant. As the hitman/photographer team gains notoriety and business, they're hired by the mob to carry out a hit. But when the videotape was accidentally erased, Bart and Chuen must hire players and extras to restage and reshoot the murder before the mob finds out! Already a cult classic, YOU SHOOT, I SHOOT is a brilliantly funny satire of Asia's economic woes and our obsession with the mob and the media. This special edition DVD contains over sixty minutes of special features including a "making-of" featurette, deleted scenes with director's commentary, a music video, a theatrical trailer, bloopers, and much more!

Sound: AAC

Comments: Hayworth's glowing beauty! Astaire's glorious rhythm! Kern's greatest score since "Show Boat"!

Summary: The Acunas, a rich Argentine family, have the tradition that the daughters have to get married in order, oldest first. When sister #1 gets married, sisters #3 and #4 put pressure on Maria, sister #2, because they have their husbands picked out already. But Maria hasn't yet met a man she likes. Eduardo Acuna, believing that men aren't romantic enough these days, sends his daughter flowers and anonymous love letters, creating a "mystery man" for her to fall in love with. He intends to pick out an appropriate beau for her later, to fill the role. But Robert Davis, an American dancer looking for work, stumbles into the picture. Maria falls for him, but the father does not approve.

Languages: zh-guoyo, Dolby Digital 1.0; English, Dolby Digital 1.0

Subtitles: English, Spanish

Sound: MP3

Comments: Cheung booi

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Sound: Dolby

Comments: The scariest comedy of all time!

Summary: A young neurosurgeon (Gene Wilder) inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback called Igor, a pretty lab assistant named Inga and the old housekeeper, frau Blucher -iiiiihhh!-. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather is only crap, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind...

Sound: MP3

Comments: BURT LANCASTER invades the world of...HAROLD HECHT'S the YOUNG SAVAGES

Summary: A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three Italian teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy. He begins to discover that the facts are the case aren't exactly as they seem to be.

Languages: English

Subtitles: English

Summary: From Takashi Miike, acclaimed director of AUDITION, and GOZU, this film focuses on the humorous antics of delinquent youth. It is depicted through the high school life of two young boys growing up in the working class neighborhood of Kishiwada, Osaka and living by fighting with other gangs in a never-ending game.
DVD Special Features:
Interview With Director
Original Trailer
Osaka History And Culture
Biographies & Filmographies
Scene Selection

Sound: MP3

Comments: If you live through the gang wars, the pushers, the back-alley deathtraps... YOU GONNA BE A STAR!

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Languages: Japanese, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Subtitles: English

Comments: Yaju no seishun