The DVD Release Rewind (11-25-2009)

What's been released this week on DVD?

New Release DVD
Four Christmases (2008)
In need of some holiday hilarity? Four Christmases unites holiday tradition with a 21st century family unit. Starring Reese Witherspoon and funny man Vince Vaughn, this film acknowledges the humor and reality of having to celebrate the holidays in multiple settings. From a divorced family or not, everyone is sure to get a kick out of this one! For more "holiday, family, funny" types check out this list.

New Release DVD
Angels & Demons (2009)
In a film most like The Da Vinci Code, Tom Hanks comes back to us in this thrilling mystery. Angels & Demons is actually from the same team who brought us The Da Vinci Code in 2006. In a nutshell, this film is about Rome, the Catholic church, code, and murder. For more "secret, intrigue, convoluted" type movies check out these.

New Release DVD
A Walk in the Sun (1945)
For the first time on DVD, A Walk in the Sun comes to us restored and un-cut. This 1945 film is most like Saving Private Ryan and the Big Red One. In a nutshell this movie is about soldiers, platoon, and war. For some more movies about "heroic, America, mission" click here.

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The DVD Release Rewind (11-19-2009)

What's been released this week on DVD?

New Release DVD
Franklyn (2008)
Ryan Phillippe stars as an atheist in this psychological sci-fi film about a society that has been dominated by religion. It's most like Spider and in a nutshell is about about a vigilante, a student, and England. For more "disturbed, thought-provoking, troubled" types click here.

New Release DVD
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
From the screenwriter of The Notebook comes this drama about how illness can strike a family. Break out the tissue, it looks like he's done it again folks. This story in a nutshell is about a mother, daughter, family, and death. For more "poignant, child, suffering" movies check out these.

Collector's DVD
Gone with the Wind (1939)
This classic film has come back to us as a 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD, with book. Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara tell a tragic love story taking place amidst the Civil War in the South. This movie touches on so many topics, it's hard to choose just one nanogenre. For some more movies about "war, slavery, southerner" check out these and for films considered "epic, timeless, compelling" try these.

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The Release Rewind (11-14-2009)

What's been released this week on DVD?

New Release DVD
Up (2009)
The Pixar team brings us a new high-flying animation that is most like Bolt about a retired balloon salesman who decides to float up, up and away to South America. This movie in a Nutshell is mostly about an adventure, a dog, kids, and a wife. For some more movies that all "heart, kids, lovable" types check out this list.

15th Anniversary Edition DVD
Stargate (1994)
The director, producer, screen-writer team that brought us Independence Day and Godzilla brings us the other side of the universe in this 15th anniversary edition DVD of Stargate. This movie in a nutshell is said to be full of special-effects, sci-fi, aliens, and Egypt. For more "intergalactic, humans, hostile" kinds of movies, click here.

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! More Gift Set DVD
Mamma Mia! (2008)
This title is still so contagious it can barely be said or thought without instantly singing the song. Yes, Mamma Mia is back, this time in a gift set just in time for the holidays. Not sure what to get Mom this year? Well check her off the list, this "catchy, broadway, exuberant" film is sure to do the trick. For more movies like it, check out these.

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The Release Rewind (11-8-2009)

What's been released this week on DVD?

Re-Release DVD
All About My Mother (1999)
This emotional story of women, friendship, and transsexuality with an underlying story having to do with the production of A Streetcar Named Desire is back on DVD. From writer-director Pedro Almodóvar, this movie in a Nutshell is mostly about a son, a father, death, women, and prostitution. For some more "heartbreaking, sensitive, honest" type movies check out this list.

Re-Release DVD
Say Anything... (1989)
Often referred to as an ultimate teenage love story, this classic film has been released as a 20th anniversary edition DVD. The Peter Gabriel song, In Your Eyes, forever reminds us of that scene (you know the one I mean). For more "poignant, lovely, infatuation" movies, click here.

Ultimate Collector's Edition DVD
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation(1989)
In a widescreen 20th anniversary ultimate collector's edition DVD comes National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation! Forever hilarious, Chevy Chase, brings non-stop comedy in this "holiday, family, funny" film. It's one that is sure to be watched over and over again. Good old Clark Griswold never fails. For more movies like it, check out these.

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