DVD & Blu-rays Released January 27, 2004

Tuesday, January 27

Grind

Four skaters follow the summer tour of a skateboard star (Colin McKay) from Chicago to Oceanside, CA, pulling tricks and tearing it up, in their wild attempts to get noticed and grab a major sponsor and a chance to become stars themselves.
Robert Baker, Lindsay Felton, Casey LaScala, Adam Brody, Shonda Farr, Joey Kern, Colin McKay, Jennifer Morrison
Action Comedy Sports

Radio PG

This is the decades-long story of the relationship between a prominent high school football coach (Ed Harris) in a small South Carolina town and the illiterate, mentally-challenged man nicknamed Radio (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) whom he mentors, who before that had always been the target of jokes and teasing by the community. Although their friendship raises some eyebrows at first, Radio's growth under the coach's guidance ultimately inspires the local townsfolk, from 1964 when he first starts helping the Hanna Yellow Jackets football team, through a 38+ career with the school that continues today.
Ed Harris, Riley Smith, Michael Tollin, Brian Robbins, Mike Rich, Cuba Gooding Jr., S. Epatha Merkerson, Debra Winger
Drama

Scorched PG-13

Three individual employees (Paulo Costanzo, Woody Harrelson, Alicia Silverstone) of a bank in a small desert town (managed by Joshua Leonard) all make plans to rob it on the same weekend... except, none of them knows about the others. Meanwhile, a clothing store employee (Rachael Leigh Cook) has plans for revenge against a local millionaire (John Cleese).
Woody Harrelson, John Cleese, Ivan Sergei, Rachael Leigh Cook, Paulo Costanzo, Alicia Silverstone, Gavin Grazer, David Krumholtz
Comedy Crime
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The Secret Lives of Dentists R

Based on "The Age of Grief" by Jane Smiley, it centers on a dentist that has a dream that blurs the lines between fantasy and reality. Dr. Dave Hurst (Campbell Scott) shares two homes, three children and a private practice with his dentist wife Dana (Hope Davis). One evening, backstage at Dana's drama club production, Dave believes he witnesses his wife in an intimate exchange with another man. Emotionally repressed by nature, Dave's jealousy flares up in the form of a raucous alter-ego personified by an unsatisfied patient named Slater (Denis Leary). Slater goads the quiet dentist toward violent action, but the unraveling of the emotional bonds in the marriage is more than a simple threat of aggression can solve.
Campbell Scott, Denis Leary, Hope Davis, Adele D'Man, Alan Rudolph, Robin Tunney
Drama

Le Divorce PG-13

In this modern-day comedy of manners, American sisters Isabel (Kate Hudson) and Roxy (Naomi Watts) come face to face with the complicated social mores of French society. Pregnant and jilted by her scoundrel husband, Roxy is headed for "Le Divorce", while Isabel leaps into l'amour with a married French diplomat who happens to be the uncle of Roxy's soon-to-be-ex. Culture clash and scandal ensue as the sisters learn what it really takes to be an American in Paris.
Naomi Watts, Melvil Poupaud, Matthew Modine, James Ivory, Jean-Marc Barr, Romain Duris, Ismail Merchant, Michael Schiffer
Drama Comedy Romance

House of the Dead R

A band of college students go to a rave on a mysterious island and get more than they bargained for when they find themselves stalked by killer zombies and terrifying creatures intent on feasting on the flesh of the living. With only a few weapons and time running out, they take shelter in an ancient house, inside which they will uncover the secrets of the "House of the Dead".
Jonathan Cherry, Clint Howard, Uwe Boll, Ona Grauer, Jürgen Prochnow, Tyron Leitso, Enuka Okuma, Ellie Cornell
Action Adventure Thriller Horror

Civil Brand R

Women prisoners strike up a friendship with a young law student who works as a part-time prison guard. Together they discover that a corporation funds and is profitting from the plantation-like work environment they are forced to work under. In a botched attempt to organize a protest against their "slave labor", the women take over the prison - A rare glimpse of the effects of the prison industrial complex on female inmates.
Clifton Powell, Neema Barnette, Lisa Raye, Monica Calhoun, Da Brat, Mos Def, MC Lyte, Lark Voorhies
Drama Crime

Billabong Odyssey PG

The most ambitious surfing movie ever undertaken — the "Billabong Odyssey", is based on a three-year global expedition to seek out and ride the biggest waves in the world. Shot primarily in 24-frames-per-second, progressive-scan 1080 HD format as well as 35mm, the film combines the talents of the world's best big-wave surfers, jet-powered watercraft tow vehicles, and cutting-edge weather-tracking technology to create an unprecedented cinematic experience. The Billabong Odyssey calls for three expeditions each year. Two, which will take place between October and March, will unfold in the Northern Hemisphere, including the entire West Coast of North America, the Hawaiian chain, Canada, and Mexico, as well as France and Spain. A third will occur in the Southern Hemisphere during its winter months of June through August. Although specific destinations remain secret, the maiden expedition took to the seas last October, focusing on key locations in the Pacific Northwest between San Francisco and Canada's Vancouver Island. Preparations are under way for future excursions to coastlines rich with high-surf potential, including Chile, South Africa, Ireland, New Zealand and the South Pacific isles.
Brad Gerlach, Philip Boston, Shawn Barney Barron, Layne Beachley, Ken Bradshaw, Ken Collins, Brian Keaulana, Brock Little
Sports Documentary

Comic Book: The Movie

Filmed on location at the world's largest comic book convention, San Diego Comic Con, and features numerous cameos from such notable pop-culture figures as "Spider-Man" creator Stan Lee, "Playboy" founder Hugh Hefner, director Kevin Smith and 'The Simpsons' creator Matt Groening, among others.
Stan Lee, Mark Hamill, Kevin Smith, Hugh Hefner, Matt Groening
Comedy

Thirteen R

At the edge of adolescence, Tracy (Evan Rachel Wood) is a promising student and the loving apple of her mother's eye. But that was before she fell under the spell of Evie (Nikki Reed), the most popular and beautiful girl in school. Tracy aches to become Evie's friend but fails the secret code of acceptance. Wrong socks, wrong look. As Tracy transforms to reach for a new life, her world becomes a boiling, emotional cauldron fueled by new tensions between her and her mother, teachers, and old friends. Each decision is radical, each choice is major, each crisis is huge, and it all makes Tracy squeal with horror and excitement. But that's what it's like to be 13!
Evan Rachel Wood, Holly Hunter, Catherine Hardwicke, Brady Corbet, Kip Pardue, Nikki Reed, Jeremy Sisto, Deborah Kara Unger
Drama

Tuesday, January 27