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Posted on: Friday, August 15, 2008

New releases include 'CJ7' and 'Felon'

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Here are mini-reviews of current videocassette and DVD releases and a preview of what's coming out next:

  • "Felon"

    Sony Pictures, rated R for brutal violence, pervasive profanity and brief nudity

    After defending his home, a family man is sent to a maximum-security prison, where the rules of the free world don't apply. With Stephen Dorff, Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard.

  • "Watching the Detectives"

    Peace Arch/Genius, no rating

    A video store owner, who lives vicariously through the vintage films he watches, encounters adventure when he meets a femme fatale. With Cillian Murphy, Lucy Liu, Josh Pais.

    FOR KIDS

  • "CJ7"

    Sony Pictures, rated PG for child in jeopardy, adult themes

    A schoolboy in Hong Kong is a bullied underdog until he finds a "pet" with powers from outer space. With Stephen Chow. (In Cantonese, with subtitles)

    COMING SOON

    Tuesday: "Deal" (Fox/MGM), "Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day" (Universal), "Street Kings" (Fox); Aug. 26: "A.K.A. Tommy Chong" (Infinity), "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning" (Disney); "Redbelt" (Sony).