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Following are the new releases coming to DVD this week:

The Forbidden Kingdom

An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.

Director: Rob Minkoff. Stars: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Alexis Bridges, Morgan Benoit, Collin Chou, Bingbing Li, Yifei Liu. 2008, 113 min., Action.

Baby Mama

Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski to become her unlikely surrogate. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a comic battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby's arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-war, they'll discover two kinds of family: the one you're born to and the one you make.

Director: Michael McCullers. Stars: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Sigourney Weaver, Greg Kinnear, Romany Malco, Dax Shepard, Maura Tierney, Holland Taylor, Curt Carlson, Steve Martin. 2008, 99 min., Comedy.

The Promotion

Two mid-level Chicago supermarket employees — Doug and Richard, a dubious new guy from Canada — compete ruthlessly for a coveted managerial post at a new store location. Doug and Richard could not be more different, but going head-to-head in a contest of wits and will reveals how they have more in common than they once suspected.

Director: Steve Conrad. Stars: John C. Reilly, Seann William Scott, Fred Armisen, Jenna Fischer, Lili Taylor, Chris Conrad, Gil Bellows, Bobby Cannavale. 2008, 86 min., comedy.

Then She found Me

The story of schoolteacher April Epner and her very unlikely path towards personal fulfillment. Following the separation from her husband and the death of her adopted mother, April is contacted by her apparent birth mother, who turns out to be a local talk show host Bernice Graves. As Bernice tries to become the mother to April that she was never able to be, April seems to find solace in the arms of the parent of one of her students, only to find that the mystery to life's questions cannot be solved by a simple revelation.

Director: Helen Hunt. Stars: Helen Hunt, Colin Firth, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Lynn Cohen, Ben Shenkman, Floanne Ankah, Geneva Carr, Chris Chalk. 2007, 100 min., Drama.