Most-Anticipated July/August 2007 DVD Movie Releases

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A lot of people are eagerly awaiting the July/August 2007 DVD movie releases. Some enjoyed these films so much on the big screen, they want to see them again at home. Others missed these movies in theaters and want to catch them for the first time on DVD. While some of these films were panned by a majority of critics, viewers have their own ideas about what they want to watch. In order of release date, here are some of the most-anticipated DVD movie releases for July/August 2007.

Premonition DVD

Sandra Bullock stars in this suspense movie in which a woman experiences events out of chronological order. Linda (Bullock) is a stay-at-home wife and mom living the good life in suburbia when a sheriff notifies her that her husband Jim has been killed in a car accident. Next morning she gets up and goes downstairs to find Jim drinking coffee. The following morning she attends Jim's wake, but the next day he is again alive. Linda comes to believe she is having premonitions and may be able to prevent Jim's death. DVD release date: July 17, 2007

The Number 23 DVD

Jim Carrey stars in this thriller centering around the "23 Enigma," a belief that all events can be linked to the number 23. (Example: Kurt Cobain was born in 1967 and 1+9+6+7=23. He died in 1994 and 1+9+9+4=23.) In the movie, Walter Sparrow (Carrey) is a dogcatcher who reads a detective novel in which the protagonist Fingerling (Carrey again) is obsessed with the number 23. Soon Walter begins to find unsettling parallels between his world and that of the fictional Fingerling. Walter's wife is played by Virginia Madsen. DVD release date: July 24, 2007

Zodiac DVD

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo and Robert Downey Jr., this docudrama tells the story of still officially unsolved northern California serial killings. The film chronicles the murders that occurred around 1969 and the investigations that took place over the next two decades or so. Key investigators include a police detective (Ruffalo), a newspaper reporter (Downey) and cartoonist-turned-author Robert Graysmith (Gyllenhaal). The movie is based on Graysmith's true crime books Zodiac and Zodiac Unmasked. DVD release date: July 24, 2007

300 DVD

Based on a graphic novel, this action spectacle is about the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., which is celebrated as an example of heroic resistance against an overwhelming force. Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) leads a huge Persian army numbering perhaps 200,000 in an attempt to conquer Greece, and at one point comes to a mountain pass defended by a mere 300 men from Sparta under Leonidas (Gerard Butler). The 300 can only slow the Persian advance, but they buy time for the Greeks to regroup and win the war. DVD release date: July 31, 2007

Hot Fuzz DVD

This entertaining action comedy is a British send-up of police movies. Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is a by-the-book London top cop who gets reassigned to the sleepy village of Sandford, where he becomes partners with bumbling sidekick Danny Butterman (Nick Frost). At first there's not much policing that needs doing, except for dealing with a few minor small town incidents. Then some villagers are murdered, and Nicholas must spring into action. Danny is thrilled as gun battles and car chases come to quaint Sandford. DVD release date: July 31, 2007

Are We Done Yet? DVD

This family comedy is the sequel to Are We There Yet? (2005), and Ice Cube, Nia Long and the kids are all back. Are We Done Yet? is based very loosely on Mr. Blandings Builds His Dreamhouse (1948). In the new movie, Nick (Ice Cube) has married Suzanne (Nia Long), and she and her two kids have moved into Nick's small apartment. When she becomes pregnant with twins, they decide to move to a big house in the country. But buying and fixing up their new home leads to a profusion of comedic complications. DVD release date: August 7, 2007

Disturbia DVD

Although inspired by Rear Window (1954), Disturbia transposes the setting to suburbia. The roles played by James Stewart, Grace Kelly and Raymond Burr in the old movie are played by Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer and David Morse in the new. In Disturbia, Kale (LaBeouf) is a high school student who punches a teacher and is placed under house arrest wearing an ankle bracelet. He begins spying on his neighbors and meets a cute teenage girl (Roemer). But one of the neighbors (Morse) behaves strangely and may be a murderer. DVD release date: August 7, 2007

TMNT DVD

Back in the 1980s, four crime-fighting turtles named Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo were created. This was the beginning of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise that eventually involved publishing, toys, videogames, TV programming and three feature films. TMNT is a 2007 animated movie that picks up some time after the film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) leaves off. This time around the turtles must overcome personal differences so they can battle monster stone statues come to life. DVD release date: August 7, 2007

Wild Hogs DVD

Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy and Ray Liotta star in this comedy. Seeking recreation and male bonding, four middle-aged, middle-class men (Allen, Travolta, Lawrence, Macy) set out on a cross-country motorcycle trip. Along the way, one of them gets romantically involved with a diner owner (Marisa Tomei), and also they run afoul of the Del Fuegos motorcycle gang, whose leader is played by Liotta. But the four pals eventually prove their manhood by standing up to bullies. DVD release date: August 14, 2007

Blades of Glory DVD

Will Ferrell and Jon Heder star in this comedy about competitive ice skating. Chazz Michael Michaels (Ferrell) and Jimmy MacElroy (Heder) are rivals who tie for the championship, get into a brawl and are banned from the sport. But it turns out the rules only bar them from singles competition: they are not prohibited from teaming up to become the first male pair in ice skating history. Chazz and Jimmy try to put aside their differences and develop a routine to go up against the current champs, a brother-and-sister pair. DVD release date: August 28, 2007
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