'Hancock' barrels onto DVD Tuesday

Deseret News (Salt Lake City), Nov 21, 2008

The following DVDs will be released Tuesday, unless otherwise noted:

"Beautiful Ohio" (Genius, $19.95) -- Chad Lowe directed this '70s- period drama about about the rivalry between two brothers (David Call and Brett Davern). Michelle Trachtenberg co-stars.

Not rated, probable PG-13 (profanity, sex, brief partial nudity)

"Fred Claus" (Warner, $28.98) -- ** -- Your enjoyment of this so- so yule comedy may depend on how you feel about its motor-mouthed star, Vince Vaughn. Paul Giamatti co-stars.

PG (violence, vulgarity, mild profanity) -- Jeff Vice

"Hancock" (Sony, $28.96) -- ** -- This darkly comic superhero tale, starring Will Smith, is one of the more frustratingly inconsistent movies in recent memory.

Special features: Behind-the-scenes mini-documentaries; unrated versions (also $28.96, or $34.95 for two discs) include additional footage cut from the theatrical release.

PG-13 (violence, profanity, vulgarity, brief gore, slurs, brief drugs, brief partial nudity) -- Jeff Vice

"Meet Dave" (Fox, $29.99) -- * -- What's really baffling about this awful, science-fiction comedy is that Eddie Murphy chose it to be a follow-up project to "Dreamgirls."

PG (vulgarity, violence, slurs, profanity, brief partial nudity) - - Jeff Vice

"Space Chimps" (Fox, $29.99) -- ** -- Filled with lame pop- culture references and groan-worthy puns, this cartoon pales in comparison to other, recent animated hits.

G (violence, vulgarity, slurs, mild profanity) -- Jeff Vice

Some of the upcoming DVD releases include:

December

Dec. 2: "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" -- Disney

Dec. 2: "Fly Me to the Moon" -- Summit

Dec. 2: "The Longshots" -- Weinstein

Dec. 2: "Step Brothers" -- Sony

Dec. 2: "Wanted" -- Universal

Dec. 2: "The X-Files: I Want to Believe" -- Fox

Dec. 9: "Anamorph" -- Genius

Dec. 9: "The Dark Knight" -- Warner

Dec. 9: "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!" -- Fox

Dec. 9: "Man on Wire" -- Magnolia

Dec. 16: "Mamma Mia! The Movie" -- Universal

Dec. 16: "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" -- Universal

Dec. 19: "Traitor" -- Anchor Bay

Dec. 23: "Burn After Reading" -- Universal

Dec. 23: "Death Race" -- Universal

Dec. 23: "Hamlet 2" -- Universal

Dec. 23: "The House Bunny" -- Sony

Dec. 23: "Savage Grace" -- Genius

Dec. 23: "The Women" -- Picturehouse

January

Jan. 6: "Babylon A.D." -- Fox

Jan. 6: "Bangkok Dangerous" -- Lionsgate

Jan. 6: "Disaster Movie" -- Lionsgate

Jan. 6: "Pineapple Express" -- Columbia

Jan. 6: "The Wackness" -- Sony

Jan. 13: "Brick Lane" -- Sony

Jan. 13: "Mirrors" -- Fox

Jan. 13: "My Best Friend's Girl" -- Lionsgate

Jan. 13: "Swing Vote" -- Disney

Jan. 13: "Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys" -- Lionsgate

Jan. 20: "Henry Poole is Here" -- Anchor Bay

Jan. 27: "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" -- Weinstein