DVD & Blu-rays Released July 13, 2004

Tuesday, July 13

Against the Ropes PG-13

Based on the story of Jackie Kallen, the first female boxing manager. Ryan will play Kallen, and Epps the pugilist whom she helps lead to glory. Kallen battled personal adversity to become a fight manager who, three years into the game, helped James Toney battle to the world middleweight championship.
Charles S. Dutton, Robert W. Cort, David Madden, Omar Epps, Tony Shalhoub, Cheryl Edwards, Meg Ryan, Joe Cortese
Drama Sports

The Barbarian Invasions R

A revisiting, some 15 years later, of the principal characters of Denys Arcand's 1986 comedy drama film, "The Decline of the American Empire". Rémy, now divorced and in his early fifties, is hospitalized. His ex-wife, Louise, asks their son Sébastien to come home from London where he now lives. Sébastien hesitates; he and his father haven't had much to say to one another for years now. He relents, however, and flies to Montreal to help his mother and support his father. As soon as he arrives, Sébastien moves heaven and earth, brings his contacts into play and disrupts the system in every way possible to ease the ordeal that awaits Rémy. Around his father's bedside, Sébastien also reunites the merry band of folk who were all players in Rémy's complicated past: relatives, friends and former mistresses.
Dominique Michel, Louise Portal, Markita Boies, Denis Bouchard, Toni Checchinato, Marie-Josee Croze, Sophie Lorain, Remy Girard
Drama Comedy Sequel Foreign

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London PG

Frankie Muniz returns as super cool spy Cody Banks in "Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London". In Cody's new adventure, a rogue CIA agent has stolen a top secret mind-control device and Cody has to go undercover in London to get it back. Posing as a student at an elite boarding school, Cody has to keep the other kids from discovering his true identity while infiltrating covert hideouts, spying on his sinister target - and going to class. With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases, and a wisecracking new handler (Anthony Anderson), Cody's in a race against time - he has to retrieve the device before the world's leaders fall under the control of a diabolical villain.
Anthony Anderson, Keith David, Daniel Roebuck, Dylan Sellers, Don Rhymer, Frankie Muniz, Cynthia Stevenson, Kevin Allen
Action Adventure Sequel Family Kids
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The Legend of Leigh Bowery

This documentary examines the short life of Australian-born Leigh Bowery (1961-1994) whose resume included being a famous fashion designer, a 1980s gay nightclub icon in London (as host of the Taboo nightclub), outrageous performance artist, lead singer of the art rock group Minty and the costume designer for the Michael Clarke Dance Company.
Charles Atlas, Leigh Bowery, Boy George, Michael Clark, Cerith Wyn Evans, Bella Freud, Damien Hirst, Rifat Ozbek
Documentary

The Dreamers NC-17

Set against the turbulent political backdrop of France in the spring of 1968 when the voice of youth was reverberating around Europe, "The Dreamers" is a story of self-discovery as the three students test each other to see just how far they will go. Left alone in Paris whilst their parents are on holiday, Isabelle (Eva Green) and her brother Theo (Louis Garrel) invite Matthew (Michael Pitt), a young American student, to stay at their apartment. Here they make their own rules as they experiment with their emotions and sexuality while playing a series of increasingly demanding mind games.
Eva Green, Michael Pitt, Jeremy Thomas, John Bernard, Gilbert Adair, Louis Garrel, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jean-Pierre Leaud
Drama Provocative

Tuesday, July 13