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Talent for the Game DVD
Street Date: April 6, 2007

Actors: Edward James Olmos, Lorraine Bracco, Jamey Sheridan, Jeff Corbett, Mark McKinney
Director: Robert M. Young

Synopsis:
Sammy Bodean is the newest, most promising recruit according to the advertisement of the California Angels—and has to prove it come game time. Following the team's sale to young business whiz Gil Lawrence (Terry Kinney), ex-player Virgil Sweet (Edward James Olmos) has to prove himself as the team's talent scout to keep his job. Via a car break-down near a small farm-town in Idaho, Virgil stumbles across young Sammy Bodean (Jeff Corbett) who performs mean pitching skills in a rural sandlot. After bringing Sammy to LA where he pitches out the team's best, owner Gil begins a massive media campaign in which he appears in a press conference and not only brags of the boy's talent but of his intention to feature him—without warm-up or orientation—in the big game the following week. Virgil, though promoted to assistant manager, is upset at Gil's exploitative measures to save the slagging Angels at the expense of Sammy. Game day arrives and the pressure is on to keep the other team swinging, which causes young Sammy to choke. Or not. Talent for the Game is an upbeat, all-American baseball story for the family, though it contains a touch of profanity.

Nevada Smith DVD
Street Date: April 13, 2007


Safe House DVD
Street Date: January 19, 2007

Actors: Hector Elizondo, Patrick Stewart, Kimberly Payne Williams
Director: Eric Steven Stahl

Synopsis:
Patrick Stewart plays Mace Sowell, a retired government operative who possesses damaging information about a presidential hopeful, and holes himself up inside his secure compound because he fears reprisal. In order to protect himself, Sowell has designed a system whereby the information will be released to the public if he is not there to type in a password at regular intervals. This he believes will keep him from being assassinated, but just in case, he stages elaborate self-defense drills with unwitting servants, and tries to convince his family that the explanation he gave them about his career was a cover story to hide his true military affiliations. The problem is, Sowell is also suffering the early stages of Alzheimer's, so his daughter (Joy Kilpatrick) considers his paranoid stories to be delusional ravings. She hires a psychiatrist (Kimberly Williams) to analyze her father and watch over him, in the hopes of easing his dementia. Sowell initially distrusts his new companion, but begins to lower his guard and care for her deeply. Meanwhile, his disease is advancing, and if he can't remember the password, his critical information will be released prematurely and he'll be hunted down by his enemies.


Stealing Sinatra DVD
Street Date: January 19, 2007

Actors: Thomas Ian Nicholas, James Russo, Ryan Browning, David Arquette, Sam McMurray, William H. Macy
Director: Ron Underwood

Synopsis:
Based on actual events, this crime comedy from Adventures of Pluto Nash director Ron Underwood details the farcical kidnapping of legendary singer Frank Sinatra's eldest son (played by Thomas Ian Nicholas). Desperate to gather the money needed to get their fledgling business off the ground, three bumbling criminals hatch a scheme to abduct the hapless Sinatra offspring and use the ransom money to fund their startup. Though they've rented a house in Los Angeles for the big event and every detail seems to be in place, the plan quickly devolves into an unbelievable fiasco that's too strange for fiction.

Sucker Free City DVD
Street Date: January 19, 2007

Actors: Laura Allen, Ben Crowley, Ken Leung, Anthony Mackie, Darris Love Director: Spike Lee

Synopsis: Acclaimed filmmaker Spike Lee makes the leap from the big screen to the small screen for this Showtime drama concerning the battle waged between black, white, an Asian gangs for control of the San Francisco streets. A modern-day melting pot that has become home to some of the vicious street-gangs in the country, San Francisco is a city teeming with racial tension. When each gang lays claim to the streets in a desperate bid to establish their turf, the simmering tensions soon boil to the surface in a violent eruption of murder and chaos.

The Hills: The Complete First Season DVD
Street Date: February 13, 2007

Actors: Lauren Conrad, Jason Wahler, Jennifer Howie, Lisa Love, Heidi Montag

Synopsis:
Laguna Beach
’s Lauren (LC) Conrad is all grown up and it’s time for her to leave “the bubble” and make a life of her own. Follow Lauren to LA as she attempts to balance a demanding internship at Teen Vogue and a full course load with a demanding nightlife and a full social calendar. But at least she won’t have to do it alone. Along the way she meets several friends who expose her to a different part of the city, each chasing their own dreams. The Hills tells the story of four young women on their own for the first time and the fun, laughter and drama that they all share.


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