There are some interesting video/DVD releases slated for next week, including Burn After Reading, Death Race and The Women. Let's take a look at these movies on DVD and video, along with some additional releases of interest.
December 21, 2008 - New DVD Release:
Tagline: "Intelligence is relative."
Length: 96 minutes (theatrical) / 87 minutes (unrated)MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence The Coen brothers wrote and directed this quirky comedy that stars Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich and Tilda Swinton. Osborne Cox (Malkovich) loses his job at the CIA and begins to write his memoirs. His wife (Swinton) is having an affair with a US marshal named Harry Pfarrer (Clooney). But Harry gets a date with Linda Litzke (McDormand), a fitness center employee seeking money for cosmetic surgery. She and coworker Chad Feldheimer (Pitt) obtain Cox's memoirs, mistake them for secrets and try to sell them to the Russians. 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.
December 23, 2008 - New DVD Releases:
Tagline: "Get ready for a killer ride."
Length: 105 minutesMPAA Rating: R for strong violence and language
Jason Statham stars in this violent actioner that is an update of the 1975 movie Death Race 2000 . This time around the story is set in 2012. With the American economy in ruins, private companies operate penitentiaries for profit. Jensen Aimes (Statham) is framed for the murder of his wife and sent to the maximum-security prison at Terminal Island, which is run by a nefarious warden (Joan Allen). The prison makes big bucks from pay-per-view races where inmates drive souped-up militarized vehicles and kill each other. Winners of the races are set free. 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.
The Women DVD
Length: PG-13 for sex-related material, language, some drug use and brief smoking minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sex-related material, language, some drug use and brief smoking
This dramedy has an all-female cast that includes Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett Smith, Carrie Fisher, Cloris Leachman, Debi Mazar, Bette Midler and Candice Bergen. The movie is an update of the 1939 film of the same name directed by George Cukor, which was based on the play by Clare Booth Luce. The new movie is written and directed by Diane English, creator of TV's Murphy Brown. The story centers on what happens to four friends (Ryan, Bening, Messing and Smith) after one of their husbands gets into an affair with Mendes' character.
- 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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