DVD & Blu-rays Released November 25, 2008 - Movie Insider (original) (raw)
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Tuesday, November 25
Hancock PG-13
A tortured superhero crash-lands in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, and tries to revitalize himself by romancing an alluring housewife, causing chaos in the city.
Jason Bateman, Akiva Goldsman, Charlize Theron, Will Smith, Michael Mann, James Lassiter, Peter Berg, Vince Gilligan
Drama Romance Superhero
Meet Dave PG
A massive fireball from space hits New York's Central Park and an ordinary man emerges unscathed. The man turns out to be a spaceship operated by 100 human-looking aliens who are one-quarter inch tall and seeking a way to save their planet; complications ensue when their captain falls in love with an Earth woman who's always picked losers for previous romances.
Eddie Murphy, Elizabeth Banks, Gabrielle Union, Brian Robbins, Todd Komarnicki, Ed Helms, Jon Berg, David Friendly
Comedy Fantasy Sci-Fi
Beautiful Ohio
The story revolves around an American family grappling with the chaotic social changes of 1973.
Mark Burton, Hilary Swank, William Hurt, Rita Wilson, Julianna Margulies, Michelle Trachtenberg, Chad Lowe, Ethan Canin
Drama
123 mins
Jarhead R
"Jarhead" (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom.
Foxx portrays Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while Sarsgaard is Swoff's friend and mentor, Troy, a die-hard member of STA—their elite Marine Unit.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black, Sam Mendes, Laz Alonso, Dennis Haysbert, Doug Wick, Chris Cooper
Drama Action Adventure
Fred Claus PG
Fred Claus has lived his entire life in his brother's very large shadow. Fred tried, but could hardly live up to the example set by the younger Nicholas, who was just a perfect, well, saint. True to form, Nicholas grew up to be the model of giving, while Fred became the polar opposite: a fast-talking repo man who's run out of luck and money. Over Mrs. Claus' objections, Nicholas agrees to help his brother on one condition: that he come to the North Pole and earn the money he needs by working in Santa's Toy Shop. The trouble is that Fred isn't exactly elf material and, with Christmas fast approaching, Fred could jeopardize the jolliest holiday of the year.
Vince Vaughn, Ludacris, Paul Giamatti, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins, Kevin Spacey, Jessie Nelson, David Dobkin
Comedy Holiday
Space Chimps G
When a $5 billion NASA probe disappears into an intergalactic wormhole, the agency recruits Ham III, grandson of the first chimpanzee in space, to help retrieve the wayward craft. But Ham is a free-spirited circus performer more interested in zero gravity high jinks than living up to his illustrious heritage. The simian slacker becomes a reluctant hero and learns the true meaning of courage as he and his crewmates, the fearless Lt. Luna and their uptight commander, Titan, risk everything in an effort to save the peaceful inhabitants of a distant planet from an evil dictator. A hilarious, out of this world adventure the whole family can enjoy, "Space Chimps" features cutting edge CGI animation and the voice talent of Andy Samberg ("Saturday Night Live"), Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm"), Patrick Warburton ("Rules of Engagement"), Kristin Chenoweth ("The West Wing") and Stanley Tucci ("Robots").
Stanley Tucci, Cheryl Hines, Andy Samberg, Kirk DeMicco, Jeff Daniels, John H. Williams, Neil Braun, Andreas Grosch
Comedy Family Kids
River Queen
"River Queen" depicts the story of Sarah O'Brien, an Irish immigrant to New Zealand, who becomes caught in the middle of the land wars between the European settlers and Maoris, by the Wanganui River. Kiefer Sutherland plays the leader of the European settlers (from Britain), whilst Cliff Curtis and Temuera Morrison play leaders of the Maori tribes.
Toa Fraser, Samantha Morton, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison, Grant Roa, Stephen Rea, Nancy Brunning, Vincent Ward
Drama Action Adventure
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