DVD Reviews

Rated: R for violence and some language.
Runtime: 87 mins.
Director: Nicholas Mastandrea
Writer: Robert Conte & Peter Martin Wortmann
Cast: Michelle Rodriguez; Oliver Hudson; Taryn Manning ... complete cast
Tagline: Play dead.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Memorable Quote: "I think we should get the plane ready"
DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007
Distributor: First Look International
Official Site: www.medusa.it/thebreed/
View the Trailer: video.movies.go.com/apocalypto/

Rated: 13 for sexual content, some nudity and language.
Runtime: 104 mins.
Director: Peyton Reed
Writer: Jeremy Garelick (screenplay) & Jay Lavender (screenplay)
Cast: Vince Vaughn; Jennifer Aniston; Ann-Margret; Nicole Auman
Tagline: ...Pick a side.
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Memorable Quote: There's a really big gap between getting your ass kicked and having a dancing, singing sprite fool you with trickery and then strike your throat before you know that you're even in a fight.
Opens: June 2, 2006
Studio: Universal Pictures

Rated: R for strong violence and language.
Runtime: 150 mins.
Director: Edward Zwick
Writer: Charles Leavitt
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio; Jennifer Connelley; Djimon Hounsou ... more
Tagline: Blood Diamond.
Memorable Quote: "Do you want short sleeve or long sleeve?"
Release Date: December 8, 2006
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures

Rated: R for sequences of graphic violence and disturbing images.
Runtime: 139 mins.
Director: Mel Gibson
Writer: Mel Gibson & Farhad Safinia
Cast: Rudy Youngblood; Dalia Hernández; Jonathan Brewer
Tagline: When the end comes, not everyone is ready to go.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / Romance
Memorable Quote: "I am Jaguar Paw! This is my forest! My sons and their sons will hunt here after I am gone! "
DVD Release Date: May 22, 2007
Distributor: Buena Vista Pictures

Rated: PG-13 for intense terror sequences and thematic material.
Runtime: 84 mins.
Director: Courtney Solomon
Writer: Courtney Solomon
Cast: Donald Sutherland; Sissy Spacek; Rachel Hurd-Wood... complete cast
Tagline: Possession Knows No Bounds.
Memorable Quote: "You know the attic is off limits."
Release Date: May 5, 2006
Genre: Horror/Drama

Rated: PG for some language.
Runtime: 112 mins.
Director: Doug Atchison
Writer: Doug Atchison
Cast: Keke Palmer; Laurence Fishburne; Angela Bassett...complete cast
Tagline: Changing the world... one word at a time.
Memorable Quote: Dr. Joshua Larabee thinks you have a chance of going all the way to the National spelling bee
Genre: Drama./Family
Opens: April 28, 2006
Studio: Lions Gate Films
Official Site: www.akeelahandthebee.com/splash.html

Rated: PG-13 for violence, intense sequences of action, and some strong language.
Runtime: 105 mins.
Director: Richard Donner
Writer: Richard Wenk
Cast: Bruce Willis; Mos Def; David Morse...complete cast
Tagline: For a New York cop and his witness, the distance between life and death just got very short.
Memorable Quote: The kid was gonna testify....he saw some business that is gonna hurt a lot of cops.
Genre: Action/Adventure/Crime
Release Date: March 3, 2006
Studio: Warner Brothers

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: R for language, sexual situations, brief comic violence and some drug use.
Runtime: 118 mins.
Director: Mike Binder
Writer: Mike Binder
Cast: Joan Allen; Kevin Costner; Erika Christensen
Tagline: Sometimes what tears us apart helps us put it back together.
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Studio: New Line Cinema
Memorable Quote: "I dial your number ten times a day and hang up. "

Rated: PG-13 for language, rude dialogue and some violence.
Runtime: 83 mins.
Director: Les Mayfield
Writer: Jim Piddock & Margaret Oberman
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson; Eugene Levy; Luke Goss
Tagline: One guy walks the walk. The other talks and talks.
Genre: Action/Crime
Studio: New Line Cinema
Official Site: themanmovie.com
Memorable Quote: "I am taking a mental picture of you".

Rated: PG for action violence and some mild language.
Runtime: 102 mins.
Director: Mike Mitchell
Writer: Paul Hernandez and Robert Schooley
Cast: Kurt Russell; Kelly Preston; Michael Angarano ... complete cast
Tagline: Brains, Brawn And Beyond.
Genre: Kids/Family/Sci-Fi
Memorable Quote: "Hey, how was your summer? It was tough. T-U-P-H."

Rated: R for language.
Runtime: 93 mins.
Director: Don Argott
Writer: Don Argott
Cast: Paul Green; Asa and Tucker Collins; Madi Diaz-Svalgard; C.J. Tywoniak; Will O'Connor... complete cast
Tagline: Teaching kids the basics: Power chords, head banging, and being a rock star.
Genre: Documentary
Memorable Quote: "Don't f*ing make mistakes!"

Rated: PG for some brief language and suggestive humor.
Runtime: 91 mins.
Director: Chris Wedge; Carlos Saldanha
Writer: Lowell Ganz; Babaloo Mandel
Cast: Halle Berry; Mel Brooks; Greg Kinnear; Robin Williams; Amanda Bynes; Drew Carrey...complete cast
Tagline: Repair for adventure!
Genre: Animated/Family
Memorable Quote: "Ahhh...yeah....that's my third oil change today."

Rated: PG-13 for some intense sequences of violence, and language.
Runtime: 85 mins.
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Carl Ellsworth (story) and Dan Foos (story)
Cast: Rachel McAdams; Cillian Murphy; Brian Cox.
Genre: Action/Thriller
Studio: Dreamworks
Official Site: redeye-themovie.com
Memorable Quote: "Sometimes bad things happen to good people. "

Rated: PG for mild crude humor and some language.
Runtime: 94 mins.
Director: Frederik Du Chau
Writer: David Schmidt and Steven P. Wegner
Cast: Snoop Dogg; Whoopi Goldberg; David Spade; Dustin Hoffman.... complete cast
Tagline: His stripes made him an outcast. His heart made him a hero.
Genre: Family
Memorable Quote: "If that's a race horse, then I'm D-O double-G, baby."

Rated: PG-13 thematic elements, some disturbing images and language.
Runtime: 99 mins.
Director: Jane Anderson
Writer: Terry Ryan (book); Jane Anderson (screenplay)
Cast: Julianne Moore; Woody Harrelson; Laura Dern
Tagline: The true story of how a mother raised ten kids on twenty-five words or less.
Genre: Drama
Memorable Quote: You know what your problem is? You're just too damn happy!
Release Date: October 28, 2005
Studio: Go Fish Pictures and Dreamworks SKG

Rated: PG-13 for mature thematic material and brief strong language.
Runtime: 90 mins.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad
Writer: Hany Abu-Assad and Bero Beyer
Cast: Kais Nashef; Ali Suliman; Lubna Azabal... complete cast
Tagline: From the most unexpected place, comes a bold new call for peace.
Memorable Quote: "In a land forsaken by hope, two friends will struggle with an impossible choice"
Release Date: October 28, 2005
Genre: Foreign
Studio: Warner Independent Pictures

Rated: PG for action violence, language and rude humor.
Runtime: 91 mins.
Director: Adam Shankman
Writer: Thomas Lennon & Ben Garant
Cast: Vin Diesel; Faith Ford; Brittany Snow; Max Thieriot...complete cast
Tagline: Prepare for Bottle
Genre: Comedy/Family
Memorable Quote: "I'm never gonna be able to remember your names because there's not enough time so you're Red One, you're Red Two, you're Red Three, and you're Red Baby."

Rated: R for sequences involving sexual harassment including violence and dialogue, and for language.
Runtime: 126 mins.
Director: Niki Caro
Writer: Clara Bingham (book); Michael Seitzman (screenplay
Cast: Charlize Theron; Sissy Spacek; Woody Harrelson; Richard Jenkins; Frances McDormand...complete cast
Tagline: All She Wanted Was To Make A Living. Instead She Made History.
Genre: Drama
Memorable Quote: "Look, you just have to get over it. If you give in, you're doing exactly what they want you to do and at the end of the day, we all a job to do. It's tough love - one friend to another."
Release Date: October 21, 2005

Rated: R.
Runtime: 97 mins.
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Writer: Thomas Lee Wright
Cast: Wesley Snipes; Ice-T; Allen Payne; Chris Rock
Tagline: They're a new breed of gangster. The new public enemy. The new family of crime.
Genre: Action/ Crime/Drama
Studio: Warner Brothers
Memorable Quote: "Sit your five-dollar ass down before I make change"

Rated: R for strong graphic violence, some sexual content, nudity and language.
Runtime: 150 mins.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: George Jonas (book); Tony Kushner (screenplay)
Cast: Eric Bana; Daniel Craig; Geoffrey Rush
Memorable Quote: "Every civilization finds it necessary to negotiate compromises with its own values."
Tagline: The world was watching in 1972 as 11 Israeli athletes were murdered at the Munich Olympics. This is the story of what happened next.
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Opens: December 23, 2005
Studio: Universal Pictures
Official Site: munichmovie.com/

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"