New on DVD
"Baby Mama"
Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) has worked hard for the Philadelphia grocery chain run by Barry (Steve Martin). He decides to make her a vice president, but Kate wants a baby to make her life complete. She cannot get pregnant, so she hires Chaffee Bicknell (Sigourney Weaver) to find her a surrogate. Her choice is Angie (Amy Poehler), who is totally opposite of Kate. Angie smokes, drinks, eats junk food and breaks up with her boyfriend. With no place to live, she moves in with Kate, and they become a modern-day Odd Couple. There are funny moments as the unlikely pair start off not liking each other and end up bonding.
"The Forbidden Kingdom"
Jackie Chan and Jet Li are brought together for the first time in this martial arts fantasy saga. High-schooler Jason (Michael Angarano) loves kung fu movies and hangs out at a pawnshop in Chinatown. During an altercation at the shop, Jason comes into possession of a legendary bowstaff that transports him to ancient China. The staff belongs to the Monkey King (Jet Li) who must have it to defeat the Jade Warlord. The Warlord sends out his soldiers to get the bowstaff, and Jason gets help from Lu Yan (Jackie Chan), Golden Sparrow (Yifei Liu) and the Silent Monk (Jet Li). The fight scenes are excellent.
"Red Eye"
Hotel manager Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) has gone to Dallas to attend her grandmother's funeral. When her flight home is canceled, she gets a seat on the red eye next to Jackson Rippner (Cillian Murphy). As the plane takes off, he informs her that his job is to assassinate the Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security who is staying at her hotel. He demands that she help him or her father will be killed. Wes Craven has crafted this thriller, so when the plane lands in Miami, we follow Lisa as she figures out a way to get around Rippner, stop the assassination and save her father.
"Avril Lavigne: Live in Toronto"
Her last album sold more than 5 million copies, and this sold-out concert features 20 songs. They include "Girlfriend," "Complicated," "I'm With You" and "When You're Gone."
Available next week
"88 Minutes"
"Made of Honor"
"Risky Business: 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition"
"Speed Racer"
"The Love Guru"
"Young at Heart"
- Jeff Tuckman, videoanswerman@comcast.net