August continues with solid home video releases.
Finally making its way to home video after several successful weeks among the box office top ten is Date Night. Steve Carell and Tina Fey's latest comedy venture. The duo are a New York suburban couple who rarely have excitement in their family lives, until the pair decide to go into the city for a dinner date.
After a mistaken identity situation, the pair end up running around New York City trying to elude evil-doers and save their marriage all at the same time. Date Night offers decent laughs, and is miles better than any of those Katherine Heigl rom-coms of late.
Also releasing on home video today is the American remake of Death at a Funeral. The movie stars Chris Rock and is easily his best comedy in years. Death at a Funeral has a long list of famous cast members, including Danny Glover, Martin Lawrence, and Tracy Morgan. Rock plays a grieving son who's father has passed. Family gathers for the funeral, and everything goes horribly, horribly wrong.
Demi Moore's latest, The Joneses, finds a home on video after a horrible limited run in theaters, but positive remarks from critics (including GotchaMovies). It had a budget of $10 Million and during 13 weeks in theaters managed to make back only $1.45 Million. The Joneses also stars David Duchovny as Demi's fake husband, as the fake couple pretend to be a married family in order to sell other rich couples on expensive and unnecessary possessions.
Also releasing to home video is Triage and Letters to God. Triage stars Colin Farrell and Paz Vega, and is the story of a woman who gets caught up in the controversy of her husband's last assignment as a photojournalist. Letters to God is the true story of Tyler Doherty, a child with cancer who writes (and mails) prayer letters to God.
The Best
Date Night
Buy/Rent/Skip: Rent - Read the Review
Steve Carell and Tina Fey star in director Shawn Levy's comedy about a couple whose routine date night becomes anything but when dinner and a movie just won't suffice anymore. Their union in imminent danger of becoming hopelessly monotonous, the desperate couple goes to unprecedented lengths in order to preserve the spark. Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, and Kristen Wiig co-star in the 20th Century Fox production. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Director: Shawn Levy
Starring: Steve Carell, Tina Fey
MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for sexual and crude content throughout, language, some violence and a drug reference
Official Website: http://www.datenight-movie.com/
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Death at a Funeral
Buy/Rent/Skip: Rent
Frank Oz's 2007 black comedy Death at a Funeral is given the remake treatment with an urban spin in this Chris Rock-produced production. The comedian heads up an ensemble that comes together after a death in the family, with disastrous results. Dean Craig penned the script for director Neil LaBute (The Wicker Man), with Martin Lawrence, Tracy Morgan, and Danny Glover co-starring. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
Director: Neil LaBute
Starring: Chris Rock, Danny Glover
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language, drug content and some sexual humor.
Official Website:http://www.sonypictures.com/movies/deathatafuneral/
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The Joneses
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A picture perfect family moves into a typical American town, impressing the locals and becoming integrating themselves into every aspect of the community until a sudden tragedy forces them to reassess their priorities. Steve (David Duchovny) and Kate Jones (Demi Moore) have everything a happily married couple could ever want: their kids Jenn (Amber Heard) and Mick (Ben Hollingsworth) are intelligent and handsome, they live in an affluent neighborhood, and their sprawling suburban home is jam packed with all of the coolest gizmos and (Read Full Synopsis)
Director: Derrick Borte
Starring: Demi Moore, David Duchovny
MPAA Rating: Rated R for language, some sexual content, teen drinking and drug use.
Official Website: http://www.thejonesesmovie.com/
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The Rest
This family drama follows the true story of a young boy whose life is put on the line when he is diagnosed with cancer. Through his letters to God about the confusion and faith that come with his situation, he soon becomes a surprising source of hope and inspiration for those in his neighborhood -- including a substitute mailman, whose life becomes surprisingly mixed up in the ordeal. ~ Cammila Albertson
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Triage
A man bearing the unseen scars of war struggles to recover amidst a family in chaos in this drama from writer and director Danis Tanovic. Mark Walsh (Colin Farrell) is a photojournalist who has earned a reputation for working in some of the most unforgiving locations on Earth, so when his editor Amy (Juliet Stevenson) asks him to cover the fighting in Kurdistan, Mark takes the assignment and thinks little of it, though his wife Elena (Paz Vega) is considerably more (Read Full Synopsis)
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Recent DVD and Blu-ray Releases
August 3rd - Kick-Ass and more...
July 27th - Clash of the Titans and more...
July 20th - Cop Out and more...
July 13th - The Bounty Hunter and more...
July 6th - A Single Man and more...
