New DVDs
MPAA rating: PG-13; for sexual content.
Kevin Kline, Ashley Judd
Synopsis: "An original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable songs. Porter looks back on his life as if it were one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and actions onstage. Through elaborate production numbers and popular hits, Porter's elegant, excessive past comes to light - including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife, Linda Lee Porter, who was his inspiration."
MPAA rating: R; for violence and some language.
Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight.
Synopsis: "When his army unit is ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saves his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, Major Ben Marco, is knocked unconscious. Using the incident for political gain, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, but Marco is haunted by dreams of what really happened in Iraq. As Marco investigates, the story begins to unravel. He begins to figure that the entire unit was kidnapped and brainwashed as part of a plot to get Shaw into the White House. Now the Manchurian Global corporation appears desperate to stop him from finding out."
MPAA rating: PG
Synopsis: "Napoleon Dynamite is a high-school outcast in every sense of the word. Things at home are not much better. When a new student arrives Napoleon finds friendship and performs an act of defiance that makes him a true hero."