Hot DVD's Due Out Next Week 27th May

Rambo (2008/ Widescreen)

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Julie Benz, Paul Schulze
Director:Sylvester Stallone Studio:Lionsgate
Running Time:93 mins. Rated: R






Synopsis:Twenty years after the last film in the series, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) has retreated to northern Thailand, where he's running a longboat on the Salween River. On the nearby Thai-Burma (Myanmar) border, the world's longest-running civil war, the Burmese-Karen conflict, rages into its 60th year. But Rambo, who lives a solitary, simple life in the mountains and jungles fishing and catching poisonous snakes to sell, has long given up fighting, even as medics, mercenaries, rebels and peace workers pass by on their way to the war-torn region. That all changes when a group of human rights missionaries search out the "American river guide" John Rambo. When Sarah (Julie Benz) and Michael Bennett (Paul Schulze) approach him, they explain that since last year's trek to the refugee camps, the Burmese military has laid landmines along the road, making it too dangerous for overland travel. They ask Rambo to guide them up the Salween and drop them off, so they can deliver medical supplies and food to the Karen tribe. After initially refusing to cross into Burma, Rambo takes them, dropping off Sarah, Michael and the aid workers... Less than two weeks later, pastor Arthur Marsh (Ken Howard) finds Rambo and tells him the aid workers did not return and the embassies have not helped locate them. He tells Rambo he's mortgaged his home and raised money from his congregation to hire mercenaries to get the missionaries, who are being held captive by the Burmese army. Although the United States military trained him to be a lethal super soldier in Vietnam, decades later Rambo's reluctance for violence and conflict are palpable, his scars faded, yet visible. However, the lone warrior knows what he must do...

Air I Breathe (Special Edition)

Starring: Kevin Bacon, Forest Whitaker, Andy Garcia, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Brendan Fraser, Julie Delpy, Emile Hirsch
Director: Jieho Lee Studio:Think
Running Time:95 mins Rated: R






Features: audio commentary with director Jieho Lee, co-writer Bob DeRosa, director of photography Walt Lloyd, and editor Robert Hoffman, deleted scenes, a behind the scenes featurette, and the theatrical trailer.

Synopsis: In this powerful film, four very different people on the edge of desperation are unexpectedly linked by their destinies. A top-notch cast featuring Forest Whitaker, Andy Garcia, Kevin Bacon, Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Emile Hirsch unforgettably brings to life the stories of a clairvoyant gangster, a rising pop star, an unlikely bank robber and a doctor desperate to save the love of his life. Filled with surprising twists and turns, this suspenseful, action-filled drama employs both brutal violence and aching poetry in a moving exploration of the search for happiness in a gritty urban world.

Cassandra's Dream

Starring: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson
Director:Woody Allen Studio:Weinstein
Running Time:109 mins. Rated: PG-13






Synopsis: Set in contemporary London, CASSANDRA’S DREAM is a powerful and thrilling story about two brothers (Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell) who are desperate to better their troubled lives. One is a chronic gambler in debt over his head, and the other is a young man in love with a beautiful actress (newcomer Hayley Atwell) he has recently met. Their lives gradually become entangled into a sinister situation with intense and unfortunate results. Written and directed by Academy Award winner Woody Allen, the film also stars Tom Wilkinson and Sally Hawkins. The score is by Philip Glass and the cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond.


Take (2007/ Special Edition)

Starring: John Leguizamo, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Perez
Director:Brad Furman Studio:Sony Pictures
Running Time:91 mins. Rated: R






Features: audio commentary by Director Brad Furman and Cinematographer Lukas Ettlin, a behind the scenes featurette, and deleted scenes.

Synopsis: Living in gang-infested Boyle Heights in East L.A., loving family-man Felix Delgado (Leguizamo) does the best he can to provide for his wife, Marina (Perez), and two kids. He reports every day to his blue-collar job as an armored truck driver. One morning while driving his route, his life is tragically altered when men hijack his truck and force him to participate in a heist of the day's cash. After murdering his co-workers in cold blood, the thieves shoot Felix in the head and leave him for dead with the incriminating gun placed in his hand. Felix miraculously survives the close-range blast and, after a struggle on the operating table, regains consciousness with minimal but permanent damage to his brain's right frontal lobe, but leaving him with a changed personality and paranoid emotions as he remembers the incident. Felix soon begins to piece together the elements of the crime and descends into the underbelly of East LA to exact revenge on the man he suspects took his life away.

Darfur Now (Special Edition)

Starring: Don Cheadle, Hejewa Adam, Pablo Recalde
Director:Ted Braun Studio:Warner
Running Time:90 mins. Rated: PG






Features: introduction and commentary by writer/director Theodore Braun, and some additional scenes.

Synopsis: A story of hope in the midst of one of humanity’s darkest hours - a call to action for people everywhere to end the catastrophe unfolding in Darfur, Sudan. In this documentary, the struggles and achievements of six different individuals from inside Darfur and around the world bring to light the tragedy in Sudan and show how the actions of one person can make a difference to millions.

Grace Is Gone

Starring: John Cusack, Alessandro Nivola
Director:James C. Strouse Studio:Weinstein
Running Time:84 mins Rated: PG-13





Synopsis: There was a time when Stanley Phillips (John Cusack) could see his entire life clearly. He dreamed of patriotic service and was destined for a military career. He came close to that dream until it was cut short simply because of his poor eyesight. Now he’s serving customers at a home supply store while his Sergeant wife is fighting in Iraq. Equally as awkward at home as he is at work, he’s raising Heidi, their twelve-year-old daughter and her 8-year-old sister Dawn. Although a loving father, Stanley is unable to conform to a more affectionate role and the girls miss their mother deeply. While tolerating his job and stumbling through parenting he is abruptly awakened when tragedy strikes. Ill prepared to deal with it himself, he is at a complete loss contemplating how to tell his children. Desperate to delay telling the children they embark on a spontaneous road trip. Grasping to give them their last moments of innocence, Stanley reveals a softer side as they travel to Dawn’s chosen destination – Enchanted Gardens Theme Park. The farther they drive the closer they become yet Stanley knows he must face the inevitable task of changing their lives forever.