DVD & Blu-rays Released February 28, 2006

Tuesday, February 28

Rent PG-13

Based on Jonathan Larson's award-winning Broadway musical, "Rent" chronicles a group of New York village artists struggling with identity and artistic integrity in an HIV-positive world. Roommates Roger and Mark, a songwriter-recovering addict and a guerrilla filmmaker, respectively, must find a way to pay their former roommate-turned-landlord when he decides to reneg on his promise to provide them rent-free living.
Stephen Chbosky, Taye Diggs, Tracie Thoms, Robert De Niro, Anthony Rapp, Jane Rosenthal, Michael Barnathan, Mark Radcliffe
Drama Comedy Romance Musical

The Ice Harvest R

"The Ice Harvest" is a wickedly funny thriller about thick thieves and thin ice. It's Christmas Eve in rainy, icebound Wichita, Kansas, and this year Charlie Arglist (John Cusack) just might have something to celebrate. Charlie, an attorney for the sleazy businesses of Wichita, and his unsavory associate, the steely Vic Cavenaugh (Billy Bob Thornton), have just successfully embezzled $2,147,000 from Kansas City boss Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid). Even so, the real prize for Charlie would be the stunning Renata (Connie Nielsen), who runs the Sweet Cage strip club. Charlie's fondest Christmas wish is to slip out of town with Renata. But, as daylight fades and a storm whirls, everyone from Charlie's drinking buddy Pete Van Heuten (Oliver Platt) to the local police begin to wonder just what exactly is in Charlie's Christmas stocking. For Charlie, the 12 hours of Christmas Eve are filled with nonstop twists and turns, both on the ice and off.
Billy Bob Thornton, Harold Ramis, Connie Nielsen, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa, Robert Benton, Richard Russo, John Cusack
Comedy

Three Extremes R

This is a compilation of three different short films entitled 'Cut,' 'Box' and 'Dumplings' by directors from Japan, Korea and China. Each deals with the theme of human monstrosity.
Chan-wook Park, Haruko Fukushima, Lilian Lee, Byung-hun Lee, Hye-jeong Kang, Jung-ah Yum, Miriam Yeung, Hasegawa Kyoko
Suspense Horror Foreign
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106 mins

Where the Truth Lies NC-17

In "Where the Truth Lies", based on Rupert Holmes' acclaimed novel of the same name, Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth star as Lanny Morris and Vince Collins, the country's hottest entertainment duo. Lanny and Vince are knee deep in all the wealth and power that comes with such fame. That is, until a beautiful girl (Rachel Blanchard) turns up naked and dead in the pair's hotel suite after a night of wild partying. Years later, an intrepid reporter (Alison Lohman) sets out to discover what happened that night, only to be lured into the seductive games of these men.
Kevin Bacon, Rachel Blanchard, Robert Lantos, Atom Egoyan, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, Sonja Bennett
Drama Crime

Tuesday, February 28