A lot of people are eagerly awaiting the March/April 2007 DVD movie releases. Some enjoyed these films so much on the big screen, they want to see them again at home. Others missed these movies in theaters and want to catch them for the first time on DVD. While some of these films were panned by a majority of critics, viewers have their own ideas about what they want to watch. In order of release date, here are some of the most-anticipated DVD movie releases for March/April 2007.
This hilarious, politically incorrect comedy has the full title
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan. Borat Sagdiyev (Sacha Baron Cohen) leaves his home in Kazakhstan and travels to New York to film a documentary. He views
Baywatch on TV and becomes obsessed with Pamela Anderson, prompting him to set off on a road trip to California to meet her. Along the way he has wacky adventures, the zaniest of which is a nude wrestling match with his obese producer. DVD Release Date: March 6, 2007
Daniel Craig stars as James Bond, the famed British secret agent who made his debut in Ian Fleming's 1953 novel. But the film moves the story forward to circa 2005 and imagines a new incarnation of Bond very early in his career, around the time he is designated Agent 007. In the movie, 007's primary task is to stop the evil Le Chiffre (Mads Mikkelsen), financier of international terrorism, leading to a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro. Also, Bond gets romantically involved with the alluring Vesper Lynd (Eva Green). DVD release date: March 13, 2007
Christopher Paolini was only 19 when
Eragon, the first novel in a fantasy trilogy, was published. This movie is a big-budget adaptation of that novel. The title character is a teenage farm boy (Edward Speleers) who lives in a land ruled by an evil king (John Malkovich). But Eragon comes into possession of a dragon egg from which emerges a creature that grows huge and communicates telepathically (voice of Rachel Weisz). Soon Eragon and his dragon Saphira are off to join rebels who seek to overthrow the king. DVD Release Date: March 20, 2007
This animated movie is set in an Antarctica where the emperor penguins are heavily into singing. But it happens that a male/female pair of them (voices of Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman) produce an offspring, Mumble (voice of Elijah Wood), who's an atrocious singer, but a terrific tap dancer. Mumble isn't fully accepted by the emperors, and he ends up with a group of Adélie penguins that includes Ramon (voice of Robin Williams). But there's a growing shortage of fish, possibly caused by intrusive aliens (humans). DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007
Will Smith gives a winning performance in this feel-good movie inspired by a true story. In 1981 San Francisco, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) goes broke in a business venture. Then his wife (Thandie Newton) leaves him, and he takes custody of their five-year-old son (played by Will Smith's real-life son). Chris sets out to make a fresh start, and he takes an unpaid internship at a brokerage house. He and his son have their ups and downs, and they are even homeless for awhile, but eventually Chris' perseverance pays off. DVD Release Date: March 27, 2007
Dakota Fanning stars in this 2006 screen adaptation of E.B. White's beloved children's book, which was done back in 1973 as an animated musical. This time around most of the animals are real with mouth movements added when they talk. However, the title character, Charlotte the Spider (voice of Julia Roberts), is computer-animated. The story is about how Charlotte saves the life of a pig. Voices heard include Steve Buscemi, John Cleese, Oprah Winfrey, Cedric the Entertainer, Kathy Bates and Robert Redford. DVD release date: April 3, 2007
Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie star in this drama about the origins of the CIA that was directed by Robert De Niro, who appears in a key supporting role. The main character is Edward Wilson (Damon), who seems to be based on James Angleton. Jolie plays Wilson's wife, and De Niro plays a character rather like "Wild Bill" Donovan. The film traces Wilson's life from his days in Yale's Skull and Bones society through his Office of Strategic Services activities during World War II and up to 1961 in the aftermath of the Bay of Pigs fiasco in Cuba. DVD release date: April 3, 2007
A science fiction thriller,
Deja Vu is the third movie Denzel Washington has starred in that was directed by Tony Scott, the previous two being
Crimson Tide and
Man on Fire. In
Deja Vu a bomb explodes on a New Orleans ferry, killing 543 people, and ATF agent Doug Carlin (Washington) investigates. Carlin makes use of a newly developed system that can create images of events occurring four days earlier. A beautiful dead woman may hold the key to the blast, and through images of her past, Carlin starts to fall for her. DVD release date: April 24, 2007
Ben Stiller stars in this comedy that was a huge box-office hit. Larry Daley (Stiller) desperately needs a job to convince his ex-wife and their 10-year-old son that he's a suitable father, so he takes a job as a security guard at New York's American Museum of Natural History. At night, the museum's exhibits come to animated life, including a T. rex skeleton, an Easter Island sculpture, a miniature cowboy (Owen Wilson), Octavius (Steve Coogan), Teddy Roosevelt (Robin Williams) and a key-stealing capuchin monkey. DVD release date: April 24, 2007
Helen Mirren gives a towering performance as Elizabeth II in this drama based on recent history. The story takes place in 1997, mostly in the days following the death in a car crash of Diana, Princess of Wales. The queen at first remained aloof on grounds that Diana was divorced from the royal family, but the public became outraged that Elizabeth was making no public gesture of mourning. That's when Prime Minister Tony Blair (Michael Sheen) began trying to convince the queen her behavior was threatening the monarchy. DVD release date: April 24, 2007
