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June 5 DVD Releases For Your Home Theater

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Today, the following movies will be released for rent or sale:

norbit.jpg*Norbit (Widescreen Edition) - 3.3/10 with 6,722 votes cast; starring Eddie Murphy, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Thandie Newton

-Plot Synopsis: A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.

messengers.jpg*The Messengers - 5.1/10 with 2,762 votes cast; starring Lacey Chabert, Rene Ashton and Brody Hutzler

-Plot Synopsis: An ominous darkness invades a seemingly serene sunflower farm in North Dakota, and the Solomon family is torn apart by suspicion, mayhem and murder.


fantastic.jpg*Fantastic Four - Extended Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) - 5.9/10 with 32,445 votes cast; starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba and Chris Evans

-Plot Synopsis: A group of astronauts gain superpowers after a cosmic radiation exposure and must use them to oppose the plans of their enemy, Doctor Victor Von Doom.

derby.jpg*The Derby Stallion - 2.8/10 with 68 votes cast; starring Bill Cobbs, Zac Efron and William R. Moses

-Plot Synopsis: Fifteen-year-old Patrick doesn’t know what he wants to do with his life, and the pressure put on him by his dad isn’t helping.


mercury.jpg*Red Mercury - 4.9/10 out of 28 votes cast; starring Stockard Channing, Peter Postlewaite and Juliet Stevenson

-Plot Synopsis: A London restaurant has been taken under siege by three fundamental extremists threatening the destruction of the city.

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May 29 DVD Releases For Your Home Theater

Tuesday, May 29th, 2007

Today, the following movies will be released for rent or sale:

hannibal.jpg*Hannibal Rising (Unrated Widescreen Edition) - 6.0/10 with 8,166 votes cast; starring Gaspard Ulliel, Gong Li and Rhys Ifans

-Plot Synopsis: After the death of his parents during World War II, young Hannibal Lecter moves in with his uncle and his beautiful wife and begins plotting revenge on the barbarians responsible for his sister’s death.

baby.jpg*Be My Baby - 3.9/10 with 21 votes cast; starring Lacey Chabert, Rene Ashton and Brody Hutzler

-Plot Synopsis: Having been burned one too many times by cheating husbands who claim to be single, a woman plans an elaborate payback scheme.


dreams.jpg*Big Dreams in Little Hope - 7.1/10 with 14 votes cast; starring Julie Goldman, Emma Bowers and Emily Burton

-Plot Synopsis: A lesbian twist on the classic buddy movie.

drive.jpg*Drive Thru - 4.9/10 with 67 votes cast; starring Leighton Meester, Nicholas D’Agosto and Van De La Plante

-Plot Synopsis: Horror gets Super Sized when Horny The Clown, the demonic mascot of “Hella-Burger,” starts slashing Orange County teenagers with his meat cleaver from Hell.


foursome.jpg*The Foursome 6.9/10 out of 27 votes cast; starring Kevin Dillon, Siri Baruc and Chris Gauthier

-Plot Synopsis: Four old friends reconnect at their 20-year college reunion.


freezone.jpg*Free Zone - 6.2/10 with 667 votes cast; starring Natalie Portman, Aki Avni and Hana Laszlo

-Plot Synopsis: Two women embark on a road trip after they are brought together by circumstance.


hawk.jpg*The Hawk Is Dying - 5.0/10 with 239 votes cast; starring Paul Giamatti, Michelle Williams and Michael Pitt

-Plot Synopsis: A Gainesville Florida auto upholsterer attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild, red-tailed hawk.

brother.jpg*My Brother - 6.0/10 with 43 votes cast; starring Vanessa Williams, Nashawn Kearse and Tatum O’Neal

-Plot Synopsis: An inner-city story of two brothers, Isaiah and James, who is developmentally disabled. Their mother finds herself in a tragic situation and desperately tries to get her two boys adopted together.

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May 22 DVD Releases For Your Home Theater

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007

Today, the following movies will be released for rent or sale:

apocalypto.jpg*Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto (Widescreen Edition) - 7.8/10 with 24,814 votes cast; starring Rudy Youngblood, Dahlia Hernandez and Johnathan Brewer

-Plot Synopsis: As the Mayan kingdom faces its decline, the rulers insist the key to prosperity is to build more temples and offer human sacrifices. Jaguar Paw, a young man captured for sacrifice, flees to avoid his fate.

breed.jpg*Wes Craven Presents The Breed - 5.1/10 with 762 votes cast; starring Michelle Rodriguez, Oliver Hudson and Taryn Manning

-Plot Synopsis: A group of five college kids are forced to match wits with unwelcoming residents when they fly to a “deserted” island for a party weekend.


constellation.jpg*Constellation - 3.4/10 with 92 votes cast; starring Gabrielle Union, Zoe Saldana and Hill Harper

-Plot Synopsis: Constellation chronicles the lives and loves of an African-American family in the deep South as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interacial affair.

epic.jpg*Epic Movie (Unrated Edition) - 2.2/10 with 12,700 votes cast; starring Adam Campbell, Kal Penn and Faune Chambers

-Plot Synopsis: A comedic satire of films that are large in scope, reputation and popularity.


german.jpg*The Good German 6.2/10 out of 2,533 votes cast; starring George Clooney, Cate Blanchett and Beau Bridges

-Plot Synopsis: While in post-war Berlin to cover the Potsdam Conference, an American military journalist is drawn into a murder investigation which involves his former mistress and his driver.

letters.jpg*Letters From Iwo Jima - Full screen edition - 8.3/10 with 11,312 votes cast; starring Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya and Tsuyoshi Ihara

-Plot Synopsis: The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II, as told from the perspective of the Japanese who fought it.

venus.jpg*Venus - 7.3/10 with ,746 votes cast; starring Peter O’Toole, Vanessa Redgrave and Leslie Phillips

-Plot Synopsis: Life for a pair of veteran actors gets turned upside down after they meet a brash teenager.

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May 15 DVD Releases For Your Home Theater

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

Today, the following movies will be released for rent or sale:

creep.jpg*Creepshow III - 1.8/10 with 366 votes cast; starring AJ Bowen, Kris Allen and Stephanie Pettee

-Plot Synopsis:This third installment in the George Romero/Stephen King-launched anthology series features five new tales of horror: “Professor Dayton,” “Alice,” “Rachel the Call Girl,” “The Radio,” and “The Haunted Dog.”

fountain.jpg*The Fountain (Widescreen Edition) - 7.8/10 with 18,316 votes cast; starring Hugh Jackman, Rachel Weisz and Ellen Burstyn

-Plot Synopsis: Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence in this world.

pans.jpg*Pan’s Labyrinth (New Line Two-Disc Platinum Series) - 8.6/10 with 45,045 votes cast; starring Ariadna Gil, Ivana Baquero and Sergi López

-Plot Synopsis: In the fascist Spain of 1944, the bookish young stepdaughter of a sadistic army officer escapes into an eerie but captivating fantasy world.

seraphim.jpg*Seraphim Falls - 7.1/10 with 1,201 votes cast; starring Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan and Michael Wescott

-Plot Synopsis: At the end of the Civil War, a colonel hunts down a man with whom he has a grudge.


stomp.jpg*Stomp the Yard (Widescreen Edition) 2.4/10 out of 4,608 votes cast; starring Columbus Short, Meagan Good and Ne-Yo

-Plot Synopsis: After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in college.

sin.jpg*The Last Sin Eater - 5.7/10 with 135 votes cast; starring Louise Fletcher, Henry Thomas and Liana Liberato

-Plot Synopsis: In seeking her own redemption from the one man of whom she is most afraid, 10-year-old Cadi Forbes discovers a secret sin haunting her community of Welsh immigrants in 1850s Appalachia.

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May 8 DVD Releases For Your Home Theater

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

Today, the following movies will be released for rent or sale:

because.jpg*Because I Said So (Widescreen Edition) - 5.2/10 with 2,656 votes cast; starring Diane Keaton, Mandy Moore and Gabriel Macht

-Plot Synopsis: A meddling mother tries to set her daughter up with the right man so her kid won’t follow in her footsteps.

big.jpg*Big (Extended Edition) - 7.2/10 with 27,328 votes cast; starring Tom Hanks, Elizabeth Perkins and Robert Loggia

-Plot Synopsis: When a boy wishes to be big at a magic wish machine, he wakes up the next morning and finds himself in an adult body literally overnight.

breaking.jpg*Breaking and Entering - 6.5/10 with 1,636 votes cast; starring Jude Law, Juliette Binoche and Robin Wright Penn

-Plot Synopsis: A landscape architect’s dealings with a young thief cause him to re-evaluate his life.


catch.jpg*Catch & Release - 5.7/10 with 1,626 votes cast; starring Jennifer Garner, Kevin Smith and Timothy Olyphant

-Plot Synopsis: A woman struggles to accept the death of her fiancé and the secrets he kept from her as she rebuilds her life.


music.jpg*Music and Lyrics (Widescreen Edition) 6.8/10 out of 8,485 votes cast; starring Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore and Brad Garrett

-Plot Synopsis: A washed up singer is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation, and sparks with an offbeat younger woman with a flair for words in the process.

painted.jpg*The Painted Veil - 7.7/10 with 4,560 votes cast; starring Naomi Watts, Edward Norton and Liev Schreiber

-Plot Synopsis: This love story has Kitty meeting young, intelligent, shy and somewhat dull Dr. Walter Fane, whose forte is the study of infectious diseases.


secret.jpg*The Secret Life of Words - 7.5/10 with 1,690 votes cast; starring Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins and Eddie Marsan

-Plot Synopsis: An hearing impaired factory worker gives up her first holiday in years and instead travels out to an oil rig, where she cares for a man suffering from severe burns.

tiger.jpg*The Tiger and the Snow 6.9/10 with 1,840 votes cast; starring Roberto Benigni, Jean Reno and Nicoletta Braschi

-Plot Synopsis: A love-struck Italian poet is stuck in Iraq at the onset of an American invasion.


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May 1 DVD Releases For Your Home Theater

Tuesday, May 1st, 2007

Today, the following movies will be released for rent or sale:

alphadog.jpg*Alpha Dog (Full Screen Edition) - 6.6/10 with 6,343 votes cast; starring Emile Hirsch, Justin Timberlake, Anton Yelchin and Bruce Willis

-Plot Synopsis: A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI’s most wanted list.

dreamgirls.jpg*Dreamgirls (Two-Disc Showstopper Edition) - 6.6/10 with 10,873 votes cast; starring Beyonce Knowles, Jamie Foxx, and Eddie Murphy

-Plot Synopsis: Based on the Broadway musical, a trio of black female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960’s.

fletch.jpg*Fletch (The “Jane Doe” Edition) - 6.5/10 with 10,447 votes cast; starring Chevy Chase, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson and Geena Davis

-Plot Synopsis: Irwin “Fletch” Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. Now, Fletch is at it again as a master of disguises.

happily.jpg*Happily N’ever After (Full Screen Edition) - 2.6/10 with 1,200 votes cast; Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sigourney Weaver, Freddie Prinze Jr. and George Carlin

-Plot Synopsis: An alliance of evil-doers looks to take over Fairy Tale Land. But when Ella realizes her stepmother is out to ruin her storybook existence, she takes a dramatic turn and blossoms into the leader of the resistance effort.

hitcher.jpg*The Hitcher (Widescreen Edition) - 5.1/10 with 3,100 votes cast; starring Sean Bean, Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton

-Plot Synopsis: A collegiate couple hit the road in a 1970 Oldsmobile 442, en route to spring break, but their pleasure trip soon turns into a waking nightmare after encountering a mysterious hitchhiker.

children.jpg*Little Children - 7.9/10 with 7,145 votes cast; starring Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson and Jennifer Connelly

-Plot Synopsis: Little Children centers on a group of young marrieds, whose lives intersect on the playgrounds, town pools and streets of their small community in surprising and potentially dangerous ways.

sandlot.jpg*The Sandlot 3 - Heading Home starring Luke Perry, Danny Nucci and Sarah Deakins

-Plot Synopsis: Sucessful, arrogant baseball superstar Tommy “Santa” Santorelli travels back in time to 1976 and relives his boyhood days on the sandlot baseball team, this time choosing friendship over glory and ultimately earning both.

jackson.jpg*Who the #$&% Is Jackson Pollock? 5.6/10 out of 19 votes cast; starring Teri Horton, Ben Heller and Tod M. Volpe

-Plot Synopsis: A rollicking adventure that documents a 15-year war with the art world’s inner circle.

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Today’s DVD Releases For Your Home Theater

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Today, the following movies will be released for rent or sale:

10items.jpg*Ten Items Or Less - DVD - 6.7/10 with 607 votes cast; starring Morgan Freeman, Paz Vega and Jonah Hill

-Plot Synopsis: An actor (Freeman) prepping for an upcoming role meets a quirky grocery clerk (Vega), and the pair hit the road to show one another their respective worlds.

caffeine.jpg*Caffeine - DVD - 5.6/10 with 192 votes cast; starring Breckin Meyer, Mena Suvari and Katherine Heigl

-Plot Synopsis: A fanciful battle of the sexes ensues when the relationships of the staff and patrons of a quirky London café are unexpectedly turned upside down by sudden revelations of terribly embarrassing secrets having to do with their sexual misadventures.

cleaner.jpg*Code Name: The Cleaner - DVD - 3.5/10 with 903 votes cast; starring Cedric the Entertainer, Lucy Liu and Nicollette Sheridan

-Plot Synopsis: Jake, a regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over the head by mysterious assailants, finds himself entangled in a government conspiracy.

dejavu.jpg*Deja Vu - DVD - 6.9/10 with 13,284 votes cast; starring Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, Paula Patton and Jim Caviezel

-Plot Synopsis: An ATF agent travels back in time to save a woman from being murdered, falling in love with her during the process.

museum.jpg*Night At The Museum - DVD - 6.3/10 with 16,843 votes cast; starring Ben Stiller, Robin Williams and Owen Wilson

-Plot Synopsis: The new night guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc.

queen.jpg*The Queen - DVD - 7.6/10 with 12,606 votes cast; starring Helen Mirren, Michael Sheen, Sylvia Syms and James Cromwell

-Plot Synopsis: After the death of Princess Diana, HM Queen Elizabeth II struggles with her reaction to a sequence of events nobody could have predicted.

three.jpg*Thr3e - DVD - 5.1/10 with 501 votes cast; starring Marc Blucas, Justine Waddell and Laura Jordan

-Plot Synopsis: Innocent lives hang on the whim of an elusive psychopath whose riddles and timelines force three people to end the game before one or all of them die.

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