DVD DETAILS: 'Pineapple Express'

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Published: January 6, 2009

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"Babylon A.D.”: Vin Diesel plays a futuristic courier hired to take a woman (Melanie Thierry) from Mongolia to the U.S. — but others don’t want them to complete the journey. DVD extras: five "making-of” documentaries; photo gallery; theatrical trailers. (PG-13 and unrated versions: AS, P, V).


Seth Rogen, left, and James Franco star in "Pineapple Express.” PHOTO PROVIDED

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"Bangkok Dangerous”: Hong Kong filmmakers Danny and Oxide Pang remake one of their own movies with this melodrama, casting Nicolas Cage as a professional killer whose loner approach changes during his mission to eliminate several people in Thailand. He grows close to his assistant on the job (Shahkrit Yamnarm) and falls for a mute woman (Charlie Young), but such personal entanglements could be hazardous to his professional life. DVD extra: theatrical trailer. (R: AS, P, V).

"Disaster Movie”: Last year’s "Cloverfield” is the main springboard in this satire, as a young man (Matt Lanter) fights nature and man-made crises to protect his girlfriend (Vanessa Minnillo). DVD extras: seven "making-of” documentaries; audio commentary by cast and crew members. (Not rated: AS, P, V).

"Pineapple Express”: Seth Rogen plays a process server who becomes a murder witness. He then draws his drug dealer (James Franco) into his flight from those who want to silence him permanently. DVD extras: "making-of” documentary; audio commentary; extended and alternate scenes; outtakes. (R and unrated versions: AS, P, V).

"Righteous Kill”: Robert De Niro and Al Pacino play New York detectives who clash over their pursuit of a vigilante who’s targeting bad guys, while younger officers (Donnie Wahlberg, John Leguizamo) also are on the felon’s trail. DVD extras: theatrical trailer; two "making-of” documentaries; audio commentary. (R: AS, P, V).

"The Wackness”: A young drug dealer (Josh Peck) tries to negotiate his way through the mid-1990s in writer-director Jonathan Levine’s comedy. DVD extras: two making-of documentaries; audio commentary by Peck and Levine; deleted scenes. (R: AS, P).

Coming soon
Jan. 13: "Appaloosa,” "Brick Lane,” "Brideshead Revisited,” "Dallas: Complete Tenth Season,” "Matlock: Second Season,” "Mirrors,” "My Best Friend’s Girl,” "Reba: Season 5,” "Swing Vote,” "Til Death: Complete Second Season,” "Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys,” "Walker, Texas Ranger: Sixth Season.”

Jan. 20: "The Children of Huang Shi,” "Children of the Stones,” "City of Ember,” "Criss Angel Mindfreak: Complete Season Four,” "Emergency! Season 5,” "The Express,” "Henry Poole is Here,” "Igor,” "The Last Detective: Complete Collection,” "Max Payne,” "Moonlight: Complete Series,” "My Three Sons: Complete First Season,” "The Powerpuff Girls: Complete Series,” "The Rockford Files: Season Six, The Final Season,” "Saw V.”

Family Viewing Guide Key: AS, adult situations; N, nudity; P, profanity; V, violence; GV, particularly graphic violence.

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I love movies with Seth Rogan in them, but at first I was confused that he was a process server because I didn't know what they did.
Jay, OK City - Jan 7, 2009 at 12:33 pm
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