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New Movies On DVD, April 8

In There Will Be Blood, writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson steps outside his contemporary world of dysfunctional Angelenos to explore a very different dysfunctional man -- an oil pioneer whose trailblazing spirit is equaled only by his murderous ambition. Also on DVD: The Water Horse, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Lions for Lambs and Resurrecting the Champ.

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Samuel L. Jackson And Josh Hartnett Star In 'Resurrecting The Champ'; On DVD April 8

When a struggling sports writer with dreams of big-time stories rescues a homeless man from an attack by a gang of street thugs, he unwittingly finds himself with a one-time boxing legend believed to be dead in Resurrecting The Champ, arriving on DVD April 8th from Fox Home Entertainment.

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'Superbad' Keeps Teens On Top With $18 Million Weekend

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hollywood notched its first $4 billion summer as teen geeks helped Hollywood end the season in record fashion.

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People Thought Samuel L. Jackson Was Homeless

Samuel L. Jackson was mistaken for a homeless person after straying off the set of his new movie in full costume and make-up. Jackson plays a former boxer who finds himself homeless in Resurrecting The Champ and admits his on-set look was so convincing, fellow vagrants thought he was also seeking shelter.

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Movie Review: Strong Performances, But 'Champ' Takes Aim At Too Many Issues

The idea that our sports heroes aren't nearly as heroic as we'd like them to be couldn't be more timely. No amount of artfully edited and scored feel-good pieces on ESPN can make us ignore the transgressions of players like Michael Vick and Barry Bonds, both admitted and alleged.

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Opening August 24: Resurrecting the Champ

Director and co-screenwriter (along with Chris Gerolmo, Allison Burnett, and Michael Bortman) Rod Lurie tells the uplifting tale of a sports writer who almost lost it all before stumbling into the story of a lifetime in this uplifting sports-themed drama starring Josh Hartnett and Samuel L. Jackson. Erik (Hartnett) is a Denver-based sports writer whose prose is dull and whose marriage is failing. Continue Summary Pictures / Cast and Crew / More

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