Monday, July 30, 2007

New DVDs

Making of Milwaukee. Three DVD version of the 5 hour production from Milwaukee Public Television. "Story of Milwaukee from the earliest days of Native Americans, through the tumult of the 1960s, to the city of the early 21st century."

Reno 911!: Miami the movie starring [the cast from the television show] Deputies from the Wahoe County Sheriff's Office visit Miami for the American Police Convention. Absent from the convention's hotel during a bio-terror attack, Lt. Dangle and the other deputies are the only law enforcement officers out of quarantine and in charge of public safety.

So Close starring [Chinese actresses you never heard of]. A Hong Kong action movie with female assassins. Recommended by the prolific Bill Crider.

Hard Boiled starring Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung and directed by John Woo. Just released on DVD Hard Boiled helped put Hong Kong action pictures into the mainstream. An undercover cop teams with another cop against a Hong Kong crime lord culminating in a massive shootout at a hospital.

Because I Said So starring Mandy Moore and Diane Keaton. A mother-daughter comedy between a controlling mom and her youngest daughter.

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