The new DVD releases include The Ruins, Stop-Loss and Superhero Movie. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
July 8, 2008 - New DVD Releases:
The Ruins DVD
Length: 91 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence and gruesome images, language, some sexuality and nudity
This horror movie is based on the novel by Scott Smith. Four good-looking young American adults — two gal pals (Jena Malone and Laura Ramsey) and their boyfriends (Jonathan Tucker and Shawn Ashmore) — go for a holiday in Mexico. At their hotel they meet a handsome German (Joe Anderson) and accompany him to some ancient Mayan ruins out in the jungle. There they encounter unfriendly indigenous people and end up trapped at a big stone temple covered with flesh-eating vines. The tourists soon must make decisions about performing surgical procedures.
- 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.
Stop-Loss DVD
Length: 113 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for graphic violence and pervasive language. (re-rating; originally also some strong sexuality
Ryan Phillippe and Abbie Cornish star in this drama about American soldiers and the Iraq War. Staff Sgt. Brandon King (Phillippe) is the leader of a squad that gets into a horrendous battle in Tikrit. Soon afterward, he and his pal Steve (Channing Tatum) return home to Brazos, Texas. Although King's enlistment contract is up, the military orders him back to Iraq under its stop-loss policy. Fed up, King goes AWOL and sets out on a road trip to Washington, D.C., and Steve's fiancée (Cornish) travels with him. A series of dramatic incidents occur on the cross-country journey.
- 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.
Superhero Movie DVD
Length: 85 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, comic violence, drug references and language
This is a parody of superhero films, particularly Spider-Man, but there are also references to Batman, X-Men and Fantastic Four. The central character is Rick Riker (Nickelodeon's Drake Bell), a weakling who gets bitten by a genetically altered insect while on a school field trip. Soon he can climb walls and move about with incredible agility, and he dons a costume to become Dragonfly, who comes to the aid of the people of Empire City. There's a pretty girl (Sara Paxton) to win and a dastardly villain to fight. The cast includes Leslie Nielsen and a Tom Cruise impersonator.
- 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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