The new DVD releases include 27 Dresses, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly and The Golden Compass. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
April 29, 2008 - New DVD Releases:
27 Dresses DVD
Length: 107 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language, some innuendo and sexuality
Katherine Heigl stars in this romantic comedy. Jane Nichols (Heigl) is an unmarried woman who has been a bridesmaid 27 times and still has the dresses from all the weddings. A newspaper reporter named Kevin (James Marsden) sets out to write an article on her. Jane works for a businessman named George (Edward Burns) and has become attracted to him, but he is smitten by her sister Tess (Malin Akerman). When George and Tess get engaged, Jane dutifully begins to plan their wedding. Meanwhile, Kevin begins to fall for Jane, but she is unresponsive.
- 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.
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly DVD
Tagline: "Let your imagination set you free."
Length: 112 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for nudity, sexual content and some language
Directed by Julian Schnabel, this French-language film is adapted from the memoir of Jean-Dominique Bauby, former editor of the fashion magazine Elle. Bauby had a stroke that left him completely paralyzed, except he could still blink his left eye, and the movie shows how he was able to author the memoir in that condition. An assistant would recite the letters of the alphabet ordered by the frequency of their occurrence in French, and Bauby would blink when she came to the letter he wanted. But Schnabel interweaves Bauby's memories and reveries, and the film is quite cinematic. 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.
Tagline: "There are worlds beyond our own. The compass will show the way."
Length: 113 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence
An adaptation of the first novel of Philip Pullman's trilogy His Dark Materials, this fantasy movie was written and directed by Chris Weitz. Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott and Derek Jacobi appear in the film, but the central character is a 12-year-old girl named Lyra, played by newcomer Dakota Blue Richards. The story takes place in a mythological universe where humans are accompanied by talking animals called daemons. A group known as the Magisterium rules in a repressive, paternalistic manner. Lyra goes on a journey with a magical device called an alethiometer. 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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