NEW to DVD JULY 2, 2008

NEW TO DVD JULY 22

Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
LAST WEEK there were 5 movies that had grossed over $10M in the box office. This week, there is but one. 21. 21 grossed $81M in the box office, and is the clear front runner for the week. I saw this as soon as it came out. Kevin Spacey is one of my favorite actors, and counting cards and con game movies suck me in every time. I was irritated with one thing only with the movie, but it wasn't with the actual movie, per se. My issue was with MIT, which was where the true story took place, but MIT refused to let them shoot the movie there. Now that's just plain mean spirited.

21-PG13 for some violence and sexual content including partial nudity-Starring Kevin Spacey, Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, and Lawrence Fishburne. Drama/Crime. First, the acting was superb by all cast members. Kate Bosworth was my least favorite, and I could take her or leave her. Sturgess was great, and Spacey was his usual untouchable self. As mentioned above, this is a true story of a bunch of little MIT smarties who decided to ban together to count cards in Vegas to take in some extra cash—and lots of it. With a little help from their statistics professor (gosh I love statistics and probability) they get themselves into quite the mess, because as I'm sure you know, although counting cards isn't necessarily illegal, the casinos don't exactly welcome card counters at their blackjack tables. The DVD explains the card counting theory if you are interested.

Now… THE OTHER movies…

DARK HONEYMOON-Starring Roy Scheider, Tia Carrere, Lindy Booth, Daryl Hannah, and Eric Roberts. Suspense/Horror/TV. A man marries a woman after knowing her only a short time, and people start dying mysteriously around them, causing him to wonder if he really knows who he married. Looks.. like it was made for TV.

SIX REASONS WHY-R for violence and language-Starring Daniel Wooster, Chistopher Harrison, Jeff Campagna, Mads Koudal, and Colm Feore. Western. "Draw first, ask later." Looks as bad as the tag line sounds.

TURN THE RIVER- R for language-Starring Famke Janssen. Drama. A pool shark risks everything to escape her ex-husband and her past. Actually received decent reviews by critics.

TWIN DAGGERS-R for some violence-Starring Rhett Giles, Coco Su, and Veronica Bero- Martial Arts/Action. A hit man is hired by a woman to kill her twin, but falls in love with his target.