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Video/DVD

New releases

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

By Times staff
Published February 8, 2007


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NEW RELEASES

Title

Director Cast Synopsis What we said MPAA rating Running time
Flicka Michael Mayer Alison Lohman, Tim McGraw, Maria Bello, Ryan Kwanten Young girl ( Lohman) raises a wild horse to convince her father (McGraw) she can run the family ranch. The St. Petersburg Times gave the movie an A. PG; mild profanity. 94 min.
Flags of Our Fathers Clint Eastwood Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin Hickey Eastwood creates a battlefield epic and an emotional minefield from the true story of the famed Iwo Jima flag-raising photograph. The Times gave the movie an A. R; graphic carnage and violence, harsh profanity. 132 min.
Boynton Beach Club Susan Seidelman Dyan Cannon, Sally Kellerman, Brenda Vaccaro, Joseph Bologna, Len Cariou Florida retirees find sex after 60. The Times did not review the movie. NR; sexual situations, profanity, nudity. 105 min.
Hollywoodland Allen Coulter Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck, Bob Hoskins, Molly Parker The mysterious 1959 death of actor George Reeves ( Affleck) is investigated by a seedy private eye ( Brody). The Times gave the movie a B. R; string profanity, sexual situations, violence. 126 min.
Running With Scissors Ryan Murphy Annette Bening, Joseph Cross, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jill Clayburgh, Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Evan Rachel Wood, Alec Baldwin A narcissistic mother (Bening) unloads her teenage son on a sexually sinister psychologist (Cox). Based on the memoirs of Augusten Burroughs. The Times gave the movie a B+. R; strong sexual content, harsh profanity, brief violence. 121 min.
The Science of Sleep Michel Gondry Gael Garca Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alain Chabat, A man held captive by the people in his dreams tries to wake himself up so he can take control of his life. The Times gave the movie a C. R; language, some sexual content and nudity. 105 min.
Trust the Man Bart Freundlich Billy Crudup, David Duchovny, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Julianne Moore, Eva Mendes, James LeGros Married couple ( Duchovny, Moore) dabbles with infidelity. Her brother (Crudup) and his lover (Gyllenhaal) do the same in a laugh-deficient comedy. The Times gave the movie a D. R; strong profanity, sexual situations. 103 min.
The Grudge 2 Takashi Shimizu Amber Tamblyn, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Arielle Kebbel, Jennifer Beals, Teresa Palmer, Takako Fuji A legendary curse stalks the sister (Tamblyn) of the first movie's leading victim. A remake of a sequel to a Japanese horror hit. The Times did not review the movie. PG-13; disturbing images, violence, child endangerment, sensuality. 100 min.

[Last modified February 7, 2007, 09:16:32]


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