New Romantic Releases:
"crazy/beautiful" and "Baby Boy"
"crazy/beautiful" and "Baby Boy"
Synopsis - "crazy/beautiful"
Two Los Angeles high school students from opposite ends of the social spectrum fall for each other in this provocative and sexy teen drama. Nicole Oakley (Kirsten Dunst), the troubled daughter of a wealthy congressman, attends public school in the upscale community of Pacific Palisades. As an act of defiance, she makes a play for the attentions of Carlos Nunez (Jay Hernandez), a determined, straight-A student who endures a two-hour bus ride each morning from East Los Angeles to attend the more prestigious school in Nicole's exclusive suburb. While her friends and family prophesy doom for their relationship, her rebellious flirtation soon develops into true romance. However, Nicole's self-destructive tendencies threaten Carlos' ambitions, leading to an emotional and climactic confrontation""crazy/beautiful" is a testament to the power and intensity of first love, and reveals how, in coming together, two young but damaged souls can heal one another."
Release Date: June 29, 2001
Directed By: John Stockwell
Produced By: Guy Riedel
Screenplay By: Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jay Hernandez, Joshua Feinman, Bruce Davison, Lucinda Jenney, Rolando Molina, Taryn Manning, and Keram Malicki-Sanchez
Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving teens, drug/alcohol content, sexuality and language.
Official Touchstone Pictures Site: "crazy/beautiful"
Review: Movie Review
Synopsis - "Baby Boy"
In 1991, 23 year-old director John Singleton guided viewers through South Central Los Angeles, taking an unflinching look at the devastating impact of violence on the black family. "Boyz N The Hood's" realistic portrayal of the inner city changed the face of black cinema forever.
Ten years later, the Academy Award-nominated director and writer returns to the same inner-city L.A. neighborhood and its complex social and political issues for the story of Jody (Tyrese Gibson), a misguided, 20-year-old African-American who is really just a "baby boy" finally forced-kicking and screaming to face the commitments of real life.
Streetwise and jobless, he has not only fathered two children by two different women-Yvette (Taraji P. Henson) and Peanut (Tamara Bass) but still lives with his own mother. He can’t seem to strike a balance or find direction in his chaotic life. To make matters worse, Jody must contend with his volatile best friend, Sweetpea (Omar Gooding), who has spent his life shuffling in and out of prison and seems to find trouble wherever he goes.
In the meantime, Jody's 36-year-old mother, Juanita (A.J. Johnson), has finally started to live her life again and is dating Melvin (Ving Rhames), a reformed O.G. ("old gangster"). Juanita is enjoying the simple things in life-her mantras, her garden, her new man-and wants Jody to finally take responsibility for his own life and children. Once Melvin moves in, there's little room in the nest for a kid who's overstayed his welcome and is perfectly content to ride the line between boy and man.
Inevitably, Jody must face Melvin, both his "baby mamas," a new adversary, Rodney (Snoop Dogg), and his own fears of adulthood if he wants to escape the life of a baby boy.
Release Date: June 27, 2001
Produced, Directed and Written By: John Singleton
Starring: Tyrese Gibson, AJ Johnson, Ving Rhames, Snoop Dogg, Taraji Henson, Omar Gooding, and Tamara LaSeon Bass
Rated R for strong sexuality, language, violence, and some drug use.
Official Sony Pictures Site: "Baby Boy"
NEW ON VIDEO:
"You Can Count on Me" makes its way to DVD/VHS on June 26, 2001.
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