The new DVD releases include Leatherheads, Run, Fat Boy, Run and Sex and the City. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
September 23, 2008 - New DVD Releases:
Tagline: "In the beginning, the rules were simple. There weren't any."
Length: 114 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief strong language
George Clooney directed this film, and he and Renée Zellweger are its stars. The movie is more or less in the spirit of old screwball comedies. The story is set in 1925 when college football was a big deal, but the professional version of the game was played in shabby venues before sparse crowds. Dodge Connelly (Clooney) is an aging pro player in Duluth who manages to recruit Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), idolized as both a college player and a war hero. But Lexie Littleton (Zellweger), a Chicago newspaper reporter, begins digging into Carter's background. 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: "Love. Commitment. Responsibility. There's nothing he can't run away from."
Length: 100 minutesMPAA Rating: PG-13 for some rude and sexual humor, nudity, language and smoking
Simon Pegg and Thandie Newton star in this comedy. Also in the cast is Hank Azaria, and the movie marks the big-screen directorial debut of David Schwimmer. The film's prologue shows Dennis (Pegg) preparing to marry his pregnant girlfriend Libby (Newton), but at the last minute, he runs away. The body of the story takes place a few years later when Libby has a new boyfriend, Whit (Azaria). Now Dennis finally realizes she is the love of his life, and he sets out to win her back. But the only way he can prove himself is to compete against Whit in a marathon. Selected DVD Special Features:
- Widescreen
- Also Available on Blu-ray Disc
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.
Sex and the City DVD
Length: 148
minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong sexual content, graphic nudity and language
This is the movie version of the popular HBO TV series that ended in 2004, and Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Chris Noth all reprise their roles in the film. The movie picks up four years after the series finale and continues to be Manhattan-based, focusing on the romantic and sexual relationships of the four female leads. The ladies still like to drink cosmopolitans, a mix of vodka, Cointreau or Triple Sec, cranberry juice and limejuice. Carrie (Parker) and Mr. Big (Noth) contemplate marriage, and Jennifer Hudson joins the cast.
- 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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