DVD & Blu-rays Released March 7, 2006

Tuesday, March 7

Prime PG-13

"Prime" is a sophisticated, character comedy set in New York City about Rafi (Uma Thurman), a recently divorced 37-year-old career woman from Manhattan, and what happens when Dave (Bryan Greenberg), a talented 23-year-old painter from Brooklyn, falls in love with her.

"Prime" looks at love from everyone's point of view—friends, relatives and in this case, Rafi's therapist (Meryl Streep)—and follows all who come apart, and some who pull it together, when two people fall in love.
Jennifer Todd, Meryl Streep, Suzanne Todd, Ben Younger, Uma Thurman, Bryan Greenberg, Annie Parisse, Gordon
Comedy Romance

This Thing of Ours R

"This Thing of Ours" tells a true to life crime story of a 21st century breed of gangsters who steal hundreds of millions from the world's banks. Though a highly sophisticated computer internet and satellite system the gang manages to pull off the biggest heist in the vast and violent history of the American mafia.
James Caan, Frank Vincent, Danny Provenzano, Vincent Pastore, Edward Lynch
Crime
123 mins

Jarhead R

"Jarhead" (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows "Swoff" (Gyllenhaal), a third-generation enlistee, from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, sporting a sniper's rifle and a hundred-pound ruck on his back through Middle East deserts with no cover from intolerable heat or from Iraqi soldiers, always potentially just over the next horizon. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully fathom.

Foxx portrays Sergeant Sykes, a Marine lifer who heads up Swofford's scout/sniper platoon, while Sarsgaard is Swoff's friend and mentor, Troy, a die-hard member of STA—their elite Marine Unit.
Peter Sarsgaard, Laz Alonso, Jake Gyllenhaal, Lucas Black, Chris Cooper, Doug Wick, William Broyles, Anthony Swofford
Drama Action Adventure War
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Just Friends PG-13

A womanizing music exec (Ryan Reynolds), who became a player after the girl he longed for in high school told him she just wanted to be friends, reconnects with the woman as an adult and is determined to win her over.
Amy Smart, Ryan Reynolds, Adam Davis, Roger Kumble, Chris Bender, J.C. Spink, Michael Ohoven, William Vince
Comedy

Kids in America

"Kids in America" is a reality-based dramedy about the experiences of young people in modern-day America. Set in the fictional Booker High School a diverse group of students are tired of seeing their freedoms taken away. They band together and change their world by empowering themselves and their community to protect freedoms of expression and speech.

Holden Donovan (Gregory Smith) is fed up with Principal Weller (Julie Bowen) who goes to great lengths to stop the students from exercising their right to free expression. She expels a young woman for passing out condoms and advocating safe sex on national "safe sex" day and suspends two boys who were kissing in the hallway. Meanwhile, she is running for the Superintendent of their school district, which will give her a chance to practice her brand of administration beyond Booker High School.

The students have an ally in Mr. Drucker (Malik Yoba) one of their teachers who encourages them to fight for their rights. He pays a price for his leadership and is fired by Principal Weller. He decides to use his dismissal to make a change of his own, by producing a documentary chronicling the experiences of students who are faced with similar issues.
Jennifer Klein, Gregory Smith, Josh Stolberg, Andrew Shaifer, Stephanie Sherrin, Chris Morris, Caitlin Wachs, Emy Coligado
Drama Comedy

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire PG-13

Harry's fourth summer and the following year at Hogwarts are marked by the Quidditch World Cup and the Triwizard Tournament, in which student representatives from three different wizarding schools compete in a series of increasingly challenging contests. However, Voldemort's Death Eaters are gaining strength and even creating the Dark Mark giving evidence that the Dark Lord is ready to rise again. In the unsuspecting lives of the young wizard and witches at Hogwarts the competitors are selected by the goblet of fire, which this year makes a very surprising announcement: Hogwarts will have two representatives in the tournament, including Harry Potter! Will Harry be able to rise to the challenge for the Tri Wizard Tournament while keeping up with school or will the challenges along with Voldemort's rebirth be too much for the young hero?
Tom Felton, David Barron, Steve Kloves, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Brendan Gleeson, Frances de la Tour, Robert Pattinson
Action Adventure Sequel Fantasy Family Kids

The Tenants R

Set in New York, this is the story of a writer, "Harry Lesser" (Dylan McDermott), struggling to finish his third novel, which he believes will restore his literary reputation. In the nearly abandoned apartment building in which he lives, another writer, "Willie Spearmint" (Snoop Dogg), moves in as a squatter and begins to write his first novel with an unmatched fervor. The two develop a tenuous friendship until a woman (Rose Byrne) and their own demons come between them.
Rose Byrne, Laz Alonso, Holly Wiersma, Aldis Hodge, Lati Grobman, Avi Lerner, Dylan McDermott, Heidi Jo Markel
Drama Mystery
119 mins

Howl's Moving Castle PG

In the land of Ingary, such things as spells, invisible cloaks, and seven-league boots were everyday things. The Witch of the Waste was another matter. After fifty years of quiet, it was rumored that the Witch was about to terrorize the country again. So when a moving black castle, blowing dark smoke from its four thin turrets, appeared on the horizon, everyone thought it was the Witch. The castle, however, belonged to Wizard Howl, who, it was said, liked to suck the souls of young girls. The Hatter sisters--Sophie, Lettie, and Martha--and all the other girls were warned not to venture into the streets alone. But that was only the beginning. In this giant jigsaw puzzle of a fantasy, people and things are never quite what they seem. Destinies are intertwined, identities exchanged, lovers confused. The Witch has placed a spell on Howl. Does the clue to breaking it lie in a famous poem? And what will happen to Sophie Hatter when she enters Howl's castle? Diana Wynne Jones's entrancing fantasy is filled with surprises at every turn, but when the final stormy duel between the Witch and the Wizard is finished, all the pieces fall magically into place.
Toshio Suzuki, Takuya Kimura, Hayao Miyazaki, Chieko Baisho, Akihiro Miwa, Tatsuya Gashuin, Ryunosuke Kamiki
Action Adventure Fantasy Kids Animation

Peter Cottontail: The Movie

Cute little bunny Peter Cottontail (Tom Kenny) has various adventures, evading the villainous Irontail (Roger Moore) and Jackie Frost (Molly Shannon).
Christopher Lloyd, Mark Gravas, Roger Moore, Molly Shannon, Tom Kenny
Action Adventure Family Kids Animation

Zu Warriors PG-13

From Tsui Hark, the legendary filmmaker who defined two decades of Asian Cinema and Yuen Wo-Ping, the visionary martial arts master behind "The Matrix" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" comes "Zu Warriors". In the world beyond our world there lies a mystic realm that guards the mortal universe—the kingdom of Zu.
Hark Tsui, Zhang Ziyi, Cecilia Cheung, Louis Koo, Tsui Hark, Man Choi Lee, Ekin Cheng, Patrick Tam
Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi Martial Arts

Tuesday, March 7