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Requiem For A Dream June 22nd, 2001 - | DVD Release | Comments: 0

John Doe from Se7en once said "Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention." Nothing can be said to be any more true with Darren Aronofsky’s latest film Requiem For A Dream. Think of this film as "Trainspotting USA" circa the year 2000. Requiem tells the story of four Coney Island individuals and there struggles with addiction to both legal and illegal drugs. Harry (Jared Leto), his girlfriend Marion (Jennifer Connely), and his best friend Tyrone (Marlon Wayans) are hopelessly addicted to

Trainspotting June 24th, 2001 - | DVD Release | Comments: 0

One of the most successful box office hits to be released in the UK, Trainspotting is the epitome of the 1990's drug movies. Made and released during the time of grunge music and the economic recession here in North America, Trainspotting has all the angst and attitude of that era. Noted for its depiction of graphic heroin use, Trainspotting tells the story of the heroin junkie Renton and his friends from Edinburgh and his exploits to go clean and make it in life. Renton’s efforts to go sober in life are always one-upped by life itself, whether its friends dragging him back down or just having to deal

Nikita Blues June 10th, 2001 - | DVD Release | Comments: 0

The big Hollywood studios' rabid support for ghetto fabulous comedy and lukewarm backing for sensitive dramas about African-American life and motion picture labor drama in Southern California has reinvigorated an independent African-American film making movement with an a creatively avant garde vengeance that has not be witnessed since Oscar Micheaux's pioneering cinema. A balance of non-stepinfechiting humor and non-preachy dramas has been the result of that cinematically noir resistance. "Nikita Blues," which premiered Friday at African-American theaters across the country, is the latest example of how the twain can meet without confounding the message. Played by Essence Atkins (best known for her television roles in the

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