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The Seeker

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Dvd release date: 03/18/2008

Starring: Alexander Ludwig, Emma Lockhart
Director: David L. Cunningham
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Rated: PG

Filled with magical characters, thrilling action and spectacular visual effects, “The Seeker” is an epic fantasy adventure the whole family will love! During Christmas break from school, a seemingly typical teenager discovers he’s anything but ordinary. As the seventh son of a seventh son, Will Stanton is “The Seeker” – a chosen warrior destined to restore the delicate earthly balance between Light and Dark. Guided by ancient protectors of the Light, young Will must travel through time to gather the hidden signs that hold the ultimate power to protect the world. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

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

Overall: **(out of four)

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Bee Movie

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Dvd release date: 03/11/2008

Starring: Jerry Seinfeld, Renee Zellweger
Director: Stephen Hickner, Simon J. Smith
Category: Children & Family
Rated: PG

“Bee Movie” is a comedy that will change everything you think you know about bees. Having just graduated from college, a bee by the name of Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) finds himself disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice-honey. As he ventures outside of the hive for the first time, he breaks one of the cardinal rules of the bee world and talks to a human, a New York City florist named Vanessa (Renee Zellweger). He is shocked to discover that the humans have been stealing and eating the bee’s honey for centuries. He ultimately realizes that his true calling in life is to set the world right by suing the human race. That is until the ensuing chaos upsets the very balance of nature. It is up to Barry to prove that even a little bee can spell big changes in the world. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

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

Overall: ** (out of four)

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Dan In Real Life

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Dvd release date: 03/11/2008

Starring: Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche
Director: Peter Hedges
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG-13

Steve Carell (“The 40-Year-Old Virgin,” TV’s “The Office”), Hollywood’s leading funnyman, stars in the hilarious comedy that’s bursting with charm – a movie you’ll watch again and again. Advice columnist Dan Burns (Carell) is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother’s new girlfriend. Carell is joined by a brilliant all-star supporting cast, including Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, John Mahoney and Dianne Wiest, for a heartfelt, fun-filled comedy that’s “laugh-out-loud funny” – Steve Oldfield, FOX. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

New York Post: ***1/2 (out of four)

Overall: ***1/2 (out of four)

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No Country for Old Men

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Dvd release date: 03/11/2008

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R

Acclaimed filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen deliver their most gripping and ambitious film yet in this sizzling and supercharged action-thriller. When a man stumbles on a bloody crime scene, a pickup truck loaded with heroin, and two million dollars in irresistible cash, his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of violence. Not even West Texas law can contain it. Based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy, and featuring an acclaimed cast led by Tommy Lee Jones, this gritty game of cat and mouse will take you to the edge of your seat and beyond – right up to its heart-stopping final moment. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

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

Overall: **** (out of four)

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Sleuth

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Dvd release date: 03/11/2008

Starring: Michael Caine, Jude Law
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R

Directed by critically acclaimed director Kenneth Branagh, Jude Law and two-time Oscar winner Michael Caine (1987, Best Supporting Actor, “Hannah And Her Sisters”; 2000, Best Supporting Actor, “Cider House Rules”) join forces in this sharp-witted, modern adaptation of the 1972 classic, “Sleuth.” Locked in a high-tech English manor, bound in a deadly duel of wits, Andrew Wyke (Caine) and Milo Tindle (Law) come together as English gentlemen to discuss the matter of Wyke’s wife: the woman both are sleeping with. But as wit becomes wicked and clever becomes cutthroat, Wyke and Tindle’s game of one-upmanship spirals out of control, in an escalating chess match that can have only one outcome: murder. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

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

Overall: **1/2 (out of four)

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