The new DVD releases include The Break-Up, The Omen, and Over the Hedge. In addition, we'll take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.
October 17, 2006 - New Video and DVD Releases:
The Break-Up DVD
Length: 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content, some nudity and language
Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn portray Chicago residents who initially fall in love, but spend most of the movie having difficulty even tolerating each other. Gary (Vaughn) operates a tour bus company, while Brooke (Aniston) works in an upscale art gallery. They meet at a Cubs game and soon buy a nice condo together. But it quickly emerges that they don't share common interests or values, and their relationship degenerates into constant bickering. However, neither of them is willing to move out of the condo.
- Alternate Ending
- Deleted Scenes, Extended Scenes and Outtakes
- Also Available on HD-DVD
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
Tagline: "His day will come."
Length: 110 minutesMPAA Rating: R for disturbing violent content, graphic images and some language
A remake of the 1976 horror film that starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick, the lead roles this time are taken by Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles. Robert Thorn (Schreiber) and his wife Katherine (Stiles) have a son who dies at birth, and without telling Katherine, Robert substitutes an orphan. They call the boy Damien and raise him as their own. But as Damien grows older, strange things begin to happen, and it starts to look as though he may be the Antichrist. This remake of The Omen opened in theaters on 6/6/06. Selected DVD Special Features:
- Extended Sequences
- Alternate Ending
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
Over the Hedge DVD
Length: 83 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for some rude humor and mild comic action
Adapted from a comic strip, this is a computer-animated comedy. Voices heard include those of Bruce Willis, Garry Shandling, Steve Carell, Wanda Sykes, William Shatner, Avril Lavigne, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Nick Nolte, Allison Janney and Thomas Haden Church. The story centers around a group of various forest-dwelling animals going over a hedge to forage for food in a new housing development. The forest dwellers find suburbia to be enticing, but puzzling and hazardous to their well-being.
- Featurettes
Formats Available: The above information on special features refers to the DVD. Check for availability on VHS.
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