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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 "American Splendor," "The Fighting Temptations," "Lost in Translation," "My Boss's Daughter," "Secondhand Lions," and "Under the Tuscan Sun." Let's take a look at these movies on DVD and video, along with some additional releases of interest.
February 3, 2004 - Video and DVD Releases
"American
Splendor"
Tagline:
"Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff."
Length:
101 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for language
This offbeat film was well-liked at Sundance and Cannes and got favorable reviews from 96 percent of the Rotten Tomatoes critics. The movie is an unconventional biopic about cranky Harvey Pekar (Paul Giamatti), file clerk at a Cleveland V.A. hospital and comic book writer. The film chronicles Harvey's appearances on Letterman, his marriage to Joyce Brabner (Hope Davis), and how a surrogate daughter comes into his and Joyce's lives.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"The
Fighting Temptations" (2002)
Tagline: "Don't fight the feeling."
Length:
123 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for some sexual references
Cuba Gooding Jr. and Beyoncé Knowles star in this comedy with music. Darrin Hill (Gooding) gets fired from his New York advertising job, then inherits $150,000 when his aunt dies in his Georgia hometown. But her will stipulates that to get the money, he must take a church choir to the Gospel Explosion competition. He teams up with childhood friend Lilly (Knowles), and they struggle to get the choir ready, falling in love along the way.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Lost
in Translation"
Tagline: "Everyone wants to be found."
Length:
105 minutes
MPAA Rating:
R for some sexual content
Written and directed by Sofia Coppola, this is a movie both sad and funny that features fine performances by Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannson. The story is about two lonely Americans visiting Tokyo—Bob (Murray), a middle-aged actor making whiskey commercials, and Charlotte (Johannson), the young wife of a photographer who's always off working. The charm of the film lies in its subtle handling of an unusual friendship.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"My
Boss's Daughter"
Tagline:
"There are some things you just don't do."
Length:
85 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, drug content and language (Theatrical
Release Rating)
Ashton Kutcher and Tara Reid star in this comedy. Tom (Kutcher), a publishing house employee, has a crush on Lisa (Reid), the daughter of his tyrannical boss. She talks Tom into housesitting at her father's, and everything spins wildly out of control, including Tom's boss's beloved pet owl taking off on a cocaine-fueled outdoor flight. Tom fears losing his job, even as amidst the chaos he tries to talk to Lisa about his feelings for her.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Secondhand
Lions"
Tagline:
"A great coming of age story."
Length:
109 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG for thematic material, language and action violence
Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, and Haley Joel Osment star in this coming-of-age movie. The story takes place in 1960s rural Texas, where 14-year-old Walter (Osment) is dumped by his single mom to spend the summer with his eccentric great-uncles Garth (Caine) and Hub (Duvall). But it turns out Walter has a good time and grows up a little as the two old coots tell tall tales. Meanwhile, the boy befriends an aging circus lion the uncles buy.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Under
the Tuscan Sun"
Tagline:
"Life offers you a thousand chances ... all you have to do is take one."
Length:
115 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for sexual content and language
Inspired by the bestselling memoir by Frances Mayes, this drama features a winning performance by Diane Lane and charming locations in Italy. After an unpleasant divorce, San Francisco writer Frances Mayes (Lane) tours Italy and on impulse buys a 300-year-old villa there. As she slowly restores the villa, she encounters some colorful people, rediscovers the pleasures of romantic relationships with men, and gradually rebuilds her shattered life.
Selected Special DVD Features:
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
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