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Set it Off "DVD & VHS" Store:  House Of Nubian Inc. View Store Policies and Shipping Rates Brand Name:  Jada Pinkett-Smith & Queen Latifah Item # / SKU:  sio Even when it misses a dramatic opportunity in favor of generic action, Set It Off benefits from a sharp understanding of its well-drawn central characters. They're a quartet of young African American women in Los Angeles (Jada Pinkett, Queen Latifah, Vivica A. Fox, Kimberly Elise), all struggling against a system that seems designed to prevent them from realizing their dreams. The movie establishes their plight with credible attention to emotional detail, making their decision to rob banks believable enough to give the ensuing plot its inevitably tragic momentum. Cowritten by the screenwriter of What's Love Got to Do With It?, the film conveys genuine compassion for its characters, and the ensemble cast is uniformly strong--especially Queen Latifah as a brash lesbian whose fate is as certain as her forceful attitude. Set It Off expresses a real sense that these women have been close friends for years, and that gives the film additional impact, even when their transition to crime and violence feels somewhat forced and superficial. A romantic subplot involving Pinkett and a social-climbing banker (Blair Underwood) is too contrived to be convincing, and director F. Gary Gray (Friday) tries too hard to combine hard-hitting action with social relevance (a weakness shared by Gray's following film, The Negotiator). Still, Set It Off effectively avoids passing judgment; its emotional complexity transcends simple notions of right and wrong, injecting vitality--and a kind of renegade integrity--into the traditions of a familiar plot Starring: Jada Pinkett Smith, Queen Latifah Director: F. Gary Gray Encoding: Region 1 (US and Canada only) Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen Rated: R Not for sale to persons under age 18. Studio: New Line Studios DVD Features: Production notes Theatrical trailer(s) Music video "Let it Go" by Ray J Full-screen and widescreen anamorphic formats   Our Price: $ 21.99 Quantity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

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Queen of the Damned "Aaliyah" DVD Store:  House Of Nubian Inc. View Store Policies and Shipping Rates Brand Name:  Aaliyah Item # / SKU:  qod In case you were wondering, this movie is a combination of TWO books in the Vampire Chronicles series by Anne Rice: The Vampire Lestat and, of course, Queen of the Damned. A lot of things about vampires (including what the heck Lestat is doing there in the first place) are explained in the books and not explained at all in the movie, so it can be a little confusing if you haven't read Anne Rice before. Also, this movie is NOT a continuation of Interview with the Vampire. In the book series they are connected, but the movie is entirely separated from the first story. Lestat doesn't even mention Louis, he's hardly even the same character he was in the Interview with the Vampire movie. Actually, everything in this movie is completely different from the book. The movie is probably what the book would have been like if Anne Rice had run out of paper and could only write ten pages. In any case, this movie is a lot of fun. Everything seems very fast and exciting, while a bit dark and creepy at the same time. The characters aren't particularly deep or interesting, and neither is the story line. They're mere shadows of what was in the book. But for some reason, this movie is still fun to watch Starring: Stuart Townsend, Aaliyah Director: Michael Rymer Encoding: Region 1 (US and Canada only) Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound Rated: R Not for sale to persons under age 18. Studio: Warner Home Video Run Time 101 mins   Our Price: $ 28.99 Quantity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

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Goodfellas "De Niro" Store:  House Of Nubian Inc. View Store Policies and Shipping Rates Brand Name:  Martin Scorsese Item # / SKU:  gf Martin Scorsese's 1990 masterpiece GoodFellas immortalizes the hilarious, horrifying life of actual gangster Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), from his teen years on the streets of New York to his anonymous exile under the Witness Protection Program. The director's kinetic style is perfect for recounting Hill's ruthless rise to power in the 1950s as well as his drugged-out fall in the late 1970s; in fact, no one has ever rendered the mental dislocation of cocaine better than Scorsese. Scorsese uses period music perfectly, not just to summon a particular time but to set a precise mood. GoodFellas is at least as good as The Godfather without being in the least derivative of it. Joe Pesci's psycho improvisation of Mobster Tommy DeVito ignited Pesci as a star, Lorraine Bracco scores the performance of her life as the love of Hill's life, and every supporting role, from Paul Sorvino to Robert De Niro, is a miracle Starring: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Director: Martin Scorsese Encoding: Region 1 (US and Canada only) Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen Rated: R Not for sale to persons under age 18. Studio: Warner Studios DVD Features: Production notes Theatrical trailer(s) Widescreen letterbox format   Our Price: $ 24.99 Quantity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

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Autobiograpghy of Miss Jane Pittman "VHS & DVD" Store:  House Of Nubian Inc. View Store Policies and Shipping Rates Brand Name:  Movies4U Item # / SKU:  amjp This 1973 television movie about 110 years of American history as seen through the eyes of a black woman from Louisiana (Cicely Tyson) is a terrific achievement, a window onto racism from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement. Tyson gives a career performance as the title character, whose personal life is inextricably woven into the fabric of the African American struggle for equality. A mixture of the sentimental and the unflinching, this is the kind of educational experience that fully engages a viewer Director: John Korty Format: Color, NTSC Rated: NR Studio: United American Video VHS Features: NTSC format (US and Canada only) Color, NTSC   Our Price: $ 16.99 Quantity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

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Reservoir Dogs Store:  House Of Nubian Inc. View Store Policies and Shipping Rates Brand Name:  Quentin Tarantino Item # / SKU:  rd Quentin Tarantino came out of nowhere (i.e., a video store in Manhattan Beach, California) and turned Hollywood on its ear in 1992 with his explosive first feature, Reservoir Dogs. Like Tarantino's mainstream breakthrough Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs has an unconventional structure, cleverly shuffling back and forth in time to reveal details about the characters, experienced criminals who know next to nothing about each other. Joe (Lawrence Tierney) has assembled them to pull off a simple heist, and has gruffly assigned them color-coded aliases (Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, Mr. White) to conceal their identities from being known even to each other. But something has gone wrong, and the plan has blown up in their faces. One by one, the surviving robbers find their way back to their prearranged warehouse hideout. There, they try to piece together the chronology of this bloody fiasco--and to identify the traitor among them who tipped off the police. Pressure mounts, blood flows, accusations and bullets fly. In the combustible atmosphere these men are forced to confront life-and-death questions of trust, loyalty, professionalism, deception, and betrayal. As many critics have observed, it is a movie about "honor among thieves" (just as Pulp Fiction is about redemption, and Jackie Brown is about survival). Along with everything else, the movie provides a showcase for a terrific ensemble of actors: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Steve Buscemi, Michael Madsen, Christopher Penn, and Tarantino himself, offering a fervent dissection of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" over breakfast. Reservoir Dogs is violent (though the violence is implied rather than explicit), clever, gabby, harrowing, funny, suspenseful, and even--in the end--unexpectedly moving. (Don't forget that "Super Sounds of the Seventies" soundtrack, either.) Reservoir Dogs deserves just as much acclaim and attention as its follow-up, Pulp Fiction, would receive two years later. Starring: Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Director: Quen   Our Price: $ 25.00 Quantity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

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Blade 2 Store:  House Of Nubian Inc. View Store Policies and Shipping Rates Brand Name:  New Line Home Entertainment Item # / SKU:  b2 Aptly described by critic Roger Ebert as "a vomitorium of viscera," Blade II takes the express route to sequel success. So if you enjoyed Blade, you'll probably drool over this monster mash, which is anything but boring. Set (and filmed) in Prague, the plot finds a new crop of "Reaper" vampires threatening to implement a viral breeding program, and they're nearly impervious to attacks by Blade (Wesley Snipes), his now-revived mentor Whistler (Kris Kristofferson) , and a small army of "normal" vampires who routinely combust in a constant conflagration of spectacular special effects. It's up to Blade to conquer the über-vamps, and both Snipes and director Guillermo del Toro (Mimic) serve up a nonstop smorgasbord of intensely choreographed action, creepy makeup, and graphic ultraviolence. It's sadistic, juvenile, numbing, and--for those who dig this kind of thing--undeniably impressive. With the ever-imposing Ron Perlman as a vampire villain Starring: Wesley Snipes Director: Guillermo del Toro Encoding: Region 1 (US and Canada only) Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound Rated: R Not for sale to persons under age 18. Studio: New Line Home Entertainment   Our Price: $ 20.00 Quantity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

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That Man Bolt "Fred Williamson" Store:  House Of Nubian Inc. View Store Policies and Shipping Rates Brand Name:  Universal Pictures Item # / SKU:  tmb Fred Williamson chop-sockeys his way through this popular blaxploitation adventure as Jefferson Bolt, a Kung Fu expert assigned to deliver a cool $1 million to Mexico City from Hong Kong with a stop in Los Angeles. When Bolt discovers the cash is dirty mob money and his girl has been killed, he heads back to the Far East to get even. Byron Webster, Teresa Graves also star. Run Time: 104 min   Our Price: $ 20.00 Quantity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

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Hell Up In Harlem (1973) Store:  House Of Nubian Inc. View Store Policies and Shipping Rates Brand Name:  Soul Cinema Item # / SKU:  huih Fred Williamson returns as Tommy Gibbs, the self-styled Godfather of Harlem in Larry Cohen's quickly made sequel to the low-budget Black Caesar. The film opens with a different perspective on the finale from the earlier film, this time with Gibbs surviving an assassination attempt with the help of his estranged father (Julius Harris), who becomes Tommy's new chief lieutenant in his rebuilt organization. Tommy takes his revenge on those who set him up but faces a new threat from within as the corrupt DA partners with an ambitious gang member to take Tommy down. It's not going to be as easy as they think. Shooting on NYC streets and locations, Cohen punches up the slim rise-and-fall/revenge story line with gritty action, a driving pace, and edgy, always-on-the-move, hand-held camera work. The production feels rushed at times and the performances don't have the energy of the previous film, but Cohen doesn't give you much time to think about it with his speeding plot and machine-gun editing, moved along nicely with help from Edwin Starr's funky score Director: Larry Cohen Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries.) Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen Rated:R Not for sale to persons under age 18. Studio: MGM/UA Video DVD Release Date: October 16, 2001 DVD Features: Theatrical trailer(s) Widescreen anamorphic format VHS & DVD   Our Price: $ 25.00 Quantity: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50