Archive for January, 2008

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 four)
Overall: [...]

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, volunteers [...]

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 Sicilian [...]

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 their [...]