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Perfect Stranger

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007

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, she goes undercover by posing as two highly alluring women: Katherine, a sexy temp who works within his agency, and Veronica, a seductive temptress he chats up online. Engaging in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse, both Rowena and Hill begin to realize things may not be what they seem. For some people will go to great lengths to protect their secrets, even if it means risking everything. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: * (out of four)
USA Today: * (out of four)

Overall: *1/2 (out of four)

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Fracture

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

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 waits for the police to arrest him. With the weapon and a signed confession in hand, Deputy D.A., Willy Beachum (Gosling), believes a conviction is a slam dunk; that is until the case completely unravels. Now, with little evidence, Beachum goes head to head with the cunning Mr. Crawford in a desperate search for the truth and the answer to one burning question: How is this guy getting away with murder? (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
New York Post: **1/2 (out of four)
Rolling Stone: *** (out of four)
USA Today: *** (out of four)

Overall: *** (out of four)

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The Lookout

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

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” Pratt (Gordon-Levitt), whose once-bright future has been dimmed by a head injury, is a night janitor at a bank. Lonely and frustrated, Chris falls prey to a con man’s seductive promise of romance and a better life, and agrees to help rob the bank where he works. Filled with heart-pounding action, edge-of-your-seat suspense and a twist you’ll never see coming, “The Lookout” will grip you and never let go…(Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
New York Post: ** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: ***1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: ***1/2 (out of four)

Overall: *** (out of four)

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Vacancy

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

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 of nowhere, they are forced to spend the night at the only motel around, with only the TV to entertain them… until they discover that the low-budget slasher videos they find in their room were all filmed in the very room they’re sitting in. With hidden cameras now aimed at them… trapping them in rooms, crawlspaces, underground tunnels… and filming their every move, David and Amy must struggle to get out alive before they end up the next victims on tape. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *** (out of four)
New York Post: *** (out of four)
USA Today: **1/2 (out of four)

Overall: *** (out of four)

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Wild Hogs

Wednesday, August 15th, 2007

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 and throw caution and their cell phones to the wind as they hit the open highway. But a lot can happen on the road to nowhere, including a run-in with the bad-to-the-bone Del Fuegos, a real biker gang who don’t take kindly to the wannabes. Filled with hilarious misadventures, screwball situations and madcap mayhem, this laugh-out-loud comedy is a movie your whole family will go hog wild over. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: * (out of four)
New York Post: * (out of four)
Rolling Stone: ** (out of four)
USA Today: *1/2 (out of four)

Overall: *1/2 (out of four)

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