The new DVD releases include Bolt, Quantum of Solace and Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
March 24, 2009 - New DVD Releases:
Bolt DVD
Length: 103 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for some mild action and peril
This is an animated Disney family film. Bolt (voice of John Travolta) is a white shepherd dog that lives in L.A. and stars in a TV series based on episodes where he saves his owner Penny (voice of Miley Cyrus). He has been raised in such a sheltered environment he believes that the superpowers his character has on the show are ones he has in real life. By accident, Bolt ends up in Manhattan, puzzled by his loss of superpowers. He teams up with a cat named Mittens (voice of Susie Essman) and a hamster named Rhino (voice of Mark Walton), and they all search for Penny.
- Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check with your video store/online rental service for availability in other formats, including streaming video/digital download.
Quantum of Solace DVD
Length: 106 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, and some sexual content
Daniel Craig is back as James Bond in this sequel to Casino Royale (2006), and also reprising their roles are Judi Dench, Giancarlo Giannini and Jeffrey Wright. The story hopscotches to half a dozen exotic locations as Agent 007 tries to avenge the death of his beloved Vesper Lynd. The Bond girls this time around are played by Olga Kurylenko and Gemma Arterton. The villain is Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), who masquerades as an environmentalist to disguise his diabolical schemes. The movie has spectacular action sequences, but not much in the way of gadgetry.
- Widescreen
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check with your video store/online rental service for availability in other formats, including streaming video/digital download.
Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter & Under the Hood DVD
Length: 64 minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
This DVD contains short films that are companion pieces to the 2009 movie Watchmen. In the graphic novel Watchmen a kid reads a (fictional) comic book Tales of the Black Freighter, and the panels he sees are shown, interspersed with the main story. In the original release of the film Watchmen, the comic-within-the-comic was omitted, but this DVD contains an animated version of it in a drawing style imitating that in the graphic novel. "Under the Hood" is a mocumentary based on a (fictional) tell-all memoir by early costumed vigilante Hollis Mason (aka Nite Owl I).
- Also Available on Blu-ray Disc
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check with your video store/online rental service for availability in other formats, including streaming video/digital download.
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