DVD Reviews

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material.
Runtime: 104 mins.
Director: John Patrick Shanley
Writer: John Patrick Shanley
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffmann; Meryl Streep, Amy Adams; Viola Davis
Tagline: Doubt.
Genre: Drama | Mystery
Memorable Quote: "Sister, I don't know if you and me are on the same side. I'll be standing with my son and those who are good with my son. It'd be nice to see you there. "
Release Date: December 25, 2008
DVD Release Date: April 7, 2009

Rated: R for strong horror violence and gore, and pervasive language.
Runtime: 95 mins.
Director: George A. Romero
Writer: George A. Romero
Cast: Michelle Morgan; Joshua Close; Shawn Roberts
Tagline: Shoot the Dead.
Genre: Horror
Memorable Quote: "Hye, I'm just trying to make a movie here"
Release Date: February 15, 2008

Rated: R for sexual content, language, brief violence and some drug use.
Runtime: 108 mins.
Director: Marcel Langenegger
Writer: Mark Bomback
Cast: Hugh jackman; Ewan McGregor; Michelle Williams ... complete cast
Tagline: Deception
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Memorable Quote: "Are you free tonight" ... more quotes
Release Date: April 25, 2008
DVD Release Date: September 23, 2008

Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.
Runtime: 142 mins.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale; Heath Ledger; Aaron Eckhart; Michael Caine ... complete cast
Tagline: Why So Serious?
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama
Memorable Quote: "Nothing. No name, no other alias. Clothing is... custom. Nothing in his pockets but knives and lint." ... more quotes
Release Date: July 18, 2008
DVD Release Date: December 16, 2008

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking.
Runtime: 166 mins.
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Eric Roth
Cast: Brad Pitt; Cate Blanchett; Taraji P. Henson
Tagline: Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments
Genre: Drama
Memorable Quote: "Would you still love ME if I were young and had acne? When I'm afraid of what's under the bed? Or if I end up wetting the bed? "
Release Date: December 25, 2008
DVD Release Date: May 5, 2009.

MPAA Rating: GP (re-rating - 1970)
Runtime: 126 mins.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson
Cast: Paul Newman; George Kennedy; J.D. Cannon ... complete cast
Tagline: "What we've got here, is failure to communicate."
Genre: Crime | Drama
Memorable Quote: "My Lord, whatever I done, don't strike me blind for another couple of minutes. " ... more quotes
Theatrical Release Date: November 1, 1967
Available on DVD and Blu-Ray Hi-Def: September 9, 2008

Rated: PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images.
Runtime: 84 mins.
Director: Matt Reeves
Writer: Drew Goddard
Cast: T.J. Miller; Mike Vogel; Michael Stahl-David ... complete cast
Tagline: Some Thing Has Found Us.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Memorable Quote: "I don't know, but whatever it is, it's winning." ... more quotes
Release Date: January 18, 2008

MPAA Rating: PG.
Runtime: 94 mins.
Director: Bob Clark
Writer: Jean Shepherd (novel and screenplay)
Cast: Darren Mcgavin; Peter Billingsley; Melinda Dillon ... complete cast
Tagline: A Tribute to the Original, Traditional, One-Hundred-Percent, Red-Blooded, Two-Fisted, All-American Christmas.
Genre: Comedy | Family
Memorable Quote: "I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!" ... more quotes
Theatrical release Date: November 18, 1983
Blu-Ray Release Date: November 4, 2008

Rated: R for language, drug content and brief nudity.
Runtime: 97 mins.
Director: Jon Poll
Writer: Gustin Nash
Cast: Anton Yelchin; Robert Downey, Jr., Hope Davis
Tagline: Popularity is a state of mind.
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Memorable Quote: "I'll see you in the sequel, bitch! "
Release Date: February 22, 2008
DVD Release Date: June 24, 2008

MPAA Rating: R for some violent and disturbing content, and language.
Runtime: 140 mins.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Cast: Angelina Jolie; John Malkovich ... complete cast
Tagline: To find her son, she did what no one else dared.
Genre: Biography | Crime | Drama | Mystery
Memorable Quote: "The boy they brought back is not my son." ... more quotes
Release Date: Ocotber 24, 2008
DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009.

Rated: R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence.
Runtime: 96 mins.
Director: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen
Writer: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen
Cast: George Clooney; Frances McDormand; John Malkovich; Brad Pitt ... complete cast
Tagline: Intelligence is relative.
Genre: Comedy | Crim
Memorable Quote: "No, no. God no. Burn the body. Get rid of it. " ... more quotes
Release Date: September 12, 2008
DVD Release Date: December 21, 2008

MPAA Rating: PG for some mild action and peril.
Runtime: 96 mins.
Director: Byron Howard and Chris Williams
Writer: Dan Fogelman and Chris Williams
Cast: John Travolta; Miley Cyrus; Mark Walton; Malcolm McDowell ... complete cast
Tagline: A hero is unleashed 2008.
Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family
Memorable Quote: "Yes, so if you want to keep it inside your body, where it belongs, you should stop jumping off trucks doing eighty on the interstate! " ... more quotes
Release Date: November 21, 2008
DVD Release Date: March 24, 2009

MPAA Rating: R for strong violence including some torture, and for language throughout.
Runtime: 128 mins.
Director: Ridley Scott
Writer: William Monahan
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio; Russell Crowe; Mark Strong ... complete cast
Tagline: Trust no one. Deceive everyone..
Genre: Action | Drama
Memorable Quote: "Linguistics! I speak 5 languages. Nobody should say martyr to me. Nobody! " ... more quotes
Release Date: October 10, 2008
DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violent content and a scene of sexuality.
Runtime: 98 mins.
Director: Santosh Sivan
Writer: Cathy Rabin
Cast: Rahul Bose, Linus Roache, Nandita Das, Jennifer Ehle, Thilakan ... complete cast
Tagline: Passion has its price.
Genre: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Memorable Quote: "To our new road. To the prosperity it will bring." ... more quotes
Release Date: January 11, 2008
DVD Release Date: September 16, 2008

Rated: PG-13 for stylized violence, including some bloody images.
Runtime: 75 mins.
Director: Yasuhiro Aoki; Futoshi Higashide
Writer: Josh Olson (screenplay) (segment "Have I Got a Story For You"); Greg Rucka (screenplay) (segment "Crossfire")
Cast: Kevin Conroy (voice); Jason Marsden (voice); Scott Menville (voice) ... complete cast
Tagline: Get Ready....To Rage Against Evil.
Genre: Animation | Action
Memorable Quote: "It was just like that night in the alley, Alfred...the closeness of the walls, the gunfire. It seems I've been trying to stop those two bullets all my life." ... more quotes
DVD Release Date: July 8, 2008

Rated: R.
Runtime: 110 mins.
Director: Roger Donaldson
Writer: Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais
Cast: Jason Statham; Saffron Burrows; Stephen Campbell Moore
Tagline: The true story of a heist gone wrong... in all the right ways.
Memorable Quote: "the photos are in a safe deposit box in London"
Release Date: March 7, 2008
DVD Release Date: July 29, 2008

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and a drug reference.
Runtime: 99 mins.
Director: Michael McCullers
Writer: Michael McCullers
Cast: Amy Poehler; Tina Fey; Greg Kinnear; Dax Shepard ... complete cast
Tagline: Would you put your eggs...in this basket?
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Memorable Quote: "Can I just spray a little PAM down there right before the baby comes out?" ... more quotes
Release Date: April 25, 2008
DVD Release Date: September 9, 2008

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and brief strong language.
Runtime: 165 mins.
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Writer: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Nicole Kidman; Hugh Jackman; David Wenham ... complete cast
Tagline: Australia
Genre: Adventure | Drama | War
Memorable Quote: "Let's get them no good cheeky bull in the big bloody metal ship!" ... more quotes
Release Date: November 26, 2008
DVD Release Date: March 3, 2009

Rated: R for strong horror violence and terror, disturbing images, language and brief nudity.
Runtime: 93 mins.
Director: David R. Ellis
Writer: Ethan Lawrence
Cast: Aaron Blomberg; Carolina Garcia; Pete Burris ... complete cast
Tagline: Asylum
Genre: Horror | Thriller
DVD Release Date: July 15, 2008

MPAA Rating: R for some violence and language.
Runtime: 114 mins.
Director: Ed Harris
Writer: Robert Knott & Ed Harris
Cast: Jeremy Irons; Ed Harris; Renee Zellweger; Viggo Mortensen ... complete cast
Tagline: Feelings get you killed.
Genre: Western
Memorable Quote: "She chews her food good" ... more quotes
Release Date: October 3, 2008
DVD Release Date: January 13, 2009.

Rated: PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence.
Runtime: 109 mins.
Director: Roland Emmerich
Writer: Roland Emmerich & Harald Kloser
Cast: Steven Strait; Camilla Belle; Cliff Curtis ... complete cast
Tagline: It takes a hero to change the world.
Genre: Adventure | Romance
Memorable Quote: "You must remember me. I gave you life." ... more quotes
Release Date: March 7, 2008
DVD Release Date: June 24, 2008

Rated: PG-13 for some violence, and sexual content including partial nudity.
Runtime: 123 mins.
Director: Robert Luketic
Writer: Peter Steinfeld and Allan Loeb
Cast: Kevin Spacey; Jim Sturgess; Kate Bosworth; Aaron Yoo ... complete cast
Tagline: Inspired by the true story of five students who changed the game forever
Genre: Drama
Memorable Quote: "Winner, winner, chicken dinner! " ... more quotes
Release Date: March 28, 2008
DVD Release Date: July 22, 2008

Rated: Title not rated by the MPAA.
Runtime: 361 mins.
Director: Todd Sheets
Writer: Todd Sheets; Jerry Angell; Dwen Doggett
Cast: Chris Harris; Auggi Alvarez;Frank Dunlay ... complete cast
Tagline: Unearthed! Unstoppable! Undead!
Genre: Horror
DVD Release Date: June 12, 2007

Rated: R for some strong killings, language, drug material and brief sexual images.
Runtime: 111 mins.
Director: David Fincher
Writer: James Vanderbilt
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal; Mark Ruffalo; Anthony Edwards, Robert Downey, Jr.
Tagline: There's more than one way to lose your life to a killer.
Release Date: March 2, 2007
Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller
Memorable Quote: "Dear editor, this is the murderer of the two teenagers last christmas at Lake Hermon and the girl on the 4th of July near the golf course in Vallejo".
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

Rated: This film is not rated by the MPAA.
Runtime: 127 mins.
Director: Ken Loach
Writer: Paul Laverty
Cast: Cillian Murphy; Padraic Delaney; Liam Cunningham
Tagline: Winner of the PALME D'OR at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Genre: Drama/War
Memorable Quote: And once again, with honourable exception, the Catholic Church sides with the rich.
Release Date: March 16, 2007

Rated: R for strong violence, drug material, language, some sexual content and brief nudity.
Runtime: 117 mins.
Director: James Gray
Writer: James Gray
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix; Eva Mendes; Mark Wahlberg ... complete cast
Tagline: Two brothers on opposite sides of the law. Beyond their differences lies loyalty.
Genre: Crime/Drama
Memorable Quote: "If you piss in your pants, you only stay warm for so long." ... more quotes
Release Date: October 12, 2007
DVD Release Date: February 12, 2008

Rated: PG-13 for sexual content, language and thematic elements.
Runtime: 108 mins.
Director: Adrienne Shelly
Writer: Adrienne Shelly
Cast: Keri Russell; Cheryl Hines; Andy Griffith ... complete cast
Tagline: If only life were as easy as pie.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Memorable Quote: "Hell, as long as you can carry a pie tray and bus a table I don't care if you give birth while doing it. " ... more quotes
Release Date: May 25, 2007
DVD Release Date: December 4, 2007

Rated: R for brutal violence and terror, brief nudity and language.
Runtime: 104 mins.
Director: Nimród Antal
Writer: Mark L. Smith
Cast: Kate Beckinsale; Luke Wilson; Frank Whaley; Ethan Embry
Tagline: Vacancy
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Memorable Quote: "We took a shortcut"
Release Date: April 20, 2007

Rated: PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor, and language.
Runtime: 144 mins.
Director: Michael Bay
Writer: Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman
Cast: Shia LeBeouf; Jon Voight; John Turturro ... complete cast
Tagline: Their war. Our world.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Memorable Quote: "One shall stand and one shall fall." ... more quotes
Release Date: July 3, 2007

Rated: R for some violence.
Runtime: 158 mins.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano; Ciaran Hinds ... complete cast
Tagline: There Will Be Greed. There Will Be Vengeance.
Genre: Drama
Memorable Quote: "There's a whole ocean of oil under our feet! No one can get at it except for me!" ... more quotes
Release Date: December 26, 2007