You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Today's group of new DVDs is a pretty diverse bunch. There's heart-pounding entertainment, romance, and a powerful documentary. If you're keeping track of the Oscar-nominated films you've seen, then one of these releases will help you out with your task.

Unstoppable

An expert engineer (Denzel Washington) and a rookie conductor (Chris Pine) band together to stop a runaway train carrying dangerous explosive materials in this Oscar-nominated action flick. Even though the plot is simplistic, the non-stop pace will keep you hooked from beginning to end. The extras on the DVD include a director's commentary track and a featurette on the script development.

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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

Josh Brolin stars as Roy, a writer whose career and marriage to his wife Sally (Naomi Watts) have both gone downhill. To combat his boredom, he stares out the window at his gorgeous neighbor (Freida Pinto), while Sally forms a crush her boss (Antonio Banderas). Even though it's not Woody Allen's best, the film still has a few charming moments.

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One more release when you read more

September continues to infuse the box office with exciting new movies (and plenty of hot leading men) to choose from. So should you spend your money in a box with Ryan Reynolds? On Wall Street with Shia LaBeouf? Or somewhere else entirely? Let the Buzz team help you decide with our video reviews.

Boys will be boys, and as Woody Allen's latest You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger proves, they're suckers when it comes to matters of the heart — or well, libido.

As a rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" plays in the background, we meet Roy (Josh Brolin) and Alfie (Anthony Hopkins). Roy is a one-hit-wonder author who is unhappily married to Alfie's daughter, Sally (Naomi Watts), an art gallery assistant with babies on the brain. When the film begins, Alfie leaves his wife Helena (Gemma Jones) when his approaching mortality brings on the desire to reclaim his youth. He satisfies the urge with gym time and by trying to date women half his age. Delusional? Absolutely. But then again, so is every character in this wry comedy. They feed into the notion that the grass is greener on the other side, and this sense of entitlement makes them mostly unlikable (even though at times they are funny to watch). For more on what I mean, just keep reading.

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger looks like all of Woody Allen's signature ingredients: neuroses, dry humor, and a delightfully tangled plot. Naomi Watts stars as the wife of Josh Brolin; she's eyeing Antonio Banderas, while her husband is flirting with Freida Pinto. Anthony Hopkins plays Watts's father, and the hilarious Lucy Punch is his younger bride-to-be — much to the chagrin of his ex-wife, Gemma Jones (you know her as Bridget Jones's mom). Follow all of that?

The film already opened at Cannes to average reviews — many saying it's not the director's best, but not his worst, either. I'm still intrigued. How will Brolin fare in the comedic, Allen archetype? Will Banderas and Watts have romantic heat? Plus, Freida Pinto in her first role after Slumdog Millionaire! I have plenty of reasons to watch, but tell me your take. The film hits theaters Sept. 22. Check out the trailer (just ignore the subtitles) when you read more

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