Starpulse Entertainment News Blog - New Movies On DVD

New Movies On DVD, May 6

Tue, 06 May 2008 12:00:50 +0000

In P.S. I Love You, a grieving widow finds her husband's warmth radiating from the afterlife when she discovers that he left her a series of tasks to be revealed in ten monthly messages and designed to help her overcome her sorrow while gradually making the transition into a new life. Also on DVD: First Sunday.

New Movies On DVD, April 29

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:00:12 +0000

In 27 Dresses, a single woman (Katherine Heigl) who has served as a bridesmaid a shocking 27 times wrestles with the prospect of supporting her sister at the altar on number 28, despite having fallen helplessly in love with her smitten sibling's handsome husband-to-be. Also on DVD: The Golden Compass, How She Move and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

New Movies On DVD, April 22

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:00:28 +0000

Charlie Wilson's War, an adaptation of George Crile III's incendiary bestseller, tells the remarkable story of the Texas congressman whose efforts to prevent the Red Army from overtaking Afghanistan eventually led to the collapse of the Soviet Union while simultaneously fueling the rise of radical Islam. Also on DVD: Cloverfield, One Missed Call, The Savages, The Orphanage.

New Movies On DVD, April 15

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:00:04 +0000

When a teenage girl is faced with an unexpected pregnancy, she enlists the aid of her best friend in finding the unborn child a suitable home in the coming-of-age comedy drama Juno. Also on DVD: Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem and Lars And The Real Girl.

New Movies On DVD, April 8

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 12:00:33 +0000

In There Will Be Blood, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson steps outside his contemporary world of dysfunctional Angelenos to explore a very different dysfunctional man -- an oil pioneer whose trailblazing spirit is equaled only by his murderous ambition. Also on DVD: The Water Horse, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Lions for Lambs and Resurrecting the Champ.

New Movies On DVD, April 1

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:00:40 +0000

Embittered at having been wrongly imprisoned and determined to seek vengeance against his accusers due to the grim fate that befell his wife and daughter while he was incarcerated, ex-convict Sweeney Todd returns to his hometown and opens a modest barber shop. The one thing different about Todd's shop, however, is that no one who walks in for a trim is ever seen again. Also on DVD: Alvin & The Chipmunks.

New Movies On DVD, March 25

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:00:07 +0000

The Mist is a tale of terror concerning a small town engulfed by a malevolent mist, based on a story originally published in Stephen King's 1985 horror anthology "Skeleton Crew." Also on DVD: The Kite Runner.

New Movies On DVD, March 18

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 12:00:09 +0000

A mischievous girl accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit, only to find that her words have irrevocably and permanently changed the lives of all involved in Atonement. Also on DVD: I Am Legend, Enchanted, Love In The Time Of Cholera, and Southland Tales.

New Movies On DVD, March 11

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:00:46 +0000

Despite having recently received his diploma from bee college and being virtually guaranteed a bright future in honey, Barry feels he has the skills to pursue a number of different career paths and resents the fact that his employment opportunities are strictly limited to producing the sweet nectar in Bee Movie. Also on DVD: No Country for Old Men, Dan In Real Life, Hitman, August Rush and Nancy Drew.

New Movies On DVD, March 4

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:42:54 +0000

Into the Wild is a nonfiction account of the post-collegiate wanderings of a young Virginia man, who divorces himself from his friends, family, and possessions in search of a greater spiritual knowledge and communion with nature. Also on DVD: Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, Things We Lost In The Fire, and Awake.

New Movies On DVD, Feb. 26

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:00:00 +0000

Inspired by the epic Old English poem of the same name, director Robert Zemeckis's digitally rendered film "Beowulf" follows the Scandinavian hero Beowulf as he fights to protect the Danes from a ferocious beast named Grendel. Also on DVD: 30 Days of Night and The Darjeeling Limited.

New Movies On DVD, Feb. 19

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:00:43 +0000

In American Gangster, director Ridley Scott spins a tale concerning a Harlem drug kingpin who smuggles heroin into the country by hiding it in the bodies of U.S. soldiers killed during battle in Vietnam. Also on DVD: Michael Clayton, Rendition, In The Valley Of Elah, Lust, Caution and Margot At The Wedding.

New Movies On DVD, Feb. 12

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:00:13 +0000

Set against the backdrop of the bloody battle waged between New York City cops and the Russian mafia in the 1980s, "We Own The Night" tells the tale of an emerging club manager whose family ties to law enforcement make him a target for the city's most dangerous criminals. Also on DVD: Gone, Baby, Gone, Becoming Jane, Martian Child, and Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married?

New Movies On DVD, Feb. 5

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:00:24 +0000

The Brave One stars Jodie Foster as a happy woman whose life changes irrevocably after a brutal assault leaves her partner dead. The woman begins to live in constant fear. This outlook results in the woman eventually dispatching vigilante justice. Also on DVD: Across The Universe, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, The Assassination Of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 2 Days In Paris, Feast of Love, and The Jane Austen Book Club.

New Movies On DVD, Jan. 29

Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:00:48 +0000

In The Invasion, a mysterious, mind-altering epidemic has infected mankind, and when a Washington, D.C. psychiatrist discovers that the outbreak seems to be extraterrestrial in origin, she struggles to save her son from infection in this sci-fi thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, and directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. Also on DVD: The Comebacks, Daddy Day Camp & Feel The Noise.

New Movies On DVD, Jan. 22

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:00:41 +0000

In The Game Plan, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson picks up the pigskin once again for this sports-themed family comedy concerning a football superstar who abandons the gridiron to answer the call of fatherhood. Also on DVD: Saw IV and Sydney White.

New Movies On DVD, Jan. 15

Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:00:51 +0000

In Good Luck Chuck, a serial dater (Dane Cook) afflicted with a lifelong curse of loneliness attempts to win the love of a clumsy-but-beautiful penguin expert (Jessica Alba) in the one romantic comedy that proves true love never comes easy. Also on DVD: Mr. Woodcock.

New Movies On DVD, Jan. 8

Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:00:56 +0000

Russell Crowe plays a desperado whose accomplices stage an ambush after he is taken into custody by a determined local sheriff in this remake of the 1957 film 3:10 To Yuma. Also on DVD: Dragon Wars, Zodiac, Death Sentence and Sunshine.

New Movies On DVD, Jan. 1

Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:00:29 +0000

In Resident Evil: Extinction, director Russell Mulcahy takes over for the third and final chapter in the "Resident Evil" film trilogy that finds genetically altered Alice joining forces with Carlos and L.J. to take down the Umbrella Corporation once and for all. Also on DVD: Shoot 'Em Up, War, and September Dawn.

New Movies On DVD, Dec. 26

Wed, 26 Dec 2007 13:00:16 +0000

In Rush Hour 3, the third installment of the popular action comedy franchise, LAPD Detective James Carter and Chinese Chief Inspector Lee discover that Chinese Triads have extended their criminal influence to the City of Lights. They book a flight for Europe and prepare to clean up the Paris streets. Also on DVD: Eastern Promises, The Kingdom, Brothers Solomon, and The Heartbreak Kid.

New Movies On DVD, Dec. 18

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:00:53 +0000

They've kept television viewers laughing for nearly 20 years, and now the most popular animated family on the small screen makes the leap into theaters as Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart, ad Maggie embark on their first-ever feature-length adventure, The Simpsons Movie. Also on DVD: Halloween, Underdog, Stardust, Balls Of Fury, and The Last Legion.

New Movies On DVD, Dec. 11

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:00:13 +0000

In Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix, young wizard-in-training Harry Potter returns to Hogwarts for his fifth year of studies, only to find that the magical community seems to be in a curious state of denial about his recent encounter with the sinister Lord Voldemort. Also on DVD: The Bourne Ultimatum, Interview and December Boys.

New Movies On DVD, Dec. 4

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:00:29 +0000

In Pirates Of The Caribbean At World's End, Captain Jack Sparrow is hopelessly trapped in Davy Jones' locker after a harrowing encounter with the dreaded Kracken, and now Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann must align themselves with the nefarious Captain Barbossa if they hold out any hope of saving their old friend from a fate worse than death. Also on DVD: SuperBad, The Nanny Diaries, and Arctic Tale.

New Movies On DVD, Nov. 27

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:00:57 +0000

Lindsay Lohan stars in the mind-bending psychological thriller I Know Who Killed Me. She plays Aubrey Fleming, an unfortunate young woman whose life -- and body -- are irreparably damaged following an abduction by a heinous serial killer. Also on DVD: Mr. Bean's Holiday, Waitress, Hot Rod, The Namesake, Bratz, Who's Your Caddy and Skinwalkers.

New Movies On DVD, Nov. 20

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:00:31 +0000

Adam Shankman's adaptation of the stage musical "Hairspray," itself an adaptation of the non-musical John Waters film of the same name, stars Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, an overweight high school student whose only dream is to be on a local Baltimore teen dance program. Also on DVD: Live Free Or Die Hard and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.

New Movies On DVD, Nov. 13

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:00:24 +0000

In Shrek the Third, Shrek and Fiona's fairy-tale wedding has gone off without a hitch, yet just as the beaming newlyweds prepare to enjoy their blissful "happily ever after," the sudden death of King Harold finds everyone's favorite ornery ogre being reluctantly fitted for the royal crown. Also on DVD: Ocean's Thirteen and La Vie En Rose.

New Movies On DVD, Nov. 6

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:00:03 +0000

A scrawny rat named Remy finds his dreams of culinary superstardom stirring up sizable controversy in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant in director Brad Bird's madcap computer-animated comedy Ratatouille. Also on DVD: I Now Pronounce You Chuck And Larry, Deck The Halls, and Sicko.

New Movies on DVD, Oct. 30

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 12:00:51 +0000

Your friendly neighborhood web-slinger is back, only this time his sunny outlook has become partially overcast in the third chapter of the Spider-Man saga. Also on DVD: License To Wed, In The Land of Women, El Cantante, Talk To Me, and Captivity.

New Movies On DVD, Oct. 23

Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:00:28 +0000

Prepared to get scared with Hostel: Part II. Three American students studying art in Rome are drawn into a grim world of torture and suffering in director Eli Roth's blackly comic sequel to the horror hit that shocked the world. Also on DVD: Mr. Brooks and Meet The Robinsons.

New Movies On DVD, Oct. 16

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:00:39 +0000

The interstellar battle between the Autobots and Decepticons rains destruction down on planet Earth as director Michael Bay adapts Hasbro and Takara's popular franchise into the big-budget, live-action extravaganza Transformers. Also on DVD: The Reaping, The Invisible, The Hoax, Planet Terror and A Mighty Heart.