This week's new DVD releases include
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night,
Mao's Last Dancer and
Source Code. You can also take a look at
upcoming new DVD releases.
July 26, 2011 - New DVD and Video Releases
Dylan Dog is a quirky private investigator specializing in paranormal cases. He began life in an Italian comic book series which eventually came to be published in several languages, including English. In the movie, which mixes comedy, horror and film noir, Dylan Dog is played by Brandon Routh, and the setting is New Orleans. He takes on a murder case involving a good-looking young blonde (Anita Briem), and along the way Dylan's wisecracking sidekick (Sam Huntington) gets turned into a zombie. Peter Stormare plays a werewolf, and Taye Diggs plays the vampire owner of a nightclub.More »
This biopic tells the story of Li Cunxin, played in the film by three first-time actors of different ages. Li is shown as a boy living in poverty in a backwater of Maoist China, then spending his teen years at a Beijing dance academy reminiscent of a military boot camp. As an adult (portrayed by professional dancer Chi Cao), he goes to Houston for three months on a cultural exchange, and after getting a taste of American life, refuses to return to China. Joan Chen plays Li's mother, Bruce Greenwood portrays the artistic director of a Texas ballet company and Kyle MacLachlan plays Li's attorney.More »
Jake Gyllenhaal stars in this sci-fi thriller. Colter Stevens (Gyllenhaal) remembers himself flying a helicopter in Afghanistan. But now he's sitting on a train with an attractive woman (Michelle Monaghan), and ID in his wallet identifies him as a teacher named Sean Fentress. The train blows up, and Stevens finds himself in a contraption, talking via video connection to an Air Force officer (Vera Farmiga), and behind her is the mysterious Dr. Rutledge (Jeffrey Wright). In the movie, Stevens goes through variations of eight minutes on the train half a dozen times, and it's gradually revealed what is going on.More »
