DVD & Blu-rays Released October 7, 2008

Tuesday, October 7

The Happening R

A family is on the run from an inexplicable and unstoppable event that threatens not only humankind--but the most basic human instinct of them all: survival.
John Leguizamo, Sam Mercer, Mark Wahlberg, Spencer Breslin, Betty Buckley, Frank Collison, Barry Mendel, Jose L. Rodriguez
Action Thriller Suspense

You Don't Mess With the Zohan PG-13

A Mossad agent fakes his own death so he can move to New York and become a hair stylist. Rob Schneider will play a cab driver in the movie.
Dennis Dugan, Robert Smigel, Jack Giarraputo, Judd Apatow, Rob Schneider, Mariah Carey, Henry Winkler, Talia Shire
Comedy

Paranoid Park R

fter a young skateboarder accidentally kills a security guard in self-defense with his skateboard at Paranoid Park, he falls into a world of crime, guilt, and fear. He desperately attempts to get out as the investigation into the crime deepens.
Gus Van Sant, Neil Kopp, David Allan Cress, Gabe Nevins, Jake Miller, Taylor Momsen, Lauren McKinney, Daniel Lui
Thriller Teen
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108 mins

The Visitor PG-13

In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. A college professor becomes embroiled in the lives of a young immigrant couple living in New York City and stumbles into an unexpected romance as a result. As these strangers struggle to deal with their individual lives in a changed world, their shared humanity is revealed in awkward, humorous and dramatic ways.
Tom McCarthy, Richard Jenkins, Hazz Sleiman, Hiam Abbass
Drama

Boy A

Based on the award winning novel of the same name by Jonathan Trigell, Jack (Andrew Garfield) is released from prison at the age of 24, having been institutionalized for most of his life after he and another boy murdered a child, when they were themselves children. The film follows Jack's difficult attempts to readjust to the world outside of confinement and restart a life which never really got going. Under the fatherly mentor- ship of Terry (Peter Mullan) his parole contact and social worker, he experiences a coming of age, which would normally have happened years ago. But forces from the past are constantly upon him, as we learn more about the events leading up to the crime which has ruined so many lives, there is an increasing sense of suspense, intrigue and ultimately doom: the tabloid press and Terry's real son are not going to let things lie.
John Crowley, Lynn Horsford, Mark O’Rowe, Andrew Garfield, Peter Mullan, Shaun Evans, Katie Lyons
Drama

Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead

When four friends embark on a road trip to Vegas looking for fun and a few cheap thrills, they have no idea that they're about to fall into a blood-drenched charnel house of tension, torture, and the darkest depths of pure primal fear! After their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, they must find a way back to civilization. But their plan soon arouses the malice of Rusty Nail - a murderous, vengeful trucker with an insatiable appetite for gruesome mutilation and sadistic pain - and he'll stop at nothing to ensure they pay their toll...one body part at a time!
Bennett Yellin, Mark Gibbon, Louis Morneau, James Robert Johnston, Nick Zano, Kyle Schmid, Nicki Aycox, Laura Jordan
Sequel Thriller Suspense Horror

The Omen R

Fear the date – 6/6/06 – when "The Omen 666" opens in theaters nationwide. A remake of the 1976 horror classic, the new film takes the tale of the coming of the "Antichrist" – personified as a young boy named Damien – to an even more thrilling and visceral level.
Julia Stiles, Pete Postlethwaite, John Moore, Liev Schreiber, Dan McDermott, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Michael Gambon
Suspense Horror Remake

Tuesday, October 7