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Plenty of new DVDs for summer entertainment

Published: Friday, July 3, 2009 12:00 a.m. MDT
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The following DVDs will be released Tuesday, unless otherwise specified:

"A Day in the Life"(Lionsgate, $19.98) — Hip-hop and rap music-driven thriller directed by musician Sticky Fingaz.

R (violence, profanity, drugs, slurs)

"Five Fingers" (Lionsgate, $26.98) — Kidnapping thriller from 2006, starring Ryan Phillippe and Laurence Fishburne.

R (torture, violence, profanity, vulgarity)

"Flying By" (MTI, $19.95) — Billy Ray Cyrus and Heather Locklear star in this musical drama.

PG-13 (profanity)

"Knowing" (Summit, $26.99) — ★ — Basically a cinematic defense of numerology. Nicolas Cage stars.

Special features:Behind-the-scenes minidocumentaries, movie trailers.

PG-13 (violence, profanity)— Roger Moore, The Orlando Sentinel

"Moon Machines"(Discovery Channel, $24.98) — Made-for-cable documentary looking at space exploration technology.

Not rated, probable G (nothing offensive)

"Night Train" (National Entertainment Media, $24.98) — Rail-bound thriller from 2008, starring Danny Glover and Leelee Sobieski.

R (violence, profanity)

"Push" (Summit, $26.99) — ★ — A lame science-fiction/thriller with the power to bore audiences to death.

Special features:Deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes mini-documentary, movie trailers.

PG-13 (violence, profanity, drugs, gore, brief sex, vulgarity, slurs, nude artwork)

"Resolved" (Image Entertainment, $27.98) — Documentary feature examining high school debate programs.

Not rated, probable PG-13 (profanity)

"See Dick Run"(Vivendi Entertainment, $24.99) — Sex farce with fantasy elements, starring Kel Mitchell.

Not rated, probable R (vulgarity, profanity, sex)

"The Unborn" (Rogue, $29.98) — ★½ — Images and pieces of dialogue in this horror-thriller are hilarious.

Special features:Unrated version (also $29.98) features footage cut from theatrical release.

PG-13 (violence, profanity, vulgarity) — Christy Lemire, Associated Press

Some upcoming DVD releases include:

JULY

July 14: "12" — Sony; "The Edge of Love" — Capitol; "The Haunting in Connecticut" — Lionsgate

July 21: "Ballerina" — First Run; "Carmen & Geoffrey" — First Run; "Coraline" — Universal; "Watchmen" — Warner

July 28:"An American Affair" — Screen Media; "Bart Got a Room" — Anchor Bay; "Fast & Furious" — Universal; "Miss March" — Fox; "Streets of Blood" — Anchor Bay; "Super Capers" — Lionsgate

AUGUST

Aug. 4:"Delgo" — Fox; "Obsessed" — Sony; "Race to Witch Mountain" — Disney; "Shadowheart" — Anchor Bay

Aug. 11: "17 Again" — New Line; "The Class" — Sony; "I Love You, Man" — Paramount

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