Archive for February, 2008

Lust, Caution

Dvd release date: 02/19/2008
Starring: Tang Wei, Tony Leung
Director: Ang Lee
Category: Foreign
Rated: NC-17
From Ang Lee, the Academy Award winning director of “Brokeback Mountain” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” comes the critically acclaimed, sensuous espionage thriller about conspiracy, passion and betrayal. This award-winning film provocatively unravels a dangerous game of emotional intrigue and the fate of an [...]

Margot at the Wedding

Dvd release date: 02/19/2008
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh
Director: Noah Baumbach
Category: Independent
Rated: R
From Academy Award nominated writer/director Noah Baumbach (”The Squid And The Whale”) comes a daringly funny and bracingly honest exploration of the tender, absurd and sometimes excruciating relationship between siblings: “Played with an uncompromising fearlessness” by Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman and Golden [...]

Michael Clayton

Dvd release date: 02/19/2008
Starring: George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson
Director: Tony Gilroy
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R
Attorney Michael Clayton is a “fixer,” the go-to guy when his powerful New York law firm wants a mess swept under the rug. But now he’s handed a crisis even he may not be able to fix. The firm’s top litigator in a $3-billion [...]

Rendition

Dvd release date: 02/19/2008
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Omar Metwally
Director: Gavin Hood
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R
Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Alan Arkin and Meryl Streep headline an all-star cast in this high-stakes high-suspense thriller where one man’s disappearance shakes a family, a government and the world. (Publisher)
Summary of critic ratings:
Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: ** (out of [...]

Becoming Jane

Dvd release date: 02/12/2008
Starring: Anne Hathaway, Julie Walters
Director: Julian Jarrold
Category: Drama
Rated: PG
Anne Hathaway (”The Devil Wears Prada,” “The Princess Diaries”) gives a radiant performance as a young, love-struck Jane Austen in the witty and engaging romantic comedy “Becoming Jane” from Miramax Films. It’s the untold romance that inspired the novels of one of the world’s [...]