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New releases
A look at thew movies hitting the video shelves this week.
By Times staff
Published March 1, 2007
NEW RELEASES Title | Director | Cast | Synopsis | What we said | MPAA rating | Running time | | Stranger Than Fiction | Marc Forster | Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dustin Hoffman, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson | A timid IRS agent ( Ferrell) discovers an author (Thompson) is writing his life and possible death. | The St. Petersburg Times gave the movie an A. | PG-13; profanity, brief sexual situations, disturbing images | 113 min. | | A Good Year | Ridley Scott | Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Abbie Cornish, Marion Cotillard, Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi, Didier Bourdon, Tom Hollander, Freddie Highmore | A London stockbroker (Crowe) inherits his beloved uncle's vineyard in France. | The Times gave the movie a B+. | PG-13; profanity, sexual situations | 118 min. | | The Return | Asif Kapadia | Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kate Beahan, Peter O'Brien, Adam Scott, Sam Shepard | Gellar plays a saleswoman supernaturally drawn into a cold-case murder. | The Times did not review the movie. | PG-13; violence, terror, disturbing images | 85 min. | | Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny | Liam Lynch | Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Jason Reed, Roonie James Dio, Meatloaf, Ben Stiller, Tim Robbins, Amy Adams, Dave Grohl, Amy Poehler, Colin Hanks, Paul F. Tompkins, Troy Gentile | Black and Gass star in a full-length version of their heavy metal rock satire. It works better in small doses on HBO and CDs. | The Times gave the movie a D. | R; harsh profanity, strong sexual humor, drug abuse | 93 min. |
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