Remember the Titans

Based on the true story of the explosive events that took place in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971 when African-American football coach Herman Boone was hired to guide an integrated but racially polarized high school team--the T.C. Williams Titans. Angry, stubborn and a rigid taskmaster, Boone faces a cool reception from the team's players as well as an awkward relationship with assistant coach Bill... See Full Description
PG for thematic elements and some language.NZone,
(3 out of 5 stars) "...another 'Denzel against the world' film." Full Review... Cinema Sense,
"Gem" "A wonderfully stitched movie about a community overcoming racial prejudice via the crucible of its high school gridiron." Full Review... Deseret News (Salt Lake City),
(3 out of 4 stars) "...has real heart..." Full Review...

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Saving Grace (Fine Line Features)

Grace Trevethan's idyllic life on the Cornish coast is turning upside down. Faced with her husband's untimely death, a mountain of debt, a former mistress and the prospect of losing her beautiful manor house, Grace decides to put her green fingers to work. Desperate times call for desperate measures and with a little prompting from her now underemployed gardener, Matthew, Grace swaps her prize-winning... See Full Description
R for drug content and language.NZone,
(3.5 out of 5 stars) "Following along on the footsteps of 'The Full Monty,' 'The Big Tease' and 'Waking Ned Devine,' 'Saving Grace' brings us back into the world of yet another quaint little British town." Full Review... culturevulture.net,
"The movie staggers where it should skip lightly, its scenes elastic and unshaped." Full Review... Empire (UK),
(3 out of 5 stars) "For all its niceties, there's nothing new here." Full Review... Film Journal International,
"...blithe, snappily paced..." Full Review...

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Saving Private Ryan

James Ryan, who has parachuted into France during the Allied invasion of Europe, has just lost three brothers in combat. Government policy dictates that he should return home lest his family be deprived of all its male offspring. A team of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller and fresh from the beaches of Normandy, is assembled to find and save Private Ryan.
Action/Adventure, Drama and WarR for intense prolonged realistically graphic sequences of war violence, and for language.BBC, Almar Haflidason
"What is abundantly clear is that in the massive body of films that deal with World War II, this is one that pulls no punches." more... Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"Saving Private Ryan is a powerful experience." more... Reel.com, Tor Thorsen
"Hailed as the greatest war movie of all time, Saving Private Ryan is one of those few movies that lives up to its hype." more... Salon, Gary Kamiya
"After Saving Private Ryan, the myth of World War II will never be the same." more...

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The Lover

  Set in 1920s Indochina, a young French girl becomes romantically and sexually involved with a Chinese man.

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The Bar Method Body - Fat Free

  The Bar Method is a fitness program designed to produce the slim, defined body of a dancer without the use of any expensive exercise equipment. Instead, instructor Burr Leonard guides the viewer through a series of precise exercises that can be achieved with a simple piece of sturdy furniture. These highly effective movements result in elongated legs, lifted buttocks, and defined abdominals. This volume... See Full Description

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The Other Side of Heaven

  John Groberg, a farm kid from Idaho, crosses an ocean to become a missionary in the remote and exotic Kingdom of Tonga during the 1950's, leaving behind a loving family and the true love of his life, Jean Sabin. Through letters and musings across the sky, John shares his adventures with "the girl back home," and her letters buoy up his spirits in difficult times. John must struggle to... See Full Description
Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids/Family, Adaptation, Biopic and Politics/ReligionDecember 14, 2001 (limited), April 12, 2002 (limited)PG for thematic elements and brief disturbing images.Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sheila Norman-Culp
"...wry, gentle comedy." more... Chicago Tribune, Robert K. Elder
"... a breathtaking exotic landscape cluttered only by the smugness of its characters." more... Deseret News, Jeff Vice
"...a disappointment." more... E! Online,
"...takes drama and drains it of friction." more...

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Mean Girls

  Cady Heron is a cultural blank slate when she first sets foot on the grounds of North Shore High School in a small town outside of Chicago, Illinois. After living in Africa, Cady, now a junior, has no idea how "wild" things can be in civilization until she crosses paths with one of the meanest species of all, the "Queen Bee," who at this particular high school is the cool and calculating... See Full Description
PG-13 for sexual content, language and some teen partying.Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
"Reasonably mean and certainly funny, but eventually wimps out." more... Boston Globe, Wesley Morris
"Mean Girls is a pitcher of Kool-Aid with a drop of acid..." more... Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert
"In a wasteland of dumb movies about teenagers, Mean Girls is a smart and funny one." more... Chicago Tribune, Robert K. Elder
"Though not a perfect comedy, it manages to be quite often laugh-out-loud funny." more...

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