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New Videos/DVDs Coming Out This Week

Here's what you need to know to plan your next trip to the video store. There are some interesting video/DVD releases slated for December 25-26 including "Antitrust," "Evolution," "Dancing at the Blue Iguana," and "Two Can Play That Game." Let's take a look at these films, along with a few additional releases of interest, and take a sneak peek at next week's videos and DVDs.

"Evolution"

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Tagline: "Have a nice end of the world."

Length: 101 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, and for sci-fi action

In this sci-fi comedy, David Duchovny and Orlando Jones play a pair of Arizona community college science teachers named Ira Kane and Harry Block. When a meteor crashes near the college, Kane and Block investigate and soon figure out that the primordial-looking ooze at the crash site contains tiny living organisms that must be extraterrestrial. Then within only a few days time, these organisms evolve into amphibians, reptiles, and primates. As government officials grapple with the problem of containing the alien creatures, the community college teachers come up with an ingenious approach that involves the use of a commonplace substance that can be purchased in any drugstore.

Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Widescreen Anamorphic Format
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "Two Can Play That Game"

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    Tagline: "Let the games begin!"

    Length: 90 minutes
    MPAA Rating: R for language including sexual dialogue

    Starring Vivica A. Fox and Morris Chestnut, this lightweight romantic comedy about the battle of the sexes is set in the world of young African American professionals. Shante (Fox), an advertising executive, thinks she knows how to handle her lawyer boyfriend Keith (Chestnut), but her theories are tested when he turns up in a club with an attractive woman named Conny (Gabrielle Union). Shante embarks on an elaborate 10-day program to bring Keith back in line, but he turns out to be more difficult to manipulate than she expects, partly because he is being advised by his friend Tony (Anthony Anderson). Also, Conny has her own designs on Keith, and as the days pass, the contest of wills between Shante and Keith continues to escalate.

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Director's Commentary
  • Making-Of Featurette
  • Music Video
  • Full-Screen and Widescreen Anamorphic Formats
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    Additional Releases of Interest:

    "Antitrust" (2001)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Widescreen Anamorphic Format
  • Music Video
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Director's Commentary
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "Carrington" (1995)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Widescreen Anamorphic Format
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "China Moon" (1994)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Theatrical Trailer
  • Full-Screen and Widescreen Letterbox Formats
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "Dancing at the Blue Iguana" (2000)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Closed-Captioned
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her" (2000)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Widescreen Anamorphic Format
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "Truly, Madly, Deeply" (1991)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Director's Commentary by Anthony Minghella
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.

    "Wuthering Heights" (1970)

    Selected Special DVD Features:

  • Widescreen Anamorphic Format
  • Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD; this film is also available on VHS.




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