Archive for January, 2009

Lakeview Terrace

Dvd release date: 01/27/2009
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Wilson
Director: Neil LaBute
Category: Thrillers
Rated: PG-13
In “Lakeview Terrace”, a young couple (Patrick Wilson and Kerry Washington) has just moved into their California dream home when they become the target of their next-door neighbor, who disapproves of their interracial relationship. A stern, single father, this tightly wound LAPD [...]

Pride and Glory

Dvd release date: 01/27/2009
Starring: Edward Norton, Colin Farrell
Director: Gavin O Connor
Category: Drama
Rated: R
Four cops down: two dead, two likely. An NYPD drug bust has gone horribly wrong, and Detective Ray Tierney heads the investigating task force. He already has ties to this case. His brother was commander of the ambushed officers. His brother-in-law, a [...]

The Rocker

Dvd release date: 01/27/2009
Starring: Rainn Wilson, Christina Applegate
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG-13
Rainn Wilson (TV’s “The Office”) drums up huge laughs in this hilarious comedy about living in a rock ‘n’ roll dream…and waking up in a midlife crisis. Twenty years after being kicked out of his nearly famous ’80s hair band, retired rocker Robert [...]

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Dvd release date: 01/27/2009
Starring: Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz
Director: Woody Allen
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG-13
Oscar winner Javier Bardem (“No Country for Old Men”), Oscar nominee Penelope Cruz (“Volver”) and Golden Globe nominee Scarlett Johansson (“The Nanny Diaries”) light up the stunning city of Barcelona in this sexy romantic comedy. Vicky and Cristina are two young Americans spending [...]

RocknRolla

Dvd release date: 01/27/2009
Starring: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson
Director: Guy Ritchie
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R
“I own this town.” But owning is getting expensive for old-school London gangster Lenny Cole (Tom Wilkinson). A wealthier foreign mob is moving in with a riverfront property swindle. A small-timer (Gerard Butler) and his crew think they can play both sides and [...]

City of Ember

Dvd release date: 01/20/2009
Starring: Bill Murray, Toby Jones
Director: Gil Kenan
Category: Children & Family
Rated: PG
A heart-thumping, edge-of-your-seat adventure comes to light in this exhilarating family film based on the best-selling novel by Jeanne Duprau. For centuries, the residents of the underground “City Of Ember” have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights and quiet [...]

The Express

Dvd release date: 01/20/2009
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Rob Brown
Director: Gary Fleder
Category: Drama
Rated: PG
Witness the inspirational true story of a real American hero! Rising from the humblest of beginnings, Ernie Davis (Rob Brown) overcame impossible odds to become the first African-American to win college football’s greatest honor – the Heisman Trophy. Starring Dennis Quaid as the [...]

Henry Poole Is Here

Dvd release date: 01/20/2009
Starring: Luke Wilson, Adriana Barraza
Director: Mark Pellington
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG
“Henry Poole Is Here” stars Luke Wilson as Henry Poole, a disillusioned man who attempts to hide from life only to discover he cannot escape the forces of hope. Shattered by circumstances beyond his control, Henry Poole (Wilson) settles in to suburban isolation, [...]

Igor

Dvd release date: 01/20/2009
Starring: John Cusack, Steve Buscemi
Director: Tony Leondis
Category: Children & Family
Rated: PG
This hilarious animated twist on the classic monster movie is must-see family fun! Determined to prove he can create his own diabolical invention, a mad scientist’s (John Cleese) nice-guy assistant Igor (John Cusack) creates a female Franken-monster. But his creation, Eva [...]

Appaloosa

Dvd release date: 01/13/2009
Starring: Ed Harris, Robert Knott
Director: Ed Harris
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: R
In Marshal Virgil Cole and deputy Everett Hitch’s line of work, you shoot quick, you shoot clean, and you reload straightaway. No remorse. No looking back. No feelings. Feelings get you killed. Paired as rivals in “A History Of Violence”, Ed [...]