January 24, 2006 - Video and DVD Releases

"The Aristocrats"

Length: 89 minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated

This documentary focuses on an old dirty joke about a guy pitching an act to a talent booker where the joke-teller paints a vile, filthy, disgusting word picture of the act. The joke ends with the talent booker asking, "What do you call yourselves?" and the guy replying, "The Aristocrats!" In the film, scores of professional comedians, including George Carlin, Whoopi Goldberg, Gilbert Gottfried, Robin Williams, Jon Stewart, Drew Carey and Chris Rock, talk about the joke, and a few dozen variations of it are heard.

Selected Special DVD Features:


• Featurettes

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.

"Flightplan"

Tagline: "If someone took everything you live for ... how far would you go to get it back?"

Length: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence and some intense plot material

Jodie Foster stars in this thriller. She plays Kyle, a widow who takes a transatlantic flight with her six-year-old daughter. When Kyle awakens from a nap on the plane, she can't locate the girl. The crew conducts a search, but reports finding nothing, and airline personnel claim they have no knowledge that the daughter ever even boarded the flight. But Kyle is no ordinary passenger—she's an engineer who is intimately familiar with the airliner's design. As the flight continues, she tries to figure out what is going on.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Commentary

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"The Fog"

Length: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and brief sexuality (An unrated version of "The Fog" is also available on DVD.)

This horror film is a remake of John Carpenter's 1980 movie of the same name. On a remote island off Oregon, a thick fog rolls in carrying spirits that start killing the townspeople. Among those caught up in the mayhem are the local D.J. (Selma Blair), a fishing boat operator (Tom Welling from "Smallville") and his one-time girlfriend (Maggie Grace from "Lost"). They try to solve the mystery of what's going on, but it's apparently revenge for something the town's founding fathers did back in the 19th century.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Deleted Scenes

Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.

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