A Walk to Remember

A Walk to Remember

Love brings together what peer pressure and lifestyles seek to keep apart in this coming-of-age story based on the bestselling book. Teen idol Shane West and multiplatinum recording star Mandy Moore star as two high schoolers — she a straitlaced preacher’s daughter and he an unmotivated delinquent. When events thrust him into her world, he begins an unexpected journey he’ll never forget.With refreshing intelligence, A Walk to Remember offers welcome relief from the recent onslaught of teen-movie crudeness. Adapted from the novel by Nicholas Sparks and transplanted from 1958 to the present day, this admirable teen romance recognizes that two 18-year-olds–Landon (Shane West) and Jamie (pop singer Mandy Moore)–can be smart, mature, and sensible about the very real love they share. He’s a popular kid in the cool crowd. She’s got a goody-goody reputation as the dowdy daughter of a local minister (Peter Coyote); her values and priorities aren’t rooted in peer pressure, and Landon feels bl

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The Last Waltz (Special Edition)

• DVD
• The Band
• Format DVD

It started as a concert. It became a celebration. Join an unparalleled lineup of rock superstars asthey celebrate The Band’s historic 1976 farewell performance. Directed by Martin Scorsese (Raging Bull, Goodfellas), The Last Waltz is not only “the most beautiful rock film evermade” (New York Times) it’s “one of the most important cultural events of the last two decades” (Rolling Stone)!Martin Scorsese’s 1978 capsule history of the Band is mixed with footage of the group’s allegedly last performance (certainly their last performance as a quintet) in this particularly stylish concert film. Scorsese shoots the players and their sundry guests with the same flair and enthusiasm one can see in the later The Color of Money or Goodfellas. He also proves a good interviewer with Band members, particularly Robbie Robertson, whose sleepy-sexy good looks make a star-caliber impression in close-up. But the film’s real hook is the stage show, which features a rotation of rock legends (Van Morrison, J

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