"In a seductive tale of love and betrayal, a king's courtesan is forbidden to embrace her one true love. Trained in the art of pleasure, Maya, the beautiful servant girl becomes defiant, rebelling against the ancient tradition. As passion takes over, the conflict brings consequences that no one ever envisioned."
""Ich fühle mich, als hätte man mir ein neues Leben geschenkt", sagt Tom Ripley an einem entscheidenden Wendepunkt dieses gut durchdachten, psychologischen Thrillers. Und so ist es auch, denn der hinterhältige, aus ärmlichen Verhältnissen stammende Ripley (von Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting, subtil dargestellt) hat sein Leben gegen das von Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law, eXistenz), Playboy und Erbe eines Reedereivermögens, eingetauscht. Weil ..."
"Ray and Irma are a devoted couple living a normal life in rural Illinois, until Roy decides that his life must change and confesses to Irma that he's a woman trapped in a man's body. Now Roy must face their friends, his coworkers and his own children with the whole new way of life he has planned - and they must face him. What happens to a town, a factory and a loving marriage when confronted with such a transformation is all about being ..."
"Disappearing Acts (DVD)Based on the novel by best-selling author Terry McMillan, DISAPPEARING ACTS takes a close look at what it takes to make love real. After the laughter and the love-making, how hard must two people work and how much must they sacrifice, to still be there the morning after. Construction worker Franklin Swift meets Zora Banks when she moves into her renovated brownstone. She's an aspiring singer/songwriter who teaches ..."
"Becky Sharp, die Tochter eines englischen Künstlers und einer französischen Sängerin, hat ihre Eltern bereit in jungen Jahren verloren. Sie sehnt sich nach einem glamourösen Leben, welches ihre gesellschaftlicher Stand ihr aber nicht erlaubt. Becky gelingt es, mit Geist, Charme und Sexappeal die feine Gesellschaft Londons Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts zu erobern. Sie wickelt die Männer reihenweise um den Finger und findet schließlich in M ..."
"Strapped (DVD)This gritty urban thriller takes you under the skin of the street where you play hard or don't play at all. Diquan has few choices in life-and when his pregnant girlfriend ends up in jail for drug-dealing, he's got even fewer. Desperate to free her, Diquan can either cut a deal with Police Lt. McRae and turn informer, or he can sell guns on the street to make bail. Diquan decides to do both, joining hi s buddy bamboo deali ..."
"If you recognize names like the Great Mae Young, Gladys "Killem" Gillem, and the Fabulous Moolah, then you long ago discovered the simple pleasure of watching women beat the heck out of each other. If not, then let Lipstick & Dynamite introduce you to some of the saltiest personalities ever to grace the wrestling ring, including the outspoken Ella Waldek, a former farmgirl turned roller derby jammer turned wrestling queen, who declares, ..."
"Reese Witherspoon gives a vibrant, captivating performance as one of the greatest female characters of all time, Becky Sharp, in the new sumptuous and sexy epic from acclaimed director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding). It's a dazzling ascent up the social ladder as vivacious Becky schemes and seduces her way to the top - until love and romance threaten to get in the way! Join her daring adventures that prove all is fair in love and war."
"Debbie (Diane Lane) is the wife of a blandly good-looking doctor (Stephen Collins), and lives in a New Jersey suburb where the houses back up to a golf course and all look the same. She has an offbeat yet friendly goofball neighbor named Skippy (James LeGros), but that's about the only weird thing that intrudes on her pastel-perfect life. That is, until her husband brings home a handgun--for her own protection, of course--and then thin ..."
"Marisa Tomei releases her inner spitfire in The Perez Family. Dottie Perez (Tomei) comes to the U.S. from Cuba, along with a mixed lot of criminals, lunatics, and political prisoners--including Juan Perez (Alfred Molina), who hopes to be reunited with his wife after 20 years. To work around the bureaucratic politics of the refugee camps, Dottie persuades Juan to pretend that they're married, and drafts a few other Perezes to creat ..."
"Passion. Tradition. Prejudice. Put it together, and you've got the recipe for a sexy irreverent romance. Starring Academy Award(r)-winner (Best Actor in a Leading Role - Training Day, 2002 and Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Glory, 1990) Denzel Washington as Demetrius, a Southern businessman who falls in love with an Indian immigrant, MISSISSIPPI MASALA is an exotic and erotic interracial love story. Sarita Choudhury co-stars as Mina, ..."
""Ich fühle mich, als hätte man mir ein neues Leben geschenkt", sagt Tom Ripley an einem entscheidenden Wendepunkt dieses gut durchdachten, psychologischen Thrillers. Und so ist es auch, denn der hinterhältige, aus ärmlichen Verhältnissen stammende Ripley (von Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting, subtil dargestellt) hat sein Leben gegen das von Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law, eXistenz), Playboy und Erbe eines Reedereivermögens, eingetauscht. Weil ..."
"The late director Norman Rene and writer Craig Lucas made a pretty fine creative team on the stage and in the movies, and this 1990 drama about the evolving impact of AIDS on gay New Yorkers is their best cinematic achievement. The ensemble story follows the lives of nine or so characters as word of the so-called "gay cancer" eventually becomes a real force, killing several of them as the years go by. The film works well on a number of ..."
""I feel like I've been handed a new life," says Tom Ripley at a crucial turning point of this well-cast, stylishly crafted psychological thriller. And indeed he has, because the devious, impoverished Ripley (played with subtle depth by Matt Damon) has just traded his own identity for that of Dickie Greenleaf (Jude Law), the playboy heir to a shipping fortune who has become Ripley's model for a life worth living. Having been sent by Dick ..."
"Powerful and sweeping, the critically acclaimed CRADLE WILL ROCK, starring Hank Azaria, Joan Cusack, John Cusack, Bill Murray, and Susan Sarandon, takes a kaleidoscopic look at the extraordinary events of 1930s America. From high society to life on the streets, director Tim Robbins (DEAD MAN WALKING) brings Depression-era New York City to vivid life. It's a time when DaVincis are given to millionaires who help fund the Mussolini war eff ..."
"If you're looking for a deep, intelligently romantic movie with complex characters and a richly rewarding plot, don't bother with Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. On the other hand, if you're feeling sexy and in the mood for a lush, seductive, and visually stunning film set in 16th-century India, this one will please you like the best foreplay you've ever experienced. Or it will relax you like a full treatment at a pampering spa--either way, ..."
"If you're looking for a deep, intelligently romantic movie with complex characters and a richly rewarding plot, don't bother with Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. On the other hand, if you're feeling sexy and in the mood for a lush, seductive, and visually stunning film set in 16th-century India, this one will please you like the best foreplay you've ever experienced. Or it will relax you like a full treatment at a pampering spa--either way, ..."
"Marisa Tomei releases her inner spitfire in The Perez Family. Dottie Perez (Tomei) comes to the U.S. from Cuba, along with a mixed lot of criminals, lunatics, and political prisoners--including Juan Perez (Alfred Molina), who hopes to be reunited with his wife after 20 years. To work around the bureaucratic politics of the refugee camps, Dottie persuades Juan to pretend that they're married, and drafts a few other Perezes to creat ..."
"Marisa Tomei releases her inner spitfire in The Perez Family. Dottie Perez (Tomei) comes to the U.S. from Cuba, along with a mixed lot of criminals, lunatics, and political prisoners--including Juan Perez (Alfred Molina), who hopes to be reunited with his wife after 20 years. To work around the bureaucratic politics of the refugee camps, Dottie persuades Juan to pretend that they're married, and drafts a few other Perezes to creat ..."
"Mira Nair, the Indian director, scored an international art-house hit with her feature debut, Salaam Bombay!, a tale of life in the streets of seething urban India. Her next film was a surprising turnabout: Mississippi Masala is a cultural study and a love story set in the rural American south. The love story comes courtesy of Denzel Washington, as a rug cleaner, and Sarita Choudhury (from Nair's Kama Sutra), as the daughter of Indian i ..."