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Video/DVD

New releases

A look at what's headed to the video shelves.

By TIMES STAFF WRITER
Published July 20, 2006

ATL

DIRECTOR: Chris Robinson

CAST: Tip "T.I." Harris, Lauren London, Evan Ross, Jackie Long, Big Boi, Albert Daniels, Jason Weaver, Kadijah, Malika, Lonette McKey, Mykelti Williamson, Keith David

SYNOPSIS: An orphan (T.I.) guides his younger brother away from drug dealers while falling in love with a slumming debutante (London).

WHAT WE SAID: The St. Petersburg Times did not review this film.

MPAA RATING: PG-13; drug content, language, sexual material and some violence

RUNNING TIME: 105 min.

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SHE'S THE MAN

DIRECTOR: Andy Fickman

CAST: Amanda Bynes, Channing Tatum, Laura Ramsey, Jonathan Sadowski, Robert Hoffman, James Snyder, Alex Breckenridge, Amanda Crew, Jessica Lucas, James Kirk, Emily Perkins, Vinnie Jones, Robert Torti, Julie Hagerty, David Cross

SYNOPSIS: A soccer whiz (Bynes) poses as her brother to play on his prep school team then falls in love with a teammate (Tatum) in a teenage revamping of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.

WHAT WE SAID: The Times did not review this movie.

MPAA RATING: PG-13; some sexual material

RUNNING TIME: 100 min.

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TSOTSI

DIRECTOR: Gavin Hood

CAST: Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Kenneth Nkosi, Zenzo Ngqobe, Terry Pheto, Zola, Jerry Mofokeng, Rapulana Seiphemo, Nambitha Mpumlwana, Ian Roberts, Percy Matsemela

SYNOPSIS: Tough South African teenager (Chweneyagae) mistakenly kidnaps an infant, uncovering his soft side. Academy Award winner as 2005's best foreign-language film. With English subtitles.

WHAT WE SAID: The Times gave the film an A.

MPAA RATING: R; language and some strong violent content

RUNNING TIME: 94 min.

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