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New to DVD: Winter warms up with 'Sunshine,' 'Yuma' and 'American Gangster'
Thursday, January 03, 2008
From left, Alan Tudyk, Christian Bale, Russell Crowe, Peter Fonda and Lennie Loftin star in "3:10 to Yuma."

Here's a look at what's coming to DVD in the first two months of 2008.

New this week


"War": Martial arts thriller with Jet Li and Jason Statham as adversaries on a collision course in the Asian mob underground.

"Shoot 'Em Up": Clive Owen goes from innocent bystander to a gun-wielding foster father in this action flick.

"Resident Evil: Extinction": Final installment of the series, with Milla Jovovich's Alice now having superhuman strengths, senses and dexterity.

"September Dawn": Jon Voight and Terence Stamp star in this historical drama about a massacre in the Utah Territory in 1857.

"Indie Sex: A Revealing Look at Sex in Cinema": Documentary by Lisa Ades and Lesli Klainberg about sex in independent films, featuring interviews with Jon Waters, Tatum O'Neal, Ally Sheedy, Piper Perabo and Peter Sarsgaard.

Jan. 8


"Sunshine": Danny Boyle directs this story set 50 years in the future when the sun is dying and mankind with it. A spaceship and crew of eight represent society's last hope but their mission starts to unravel with an accident, fatal mistake and beacon from a long-gone spaceship.

"Joshua": Sam Rockwell and Vera Farmiga are happy Manhattan parents whose world implodes when they bring their newborn daughter home and their son has a bad case of sick sibling rivalry.

"The Invasion": New take on "The Body Snatchers," starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.

"Death Sentence": Vigilante drama starring Kevin Bacon as a formerly mild-mannered executive whose family is attacked in a gang initiation crime. Based on a novel by Brian Garfield of the same name.

"3:10 to Yuma": Russell Crowe and Christian Bale star in an update of the 1957 western.

"Dragon Wars": Jason Behr plays A cable TV news reporter privy to info about an ancient Korean legend.

Jan. 15


"Good Luck Chuck": Romantic comedy with Dane Cook as a dentist with a reputation as a "good-luck charm" for women who sleep with him and find true love with their next man. Jessica Alba co-stars.

"Mr. Woodcock": Comedy starring Seann William Scott as a self-help author who discovers his mother has fallen for his former gym teacher (Billy Bob Thornton), who humiliated him.

Jan. 22


"The Hunting Party": Richard Gere is a TV newsman, working with a cameraman played by Terrence Howard, who has an on-air meltdown in a Bosnian village. Five years later, he resurfaces, with promises of an exclusive about a war criminal.

"Reservation Road": Adaptation of the John Burnham Schwartz book about two families whose lives converge when a boy is killed in a hit-and-run accident. Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Connelly and Mira Sorvino star.

"The Game Plan": Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is a rugged superstar quarterback who discovers he has a 7-year-old daughter.

"Sydney White": Amanda Bynes plays a freshman who ditches her conniving sorority sisters and finds a home with dorky outcasts.

"Saw IV": Jigsaw and his apprentice are dead, they say, but the franchise and murderous mind games continue.

Jan. 29


"The Comebacks": Spoof of inspirational sports movies, with David Koechner and Carl Weathers.

"Feel the Noise": An aspiring Harlem rapper (Omarion Grandberry) finds inspiration in Puerto Rico and Reggaeton, a blend of hip-hop, reggae and Latin music.

"Daddy Day Camp": Sequel to "Daddy Day Care," with Cuba Gooding Jr. and Paul Rae as ill-equipped fathers running a summer day camp.

Also: "Ira & Abby," "The Nines" and "Rocket Science."

Feb. 5


"Across the Universe": Julie Taymor, the force behind Broadway's "The Lion King," directs a music-soaked 1960s love story featuring Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess.

"The Jane Austen Book Club": As five women and one man meet to discuss the works of Jane Austen, they find their love lives playing out in a 21st-century version of her novels. Ensemble includes Maria Bello, Emily Blunt and Kathy Bates.

"Feast of Love": Morgan Freeman leads the ensemble in Robert Benton's adaptation of Charles Baxter's novel about life and love, relocated to Oregon.

"The Brave One": Jodie Foster is a New York radio host who turns vigilante when an attack leaves her wounded and her fiance dead.

"2 Days in Paris": Julie Delpy wrote, directed and co-stars in an unconventional romantic comedy about a high-strung New York couple and a Parisian getaway.

Feb. 12


"Into the Wild": Sean Penn directs an adaptation of Jon Krakauer's best-seller about a college graduate (Emile Hirsch) who abandoned his possessions and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness.

"Gone Baby Gone": Ben Affleck makes his directorial debut with brother Casey, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman and Ed Harris in an adaptation of a Dennis Lehane novel about an abducted 4-year-old.

"Martian Child": Romantic drama starring John Cusack as a recently widowed science-fiction writer who forms an unlikely family with a close friend (Amanda Peet) and a young boy who claims to be from Mars.

"We Own the Night": Crime thriller set against the burgeoning drug trade of New York in 1988, starring Joaquin Phoenix as the manager of a Russian-owned nightclub and Mark Wahlberg and Robert Duvall as cops.

"Why Did I Get Married?": Adaptation of Tyler Perry's play about an annual reunion of eight married couples rocked by word of one pair's infidelity.

"No Reservations": Catherine Zeta-Jones is a perfectionist Manhattan chef whose world changes when her sister dies, her 9-year-old niece (Abigail Breslin) comes to live with her and her boss hires another chef, an easygoing Italian specialist played by Aaron Eckhart.

Also: "Introducing the Dwights" and "Romance & Cigarettes."

Feb. 19


"American Gangster": Ridley Scott directs this drama, set in 1970s Harlem, about a drug kingpin and outcast cop played by Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe.

"Rendition": Thriller starring Reese Witherspoon as the American wife of an Egyptian-born chemical engineer who disappears on a trip from South Africa to Washington. Jake Gyllenhaal is a CIA analyst who becomes party to the man's unorthodox interrogation.

"Lust, Caution": Ang Lee's espionage thriller, just given an NC-17 rating, starring Tony Leung as a powerful political figure in 1940s Shanghai.

Feb. 26


"30 Days of Night": Bloodthirsty vampires arrive in Barrow, Alaska, just as wintry darkness is descending. Josh Hartnett is the town sheriff.

-- Compiled by Scott Mervis

First published on January 3, 2008 at 12:00 am
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