DVD & Blu-rays Released June 8, 2004

Tuesday, June 8

Mystic River R

When Jimmy Markum's daughter is found murdered, his childhood friend Sean Devine--now a detective--is assigned to the case. Sean's personal life starts unraveling, as his investigation takes him back into a world of violence and pain he thought he'd left behind. It also puts him on a collision course with Jimmy Markum, a man with his own mysterious dark past, who is now eager to solve the crime with brutal justice. And then there is Dave Boyle, a man who hides monstrous secrets beneath a bland facade--secrets that his wife, Celeste, is only beginning to suspect. As the race for a killer heats up, all are pulled closer toward an abyss that will force them to face their true selves--and will mark them as irrevocably, as the past itself has tainted their lives.
Sean Penn, Clint Eastwood, Judie Hoyt, Robert Lorenz, Dennis Lehane, Kevin Bacon, Tim Robbins, Laurence Fishburne
Drama Thriller Suspense

Along Came Polly PG-13

Ben Stiller portrays risk-averse Reuben Feffer, whose best-laid plans for life and love careen wildly off track when his bride (Debra Messing) dumps him on their honeymoon for a muscle-bound scuba instructor (Hank Azaria). Stunned, humiliated and in the grip of acute indigestion, Reuben plans to play it safer than ever. But a chance encounter with an adventure-craving, childhood friend named Polly (Jennifer Aniston) shoots him into a whirlwind of extreme sports, spicy foods, ferrets, salsa dancing and living in the moment.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ben Stiller, John Hamburg, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Hank Azaria, Alec Baldwin, Bryan Brown
Comedy Romance

City of God R

The main character in Cidade de Deus is not a person. It is a place. Cidade de Deus is a poor housing project started in the 60's that became one of the most dangerous places in Rio de Janeiro by the beginning of the 80's. In order to tell the story of the place the film tells us the stories of many characters. But all is seen through the eyes of the narrator: Busca-Pi, a poor black kid too frail and scared to become an outlaw but also to smart to be content with an underpaid job. He grows up in a very violent environment. The odds are all against him. But he discovers he can see the reality with a different eye: the eye of an artist. Eventually he becomes a professional photographer. That is his redemption... Buscapi is not the real protagonist of the film. He is not the one who makes the story moves on [sic]. He is not the one who makes the decisions that will determine the main chain of events. Nevertheless, not only his life is attached to what happens in the story but it is also through his perspective of life that we understand the humanity of a world apparently condemned to endless violence.
Gero Camilo, Douglas Silva, Matheus Nachtergaele, Seu Jorge, Renato de Souza, Karina Falcão, Graziela Moretto, Roberta Rodriguez Silvia
Drama Action Thriller Crime
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Venus Boyz

This documentary explores the lives and worlds of women who explore their masculine sides as "drag kings," using a legendary Drag King Night in New York as a starting point to follow some of the women into their lives, whether their drag persona be an identity they assume part or full-time. Drag kings in London and Zurich are also interviewed, including some who are experimenting with hormones to accelerate their masculinity.
Gabrielle Baur, Dee Finley, A. Hans Scheirl, Diane Torr, Dred Gerestant, Del La Grace Volcano, Queen Bee Luscious, Mistress Formika
Documentary LGBTQIA+

Tuesday, June 8