The new DVD releases include The Game Plan, Saw IV, and Sydney White. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
January 22, 2008 - New Video and DVD Releases:
The Game Plan DVD
Length: 110 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for some mild thematic elements
The Rock and a cute kid are the stars of this Disney family comedy. Joe Kingman (The Rock) is a star quarterback for the Boston Rebels. He's a popular and well-to-do bachelor, but something seems missing in his life, perhaps because he's never led his team to the championship. But one day eight-year-old ballet-loving Peyton (Madison Pettis) shows up, claiming she's his daughter. He takes her in, allows her to put a tutu on his bulldog and even performs with her ballet class. Meanwhile, the football season continues, and she follows the Rebels as they go through the playoffs.
- Widescreen
- Also Available on Blu-ray Disc
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
Tagline: "It's a trap."
Length: 95 minutesMPAA Rating: R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture throughout, and for language (An unrated version of this film is also available on DVD.)
This horror movie is the gruesome follow-up to Saw (2004), Saw II (2005) and Saw III (2006). The sadistic main character Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) died at the end of Saw III, and Saw IV opens with his grisly autopsy. But even though the diabolical Jigsaw is dead, his presence remains dominant in Saw IV through flashbacks and also through events he set in motion before his death. The focus remains on inventive torture devices like the one that impales a husband and wife together. This time around we meet Jigsaw's ex-wife and learn how he had formerly been an engineer. Selected DVD Special Features:
- Unrated Director's Cut Also Available on DVD
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
Tagline: "Freshman year is no fairy tale."
Length: 90 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for some language, sexual humor and partying
Originally titled Sydney White and the Seven Dorks, this comedy starring Amanda Bynes is based on Disney's version of the Snow White fairytale. Sydney (Bynes) graduates high school and goes away to a university, where she catches the eye of the handsome, charming Tyler Prince (Matt Long). She moves into a sorority house, but Rachel Witchburn (Sara Paxton) gets her kicked out. Sydney then goes to live in a ramshackle dwelling with seven socially awkward guys and gets them involved in student politics. The poisoned apple here becomes a virus-infected Mac computer. Selected DVD Special Features:
- Deleted Scenes
- Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
Next Page - Additional Video/DVD Releases of Interest This Week