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| Part 3: A Sneak Peek at Next Week's Releases on Video/DVD |
There are some interesting video/DVD releases slated for next week, including "Capturing the Friedmans," "Grind," "House of the Dead," "Le Divorce," "Radio," "The Secret Lives of Dentists," and "Thirteen." Let's take a look at these movies on DVD and video, along with some additional releases of interest.
January 27, 2004 - Video and DVD Releases
Tagline:
"Who do you believe?"
Length:
107 minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
This is a documentary about the strange case of the Friedmans of Great Neck, NY. In the 1980s, Arnold Friedman, his wife, and their three children seemed a typical American family until child pornography was found in their home. Then Arnold and one of his sons were alleged to have molested a number of boys. Through footage from the 1980s and interviews conducted years later, this fascinating documentary shows that truth can be elusive.
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Tagline: "This summer the underdogs have their day."
Length:
105 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for crude humor, sexual content and language
The title of this movie alludes to the use of the word "grind" as a verb meaning to scrape one or both axles of a skateboard on a curb, railing, or other surface. The film chronicles the fictional adventures of four young guys (Mike Vogel, Vince Vieluf, Adam Brody, and Joey Kern) as they travel around, trying to break into professional skateboarding. Along the way they meet well-known skaters and encounter nubile young women.
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Tagline: "The dead walk ... you run."
Length:
90 minutes
MPAA Rating:
R for pervasive strong violence/gore, language and some nudity
This horror movie is based on a video game. Five Seattle college kids set out to go to a rave on an island, but they miss the boat. Then the kids pay an old salt called Captain Kirk (ha!) to transport them in his vessel, but when they reach the party area, it's deserted. Soon they are attacked by zombies, who have already finished off most of the partygoers. Using Kirk's cache of contraband weapons, the few human survivors battle hordes of zombies.
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Tagline:
"Everything sounds sexier in French."
Length:
117 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for mature thematic elements and sexual content
Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts star in this Merchant-Ivory comedy of manners
adapted from Diane Johnson's novel. The story is about a California woman
(Hudson) who goes to Paris to see her sister (Watts), whose husband is intent
on divorcing her. But the sisters get caught up in situations that highlight
American and French cultural differences. Also in the movie are Leslie Caron,
Thierry Lhermitte, Glenn Close, and Stockard Channing.
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Tagline:
"His courage made them champions."
Length:
109 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG for mild language and thematic elements
Inspired by real-life events, this feel-good drama stars Cuba Gooding Jr.
and Ed Harris. Harris plays Harold Jones, the high school coach in a small
South Carolina town obsessed with football. After Jones' players taunt a mentally
retarded man nicknamed Radio (Gooding), the coach embarks on a project to
make him team mascot. The coach's efforts meet with resistance, but the results
are ultimately good for Radio, the town, and Coach Jones himself.
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"The
Secret Lives of Dentists"
Length:
105 minutes
MPAA Rating:
R for sexuality and language
Based on Jane Smiley's novella "The Age of Grief," this offbeat
little film is a domestic comedy that stars Campbell Scott, Hope Davis, and
Denis Leary. David Hurst (Scott), a dentist, loves his wife Dana (Davis),
who is also a dentist. But David suspects Dana of unfaithfulness, and he struggles
with how to deal with the situation. The movie often goes inside David's head,
where Slater (Leary), a disagreeable patient, sneeringly delivers advice.
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Tagline:
"It's happening so fast."
Length:
100 minutes
MPAA Rating:
R for drug use, self destructive violence, language and sexuality - all involving
young teens
This hard-hitting drama captures the alienation of 13-year-old girls. At the
beginning of the movie, Tracy (Evelyn Rachel Wood) is an unpopular girl who's
a good student. But she comes under the influence of Evie (Nikki Reed) and
gets into shoplifting, drugs, and sexual experimentation. Tracy and Evie even
try to initiate a three-way with a neighbor. Meanwhile, Tracy's mom (Holly
Hunter) attempts to cope with her rebellious daughter.
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Special DVD Features:
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