Top video rentals listed
The Top Video Rentals-Sales as of today are as follows: Best Renters
1. “Man on Fire” (R); Grade: B-; with Denzel Washington in an edgy action picture about a bodyguard seeking redemption by rescuing a kidnapped little girl.
2. “The Passion of the Christ” (R); Grade: B+; with Jim Caviezel in director Mel Gibson’s physically powerful, emotionally unsettling chronicle of Jesus’ crucifixion.
3. “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed” (PG); Grade: B-; with Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini and Matthew Lillard recreating their roles in a colorful sequel.
4. “The Ladykillers” (R); Grade: B-; with Tom Hanks in Joel and Ethan Coen’s uneven remake of the 1955 British caper farce about hardened crooks matching wits with an old woman.
5. “The Punisher” (R); Grade: B-; with Tom Jane and John Travolta in a no-frills adaptation of the Marvel Comic about a vigilante.
6. “Jersey Girl” (PG-13); Grade: C; with Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler and Jennifer Lopez in director Kevin Smith’s misguided romantic comedy about a widower raising his daughter.
7. “Soul Plane” (R and Unrated); Grade: B-; with Snoop Dogg and Method Man in a broad comedy about a new airline featuring flirty flight attendants and in-flight casino gambling.
8. “Twisted” (R); Grade: C; with Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson and Andy Garcia in a thriller about a police detective who discovers a serial killer is murdering her previous boyfriends.
9. “Taking Lives” (R and Unrated); Grade: B-; with Angelina Jolie and Ethan Hawke in a thriller about an FBI profiler pursuing a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims.
10. “Walt Disney’s Home on the Range” (PG); Grade: B-; with the voices of Roseanne Barr and Cuba Gooding Jr. in a Walt Disney animated film about cows trying to save their dairy farm.
11. “Laws of Attraction” (PG-13); Grade: B; with Julianne Moore and Pierce Brosnan in a romantic comedy about two battling lawyers who fall for each other.
12. “The Girl Next Door” (R and Unrated); Grade: C; with Elisha Cuthbert in a raunchy comedy about a porn star who becomes involved with a suburban high-school guy.
13. “Baadasssss!” (R); Grade: A-; with star-director Mario Van Peebles in a fact-based picture about the struggles of his father, Melvin, to bring “Sweet Sweetback’s Baad Asssss Song” to the screen in 1971.
14. “Hidalgo” (PG-13); Grade: B; with Viggo Mortensen and Omar Sharif in a fact-based epic about a 3,000 mile race across the Arabian Desert.
15. “Godsend” (R); Grade: C; with Robert De Niro and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos in a non-frightening chiller about a couple involved in an experiment to bring their dead son back to life.
(This list of top-renting videos as of Sept. 17 was compiled by Lou Gaul, Calkins Media Film Critic with Video Business used as a partial source.)
Best Sellers
1. “The Passion of the Christ” (R); Grade: B+; $24.99, tape; $29.99, DVD; $34.99, digital video
2. “Man on Fire'” (R); Grade: B-; $29.99, DVD only
3. “Walt Disney’s Home on the Range” (PG); Grade: B-; $24.99, tape; $29.99, DVD
4. “Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed” (PG); Grade: B-; $27.99, DVD only
5. “The Ladykillers” (R); Grade: B-; $24.99, tape; $29.99, DVD
6. “Chris Rock: Never Scared” (R); Grade: B+; $19.99, DVD only
7. “THX 1138” (R); Grade: B; $19.99, regular edition, DVD only; $26.99, “Director’s Cut,” DVD only
8. “Taking Lives” (R and Unrated); Grade: B-; $27.99, DVD only
9. “Kill Bill Vol. 2” (R); Grade: B+; $24.99, tape; $29.99, DVD
10. “Hidalgo” (PG-13); Grade: B; $24.99, tape; 29.99, DVD
– compiled by Lou Gaul; partial source Video Business