Mother's Day March-May 2008
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NEWS
Ricki Lake gets down to birth business
The actress and talk show host shows other mothers they have choices in birth options. Full story
Lionsgate delivers romance with Harlequin titles
The studio is wooing mothers with two volumes of romance movies. Full story
UPCOMING TITLES
Acorn
Housewife, 49 After England declares war on Germany in 1939, a housewife begins writing a diary as part of a public project depicting the hardships and terror of wartime. Street March 11, prebook now; DVD $24.99
Fortysomething Hugh Laurie (House) stars as an anxiety-ridden doctor who can’t remember exactly where his wife works—or if she works at all. Street April 8, prebook March 11; two-disc set $39.99
BBC/Warner
Sense & Sensibility Collector’s Set This Jane Austen set includes the British miniseries Sense & Sensibility, starring Hattie Morahan and Charity Wakefield, and Persuasion, with Sally Hawkins, along with the biopic Miss Austen Regrets. Street April 8, prebook March 4; three-disc set $49.98
Disney
Dan in Real Life Steve Carell stars as an advice columnist and single parent whose life gets complicated when the woman he falls for turns out to be his brother’s new girlfriend in this $47.6 million-grossing PG-13 comedy. Street March 11, prebook now; DVD $29.99, BD $34.99
Enchanted Amy Adams stars as an exiled fairy tale princess who becomes a real-life woman in bustling New York City in this $124.9 million-grossing PG film. Street March 18, prebook now; DVD $29.99, BD $34.99
Fox
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium Dustin Hoffman plays the eccentric Mr. Magorium, owner and operator of a most unusual toy store, in this $31.8 million-grossing G-rated film. Street March 4, prebook now; DVD $29.98, BD $39.98
Lars and the Real Girl Ryan Gosling stars as Lars, a misguided but innocent guy who thinks he has found true love with a blow-up doll in this $5.8 million-grossing PG-13 comedy. Street April 15, prebook March 4; DVD $27.98
Genius
What Not to Wear: Mom Makeovers Style mavens Stacy London and Clinton Kelly provide fashion intervention to moms nominated by friends and family as desperately in need of an overhaul. Street April 15, prebook March 4; DVD $24.95
Surviving Motherhood This DVD addresses various challenges that new moms face and offers advice for parents of new babies to 2-year-olds. Street April 29, prebook March 18; DVD $24.95
GT Media/Gaiam
Nanny 911: Season One The reality series showcases the antics that badly behaved children pull and the futile attempts of their parents to control them—until the nanny steps in. Street April 8, prebook Feb. 26; DVD $24.98
Lionsgate
Wristcutters: A Love Story Distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, a man decides to end it all, only to discover that the afterlife bears a striking resemblance to his old life—but worse. Street March 25, prebook Feb. 27; DVD $26.98
Harlequin Triple Feature: Vol. 3 and 4 Packaged in two volumes, each with three films from the leading brand in romantic books and films, are A Change of Place, The Waiting Game and Diamond Girl in Vol. 3 and The Awakening, Broken Lullaby and Loving Evangeline in Vol. 4. Both street April 29, prebook April 2; three-disc sets $14.98 each
Oprah Winfrey Presents Mitch Albom’s For One More Day A broken-down baseball player who has collapsed into alcoholism and despair returns to his hometown with plans to end his life. Street May 6, prebook April 9; DVD $19.98
Maverick
The Engagement When a Jewish man falls for an African-American woman, he doesn’t tell his traditional parents. Street April 8, prebook March 7; DVD $19.98
MGM/Fox
Billy Wilder Film Collection Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Marilyn Monroe, Walter Matthau, Dean Martin and Tony Curtis are featured in The Apartment: Special Edition, The Fortune Cookie, Some Like It Hot: Collector’s Edition and Kiss Me Stupid! Street March 4, prebook now; four-disc set $39.98
Monterey
Pearl Diver Two sisters haunted by the 20-year-old murder of their mother reconnect when an accident rips the layers of secrecy surrounding that fateful night. Street April 29, prebook April 1; DVD $24.95
MTI
Dead Cool As two families merge, all their dysfunction and eccentricities are observed by 15-year-old David. Street March 18, prebook Feb. 19; DVD $24.95
New Line/Warner
The Business of Being Born This documentary explores alternatives to hospital births and options for mothers-to-be as they prepare for one of life’s special events. Street May 6, prebook April 1; DVD $27.95
Sony
What Love Is It’s Valentine’s Day and Tom (Cuba Gooding Jr.) has arranged a surprise party to celebrate proposing to his girlfriend—but she has left him; The Good Night Gary Sheller’s (Martin Freeman) life is deteriorating and his relationship with his girlfriend (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a struggle until he literally meets the girl of his dreams. Both street April 1, prebook Feb. 28; DVD $24.96 each
Warner
In the Valley of Elah Tommy Lee Jones is nominated for an Academy Award for his portrayal of an ex-military father who goes looking for his missing son, an Iraq war veteran, in this $6.8 million-grossing R-rated film. Street Feb. 19, prebook now; DVD $27.95, BD $35.99; HD DVD street March 11, prebook Feb. 19; $35.99
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall A beautiful widow and her son move into the derelict Wildfell Hall, where she remains mysteriously silent about her past and why she is afraid. Street April 15, prebook March 11; DVD $14.98
Gettin’ Grown A family struggles to raise a child in the inner city, where some get lost and some grow up. Street April 22, prebook March 18; DVD $19.97
Wolfe
Tick Tock Lullaby This film follows several unconventional couples who are trying to have babies. Street April 8, prebook Feb. 19; DVD $24.95
Zeitgeist
What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann A portrait of American photographer Sally Mann, who shot to fame in the ’90s with an enigmatic series of photos of her three children. Street April 22, prebook March 18; DVD $29.99
—Compiled by Cheryl Biggs
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