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The new DVD releases include The Kite Runner, The Mist and Wristcutters: A Love Story. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.

March 25, 2008 - New DVD Releases:

The Kite Runner DVD

Tagline: "There is a way to be good again."

Length: 122 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for strong thematic material including the rape of a child, violence and brief strong language

Adapted from Khaled Hosseini's bestselling novel, much of this drama is set in Afghanistan and a lot of the dialogue is in Dari (with English subtitles). The cast is made up of actors of Middle Eastern ancestry who are not well known to the English-speaking public. The early part of the story takes place in Kabul before the Soviet invasion and is about two 12-year-old boys. One of them is the privileged Amir, and the other is Hassan, a family servant. A nasty incident occurs, and Amir betrays Hassan. Amir eventually moves to the US, but years later he returns to Afghanistan and has a chance at redemption.

Selected DVD Special Features:

• Widescreen

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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.

The Mist DVD

Length: 127 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for violence, terror and gore, and language

Written and directed by Frank Darabont (The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile), this is a horror film based on a Stephen King novella. In Maine, illustrator David Drayton (Thomas Jane) and his nine-year-old son go the local supermarket with their neighbor, attorney Brent Norton (Andre Braugher). A mist descends on the store, and someone comes in screaming and bloody. When it becomes apparent there are terrifying creatures in the mist, the people in the market try to figure out what to do. Meanwhile, a religious fanatic (Marcia Gay Harden) goes on a rant.

Selected DVD Special Features:

• Deleted Scenes

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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.

Wristcutters: A Love Story DVD

Length: 88 minutes

MPAA Rating: R for language and disturbing content involving suicide

The conceit of this offbeat, low-budget comedy is that everyone who commits suicide goes to the same special netherworld. The main character is Zia (Patrick Fugit), who kills himself, but then finds himself in an afterlife populated by other suicides. He befriends Eugene (Shea Whigham), a Russian whose entire family has reunited in this world. When Zia learns that his old flame has killed herself, he and Eugene set out in the Russian's car to find her. On their journey, they pick up a hitchhiker (Shannyn Sossamon) and end up at a camp run by Kneller (Tom Waits).

Selected DVD Special Features:

• Commentary
• Widescreen

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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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