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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 "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," "Garden State," "Open Water," "Resident Evil: Apocalypse," and "Wimbledon." Let's take a look at these movies on DVD and video, along with some additional releases of interest.
December 28, 2004 - Video and DVD Releases
"Anchorman:
The Legend of Ron Burgundy"
Tagline:
"His news is bigger than your news."
Length:
104 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual humor, language and comic
violence (Unrated Version Also Available on DVD.)
Set in 1970s San Diego, this comedy centers around TV anchorman Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell). The rest of the news team around him consists of a sportscaster, a weather guy, and an investigative reporter, all managed by Ed Harken (Fred Willard). In those days, everyone in the newsroom was male, but Ed turns their world upside down when to promote diversity he brings on board Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate) as a reporter.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Available in Unrated and "PG-13" Rated Editions
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Garden
State"
Length:
109 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
for language, drug use and a scene of sexuality
This quirky little comedy was written and directed by Zach Braff (from the TV show "Scrubs"), who also plays the main character Andrew Largeman. Andrew is working in an L.A. restaurant and using lots of prescription drugs when he returns home to New Jersey for the first time in nine years for his mom's funeral. On the trip, he goes off his medication, reconnects with old chums, meets a girl (Natalie Portman), and begins to get his life together.
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Open
Water"
Tagline:
"Dont get left behind."
Length:
81 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for language and some nudity
Based loosely on a real-life incident, this is a low-budget, digital-video film about a couple spending many hours alone in shark-infested waters. Daniel (Daniel Travis) and Susan (Blanchard Ryan) are a couple who travel to the Caribbean for a vacation. There they go on an offshore scuba diving outing operated by a not-particularly-well-run local company. While they're in the ocean, the boat departs, accidentally leaving them behind. Will they survive?
Selected Special DVD Features:• Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Resident
Evil: Apocalypse"
Tagline:
"My name is Alice and I remember everything."
Length:
94 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for non-stop violence, language and some
nudity
This video game-derived action horror movie is the sequel to "Resident Evil" (2002), and Milla Jovovich returns as the star. Alice (Jovovich) has now been genetically altered by the evil Umbrella Corporation, giving her superhuman capabilities. Those capabilities come in handy in the zombie-infested, Toronto-like Raccoon City, which is about to be nuked. Alice is joined in her battle against the undead by supercop Jill Valentine (Sienna Guillory).
Selected Special DVD Features:• Two-Disc Set
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
"Wimbledon"
Tagline:
"She's the golden girl. He's the longshot. It's a match made in ... "
Length:
98 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, sexuality and partial nudity
Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany are paired in this romantic drama. Playing Wimbledon for what will probably be his last time before retiring, fading tennis star Peter Colt (Bettany) enters his hotel room to find a woman in his shower. She is up-and-coming tennis pro Lizzie Bradbury (Dunst), and they quickly become lovers. They continue their affair as the tournament progresses, and they must decide what to do about their professional and personal lives.
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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