the Mind’s Chew Toy

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This film was released on DVD June 17, 2008. Buy It!

Plot: When Jerry (Black) unintentionally erases all the tapes in a video store where his best friend Mike (Def) works, he devises a plan to satisfy the store’s few loyal customers by re-creating and re-filming every movie they decide to rent.

Plot: Charlie Croker (Wahlberg) and his crew of expert thieves head to Rio de Janeiro to pull off another heist in this follow up to 2003’s The Italian Job.

Plot: When the Earth is demolished by an alien species, plain Arthur Dent (Freeman) is whisked away by his friend Ford Prefect (Def), who isn’t exactly from where he says he is. On this trip, he’ll encounter the President of the Galaxy (Rockwell); a depressed android named Marvin (Davis/Rickman); the real intelligent life on Earth; The Ultimate Answer to Life, The Universe and Everything…and a girl he met at a costume party (Deschanel). Based on the novel by Douglas Adams.

Plot: In this remake of the 1968 film with the same name, six con men pull off the heist of their lives - 35 million dollars in gold bricks - in Venice, Italy. Everything goes off without a hitch, until they are betrayed by one of their own, who takes the loot, kills one of them, and leaves the rest for dead. A year later, the four surviving members track their betrayer down, anxious to settle the score.

Plot: A young man (Combs) sits on death row, awaiting execution. Around him are Hank (Thornton) and Sonny (Ledger), father and son guards and Leticia (Berry) his wife, and her son. After the young man is executed, everyone must get on with their lives, no matter how hard that may be.