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Dvd release date: 06/24/2008

Starring: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve
Director: Marjane Satrapi, Vincent Paronnaud
Category: Independent
Rated: PG-13

Based on the original graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. A story of a young girl coming-of-age in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken nine-year-old Marjane that we see a people’s hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power - forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. (Publisher)

Summary of critic ratings:

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

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

Dvd release date: 06/24/2008

Starring: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker
Director: Mark Waters
Category: Children & Family
Rated: PG

From the beloved, best-selling series of books comes an extraordinary fantasy adventure, revealing the unseen world that exists all around us. From the moment the Grace family moves into a secluded old house peculiar things start to happen. Unable to explain the accidents and strange disappearances, the Grace children, Jared, Simon and Mallory start to investigate and find the unbelievable truth of the Spiderwick Estate and the amazing creatures that inhabit it. (Publisher)

Summary of critic ratings:

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

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

Dvd release date: 06/17/2008

Starring: Jack Black, Dante ‘Mos Def’ Smith
Director: Michel Gondry
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG-13

Experience the antics of two outcasts, Jack Black (”School Of Rock”) and Mos Def (”The Italian Job”), as they attempt to save a local video store in this outrageous and offbeat comedy from Academy Award winning writer/director Michel Gondry (”Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind”). Amateur filmmaker Mike (Mos Def) must find a way to save the business after his magnetized friend, Jerry (Jack Black) erases every movie in the store. Using an outdated video camera and their own special effects, the two embark on an adventure to remake all the movies, from “Ghostbusters” to “Driving Miss Daisy”, turning the two town misfits into local celebrities. (Publisher)

Summary of critic ratings:

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

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

Dvd release date: 06/17/2008

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Kate Hudson
Director: Andrew Tennant
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG-13

Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson go for the gold (and the diamonds, emeralds and rubies) as a just-divorced couple who bicker and banter their way through an adventure - and laugh-packed undersea treasure hunt. McConaughey is Finn, in love with his ex (Hudson) and in deep with gangster Bigg Bunny. After eight years of searching, Finn gets a clue to the whereabouts of the Queen’s Dowry, a fabulous fortune that mysteriously disappeared in the Caribbean in 1715. Now all he has to do is get the gold, get the girl and get going before Bigg Bunny gets him. Directed by Andy Tennant (Hitch), “Fool’s Gold” glitters with danger, action, romance, comedy, great one-liners, and a great time to be had by all. (Publisher)

Summary of critic ratings:

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

Overall: *1/2 (out of four)

Dvd release date: 06/17/2008

Starring: Martin Lawrence, Louis C.K.
Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG-13

Martin Lawrence leads an all-star cast, including Cedric the Entertainer, Mo’Nique, and Mike Epps, in the hit comedy “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins”. When a celebrated TV show host (Lawrence) returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation! It’s one outrageous predicament after another when big-city attitude and small-town values collide in this hysterical comedy critics are praising for its “over-the-top hilarity!” (Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel). (Publisher)

Summary of critic ratings:

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

Overall: ** (out of four)