Space Cowboys is a 2000 American space adventure film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood. It stars Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner as four older "ex-test pilots" who are sent into space to repair an old Soviet satellite, unaware that it is armed with nuclear missiles. In 1958, two U.S. Air Force pilots and aspiring astronauts, William "Hawk" Hawkins and Frank Corvin are testing a modified X-plane when Hawk decides to try to break a height record. The plane stalls and they are forced to eject, narrowly missing a B-50 Superfortress piloted by navigator "Tank" Sullivan as they parachute to safety. On the ground, Frank punches Hawk for putting their lives at risk, but their fight is broken up by engineer Jerry O'Neill. Their supervising officer, Bob Gerson, chastises Hawk for his recklessness, before taking them to a press conference, where it is announced that the Air Force will no longer be involved in space flight tests as this has now been handed off to the newly-created NASA, ending the four's dreams of reaching space.   In the present day, NASA is tasked to prevent a Soviet communications satellite, IKON, from decaying out of orbit and crashing to earth. The design of the satellite's electronics are archaic and based on those of Skylab that Frank had developed. Bob, now a project manager at NASA, sends astronaut Sara Holland to request Frank's help. Frank is initially hostile as he still despises Bob, but agrees to put aside his differences to help with the current situation. However, Frank insists that he have the help of his "Team Daedalus" including Hawk, Tank and Jerry.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00621] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Lone Star is a 1996 American mystery film written and directed by John Sayles and set in a small town in Texas. The ensemble cast features Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Matthew McConaughey and Elizabeth Peña and deals with a sheriff's investigation into the murder of one of his predecessors. The movie was filmed in Del Rio, Eagle Pass and Laredo, Texas. Sheriff Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper) is the county sheriff in Frontera, Texas, a fictional border town in the fictional Rio County. Sam has little enthusiasm for his job and the local politics that go with the job. Sam got the job because his late father was the popular and legendary Sheriff Buddy Deeds (Matthew McConaughey), who is remembered as fair and just by the citizens of Rio County. However, Sam had many problems with his father and the pair routinely argued and fought.   Sam is particularly disapproving of efforts by Mayor Hollis Pogue (Clifton James), Buddy's chief deputy and best friend, and business leader Mercedes Cruz (Míriam Colón), to rename the local courthouse in Buddy's honor. As a teenager, Sam had been in love with Mercedes' daughter Pilar (Elizabeth Peña), but the courtship was opposed by both of their parents. After a chance meeting at the courthouse dedication ceremony, Sam and the now-widowed Pilar slowly resume their courtship.   Colonel Delmore Payne (Joe Morton) has recently arrived in town as the new base commander of the local U.S. Army base. Delmore is the son of Otis "Big O" Payne (Ron Canada), a local nightclub owner and leading figure in the area's African-American community. The two are estranged because of Otis' serial infidelity and abandonment of Delmore's mother when Delmore was a child. One day, some of Delmore's men discover a human skeleton on an old shooting range along with a Masonic ring, a Rio County sheriff's badge, and a bullet not used by the military. Sam brings in Texas Ranger Ben Wetzel to help with the case. Wetzel tells Sam that the forensics identify the skeleton as that of Charlie Wade (Kris Kristofferson), the notoriously brutal and corrupt sheriff who preceded Buddy. Sam and Wetzel recall the famous story known throughout the border region of how one night in 1957 Charlie Wade mysteriously disappeared with $10,000 in county funds and Buddy took over as sheriff shortly thereafter.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00620] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Natural Born Killers (Asesinos natos en España y Asesinos por naturaleza en Hispanoamérica) es una película satírica de 1994 dirigida por Oliver Stone y protagonizada por Woody Harrelson y Juliette Lewis. Destacan las apariciones de Rodney Dangerfield, Robert Downey Jr., Tom Sizemore y Tommy Lee Jones.   El guion original fue escrito por Quentin Tarantino y revisado por Stone, Richard Rutowski y David Veloz. Si bien gran parte del diálogo es lento, como la idea original sugería, las revisiones trasladaron el centro de atención de la historia desde el periodista Wayne Gale (Robert Downey Jr.) a Mickey y Mallory. Tarantino no estuvo de acuerdo con las revisiones, repudió el guion y pidió que su nombre fuera borrado de los créditos de guion, de modo que su nombre aparece únicamente como «historia de».   Natural Born Killers tiene particulares características de dirección, debido al amplio rango de ángulos de cámara, filtros, lentes y efectos especiales usados durante su producción. La mayor parte de la película parece una «perspectiva televisiva»; de hecho, algunas escenas son sátiras de programas de televisión de esa época, incluida aquella escena en que se retrata en un tono de farsa de comedia de situación a una familia desestructurada. Anuncios de televisión que eran comunes en aquel tiempo aparecen breve e intermitentemente a lo largo de la película.   La película pretende hacer hincapié en la forma sensacionalista en que los crímenes son descritos por la prensa y la manera en que esta y otros medios ensalzan a los asesinos. Fue criticada por su excesiva violencia gráfica y de contenidos.   La película fue inspirada en la historia de Charles Starkweather y Caril Ann Fugate pareja que asesinó a 11 personas entre Nebraska y Wyoming a finales de los años 1950.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00619] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Steel Magnolias (titulada Magnolias de acero en México y España) es una película basada en la obra de teatro homónima de Robert Harling y adaptada al cine por él mismo. Dirigida por Herbert Ross, cuenta con un reconocido reparto. Es la historia de seis mujeres muy diferentes y especiales, que viven en un pequeño pueblo de Luisiana. Seis mujeres con sus miedos y sus esperanzas; incisivas, irónicas o ingenuas; pero eternamente amigas. Comedia que refleja la vida cotidiana, no exenta de dramatismo, de un grupo de amigas de diversas edades de una pequeña ciudad sureña. La protagonista, Shelby Eatenton (Julia Roberts), es una joven diabética de salud muy precaria que acaba de casarse y a la que los médicos han aconsejado no tener hijos pero en contra de los deseos de los médicos y de su madre decide tener uno, el cual desatará muchos problemas en su cuerpo y con su madre. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00618] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Joy House (French title: Les Félins) is a 1964 black-and-white mystery/thriller film starring Jane Fonda, Alain Delon, and Lola Albright. It is based on the 1954 novel by Day Keene. It was Clement's second film for MGM.   In Monte Carlo, Marc, a handsome cardsharp, escapes American gangsters who have been ordered to kill him by the boss of a New York gang because he had an affair with the boss's wife. Marc hides in a mission for the poor where Barbara, a wealthy widow, finds him and hires him as her chauffeur. At Barbara's chateau, Melinda, Barbara's niece, becomes attracted to him. Marc discovers that Barbara is hiding her lover, Vincent, in the secret rooms and passageways of the chateau.    She and Vincent (a bank robber sought by the police for murdering Barbara's husband) plan to murder Marc so that Vincent may use his passport in escaping to South America. Marc and Barbara begin an affair but are discovered by Vincent, who then kills Barbara but is himself killed by the American gangsters, who mistake him for Marc. Marc and Melinda plan to dispose of the two bodies, but when Melinda learns that Marc is planning to leave without her, she tricks the police into believing Marc guilty and forces him to hide in the chateau's secret rooms. He is her prisoner, just as Vincent had been her aunt's.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00992 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Nashville is a 1975 American musical drama film directed by Robert Altman. A winner of numerous awards and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry, Nashville is generally considered to be one of Altman's best films.   The film takes a snapshot of people involved in the country music and gospel music businesses in Nashville, Tennessee. It has 24 main characters, an hour of musical numbers, and multiple storylines. The characters' efforts to succeed or hold on to their success are interwoven with the efforts of a political operative and a local businessman to stage a concert rally before the state's presidential primary for a populist outsider running for President of the United States on the Replacement Party ticket. In the film's final half-hour, most of the characters come together at the outdoor concert at the Parthenon in Nashville.   This movie tells the intersecting stories of various people connected to the music business in Nashville. Barbara Jean is the reigning queen of Nashville but is near collapse. Linnea and Delbert Reese have a shaky marriage and 2 deaf children. Opal is a British journalist touring the area. These and other stories come together in a dramatic climax.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00616] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)  

8 mujeres es una película francesa dirigida por François Ozon, lanzada en 2002, basada en la obra de teatro Ocho mujeres, de Robert Thomas. Transcurren los años cincuenta. Mientras se hacen los preparativos para la Navidad, en una casa de campo francesa asesinan al dueño de la mansión. De entre ocho mujeres relacionadas entre sí —su esposa Gaby, sus hijas Suzon y Catherine, su histérica cuñada Augustine, su hermana Pierrette, su avara suegra Mamy, la criada Louise y el ama de llaves Madame Chanel— allí presentes, una de ellas es la culpable.   Desde ese momento se inicia una larga y dura jornada de investigación, salpicada de discusiones, peleas y revelaciones, en la que se demuestra que todas guardan ocultos secretos que las convierten en sospechosas. Finalmente la verdad emergerá para acabar con todas las mentiras.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00991 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Película francesa de 1959 basada libremente en la novela de 1782 escrita por Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, aunque se establece en la actual Francia. Fue dirigida por Roger Vadim y protagonizada por Jeanne Moreau, Gerard Phillipe y Annette Vadim. Una coproducción francesa / italiana. La historia se centra en contar cómo Valmont y Juliette de Merteuil, una pareja casada, decide ayudarse entre sí y consienten que en su relación haya experiencias extramatrimoniales. Siempre en busca de diversión y emoción. Ambos tienen aventuras sexuales con otros. Pero hay una regla: no caer en el amor. Sin emabrgo, esta vez Valmont se enamora locamente de una chica que conoce en una estación de esquí, Marianne, y las cosas comienzan a torcerse. Clasificación [ CM DVD 00990 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)

Trois 2: Pandora's Box (also known as Pandora's Box) is a 2002 erotic thriller written and directed by Rob Hardy. It stars Monica Calhoun, Michael Jai White, and Kristoff St. John.   When first released, the film was known as Pandora's Box. The studio believed that it was similar in some ways to director Rob Hardy's film Trois and branded it as a franchise. Chrystale Wilson made a brief appearance as her character Tammy from Trois.   A woman's infidelity leads her into a web of larceny and danger in this noir-flavored independent thriller. Mia DuBois (Monica Calhoun) is a psychologist who until recently worked with the police department, counseling the survivors of victims of violent crime. While Mia has entered into a successful private practice, she's persuaded by her former colleagues to take on new client, Tammy (Chrystale Wilson), who is still dealing with the recent murder of her husband. As Mia helps Tammy with her problems, Mia finds herself thinking about her own marriage to Victor (Kristoff St. John), which has hardly been happy lately. As Mia begins wondering if she has other options, she visits a mysterious nightclub, Pandora's Box, where she meets the sexy and mysterious Hampton Hines (Michael Jai White). Mia soon begins having an affair with Hampton, unaware that Hampton is actually working with Victor and Tammy; Mia is soon to inherit $20 million, and Victor is determined to get his hands on the money. Hampton soon shifts his alliances to stay with Mia, but Victor and Tammy are not giving up their shares of the fortune quite so easily.   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00615] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)  

Tatie Danielle (Auntie Danielle) is a 1990 French black humor film directed by Étienne Chatiliez. It features Tsilla Chelton as Auntie Danielle Billard. "Vous ne la connaissez pas encore, mais elle vous déteste déjà." – "You may not know her yet, but she hates you already."   Danielle Billard, aged 82, is a childless widow of an army colonel. She lives in a small-town home in Auxerre with her faithful housekeeper, Odile. Quiet life? Things are not as they appear. Danielle is mean, cruel and malicious. When Odile "accidentally" dies, Danielle divides her estate between her grand-niece and grand-nephew, Jeanne and Jean-Pierre. She then goes to live in Paris with Jean-Pierre and his family. Although the family believes her to be an agreeable elderly lady, they soon discover her true colours!   The family goes on an extended vacation leaving their aunt in the care of a young woman, Sandrine. Little does Danielle know, she has finally met her match! Through many turbulent episodes these two women develop an ostensibly mutual love-hate "respect".   Clasificación [ CM DVD 00989 ] Disponible en DVD, 4 Piso BJB)