The new DVD releases include 3:10 to Yuma, Dragon Wars, Sunshine and Zodiac. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
January 8, 2008 - New Video and DVD Releases:
Tagline: "Time waits for one man."
Length: 117 minutesMPAA Rating: R for violence and some language
Russell Crowe and Christian Bale star in this Western, a remake of a 1957 movie starring Glenn Ford and Van Heflin. The remake is half an hour longer than the original, but the story remains more or less the same. Ben Wade (Crowe) is a murderous outlaw who is captured and must be transported to federal custody, and Dan Evans (Bale) is a struggling rancher who is escorting Wade. The journey leads through Apache territory, and also Wade's gang is still out there. But Evans ends up in the town of Contention anxiously awaiting the train that will take Wade to Yuma. Selected DVD Special Features:
- Widescreen
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Tagline: "They've made our world their battleground."
Length: 90 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and creature action
Although a big-budget South Korean production, this monster movie is in English and has American actors. The main idea of the film is that Buraki, a humongous serpent, lays waste to downtown Los Angeles. The principal human characters are Ethan (Jason Behr), a TV reporter, Sarah (Amanda Brooks), a pretty young woman, and Jack (Robert Forster), an antiques dealer. Buraki is slithering around looking for Sarah, and Jack knows the legend that explains why. But Ethan may be able to protect Sarah, and he goes on the run with her as a massive battle takes place. Selected DVD Special Features:
- Widescreen
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Sunshine DVD
Length: 107 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for violent content and language
This is a science-fiction movie directed by Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Millions, 28 Days Later). The story is set in the near future when the sun has developed a problem that has turned the Earth very cold, threatening the future of humankind. An eight-person team is aboard Icarus II, which carries a gigantic nuclear device that will be detonated in an attempt to correct the problem. The team faces various problems, including receiving a distress signal from a failed earlier mission. The cast includes Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh, Rose Byrne and Cliff Curtis.
- Widescreen
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Zodiac
(2-Disc Director's Cut) DVD
Length: 162 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for some strong killings, language, drug material and brief sexual images
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr., this docudrama tells the story of still officially unsolved northern California serial killings. The film chronicles the murders that occurred around 1969 and the investigations that took place over the next two decades or so. Key investigators include a police detective (Ruffalo), a newspaper reporter (Downey) and cartoonist-turned-author Robert Graysmith (Gyllenhaal). The movie is based on Graysmith's true crime books Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked.
- Audio Commentaries
- Director's Cut
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