Out On Dvd This Month

January 2009

Death Race
Released to rent 19 January 2009/Due for release on 02/02/2009

Producer Roger Corman's cult classic film DEATH RACE 2000 gets a millennium overhaul with director Paul W.S. Anderson (EVENT HORIZON, RESIDENT EVIL) behind the wheel. Jason Statham (THE TRANSPORTER, THE BANK JOB) plays Jensen Ames, a prisoner who is serving a sentence for a crime that he didn't commit. But in this futuristic society, Ames can compete for his freedom with a victory in a brutal three-day race. Joan Allen (THE ICE STORM, THE BOURNE SUPREMACY), TYRESE GIBSON (BABY BOY, 2 FAST 2 FURIOUS) and Ian McShane (HOT ROD, TV's DEADWOOD) co-star in this high octane chase film.

Appaloosa
Released to rent 16 January 2009

Two friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow

Pineapple Express
Released to rent 12 January 2009

Though Judd Apatow and SUPERBAD scribes Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg seem like natural talent to be attached to this stoner film, indie drama director David Gordon Green (ALL THE REAL GIRLS) is a pleasant surprise. Rogen stars with fellow Apatow favourite James Franco as pot smokers who get in over their heads in this action comedy.

You Don't Mess With The Zohan
Due for release on 19/01/2009

Comedy superstar Adam Sandler is back - and funnier than ever - as The Zohan, the finest counterterrorist agent the Israeli army has. That is, until he fakes his death and travels to Manhattan to live his dream...as a hairdresser. Now this skilled fighting machine who used to clip bad guys is out to prove he can make the cut as a top stylist. All goes silky smooth until his cover is blown when he's recognized by a Palestinian cab driver (Rob Schneider). Now, The Zohan must fight to live a peaceful new life in New York in this razor-sharp action-packed comedy from Adam Sandler, Robert Smigel, Judd Apatow and Dennis Dugan.

Tropic Thunder
Due for release on 26/01/2009

Written and directed by Ben Stiller and featuring a host of stars including Robert Downey Jr, Jack Black, Nick Nolte and Steve Coogan Tropic Thunder is an action packed comedy not to be missed!A group of well-known successful actors are cast in the biggest, most expensive war movie ever produced! They include Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller) - a pampered action superstar, Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey Jr.), an intense, three-time Oscar-winning actor; Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), star of the popular gross-out comedy franchise "The Fatties"; multi-platinum hiphop-star-turned-entrepreneur-turned-actor Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson); and first-timer Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel).After filming begins, the director (Steve Coogan) has a change of heart and throws the actors into real-life combat and they are forced to become the fighting unit they're portraying. Will they make it out of the jungle in one piece?