The new DVD releases include Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Juno and Lars and the Real Girl. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
April 15, 2008 - New DVD Releases:
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem DVD
Length: 86 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for violence, gore and language
The concept for Alien vs. Predator (2004) was to take two sets of vile, hostile, extraterrestrial creatures from previous movies — one set from Alien (1979), the other from Predator (1987) — and pit them against each other. The battle continues in Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, the sequel to the 2004 movie. This time around a spaceship crashes in Colorado, loosing a Predator-Alien hybrid and a bunch of Aliens on the human populace. Soon a Predator arrives to kill the Aliens, but once again lots of humans are slain when they are caught up in the war between extraterrestrials.
- 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.
Juno DVD
Length: 96 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material, sexual content and language
Nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Picture, Juno is a comedy with an Oscar-winning original screenplay. Juno (Ellen Page) is a high school student who finds herself pregnant by her friend Paulie (Michael Cera from Superbad). Fortunately, her dad (J.K. Simmons) and stepmom (Allison Janney) deal with the situation well. Juno eventually decides to have the baby and give it up for adoption to an upper-middle-class married couple (Jennifer Garner and Jason Bateman) who put an ad in the PennySaver, but an unexpected problem arises.
- Commentary
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.
Tagline: "The search for true love begins outside the box."
Length: 106 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sex-related content
Ryan Gosling stars in this dramedy set in a small town somewhere in the northern Midwest. Gosling plays Lars Lindstrom, a socially awkward 27-year-old loner who lives in a garage apartment next to his brother (Paul Schneider) and sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer). Over the Internet, Lars buys himself a life-size plastic doll that he calls Bianca. Although marketed as a sex toy, Lars treats her like a lady. Half Brazilian and half Danish, Bianca is a wheelchair-bound missionary. A psychologist (Patricia Clarkson) gets everyone in the community to treat Bianca as Lars' girlfriend. Selected DVD Special Features:
- 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.
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