DVD Reviews

Rated: Rated PG-13 for nonstop creature action violence and frightening images, and for sensuality.
Runtime: 132 mins.
Director: Stephen Sommers
Writer: Stephen Sommers
Cast:Hugh Jackman; Kate Beckinsale; Richard Roxburgh ....complete cast
Genre: Horror/Action
Tagline: The one name they all fear.
Memorable Quote: "Where are you going to go? I don't know if you've looked in the mirror lately, but you kind of stick out in a crowd. "

Rated: PG-13 for some thematic elements and language.
Runtime: 86 mins.
Director: Alejandro Agresti
Writer: Alejandro Agresti
Cast:Rodrigo Noya; Julieta Cardinali; Carmen Maura ....complete cast
Genre: Foreign/Independent
Tagline: Cupid Just Turned Eight.
Memorable Quote: "Hola, My name is Valentin, and I'm eight-years old. I make rockets and I'm working on a space suit."

Rated: PG for mild violence.
Runtime: 109 mins.
Director: Jean-Jacques Annoud
Writer: Alain Godard (scenario) & Jean-Jacques Annaud (scenario)
Cast: Guy Pearce; Jean-Claude Dreyfus; Freddie Highmore ....complete cast
Genre: Drama/Family
Tagline: Two infant tiger cubs, separated from their parents and each other.
Memorable Quote: "What was I supposed to do with you? You never learned to hunt. You would have starved to death"

Rated: PG-13 for brief language and drug references.
Runtime: 128 mins.
Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Andrew Niccol and Sacha Gervasi
Cast: Tom Hanks; Catherine Zeta-Jone; Stanley Tucci ....complete cast
Genre: Drama/Romance
Tagline: Life is Waiting.
Memorable Quote: "Where do I buy the Nike shoes?"

Rated: R for graphic crude and sexual humor, violent images and strong language - all involving puppets.
Runtime: 107 mins.
Director: Trey Parker
Writer: Pam Brady; Trey Parker
Cast: Trey Parker; Matt Stone (voices)....complete cast
Genre: Actor/Comedy
Tagline: Putting the "F" back in Freedom.
Memorable Quote: "You have balls - I like balls"

Rated: PG-13 for sexual content, thematic material and language.
Runtime: 124 mins.
Director: Frank Oz
Writer: Ira Levin (book); Paul Rudnick (screenplay)
Cast: Nicole Kidman; Matthew Broderick; Bette Midler; Glenn Close; Christopher Walken ....complete cast
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Tagline: Make One.
Memorable Quote: "Stepford is the family paradise. It's a place that has no crime, no poverty, and no pushing."

Rated: PG-13 for stylized action violence.
Runtime: 127 mins.
Director: Sam Raimi
Writer: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko (comic book); Alvin Sargent (screenplay)
Cast: Tobey Maguire; Kirsten Dunst; James Franco; Alfred Molina ....complete cast
Genre: Action/SciFi/Fantasy
Tagline: Sacrifice
Memorable Quote: "I believe there's a hero in all of us. Gives us strength, makes us noble. Even though sometimes, we have to give up the thing we want the most."

Rated: PG-13 for a scene of violence and frightening situations.
Rated: PG-13 for some sexual content and brief language.
Runtime: 113 mins.
Director: James L. Brooks
Writer: James L. Brooks
Cast: Adam Sandler; Tea Leoni; Cloris Leachman.... complete cast
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Memorable Quote: "It's pretty wild to say something to somebody and have that person concede the point."

MPAA Rating: R for language, some strong sexual content and nudity.
Runtime: 123 mins.
Director: Alexander Payne
Writer: Rex Pickett (novel); Alexander Payne (screenplay)
Cast: Paul Giamatti; Thomas Haden Church; Virginia Madsen; Sandra Oh....complete cast
Tagline: In search of wine. In search of women. In search of themselves.
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Memorable Quote: "I'm a fingerprint on the window of a skyscraper."
Theatrical Release Date: January 25, 2005
DVD Release Date: April 5, 2005
Blu-ray Release Date: Feb 3, 2009
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Rated: PG for some crude humor, a brief substance reference and some suggestive content.
Runtime: 93 mins.
Director: Andrew Adamson; Kelly Asbury
Writer: William Steig; J. David Stem; Joe Stillman; David N. Weiss
Cast:Mike Myers; Eddie Murphy; Cameron Diaz; Julie Andrews ....complete cast
Genre: Animation/Kids/Family
Tagline: In summer 2004, they're back for more.
Memorable Quote: "It looks like we're up chocolate creek without a Popsicle stick!"

Rated: R for zombie violence/gore and language.
Runtime: 99 mins.
Director: Edgar Wright
Writer: Simon Pegg ; Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg; Kate Ashfield; Nick Frost; Lucy Davis ....complete cast
Genre: Comedy/Horror
Tagline: romantic comedy. With zombies.
Memorable Quote: "If you get cornered, bash 'em in the head, that seems to work out. "

Shark Tale (2004)
Rated: PG for some mild language and crude humor.
Runtime: 90 mins.
Director: Bibo Bergeron; Vicky Jenson
Writer: Rob Letterman; Damian Shannon
Cast: Voices of Will Smith; Renee Zellwegger; Angelina Jolie; Robert De Niro....complete cast
Genre: Animation/Comedy/Family
Tagline: In fall, a new school will rule.
Memorable Quote: "What did he just do. I can's see it"

Rated: PG for some scary action, rude humor and language.
Runtime: 91 mins.
Director: Raja Gosnell
Writer: James Gunn
Cast: Sarah Michelle Gellar; Freddie Prinze, Jr; Matthew Lillard; Peter Boyle ....complete cast
Genre: Comedy /Mystery /Action /Adventure /Family
Tagline: They came. They saw. They ran.
Memorable Quote: "Let's split up and look for clues"

Rated: R for strong grisly violence and language. (edited for re-rating; originally NC-17)
Runtime: 100 mins.
Director: James Wan
Writer: James Wan (story); Leigh Whannell (screenplay)
Cast: Leigh Whannell; Cary Elwes; Danny Glover....complete cast
Genre: Horror/Crime
Tagline: Every Piece Has a Puzzle.
Memorable Quote: ": He doesn't want us to saw through our chains! He wants us to saw through our feet!"

Ray (2004)
Rated: PG-13 for depiction of drug addiction, sexuality and some thematic elements.
Runtime: 152 mins.
Director: Taylor Hackford
Writer: Taylor Hackford; James L. White
Cast: Jamie Foxx; Sharon Warren; Kerry Washington....complete cast
Genre: Drama
Tagline: The extraordinary life story of Ray Charles. A man who fought harder and went farther than anyone thought possible.
Memorable Quote: "I'm producing my own records....I was wondering if I could own my own masters too"

Rated: Rated PG for sequences of stylized sci-fi violence and brief mild language.
Runtime: 107 mins.
Director: Kerry Conran
Writer: Kerry Conran
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie ....complete cast
Genre: Sci-Fi
Tagline: Join the Resistance.
Memorable Quote: "Alert the amphibious squadron! "

Rated: Rated PG for frightening moments, creature violence and mild language.
Runtime: 142 mins.
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Writer: J.K. Rowling (novel); Steven Kloves (screenplay
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe; Gary Oldman; Rupert Grint; Emma Watson ....complete cast
Genre: Science Fiction/Fantasy
Tagline: Something Wicked This Way Comes.
Memorable Quote: "Is that really what my hair looks like from the back? "

Rated: G for General Audiences.
Runtime: 100 mins.
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: Chris Van Allsburg (book); Robert Zemeckis (screenplay)
Cast: Tom Hanks; Leslie Harter; Eddie Deezen; Nona Gaye....complete cast
Genre: Animation/Family
Memorable Quote: "Sometimes the most real things in this world are the things we can't see."

Rated: Not rated. This movie has not been rated by the MPAA.
Runtime: 112 mins.
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Writer: Rod Serling; Michael Wilson (screenplay); Peter Pierre Boulle (novel).
Cast: Charlton Heston; Kim Hunter; Roddy McDowall
Genre: Science/Fiction
Tagline: Somewhere in the Universe, there must be something better than man!
Memorable Quote: "Get your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!"

Rated: Rated R for sequences of graphic violence.
Runtime: 120 mins.
Director: Mel Gibson
Writer: Benedict Fitzgerald; Mel Gibson (screenplay)
Cast: James Caviezel; Monica Bellucci ....complete cast
Genre: Drama
Tagline: Imagine having to win over the girl of your dreams... every friggin' day.
Memorable Quote: "You are my friends. And the greatest love a person can have for his Friends is to give his life for them."

Rated: R for language and some nudity.
Runtime: 79 mins.
Director: Chris Kentis
Writer: Chris Kentis
Cast: Blanchard Ryan; Daniel Travis; Saul Stein....complete cast
Genre: Drama/thriller
Tagline: Drifting into theaters this summer.
Memorable Quote: "Oh God! Something's rubbing against my foot!"

Two aspects stand out as major assets in Don Chaffey's 1966 man-versus-nature sci-fi classic, One Million Years B.C. The first is the voluptuous beauty displayed by the fur bikini-clad Raquel Welch. The second is the innovative special effects work of Ray Harryhausen ...

Rated: PG for thematic elements and language.
Runtime: 82 mins.
Director: Jared Hess
Writer: Jared Hess; Jerusha Hees
Cast: Jon Heder; Jon Gries; Aaron Ruell ....complete cast
Genre: Indie/Comedy
Tagline: He's out to prove he's got nothing to prove.
Memorable Quote: "Girls only want boyfriends who have great
skills. You know, like nunchuck skills, bowhunting skills, computer hacking skills..."

Rated: PG-13 for violence, some disturbing images, thematic material and language.
Runtime: 132 mins.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: F.X. Toole (stories); Paul Haggis (screenplay)
Cast: Hilary Swank; Morgan Freeman; Clint Eastwood.... complete cast
Genre: Drama/Sports
Memorable Quote: "you shouldn't have done this. Now the government's going to find out and they'll stop my welfare. And I can't live without my welfare."

Rated: R for language including some sexual references.
Runtime: 119 mins.
Director: Shainee Gabel
Writer: Ronald Everett Capps (novel); Shainee Gabel (screenplay)
Cast: John Travolta; Scarlett Johansson; Deborah Kara Unger.... complete cast
Genre: Drama
Memorable Quote: "Come on, baby...why don't you just fix me some supper and I'll go rent a porno"

Rated: R for language, some drug use, violence and partial nudity.
Runtime: 95 mins.
Director: Wes Anderson
Writer: Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach
Tagline: Team Zissou Presents The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou.
Cast: Bill Murray; Angelica Huston; Owen Wilson.... complete cast
Genre: Comedy
Memorable Quote: "I'm going to go on an overnight drunk, and in 10 days I'm going to set out to find the shark that ate my friend and destroy it."

Rated: PG for thematic elements, scary situations and brief language.
Runtime: 108 mins.
Director: Brad Silberling
Writer: Daniel Handler (books); Robert Gordon (screenplay)
Tagline: On December 17, Christmas cheer takes a holiday.
Cast: Jim Carrey; Meryl Streep; Jude Law.... complete cast
Genre: Family/Mystery
Memorable Quote: "All that I ask is that you do every little thing that pops into my head, while I enjoy the enormous fortune your parents left behind"

Rated: Rated PG-13 for sexual content and language.
Runtime: 87 mins.
Director: Peter Howitt
Writer: Aline Brosh McKenna (story); Aline Brosh McKenna (screenplay) and Robert Harling (screenplay)
Cast: Julianne Moore; Pierce Brosnan; Parker Posey ....complete cast
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Tagline: Getting married is a great way to fall in love.
Memorable Quote: "I'm her mother"

Rated: R for pervasive sexual content, including some graphic images and descriptions.
Runtime: 118 mins.
Director: Bill Condon
Writer: Bill Condon
Tagline: Let's Talk About Sex.
Cast: Liam Neeson; Laura Linney; Peter Sarsgaard....complete cast
Genre: Drama
Memorable Quote: "Who can tell me which part of the human body can enlarge a hundred times."

Rated: R for strong bloody violence, language and some sexual content.
Runtime: 111 min.
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Writer: Quentin Tarantino
Cast: Uma Thurman; David Carradine; Lucy Liu..complete cast
Genre: Action/Crime/Thriller
Tagline: In the year 2003, Uma Thurman will kill Bill; Revenge is a dish best served cold.
Memorable Quote: "Those of you lucky enough to have your lives take them with you! However, leave the limbs you've lost. They belong to me now."