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Fresh Fodder: New DVD Releases - 02/20/2007

We've got some great flicks coming your way this week, prepping you for the Oscars. Christopher Nolan is back in the director's chair big time with his near-masterpiece "The Prestige." "Babel" looks to be a treat as well. We've heard great things about "A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints," so you can bet we've got it queued. And even though it didn't fare well with critics, we'll always give Robin Williams a chance, this week with "Man of the Year."

Oh, and why don't you give us your mini-reviews in the comments? We'd love to hear what you have to say.

The Stuff We Care About

The Prestige

Read our synopsis and DVD review by clicking here!

Features

Rating: Rated PG-13 for violence and disturbing images.
Runtime: 130 Minutes
Label: Touchstone
Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone
DVD Format: Keep Case, Widescreen Anamorphic, 2.35:1, Closed Captioned, Color
DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: French, Dolby Digital 2.0, Audio Track 3: Spanish, Dolby Digital 2.0

Special Features

The Director's Notebook: The Cinematic Sleight of Hand of Christopher Nolan
The Art of The Prestige Gallery

Preview:

Babel

Synopsis: "Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the Moroccan desert, touching off an interlocking story involving four different families."

Features

Rating: Rated R for violence, some graphic nudity, sexual content, language and some drug use.
Runtime:143 Minutes
Label: Paramount
Studio: Paramount
DVD Format: Keep Case, Widescreen Anamorphic, Color
DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Spanish, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: French, Dolby Digital 5.1

Special Features

None listed

Preview:

Flushed Away

Synopsis: "The story of an uptown rat that gets flushed down the toilet from his penthouse apartment, ending in the sewers of London, where he has to learn a whole new and different way of life."

Features

Rating: Rated PG for crude humor and some language.
Runtime:84 Minutes
Label: Paramount
Studio: Paramount Home Video
DVD Format: Keep Case, Widescreen Anamorphic, Closed Captioned, Color
DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Audio Track 3: French, Dolby Digital 2.0, Audio Track 4: Spanish, Dolby Digital 2.0, Audio Track 5: Commentary by Directors David Bowers and Sam Fell, Unknown

Special Features

2 Animated Slug Songs
From Clay to CG: A Technical Journey
Jammy Dodger Fly-Thru
Featurette: Meet the Cast
Animator's Gallery
Behind the Scenes Interactive Tour
DWA Jukebox
Trailers: Bee Movie, Shrek The Third, Wallace & Gromit
Flushed Away Juke Box
Build-A-Slug
Learn to Draw Roddy
The Music of Flushed Away
Games: A Maze of Pipes
Maze of Pipes
DVD Rom: Flushed Away Underground Adventure

Preview:

Man of the Year

Synopsis: "On a lark, the host of a late-night political talk show (Williams) decides to run for president. The thing is, he never expected to win."

Features

Rating: Rated PG-13 for language including some crude sexual references, drug related material, and brief violence.
Runtime:115 Minutes
Label: Universal
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Format: Keep Case, Widescreen Anamorphic, 2.35:1, Closed Captioned, Color
DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: French, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 3: Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1

Special Features

"Commander And Chief" - Video diary on the making of Man of the Year
"Robin Williams - A "Stand Up" Guy" – A behind-the-scenes look at Robin Williams' on and off-camera riffs

Preview:

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints

Synopsis: "The movie is a coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, N.Y., during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fate by various so-called saints."

Features

Rating: Rated R for pervasive language, some violence, sexuality, and drug use.
Label: First Look
Studio: First Look Pictures
DVD Format: Keep Case, Closed Captioned, Color
DVD Features: Subtitles: Spanish, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1

Special Features

Director and Editor Commentary
Alternate Opening and Endings
Deleted Scenes
"Shooting Saints: The Making of A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints" featurette