DVD & Blu-rays Released July 12, 2005 - Movie Insider (original) (raw)

Tuesday, July 12

137 mins

Million Dollar Baby PG-13

In the wake of a painful estrangement from his daughter, boxing trainer Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) has been unwilling to let himself get close to anyone for a very long time—then Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) walks into his gym. In a life of constant struggle, Maggie's gotten herself this far on raw talent, unshakable focus and a tremendous force of will. But more than anything, she wants someone to believe in her. The last thing Frankie needs is that kind of responsibility—let alone that kind of risk—but won over by Maggie's sheer determination, he begrudgingly agrees to take her on. In turns exasperating and inspiring each other, the two come to discover that they share a common spirit that transcends the pain and loss of their pasts, and they find in each other a sense of family they lost long ago. Yet, they will both face a battle that will demand more heart and courage than any they've ever known.

Morgan Freeman, Anthony Mackie, Jay Baruchel, Tom Rosenberg, Albert S. Ruddy, Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Paul Haggis

Drama Romance

102 mins

The Jacket R

A military veteran returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. When he is accused of murder and lands in an asylum, a well-meaning doctor puts him on a heavy course of experimental drugs, restrains him in a jacket-like device, and locks him away in a body drawer of the basement morgue. The process sends him on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death (but not who did it or how) in four day's time. Now the only question that matters is: can the woman he meets in the future save him?

Adrien Brody, George Clooney, Kelly Lynch, Peter Guber, Daniel Craig, Keira Knightley, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Massy Tadjedin

Thriller Supernatural

94 mins

State Property II R

"State Property 2: Philly Streets II" is the tale of three notorious gangsters, and their bloody battle for supremacy in the City of Brotherly Love. Beans, the imprisoned kingpin and hometown druglord, struggles to keep his renegade ABM Crime Syndicate on the map. He is driven and consumed by a festering hatred for his longtime rival... Dame, the Harlem-born hustler, is also the top dog in town. His Umbrella network is unmatched in cash-flow and manpower. With a long list of enemies seeking territory and revenge, the self-proclaimed "cake-aholic" is forced into a vicious war. Loco, the flashy Miami playboy, is about to be released from prison. His deep pockets and stellar reputation prove to be valuable tools in Loco's plot to takeover the streets of Philly... but he must first overcome the ghosts from a turbulent past. Alliances are formed and shattered, and lifelong friendships are put to the test as the various crews deal and duel to the death. Somewhere, buried deep within the ranks of one of these gangs, a ruthless criminal mastermind is conspiring to take them all down. The backstabbing, thievery and deception simmers, boils and ultimately spills into a gruesome finale—an old-fashioned shootout on the cold, unforgiving Philly streets.

Sundy Carter, Damon Dash, Cam'ron, Mariah Carey, Roselyn Sanchez, Beth Melilo, Adam Moreno, Beanie Siegel

Drama Crime Gangster

The Boys and Girl From County Clare

This heartwarming comedy centers on two brothers, John Joe and Jimmy, who haven't seen each other in twenty years. Having parted on bad terms, they meet at the All Ireland traditional music finals as leaders of rival Irish dance bands. Romance ensues between Anne (Andrea Corr), a beautiful fiddle player, and Teddy, a brilliant young flute player, members of the rival bands leading to more than just a musical rivalry.

Colm Meaney, James Nesbitt, John Irvin, Zelia Attzs, Margi Clarke, Bernard Hill, Nicholas Adams, Phil Barantini

Comedy Romance Musical

Dracula III: Legacy

Medical students, decide to take on a 'dead' vampire they find at the city morgue in order to produce a vial of its blood, being promised five million dollars, should they succeed.

Jason London, Jason Scott Lee, Gary J. Tunnicliffe, Patrick Lussier, Roy Scheider, Diane Neal, Rutger Hauer, Stephen Billington

Horror

134 mins

A Very Long Engagement R

Set in France near the end of World War I in the deadly trenches of the Somme, in the gilded Parisien halls of power, and in the modest home of an indomitable provincial girl and her relentless search to find her fiancée, who has disappeared. He is one of five French soldiers believed to have been court-martialed under mysterious circumstances and pushed out of an allied trench into an almost-certain death in no-man's land. All an investigation into the arbitrary nature of secrecy, the absurdity of war, and the enduring passion, intuition and tenacity of the human heart.

Audrey Tautou, Dominique Pinon, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Jodie Foster, Gaspard Ulliel, André Dussollier, Denis Lavant, David Puttnam

Drama

Divine Intervention

"Divine Intervention" follows ES, a character played by and clearly based upon the filmmaker himself. ES is burdened with a sick father, a stalled screenplay and an unrequited love affair with a beautiful Palestinian woman (Manal Khader) living in Ramallah. An Israeli checkpoint on the Nazareth-Ramallah road forces the couple to rendezvous in an adjacent parking lot. Their relationship and the absurd situations around them serve as metaphors for the lunacy of larger cultural problems, and the result is palpable, bottled personal and political rage.

Elia Suleiman, Emma Boltanski, Amer Daher, Jamel Daher, Nayef Fahoum Daher, George Ibrahim, Manal Khader, George Khleifi

Drama War Romance

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