July 2007 DVD & Blu-rays

With Rupert Grint • Laura Linney • Julie Walters • Oliver Milburn • Nicholas Farrell • Michelle Duncan • Tamsin Eggerton • Jeremy Brocks

This rites of passage comedy introduces a shy and downtrodden Ben (Rupert Grint) with yet another dreary school holiday coming around. Seventeen years of living in an absurdly conservative and traditional household with his highly-strung and overbearing mother (Laura Linney) and quiet, mild mannered vicar father have taken its toll on young Ben. While the other kids are out having fun, Ben spends these precious few weeks attending bible classes, having driving lessons with his mother and helping out at a local old people's home.

However, Ben's world is turned upside down when he's employed by an eccentric retired actress Evie (Julie Walters). Vulgar, dignified and childish all at once, she certainly is not the kind of person Ben expected when searching through the job listings in the stuffy parish magazine, "Hello Jesus". Evie enters Ben's life with a cataclysmic force, whisking him away on a series of adventures from camping, to performing Shakespeare in the garden, to attending the Edinburgh festival — where he finally meets a girl much nearer his own age.

Evie's unconventional and often downright bizarre behavior challenges Ben's beliefs, and forces him to confront the very idea of who he wants to be. Then, when it seems that his new-found freedom is about to be taken away, Ben has to suddenly choose; should he continue to conform, or break out and live his life as his own man?

With Kathryn Hahn • Rainn Wilson • Michael Clarke Duncan • Timothy Hutton • Joely Richardson • Chris O’Neil • Rhiannon Leigh Wryn • Bob Shaye • Robert Shaye • Bruce Joel Rubin • James V. Hart • Howard Shore

Based on the acclaimed sci-fi short story by Lewis Padgett, "The Last Mimzy" tells the story of two children who discover a mysterious box that contains some strange devices they think are toys. As the children play with these "toys," they begin to display higher and higher intelligence levels. Their teacher tells their parents that they seem to have grown beyond genius. Their parents, too, realize something extraordinary is happening. Emma, the younger of the two, tells her confused mother that one of the toys, a beat-up stuffed toy rabbit, is named Mimzy and that "she teaches me things."

As Emma's mom becomes increasingly concerned, a blackout shuts down the city and the government traces the source of the power surge to Emma's family's house. Things quickly spin wildly out of their control. The children are focused on these strange objects, Mimzy, and the important mission on which they seem to have been sent. When the little girl says that Mimzy contains a most serious message from the future, a scientific scan shows that Mimzy is part extremely high level electronic, and part organic! Everyone realizes that they are involved in something incredible…but exactly what?

With Bruce Willis • Billy Bob Thornton • Paula Weinstein • Bruce Dern • Mark Polish • Virginia Madsen • Michael Polish • Len Amato

The story follows an eccentric farmer who dreams of space travel and sets out to build a rocket inside his barn. His neighbors consider him an oddity, the government thinks he is a threat, and the media sees him as a story.

With Nia Long • Mennan Yapo • Julian McMahon • Amber Valletta • Ashok Amritraj • Jon Jashni • Kate Nelligan • Bill Kelly

Linda Hanson has a beautiful house, a loving husband and two adorable daughters. Her life is perfect, until the day she receives the devastating news that her husband Jim has died in a car accident. When she wakes up the next morning to find him alive and well, she assumes it was all a dream, but is shaken by how vivid it felt. She soon realizes it wasn't a dream, and her world is turned upside down as the surreal circumstances lead her to discover that her perfect life may not have been all that it appeared. Desperate to save her family, Linda begins a furious race against time and fate to try and preserve everything that she and Jim have built together.

With Dougray Scott • Leo Gregory • Kerry Rutter • Alison Bruce • Saffron Burrows • Craig Hall • Rachel House • Susan Haldane • Stuart Wilson • Scott Wills • Robbie Magasiva • Lauren Jackson • Peter McCauley • Stephen Ure • John Sumner • Roimata Taimana • Aaron Murphy • Scotty Morrison • Owen Black • Katrina Browne • Ian Mune • Danielle Cormack • Roy Ward • Jon Brazier • Margaret-Mary Hollins • Brett Stewart • Tessa Mitchell • Robyn Maclean • Beth Kayes • Hori Ahipene • Martin Phelan • Peter Rowley • Wharetatao King • Shannon Hirst • Glen Drake

Set during the 1960s in an alternate New Zealand known as Nuovo Zelandia, "Perfect Creature" imagines a world where vampires and humans peacefully co-exist, with the bloodsuckers the next step in human evolution. This delicate balance looks to be destroyed when an influenza epidemic begins to sweep the human population and one vampire turns to preying on humans. The church sends out Silus (Scott) to catch the renegade vampire, Edgar. Silus joins forces with a human police captain (Burrows), and discovers that Edgar harbors dark secrets.

With Jacob Vargas • Jessica Stroup • Michael McMillian • Michael Bailey Smith • Marianne Maddalena • Daniella Alonso • Derek Mears • Wes Craven • Peter Locke • Jonathan Craven

A group of National Guard trainees find themselves battling against a vicious group of mutants on their last day of training in the desert.

With Robert Downey Jr. • Jake Gyllenhaal • James Vanderbilt • Mark Ruffalo • David Fincher • Dermot Mulroney • Brian Cox • John Carroll Lynch • Anthony Edwards • Arnold W. Messer • Mike Medavoy • Bradley J. Fischer • Ceán Chaffin • Louis Phillips

Based on the true story of one of the most intriguing unsolved crimes in the nation's history, "Zodiac" is a thriller from David Fincher, director of "Seven" and "Fight Club". As a serial killer terrifies the San Francisco Bay Area and taunts police with his ciphers and letters, investigators in four jurisdictions search for the murderer. The case will become an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.

With Dustin Hoffman • Ben Whishaw • Alan Rickman • Bernd Eichinger • Rachel Hurd-Wood • Karoline Herfurth • Tom Tykwer • Andrew Birkin

The story is set in 18th-century Paris and follows Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw), who becomes obsessed with a young woman, fixating on the idea of bottling her aroma, which eventually leads to murder. Dustin Hoffman plays Guiseppe Baldini, a perfumer, and Alan Rickman plays the father of the girl Grenouille is fascinated by.

With Jim Carrey • Logan Lerman • Danny Huston • Tripp Vinson • Virginia Madsen • Rhona Mitra • Joel Schumacher • Beau Flynn • Maile Flanagan • Fernley Phillips

Spiraling into a dark obsession with the number 23, Walter Sparrow twists his once idyllic life into an inferno of psychological torture that could possibly lead to his death as well as the deaths of his loved ones. Spurred on by a mysterious novel, The Number 23, that he doesn't dare put down, Walter is forced to unlock the secrets of his past before he can continue his future with his wife, Agatha, and teenage son, Robin. The novel, given to Walter by Agatha as a birthday gift, depicts a chilling murder mystery that seems to mirror Walter's life in dark and uncontrollable ways. The life of the book's main character, a brooding detective named Fingerling, is filled with moments that echo Walter's own history. As the world of the book starts to come alive, Walter becomes infected by the most frightening and evocative part of it: Fingerling's obsession with the hidden power of the number 23. This obsession permeates the book and begins to control Walter. He sees the number everywhere in his own life and becomes convinced that he is damned to commit the same horrific crime as Fingerling--murder. Nightmarish fantasies come to haunt Walter, ones that portend terrible fates for his wife as well as family friend Isaac French, placing him on a desperate quest to understand the mysteries of the book. If he can unlock the power behind the number 23, he may be able to change his future.

With Ray Liotta • Chiwetel Ejiofor • Taye Diggs • LL Cool J • Jolene Blalock • Wayne Beach • Tim Williams • Sidney Kimmel • Bonnie Timmermann • John M. Penotti • Anthony Walton

A politically ambitious DA, engaged in a 24-hour showdown with a gang leader, is manipulated by a beautiful assistant DA and a dangerous stranger.

With Morgan Freeman • John Cusack • Bruce Beresford • Stephen Katz • John Darrouzet

Ray Keene (Cusack), a father who wants to redeem himself in the eyes of his son, is trying to bring Cordell (Freeman), a world-class assassin to justice. All the while, he must protect his son and evade the assassin's team who are methodically hunting them down in the wilderness.

With Michael Rapaport • Zooey Deschanel • Kevin Dunn • Paul Schneider • Ebon Moss-Bachrach • Andy Robin • Aaron Stanford • Gregg Kavet

This comedy follows the escapades of a bumbling criminal and his stupid sidekick.

With Gerard Butler • Zack Snyder • Rodrigo Santoro • Dominic West • Lena Headey • Mark Canton • Kurt Johnstad • David Wenham • Vincent Regan • Gianni Nunnari • Michael Gordon

The story details the real-life battle of Thermopylae, in which King Leonidas (Butler) and 300 Spartan warriors fought to the death against the massive Persian army. According to lore, their bravery led to Greece uniting and giving rise to democracy. Headey will play the role of Queen Gorgo, Leonidas' wife.

With Karl Urban • Clancy Brown • Marcus Nispel • Brad Fischer • Lee Nelson • Moon Bloodgood • Jay Tavare • Ralf Moeller • Russell Means • Mike Medavoy • Arnold Messer • John M. Jacobsen • Leata Kalolgridis

"Pathfinder" tells the story of a young Viking boy left behind by his people in North America (which the Vikings had visited hundreds of years before Columbus). A stranger in a strange land, the boy is raised by a tribe of American Indians – the very people the Vikings had sworn to destroy. When Vikings again storm the eastern shores, waging a barbaric campaign, they slaughter the tribe that adopted the young man. Now age 25, he wages a violent personal war to stop the Viking's trail of death and destruction.

With Edgar Wright • Simon Pegg • Nick Frost • Billie Whitelaw • Paddy Considine • Paul Freeman • Steve Coogan • Jim Broadbent • Stuart Wilson • Timothy Dalton • Anne Reid • Edward Woodward

The eagerly anticipated second feature from the co-creators of 2004's award-winning sleeper hit "Shaun of the Dead" is a contemporary action comedy. Police officer Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is London's top cop. This tough law enforcer is good at his job—so good, in fact, that he makes his colleagues look bad. As a result, his superiors "promote" him to the village of Sandford, where all is garden parties and neighborhood watch meetings. Partnered with Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), an oafish but well-meaning young local cop, Angel struggles to adapt. But he just can't…until a series of grisly "accidents" indicates that foul play is afoot. Suddenly, this seemingly idyllic town is a case that Angel has to crack – hard.

With Winona Ryder • Tim Blake Nelson • Jason Blum • David Arquette • Wilmer Valderrama • Joseph Fiennes • Finn Taylor • Jeffrey Tambor • Emily Mortimer • Brad Hunt • Steven Siebert • Debbie Brubaker • Frank Capra • Jane Sindell • Charles Hsiao • Hiro Narita

Michael Burrows, a forensic detective in the S.F.P.D. becomes fascinated by the number of "Darwin" deaths being reported. Darwin deaths result when the victims commit a bizarrely stupid acts, resulting in their own demise. Determined to prove a common theme in these cases, Burrows joins forces with Siri, a clinical, no-nonsense insurance investigator specializing in the more bizarre claims. Along the way they come across a parade of unforgettable characters: the speed freak who straps a rocket launcher to his Chevy Impala in his quest to set a land speed record; two guys who decide that dynamite is the fastest way to break through a patch of ice to go fishing; teenagers who will do anything to break into a Metallica concert; and an ad executive who is so confident in the strength of his shatterproof window that he throws himself at it, despite being on the 25th floor.

With Josh Hutcherson • Bruce Greenwood • Bree Turner • Dash Mihok • Steven Culp • Claire-Dee Lim

The story follows Rexxx, Hollywood's most in-demand canine star. After getting lost, the divalike dog is adopted by a down-on-its-luck firehouse. Rexxx teams with a 12-year-old boy (Hutcherson) to turn the scrappy firehouse into the city's finest.

With Jared Leto • John Travolta • Salma Hayek • Laura Dern • Avi Lerner • Todd Robinson • Trevor Short • Holly Wiersma • George Furla • Danny Dimbort • John Thompson

In the late 1940's, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were America's notorious "Lonely Hearts Killers". Their lethal scam was simple; they would swindle and then viciously murder lovelorn war widows who would answer their personal ads in which Ray would describe himself as a sexy Latin Lover. Ironically, Ray's initial introduction to Martha was as a prospective mark. But when they met, it was love at first sight, perhaps as a result of their penchant for kinky sex and their mutual love for duplicity and easy money. With Martha posing as Ray's sister, they bilked elderly spinsters and widows of their savings and then viciously murdered them in a bloodbath of sexual frenzy. When they were arrested, Martha and Ray confessed to 12 killings, although it is believed the actual number is closer to 20. At their sensational trial, Martha and Ray cooed, held hands and seemed as though they could not get enough of each other. Their plea of not guilty by reason of insanity was rejected, and on August 22, 1949, the homicidal lovers were sentenced to death. After numerous appeals, they were electrocuted on March 8, 1951, side-by-side in Sing Sing prison.

With D.B. Sweeney • Roselyn Sanchez • Manny Perez • Bill Duke • Sully Diaz • Jaime Tirelli • Alfredo De Villa • Nacoma Whobrey

The film centers on a woman who is haunted by the death of her father.

With Tom Hanks • James McAvoy • Benedict Cumberbatch • Alice Eve • Charles Dance • Rebecca Hall • Tom Vaughan • Gary Goetzman • Pippa Harris • David Nicholls

The project follows a working-class student (McAvoy) who stumbles romantically and academically through his first year at a posh private university in England.

With Mark Wahlberg • Michael Peña • Lorenzo di Bonaventura • Antoine Fuqua • Rhona Mitra • Brad Weston • Jonathan Lemkin

An ace marksman, living in self-exile in the Arkansas wilderness after causing the death of an innocent person, is persuaded by his former associates that they need his help to prevent an assassination. He is eventually double-crossed and framed for the presidential assassination he was trying to prevent and forced to go on the run while trying to track down the real killer and discover the truth about who betrayed him.