An excellent cross-section of movies arriving on DVD this week. Click on the links to purchase the movie posters:

• The Eleventh Hour
• The Water Horse: The Legend of the Deep
• Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
• There Will Be Blood
• Reservation Road
• P2
• Lions for Lambs

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On December 16, AFI announced their pick of the the top ten movies and television programs for 2007. The list of honorees are:

AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR–OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

• BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD
• THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
• INTO THE WILD
• JUNO
• KNOCKED UP
• MICHAEL CLAYTON
• NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
• RATATOUILLE
• THE SAVAGES
• THERE WILL BE BLOOD

AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR–OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

• DEXTER
• EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS
• FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
• LONGFORD
• MAD MEN
• PUSHING DAISIES
• THE SOPRANOS
• TELL ME YOU LOVE ME
• 30 ROCK
• UGLY BETTY

American Film Institute

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Release date: December 26, 2007
Genre: Drama
Running time: 165 min.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Studio: Paramount Vantage
Producer(s): Daniel Lupi, Joanne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson
Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson
Official website: www.paramountvantage.com
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Kevin J. O’Connor
Rating: R for some violence

Synopsis:
A sprawling epic about family, greed, corruption, and the pursuit of the American dream. Set in the booming West coast oil fields at the turn of the 20th century, “There Will Be Blood” follows the rise of rugged prospector Daniel Plainview (Day-Lewis) who becomes an independent oilman after hitting it rich with the strike of a lifetime. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, the film is inspired by Upton Sinclair’s novel “Oil!

There Will Be Blood Movie Posters

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