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Fresh Fodder: New DVD Releases - 05/08/07

Alright fellas, this week you're gonna have to buck up and take one (or 3) for the team. We've got all kinds of "chick flicks" that you can use for brownie points towards next week, when you'll be whipping out "Pan's Labyrinth" and "The Fountain."

But it's OK - the secret here is that the films below might just be some juicy morsels to chew on, since we've got some premium comedic talent in 2 of this week's releases.

As always, if you saw one of these, leave your mini-review in the comments!

The Stuff We Care About

Music & Lyrics

Synopsis: "A washed up singer (Grant) is given a couple days to compose a chart-topping hit for an aspiring teen sensation. Though he's never written lyrics in his life, he sparks with an offbeat younger woman (Barrymore) with a flair for words."

Features

Rating: Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Format: Widescreen Anamorphic, 1.85:1, Closed Captioned, Color
DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 2: Spanish, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 3: French, Dolby Digital 5.1

Special Features

Additional scenes
Gag reel
Note for Note: The making of Music and Lyrics
"PoP! Goes My Heart" music video

Preview:

The Painted Veil

Synopsis: "Based on the novel by W. Somerset Maugham, 'The Painted Veil' is a love story set in the 1920s that tells the story of a young English couple, Walter (Edward Norton), a middle class doctor and Kitty (Naomi Watts), an upper-class woman, who get married for the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai, where she falls in love with someone else. When he uncovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China ravaged by a deadly epidemic, and takes her along. Their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them purpose in one of the most remote and beautiful places on earth."

Features

Rating: Rated PG-13 for some mature sexual situations, partial nudity, disturbing images and brief drug content.
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Format: Widescreen Anamorphic, 2.35:1, Closed Captioned, Color
DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 5.1

Special Features

None listed

Preview:

Catch & Release

Synopsis: "Gray Wheeler (Garner), a young woman whose fiance dies unexpectedly before the wedding, leaving Gray unable to afford her home--moves in with her fiance's best friends, Sam (Kevin Smith) and Dennis (Sam Jaeger). But the presence of another old friend named Fritz (Timothy Olyphant) leads to the unveiling of a secret: Gray's fiance had a child with another woman."

Features

Rating: Rated PG-13 for sexual content, language and some drug use.
Studio: Sony Pictures
DVD Format: Widescreen Anamorphic, 2.40:1, Closed Captioned, Color
DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Audio Track 1: Commentary by Director/Writer Suzannah Grant and Kevin Smith, Unknown, Audio Track 2: Commentary by Director/Writer Suzannah Grant and Cinematographer John Lindley, Unknown, Audio Track 3: English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Audio Track 4: French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround

Special Features