June 2002 Week of June 14th thru June 21st

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FILM Latest Additions:   Juwanna Mann - Tootsie Goes to the WNBA Nunez portrays Jamal Jeffries, a professional basketball star with a funky attitude who gets booted out of the league when his antics get way out of control. In order to continue playing the game he loves, he hooks up with the only league that will take him, the Women’s United Basketball Association (WUBA). Reviewed by Roslyn J. Bradford Bad Company Buddy films tend to do well such as Mel Gibson & Danny Glover, Will Smith & Tommy Lee Jones. But with Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins, the connection is missing even though the story action is tailor made for their personas. . Reviewed by Wilson Morales Undercover Brother In Malcolm D. Lee’s second feature since “The Best Man”, he has brought a film that is extremely funny and presented with a torrent of insightful gags at breakneck pace. Reviewed by Wilson Morales Visit the Film Archive   DVD Latest Additions:   Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040 It’s “Charlie’s Angels” – with a sci-fi twist! What if there were four “Angels” instead of three – give ‘em sketchy back stories, complex motivations, and a dash of cyberpunk. Reviewed by Daos Boonma Visit the DVD Archive   SOUNDTRACKS Latest Additions:   Training Day America, Bush, Oprah, Clinton, Bin Laden, Springer, Judge Mathis, Jordan, Gates, Greenspan, and Eminen - what else does America have to endure? Reviewed by Lee "Kansas" Moore Visit the Soundtracks Archive

INDIE Latest Additions:   Sunshine State Sayles has returned to form as he takes his writing to Florida to tell the story of two families, black and white, and how the past is revisited to change the course of the future. Reviewed by Wilson Morales Visit the Indie Archive   CABLE Latest Additions:   Lift It’s not that often when one sees an original story come to the big screen. Some say that there are only a few scripts in Hollywood that can be sold, and that the same old scripts get recycled and adapted year after year. Reviewed by Wilson Morales Visit the Cable Archive   TV Movies Latest Additions:   Little John In Little John, a morning family drama from Hallmark Hall of Fame, the performances by the three leads show that over time some bridges can be crossed again. Reviewed by Wilson Morales Visit the TV Movies Archive   One Shots Latest Additions:   The Score “The Score” is a film where the acting is solid and the story is simple, with a twist... Reviewed by Wilson Morales Visit the One Shots Archive   VIDEO VAULT Latest Additions:   Sparkle : Giving You Something You Can Feel For three sisters in 1958, this journey would lead to more than they ever imagined. Released in 1976, “Sparkle” is regarded by many as a modern black classic. Reviewed by Nasser Metcalfe Visit the Video Vault Archive