| New Video and DVD Releases | |
| Part 1: This Week's New Releases on Video/DVD |
by Ivana Redwine
There are some interesting video/DVD releases slated for January 11, 2005, "Paparazzi," "Silver City," "The Village," and "Without a Paddle." In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
January 11, 2005 - Video and DVD Releases
"Paparazzi"
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Tagline:
"One good shot deserves another."
Length:
84 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense violent sequences, sexual
content and language
Set in L.A., this drama centers around action movie star Bo Laramie (Cole Hauser), who is continually hounded by tabloid photographers, especially Rex Harper (Tom Sizemore). After a series of confrontations, Harper and other paparazzi chase Laramie while he's in a car with his family. There's a horrendous accident that leaves the star's son in a coma. As an LAPD detective (Dennis Farina) works the case, Laramie takes matters into his own hands.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Silver
City"
Tagline:
"Vote early. Vote often."
Length:
129 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for language
Written, directed, and edited by John Sayles, this film features an ensemble cast that includes Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Daryl Hannah, and Kris Kristofferson. The complex story concerns a Colorado gubernatorial race, particularly a right-wing candidate named Dickie Pilager (Cooper). When a dead body turns up in a way suggesting a connection to Pilager's campaign, a private eye (Danny Huston) investigates, discovering a web of greed and corruption.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"The
Village"
Tagline:
"Run. The truce is ending."
Length:
107 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for a scene of violence and frightening
situations
This
M. Night Shyamalan thriller takes place in an isolated hamlet surrounded by a
forest. Cut off from the outside world due to dangerous creatures in the woods,
the hamlet's residents have a 19th-century lifestyle. But a situation arises where
one of the villagers risks traversing the forest to obtain medicine, and we finally
learn what's going on. Appearing in the movie are Joaquin Phoenix, William Hurt,
and Sigourney Weaver.
• Available in Widescreen and Full-Screen Editions
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Without
a Paddle"
Tagline:
"The call of the wild, the thrill of adventure. The mistake of a lifetime."
Length:
95 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for drug content, sexual material, language,
crude humor and some violence
In this comedy, three 30-something city guys (Seth Green, Matthew Lillard, Dax Shepard) go on a wilderness trip together. The trio travels to the boonies of Oregon to search for the loot that D.B. Cooper disappeared with decades earlier. On their quest, they are pursued by hostile pot growers, chased by a bear, and encounter tree-sitters. The movie is a takeoff on "Deliverance" (1972), and they run into a mountain man played by Burt Reynolds.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Available in Widescreen and Full-Screen Editions
Formats
Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check
for availability on VHS.
