DVD & Blu-rays Released March 29, 2005

Tuesday, March 29

87 mins

National Lampoon's Gold Diggers PG-13

Losers Calvin and Leonard try to rob a couple of 70-year-old women, but the plan fails, and they're soon thrown behind bars. After being mysteriously bailed out, Cal and Leo are summoned to a house, where the women they tried to rob have devious, sexual plans for them.
Don Ashley, Amy Greenspun, Brian Greenspun, J.B. Moresco, Kami Norton, Gary Preisler, Michael Canale, Will Friedle
Comedy Crime Teen
100 mins

After the Sunset PG-13

Max "The King of Alibis" Burdett and his beautiful accomplice Lola have come to Paradise Island in the Bahamas, fresh off their final big score in which they lifted the second of the three famous Napoleon diamonds. With their financial future set, the couple is ready to relax and enjoy their hard-earned riches. But Stan, the FBI agent who has spent years in dogged but failed pursuit of Max, refuses to believe that his nemesis is actually calling it quits. He thinks that Max and Lola are actually plotting to steal the third Napoleon diamond--one of the three largest non-flawed diamonds in the world--which is coincidentally scheduled to arrive on Paradise Island as part of a touring cruise ship exhibition. Since he has no jurisdiction in the Caribbean country, Stan teams with a local cop and sets out to catch the sly Max and Lola in the act, while at the same time a local gangster has his own plans for the diamond. When the longtime adversaries meet up in paradise, Max quickly turns the tables and befriends the frustrated detective, showing him that Paradise Island has no shortage of pleasures to offer. But in order for Stan to figure out exactly what Max and Lola are up to, he will have to navigate all the twists and double-crosses of an action-packed story of friendship, suspicion and thievery.
Beau Flynn, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Pierce Brosnan, Brett Ratner, Jay Stern, Paul Zbyszewski, Craig Rosenberg
Action Adventure Thriller Crime

Vera Drake R

Vera Drake is a portrait of a selfless woman who is totally dedicated to her loving working class family. Her days are filled with time spent doting on them even as she also is devoted to caring for her sick neighbor and elderly mother. Vera has a secret side, though. Unbeknownst to family and friends, she visits women and helps them to induce miscarriages for their unwanted pregnancies, a practice that is illegal in 1950s England. While Vera believes she is simply helping women in need of assistance, the dichotomy of her idyllic home life and her illegal activities make for a fascinating study. When her crime is discovered by authorities, Vera's world quickly falls apart, deeply affecting both her and her family.
Mike Leigh, Simon Channing-Williams, Imelda Staunton, Jim Broadbent, Phil Davis, Peter Wright
Drama
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100 mins

Closer R

"Closer" explores the ever-changing state of modern relationships through a quartet of lovers tangled in a web of love, lust sex and betrayal. Based on Patrick Marber's hit play about sexual politics, which was nominated for a Tony Award for "Best Play" in 1999.
Mike Nichols, Scott Rudin, Natalie Portman, John Calley, Cary Brokaw, Robert Fox, Patrick Marber, Julia Roberts
Drama Romance
114 mins

A Tale of Two Sisters R

Inspired by a Korean legend, this is the odyssey of two sisters, who after spending time in a mental institution, return to the home of their father and cruel stepmother. Their recovery is affected by their stepmother's increasing cruelty, together with appearances of the ghost of their mother, which creates an atmosphere of strange occurrences and irrespirable fear.
Oh Jeong-wan, Lim Ji-Eun, Oh Gi-min, Kim Jee-woon, Yeom Jeong-ah, Im Soo-jung, Moon Geun-young, Kim Kab-su
Drama Thriller Suspense Horror

Tuesday, March 29