August 26, 2008 DVD Releases

What Happens In Vegas

Movie Website: WhatHappensInVegasmovie.com

Genre: Comedy, Romance

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Actors/Actresses: Cameron Diaz, Ashton Kutcher, Rob Corddry, Treat Williams, Dennis Farina, Jason Sudeikis, Lake Bell, Queen Latifah

Synopsis: The popular expression, “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” conjures up a veritable jackpot of shed inhibitions, insane indulgence, and gleeful debauchery. And if you can remember any of it, you probably weren’t there.

But what would happen if a few crazy–okay, hugely inebriated–moments in Sin City not only didn’t “stay” there but also followed you all the way back home and threatened to turn your life upside down? That’s the setup that explodes into a series of outrageous consequences for two sexy, if wildly mismatched, strangers in the comedy “What Happens in Vegas.”

For charismatic party guy Jack Fuller (Ashton Kutcher) and buttoned-up commodities trader Joy McNally (Cameron Diaz), a rowdy weekend coincidentally shared in Las Vegas should have, by all rights, ended up being little more than a random blur. That is, if these two vacationing New Yorkers didn’t have a signed marriage license staring them in the face to shockingly remind them of the giant misstep they took while feeling no pain, Vegas-style.

Stacking the deck, not only did Jack and Joy tie the knot after tying one on, but later scored a mind-blowing three million bucks in a slot machine bonanza. Well, Jack won it with Joy’s quarter. At the machine she’d already been playing. Or was it the other way around? And whose loot is it anyway?

Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas

Movie Website: Nightmare3Dmovie.com

Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical

MPAA Rating: PG

Actors/Actresses: Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, William Hickey, Glenn Shadix, Paul Reubens, Ken Page

Synopsis: A holiday tradition continues this Halloween when Tim Burton’s classic, “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” makes a return to the big screen in stunning Disney Digital 3D. The dazzling new make-over of the musical-fantasy was led by the film’s original filmmaking team of Academy Award® nominated writer/producer Tim Burton (”Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “Corpse Bride”) and director Henry Selick (”James and the Giant Peach”) as well as the talented technical wizards at Industrial Light + Magic in collaboration with In-Three, Inc.” Audiences will get closer than ever to Halloweentown’s beloved Pumpkin King, Jack Skellington (voice of Chris Sarandon), as he attempts to take over the Christmas holiday. Against the advice of Sally (voice of Catherine O’Hara), a lonely rag doll who has feelings for him, Jack enlists three mischievous trick-or-treaters - Lock, Shock, and Barrel - to help him kidnap Santa Claus. Jack eventually realizes his mistake but has to contend with the evil Oogie Boogie before he can make things right and restore the Christmas holiday. Fueled by an unforgettable Grammy® nominated soundtrack featuring ten ghoulishly delightful songs by Oscar® nominee Danny Elfman (”Corpse Bride,” “Big Fish”) who also provided the singing voice for Jack, Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas 3D” combines the Oscar® nominated artistry of stop-motion animation with state-of-the-art digital technology to create a unique and entertaining movie-going experience that has become annual holiday event for the entire family.

Postal

Movie Website: MovieSet.com/Postal

Genre: Action, Comedy

MPAA Rating: R

Actors/Actresses: Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Erick Avari, Verne Troyer

Synopsis: “Postal” is crude, raw, grossly funny and based on the popular videogame of the same name. The film also pushes the boundaries of good taste and all that is politically, morally and socially correct as if it were a live-action “South Park.”

Unemployed and frustrated, Dude (Zack Ward) is intent on finally making some money and running away from the hell hole that has become his life. In his feeble attempt to get back on track, he reluctantly joins his uncle Dave (Dave Foley) in a get-rich-quick scheme involving the stealing and reselling of the scarce but highly sought after OKrotch-y-Dolls, the must-have toy of the season.

In outrageous tribute to the videogame, writer/director Uwe Boll ensures that “Postal” holds true to its trailer-trash origins: offensive dialogue, random violence and inane, wildly comedic characters that will surely want to make all comers go “postal.”

The Brotherhood of the Wolf

Movie Website: N/A

Genre: Action/Adventure, Art/Foreign, Drama and Thriller

MPAA Rating: R

Actors/Actresses: Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Emilie Dequenne, Monica Bellucci, Jeremie Renier

Synopsis: Set in 1765, during the reign of Louis XV, an epic adventure based in part on a well-known French legend. In a rural province of France, a mysterious creature is leaving a trail of mutilated corpses across the countryside, savagely killing scores of women and children. Unseen, possessed of enormous strength and a seemingly near-human intelligence, the beast has eluded capture for years. Desperate to end the growing unrest of the populace, the King sends in a renowned scientist and his Iroquois blood brother, an unconventional team whose combined methods and capabilities may finally bring the beast down. But what these men find, when finally confronted with the true nature of the beast, is more shocking than anyone could have anticipated.

Son of Rambow

Movie Website: SonofRambo.com

Genre: Art/Foreign and Comedy

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Actors/Actresses: Neil Dudgeon, Bill Milner, Will Poulter, Jessica Stevenson, Jules Sitruk

Synopsis: A coming of age comedy about two young English boys who are inspired after seeing “Rambo: First Blood” to make a Rambo movie of their own. Through their comedic adventures in filmmaking they learn the meaning of true friendship.

In 1980’s Britain, young Will Proudfoot is raised in isolation among The Brethren, a puritanical religious sect in which music and TV are strictly forbidden. When Will encounters his first movie, a pirated copy of “Rambo: First Blood,” his imagination is blown wide open. Now, Will sets out to join forces with the seemingly diabolical school bully, Lee Carter, to make their own action epic, devising wildly creative, on-the-fly stunts, not to mention equally elaborate schemes for creating a movie of total commitment and non-stop thrills while hiding out from The Brethren. When school popularity finally descends on Will and Lee in the form of, oui, the super-cool French exchange student, Didier Revol, their remarkable new friendship and precious film are pushed, quite literally, to the breaking point.

Redbelt

Movie Website: SonyClassics.com/Redbelt

Genre: Action, Drama

MPAA Rating: R

Actors/Actresses: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alice Braga, Tim Allen, Emily Mortimer, Rodrigo Santoro, Rebecca Pidgeon, Randy Couture

Synopsis: Set in the west-side Los Angeles fight world, a world inhabited by bouncers, cage-fighters, cops, and special forces types, “Redbelt” is the story of Mike Terry (Chewitel Ejiofor), a Jiu-jitsu master who has avoided the prize fighting circuit, choosing to instead pursue an honorable life by operating a self defense studio with a samaurai’s code.

Terry and his wife Sondra (Alice Braga) struggle to keep the business running to make ends meet. An accident on a dark, rainy night at the Academy between an off duty officer (Max Martini) and a distraught lawyer (Emily Mortimer) puts in motion a series of events that will change Terry’s life dramatically introducing him to a world of promoters (Ricky Jay, Joe Mantegna) and movie stars (Tim Allen). Faced with this, in order to pay off his debts and regain his honor, Terry must step into the ring for the first time in his life.