chance to see inside the world of this socialist leader. The new documentary film FIDEL by Estela Bravo offers a unique opportunity to view the man through exclusive interviews with Castro himself, historians, public figures and close friends, with rare footage from the Cuban State archives. Alice Walker, Harry Belafonte, and Sydney Pollack discuss Fidel as a person, while former and current US government figures including Arthur Schlesinger, Ramsey Clark, Wayne Smith, Congressman Charles Rangel and a former CIA agent offer political and historical perspectives on Castro and the long-standing US embargo against Cuba. Family members and close friends, including Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, offer a window into the rarely seen personal life of Fid...  (less)

2: Their First Assignment. Bobcat Goldthwait plays the lead prankster confronting the bumblers in blue. Next, our heroes try to save their beloved alma mater from the budgetary ax in Police Academy 3: Back in Training. On the roll call for both films: befuddled Cmdt. Lassard (George Gaynes), Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), Hightower (Bubba Smith), Hooks (Marion Ramsey) and more favorites. Cop all the fun!  (less)

Academy grads are ready to uphold law and disorder. Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment When the newly graduated misfits in blue tangle with these pinheaded punkers in Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment, the result is an open-and-shut case of nonstop hilarity. Steve Guttenberg, George Gaynes and other Police Academy originals return to the roll call, facing the formidable Bobcat Goldthwait in the tailor-made role of the wacked-out gangleader. It's a riot -a laugh-riot -in the streets! Police Academy 3: Backiin Training A budget crisis has decreed that only one of the state's two cop schools can survive, so the race is on to see which academy can avoid the ax by turning out the superior force. So Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg), Hightower (Bubba Smith), Tackleberry (David Graf), Jones (Michael Winslow), Hooks (Marion Ramsey) and Callahan (Leslie Easterbrook) - led by eternally befuddled Cmdt. Lassard (George Gaynes) - mobilize hilariously in their alma mater's defense. You have the right to remain silent - but you'll end up howling. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol Cmdt. Lassard (George Gaynes) decides to toughen up neighborhood watch groups by training them to be Citizens on Patrol, or COPs. And guess who the instructors are? The same grads who thought the Fs on their own report card meant Fantastic. When rival officer Lt. Harris (G.W. Bailey) sees the blue leading the beleaguered, he decides the time is ripe to discredit the Academy. But leave it to our hapless heroes to save the day - bumblingly - by taking to the skies on biplanes and balloons for a frantic finale. All aboard! Police Academy 5: Assignment - Miami Beach Our badge-carrying bunglers are in Miami foria convention honoring Cmdt. Lassard. But crime doesn't take a vacation, even if our heroes do. Lassard is kidnapped. And not even the lure of limbo beach parties will stop the intrepid troopers' uproarious rescue attempts. So join your armed and hilarious favorites. If there's a Most Wanted List for laughter, these loony coppers have just gotta be on it. Police Academy 6: City Under Siege Bubba Smith, Michael Winslow, David Graf, Marion Ramsey, Leslie Easterbrook, G.W. Bailey, George Gaynes and other returnees strap on laugh-riot gear for Police Academy 6: City Under Siege. A mysterious Mr. Big is the mastermind behind a gang that robs banks and jewelers. Cmdt. Lassard is suspected when it becomes clear that a police department information leak is keeping the bad guys one step ahead. Solving the case won't take a mastermind, just an arsenal of gags and goofiness in the fun Police Academy tradition. Police Academy: Mission to Moscow Addled Cmdt. Lassard  (less)

introduction followed by descriptions of each wild flower species, all organized by family so that related plants may be more readily recognized and compared. Each numbered entry lists both the common name and family name, and includes an inch scale. Menus for each video provide quick access to entries by season. Photography: Anne H. Lindsey Script: C. Ritchie Bell Narration: Catherine Smith Music: Spring & Summer – Alan Kaufman & Clark Jones; Fall – Scott Pearson Production: Spring & Summer: David H. Ramsey, Commercial Photography — Fall: Laurel Hill Press DVD authoring and encoding by Snyder Productions, Raleigh, NC DVD cover design, Art Attack, Charlotte, NC Extras include two wild flower charts (pdf files — giving info...  (less)

a group of friends who become entangled in a brutal struggle for survival after visiting a remote archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle where they discover something deadly living among the ruins. THE RUINS stars Jonathan Tucker (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Black Donnellys), Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice, Donnie Darko), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men: The Last Stand), Laura Ramsey (She's the Man), and Joe Anderson (Across the Universe).TOMB RAIDER: Exploring lost empires, finding priceless treasures, punishing villains in mortal combat...it's all in a day's work for adventurer Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie). But a secret from her father's (Jon Voight) past is about to lead Lara to her greatest challenge: The Triangle of Light, a legendary artifact with the power to alter space and time. Lara must find the Triangle before it falls into the clutches of the Illuminati, a secret society bent on world domination. To stop the Illuminati, Lara will have to survive a cross-continental chase filled with unimaginable danger. But for the Tomb Raider, danger is the name of the game.  (less)

among the ruins. The Ruins stars Jonathan Tucker (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Black Donnellys), Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice, Donnie Darko), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men: The Last Stand), Laura Ramsey (She's the Man) and Joe Anderson (Across the Universe).  (less)

among the ruins. The Ruins stars Jonathan Tucker (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Black Donnellys), Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice, Donnie Darko), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men: The Last Stand), Laura Ramsey (She's the Man) and Joe Anderson (Across the Universe).  (less)

among the ruins. The Ruins stars Jonathan Tucker (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Black Donnellys), Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice, Donnie Darko), Shawn Ashmore (X-Men: The Last Stand), Laura Ramsey (She's the Man) and Joe Anderson (Across the Universe).  (less)