DVD Watch

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Not going to the movies? Check out one of these DVD's this weekend!

Whip It - Ellen Page stars as a rebellious teenager who pursues her passion -- roller derby -- and discovers the meaning of true happiness in co-star Drew
Barrymore's directorial debut. Bliss Cavendar is a small-town Texas teenager
with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired of following in her
family's footsteps of compliance, conformity and beauty pageants, Bliss
discovers a way to put her life on the fast track... literally. She lands a
spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes "Babe
Ruthless," the hottest thing on eight wheels.

Michael Jackson's This Is It  - On June 25, 2009, the world lost a legendary entertainer. This documentary offers a
private glimpse into the final days of Michael Jackson as he developed, created
and rehearsed for his 50 sold-out shows at London's O2 Arena. Drawn from more
than 100 hours of behind-the-scenes footage chronicling the months from April
through June 2009, this film was produced with the full support of the Michael
Jackson estate. Featuring rare rehearsal footage, as well as interviews with
collaborators and close friends, the film is the final portrait of a creative
genius at work.

 Surrogates  - Bruce Willis stars in a futuristic tale of splintered identity, treachery, murder... and robots. FBI agent Tom Greer lives in world where robotic surrogates -- picture perfect, real-life
remote-controlled avatars -- stand in for people, enabling the population to
experience life vicariously from the comfort and safety of their own homes. But
when Greer is called in to investigate the mysterious murder of a college
student, he discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and
must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery.

Saw VI - More terrifying tension and invention in the latest chapter of the popular freak-out film series -- now the most profitable horror franchise, both
theatrically and on DVD, in movie history. In this sixth installment, with
Special Agent Strahm now dead, Detective Hoffman has emerged as the
unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's twisted legacy. However, when the FBI draws
closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a deadly game into motion, and Jigasaw's
terrifying grand scheme is finally understood.

Boys Are Back- Prime Suspect writer Allan Cubitt adapts U.K. sportswriter Simon Carr's
popular novel about a successful sports journalist who is suddenly saddled with
the responsibility of raising two sons from different marriages in this
single-parent drama
from director Scott Hicks