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Video/DVD
New releases
A look at what's headed to the video shelves.
By TIMES STAFF
Published July 6, 2006
The Libertine DIRECTOR: Laurence Dunmore CAST: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Johnny Vegas, Kelly Reilly, Jack Davenport, Richard Coyle, Francesca Annis, Claire Higgins SYNOPSIS: Another wonderfully strange Johnny Depp performance can't salvage this grim, grimy tale of 17th century debauchery. WHAT WE SAID: The St. Petersburg Times gave the movie a C-. MPAA RATING: R; strong sexuality including dialogue, violence and language RUNNING TIME: 130 min. Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School DIRECTOR: Randall Miller CAST: Robert Carlyle, Marisa Tomei, John Goodman, Mary Steenburgen, Sean Astin, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny DeVito SYNOPSIS: A widowed man (Carlyle) stops to help a car accident victim (Goodman), who had been on his way to a reunion with a lost childhood love. The widower then completes the mission for the dying man and finds his own destiny. WHAT WE SAID: The Times did not review this movie. MPAA RATING: PG-13; mature situations and language RUNNING TIME: 103 min. The Matador DIRECTOR: Richard Shepard CAST: Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Hope Davis, Philip Baker Hall, Dylan Baker SYNOPSIS: A burned-out assassin (Brosnan) enlists a mild-mannered salesman (Kinnear) for an important hit. Brosnan's wild and woolly performance is one of his best. WHAT WE SAID: The Times gave the film a B. MPAA RATING: R; strong profanity and sexuality, violence, alcohol abuse RUNNING TIME: 96 min. Stoned DIRECTOR: Stephen Woolley CAST: Leo Gregory, Paddy Considine, Monet Mazur, Tuva Novotny, David Morrissey, Ben Whishaw, Amelia Warner, Luke De Woolfson, James D. White, Josef Altin SYNOPSIS: A fictionalized account of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones. WHAT WE SAID: The Times did not review this movie. MPAA RATING: R; drug use, sexuality, nudity and language RUNNING TIME: 102 min.
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