DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

Rated: PG-13 for sex-related humor.
Runtime: 115 mins.
Director: John Pasquin
Writer: Marc Lawrence & Katie Ford
Cast: Sandra Bullock; William Shatner; Regina King... complete cast
Tagline: Armed and Fabulous
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Memorable Quote: "I just went through a beauty pageant, I'm done playing dress up"

Rated: PG for thematic elements, language, some peril and mild sensuality.
Runtime: 97 mins.
Director: Danny Boyle
Writer: Frank Cottrell Boyce
Cast: Alexander Nathan Etel; Lewis Owen McGibbon... complete cast
Tagline: Can anyone be truly good?
Genre: Family/Adventure
Memorable Quote: "It's not supicious, it's unusual"

Rated: PG for mild language, crude humor and some thematic elements.
Runtime: 80 mins.
Director: Eric Darnell; Tom McGrath
Writer: Mark Burton; Billy Frolick
Cast: Ben Stiller; Chris Rock; David Schwimmer; Jada Pinkett Smith; Cedric the Entertainer... complete cast
Tagline: Someone's Got a Zoo Loose.
Genre: Animation/Family/kids
Memorable Quote: "The penguins are psychotic!"

Rated: PG-13 for frightening sequences of sci-fi violence and disturbing images.
Runtime: 116 mins.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: H.G. Wells (novel); Josh Friedman & David Koepp (screenplay)
Cast: Tom Cruise; Dakota Fanning; Tim Robbins... complete cast
Tagline: They're already here.
Genre: Science Fiction
Memorable Quote: "They've been planning this for a million years. And these are only the first. They'll keep coming."

Rated: PG-13 for frightening adventure violence and some disturbing images.
Runtime: 187 mins.
Director: Peter Jackson
Writer: Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens
Cast: Naomi Watts; Jack Black; Adrien Brody; Andy Serkis; Colin Hanks
Memorable Quote: "There are thousands of actresses out of work in this city. Somewhere out there is a woman born to play this role... a woman who will journey into the heart of the unknown... toward a fateful meeting that changes everything."
Tagline: The eighth wonder of the world.
Genre: Action/Adventure/Sci-Fi
Opens: December 14, 2005
Blu-ray release: January 20, 2009
Studio: Universal Pictures

Rated: PG for thematic elements, language and some crude humor.
Runtime: 95 mins.
Director: Jesse Dylan
Writer: Leo Benvenuti and Steve Rudnick
Cast: Will Ferrell; Robert Duvall; Mike Ditka... complete cast
Tagline: All his life Phil Weston has dreamed of being on a winning team. Phil... your time has come.
Genre: Comedy/Family
Memorable Quote: "I'm angry....I'm spitting angry....I'm like a tornado of anger, swirling about"

Just Like Heaven (2005)
Rated: PG-13 for some sexual content.
Runtime: 95 mins.
Director: Mark Waters
Writer: Peter Tolan and Leslie Dixon
Cast: Reese Witherspoon; Mark Ruffalo; Donal Logue; Dina Spybey
Tagline: It's a wonderful afterlife.
Release Date: September 16, 2005
Genre: Romance/Comedy
Studio: Dreamworks
Official Site: justlikeheaven-themovie.com/
Memorable Quote: "I'm ninety-nine percent parched right now. I could sure use a co-la."

Rated: R for pervasive language, some violent images and strong sexual content
Runtime: 127 mins.
Director: Sam Mendes
Writer: William Broyles Jr. (screenplay); Anthony Swofford (book)
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal; Jamie Foxx; Peter Sarsgaard
Tagline: Welcome To The Suck
Memorable Quote: Ooo Rah!
Release Date: November 4, 2005
Genre: War/Military

Rated: R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity.
Runtime: 102 mins.
Director: John Maybury
Writer: Tom Bleecker; Marc Rocco; Massy Tadjedin
Cast: Adrien Brody; Keira Knightley; Kris Kristofferson; Jennifer Jason Leigh...complete cast
Tagline: Terror Has New Name
Genre: Thriller
Memorable Quote: "I was 27 years old the first time I died"

Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some sexuality and language.
Runtime: 127 mins.
Director: Michael Bay
Writer: Caspian Tredwell-Owen
Cast: Ewan McGregor; Scarlett Johannson; Steve Buscemi ... complete cast
Tagline: They don't want you to know what you are.
Genre: Science-Fiction/Drama
Memorable Quote: "The life you thought you had... it never happened."

Rated: PG-13 for violence, some sexual content and brief strong language.
Runtime: 128 mins.
Director: Sydney Pollack
Writer: Martin Stellman & Brian Ward
Cast: Sean Penn; Nicole Kidman... complete cast
Tagline: The truth needs no translation.
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Memorable Quote: "You think that not getting caught in a lie is the same thing as telling the truth. "

Rated: PG for thematic elements, action and mild language.
Runtime: 110 mins.
Director: Garth Jennings
Writer: Douglas Adams (novel); Douglas Adams (screenplay
Cast: Sam Rockwell; Zooey Deschanel; Martin Freeman; Mos Def... complete cast
Tagline: Don't Panic.
Genre: Comedy; Science Fiction
Memorable Quote: "Attention, people of Earth. I regret to inform you that in order to make way for the new hyperspace express route, your planet has been scheduled for demolition. Have a nice day."

Rated: PG-13 for language and some strong sexual references.
Runtime: 115 mins.
Director: Andy Tennant
Writer: Kevin Bisch
Cast: Will Smith; Eva Mendes; Kevin James; Amber Valetta... complete cast
Tagline: the cure for the common man
Genre: Comedy
Memorable Quote: "Now on the one hand it is very difficult for a man to even speak to someone who looks like you, but on the other hand...should that be your problem? "

Rated: NC-17 for strong graphic violence.
Runtime: 91 mins.
Director: Alexandre Aja
Writer: Alexandre Aja; Grégory Levasseur
Cast: Cecile DeFrance; Maiwenn LeBesco; Philippe Nahon... complete cast
Tagline: Hearts will bleed.
Genre: Crime / Horror
Memorable Quote: "it was an old farm that my father renovated"

Rated: R for frightening sequences and violence.
Runtime: 100 mins.
Director: John Polson
Writer: Ari Schlossberg
Cast: Dakaota Fanning; Robert DeNiro; Famke Janssen; Elizabeth Shue... complete cast
Tagline: Come out come out whatever you are.
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Memorable Quote: "Come out, come out wherever you are"