New Releases

Tuesday, 12/16/08

IN STORES TODAY:

"Mamma Mia!" - a musical based on the music of ABBA . . . starring Meryl Streep as a promiscuous woman whose daughter invites three men from mom's past to her wedding so she can finally find out who her real father is.  It also stars Pierce Brosnan.

"The Mummy:  Tomb of the Dragon Emperor" - starring Jet Li as an evil Chinese emperor who is inadvertently resurrected by Brendan Fraser's son.  They then spend the rest of the movie fighting his supernatural army from China to the Himalayas.)

"The Little Mermaid 2:  Return to the Sea" [Special Edition]

TV SERIES ON DVD:

"Generation Kill" . . . a three-disc set of HBO's miniseries about the first 40 days of the Iraq war.

"Gangland:  The Complete Season Two" . . . a three-disc DVD set of the documentary that airs on the History Channel.

"Ice Road Truckers:  The Complete Season Two" . . . a four-disc DVD set.

THIS WEEK'S URBAN RELEASES:

"Intuition", Jamie Foxx  (--His guests include Kanye West, T.I., Lil Wayne, T-Pain, Ne-Yo and Fabolous.)  (--It includes the single, "Just Like Me".)

"Da Realist", Plies  (--This is his THIRD studio album in just over 16 months.)

"iSouljaBoyTellem", (18-year-old) Soulja Boy

"Vibes", Heavy D

"Ghostdeini The Great", Ghostface Killah  (--A greatest hits disc featuring remixes of his old hits.  His guests include Kanye West, Mary J. Blige, Amy Winehouse and Ice Cube.)

THIS WEEK'S OTHER RELEASES:

"Folie A Deux", Fall Out Boy  (--The title translates to:  "A madness shared by two.")

"When The World Comes Down", All-American Rejects

"Cinco Diablo", Saliva  (--Shinedown singer Brent Smith guests on one track.)

"A Different Me", (R&B minx) Keyshia Cole  (--Her guests include Nas and Monica.)

"The Point Of It All", Anthony Hamilton  (--The single, "Cool", features David Banner.)

"Playlist:  The Very Best of Martina McBride", Martina McBride

IN STORES ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19th:

"Traitor" - a thriller starring Don Cheadle as a former special ops soldier who becomes the prime suspect of an interagency task force searching for terrorists . . . and "Memento's" Guy Pearce as the FBI agent leading the task force.

"The House Bunny" - starring Anna Faris as a Playboy bunny who's kicked out of the mansion and then finds a home with a group of socially inept sorority girls who desperately need new pledges to keep from losing their sorority house.  It also stars Katharine McPhee.

IN STORES ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 21st: