DVD & Blu-rays Released January 11, 2005

Tuesday, January 11

Paparazzi R

The paparazzi are the chroniclers of Hollywood glitz and glamour, and key players in the public's insatiable appetite for information and photos about their favorite stars. They are as much part of gala premiers as bright lights and red carpets. Their photos can make or break careers. For rising action star Bo Laramie, a quartet of paparazzi is at first an annoyance, then an ever-disturbing presence. One night they trap Bo and his family into a high speed chase that ends in a terrible accident, sending his wife Abby into intensive care and son Zach into a coma. Veteran Los Angeles detective Burton believes Bo's version of the accident, but when Burton can't make the case against the photographers, Bo seeks vengeance on his own. And the paparazzi start falling one by one.
Mel Gibson, Stephen McEveety, Wendy Braun, Robert Cantini, Paul Abascal, Bruce Davey, Forrest Smith, Cole Hauser
Drama Thriller Suspense
120 mins

The Village PG-13

Set in 1897, the tale of an isolated village confronting an astonishing truth that lies just outside its borders. At first glance, this village seems picture perfect, but this close-knit community lives with the frightening knowledge that creatures reside in surrounding woods. The evil and foreboding force is so unnerving that none dare venture beyond the borders of the village and into the woods. But when curious, headstrong Lucius Hunt plans to step beyond the boundaries of the town and into the unknown, his bold move threatens to forever change the fate of the village.
M. Night Shyamalan, Bryce Dallas Howard, Joaquin Phoenix, Adrien Brody, Judy Greer, Michael Pitt, Sam Mercer, Scott Rudin
Drama Thriller Suspense Romance Supernatural
91 mins

Touch of Pink R

A comic clash of cultures, values and sexuality, Touch of Pink is a romantic comedy featuring Alim (Jimi Mistry), a young South Asian-Canadian, now living in London, who is so caught up in the romance, style and dreams of the old movies that he thinks he's living with the spirit of Cary Grant (Kyle MacLachlan). But Alim's ideal life in London with lover Giles (Kristen Holden-Ried) begins to unravel when his mother Nuru (Suleka Mathew) shows up. She's come to London to find Alim a proper Ismaili-Muslim girlfriend and to convince him to come home to Canada and join the family for his cousin's spectacular wedding. Once in Toronto, Alim's different worlds begin to collide and he has to choose between his fantasy life with Cary and the earthier pleasures of real life.
Martin Pope, Kyle MacLachlan, Jennifer Kawaja, Ian Iqbal Rashid, Suleka Mathew, Julia Sereny, Jimi Mistry, Kristen Holden-Ried
Drama Comedy
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95 mins

Without a Paddle PG-13

Three young guys go into the Oregon wilderness in search of a lost treasure. They take a canoe upriver, and everything that can go wrong does. Hunted by two backwoods dope farmers, they encounter death-defying rapids, tree-hugging hippie chicks and a crazy old mountain man.
Dax Shepard, Seth Green, Steven Brill, Donald De Line, Harris Goldberg, Tom Nursall, Jay Leggett, Mitch Rouse
Comedy

This Girl's Life R

A female porn star tries to find a balance between the demands of her job and the demands of taking care of her ailing father.
Rosario Dawson, James Woods, Kip Pardue, Isaiah Washington, Ioan Gruffudd, Juliette Marquis, Sung Hi, Michael Rapaport
Drama
129 mins

Silver City R

Set against the backdrop of a mythic "New West," "Silver City" follows grammatically-challenged, "user-friendly" candidate Dicky Pilager (Chris Cooper), scapegrace scion of Colorado's venerable Senator Jud Pilager (Michael Murphy), during his gubernatorial campaign. When Pilager finds that he's reeled in a corpse during the taping of an environmental political ad, his ferocious campaign manager, Chuck Raven (Richard Dreyfuss), hires former idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny O'Brien (Danny Huston) to investigate potential links between the corpse and the Pilager family's enemies. Danny's investigation pulls him deeper and deeper into a complex web of influence and corruption, involving high stakes lobbyists, media conglomerates, environmental plunderers, and undocumented migrant workers.
Daryl Hannah, John Sayles, Kris Kristofferson, Cheech Marin, Maggie Renzi, Danny Huston, Chris Cooper, Thora Birch
Drama Suspense Mystery

Tuesday, January 11