Thursday, 7 August 2008

DVDs released this week

Here are some of today's DVD releases. Star ratings are by Seattle Times film reviewers, freelancers or wire services (for full reviews, go to www.seattletimes.com/movies).



"The Counterfeiters" (R), 2007's Academy Award winner for best foreign-language film. The Austrian holocaust drama, directed by Stefan Ruzowitzky, follows a genius-level forger (Karl Markovics) recruited to assist the Nazis.



"Pete Seeger: The Power of Song" (worthy for general audiences), Jim Brown's documental on the life, multiplication and