New Videos Coming Out This Week
Here's what you need to know to plan your next trip to the video store. There are some interesting releases slated for Tuesday, November 6, 2001, including "Baby Boy," The Golden Bowl," and "Legally Blonde." Let's take a look at these films, along with a few additional releases of interest, and take a sneak peek at next week's videos and DVDs.
"Baby Boy"
Length: 128 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexuality,
language, violence and some drug use
In "Baby Boy" writer-director John Singleton has created a hard-hitting drama about the African American experience in South Central Los Angeles. Jody (Tyrese Gibson) is an unemployed 20-year-old who has fathered two children by two different women, yet he still lives at home with his 36-year-old single mother (A.J. Johnson). Jody has no car, but he frequently borrows one owned by his employed girlfriend Yvette (Taraji P. Henson), sometimes to go see his other girlfriend Peanut (Tamara Bass). But Yvette is getting fed up with the way Jody treats her, and Jody’s life grows more complicated when his mother begins a romantic relationship with a man (Ving Rhames) in the landscaping business. There’s emotional honesty in this film, and it never suggests there are easy answers to the difficult questions it raises.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"The Golden Bowl"
Length:
134 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for a sex scene
Set in the early years of the 20th century, "The Golden Bowl" is a Merchant-Ivory drama adapted from a Henry James novel. Adam Verver (Nick Nolte) is an extremely wealthy widower who is close to his adult daughter Maggie (Kate Beckinsale). Amerigo (Jeremy Northam) is a charming titled Italian in need of money, a problem he solves by marrying Maggie. Later, Adam marries Maggie’s best friend Charlotte (Uma Thurman), an impoverished socialite. But unbeknownst to Adam and Maggie, Amerigo and Charlotte were formerly lovers. As time goes by, Amerigo and Charlotte find themselves being drawn back together, and when all four characters come to understand what is going on, they struggle quietly with their conflicting desires.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Legally Blonde"
Tagline: "This summer go blonde!"
Length: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language and
sexual references
Reese Witherspoon sparkles as the star of this lightweight comedy. Elle Woods (Witherspoon) is president of her sorority and a fashion major who finishes college with a 4.0 grade point average. Elle expects her politically ambitious boyfriend Warner (Matthew Davis) to propose to her, but instead he dumps her in the belief that her blonde look and bubbly personality won’t serve him well in reaching his goal of becoming a U.S. Senator by age 30. To prove Warner wrong, Elle enrolls at Harvard Law School, where she assists a professor (Victor Garber) on a high-profile murder case involving a member of her sorority. Meanwhile, Warner has a new girlfriend (Selma Blair), but Elle makes new friends of her own and proves to be both smart and competent after all.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
Additional Releases of Interest:
"A Clockwork Orange" (1971) - Limited Edition Collector's Set
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Doctor Zhivago" (1965)
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Empire of the Sun" (1987)
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Gone With The Wind" - Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set (1939)
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"The Sopranos" - The Complete Second Season
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"A Star Is Born" - Limited Edition Deluxe Box Set (1954)
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
"Star Trek - The Motion Picture" (1979)
Formats Available: The above information refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.
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