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There are just a few DVDs releasing this week, and while they’re not huge titles, they might still make for an entertaining movie night. This week we’ve got “Stop-Loss”, “Superhero Movie”, and “Sleepwalking”.

“Stop-Loss” Releases on DVD July 8

Stop-Loss

The latest in movies about the Iraq War and the soldiers who fight in it, “Stop-Loss” tells the story of a soldier who returns from war, looking forward to starting a life after the military. But when he goes to get discharged, they tell him that he’s been stop-lossed. That means that even though he has fulfilled his duty and his time is up, the army won’t let him out because the rule says that in the event of war, a soldier’s enlistment continues until six months after the war ends. Unfortunately for the boys fighting the war, most of the time they don’t realize this until they’re told about the stop-loss.

In the film, we watch as Ryan Phillippe deals with his own stop-loss and how he handles his change in plans. When a soldier is stop-lossed, it doesn’t just affect him, it affects his friends, family, and fellow brothers in arms.

Superhero Movie

From the makers of the spoof “Scary Movie” comes the latest in comedic movies that poke fun at different genres. This time, it’s the comic book genre. “Superhero Movie” stars Leslie Nielsen, Tracy Morgan, Drake Bell, and Pamela Anderson as various superheros. There’s not much else to say about this one – if you’ve seen one spoof you’ve seen them all.

Sleepwalking

In “Sleepwalking” Charlize Theron plays a mother who has never dealt with the past. After she abandons her daughter, played by Anna Sophia Robb, the girl has to come to terms with the events, and in doing so forms a bond with her uncle. After the 11-year-old ends up in foster care, her uncle breaks her out and takes her back to his childhood home to meet his father, played by Dennis Hopper.

Unfortunately, the film appears to fall short. Director William Maher is said to “bring in surreal touches and put on literary airs”, which ruins the realness of the story. The best thing about it, according to the New York Times, is Anna Sophia Robb.

See the trailers for the movies below.