Terry Gilliam Inspired by Chris Marker's acclaimed short film La Jetée (which is included on the DVD Short 2: Dreams), 12 Monkeys combines intricate, intelligent storytelling with the uniquely imaginative vision of director Terry Gilliam. The story opens in the wintry wasteland of the year 2035, where a virulent plague has forced humans to live in a squalid, oppressively regimented underground. Bruce Willis plays a societal outcast who is given the opportunity to erase his criminal record by "volunteering" to time-travel into the past to obtain a pure sample of the deadly virus that will help future scientists to develop a cure. But in bouncing from 1918 to the early and mid-1990s, he undergoes an ordeal that forces him to question his own perceptions of reality. Caught between the dangers of the past and the devastation of the future, he encounters a psychiatrist (Madeleine Stowe) who is initially convinced he's insane, and a wacky mental patient (Brad Pitt in a twitchy Oscar-nominated role) with links to a radical group that may have unleashed the deadly virus. Equal parts mystery, tragedy, psychological thriller, and apocalyptic drama, 12 Monkeys ranks as one of the best science fiction films of the '90s, boosted by Gilliam's visual ingenuity and one of the finest performances of Willis's career. —Jeff Shannon

In the year 2027, eighteen years since the last baby was born, disillusioned Theo (Clive Owen) becomes an unlikely champion of the human race when he is asked by his former lover (Julianne Moore) to protect a young pregnant woman. In a thrilling race against time, Theo will risk everything to deliver the miracle the whole world has been waiting for.

Tony Scott Studio: Buena Vista Home Video Release Date: 02/05/2008 Run time: 114 minutes Rating: R

Simon Tondeur, Nathan Frankowski

Mike Cahill (VI) First Look King Of California (Blu-ray) After spending several years in a mental institute, Charlie (Michael Douglas) is sent home reuniting with his teenagedaughter Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood). Charlie becomes obsessed with the notion that a long-lost Spanish treasure is buried underneath their local suburban California Costco. Disconnected from reality and his daughter's life, Charlie's erratic behavior disrupts Miranda's peaceful existence. Initiallyskeptical, Miranda soon finds herself joining in Charlie's questionable antics in an effort to believe in her father and give him one last shot at accomplishing his dreams in this darkly funny, exciting and surprisingly hopeful take on the modern family and the American dream.

Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Lee Tamahori

ジョン・フランケンハイマー 東西冷戦終結後、お払い箱になった各国のスパイたちが、あるスーツケースを奪取するために雇われ、パリに集まった。やがて作戦は実行されるが、そこには意外なわなが待ち構えていた…。行き場をなくしたスパイたちの生き様を日本古来の「浪人」と重ね合わせながら、壮烈なバトルを展開していくバイオレンス・アクションの傑作。
流行のCGなどを一切拒否した壮絶極まりないカー・チェイス・シーンや、群衆パニックを効果的に用いた銃撃戦など、巨匠ジョン・フランケンハイマー監督ならではの、70年代的演出の妙が光る。ロバート・デ・ニーロにジャン・レノといった大スターたちが、久しぶりに男の心意気と非情さを体現。ハイテクではなく、あくまでも人間そのものの力と技術を信じることで成し得る、映画的活劇の真の魅力をとくと堪能できる必見の1本。（的田也寸志）

Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 02/26/2008

John Badham Something wonderful has happened—Number Five is alive! Steve Guttenberg and Ally Sheedy co-star in this high tech comedy adventure about Number Five, a robot who escapes into the real world after he short circuits in an electrical storm and decides that he's human. Because he's carrying destructive weapons, the Defense Department and his designer (Guttenberg) are desperate to find him. But Number Five is being protected by a young woman (Sheedy) who is teaching him a gentler way of life.