April 19, 2005 - Video and DVD Releases

"Birth"

Tagline: "Be careful what you wish for."

Length: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for sexuality

Nicole Kidman stars in this psychological drama. Kidman plays Anna, a widow whose husband died 10 years earlier. She's preparing to remarry when a 10-year-old boy named Sean (Cameron Bright) surfaces, claiming to be her late husband. Anna is extremely skeptical about reincarnation, yet the boy seems to know things only her dead husband would know. But the boy causes big problems, particularly when he comes between Anna and her fiancé.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Widescreen

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"House of Flying Daggers"

Length: 111 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of stylized martial arts violence, and some sexuality

This Mandarin-language martial arts film was directed by Zhang Yimou. The story is set in 9th-century China when insurgents are trying to bring down the Tang Dynasty. The government sends two male deputies (Takeshi Kaneshiro and Andy Lau) to deal with the Flying Daggers rebel group. The deputies use a blind female dancer (Zhang Ziyi) to guide them, leading to romantic complications. But the movie is mostly about visual beauty and kinetic action.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Widescreen

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"Meet the Fockers"

Tagline: "And you thought your parents were embarrassing."

Length: 115 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and a brief drug reference

Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, and Barbra Streisand star in this comedy, a sequel to "Meet the Parents" (2000). In the earlier movie, male nurse Greg Focker (Stiller) met his girlfriend's quirky father and mother, and in "Meet the Fockers" it's time for everyone to meet Greg's nutty parents (Hoffman and Streisand). The open-mindedness of one set of parents clashes with the uptightness of the other, and there's lots of silliness.

Selected Special DVD Features:

• Widescreen

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

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