Its narrator, the wry, appreciative woman who owns these fields, is joined by Mrs. Bagnoli, a robust driver with a world view, and Floyd, a neighboring farm boy whose physical ease lends an erotic charge to the day, Here is a landscape where everything human relates to the natural world. Sunlight, tractor, barns, blue skies - the day unfurls perfectly until fire threatens catastrophe; but the three sail through with remarkable collaborative force. "Luminous," wrote Stephen Holden in The New York Times. With beautiful cinematography by Emmy winner Dyanna Taylor, and original score by jazz luminary Jane Ira Bloom, the film celebrates small acts of rejuvenation. PATRIOTIC debuted at New Directors/New Films at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and ...  (less)

bear costume taken by a psychotic killer. Stalking several cheerleaders and killing them in variety of creative ways, the murderer’s identity stays hidden by the playful panda costume. The campus security officer Mac (Hal Holbrook) whose daughter was a victim of a similar killer, tries to find out who’s behind it before more killings continue. One Dark Night As a final act of initiation into a high school sorority called The Sisters, Julie Wells (Meg Tilly) must spend the night locked in the local mausoleum. The other members don't plan on making it easy for her and sneak in, intent on scaring poor Julie half to death. Unfortunately, the mausoleum happens to be the not-so-resting place of the recently buried Karl Raymar, a psychic vampire who beli...  (less)

goals is a daunting task, and many now face the possibility of being taken over by the state - even being shut down. At Frederick Douglass High School in Baltimore, MD, the expectations raised by NCLB have reached a critical point. Academy Award winning filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond (I Am a Promise: The Children of Stanton Elementary School) offer a yearlong look inside a storied institution at a time when its very existence is in doubt. From cautionary profiles to triumphant tales, Hard Times at Douglass High serves as a reminder that education is inevitably an achievement of people, not policy. This disc is expected to play back in DVD Video "play only" devices, and may not play in other DVD devices, including recorde...  (less)

Kyle (Matt Dallas) learned how to fit in with human beings. Never mind that he doesn't have a belly button or, theoretically, a soul. Thanks to his quick learning skills and his ability to read others, he molded himself into an average 16-year-old high-school student. In the followup year, Kyle experiences love and loss. He finds himself separated from his adoptive parents, reunites with Adam (J. Eddie Peck)--who literally created Kyle from his own genetic material--and the back again with his adoptive family, the Tragers. Kyle also finds he's not quite unique, when Jessi XX (Jaimie Alexander) is introduced. Unlike Kyle, whose transition was relatively seamless, Jessi has issues. Whereas Kyle intuitively knew how to act like a human, Jessi--it seems--can only do what...  (less)

the capture of Berlin. It also examines the after-effects of the war, from the wrenching drama of the Nuremberg Trials to the revelations of the Nazis’ last, desperate acts, including their attempts to hide looted treasures and develop secret weapons. The Last Days of WWII would be useful for classes on European History, American History, Geography, Military History and Ethics. It is appropriate for middle school and high school. Death of the Reich In ten days of bloody fighting in the Ardennes forest, the fate of the war in Europe was sealed. The Battle of the Bulge left the Wehrmacht in tatters and the road to Berlin clear for the advancing British and American forces. For six months, the...  (less)

"gripping, high-octane entertainment" (Newhouse News Service).  (less)

with a bitter, sexist act that inflames as many people as it amuses. When a leather clad biker gives his critique with fists, Thea (Janel Moloney of TV's The West Wing ), a stable, sensible college student 10 years his junior, picks him up literally and figuratively. They're hardly a perfect match: age differences, lifestyle clashes, and sheer philosophical outlook seem to doom them from the outset. But hope lies in the words of a palm reader who declares them "souler opposites," in other words, made for each other. Meloni is excellent as an overgrown adolescent who struggles against his better nature and devolves into a glib teenager whenever he hangs out with his equally arrested high school buddy (Timothy Busfield), who fuels hi...  (less)

focused on impressing colleges with his thoughtful balance of excellent grades, energized volunteer work (as a translator), and varsity sports (warming the bench during basketball games), something about Ben appears to be unraveling. Perhaps it is an attraction to his out-of-reach lab partner (Karin Anna Cheung), or his growing attachment to hard cash, or simply the malaise that coats his every act of self-denial. In any case, he and a brood of fellow Asian American overachievers metamorphose into the local go-to gang of black-market thievery--all while keeping up their classes. Lin brings a fresh angle to the exhausted youth-crime genre, and clarifies, with no small wisdom, the distinction between ...  (less)

relate to and understand. The videos are organized into episodes with entertaining characters and engaging plot lines, with many offering hilarious parodies of popular TV shows like Lost, Gossip Girl, and The Office. The system also includes a digital workbook with an outline, video notes, practice questions, games, and quizzes. Vocabulary Builder is an outstanding way to improve vocabulary and prepare for standardized tests like the SAT. The subject matter correlates directly to state standards and is produced and designed by an academic team of professors, students, actors, and teachers. Episodes inlcude: Imaginary Larry  (less)

feature of the show is the random use of English words and phrases, commonly used by fresas. One of the series' major plot lines revolves around a group of students forming a pop band. The actors, who play the members of this band, are also in a real band, abbreviated as RBD to distinguish it from the show. RBD performs most of the music used on the show, and has been extremely successful in its own right, becoming one of the highest-grossing acts in Mexico and touring internationally.  (less)

town where they've been taunted and harassed all their lives, hoping to get on a makeover show in New York called Trading Faces . Like all cinematic road trips, this is a journey of self-discovery, in which Celeste learns to love herself for herself--but though the conclusion is no surprise, getting there is offbeat and fun, with oddball episodes featuring "the lesbian lone ranger" (Jane Lynch, The 40 Year Old Virgin ), a racist convenience-store clerk (Danny Hoch, Whiteboyz ), and Bam-Bam and Celeste's final confrontation with their high school nemeses turned beauty-salon moguls. The day is saved in the end by Celeste's mother, also played by Cho--basically playing her own mother, as she does in her stand-up act. ...  (less)

relate to and understand. The videos are organized into episodes with entertaining characters and engaging plot lines, with many offering hilarious parodies of popular TV shows like Lost, Gossip Girl, and The Office. The system also includes a digital workbook with an outline, video notes, practice questions, games, and quizzes. Vocabulary Builder is an outstanding way to improve vocabulary and prepare for standardized tests like the SAT. The subject matter correlates directly to state standards and is produced and designed by an academic team of professors, students, actors, and teachers. Episodes include: Mad Scientists, Rumor Chic, The Artists  (less)