DVD & Blu-rays Released October 25, 2005

Tuesday, October 25

90 mins

Bewitched PG-13

Just when his career hits an all-time low, a conceited and frustrated movie star, Jack Wyatt, gets one last shot when he's cast to do a remake of a cult TV series, Bewitched, playing the lead role of 'Darren'. In search of his leading lady, 'Samantha', the competitive, insecure Wyatt makes it pretty clear to his producers that his co-star needs to be an unknown, so as not to steal his thunder. Finally, after weeks of searching, he finds the perfect witch in the shy Isabel Bigelow, but he has no idea just how 'perfect' she really is. So, as the script for the popular show is being re-tooled to, instead, center around Darren's character, the actor Wyatt soon discovers that his increasingly annoyed new leading lady, Isabel—who begins to wreak havoc on set—is an actual witch, who can truly cast spells.
Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Will Ferrell, Shirley MacLaine, Jason Schwartzman, Joan Plowright, Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick
Comedy Romance Based on TV
114 mins

Dominion: A Prequel to the Exorcist R

Paul Schrader's initially scrapped prequel to "The Exorcist" focuses on a young Father Merrin and his first encounter with Satan.
Stellan Skarsgard, Antonie Kamerling, Paul Schrader, James G. Robinson, William Wisher, Caleb Carr, Gabriel Mann, Eddie Osei
Action Adventure Suspense Horror Prequel
87 mins

House of Wax R

A road trip to the biggest college football championship of the year takes a turn for the worse for Carly, Paige and their friends, when they decide to camp out for the night before heading to the game. A confrontation with a mysterious trucker at the camp site leaves everyone unsettled, and Carly has her hands full trying to keep the peace between her boyfriend Wade and her hot-headed brother Nick. They wake up the next morning to find that their car might have been tampered with, preventing their departure. At the risk of being stranded, they accept a local's invitation for a ride into Ambrose, the only town for miles. Once there, they are drawn to Ambrose's main attraction--Trudy's House of Wax, which is filled with remarkably life-like wax sculptures. But as they soon discover, there is a shocking reason the exhibits look so real. As the friends uncover the town's dark secrets, they are stalked by a mysterious killer and find themselves in a bloody battle for survival. The group must find a way out of Ambrose—or become permanent additions to the "House of Wax".
Jaume Collet-Serra, Chad Michael Murray, Joel Silver, Brian Van Holt, Steve Richards, Robert Zemeckis, Susan Levin, Chad Hayes
Thriller Suspense Remake Mystery
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120 mins

Melinda and Melinda PG-13

Melinda and Melinda combines romantic comedy and drama in a way that Woody Allen, unique among filmmakers, likes to contrast. It takes place in Manhattan and chronicles a pair of crises that give great reign to the funny and serious talents of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Will Ferrell, Jonny Lee Miller, Radha Mitchell, Amanda Peet, Chloë Sevigny and Wallace Shawn. All the usual Allen areas are explained - the fragility of love, marital infidelity, sophisticated romance, the inability to communicate. As a character in the movie puts it, "He's despondent, he's desperate, he's suicidal. All the comic elements are in place."
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chloë Sevigny, Woody Allen, Will Ferrell, Zak Orth, Letty Aronson, Radha Mitchell, Jonny Lee Miller
Drama Comedy
92 mins

Herbie: Fully Loaded G

Start your engines! Herbie, the most beloved car star of them all, is back and Lindsay Lohan's got him in Disney's all new revved-up comedy adventure, "Herbie: Fully Loaded". Lohan stars as Maggie Peyton, the new owner of Number 53—the free-wheelin' Volkswagen bug with a mind of its own—who puts the car through its paces on the road to becoming a NASCAR competitor. Herbie's got some new tricks under his hood as he takes audiences for an action-packed spin in this high-speed comedy. With an all-star cast along for a wild ride, this comedy puts Herbie to the test—on-road, off-road, on the track and into the record books.
Matt Dillon, Justin Long, Lindsay Lohan, Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, Angela Robinson, Robert Simonds, Michael Keaton
Action Adventure Comedy Remake Family Kids

Last Days

"Last Days" is filmmaker Gus Van Sant's meditation on the inner turmoil that engulfs a brilliant, but troubled, musician in the final hours of his life. Michael Pitt stars as Blake, an introspective artist who is buckling under the weight of fame, professional obligations, and a mounting feeling of isolation. "Last Days" follows Blake through a handful of hours he spends in and near his wooded home, a fugitive from his own life. It is a period of random moments and fractured consciousness, fused by spontaneous bursts of rock & roll. Expanding on the elliptical style forged in his two previous films, "Gerry" and the Palme d'Or-winning "Elephant", Van Sant layers images and sounds to articulate an emotional landscape, creating a dynamic work about a soul in transition.
Lukas Haas, Gus Van Sant, Michael Pitt, Kim Gordon, Harmony Korine, Asia Argento, Ari Tomais
Drama Documentary Music
84 mins

Rize PG-13

A chronicle that reveals a groundbreaking dance phenomenon that's exploding on the streets of South Central, Los Angeles; it is a revolutionary form of artistic expression borne from oppression. The dance, aggressive and visually stunning, modernizes moves indigenous to African tribal rituals and features mind-blowing, athletic movement sped up to impossible speeds. We meet Tommy Johnson (Tommy the Clown), who first created the style as a response to the 1992 Rodney King riots and named it Clowning, as well as the kids who developed the movement into what they now call Krumping. The kids use dance as an alternative to gangs and hustling: they form their own troupe and paint their faces like warriors, meeting to out-perform rival gangs of dancers or just to hone their skills. For the dancers, Krumping becomes a way of life--and, because it's authentic expression (in complete opposition to the bling-bling hip-hop culture), the dance becomes a vital part of who they are.
Marc Hawker, David LaChapelle, Ellen Jacobson-Clarke
Documentary
160 mins

Bunty and Babli

Bunty and Babi are two avid dreamers -- two free souls born into caged small town realities. They grow weary of being two specks on the horizon. They desire the horizon itself. And, so they pack their aspirations in worn out bags, whip a scarf of confidence around their proud necks and set forth on a journey across the length and breath of the country, spinning circles around the people they meet.
Aditya Chopra, Yash Chopra, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukherjee, Raj Babbar, Tania Zaetta
Drama Musical Foreign
105 mins

Travellers and Magicians

The two men embark on parallel, if separate, journeys. Their yearning is a common one—for a better and different life. Dondup, delayed by the timeless pace of his village, is forced to hitchhike through the beautiful wild countryside of Bhutan to reach his goal. He shares the road with a monk, an apple seller, a papermaker and his beautiful young daughter, Sonam. Throughout the journey, the perceptive yet mischievous monk relates the story of Tashi. It is a mystical fable of lust, jealousy and murder, that holds up a mirror to the restless Dondup, and his blossoming attraction to the innocent Sonam. The cataclysmic conclusion of the monk's tale leaves Dondup with a dilemma—is the grass truly greener on the other side?
Raymond Steiner, Malcolm Watson, Khyentse Norbu, Sonam Lhamo, Lhakpa Dorji, Deki Yangzom, Sonam Kinga
Drama Foreign

Wild Side

Stephanie returns home to care for her dying mother. Having run away to the big city over 15 years ago, Stephanie is reminded of another lifestyle back in the desolate rural landscape of her childhood. The countryside provokes a flood of emotions and memories. Not only for Stephanie, but also for Mikhail and Jamel, the two young men who share her affections and her bed. Experiencing inevitable flashbacks of her childhood as a boy, transsexual Stephanie is haunted by the early death of her beloved only sister. The monotony of streetwalking and turning tricks night after night is also difficult to forget. Young Russian man Mikhail lives illegally hand to mouth in a country where he hardly speaks the language. A former soldier, he is still tormented by horrific images of war. Jamel is an Arab guy who makes ends meet through prostitution. Not as tough as he acts, he secretly yearns for the days when he was still part of his family. His biggest fear is sleeping alone. Their future is uncertain. Others may not understand them. But the three unlikely friends have found comfort and passion in one another's arms.
Stéphane Bouquet, Sébastien Lifshitz, Stéphanie Michelini, Yasmine Belmadi, Edouard Nikitine, Josiane Stoléru, Antony Hegarty, Liliane Nataf
Drama

Tuesday, October 25