DVD Rundown

The Star Wars Trilogy hits DVD

TODAY!

Bull Durham's Ratings for the Trilogy...

Episode IV: A New Hope--HOT DATE
Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back--HOT DATE
Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi--MATINEE

Mean Girls (PG-13)
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, and Tina Faye
Director: Mark S. Waters

Tina Faye (Saturday Night Live) penned this sordid little cat fight. The story begins strong, but resorts to cheap theatrics in the end. Very clever though. The biggest problem with the script is that it was obviously rewritten to accommodate MPAA sensibilities and grab that precious PG-13 rating. The movie would have been a lot smarter with a R-rating. Regardless, McAdams steals the show. She can act circles around Lohan any day of the week and she's twice the looker (without the dye job). Bull Durham's rating: RENTAL


Coffee and Cigarettes (R)
Starring: A WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS
Director: Jim Jarmusch

The original short film Cigarettes and Coffee starring two of the funniest men alive--Steven Wright and Roberto Benigni--originally aired on Saturday Night Live in 1986. Very funny stuff. Another short came 'round in 1989 featuring Steve Buscemi. Then came a whole bunch more. They have been compiled into this one feature film aptly entitled Coffee and Cigarettes which features extraneous conversations over... you guessed it! Coffee and Cigarettes. I can't wait to rent it to see how the others turned out.