Archive for January, 2008

The Invasion

Dvd release date: 01/29/2008
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig
Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel
Category: Thrillers
Rated: PG-13
“The Invasion” tells the story of a mysterious epidemic that alters the behavior of human beings. When a Washington D.C. psychiatrist (Nicole Kidman) discovers the epidemics origins are extraterrestrial, she must fight to protect her son, who may hold the key to stopping [...]

Right at Your Door

Dvd release date: 01/29/2008
Starring: Mary McCormack, Rory Cochrane
Director: Chris Gorak
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R
After multiple dirty bombs are detonated, spreading deadly toxic ash across Los Angeles, Brad (Rory Cochrane) inadvertently quarantines his wife, Lexi (Mary McCormack), outside their new home by safely sealing himself inside. With the city under siege and Martial Law in effect, Brad [...]

Trade

Dvd release date: 01/29/2008
Starring: Kevin Kline, Cesar Ramos Ceballos
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner
Category: Drama
Rated: R
When 13-year-old Adriana is kidnapped by sex traffickers in Mexico City, her 17-year-old brother, Jorge, sets off on a desperate mission to save her. As Jorge dodges overwhelming obstacles to track the girl’s abductors, he meets Ray (Kevin Kline), a Texas cop [...]

The Game Plan

Dvd release date: 01/22/2008
Starring: Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, Roselyn Sanchez
Director: Andy Fickman
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG
In this hilarious and heartwarming family comedy, one of the sport’s toughest players ever takes on his biggest challenge yet – fatherhood! A superstar with an ego bigger than a football field, Joe Kingman (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) is getting ready [...]

Good Luck Chuck

Dvd release date: 01/15/2008
Starring: Jessica Alba, Dane Cook
Director: Mark Helfrich
Category: Comedy
Rated: R
Dane Cook stars in this hilarious comedy about the luckiest guy on earth. Meet Charlie Logan (Cook), he’s a good luck charm and women are guaranteed to find true love after they sleep with him. But what seems like a blessing feels like [...]

Mr. Woodcock

Dvd release date: 01/15/2008
Starring: Billy Bob Thornton, Seann William Scott
Director: Craig Gillespie
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG-13
In this laugh-out-loud comedy, self-made success John Farley returns home to find that his worst nightmare – his Jr. high P.E. teacher – is dating his mom. (Publisher)
Summary of critic ratings:
Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: **1/2 (out of [...]

3:10 to Yuma

Dvd release date: 01/08/2008
Starring: Russell Crowe, Christian Bale
Director: James Mangold
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: R
In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade (Crowe) and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans (Bale), struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, [...]

Golden Door

Dvd release date: 01/08/2008
Starring: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Vincenzo Amato
Director: Emanuele Crialese
Category: Foreign
Rated: PG-13
Miramax Films and Martin Scorsese present “Golden Door”. At once epic and intimate, it’s the stunning romantic drama about two very different people yearning for a better life in America at the turn of the 20th century. Sacrificing everything, Salvatore Mancuso, an innocent [...]

Sunshine

Dvd release date: 01/08/2008
Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Cillian Murphy
Director: Danny Boyle
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Rated: R
It is the year 2057, the sun is dying and mankind faces extinction. Earth’s last hope rests with a courageous crew of eight men and women on a mission to ignite the fading star with a massive nuclear weapon. Deep into [...]