DVD TRAILERS FOR THIS WEEK'S

Last updated: Tuesday, August 22, 2006

DVD TRAILERS FOR THIS WEEK'S

Release Date: August 22, 2006

FILM GEEK

Cast: Leslie Taylor, Matt Morris, Melik Malkasian, Tara Walker, Tyler Gannon

Synopsis: The award-winning comedy about one film geek's quest to get a life. When Scotty Pelk is fired from his video store job, he hits rock bottom. But then he meets Niko, a sexy free spirit who just might save him from his hopeless existence.

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JUST MY LUCK

Cast: Chris Pine, Lindsay Lohan, Missi Pyle, Samaire Armstrong, Bree Turner

Synopsis: From the director of How to Lose a Guy in Ten Days, comes a 'funny twist-of-fate comedy (KBWB-TV)! Lindsay Lohan lights up the screen as Ashley, the luckiest girl in Manhattan. But little does she know, her good fortunate is about to change. When Ashley shares a kiss at a party with Jake, a bad luck magnet, they miraculously switch paths. Suddenly Ashley is plagued by one hilarious disaster after another, and Jake is headed for fame instead of failure. As she desperately races to find Jake and reverse her misfortune, Ashley discovers that her terrible twist-of-fate is the luckiest thing that ever happened to her.

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PHAT GIRLZ

Cast: Eric Roberts, Jack Noseworthy, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Joyful Drake, Mo'Nique

Synopsis: Superstar comedienne Mo'Nique is 'hilarious' (San Francisco Chronicle) as a sassy, plus-sized fashion designer who's tired of taking no for an answer in this 'delightful' (Boston Globe) comedy about living life to the fullets. Jazmin Bitmore (Mo'Nique) has big plans for large ladies, she's designed a sexy line of clothes for curvaceous women like herself. But when she can't get funding for her designs or meet a man who appreciates her unique physique, Jazmin's patience starts running thin. That is, until she wins an all-expense-paid trip to a resort in Palms Springs, where she just might just meet the man of her dreams.

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POSEIDON

Cast: Emmy Rossum, Josh Lucas, Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Stacy Ferguson

Synopsis: It's New Year's Eve and festivities have begun aboard the luxury cruise ship Poseidon, at sea the North Atlantic. One of the finest vessels of its kind, Poseidon stands more than 20 stories tall, boasts 800 staterooms and 13 passenger decks. Tonight, many of the ship's guests have gathered to greet the new year in style in the magnificent Main Ballroom. They raise champagne glasses as Captain Bradford (ANDRE BRAUGHTER) delivers a holiday toast and the band (led by STACY FERGUSON, aka FERGIE of the BLACK EYED PEAS) rolls into a version of 'Auld Lang Syne.' Meanwhile, on the bridge, the Chief Officer senses that something is wrong. Scanning the horizon, he see it - a rogue wave; a wall of water over 150 feet high, bearing down on them. He tries to steer the ship away from maximum impact but it's too late. The wave strikes with colossal force, pitching the ship heavily to port before rolling it completely upside down. Passengers and crew are thrown into free fall, crushed by debris or dragged into the sea as water bursts in through shattered windows. Supports collapse, broken gas line ignites flash fires and lights fail, leaving vast sections of the ship in darkness and chaos. In its aftermath, a few hundred survivors are left to huddle in the still-intact Main Ballroom, now resting below the waterline. They should stay together, the captain maintains, and wait here for rescue. One man, professional gambler Dylan Johns (JOSH LUCAS), prefers to test the odds alone, ignoring orders, he prepares to exit the Ballroom and find his own way to safety, but is collared by nine-year-old Conor (JIMMY BENNETT), who asks that Dylan take him and his mother Maggie (JACINDA BARRETT) along. Fast behind them is Robert Ramsey (KURT RUSSELL), anxious to search for his daughter Jennifer (EMMY ROSSUM) and her fiancé Christian (MIKE VOGEL). Only an hour earlier this young couple had found it impossible to tell him they were engaged and now face much graver challenges. Wary of alliances, Dylan reluctantly leads the small band of survivors upward through the bowels of the ship. Those who choose to join them rather than wait below include a shy stowaway (MIA MAESTRO), a suicidal man (RICHARD DREYFUSS) who re-discovers his will to live and a young waiter with knowledge of the ship's layout (FREDDY RODRIGUEZ). Determined to fight their way to the surface, they must forge a path together through layers of wreckage as the ship continues to sink. Bonds form quickly in this journey of vertical climbs, dead ends and sheer drops. And trust proves vital.

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Exclusive Interview

SILENT HILL

Cast: Deborah Kara Unger, Radha Mitchell, Sean Bean, Laurie Holden, Tanya Allen

Synopsis: Based on the best-selling horror action game, Silent Hill stars Radha Mitchell (Man on Fire) as Rose, a desperate mother who takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears and Rose begins her desperate search to get her back. She descends into a fog of smoldering ash and into the center of the twisted reality of a town's terrible secret. Pursued by grotesquely deformed creatures and a townspeople stuck in permanent purgatory, Rose begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years back. Dare to step inside the horrific town of Silent Hill, where darkness preys on every soul and Hell's creations await around every corner. But know that once you enter...there is no turning back.

Trailer
30' TV Spot
Radha Mitchell Exclusive Interview

SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY

Cast: Dennis Hopper, Frank Gehry, Julian Schnabel, Michael Eisner, Sydney Pollack

Synopsis: Frank Gehry has exploded the landscape of modern architecture, transforming it from a conventional science into a sublime and majestic form of art. Rebelling against the status quo, Gehry's struggle to create the impossible has resulted in such contemporary masterpieces as the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles and the stunning Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain. Beginning with rough sketches, then moving to models made of cardboard and tape, Gehry's genius transforms steel, titanium, and glass into the most heart-stopping structures the world has ever seen. Directed by his longtime friend and supporter, Academy Award®-winner Sydney Pollack (1985 Best Director, Out of Africa), the fascinating SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY looks inside the mind of the most acclaimed and controversial architect of the twenty-first century.

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