The new DVD releases include Redbelt, Son of Rambow and What Happens in Vegas. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
August 26, 2008 - New DVD Releases:
Tagline: "There's always a way out. You just have to find it."
Length: 99 minutesMPAA Rating: R for strong language
David Mamet wrote and directed this drama starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tim Allen, Emily Mortimer and Alice Braga. Also appearing in the movie are Mamet regulars Rebecca Pidgeon, Joe Mantegna and Ricky Jay. The film centers on Mike Terry (Ejiofor), a martial-arts instructor who runs a storefront operation in L.A. He is married to Sondra (Braga). But he happens to meet an attorney (Mortimer), a movie star (Allen) and the star's agent (Mantegna), and Mike ends up competing professionally. Soon he finds himself in a corrupt world where nothing is straightforward. 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: "Make believe. Not war."
Length: 96 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence and reckless behavior
Written and directed by Garth Jennings (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy), this drama is about two fatherless boys of about 11 who become friends in 1980s England. Will Proudfoot (Bill Milner) is well-behaved at school, but he's an outsider because of his religion. Lee Carter (Will Poulter) is a hell-raiser who is in continual trouble. But Lee is making a film inspired by Sylvester Stallone's First Blood (1982), and he recruits Will, who performs some very risky stunts. A complication arises in the form of the cool French exchange student Didier (Jules Sitruk). 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: "Get lucky."
Length: 99 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sexual and crude content, and language, including a drug reference
Cameron Diaz and Ashton Kutcher are paired in this romantic comedy. Joy (Diaz) is a workaholic Wall Street trader, while Jack (Kutcher) is a slacker. They meet when both are on vacation in Las Vegas and a computer glitch puts them in the same hotel room. They get skunk drunk and wake up to find themselves married. They immediately decide to divorce, but Jack puts Joy's quarter in a slot machine, and they win $3 million. A judge (Dennis Miller) sentences them to six months of "hard marriage," and as they try to stay together, they go to a counselor (Queen Latifah). 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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