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Category: Girlawhirl : Entertainment
Jun 16, 2008

Girlawhirl always wants to know what's next. So she searches out what's coming to movie theaters, DVD and CD players and bookstores and shares it with all of her closest Pals…

 

 

 

 

Fantastic Sales:

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In theaters this Friday:

Get Smart—PG-13—Steve Carell stars as CONTROL agent Maxwell Smart in this big screen adaptation of the classic TV sitcom. When CONTROL headquarters are attacked and the identities of its agents are compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote eager analyst Smart to agent. Smart has always dreamed of working in the field with superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne Johnson) but instead he's paired with the only other agent whose identity was not compromised, the lovely veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). Now Smart and 99 must work together to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate KAOS.

The Love Guru—PG-13—Mike Myers stars as Pitka, an American who was left at the gates of an ashram in India as a child and raised by gurus. He returns to the U.S. as an adult to seek fame and fortune in the world of self-help. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must heal the broken marriage of a hockey player and his wife so that the player can get back on his game and help his team win the Stanley cup for the first time in 40 years. Justin Timberlake and Jessica Alba also star.

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl—G—Abigail Breslin stars in this drama based on the American Girl doll line. She plays Kit Kittredge, a resourceful young girl growing up during the Great Depression whose happy childhood is abruptly interrupted when her father (Chris O'Donnell) loses his business and must leave town to look for work. Kit and her mother Margaret (Julia Ormond) are left to manage on their own, growing vegetables, selling eggs and taking in boarders – including a magician (Stanley Tucci), a dance instructor (Jane Krakowski) and a zany mobile librarian (Joan Cusack). When a string of robberies hits town and Kit's mother and their boarders become victims, Kit solves the mystery and saves her family's home. (Limited release; in theaters nationwide July 2.)

 

New DVD releases:

Fool's Gold—Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey star in this romantic comedy about an estranged couple who rekindle their marriage as they search for sunken treasure. Ben (McConaughey) is obsessed with finding the legendary “Queen's Dowry” treasure that was lost at sea in 1715 and it's that obsession that sinks his marriage with Tess (Hudson). Tess starts to rebuild her life with a job aboard a billionaire's yacht. But when Ben discovers a vital clue about the treasure's whereabouts he charms his way aboard the yacht and convinces the billionaire to join in his hunt.

• Be Kind Rewind—Jack Black plays Jerry, a man whose brain “inadvertently” becomes magnetized which leads to him unintentionally destroying all of the tapes in his friend's video store. To keep the store's few loyal patrons happy, the pair sets out to recreate the movies the customers want to rent. So they shoot their own versions of films like Ghost Busters, Back to the Future, Robocop and Driving Miss Daisy, using themselves and local townspeople as the stars – and they end up becoming a huge hit in their neighborhood.

And don't miss all of your favorite TV shows released on DVD this week:

     Season 1: Californication; Burn Notice

     Season 3: Dynasty, Vol.1

     Season 4: Sabrina the Teenage Witch

     Season 8: Home Improvement

     Season 9: ER

     Complete Series: Jericho

 

New CD releases:

Viva la Vida – Coldplay

For Your Consideration Kathy Griffin

One of the Boys – Katy Perry

Rise & Fall, Rage & Grace – The Offspring

Wheels – Dan Tyminski

 

New Book releases:

• Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is back in her fourteenth adventure. This time she finds herself in charge of her latest skip's – Loretta Rizzi – teenage son. But when his obsession with an online roll-playing game becomes too much for her, she moves the pair to Trenton cop, and Loretta's cousin, Joe Morelli's house. When Loretta's kidnapped, it's up to Stephanie and Joe to find the $9 million Loretta's recently paroled brother scored in a bank heist.

• The Beach House by Jane Green Nan doesn't mind being known in Nantucket as the crazy woman in the rambling house on the bluff. At 65, she doesn't care what people think. If her neighbors are out of town, why wouldn't she skinny dip in their pools or help herself to their flowers? Her husband died twenty years ago, and her children have long since moved on. But when she discovers the money she thought would keep her in her happy home for the rest of her life is getting dangerously low, Nan knows its time to make a change. She rents out rooms for the summer. As the house fills with people, laughter and tears, her home comes alive again. Her son also comes home for the summer and the arrival of an unexpected visitor turns all of their lives up-side-down.

• This Charming Man by Marian Keyes Paddy de Courcy is Ireland's most charismatic politician. The “John F. Kennedy of Dublin” has taken Ireland, its people and its tabloids by storm. While his easy smile may fool the masses, the four women narrators of This Charming Man ­take turns sharing their experiences with this heartbreaker and how it shaped their lives.

 

 

Girlawhirl found all of the new CD, DVD and book releases in her online shopping mall at barnesandnoble.com

 

And as always Girlawhirl has great things to share in this week's Girlawhirl Giveaway.

 

This week's Girlawhirl Giveaway includes:

• Save Your World skincare products

• Red Queen beauty product

• Bobbi Brown Quick Face Collection

• Zakkerz

• additional goodies courtesy of Girlawhirl

 

Girlawhirl has even more great stuff to share in her Special Monthly Giveaway Drawing!

 

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