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Plot: A former rookie cop mysteriously returns from the dead as The Spirit (Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His arch-enemy: The Octopus (Jackson), intent on destroying his beloved city. Based on the comic book series by Will Eisner.

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Plot: An interracial couple (Washington and Wilson) move into their dream home, only to become the target of their LAPD cop neighbor (Jackson). His nightly patrols and constant watchfulness bring comfort to some, but his increasing harrassment of the couple leads them to finally fight back, with deadly consequences.

Plot: Things haven’t been going well for Lieutenant John McClane (Willis). Now back in New York and not speaking to his wife, he’s recovering from a massive hangover when he’s targeted for a deadly game of “Simon Says” by an unknown terrorist (Irons). And things go from bad to worse when an innocent bystander named Zeus (Jackson) gets trapped into playing the game as well. But is this one game even McClane can’t win?

This film will be released on DVD June 10, 2008. PRE-ORDER

Plot: A genetic anomaly allows a young man (Christensen) to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers his gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between “Jumpers” like himself and “Paladins”, who have sworn to kill them. Based on the novel by Steven Gould.

Plot: Renowned horror novelist Mike Enslin (Cusack) only believes what he can see with his own two eyes. After a string of bestsellers discrediting paranormal events in the most infamous haunted houses and graveyards around the world, Enslin’s phantom-free run of long and lonely nights is about to change forever when he checks into suite 1408 of the notorious Dolphin Hotel for his latest project. Based on the short story by Stephen King.

Plot: When Caitlyn’s mother, Samantha Caine, is murdered, Caitlyn looks for the one man who may know who could have done it - P.I. Mitch Hennessey (Jackson).

Plot: FBI Agent Neville Flynn (Jackson) is escorting a witness to a brutal murder (Phillips) from Hawaii to Los Angeles so he can testify. Desperate to stay out of prison, the murderer unleashes hundreds of poisonous snakes on their flight.

Plot: When Brenda Martin (Moore) stumbles into a hospital claiming she was carjacked and her son kidnapped near the predominantly black populated Armstrong apartments, Det. Lorenzo Council (Jackson) is assigned to the case. As the search for Brenda’s missing son escalates, racial tensions heat up as people are forced from their apartments. As tensions continue to rise, Lorenzo searches for answers that will lead him to the missing boy - before a riot erupts in the neighborhood.

Plot: After an attack on their secret base, a secret organization within NSA needs a new super agent - and they find it in Darius Stone (Cube). Now all he has to do is break out of prison and save the United States from an attack from within.

Plot: As Obi-Wan Kenobi (MacGregor) takes off to do his part in the battle raging across the worlds, his apprentice Anakin Skywalker (Christensen) begins having visions of wife Padme’s (Portman) death. Unable to imagine losing her, he embarks on a dangerous path that could eventually turn him against everyone he cares for - and spell the end of the Republic.