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Top 5 New DVD Releases - January 17, 2006

By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com

This week's most interesting new DVD releases include Alex Gibney's chilling documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" and Phil Morrison's incisive family drama "Junebug."

1. Enron - The Smartest Guys in the Room

Strippers, motorbikes and Ken Lay: Alex Gibney's documentary about the energy trading company's spectacular bankruptcy tells a gripping story of avarice and fraud. Just in time for the upoming trials!

2. Junebug

Amy Adams gave a break-out performance as a guiless, Christian pregnant wife in Phil Morrison's "Junebug." This family drama portrays the South with a forthright, hilarious ease rarely seen on screen.
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3. Asylum

Set in late-1950s England, David Mackenzie's "Aylum" is a Gothic romance filled with erotic obsession, deception, and murder. Natasha Richardson is the neglected wife of a psychiatric hospital administrator (Hugh Bonneville) who finds passion in the arms of an inmate (Marton Csokas). Adapted from the Patrick McGrath novel, the film also features Ian McKellen.
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4. Making Grace

Catherine Gund's moving, intimate documentary follows Ann Krsul and Leslie Sullivan, a devoted lesbian couple who decide to have a baby together.
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5. Lord of War (2-Disc Special Edition)

Based on actual events, this black comedy/drama stars Nicholas Cage as international arms smuggler Uri Orlov. The story follows Uri from his humble beginnings as a Soviet immigrant in 1970s Brooklyn and peaks with his involvement in selling off the stockpiled arsenal of post-Cold War Ukraine to the sadistic African dictator André Baptiste, Sr. (Eamonn Walker). Jared Leto, Ethan Hawke, and Bridget Moynahan co-star.
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