Here are your new movie releases on DVD for Tuesday, February 19, 2008:

American Gangster
Starring: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
Director: Ridley Scott
Genre: Crime / Drama / Thriller
Rated: Rated R for violence, pervasive drug content and language, nudity and sexuality.
Duration: 2hrs 37mins
Plot: In 1970s Harlem, Frank Lucas (Washington) constructs a heroin empire by stashing the drug inside the coffins of soldiers returning from Vietnam. Once he is dethroned by Det. Richie Roberts (Crowe), the former kingpin turns informant, the duo sets out to take down law enforcement agents and foreign nationals who are part of his syndicate.
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Michael Clayton
Starring: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson
Director: Tony Gilroy
Genre: Drama and Thriller
Rated: R for language including some sexual dialogue.
Plot: An in-house “fixer” (Clooney) at a top New York law firm risks his career, and his life, on a sabotaged class action suit that pits him against a rival litigator (Swinton).
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Rendition
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Jake Gyllenhaal, Alan Arkin
Director: Gavin Hood
Genre: Drama, Thriller and Politics/Religion
Rated: R for torture/violence and language.
Duration: 2 hrs. 2 min.
Plot: A thriller that centers on Isabella El-Ibrahimi, the American wife of Egyptian-born chemical engineer Anwar El-Ibrahimi, who disappears on a flight from South Africa to Washington. Isabella desperately tries to track her husband down, while a CIA analyst at a secret detention facility outside the U.S. is forced to question his assignment as he becomes party to the man’s unorthodox interrogation.
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