A Christmas Too Many
In this modern-day holiday film, an older woman on the verge of losing her Hollywood starlet status invites her family to her home for Christmas, trying all the while to forget how strange they actually are. Street Date: 12/4/2007 Genre: Comedy Rating: PG-13
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Ruta Lee, Sam McMurray, Andrew Keegan, Marla Maples, Austin O'Brien
The Girl Next Door
Jack Ketchum's disturbing novel moves to the screen with this horror film. A young boy develops a crush on his new neighbor, but he soon realizes that she is being tortured by the woman who was entrusted with her care. Street Date: 12/4/2007 Genre: Horror/Suspense Rating: R
Starring: Blythe Auffarth, Daniel Manche, Blanche Baker, William Atherton
The Hottest State
Young love has rarely been as exhilarating--and as painful--as it is in Ethan Hawke’s THE HOTTEST STATE. The Oscar-nominated actor adapts his own novel for the screen in this romance set in New York City. When 20-year-old William (Mark Webber, BROKEN FLOWERS) meets Sara (Catalina Sandino Moreno) at a bar in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood, he falls fast and hard. He’s an actor while she’s struggling to be a singer, and their creative, nervous personalities make them a combustible couple. From their playful acting-out of their future break-up to the pain of the event when it actually occurs, their relationship is a series of highs and lows familiar to anyone who’s felt the emotions of 20-something romance. Street Date: 12/4/2007 Genre: Drama Rating: R
Starring: Mark Webber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Laura Linney, Sonia Braga, Michelle Williams
Love's Unending Legacy
In the latest Love series installment, two years have passed since the tragic death of Missie's husband Willie. Missie is forced to move back to her father's ranch in Tettsford Junction and ends up adopting a teenage orphan girl who tests her faith and strength. Missie is compelled to defend the girl's orphan brother who is being mistreated by his adoptive family all the while fighting her own feelings of love for the town sheriff.
Street Date: 12/4/2007 Genre: Faith Rating: NR
Starring: Erin Cottrell, Dale Midkiff
Midnight Clear
The lives of five people intertwine in unexpected ways in this small-town thriller. The situation of each person at the start of the film is markedly different--one man is a lonely gas station attendant, another contemplates suicide. But as the stories come together, the characters undergo life-changing experiences. Street Date: 12/4/2007 Genre: Drama Rating: Not Rated
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, K. Callan, Mary Thornton
The Nanny Diaries
A college graduate goes to work as a nanny for a rich New York family. Ensconced in their home, she has to juggle their dysfunction, a new romance, and the spoiled brat in her charge.
Street Date: 12/4/2007 Genre: Comedy Rating: PG13
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Laura Linney
Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End
After the action of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, anti-hero Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) is trapped in the netherworld of Davy Jones's locker. Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) has returned from the dead to aid Will Turner (Orlando Bloom) and Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) in their quest to rescue the beloved captain. They journey to Singapore to ask for help from notorious pirate Sao Feng (Chow Yun-Fat), and with this new alliance, they travel to the edge of the earth to find Jack. Then they will join forces with the world's most powerful pirates to unite against Lord Brackett (Tom Hollander) and the East India Company.
Street Date: 12/4/2007 Genre: Comedy Rating: PG13
Starring: Johnny Depp, Keira Knightley
Skin Walkers
Two packs of werewolves, one that lives to hunt and kill and the other that lives in peace with society, are signaled by the moon of the coming of an ancient prophecy. Street Date: 12/4/2007 Genre: Horror Rating: PG-13
Starring: Jason Behr , Rhona Mitra , Elias Koteas
Superbad
Produced by Judd Apatow and co-written by Seth Rogen--both of 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN and KNOCKED UP fame--SUPERBAD is the story of two horny teenage geeks looking to lose their virginity before college. Seth (Jonah Hill) and Evan (Michael Cera) are hoping to end high school on a high note, and when one of their crushes (Emma Hill) invites them to a graduation party, the boys are ecstatic. That is, until they become responsible for supplying the party with alcohol. They hurriedly concoct a scheme to use their friend Fogell's (Christopher Mintz-Plasse) horrendously fake ID, but trouble soon arises when Fogell becomes the victim of a liquor store robbery. The cops (Rogen and Bill Hader) show up, and the evening quickly disintegrates into a hilarious mess of misunderstandings, sing-alongs, and beer mixed with laundry detergent.
Street Date: 12/4/2007 Genre: College Rating: NR/R
Starring: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill
24 Season Six
It’s 20 months after the end of season 5 and Jack is back. A series of suicide bombings across the United States has CTU pushed to their limits and the only way to stop the attacks will be to sacrifice their star agent. But are they being misled, and can Jack uncover the real mastermind before the bombings begin? Of course it’s going to take more than weapons to stop Bauer from uncovering the truth, but what he finds it just the beginning of a much larger conspiracy involving nation states, the U.S. government, and a host of other factors that make this season of 24 the most exciting to date. Street Date: 12/4/2007 Genre: Action/Adventure, Television Rating: Not Rated
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, James Morrison
Born Killers
Street Date: 12/11/2007 Genre: Action, Horror, Suspense Rating: R
Starring: Jake Muxworthy , Lauren German , Kelli Garne
Bourne Ultimatum
Bourne is once again brought out of hiding, this time inadvertently by London-based reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation BlackBriar--an upgrade to Project Treadstone--in a series of newspaper columns. Bourne (Damon) sets up a meeting with Ross (Considine) and realizes instantly they're being scanned. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally, ultimately, uncover his dark past whilst dodging The Company's best efforts in trying to eradicate him.
Street Date: 12/11/2007 Genre: Action Rating: PG13
Starring: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
Lord Voldemort has returned, but few want to believe it. In fact, the Ministry of Magic is doing everything it can to keep the wizarding world from knowing the truth - including appointing Ministry official Dolores Umbridge as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. When Professor Umbridge refuses to train her students in practical defensive magic, a select group of students decides to learn on their own. With Harry Potter as their leader, these students (who call themselves Dumbledore's Army) meet secretly in a hidden room at Hogwarts to hone their wizarding skills in preparation for battle with the Dark Lord and his Death Eaters.
Street Date: 12/11/2007 Genre: Family Rating: PG13
Starring: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
High School Musical 2
Experience the movie in a whole new way with a never-before-seen music sequence and rehearsal footage, plus sing lead vocals with High School Karaoke. The East High Wildcats are gearing up for big fun as they land the coolest summer jobs imaginable. Troy (Zac Efron), Gabriella (Vanessa Hudgens), Chad (Corbin Bleu), and Taylor (Monique Coleman) have scored sweet gigs at the Lava Springs Country Club owned by Sharpay and Ryan's family. Sharpay's first rule of business: Get Troy. As Troy experiences a life of privilege he's never known, will he give up the Wildcats and Gabriella to rise to the top?
Street Date: 12/11/2007 Genre: Teen Rating: G
Starring: Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens
Interview
The plot of actor/director Steve Buscemi's INTERVIEW is devilishly simple: a political journalist (Buscemi) is sent on a clearly beneath-him assignment to meet an attractive B-list soap star celebrity (Sienna Miller). He makes a mess of the interview, but winds up at her Manhattan loft apartment following an unfortunate car accident. Thus begins an intriguing two-character plot arc in which the mismatched couple argue, drink, argue some more, and ultimately find some common ground as they both loosen up and reveal some secrets.
Street Date: 12/11/2007 Genre: Drama Rating: R
Starring: Steve Buscemi, Sienna Miller
Lost - Season 3
More suspense, secrets, and fear are uncovered in these 23 episodes about the most mysterious setting in television history. The puzzle pieces of the Others, the Dharma Project, and how the island seems to know the survivors of the plane crash are all part of what keeps fans glued to their sets. This collection includes even more vital background information and clues that take viewers deeper into the mystery. Never-before-seen flashback sequences, interviews with the cast and creators, and a look at life on set are also included to help uncover what’s hidden in the jungle. Street Date: 12/11/2007 Genre: Dramas, Television Rating: Not Rated
Starring: Matthew Fox, Dominic Monaghan, Josh Holloway, Evangeline Lilly, Jorge Garcia, Naveen Andrews, Yoon-jin Kim, Terry O'Quinn, Daniel Dae Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Adewale Akinnuoye Agbaje
A Perfect Day This Holiday family film based on the bestseller by Richard Paul Evans stars Rob Lowe as a newly successful writer whose popularity comes at a high price. Street Date: 12/11/2007 Genre: Drama Rating: Not Rated
Starring:Rob Lowe, Paget Brewster, Frances Conroy, Christopher Lloyd
Undead or Alive
Chris Kattan and James Denton are two cowboys on the run from Sheriff Zombie and his posse of undead minions in this zombified old west comedy. Street Date: 12/11/2007 Genre: Western Rating: R
Starring: Chris Kattan, Jamie Denton, Navi Rawat
Balls Of Fury
Down-and-out former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) is sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez (George Lopez) recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and recapture his former glory, and to smoke out his father's (Robert Patrick) killer - one of the FBI's Most Wanted, arch-fiend Feng (Christopher Walken). But, after two decades out of the game, Randy can't turn his life around and avenge his father's murder without a team of his own. He calls upon the spiritual guidance of blind Ping-Pong sage and restaurateur Wong (James Hong), and the training expertise of Master Wong's wildly sexy niece Maggie (Maggie Q), both of whom also have a dark history with Feng. All roads lead to Feng's mysterious jungle compound and the most unique Ping-Pong tournament ever staged.
Street Date: 12/18/2007 Genre: Comedy Rating: PG13
Starring: Christopher Walken, George Lopez
Bring It On: In It To Win It
When two rival high school teams from opposite coasts battle it out for the number one title at Cheer Camp Nationals, tension mounts and the stakes are raised to see who will be crowned the top squad.
Street Date: 12/18/2007 Genre: Teen Rating: PG13
Starring: Ashley Benson, Michael Copon
Halloween
After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.
Street Date: 12/18/2007 Genre: Horror Rating: NR/R
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane
Hatchet
Victor Crowley is a grossly misshapen New Orleans bayou boogeyman who suffered an accidental hatchet to the face when his father tried to rescue him from a fire. When brokenhearted college boy Ben (Joel Moore) ditches his friends during a pre-Katrina Mardi Gras in favor of a cheesy Haunted Swamp tour, he finds himself on a boat full of misfits with an inexperienced tour guide (Perry Shen) just in from Detroit. Soon, the boat is sinking, and the passengers who also include an aspiring porn director and his two stars, a middle-aged couple, and a young woman with a vendetta against Crowley--come face-to-face with the monstrous killer. Street Date: 12/18/2007 Genre: Horror/Suspense Rating: Not Rated
Starring: Joel Moore, Tamara Feldman, Deon Richmond, Mercedes McNab
Last Legion
As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
Street Date: 12/18/2007 Genre: Action Rating: PG13
Starring: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley
Simpsons Movie
THE SIMPSONS MOVIE may not qualify for the honor of "Best. Movie. Ever," but even the harshest critics like Comic Book Guy will find little to dislike in this hilarious comedy. Springing from Fox's hit series, the movie expands the adventures of the Springfield residents into a feature-length film. Here Homer's selfish antics (and a hankering for free donuts) are responsible for a horrific ecological disaster that could spell the end for Springfield. So it's up to the paunchy patriarch to save his family and the town from the mess that he has created.
Street Date: 12/18/2007 Genre: Comedy Rating: PG13
Starring: animated
Stardust
Charlie Cox (CASANOVA) stars as Tristan, a somewhat bumbling shopkeeper's assistant in the sleepy English village of Wall, so named for the stone barrier that separates it from the magical realm of Stormhold. Tristan is in love with the beautiful, dismissive Victoria (Sienna Miller), who much prefers her other suitor, Humphrey (Henry Cavill), since he has traveled all the way to Ipswich to buy her an engagement ring. Tristan, in a last-ditch effort to win Victoria's affections, offers to bring her a fallen star they've just seen, and she agrees to marry him if he can deliver. Unbeknownst to Tristan, he is the product of his father's (Nathaniel Parker) sole excursion to Stormhold, where he had a tryst with a mysterious slave girl (Kate Magowan) who said she was a princess. As Tristan retraces his father's steps he discovers that the "star" is actually a beautiful young woman named Yvaine (Claire Danes). A trio of witches, led by a delightfully wicked Michelle Pfeiffer, wants to capture Yvaine to cut out her heart and gain eternal youth, while the three remaining sons of the recently deceased king (Peter O'Toole) compete with one another to find the gem Yvaine wears around her neck. With special effects that never outshine the performances and a sweet story peppered with hints of Gaiman's dark sensibility, STARDUST is a truly enchanting fairy tale.
Street Date: 12/18/2007 Genre: Adv Rating: PG13
Starring: Sienna Miller, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes
Underdog
To save the day, here comes Underdog, a 1970's Saturday morning cartoon transformed to glorious, semi-CGI animated life; it's a talking animal live-action film--a la BABE--with wisecracks aplenty. Voiced by Jason Lee, Underdog is the joke of the K-9 police force after his weakness for ham disrupts a public ceremony. Dejectedly, he lets himself get abducted for an animal experiment by a mad scientist, Dr. Simon Barsinister (Peter Dinklage). He escapes, doused in experimental chemicals, to become a dog with 80 times his normal strength. Jim Belushi embodies the sad-sack security guard at the laboratory who finds Underdog and takes him home as a playmate for his alienated tweener son (Alex Neuberger). The fact that chaos follows will come as no surprise, but what may is the genial tone the film maintains throughout. UNDERDOG blends its CGI animation and live action with finesse, and with performances that are breezy and in-on-the-same-joke. Lots of the humor in Underdog plays off the fact that he needs to curb his baser habits, since he's the type to dig bones deep into the earth, fly through walls, and shatter glass with his bark.
Street Date: 12/18/2007 Genre: Family Rating: PG
Starring: James Belushi, Voice of Jason Lee
American Pie: Beta House
The hi-jinks have reached college level where Dwight Stifler, his cousin Erik and the infamous Beta House fraternity are setting new standards for incredible parties and outrageous antics.
Street Date: 12/26/2007 Genre: College Rating: NR/R
Starring: Eugene Levy, Christopher McDonald
The Brothers Solomon
SNL’s Will Forte co-writes and stars in this raucous comedy alongside ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT’s Will Arnett. Dean and John Solomon are very close. In fact, they are so close that they live together in a baby-blue apartment, even as adults. Having been home-schooled in the Arctic, the brothers have grown to depend on each other completely, and have been robbed of learning many basic social skills. The men are clueless in the department of romance, and when they discover their beloved father (Lee Majors) is on his deathbed, they suddenly feel the pressure to procreate before he’s gone. Determined to make their father proud, they set out to woo a woman into having their baby, hardly grasping the many obstacles that are sure to come their way. Street Date: 12/26/2007 Genre: Comedy Rating:R
Starring: Will Arnett, Will Forte, Chi McBride, Kristen Wiig
Eastern Promises
David Cronenberg and Viggo Mortensen follow up 2005's A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE with another joint effort in EASTERN PROMISES. The film takes place in rainswept London, with Mortensen effortlessly inhabiting the role of a chauffeur (named Nikolai) for the Russian Mafia. The stoic Nikolai works for restaurant owner and powerful Mafia kingpin Semyon (Armin Mueller-Stahl) and his out-of-control son Kirill (Vincent Cassel). Cronenberg adds a few generous splashes of blood-red to his otherwise deeply grey cinematic palette as the movie begins, then allows his central storyline to unfold. Midwife Anna (Naomi Watts) comes crashing into Nikolai's life after discovering the diary of a young Russian woman who dies while giving birth, and her dealings with Semyon, and a subsequent translation of the diary, provide some horrific discoveries. Anna soon finds herself floundering in an alien world full of brutal and bloody violence, and it's not long before her own life hangs perilously in the balance. Street Date: 12/26/2007 Genre: Drama Rating:R
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts, Vincent Cassel, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Intimate Affairs
A group of men and two female stenographers decide to study sex scientifically. Genre: Comedy Rating:R
Starring: Dermot Mulroney, Tate Howard, Neve Campbell, Nick Nolte
The Kingdom
When a terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, an international incident is ignited. While diplomats slowly debate equations of territorialism, FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury (Jamie Foxx) quickly assembles an elite team (Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner, and Jason Bateman) and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing.
Street Date: 12/26/2007 Genre: Action Rating: R
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner
Living & Dying
Edward Furlong (Terminator 2) and Bai Ling (The Crow) star as Sam and Nadia, a pair of bank robbers who become involved in a hostage situation after their heist is botched. Now, with the lives of other hostages in their hands, and with a crooked agent (Michael Madsen (Kill Bill Volumes 1 & 2) ready to unleash his own brand of justice, the thieves must become heroes to protect the innocent from two crazed killers.
Street Date: 12/26/2007 Genre: Action Rating: R
Starring: Edward Furlong
Paradise Texas
When Hollywood actor Mack Cameron (Timothy Bottoms) gets a role in a small independent film being shot in his hometown, his life, marriage, and personal frustrations are suddenly put into perspective. But unless he forces himself to reevaluate where it all went wrong, he might end up destroying not only his own life, but that of the innocent and talented kid who is cast opposite him. PARADISE TEXAS is a story about the choices people make and how relationships can either save them or push them even further over the edge. Street Date: 12/26/2007 Genre: Drama Rating: PG
Starring: Timothy Bottoms, Meredith Baxter, Polly Bergen, Sheryl Lee
Rush Hour 3
In director Brett Ratner's RUSH HOUR 3, American cop James Carter (Chris Tucker) once again reunites with Chinese inspector Lee (Jackie Chan) to both taunt and battle bad guys. Whereas the first movie was on Carter's turf, and the second was set in Lee's homeland, this outing finds both Carter and Lee out of their element in Paris, dealing not only with criminals, but also with the quirks of French culture. Along the way, Lee must confront his old friend Kenji (Hiroyuki Sanada) in order to save the day.
Street Date: 12/26/2007 Genre: Comedy Rating: PG13
Starring: Chris Tucker, Jackie Chan
Shattered
Neil and Abby Warner have the perfect life and a perfect marriage. With their beautiful young daughter, Sophie, they are living the American dream... until today. When Sophie is suddenly kidnapped, they have no choice but to comply with the abductor's demands. The kidnapper - Ryan (PIERCE BROSNAN), a cold and calculating sociopath takes over their lives with the brutal efficiency of someone who has nothing to lose. In the blink of an eye Neil and Abby's safe and secure existence is turned upside down. Over the next twenty four hours they are at the mercy of a man who wants only one thing - that they do his bidding.
Street Date: 12/26/2007 Genre: Thrill Rating: R
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Maria Bello, Gerard Butler
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