"White Sands wurde in der Bilderbuch-Wüstenlandschaft im amerikanischen Südwesten gedreht: Willem Dafoe spielt einen Kleinstadt-Sheriff, der in einen entlegenen Winkel beordert wird, nachdem dort von Touristen eine Leiche gefunden wurde. Zusammen mit dem Toten findet man auch einen Koffer mit einer halben Million Dollar. Die Zuschauer erfahren nie, warum der Sheriff geradezu versessen darauf ist, den Fall selbst zu lösen, statt ihn an d ..."
"Jonathan Harrs Dokumentar-Thriller war ein Tritt in den Allerwertesten derer, die eine Gerichtsgeschichte à la Grisham erwarteten. Im Mittelpunkt des Geschehens, das sich um 1981 in Neu-England zugetragen hat, standen zwei Parteien: Auf der einen Seite zwei hoch angesehene Konzerne (die mit ihrem Industriemüll das Trinkwasser verseucht und Kinder geschädigt haben) und ein ehrbarer Anwalt namens Jan Schlichtermann auf der anderen, dessen ..."
"Leonardo DiCaprio (TITANIC, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN) drives an electrifying performance as the criminally rebellious son in this funny and stirring tale of one family's humor and heartache. Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee (Meryl Streep -- ADAPTATION) left home ... and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie (Diane Keaton -- THE FIRST WIVES CLUB) to care for their father, Marvin (Hume Cronyn). But now Lee is returning with he ..."
"The nuts and bolts of the irresistibly danceable music called Tejano are pop, rock, polka, R&B and Latin influences. To millions of fans there's another vital ingredient: the dynamic singer Selena. Vibrant and tuneful, Selena is the story of the Grammy Award-winning South Texas singer whose life tragically ended just as she was taking Tejano where it had never gone-into mainstream America. Pulsating with Selena's voice on the soundtrack ..."
"FALLEN ANGELS: VOLUME 2 features three more episodes of Showtime's acclaimed film noir series set in the 1940s and based on hard-boiled scripts and short stories. In the first episode, Phil Joanou brings William Campbell Gault's DEAD-END FOR DELIA to life in telling the tragic tale of Pat Kelley (Gary Oldman), an edgy cop who takes matters into his own hands when his estranged wife, Delia (Gabrielle Anwar), is murdered. Pursuing leads i ..."
"Cradle 2 The Grave The slam, the glam, the jam: Cradle 2 the Grave brings it! Producer Joel Silver and director Andrzej Bartkowiak, who fused martial arts with hip-hop style in Romeo Must Die and Exit Wounds, take it to the next level with Cradle 2 the Gr"
"Das brutale Polizeidrama Training Day, in dem ein junger, unerfahrener Drogenpolizist durch negative Erfahrungen lernt, dass sogar gute Bullen manchmal sehr, sehr böse werden können, wird durch eine kraftstrotzende Darbietung von Denzel Washington getrieben. Washington spielt den alterfahrenen Kriminalbeamten Alonzo Harris, einen selbst ernannten ""Wolf unter Wölfen"", der bemüht ist, seinem jungen Partner Jake (Ethan Hawke) beizubring ..."
"A powerhouse performance by Denzel Washington fuels this brutal urban police drama, in which a rookie narcotics cop learns the hard way that even good cops can go very, very bad. Washington plays veteran detective Alonzo Harris, a self-proclaimed "wolf among wolves," eager to teach his rookie partner Jake (Ethan Hawke) that normal rules don't apply on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Caught in a web of deception, Jake watches with escal ..."
"Bill Cosby stars as a man who is caught between here and the hereafter in this warm-hearted family comedy directed by Sidney Poitier. As an overworked widower, Elliot Hopper (Cosby) is on the verge of completing a major business deal when he takes a harrowing taxi ride that ends in the bottom of the river. Now a ghost, he must learn how to be seen and heard so he can take care of his family. Don't miss the out-of-body fun in this hilari ..."
"Set in the cinematically picturesque Southwestern desert, Willem Dafoe plays a small-town lawman called out to a remote location after a dead body is found by some tourists. Along with the body, there is a briefcase with half a million dollars in it. Well, he becomes absolutely obsessed in solving the case. The audience never knows why he feels the need to solve this case instead of turning it over to the federal authorities, other than ..."
"Set in the cinematically picturesque Southwestern desert, Willem Dafoe plays a small-town lawman called out to a remote location after a dead body is found by some tourists. Along with the body, there is a briefcase with half a million dollars in it. Well, he becomes absolutely obsessed in solving the case. The audience never knows why he feels the need to solve this case instead of turning it over to the federal authorities, other than ..."
"Sammy Bodean is the newest, most promising recruit according to the advertisement of the California Angels-and has to prove it come game time. Following the team's sale to young business whiz Gil Lawrence (Terry Kinney), ex-player Virgil Sweet (Edward James Olmos) has to prove himself as the team's talent scout to keep his job. Via a car break-down near a small farm-town in Idaho, Virgil stumbles across young Sammy Bodean (Jeff Corbett) ..."
"Academy Award(r)-winner Jane Fonda is Harriet, a frustrated spinster who flees her unrewarding life in America hoping to discover the passion in her soul. Academy Award(r)-winner Gregory Peck is Ambrose Bierce, the OLD GRINGO, a retired journalist and adventurer who wanders through the hostile desert seeking some meaning to the last years of his life. Jimmy Smits is Arroyo, the fiery young general, driven by both the Revolution and his ..."
"The nuts and bolts of the irresistibly danceable music called Tejano are pop, rock, polka, R&B and Latin influences. To millions of fans there's another vital ingredient: the dynamic singer Selena. Vibrant and tuneful, Selena is the story of the Grammy Award-winning South Texas singer whose life tragically ended just as she was taking Tejano where it had never gone-into mainstream America. Pulsating with Selena's voice on the sou ..."
"Gregory Nava (Why Do Fools Fall In Love?) directs this more-or-less official film biography of the late Mexican-American singer, Selena Quintanilla Perez (the film is coproduced by her father), which emphasizes sentimentality over conflict and plays down the star's horrific death at the hands of a deranged fan. Jennifer Lopez is quite good as Selena, whose roots we come to know through the story of her father (Edward James Olmos), a Cor ..."
"A couple of "chasers" (the navy equivalent of mps) retrieve anerrant enlisted woman and get in way over their heads during theeventful trip back to the base."