Here's a selection of the best new movies on DVD for for September 2008.
September 2, 2008
No Recommendations
September 9, 2008
Baby Mama DVD
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler star in this comedy written and directed by Michael McCullers, and all three of these people have Saturday Night Live backgrounds. Kate (Fey) is an unmarried 37-year-old executive who desperately wants a baby and goes to a surrogacy agency run by a woman played by Sigourney Weaver.
Angie (Poehler), a lower-class type, ends up carrying the child. The story involves Angie splitting from her common-law husband and moving in with Kate, forming an odd couple. Steve Martin portrays Kate's boss, and Greg Kinnear plays her love interest.
The Forbidden Kingdom DVD
Jet Li and Jackie Chan appear together for the first time in this martial-arts movie, but the hero is played by Michael Angarano. Jason (Angarano) is a modern-day Boston teenager who gets transported to a mythical version of feudal China. There the hard-drinking Lu Yan (Chan) and the Silent Monk (Li) first battle each other, then team up and join forces with Jason and a good-looking young female warrior called Golden Sparrow. Their objective is to deliver a magical staff to the Monkey King (Li again), but an evil warlord and a wicked witch are out to stop them.
September 16, 2008
No Recommendations
September 23, 2008
Sex and the City DVD
This is the movie version of the popular HBO TV series that ended in 2004, and Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Chris Noth all reprise their roles in the film.
The movie picks up four years after the series finale and continues to be Manhattan-based, focusing on the romantic and sexual relationships of the four female leads. The ladies still like to drink cosmopolitans, a mix of vodka, Cointreau or Triple Sec, cranberry juice and limejuice. Carrie (Parker) and Mr. Big (Noth) contemplate marriage, and Jennifer Hudson joins the cast.
September 30, 2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall DVD
This is another comedy produced by Judd Apatow that mixes raunchiness with sweetness. The main character is an average-looking guy named Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) who gets dumped by his beautiful girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). Peter tries to get over his heartbreak by traveling to Hawaii, but he happens to check into the same resort where Sarah is vacationing with her new rocker boyfriend (Russell Brand). However, he becomes friendly with the attractive receptionist (Mila Kunis). Apatow regulars Bill Hader, Jonah Hill and Paul Rudd are in the movie.
Iron Man DVD
Starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role, this action-adventure movie tells the story of the origins of a Marvel Comics superhero. Also in the cast are Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges. In the film, Tony Stark (Downey) is an American billionaire playboy and businessman whose company makes high-tech weaponry. On a marketing trip to Afghanistan, Tony is captured by guerillas, but he devises an incredible suit of armor that enables him to escape. Returning home, he decides to stop making weapons and improve the suit so it can be used to fight evil.
Jellyfish DVD
This Israeli movie is a seriocomedy from husband-wife filmmakers Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen. It's an ensemble piece that tells the intersecting stories of a few of the people at a Tel Aviv wedding. The newlyweds, Michael (Gera Sandler) and Keren (Noa Knoller), have problems when she breaks her leg at the reception. Batya (Sarah Adler) is a waitress working for the caterer, but her life is changed by a little girl who comes out of the sea. In another story strand, Joy (Ma-nenita De Latorre) is a Filipino immigrant who's at the wedding as a caregiver for an old woman.
September 2, 2008
No Recommendations
September 9, 2008
Baby Mama DVD
Tina Fey and Amy Poehler star in this comedy written and directed by Michael McCullers, and all three of these people have Saturday Night Live backgrounds. Kate (Fey) is an unmarried 37-year-old executive who desperately wants a baby and goes to a surrogacy agency run by a woman played by Sigourney Weaver.
Angie (Poehler), a lower-class type, ends up carrying the child. The story involves Angie splitting from her common-law husband and moving in with Kate, forming an odd couple. Steve Martin portrays Kate's boss, and Greg Kinnear plays her love interest.
The Forbidden Kingdom DVD
Jet Li and Jackie Chan appear together for the first time in this martial-arts movie, but the hero is played by Michael Angarano. Jason (Angarano) is a modern-day Boston teenager who gets transported to a mythical version of feudal China. There the hard-drinking Lu Yan (Chan) and the Silent Monk (Li) first battle each other, then team up and join forces with Jason and a good-looking young female warrior called Golden Sparrow. Their objective is to deliver a magical staff to the Monkey King (Li again), but an evil warlord and a wicked witch are out to stop them.
September 16, 2008
No Recommendations
September 23, 2008
Sex and the City DVD
This is the movie version of the popular HBO TV series that ended in 2004, and Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Chris Noth all reprise their roles in the film.
The movie picks up four years after the series finale and continues to be Manhattan-based, focusing on the romantic and sexual relationships of the four female leads. The ladies still like to drink cosmopolitans, a mix of vodka, Cointreau or Triple Sec, cranberry juice and limejuice. Carrie (Parker) and Mr. Big (Noth) contemplate marriage, and Jennifer Hudson joins the cast.
September 30, 2008
Forgetting Sarah Marshall DVD
This is another comedy produced by Judd Apatow that mixes raunchiness with sweetness. The main character is an average-looking guy named Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) who gets dumped by his beautiful girlfriend Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell). Peter tries to get over his heartbreak by traveling to Hawaii, but he happens to check into the same resort where Sarah is vacationing with her new rocker boyfriend (Russell Brand). However, he becomes friendly with the attractive receptionist (Mila Kunis). Apatow regulars Bill Hader, Jonah Hill and Paul Rudd are in the movie.
Iron Man DVD
Starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role, this action-adventure movie tells the story of the origins of a Marvel Comics superhero. Also in the cast are Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges. In the film, Tony Stark (Downey) is an American billionaire playboy and businessman whose company makes high-tech weaponry. On a marketing trip to Afghanistan, Tony is captured by guerillas, but he devises an incredible suit of armor that enables him to escape. Returning home, he decides to stop making weapons and improve the suit so it can be used to fight evil.
Jellyfish DVD
This Israeli movie is a seriocomedy from husband-wife filmmakers Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen. It's an ensemble piece that tells the intersecting stories of a few of the people at a Tel Aviv wedding. The newlyweds, Michael (Gera Sandler) and Keren (Noa Knoller), have problems when she breaks her leg at the reception. Batya (Sarah Adler) is a waitress working for the caterer, but her life is changed by a little girl who comes out of the sea. In another story strand, Joy (Ma-nenita De Latorre) is a Filipino immigrant who's at the wedding as a caregiver for an old woman.