On Demand picks

April 18, 2009

(HBO on Comcast) Sweet, charming, funny "Cyrano de Bergerac" update set in contemporary Santa Monica, Calif. Ben Chaplin thinks he loves glamorous model Uma Thurman; really, he has fallen for bright, sensitive radio-talk-show veterinarian Janeane Garofalo (right, with Thurman), whose voice he thinks belongs to Thurman. (PG-13; runs through April 20)

(Encore on Comcast) Handsome throwback to Hollywood's billowing romances, this Steven Spielberg remake of "A Guy Named Joe" has lots of suds, conviction, and heartfelt performances by Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter. (PG; runs through April 23)

(Encore on Comcast) Powerful adaptation of David Mamet's play about losers stewing in a junkshop, with knowing and explosively layered performances from Dustin Hoffman and Dennis Franz as Mamet's damaged predators. (R; runs through April 23)