- GOOD DICK (DVD MOVIE)
West Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1981. Tensions between Catholics and Protestants have never been higher. The IRA Hunger Strikes are in full swing, and violence continues to spread in Belfast. While working in their parentsâ grocery store, two young Catholic twins, Vincent and Michael Logan, witness their fatherâs brutal murder by British commandos.
This horrific crime sends the twins on radically opposing paths.
As they reach adulthood, Vincent embarks on a journey for justice and becomes a cop. Michael, still simmering over his fatherâs murder, is out for revenge and soon becomes the IRAâs most feared assassin. When Michael discovers that his fatherâs killer has! just become the most powerful man in Europe, he plots his revenge. But thereâs one man standing in his way, one he used to call brother â¦
There's love in war as Vassily connects with a woman soldier (Rachel Weisz), but she is also loved by Danilov (Joseph Fiennes), the Soviet officer who promotes his friend Vassily as Russia's much-needed hero. This romantic rivalry lends marginal interest to the central plot, but it's not enough to make this a classic war film. Instead it's a taut, well-made suspense thriller isolated within an epic battle, and although Annaud and cowriter Alain Godard (drawing from William Craig's book and David L. Robbins's novel The War of the Rats) fail to connect the parallel plots with any lasting impact, the production is never less than impressive. Highly conventional but handled with intelligence and superior craftsmanship, this is warfare as strategic entertainment, without compromising warfare as a manmade hell on Earth. --Jeff Shannon
Genre: Action/Adventure
R! ating: R
Release Date: 19-MAY-2009
Media T! ype: Blu-RayLike Saving Private Ryan, Enemy at the Gates opens with a pivotal event of World War II--the German invasion of Stalingrad--re-created in epic scale, as ill-trained Russian soldiers face German attack or punitive execution if they flee from the enemy's advance. Director Jean-Jacques Annaud captures this madness with urgent authenticity, creating a massive context for a more intimate battle waged amid the city's ruins. Embellished from its basis in fact, the story shifts to an intense cat-and-mouse game between a Russian shepherd raised to iconic fame and a German marksman whose skill is unmatched in its lethal precision. Vassily Zaitzev (Jude Law) has been sniping Nazis one bullet at a time, while the German Major Konig (Ed Harris) has been assigned to kill Vassily and spare Hitler from further embarrassment.
There's love in war as Vassily connects with a woman soldier (Rachel Weisz), but she is also loved by Danilov (Joseph Fiennes), the Soviet off! icer who promotes his friend Vassily as Russia's much-needed hero. This romantic rivalry lends marginal interest to the central plot, but it's not enough to make this a classic war film. Instead it's a taut, well-made suspense thriller isolated within an epic battle, and although Annaud and cowriter Alain Godard (drawing from William Craig's book and David L. Robbins's novel The War of the Rats) fail to connect the parallel plots with any lasting impact, the production is never less than impressive. Highly conventional but handled with intelligence and superior craftsmanship, this is warfare as strategic entertainment, without compromising warfare as a manmade hell on Earth. --Jeff Shannon Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/02/2011 Rating: RDVD
Wrestling the Hulk
How many people can say they stood up against wrestler Hulk Hoga! n and came out victorious? Linda Hogan did just that. After tw! enty-fou r years of dealing with his cheating, mistreatment, and lies, Linda needed to step out of her marriage ring and start a new life.
In Wrestling the Hulk, the woman who was loved by television audiences for being the supportive wife and mother on VH1âs hit show Hogan Knows Best is now revealing for the first time what life with the wrestling icon was really like behind the scenes. Linda takes readers through some of her most personal moments: from her first intimate experiences with Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan) to their ringside courtship, from helping him launch a successful career and start a family to the crumbling of their marriage because of infidelity.
After two decades of being âMrs. Hulk Hogan,â Linda finally summoned the courage to move on and love her life. She has found happiness in a new relationship with a younger man, proving that itâs never too late to start over.
Wrestling the Hulk
How many people can say th! ey stood up against wrestler Hulk Hogan and came out victorious? Linda Hogan did just that. After twenty-four years of dealing with his cheating, mistreatment, and lies, Linda needed to step out of her marriage ring and start a new life.
In Wrestling the Hulk, the woman who was loved by television audiences for being the supportive wife and mother on VH1âs hit show Hogan Knows Best is now revealing for the first time what life with the wrestling icon was really like behind the scenes. Linda takes readers through some of her most personal moments: from her first intimate experiences with Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan) to their ringside courtship, from helping him launch a successful career and start a family to the crumbling of their marriage because of infidelity.
After two decades of being âMrs. Hulk Hogan,â Linda finally summoned the courage to move on and love her life. She has found happiness in a new relationship with a younger man, provi! ng that itâs never too late to start over.
Wrestlin! g the Hu lk
How many people can say they stood up against wrestler Hulk Hogan and came out victorious? Linda Hogan did just that. After twenty-four years of dealing with his cheating, mistreatment, and lies, Linda needed to step out of her marriage ring and start a new life.
In Wrestling the Hulk, the woman who was loved by television audiences for being the supportive wife and mother on VH1âs hit show Hogan Knows Best is now revealing for the first time what life with the wrestling icon was really like behind the scenes. Linda takes readers through some of her most personal moments: from her first intimate experiences with Terry Bollea (aka Hulk Hogan) to their ringside courtship, from helping him launch a successful career and start a family to the crumbling of their marriage because of infidelity.
After two decades of being âMrs. Hulk Hogan,â Linda finally summoned the courage to move on and love her life. She has found happiness in a new ! relationship with a younger man, proving that itâs never too late to start over.
AGAINST THE ROPES/NECESSARY ROUGHNESS - DVD MovieThe Rocky formula nearly wears out its welcome in Against the Ropes, a highly fictionalized feel-good drama based on the life of pioneering female boxing promoter Jackie Kallen. In an egregious effort to distill the essence of Kallen's achievement, director Charles S. Dutton (who fared better with HBO's The Corner) has strictly played it safe, delivering a foregone conclusion almost from the very first scene. Burdened with a by-the-numbers screenplay by Cheryl Edwards (Save the Last Dance), the film gets a much-needed boost from Meg Ryan, playing Kallen as a brassy, smoky-voiced dynamo, rising to the challenge when a rival promoter (played with fierce bravado by Tony Shalhoub) dares her to play hardball in a male-dominated sport. Jackie's trump cards are Luther (Omar Epps), a promising contender with untried talen! t, and a once-legendary trainer (played by director Dutton) co! axed out of retirement to guide Luther to the middleweight championship. No surprises here, just a handful of energetic performances, an abundance of raw ambition, obligatory setbacks, and the nagging feeling that you've seen it all before. --Jeff Shannon1/8 x 45-Feet, Diamond Braided Cordage, Multiple Colors