- A group of wealthy Los Angeles teenagers try to become part of the "gangsta" lifestyle but soon run into trouble when they come face to face with a real gang of Latino drug dealers.Running Time: 92 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:Â DRAMA Rating:Â NR Age:Â 794043843228 UPC:Â 794043843228 Manufacturer No:Â N8432
When things get tough for Carys Reitman (Bijou Phillips) she goes to strangers' funerals to unwind. But after a funeral service mix-up, Carys unexpectedly finds herself in possession of a dead womanâs engagement ring and in love with the grieving fiancé (Ian Somerholder). Also starring Jane Seymour and Danny Masterson.If she is very, very lucky, the first album by Papa John Phillips's
other singing daughter will be remembered as a camp classic, the ultimate document of the 1990s' veneration of supermodel/hellions. Backed by bland, anonymous alternawhatever, with the occasional pi! ano ballad thrown in, she spends the entire disc attempting to emote like Alanis--
exactly like Alanis. It doesn't work: Bijou's vocal tone is even thinner than she is, and though every song but the one she wrote at 13 has been buffed up by tune doctors, the lyrics stumble from one howler to another ("You joker, you soaker / She's sleeping with your chauffeur"). A collaboration with Luscious Jackson's Jill Cunniff has a sweet, sunny vibe, but there's not much else but novelty value to recommend this.
--Douglas WolkTART - DVD MovieWelcome to the Blues and mystery of
Dark Streets. Chaz Davenport (Gabriel Mann) is a dashing playboy who has it all: a hot nightclub, two glamorous singers (Bijou Phillips, Izabella Miko) and the most seductive music ever created playing from his stage. But when he enlists help to look into the sinister circumstances surrounding his father's death, Davenport's life spirals out of control. Dark, sexy and sensuous, this music-driv! en journey smolders with a smoking hot score and a soundtrack ! that inc ludes 9 original songs with vocal performances by Solomon Burke, Natalie Cole, Etta James, Dr. John, Aaron Neville, Bijou Phillips, Richie Sambora, Toledo and More!Studio: Peace Arch Home Entertain Release Date: 11/04/2008A group of wealthy Los Angeles teenagers try to become part of the "gangsta" lifestyle but soon run into trouble when they come face to face with a real gang of Latino drug dealers.After making her name in
The Princess Diaries, Anne Hathaway takes a radical detour with this edgy independent drama. As Allie, a wealthy gangsta wannabe, she makes no excuses for her delinquent behavior: "We're just teenagers and we're bored." When her Pacific Palisades posse, including pal Emily (
Bully's Bijou Phillips), starts hanging out with a Latino gang (including
Six Feet Under's Freddy RodrÃguez), they learn what thug life is really about. Hathaway couldn't be more game: She swears, she fights--she disrobes (several times). Written and directed by ! Oscar winners Stephen Gaghan (
Traffic) and Barbara Kopple (
American Dream),
Havoc plays like a B movie, in the vein of the superior
crazy/beautiful, and was released straight to video. For Hathaway fans, it's a chance to see this young talent in a
very different light, but for Gaghan and Kopple followers, this lurid morality tale is sure to come as a letdown.
--Kathleen C. Fennessy