"In der Welt der professionellen Pool Zocker ist Johnny (Mars Callahan) einer der besten. Jung und ambitioniert, wird er durch die ständige Kontrolle von seinem Mentor und Trainer Joe (Chazz Palminteri), ruhelos und unzufrieden. Johnny glaubt sich seiner kriminellen Vergangenheit befreien zu können. Auf Druck seiner Freundin (Alison Eastwood) nimmt Johnny endlich einen richtigen Job an, merkt jedoch schnell, dass er weder nach diesen Reg ..."
"Man Apart, A (DVD)Vin Diesel stars as a DEA agent hell-bent on vengeance after the head of a drug cartel murders his wife. With nothing left to lose, agent Sean Vetter, already notorious for his violent tactics, uses every means -- even an alliance with the former cartel boss he jailed -- as he edges dangerously close to the line between justice and lawlessness in his brutal quest for vengeance against a mysterious killer known only as ..."
""A sleepy Vermont town", notes writer-director David Mamet, outlining the plot of State and Main, "gets invaded by a movie company and ... everyone in the town is suborned, polluted, saddened and ruined. So it's a comedy." As indeed it is--and, despite his typically acerbic summary, one of Mamet's most light-hearted films. At times, as in the shyly blossoming romance between screenwriter Philip Seymour Hoffman (playing Mr Nice Guy for o ..."
"Pity the poor film director (William H. Macy). He's arrived with cast and crew in the perfectly Rockwellian town of Waterford, Vermont, only to discover that the local mill--a crucial location for his movie, since it's titled "The Old Mill"--burned down in 1960. The idealistic screenwriter (Philip Seymour Hoffman) would rather pursue a pure-hearted local (Rebecca Pidgeon) than do a last-minute rewrite; the town's aspiring politico (Cla ..."