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(continued from Restaurant page) of Mort (John Malkovich), a Vietnam veteran, one-time poet, and now a falling-down drunk, who decides to get his life together and returns to his family home in suburban Chicago after 20 years. There, his estranged sister, Eileen (Dana Delaney), still lives with her son, Abe (Jacob Zachar). The teenager dreams of buying a boat and sailing with a friend from Lake Michigan to the Atlantic and beyond. Ellen is wary of her screwed-up brother, but Abe finds a sympathetic ear in his downtrodden uncle and begins to manipulate the older man into helping him buy a sailboat from two shady operators (John Goodman, Jim Ortlieb), who not only peddle rickety vessels, but also push wholesale liquor -- just the thing Mort doesn’t need. The title is inspired by the Arthur Rimbaud despairing poem, “The Drunken Boat,” and often seems as rickety as the boats sold by the con men in the movie. There are so many coming-of-age movies out there that it seems another one should add something new. This picture doesn’t, really, but the performances are sincere, and do hold viewers’ attention. Director Bob Meyer’s greatest talent might be talking name actors into doing his films. “Just around the Corner” (Virgil Films) is the true story of music promoter and manager Bob Benjamin’s battle against Parkinson’s disease. Benjamin was a young rock fan from New Rochelle, who turned his love of the classic sounds of the Jersey Shore into a career that included
music journalist, record promoter, and eventually manger of heartland musician Joe Grushecky. In 1996, at age 38, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, but refused to let his physical issues hold him back. He continues to work in the music industry and has spent many years organizing fund-raising concerts for Parkinson’s research featuring some of the music industry’s most respected performers. The documentary contains music by Bruce Springsteen and appearances by Michael J. Fox and Vincent Pastore. Now available from Paramount Home Entertainment are full-season sets of the 2011-12 “CSI” franchise TV shows. “CSI: The Twelfth Season” is a six-disc set containing 22 episodes and has several behind-the-scenes bonus features. The series, starring Ted Danson, Marg Helgenberger, and Elizabeth Shue, centers on a passionate team of forensic investigators trained to solve crimes by methodically poring over evidence. They are on the case collecting irrefutable evidence and putting together missing pieces that will solve the crime. “CSI: The Eighth Season” stars Gary Sinise and Sela Ward and focuses the action of forensic investigators to the Big Apple. The set contains 18 episodes and bonus features, including featurettes on creating flashbacks for 9/11 and its effect on cast and crew; a look at the making of the Halloween episode; creating at 1950s flashback scenes for the “Flash Pop” episode; and deleted scenes. “CSI: Miami - The Final Season” stars David Caruso as lead criminologist Horatio Caine. Investigations in Miami take the team into seedy nightclubs and exclusive suburbs. The five-disc set includes cast commentary, deleted scenes, a gag reel, and lots of behind-the-scenes featurettes.