Archive for August, 2007
Dvd release date: 08/28/2007
Starring: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder
Director: Will Speck, Josh Gordon
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG-13
“‘Blades Of Glory’ is pure hilarity, a gold medal comedy winner” staring comic superstar Will Ferrell (“Talladega Nights”) and John Heder (“Napoleon Dynamite”). Bitter figure skating rivals Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) brawl after tying for the [...]
August 29th, 2007 | Posted in comedy | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 08/28/2007
Starring: Sima Mobarak Shahi, Safar Samandar
Director: Jafar Panahi
Category: Foreign
Rated: PG
In Iran, women are banned from men’s sporting events. In June of 2005, Iran defeated Bahrain to qualify for the World Cup. From the director of “The Circle” and “Crimson Gold” comes a smart comedy illustrating the fight for women’s rights in [...]
August 29th, 2007 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 08/28/2007
Starring: Molly Shannon, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Mike White
Category: Independent
Rated: PG-13
Molly Shannon plays Peggy, a happy-go-lucky secretary who is a great friend, employee, and sister living alone with her beloved dog Pencil. But when Pencil unexpectedly dies, Peggy must find meaning in her life. John C. Reilly, Peter Sarsgaard, Regina King and Laura [...]
August 29th, 2007 | Posted in independent | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 08/21/2007
Starring: Parker Posey, Drea de Matteo
Director: Zoe R. Cassavetes
Category: Independent
Rated: PG-13
Nora Wilder, a thirty-something Manhattanite plugging away at her job in a posh downtown hotel, can’t help but wonder what it is she has to do to find a relationship. After a series of disastrous first dates, she meets Julien, a [...]
August 29th, 2007 | Posted in independent | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 08/21/2007
Starring: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Muehe
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Category: Foreign
Rated: R
This Oscar(R)-winning drama (Best Foreign Film, 2006) depicts the erotic and emotionaly-charged story of one couple whose every private moment is being monitored by an East Berlin Secret Police officer (The Stasi) who is about to learn secrets that will change [...]
August 29th, 2007 | Posted in foreign | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 08/21/2007
Starring: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis
Director: James Foley
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R
When her friend’s affair with married ad exec Harrison Hill (Bruce Willis) ends in the woman’s murder, investigative reporter Rowena Price (Academy Award(R) winner Halle Berry; Best Actress, “Monster’s Ball,” 2001) vows to bring the killer to justice. Suspecting Hill of the crime, [...]
August 29th, 2007 | Posted in thrillers | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 08/14/2007
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R
Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins and Academy Award nominee Ryan Gosling are brilliant in this “exceptionally suspenseful nail-biter” (Rex Reed) that’s so smart it “doesn’t let go, even after the final twist” (Gene Shalit, “Today”). Ted Crawford (Hopkins) brutally murders his wife and calmly [...]
August 15th, 2007 | Posted in thrillers | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 08/14/2007
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jeff Daniels
Director: Scott Frank
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R
Acclaimed screenwriter Scott Frank (“Minority Report”) makes a mind-blowing directorial debut in “The Lookout,” a gritty, high-tension crime thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt (TV’s “Third Rock From The Sun,” “Brick”), Jeff Daniels (“The Squid And The Whale”) and Isla Fisher (“Wedding Crashers”). Chris “Slapshot” [...]
August 15th, 2007 | Posted in thrillers | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 08/14/2007
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson
Director: Nimrod Antal
Category: Horror
Rated: R
A suspenseful, classic thriller, in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock, starring Luke Wilson and Kate Beckinsale, that will keep you on the edge of your seat and your heart pounding! When David (Wilson) and Amy Fox’s (Beckinsale) car breaks down in the middle [...]
August 15th, 2007 | Posted in horror | Comments Off
Dvd release date: 08/14/2007
Starring: John Travolta, Tim Allen
Director: Walt Becker
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG-13
Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy star in “Wild Hogs,” the hysterically funny comedy about four weekend-warrior friends who decide to rev up their ho-hum suburban lives with a cross-country motorcycle adventure. They don their leathers, fire up their hogs [...]
August 15th, 2007 | Posted in comedy | Comments Off