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Video/DVD

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.

[Last modified February 28, 2007, 10:00:51]


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