Tony J. Peck Movies

Julia Cole (Diane Salinger) is more than a little upset about turning 40. She's depressed about growing older, distressed at the lack of attention from her workaholic husband Charles (John Calvin), and bored with being a stay-at-home wife and mother. On her birthday, she finds a bottle of enchanted soap bubbles. Blowing them transports her to moments of happiness from earlier times in her life. Soon, she not only regains her youthful vigor, she cannot even remember how old she is. She changes her appearance, her personality is transformed from reclusive to outgoing, and her values change from strict to permissive. Eventually, she realizes that happiness is not age-dependent. George Clooney and Wallace Shawn are the biggest names in this low-budget, independently produced romantic comedy, also known as The Magic Bubble, directed by Deborah Taper Ringel and Alfredo Ringel. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

This U.S./Israeli co-production examines the pervasive distrust of all the factions in the area around Israel. In this adventure/drama, an Israeli reporter with "liberal" (pro-Palestinian) leanings learns that he has been removed from the rolls of those permitted to use their water rations, because he signed a protest petition. As there is a drought on, this is literally a matter of life or death, so he escapes into the desert just ahead of the Israeli Army. He is hoping to reach an Arab radio station which calls itself "The Voice of Freedom" and purports to tell the truth about the Arab/Israeli conflict. Along the way, he forms alliances with an Arab and a Jew who promise to help him get through both lines to the station. When they get there, the "promised land" turns out not to have been all it was cracked up to be. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi