TV Guide: Online Video Guide Victor Rasuk

Adrift In Manhattan

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:30:59 -0500

Synopsis: The lives of three people in New York City - a lonely photographer, a woman grieving for a lost child, and a man going blind - intersect in surprising and dramatic ways in an intriguing story. With William Baldwin, Elizabeth Pena.

Life Is Hot in Cracktown: Exclusive Featurette - Character Motivation

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 08:52:40 -0500

Featurette for Life Is Hot in Cracktown that will be attached to the film's DVD on August 25th. Director Buddy Giovinazzo takes a quick look at what drives his characters.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind: Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

Clementine (Kate Winslet) and Joel (Jim Carrey) meet for the first time on a train, but is it their first meeting? How do you deal with somebody you wish you never met, have them erased.

Raising Victor Vargas: Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

Raising Victor Vargas is about a 17 year old boy, Victor Vargas (Victor Rasuk), in an urban Latino neighborhood. Victor ends up falling in love with Judy and he tries to win her love.

Life Is Hot in Cracktown: Condoms

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

Betty (Lara Flynn Boyle) and Fay (Melissa Wilfley) buy condoms.

Life Is Hot in Cracktown: Trailer

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:29:54 -0500

The trailer for Life Is Hot in Cracktown. Marybeth (Kerry Washington) is a pre-op transsexual working as a prostitute and living with her lover, Benny, a small time burglar. In spite of their lines of work, they live a somewhat normal life as a married couple. Manny (Victor Rasuk) works two jobs: the late shift in an all night bodega surrounded by young junkies, drug dealers and prostitutes, and as a security guard in a Welfare hotel to provide for his family. Willy, ten years old, lives in the Welfare hotel with his sister, mother (Illeana Douglas) and her violent boyfriend, begging on the street so he and Susie can buy some fast food to eat. Romeo (Evan Ross), a street tough, roams the streets with his gang, terrorizing anyone who comes in his path. These four stories come together in a powerful climax of love and salvation, showing that despite the obstacles of life in the inner-city, humanity and hope can still prevail.

Life is Hot in Cracktown Trailer No. 1: Life is Hot in Cracktown - Trailer No. 1

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:02:54 -0500

Based on writer/director Buddy Giovinazzo's novel of the same name, Life Is Hot in Cracktown explores how crack cocaine infiltrated the streets of urban America by following the journeys of four people whose lives are on a tragic collision course. Pre-op transsexual Marybeth (Kerry Washington) is working as a prostitute in order to save enough money to make her transformation complete. She lives with her lover, Benny, a small-time burglar, whom she hopes to marry after her final operation. Meanwhile, Manny (Victor Rasuk) is busy pulling double shifts while his wife, Concetta (Shannyn Sossamon), cares for their sickly infant son in their run-down apartment. By night Manny works at a 24-hour bodega frequented by junkies, drug dealers, and prostitutes, and by day keeps the peace as a security guard at a welfare hotel. One of the residents at that hotel is Willy, a ten-year-old boy who lives with his mother (Illeana Douglas) and her abusive boyfriend. Willy begs for money on the street so

Life is Hot in Cracktown Trailer No. 1: Life is Hot in Cracktown - Clip No. 1

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 10:02:54 -0500

Life Is Hot In Cracktown

Thu, 14 May 2009 09:47:12 -0500

LIFE IS HOT IN CRACKTOWN shows the gritty, hard realities of a neighborhood, as well as the struggling, proud people who try to survive them everyday. Marybeth (Kerry Washington) is a pre-op transsexual working as a prostitute and living with her lover, Benny, a small time burglar. In spite of their lines of work, they live a somewhat normal life as a married couple. Marybeth works the streets in the hopes of saving enough money for her final sex change operation, so then she and Benny can be married. Manny (Victor Rasuk) works two jobs: the late shift in an all night bodega surrounded by young junkies, drug dealers and prostitutes, and as a security guard in a Welfare hotel. At home his wife, Concetta (Shannyn Sossamon), takes care of his sick infant son and makes their grimy rundown apartment as much of a home as she can. Willy, ten years old, lives in the Welfare hotel with his sister, mother (Illeana Douglas) and her violent boyfriend. Willy begs on the street so he and Susie can b

Movie Trailers: Che

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:00:47 -0500

Revolutionary Ernesto "Che'' Guevara addresses the United Nations, fights in Cuba and embarks on an ill-fated campaign in Bolivia.

Law & Order: Trial by Jury: Season 1, Episode 12 Boys Will Be Boys

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:55:23 -0500

Prosecutors must find the one real murderer when father and son confess to killing a transvestite -- Prosecutors Kibre (Bebe Neuwirth) and Gaffney (Amy Carlson) are stymied when a young man (guest star Victor Rasuk) confesses to killing a transvestite upon discovering that the "she" was a "he" -- just before the suspect's controlling father (guest star Giancarlo Esposito) also admits that he pummeled the victim to death in self-defense. Besides being whipsawed between two divergent confessions, the suspicious assistant D.A.s can't seem to turn one against the other, prompting a determined Kibre to reach into her legal bag of tricks to force the issue in court. Kirk Acevedo, Fred Dalton Thompson and Scott Cohen ("NYPD Blue") also star.

'Haven' Trailer 01: 'Haven' - Trailer 01

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:27:16 -0500

When a corrupt Miami businessman flees to the Cayman Islands with his daughter and a million dollars in dirty money, the resulting inferno threatens to consume father, daughter, and even a few unsuspecting innocents in a sun soaked crime drama starring Bill Paxton, Orlando Bloom, and Agnes Bruckner. Carl Ridley (Paxton) was desperate to escape the law when he boarded an airplane for the Cayman Islands, but as the heat starts to rise in paradise, he's about to realize that there are some fates far worse than prison time. As Carl attempts to cleanse his ill-gotten gains with a little help from crooked British investment banker Mr. Allen (Stephen Dillane), his resentful daughter Pippa (Bruckner) sets out to explore her exotic new surroundings on the arm of native bad boy Fritz (Victor Rasuk). A low-level thug whose connections to a powerful local crime lord threatens to spell doom for all involved, Fritz draws Pippa in to disastrous chain of events sparked by the forbidden desires of unsu

Lords of Dogtown Trailer: Lords of Dogtown - Webisode 3

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:03:00 -0500

The true story of the kids who created modern skateboard culture is recreated in this drama. In the early '70s, skateboards were seen as a fad of the 1960s that had all but died out, but in a rough-and-tumble Venice, CA, community known as "Dogtown," that was about to change. Tony Alva (Victor Rasuk), Stacy Peralta (John Robinson), and Jay Adams (Emile Hirsch) were three guys who liked to surf the rugged beaches around Venice and hung out at the Zephyr Surf Shop, a store run by Skip Engblom (Heath Ledger) that stocked gear for adventurous surfers and skateboarders. With the advent of new urethane wheels that connected with concrete in a way old metal and rubber wheels could not, Tony, Stacy, and Jay began exploring ways to translate radical surf style to skateboarding, and the guys invented a new way to skate inside the smooth, round surfaces of empty pools, employing vertical moves and edge flips that added a new and dramatic spin to skating. It didn't take long for word to spread abo

Lords of Dogtown Trailer: Lords of Dogtown - Webisode 2

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:02:59 -0500

Lords of Dogtown Trailer: Lords of Dogtown - Webisode 1

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:02:58 -0500

Lords of Dogtown Trailer: Lords of Dogtown - Video Q&A

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:02:56 -0500

Lords of Dogtown Trailer: Lords of Dogtown - "Meet the Scators" Featurette

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:02:26 -0500

Lords of Dogtown Trailer: Lords of Dogtown - Clip 2

Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:02:07 -0500

Feel the Noise

Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:22:39 -0500

After a run-in with local thugs, aspiring Harlem rapper Rob (Omarion Grandberry) flees to a place and father (Giancarlo Esposito) he never knew, and finds his salvation in Reggaeton, a spicy blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin beats. Puerto Rico, the spiritual home of Reggaeton, inspires Rob and his half-brother Javi (Victor Rasuk) to pursue their dream of becoming Reggaeton stars. Together with a dancer named C.C., they learn what it means to stay true to themselves and each other, while overcoming obstacles in love, greed and pride, all culminating in an explosive performance at New York s Puerto Rican Day Parade.