New DVDs
2006 Rogue Pictures. Unrated.
A mix of Dave Chappelle's sketch comedy and musical interludes, inspired in part by the 1973 documentary Wattstax.
2006 Buena Vista Home Video, Rated PG
In the Antarctic, after an expedition with Dr. Davis McClaren (Bruce Greenwood), the sled dog trainer Jerry Shepherd (Paul Walker) has to leave the polar base with his colleagues due to the proximity of a heavy snow storm. He ties his dogs to be rescued after, but the mission is called-off and the dogs are left alone at their own fortune. For six months, Jerry tries to find a sponsor for a rescue mission while his dogs fight for survival.
2006 Paramount Pictures. Rated PG-13
Starring Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel
A thirtysomething slacker suspects his parents of setting him up with his dream girl so he'll finally vacate their home.
2006 Warner Home Video. Rated R. Language, violence and sexuality/nudity.
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, Corbin Bernsen.
While fleeing from the cops, small time hood Harry Lockhart stumbles into an acting audition. He does so well he gets to go to Hollywood. While there, Harry pursues a girl he loved in high school and ends up geting caught up in twisted murder mystery. His only chance of getting out alive is a private detective named Gay Perry, who also works as a consultant for movies.
2006 Magnolia Pictures. Rated PG-13. Starring Anthony Hopkins.
In `60s New Zealand, at the bottom of the world, Burt Munro takes a 1920 Indian motorcycle and, delightfully without resources other than his own obsession and a Kiwi #8 wire mentality, spends his retirement rebuilding the bike and following his dream to go to Speed Week at Salt Lake in Utah. Under funded, without the support of a team and against all the odds he not only makes it to Bonneville, he sets a national land speed record, not once, but again and again.