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DVD Tuesday: 'Angels & Demons' & 'Four Christmases' Tom Hanks stars in Angels & Demons Coming out this week, Dan Brown 's Angels & Demons has Tom Hanks solving riddles, all in the name of saving the Vatican from the Illuminati; Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn co-star in the holiday comedy, Four Christmases ; plus a look at Shorts , and Disney's ...

Tom Hanks reunites with director Ron Howard in reprising his role from "The Da Vinci Code," symbologist Robert Langdon, in another Dan Brown story that involves a race to save the Vatican from destruction.

Two-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition . Universal Studios Home Entertainment The lowdown: Writer-director Judd Apatow's look at comedians, who can be funny onstage, but self-centered, selfish, competitive and insular offstage.

Based on the best-selling book by Dan Brown, directed by Ron Howard and starring Tom Hanks as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, "Angels & Demons" was heartily embraced by conspiracy lovers and history buffs.

Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer in "Angels and Demons." Last week, "Star Trek" boldly debuted on DVD.

Directed by Ron Howard Written by David Koepp & Akiva Goldsman from the novel by Dan Brown Article by Brian Holcomb : 2009-11-25 15:46:41 It's easy to look at the work of novelist Dan Brown and think that virtually anyone could be just as successful by using Wikipedia and the cut-and-paste function on their computer.

Tom Hanks plays adventurous symbologist Robert Langdon in "Angels and Demons". Photo from Columbia Pictures This Thanksgiving promises to be cold and gloomy, so it seems like the perfect time to gather the family around the television and watch a movie.

Tom Hanks and Ayelet Zurer track down a murderous zealot in Ron Howard's 'Angels & Demons.' Courtesy Columbia Pictures Rarely before has wordy exposition been employed more excessively and to lesser effect than in Angels & Demons , Ron Howard's middling follow-up to The Da Vinci Code.

This week's DVD releases cover a lot of territory. They include a family film from the director of 'Spy Kids,' a holiday comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon, an Adam Sandler feature helmed by writer-director Judd Apatow and a big-budget thriller starring Tom Hanks.

Professor Robert Langdon returns to interpret dark signs and obscure symbols in Ron Howard's latest adaptation of a Dan Brown conspiracy tale.

Going Rogue a go-go ... fans wait to have their books signed at the Woodland Mall in Kentwood, Michigan on 18 November.

Writer-director Judd Apatow might have tested his core audience a little too much with his story of a self-hating comedian who is diagnosed with cancer and asks for help from a fawning young stand-up . But Apatow and company don't spare the dirty jokes either, and there's something admirably uncompromising about their willingness to push for truth ...

HERE'S A LOOK at some of this week's most notable releases. "Angels & Demons" : Praying for another $750 million absolution at the global box office, the fairly unholy trinity of Tom Hanks, director Ron Howard and "The Da Vinci Code" author Dan Brown reteam on Brown's earlier novel and manage to be more obscure than a Latin Mass.

The Da Vinci Code was a hugely successful book and movie, so it was pretty much inevitable that author Dan Brown's prequel, Angels & Demons , would find its way to the screen.

Hanks returns as symbologist Robert Langdon in this exciting sequel to "The Da Vinci Code." He must decipher ancient clues to find an anti-matter bomb before it blows up the Vatican.

Harvard symbolist Robert Langdon is back on a thrilling journey through Rome trying to find four Cardinals kidnapped by the Illuminati, an ancient secret brotherhood that will stop at nothing to destroy its eternal enemy, the Catholic Church.

PLOT Praying for another $750 million absolution at the global box office, the fairly unholy trinity of Tom Hanks , director Ron Howard and " The Da Vinci Code " author Dan Brown reteam on Brown's earlier novel and manage to be more obscure than a Latin Mass.

Dan Brown has been selling books like hotcakes for a few years now, so it comes as no surprise that Hollywood has swooped in to cash in on the author's recent successes.

Langdon Tom Hanks Camerlengo Ewan McGregor Vittoria Ayelet Zurer Richter Stellan Skarsgard Olivetti Pierfrancesco Favino Assassin Nikolaj Lie Kaas Cardinal Strauss Armin Mueller-Stahl Columbia Pictures presents a film directed by Ron Howard .

Home / Articles / Movies & TV / DVD Reviews / Angels & Demons, Funny People, Robodoc, Terrorist Next Door, Witches Hammer By Bill Frost Angels & Demons Tom Hanks loses the mullet just in time to save the Catholic Church from another imaginary force, the Illuminati.