DVD & Blu-rays Released September 30, 2003

Tuesday, September 30

Bend It Like Beckham PG

A kaleidoscope of color and culture clash humorously as an Indian family in London tries to raise their soccer-playing daughter in a traditional way. Unlike tarty elder sister Pinky, who is preparing for an Indian wedding and a lifetime of cooking the perfect chapatti, Jess' dream is to play soccer professionally like her hero David Beckham. Wholeheartedly against Jess' unorthodox ambition, her parents eventually reveal that their reservations have more to do with protecting her than with holding her back. When Jess is forced to make a choice between tradition and her beloved sport, her family must decide whether to let her chase her dream...and a soccer ball.
Gurinder Chadha, Keira Knightley, Anupam Kher, Juliet Stevenson, Deepak Nayar, Guljit Bindra, Paul Mayeda Berges, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Comedy Sports Teen

Nowhere in Africa R

A love story spanning two continents, "Nowhere in Africa" is the extraordinary true tale of a Jewish family who flees the Nazi regime in 1938 for a remote farm in Kenya. Abandoning their once-comfortable existence in Germany, Walter Redlich, his wife Jettel (Juliane Kohler) and their five-year-old daughter Regina each deal with the harsh realities of their new life in different ways. Attorney Walter is resigned to working the farm as a caretaker; pampered Jettel resists adjustment at every turn; while the shy yet curious Regina immediately embraces the country-learning the local language and customs, and finding a friend in Owuor, the farm's cook. As the war rages on the other side of the world, the trio's relationships to their strange environment become increasingly complicated as Jettel grows more self-assured and Walter more haunted by the life they left behind. As they eventually learn to cherish their life in Africa, they also endeavor to find a way back to each other.
Caroline Link, Gabrielle Odinis, Juliane Köhler, Regine Zimmermann, Merab Ninidze, Matthias Habich, Karoline Eckertz, Herbert Knaup
Drama Foreign

Boat Trip R

The story follows Jerry (Cuba Gooding, Jr.), a jilted guy left by his fiancee (Vivica A. Fox), deciding a vacation is in order after his best friend Nick (Horatio Sanz) sells him on the idea of a singles cruise packed with available gorgeous women. However, once out to sea, Jerry and Nick quickly realize they've mistakenly ended up on a cruise of a different kind.
Vivica A. Fox, Jennifer Gareis, Will Ferrell, Mort Nathan, Cuba Gooding Jr., Horatio Sanz, Roselyn Sanchez, Roger Moore
Comedy
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A Decade Under the Influence R

The 1970s was an extraordinary time of rebellion, of questioning every accepted idea: political activism, hedonism, protests, the sexual revolution, the women's movement, the civil rights movement, the music revolution, rage and liberation. Every standard by which we set our social and cultural clocks was either turned inside out or thrown away completely and reinvented. For American cinema, the 1970s was an era during which a new generation of filmmakers created work for a new kind of audience--moviegoers who were hungry for stories that reflected their own experiences and who were turning their backs on aged old studio formulas. As a result, emerging filmmakers influenced by foreign directors such as Godard, Kurasowa and Fellini coupled with the social climate and a struggling studio system, converged to create a new kind of moviemaking. Through their choice of material, filmmakers such as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Peter Bogdonovich, William Friedkin, Roger Corman and Paul Schrader revolutionized mainstream movies and for the first time personal visions were coming out of the studio system.
Steven Soderbergh, Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Nicholson, Paul Thomas Anderson, William Friedkin, Ted Demme, Richard LaGravenese
Documentary Foreign

Better Luck Tomorrow R

Ben is an overachieving high-school student in Orange County, Calif. He's at the top of his class and set to matriculate at an Ivy League school. But Ben has a darker side. While he maintains academic success, to alleviate the pressure put upon him by his parents, he indulges in acts of crime. His life slowly begins to spin out of control and he eventually joins a gang.
Justin Lin, John Cho, Karin Anna Cheung, Aaron Takahashi, Parry Shen, Jason J. Tobin, Sung Kang, Roger Fan
Drama Crime Teen

Dreamcatcher R

"Dreamcatcher", the film based on Stephen King's best-selling novel, tells of four young friends who perform a heroic act — and are changed forever by the uncanny powers they gain in return. Years later the friends, now men, are on a hunting trip in the Maine woods when they are overtaken by a blizzard, a vicious storm in which something much more ominous moves… Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante, then overcome a threat to the bond between them. In the end, the friends confront an unparalleled horror, with the fate of the world in the balance.
Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Tom Sizemore, Lawrence Kasdan, Jason Lee, Damian Lewis, Timothy Olyphant, Donnie Wahlberg
Thriller
107 mins

2 Fast 2 Furious PG-13

Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker), stripped of his badge after the events of the first film, gets a chance to redeem himself by going undercover to infiltrate the world of Miami street racing.
Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Cole Hauser, Michael Ealy, John Singleton, Neal H. Moritz, Derek Haas, Eva Mendes
Action Adventure Sequel Crime Gangster

Tuesday, September 30