DVD & Blu-rays Released March 21, 2006

Tuesday, March 21

81 mins

Chicken Little G

Next summer the sky really IS falling in Walt Disney Pictures' new computer-animated film "Chicken Little". This epic tale presents a new twist to the classic fable of a young chicken who causes widespread panic when he mistakes a falling acorn for a piece of the sky. In this hilarious adventure, Chicken Little is determined to revive his ruined reputation. But just as things are starting to go his way, a real piece of the sky lands on his head! Suspense, chaos, and plenty of laughs ensue as Chicken Little and his band of misfit friends, Abby Mallard (a.k.a. Ugly Duckling), Runt of the Litter and Fish Out of Water, attempt to save the world without sending the town into a whole new panic. This time, when it comes to saving the world, it helps to be a little chicken.
Mark Dindal, Steve Zahn, Zach Braff, Katie Finneran, Sean Hayes, Joan Cusack, Amy Sedaris, Don Knotts
Adventure Family Kids Animation

Blackmail Boy

A dysfunctional family is at the core of the story that unfolds as the matriarch, Magda, attempts to cope with the aftermath of a deadly accident. She dotes on her 20-year old son while her daughter and her husband live upstairs. Seven characters struggle to survive against odds that become more complicated than any of them could have contemplated. Greed, betrayal, homosexual politics, manipulation, blackmail, and a ferocious race to take ownership of a family owned plot of land, all combine to make this a modern day Greek tragedy, However, as in most tragedies of this nature, farce is never far behind.
Thansassis Papathanasiou, Nena Mendi, Michalis Reppas, Roula Nikolaou, Maria Kavoyianni, Akyllas Karazisis, Yannis Tsimitselis, Alexis Georgoulis
Comedy Foreign
98 mins

Dreamer: Inspired by a True Story PG

Ben Crane (Kurt Russell) was once a great horseman, whose gifts as a trainer were now being wasted on making other men's fortunes. Sonya was a great horse whose promising future on the racetrack was suddenly cut short by a career-ending broken leg. Considered as good as dead to her owner, who also happens to be Ben's boss, Sonya is given to Ben as severance pay, along with his walking papers. Now, it will take the unwavering faith and determination of Ben's young daughter, Cale (Dakota Fanning), to bring these two damaged souls together in a quest for a seemingly impossible goal: to win the Breeders' Cup Classic.
Dakota Fanning, Bill Johnson, Kurt Russell, Freddy Rodriguez, Caitlin Scanlon, Kris Kristofferson, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins
Drama Sports
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93 mins

A League of Ordinary Gentlemen

Tracing the historical arc of the professional bowling tour, the film includes archival footage from the sport's glory days in the 1950s and '60s, through its near extinction in 1997. The story takes a twist when newly installed CEO Steve Miller sets about modernizing the PBA. In addition to Miller, the chronicle focuses on four pro bowlers: Pete Weber, bowling bad-boy and son of legendary bowler Dick Weber whose conservative style doesn't jibe with the direction Miller is taking the new PBA. Pete's nemesis is Walter Ray Williams Jr., a straight-laced six-time world horseshoe-pitching champion and, with 36 PBA titles to his name, the dominant player on the tour. Also, there's Chris Barnes, a young father of newborn twins, who must leave his wife and sons at home and hit the road to compete for the winnings that his young family is depending upon. Finally there's Wayne Webb, a 20-time PBA champion who has fallen on hard times and hopes to squeeze one more good season out of his career to stave off bankruptcy.
Christopher Browne, Wilhelmus Bryan, Steve Miller, Walter Ray Williams, Chris Barnes, Peter Weber, Wayne Webb
Documentary

Paradise Now PG-13

"Paradise Now" is the story of what may be the last 48 hours in the lives of two Palestinian men—friends since childhood - who have been recruited as suicide bombers. When they are intercepted at the Israeli border and separated from their handlers, a young woman who discovers their plan causes them to reconsider their actions. But with pressure mounting, time running out, and passions running high...there's no way to know which way they will go.
Hany Abu-Assad, Bero Beyer, Kais Nashef, Ali Suliman, Lubna Azabal, Amer Hlehel
Drama

In the Mix PG-13

When New York's hottest nightclub deejay Darrell (Usher) saves a mob boss's life (Chazz Palminteri), he is rewarded for his bravery with the responsibilty of watching over the don's beautiful daughter Dolly (Emmanuelle Chriqui). The sparks soon begin to fly between this attractive couple from very different worlds, against her formidable father's wishes. Meanwhile, the don has other things on his mind—quashing a potential war with an arch-rival and controlling a young, ruthless challenger to his throne. In the end, all's fair in love and gangster warfare in this hip, romantic comedy, "In the Mix".
Kevin Hart, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Robert Davi, Matt Gerald, John Sacchi, Holly Davis-Carter, Ron Underwood, John Dellaverson
Drama Romance

Derailed R

Charles Schine is a New York businessman who meets a sexy woman on a train and ends up in a seedy hotel room with her. While there, he's beaten and she is raped by a man who also robs them. The robber then begins to blackmail Schine so that his wife and family don't find out about his infidelity with the woman. This drives Schine from his humdrum life into a world of fraud, betrayal, and murder.
Clive Owen, Vincent Cassel, Jennifer Aniston, RZA, Stuart Beattie, Melissa George, David Oyelowo, Brandon DeShazer
Drama Thriller

House of the Dead 2: Dead Aim

Picking up where the last movie ended, government operatives are sent to investigate the island and the mysterious house.
Mark A. Altman, Dave Parker, Michael Roesch, Peter Scheerer, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Ed Quinn, Sticky Fingaz, Victoria Pratt
Action Adventure Sequel Thriller Horror
105 mins

Everything is Illuminated PG-13

In this adaptation of the novel "Everything Is Illuminated", a young Jewish man (Elijah Wood) travels from the United States to the Ukraine to find the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis.
Liev Schreiber, Elijah Wood, Marc Turtletaub, Jason Schwartzman, Peter Saraf, Eugene Hutz, Boris Leskin
Drama Comedy

Bukowski: Born into This

This documentary traces the life of poet and author Charles Bukowski, a writer whose works were often full of despair, debauchery, and dirty language. It focuses more on Bukowski the real man than on the myth he created and cultivated. Acknowledged as an unsentimental and often brutal writer who lived his life as if it were a novel, Bukowski is revealed here to be both human and humane — an artist greater than the sum of his experiences.
Bono, Harry Dean Stanton, John Dullaghan, Charles Bukowski, Sean Penn
Historical Biography Documentary

Fun With Dick and Jane PG-13

In Columbia Pictures' larcenous romantic comedy "Fun with Dick and Jane", Dick (Jim Carrey) and Jane (Téa Leoni) are in love and living the American dream—until one day it becomes an American nightmare. When the company Dick works for becomes involved in an Enron-like scandal and he is confronted with the prospect of losing everything, Dick and Jane are forced to bag, borrow and steal to get it all back.
Judd Apatow, Jim Carrey, Angie Harmon, Stacey Travis, Dean Parisot, Brian Grazer, Nicholas Stoller, Tea Leoni
Comedy Crime Remake

The Dying Gaul

A grief-stricken screenwriter unknowingly enters a three-way relationship with a woman and her film executive husband - to chilling results.
David Newman, Kimberly Reiss, Campbell Scott, George VanBuskirk, Lisa Zimble, Craig Lucas, Robin Bartlett, Patricia Clarkson
Drama Romance

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