New Videos Coming Out This Week
Let's take a quick look at some of the videos and DVDs scheduled to be released April 10, 2001.
Bounce
Tagline: "This October, fall in love with fate."
Length: 106 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for some language and sensuality
Bounce pairs Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck in a well-crafted romantic drama. Buddy Amaral (Affleck) gives his plane ticket to another man, who is killed when the plane crashes. Later, Amaral seeks out the man’s widow (Paltrow) and befriends her, but remains silent about the ticket switch. But the friendship turns into romance, and Amaral must deal with the problem of what to do about letting the woman know of his role in her husband’s death.
Loving Jezebel
Tagline: "He doesn't love every woman. Just yours."
Length: 87 minutesMPAA Rating: R for language and sexuality
Writer/director Kwyn Bader's debut feature is a romantic comedy about Theodorous Melville (Hill Harper), a man who can't help falling in love all the time. Falling in love is one of life’s deepest pleasures, so why is he unhappy? Theodorous' problem is that the women he's drawn to always seem to be already involved with other men. Well, that could get complicated…
Men of Honor
Tagline: "History is made by those who break the rules."
Length: 128 minutesMPAA Rating: R for language
Starring Cuba Gooding Jr. and Robert De Niro, this biopic is based on the life of Carl Brashear, the African American who overcame racism to become the first black diver in the U.S. Navy. When Brashear (Gooding) enters the Navy diving school, Master Chief Billy Sunday (De Niro) hates him and deliberately sets out to humiliate him. But eventually Brashear’s tenacity wins Sunday’s grudging respect, and both men gain from the experience.
What's Cooking?
Tagline: "Thanksgiving. A celebration of food, tradition and relative insanity."
Length: 106 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexuality, brief language and a perilous situation
This mix of drama and comedy features intertwining stories revolving around the Thanksgiving dinner celebrations of four Los Angeles families of different ethnic/cultural backgrounds.
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