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Dvd release date: 09/23/2008

Starring: Simon Pegg, Hank Azaria
Director: David Schwimmer
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG-13

Dennis (Simon Pegg) is an ordinary guy. He’s a little overweight and he smokes, but he’s nice, charming and unassuming. However, five years ago, Dennis did something that wasn’t so nice. On his wedding day to his pregnant fiance Libby (Thandie Newton), Dennis did a runner. He just couldn’t go through with it. He didn’t think he was good enough for Libby, so instead of ruining her life, he ruined her big day. Now, five years later, Dennis realizes he made a big mistake. He’s still in love with Libby. He still sees her all the time because of Jake (Matthew Fenton), their five year old son, but all romantic ties have been severed. Libby’s now seeing Whit (Hank Azaria), a charming professional from the City, and Dennis takes an immediate dislike to him. Whit is casual, easy-going, successful and good with Jake; much to Dennis’s annoyance. How can Dennis compete with him? In direct contrast to Whit’s sleek lifestyle in the City, Dennis is a mere security guard for a ladies retail store. He doesn’t earn much money and he’s well behind on his rent, something which his landlord, Mr. Ghoshdashtidar (Harish Patel), doesn’t take lightly. Mr. G’s daughter Maya is particularly intent on evicting Dennis and replacing him with a much more reliable tenant. Compared to Whit’s effortless abilities, everything Dennis attempts seems to end in disaster. Dennis feels demoralized and overwhelmed by Whit’s long list of achievements. In a last-ditch effort to prove to Libby that he’s changed his ways, Dennis impulsively announces at her birthday party that he will run in the same London Marathon that Whit has been training for. But does Dennis have the stuff to trade his cold feet for running shoes. (Publisher)

Summary of critic ratings:

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

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

Dvd release date: 09/23/2008

Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall
Director: Michael Patrick King
Category: Comedy
Rated: R

Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), successful author and everyone’s favorite fashion icon-next-door, is back, her famously sardonic wit intact and sharper than ever, as she continues to narrate her own story about sex, love and the fashion-obsessed single woman in New York City. “Sex And The City” finds Carries, Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristen Davis), and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) four years after the hit HBO series ended, as our favorite friends continues to juggle jobs and relationships while navigating motherhood, marriage and Manhattan real estate. Chris Noth reprises his iconic role of Carrie’s handsome yet elusive Mr. Big; David Eigenberg as Miranda’s down-to-earth husband Steve Brady; Evan Handler as Harry, Charlotte’s dependable and loving husband; and Jason Lewis as Smith Jerrod, an actor, client and devoted lover of Samantha’s. (Publisher)

Summary of critic ratings:

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

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

Dvd release date: 09/16/2008

Starring: Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon
Director: Larry Wachowski, Andy Wachowski
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: PG

Start your engines and fasten your seatbelts for the high-octane adventure “Speed Racer”, combining heartfelt family humor and groundbreaking visual effects. “Speed Racer” (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel of his thunderous Mach 5. With support from Pops and Mom Racer (John Goodman and Susan Sarandon), girlfriend Trixie (Christina Ricci), younger brother Spritle (Paulie Litt) and the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox), Speed takes on fierce competitors to save his family’s business and protect the sport he loves. When Speed steps onto the track, it’s not just a race. It’s an adrenaline-fueled, high-speed charge to the finish. “Go, Speed Racer, go”. (Publisher)

Summary of critic ratings:

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

Overall: *1/2 (out of four)

Dvd release date: 09/16/2008

Starring: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt
Director: Jon Avnet
Category: Thrillers
Rated: R

A college professor (Al Pacino), who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI, receives a death threat that says he has only “88 Minutes” to live. To save his life, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, which include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover and a serial killer on death row. (Publisher)

Summary of critic ratings:

Chicago Tribune: * (out of four)
USA Today: * (out of four)

Overall: * (out of four)

Dvd release date: 09/16/2008

Starring: Mike Myers, Jessica Alba
Director: Marco Schnabel
Category: Comedy
Rated: PG-13

A hilarious comedy starring Mike Myers as guru Pitka in his first original character since the blockbuster hit “Austin Powers”. Myers plays an American raised in India by gurus (Tugginmypudha & Satchabigknoba) and returns to the U.S. in order to break into the self-help business. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player (Romany Malco), whose wife left him for a rival athlete Jacques Grande (Justin Timberlake). Mini Me is back from “Austin Powers” and plays the hockey coach for more classic comedic moments that will have audiences laughing from opening to closing credits. (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)
USA Today: * * (out of four)

Overall: * (out of four)