My Sister’s Keeper (2009, Sony, PG-13, $29) — Abigail Breslin stars as a young girl who sues her parents (Cameron Diaz, Jason Patric) for the rights to her own body after refusing to donate a kidney to her leukemia-stricken sister (Sofia Vassilieva). The solid performances aren’t enough to lift this film from the depths of melodrama. Scenes with Joan Cusack as a grieving judge, Alec Baldwin as a showboating attorney and Thomas Dekker as a rebel chemo patient are spiked with humor and pathos, but the rest of the film lacks true insight. Extras: 15 minutes of deleted scenes.
Also — “Star Trek,” “Bruno,” “The Limits of Control,” “Humpday,” “Andy Barker, P.I. The Complete Series,” “Downhill Racer,” “White Christmas: Anniversary Edition,” “Eleventh Hour: The Complete Series,” “Heat,” “AC/DC: Backtracks,” “North by Northwest: 50th Anniversary Edition,” “The Velveteen Rabbit,” “Natalee Halloway.”
source: northjersey.com
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