NEW ON DVD: Fantasy fans will welcome entertaining 'Inkheart'

Jun 25, 2009
 

BY FORREST HARTMAN • GANNETT NEWS SERVICE • June 26, 2009 A family friendly fantasy starring Brendan Fraser headlines this week's video releases. "Inkheart" *** Rated PG for fantasy adventure action, some scary moments and brief language New Line Cinema Available on: DVD, Blu-ray For a movie, "Inkheart" is oddly literary, not because it's based on the Cornelia Funke novel but because the plotting is centered on the written word. Brendan Fraser stars as Mo Folchart, a kind-heartped bookbinder with the ability to bring characters from literature to life by reading aloud. Unfortunately, he discovers bringing a literary passage to his world requires something nearby get drawn into the book, and he accidentally sends his wife to the land of prose. Mo gives up reading aloud and, for years, raises his young daughter,... [read full story]                    

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