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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 "2 Fast 2 Furious," "Bend It Like Beckham," "Better Luck Tomorrow," "Boat Trip," "Dreamcatcher," and "Nowhere in Africa." Let's take a look at these movies on DVD and video, along with some additional releases of interest.
September 30, 2003 - Video and DVD Releases
"2
Fast 2 Furious" (2003)
Tagline:
"How fast do you like it?"
Length:
107 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for street racing, violence, language and some sensuality
This action movie is the sequel to "The Fast and the Furious," and Paul Walker is back, but Vin Diesel is not. This time around, Brian O'Connor (Walker) has lost his job with the Los Angeles Police Department and moved to Miami, where he has become active in the street racing scene. But federal agents recruit O'Connor to go after a drug lord and money launderer, and in that endeavor he partners with ex-con Roman Pearce (Tyrese).
Selected Special DVD Features:• Director's Commentary by John Singleton
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Bend It Like Beckham" (2002)
Tagline: "Who wants to cook Aloo Gobi when you can bend a ball like Beckham?"
Length:
112 minutes
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for language and sexual content
This feel-good movie is about a teenage girl whose family is from India, but lives in the London area. The title refers to soccer legend David Beckham. In the film, Jess Bhamra comes from a conservative family that is looking forward to the wedding of her older sister. Then against her family's wishes, Jess begins to play soccer on a women's team. As the big game and the big wedding approach, Jess and her family must deal with a number of issues.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Commentary by Director and Co-Writer
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Better Luck Tomorrow" (2002)
Tagline: "Never underestimate an overachiever."
Length:
101 minutes
MPAA Rating:
R for violence, drug use, language and sexuality
This offbeat movie paints a bleak portrait of the lives of four alienated Asian-American high school boys who live in a suburban environment in Orange County, California. They come from upper-middle-class families and excel at academics, but they become bored with their nice-kids images and turn to lives of crime. They start by selling cheat sheets, graduate to petty larceny, and finally move up to drug dealing and guns.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Boat Trip" (2003)
Tagline: "Singles cruise. Double trouble."
Length:
94 minutes
MPAA Rating:
R for strong sexual content, language and some drug material
This comedy is about the adventures of a heterosexual man when he ends up on a cruise for gay men. After Jerry (Cuba Gooding Jr.) is dumped by his girlfriend Felicia (Viveca A. Fox), he and his pal Nick (Horatio Sanz) go on a singles cruise. It's only after they're out to sea that they realize the other passengers are all gay men. But Jerry falls for the dance instructor (Roselyn Sanchez), and Nick becomes attracted to someone on board as well.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Available in Rated and Unrated Editions
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Dreamcatcher" (2003)
Tagline:
"Four friends hung a dreamcatcher in their cabin. It's about to catch something
it cannot stop."
Length:
134 minutes
MPAA Rating:
R for violence, gore and language.
This horror movie involves nasty extraterrestrial aliens. Four young men who share telepathic gifts go to a cabin in the Maine woods. There they find themselves under attack from aliens who invade human intestinal tracks and explode from their victims' rectums. Meanwhile, Colonel Curtis (Morgan Freeman) heads up a U.S. government unit tasked with containing the aliens, and he's willing to kill humans to carry out his mission.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Nowhere in Africa" (2002) Special Edition
Tagline:
"One family's tale of a homeland lost ... and a homeland found."
Length:
141 minutes
MPAA Rating:
R for some sexual content
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, this poignant German-language drama tells the story of a Jewish family that moves from Germany to Kenya in 1938 to escape the Nazis. The family—which consists of father, mother, and young daughter—were city dwellers and have difficulty in adjusting to life in rural Kenya, where the father manages a farm. The marriage is troubled, and all must make sacrifices.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Two-Disc DVD Set
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
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