DVD & Blu-rays Released January 30, 2007

Tuesday, January 30

Farce of the Penguins R

The studio described as a "comedic adventure" combining "wildlife photography with an irreverent and decidedly R-rated theme and soundtrack".
Dane Cook, Samuel L. Jackson, Jason Biggs, James Belushi, Harvey Fierstein, Gilbert Gottfried, Carlos Mencia, Alyson Hannigan
Comedy Documentary

Beerfest R

When American brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse (Eric Stolhanske and Paul Soter) travel to Germany to spread their grandfather's ashes at Oktoberfest, they stumble upon a super-secret, centuries old, underground beer games competition—Beerfest—the secret Olympics of beer drinking. The brothers receive a less than warm welcome from their German cousins, the Von Wolfhausens, who humiliate Todd and Jan, slander their relatives, and finally cast them out of the event. Vowing to return in a year to defend their country and their family's honor, the Wolfhouse boys assemble a ragtag dream team of beer drinkers and gamers: Barry Badrinath (Jay Chandrasekhar), the consummate skills player with a dark past; Phil Krundle (Kevin Hefferman) AKA "Landfill," the one-man chugging machine; and Steve "Fink" Finklestein (Steve Lemme), the lab tech with a Masters degree in All Things Beer. This Magnificent Five train relentlessly, using their hearts, minds and livers to drink faster, smarter and harder than they ever have before. But first they must battle their own demons... as well as a bunch of big, blond, German jerks who want to destroy the team before they can even make it back to Munich. Revenge, like beer, is best served cold.
Richard Perello, Bill Gerber, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Paul Soter, Erik Stolhanske, Mo'Nique, Cloris Leachman
Comedy

The Women PG-13

"The Women" tells the story of Mary Haines (Meg Ryan), a clothing designer who seems to have it all – a beautiful country home, a rich financier husband, an adorable 11-year-old daughter and a part-time career creating designs for her father's venerable clothing company. Her best friend, Sylvie Fowler (Annette Bening), leads another enviable life – a happily single editor of a prominent fashion magazine, a possessor of a huge closet of designer clothes and a revered arbiter of taste and style poised on New York's cutting edge. But when Mary's husband enters into an affair with Crystal Allen (Eva Mendes), a sultry 'spritzer girl' lurking behind the Saks Fifth Avenue perfume counter, all hell breaks loose. Mary and Sylvie's relationship is tested to the breaking point while their tight-knit circle of friends, including mega-mommy Edie Cohen (Debra Messing) and author Alex Fisher (Jada Pinkett-Smith), all start to question their own friendships and romantic relationships as well.
Annette Bening, Diane English, Debi Mazar, Mick Jagger, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Victoria Pearman, Christopher Eberts, Meg Ryan
Comedy Remake
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The Marine PG-13

The action-adventure picture tells the story of a Marine (John Sena) who races against the clock to free his wife (Kelly Carlson), being held hostage by a murderous diamond thief.
John Cena, Vince McMahon, Robert Patrick, John Bonito, Joel Simon, Michell Gallagher, Alan McElroy, Kelly Carlson
Drama Action Adventure

Unknown

The project follows five men who wake up with no memory in a locked warehouse. Together they are forced to figure out who's good and who's evil in order to stay alive.
Joe Pantoliano, Greg Kinnear, Matthew Waynee, Jim Caviezel, Barry Pepper, Bridget Moynahan, Jeremy Sisto
Drama Thriller

Flyboys PG-13

Set during World War I, the film focuses on a group of Americans who enlisted in the French military and became pilots before the United States joined the war. They were known as the Lafayette Escadrille.
James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jennifer Decker, Philip Winchester, Tony Bill, Dean Devlin, Marc Frydman, Kearie Peak
Drama Action Adventure War

Open Season

A deer buddies up with a domesticated grizzly bear when the two animals are alone in the woods during hunting season. Meanwhile, Beth, a forest ranger who raised the bear, embarks on a desperate search to find her friend.
Martin Lawrence, Gary Sinise, Ashton Kutcher, Jane Krakowski, Roger Allers, Jull Culton, Anthony Stacchi, Steve Moore
Adventure Family Kids Animation

Rx

"RX Sin Receta" centers on a financially desperate young man (Eric Balfour) who decides to cross the border into Mexico with his girlfriend (Lauren German) and best friend (Colin Hanks) in order to smuggle pharmaceuticals back across the border.
Ariel Vromen, Eric Balfour, Lauren German, Colin Hanks, Alan Tudyk, Ori Pfeffer, Danny Pino
Drama Crime

Catch a Fire PG-13

In South Africa, Patrick Chamusso is a charming and loving husband to his wife Precious, and a caring father to his two young daughters. He works as a foreman at the centrally located Secunda oil refinery, which is a symbol of South Africa's self-sufficiency at a time when the world was protesting the country's oppressive apartheid system. In his spare time, Patrick coaches a local boys' soccer team. Carefully toeing the hard line imposed on blacks by apartheid, Patrick is completely apolitical. Nic Vos is a Colonel in the country's Police Security Branch. The shrewd and charismatic Vos strives to maintain order in volatile situations, which have become more and more frequent as the outlawed activist organization African National Congress (ANC) rallies blacks against apartheid. Vos is also concerned for the safety of his wife and two daughters. He and his family live a world away from the Chamusso family--until the innocent Patrick comes under suspicion and is arrested (in June 1980) for sabotage of the Secunda oil refinery. His alibi is compromised, and Patrick is desperate to shield Precious from a past indiscretion and keep his job. But he is ill-prepared to withstand brutal interrogations by Vos' men. As Vos further insinuates himself into the lives of the Chamussos, to Patrick's shock and shame, Precious herself is jailed and tortured. Although he and Precious are soon released from custody, Patrick is stunned into action and completely reorients his sense of self and purpose. He leaves his family to join up with the ANC. Becoming a rebel fighter and political operative, Patrick is radicalized on behalf of his people and his country. He ultimately envisions a formidable and dangerous follow-up strike against the Secunda refinery, risking his own life and future. Change must and will come, for Patrick and his family, and for South Africa itself.
Liza Chasin, Derek Luke, Phillip Noyce, Sydney Pollack, Debra Hayward, Shawn Slovo, Tim Robbins, Bonnie Henna
Drama Historical

Tuesday, January 30