NEW REDBOX DVD RELEASES FOR
AUGUST 12, 2008
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Smart People
Dennis Quaid is a stuck-in-his-ways professor who has to make room for the utterly unexpected when his wife dies. This includes new love (with the lovely Sarah Jessica Parker), the return of his adopted brother (Thomas Haden Church) and…an all star cast (Christine Lahti and “Juno’s” Ellen Page).
Nim’s Island
What’s a girl to do when she’s stuck on an island with her scientist father? Make it extraordinary, of course. Abigail Breslin and Gerard Butler are the daughter-father island team. Jody Foster plays the reclusive author of Breslin’s favorite books, with whom the girl strikes up an unexpected friendship.
Never Back Down
Does mixed martial arts finally have its young movie star? This is a great start. Sean Faris plays a troubled teen who’s about to find trouble at yet another high school – until he finds his way to an underground fight club and starts getting trained by a mixed martial arts veteran. Amber Heard and Cam Gigandet costar.
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
They’re back. And this time they have way bigger problems than curing the munchies. Kal Penn and John Cho reprise their hilarious roles in a tale about a couple of guys who just want to sneak a bong on a flight to Amsterdam, then get pegged for terrorists and chased by the Feds across the country.
Doomsday
For three decades, they thought they’d contained the deadly Reaper Virus when they brutally quarantined the British Isles. Whoops. When it returns to a major city, it’s deadlier than ever. Can an elite team (including Adeola Ariyo and Emma Cleasby) stop the spread in time to save the whole human race?
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Not an even an MIT education can prepare you find the kind of lesson you’ll learn if you try to cheat Vegas. Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth and Kevin Spacey star in this movie about math students who learn a complex card-counting scheme, then hit the desert to try and win big.
