Mira Sorvino

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Mighty Aphrodite

Sportswriter Lenny (Allen) has grown obsessed with learning what his adopted son's genetic mother, Linda (Mira Sorvino) is like. He undertakes a lengthy quest to find her but is completely unprepared to discover that Linda is very different than he had imagined. Mighty Aphrodite is a sexy comedy of opposites as Lenny and Linda become entangled in each others' lives with hilarious consequences. As they grow closer to each other, both have untold secrets which, if revealed, could be scandalous. Also starring Olympia Dukakis, David Ogden Stiers, Jack Warden and Peter Weller.

Gods And Generals

The more you know about the Civil War, the more you'll appreciate Gods and Generals and the painstaking attention to detail that Gettysburg writer-director Ronald F. Maxwell has invested in this academically respectable 220-minute historical pageant. In adapting Jeffrey Shaara's 1996 novel (encompassing events of 1861-63, specifically the Virginian battles of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville), Maxwell sacrifices depth for scope while focusing on the devoutly religious "Stonewall" Jackson (Stephen Lang), whose Confederate campaigns endear him to Gen. Robert E.

The Buccaneers

As four young American women find their way through the labyrinthine social world of 1870s England, their fortunes rise--and sometimes, with brutal abruptness, fall. Based on Edith Wharton's unfinished novel, The Buccaneers, this lavish BBC production follows Nan and Virginia St.

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