Susan Granger’s VIDEO UPDATE for Friday, May 19:
Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore are an adulterous couple in “The End of the Affair,” Neil Jordan’s romantic tale set in London during W.W. II. He’s a moody novelist, tortured by jealousy, while she’s trapped by circumstance in a dull, loveless marriage to a civil servant, Stephen Rea.
In “Cradle Will Rock,” Tim Robbins evokes a true incident in the 1930s when theater and politics, big business and art collided in a mini-cultural revolution over Marc Blitzstein’s agit-prop musical drama. The cast includes Susan Sarandon, Bill Murray, Joan Cusack, and Hank Azaria.
“Dreaming of Joseph Lees” is a confused, conflicted Gothic tale of romantic obsession, starring Samantha Morton as an Englishwoman preoccupied with her second cousin, while “Felicia’s Journey” follows Atom Egoyan’s insidious story of a good-hearted, pregnant Irish country girl, Elaine Cassidy, who is befriended by a seemingly gentle caterer, Bob Hoskins.
For fun, there are two all-new “Batman Beyond” videos – “Spellbound” and “Crush,” each featuring three exciting new episodes of the popular Saturday morning TV series. “Walking With Dinosaurs,” the BBC’s highly acclaimed six-part series recently shown on the Discovery Channel is now on video and DVD. And, finally, after 20 years, you can view “The Hollywood Knights.” Reminiscent of “American Graffiti,” it recalls the comedy antics of “Porky’s” and “Animal House” with a very young Michelle Pfeiffer, Tony Danza, Fran Drescher and Robert Wuhl.
PICK OF THE WEEK: When you think of James Bond, you want escapist fantasy – and that’s just what you get in “The World Is Not Enough,” the 19th installment in the most successful, long-running film franchise in cinema history. As 007, Pierce Brosnan is after an international terrorist with Sophie Marceau and Denise Richards as beautiful distractions.