DVD & Blu-rays Released December 28, 2004

Tuesday, December 28

The Intended

Centers on a woman who travels with her lover to the jungle and discovers trouble in the form of murder and greed.
Philip Jackson, Olympia Dukakis, David Bradley, Brenda Fricker, Kristian Levring, Janet McTeer, JJ Feild, Tony Maudsley
Drama Romance
115 mins

Wicker Park PG-13

Intricately stepping back and forth in time and revealing the story from each character's perspective, "Wicker Park" is an intense psychological drama about a man (Josh Hartnett) caught in an obsessive search for a woman he fell deeply in love with - a woman who then vanished without a trace. Two years after her disappearance, he catches a fleeting glimpse of her in a local bar and begins a twisting search to find her and discover what really happened.
Rose Byrne, Paul McGuigan, Josh Hartnett, Matthew Lillard, Diane Kruger, Andre Lamal, Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg
Drama Thriller Suspense Romance

Resident Evil: Apocalypse R

After escaping a secret corporate facility overrun by the undead, Alice finds herself roaming the streets in the heart of the ravaged and deserted Racoon City. She has been subjected to biogenetic experimentation by the vast Umbrella Corporation and becomes genetically altered, with super-human strengths, senses and dexterity. These skills, and many more, will be needed if anyone is to stay alive.
Milla Jovovich, Thomas Kretschmann, Jeremy Bolt, Paul Anderson, Paul W S Anderson, Oded Fehr, Samuel Hadida, Bernd Eichinger
Action Adventure Sequel Fantasy Sci-Fi Based on Game
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109 mins

Garden State R

When Andrew Largeman (Zach Braff) returns to his hometown in New Jersey for the first time in 10 years to attend his mother's funeral, he is reconnected with the world he left behind, and meets a girl, Samantha (Natalie Portman), who may change his life forever. Having recently stopped taking the powerful antidepressants he had been prescribed for years, Largeman's journey of self-discovery prompted by his return causes him to have a more healthy rediscovery of himself, which includes confronting his psychologist father (Ian Holm) and helping Samantha through her own psychological issues.
Jordan Horowitz, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Shamberg, Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, Gary Gilbert, Dan Halsted
Drama Comedy Romance
91 mins

Anchorman PG-13

Will Ferrell stars as Ron Burgandy, the top-rated anchorman in San Diego in the '70s. When feminism marches into the newsroom in the form of ambitious newswoman Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), Ron is willing to play along at first-as long as Veronica stays in her place, covering cat fashion shows, cooking, and other "female" interests. But when Veronica refuses to settle for being eye candy and steps behind the news desk, it's more than a battle between two perfectly coiffed anchor-persons...it's war.
Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, Christina Applegate, Maya Rudolph, Adam McKay, Vince Vaughn, Paul Rudd, David Koechner
Comedy
100 mins

Wimbledon PG-13

Peter Colt (Paul Bettany) is an unlucky guy, scoring "love" both professionally and personally. Seeded near the bottom of the world tennis ranks, he manages to score a wild card, allowing him to play in the prestigious Wimbledon tournament. There, he meets and falls in love with American tennis star Lizzie Bradbury (Kirsten Dunst). Fueled by a mixture of his newfound luck, love and on-court prowess, Peter works his way up the ranks of the tournament players and actually stands a chance of fulfilling his lifelong dream of winning the men's singles title—if his luck can just hold out.
Kirsten Dunst, James McAvoy, Jon Favreau, Sam Neill, Richard Loncraine, Liza Chasin, Paul Bettany, Eric Fellner
Comedy Romance Sports
90 mins

Code 46 R

A love story set in an eerily possible near-future, where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. People cannot travel unless they have papelles, a special travel insurance. Outside of the cities, the desert has taken over and shanty towns are jammed with non-citizens—people without papelles whose lives are severely restricted. William is a family man who works as an insurance investigator. When his company sends him to another city to solve a case of fake papelles, he meets a woman named Maria. Although he knows she's been creating the forgeries, he falls completely in love with her. He hides her crime and they have a wild, passionate affair that can only last as long as his papelles: twenty-four hours. Back home, William is obsessed by the memory of Maria. He tries to see her, but is refused the necessary papers to travel. Desperate, he uses one of the fake papelles he kept from his investigation. He eventually tracks her down, only to discover she has been accused of Code 46 violation.
Michael Winterbottom, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Om Puri, Togo Igawa, Andrew Eaton, Jeanne Balibar
Drama Fantasy Romance Sci-Fi
99 mins

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence PG-13

After nine years, acclaimed writer/director Mamoru Oshii follows up his cult hit "Ghost in the Shell"—one of the biggest animé successes of all time—with the long-awaited sequel "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence". It is the year 2032 and the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction. Humans have forgotten that they are human and those that are left coexist with cyborgs (human spirits inhabiting entirely mechanized bodies) and dolls (robots with no human elements at all). Batou is a cyborg. His body is artificial: the only remnants left of his humanity are traces of his brain…and the memories of a woman called The Major. A detective for the government's covert anti-terrorist unit, Public Security Section 9, Batou is investigating the case of a gynoid—a hyper-realistic female robot created specifically for sexual companionship—who malfunctions and slaughters her owner. As Batou delves deeper into the investigation, questions arise about humanity's need to immortalize its image in dolls. The answers to those questions lead to the shocking truth behind the crime...and quite possibly the very meaning of life.
Akio Ôtsuka, Yutaka Nakano, Mitsuhisa Ichikawa, Mamoru Oshii, Atsuko Tanaka, Kôichi Yamadera, Tamio Ôki, Naoto Takenaka
Drama Action Adventure Animation Foreign

Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself R

This is the story of two brothers in Glasgow, Harbour (Adrian Rawlins) and Wilbur (Jamie Sives), who inherit a used bookstore. The brothers discover that a chance encounter with a cleaning lady at the local hospital, Alice (Shirley Henderson), who's the single mother of a little girl, Mary (Lisa McKinlay), prompts them to reconsider the choices they've made in life, which might change all four of their lives.
Shirley Henderson, Sisse Graum Olsen, Anders Thomas Jensen, Lone Scherfig, Jamie Sives, Adrian Rawlins, Mads Mikkelsen, Robert McIntosh
Comedy Romance Foreign
100 mins

Benji Off the Leash! PG

Set in Gulfport, Mississippi (where the new Benji was found), this movie follows the adventures of a loveable mutt named Benji, who enters into an unwanted partnership with a shaggy dog (named "Shaggy"), as the pair struggles to save Benji's mother from a greedy backyard breeder.
Lincoln Hoppe, Margaret Loesch, Joe Camp, Benji, Nick Whitaker, Chris Kendrick, Christy Summerhays, Neil Barth
Drama Action Adventure Sequel Family Kids
79 mins

Open Water R

Based on a true story, a thriller about an American couple, Daniel and Susan, who are on an island holiday. Upon arrival at their hotel, it becomes clear that Daniel and Susan's relationship is under strain from their workaholic lifestyles, and they need a vacation even more than they realized. The next morning, the loving and rested couple, certified scuba divers, board a local dive boat for an underwater tour of the reef. The boat is crowded with other vacationers, and due to a series of innocent miscommunications and a distracted crew, the couple is, after only 40 minutes or so underwater, accidentally left behind. What follows is the story of their ordeal: cold, alone and miles from land, the couple is adrift in shark-infested waters. What follows is a reminder to us about how much 'fun' it is to be frightened by our most primal fears—namely what we think may linger just below the surface.
Laura Lau, Chris Kentis, Blanchard Ryan, Daniel Travis, Saul Stein, Estelle Lau, Michael Williamson
Drama Horror

Tuesday, December 28