The new DVD releases include The Comebacks, Daddy Day Camp and The Invasion. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
January 29, 2008 - New Video and DVD Releases:
The Comebacks DVD
Length: 84 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 on appeal for crude and sexual content throughout and some drug material
A genre parody in the spirit of Date Movie and Epic Movie, The Comebacks spoofs inspirational sports dramas like Miracle, Rudy, Remember the Titans, Invincible and Rocky. Lambeau Fields (David Koechner) is a losing football coach who gets one last chance at Heartland State. In an allusion to Radio, Fields's team gets a mentally challenged mascot called iPod. The coach's wife takes a lover, saying he is an exchange student from Makingsweetlovetoyourwifeistan. But against all odds, Coach Fields and his team of misfits find themselves on the way to the Toilet Bowl.
- Widescreen
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Tagline: "The summer is going to be in tents."
Length: 93 minutesMPAA Rating: PG
This comedy is a sequel to Daddy Day Care (2003), but with all new actors. The roles played by Eddie Murphy and Jeff Garlin in the earlier movie are played this time around by Cuba Gooding Jr. and Paul Rae. Charlie Hinton (Gooding) and his pal Phil Ryerson (Rae) are now successfully running their daycare center, and they take over operation of the poorly maintained Camp Driftwood, despite a methane problem in the outhouse. But only a few troublesome kids end up at the camp, and Charlie and Phil must stave off foreclosure. There's lots of bodily function humor. Selected DVD Special Features:
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The Invasion DVD
Length: 99
minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and terror
Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig star in this 2007 film based on the same source novel as 1956's and 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers and 1993's Body Snatchers. In all versions, extraterrestrial aliens arrive on Earth in a virus-like form and invade the bodies of humans, creating replicas of people, but with zombie-like behavior. In the 2007 movie, a psychiatrist (Nicole Kidman) and her colleagues (Daniel Craig, Jeffrey Wright) try to find an antidote. Also, the psychiatrist, whose ex-husband (Jeremy Northam) gets taken over, battles to protect their young son.
- Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
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