Movies

VIDEO RELEASES

November 6, 2009

VIDEO RELEASES

Capsule reviews of new DVD releases follow:

G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA (Paramount, ’09) $29.98. 117 minutes. Another ’80s toy hits the big screen as G.I. Joe (here, the name for an elite military team) crosses the world in pursuit of a corrupt arms dealer. With Channing Tatum, Marlon Wayans, Dennis Quaid, Sienna Miller. PG-13 (strong sequences of action violence and mayhem throughout)

1/2

THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3 (Sony Pictures, ’09) $28.96. 106 minutes. Remake of Joseph Sargent’s 1974 thriller about a New York City subway train hijacked by armed men demanding a ransom. With Denzel Washington, John Travolta, John Turturro, Luis Guzman. R (violence and pervasive profanity) (CC)

1/2

FOOD, INC. (Magnolia Home Entertainment, ’08) $26.98. 91 minutes. Documentary reveals the cost-cutting secrets of America’s food industry that are jeopardizing consumers’ health. PG (thematic material and disturbing images) (CC)

For Kids:

ALIENS IN THE ATTIC (20th Century Fox, ’09) $29.99. 86 minutes. Earth’s fate rests upon the Pearson kids, who find themselves defending mankind against little green aliens hiding in their vacation home. Voices of Kevin Nealon, Doris Roberts, Henry Young, Tim Meadows. PG (action violence, some suggestive humor and profanity)

1/2

-- The Philadelphia Inquirer

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