Arliss Howard and wife Debra Winger collaborate on this film based on the short stories of writer Larry Brown. Howard, who also directed, is an alcoholic Mississippi writer with an ex-wife (Winger), a critical mother (Angie Dickinson) and drinking partner (Paul LeMat) with whom he paints houses to help make ends meet. Howard can't seem to get a break, but when tragedy strikes, he finds an opportunity to use his talent to work through grief. With Rosanna Arquette, Michael Parks. 110 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailer.

The friendship between two men who at first seem to be total opposites is at the center of this affecting drama set mostly in a Connecticut town where both work for the parks department. Liev Schreiber is an ex-con trying to put his life back in order, while Ned Beatty is a grizzled man nearing retirement and trying to put family tragedy behind him. With Peri Gilpin, Campbell Scott, Catherine Kellner. 112 min. Standard and Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital Surround; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailer.

One of David Mamet's early plays is beautifully translated to the screen with frequent Mamet collaborator Joe Mantegna directing. The autobiographical story concerns a graduate student and would-be writer (played by Mamet's younger brother Tony) who takes a summer job aboard a steel freighter on the Great Lakes. While contemplating his future, the young man befriends a colorful crew of characters, memorably brought to life by Robert Forster, Charles Durning, Peter Falk, J.J. Johnston and George Wendt; with Andy Garcia in a cameo. 98 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: Spanish; biographies; theatrical trailers.

Gritty urban drama features J-King as a young African-American man fresh out of Columbia University with a master's degree in finance. When he can't get a job, J-King begins a career as a high-tech car thief, but after meeting beautiful single mother Drena De Niro, he tries to win over her young son by buying him a pit bull. Sonn, the gangster involved with the swiped wheels operation, soon gets J-King sucked into the underground world of pit bull fighting. 89 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: Spanish; audio commentary; theatrical trailer; interactive menus; scene access.

A year after his brother's murder, troubled teen Donte finds himself unable to move on with his life. Realizing that the leader of a gang of thugs notorious for running dog fights is responsible for his sibling's death, he enlists the help of a hit man to bring him down. But will Donte's thirst for revenge threaten his own future? Daniel Outlaw, Paris Campbell, Janisha Faith, and J-Hood star. 88 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English; Subtitles: English, Spanish; theatrical trailers.

This riveting drama, set in 1991, stars David Strathairn as a prize-winning Newsweek photographer who takes one last assignment in war-torn Yugoslavia before returning home to New York and photo editor wife Andie MacDowell and his two children. But when MacDowell is told Strathairn has been killed, she doesn't believe it and heads to the combat zone, along with colleagues Adrien Brody, Elias Koteas and Brendan Gleason, to track down her spouse. 122 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish.

Harvard student and basketball player Adrian Grenier falls for Sarah Michelle Gellar, a seductive cheerleader whose father is a gangster. When Grenier's family needs $100,000, he is sucked into Gellar's game-fixing scheme. But things go awry, and Grenier seeks help from philosophy professor and lover Joey Lauren Adams when mob goons and FBI agents are about to close in on him. With Eric Stoltz, Rebecca Gayheart; James Toback directs. 99 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo.

Spectacular surfing footage highlights this exciting drama set in Hawaii, where promising wave challenger Kate Bosworth tries to regain her champion form three years after a near-drowning. The road back involves getting a sponsor by competing in the island's top competition, but can Kate overcome her fears and really big waves? Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis and Sanoe Lake also star. 105 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; audio commentary; "making of" documentary; featurettes; deleted scenes; DVD-ROM content; biographies; music video; more.

Spectacular surfing footage highlights this exciting drama set in Hawaii, where promising wave challenger Kate Bosworth tries to regain her champion form three years after a near-drowning. The road back involves getting a sponsor by competing in the island's top competition, but can Kate overcome her fears and really big waves? Michelle Rodriguez, Matthew Davis and Sanoe Lake also star. 105 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1; audio commentary; "making of" documentary; featurettes; deleted scenes; DVD-ROM content; biographies; music video; more.

Adapted from a play by Jimmy Murphy, this striking drama follows the reunion of four Irishmen who are brought together by the tragic death of another longtime friend with whom they had emigrated from Ireland to London 30 years earlier. The wake finds every man but one disheartened by their lot in life, and their time together uncovers how harshly separation has weakened their bonds. Colm Meaney, Brendan Conroy, Donal O'Kelly star. 89 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Irish Gaelic and English; Subtitles: English.

Two estranged sisters meet five years after the death of their parents in an attempt to dispense with their long estrangement. In the confines of an isolated farmhouse during the chill of winter, however, the young women cannot help but reopen old grievances and wonder aloud if their relationship is beyond repair. Deeply affecting, intense drama stars James Katharine Flynn, Lily Wheelwright. 79 min. Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; bonus short "Marion" (2005); deleted scenes; photo gallery.