December Blu-ray Disc Release Calendar
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Page 1 of 5 Blu-ray Disc titles released 12.2009
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Ben 10: Alien Swarm Warner / 90 Minutes / 2009 / Unrated Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Bonus Feautre: Music Video BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Ryan Kelley, Barry Corbin / Director: Alex Winter Synopsis: In this thrilling, live-action adventure, Ben breaks rank with Gwen, Kevin and Max to help a mysterious young woman uncover an alien threat to our world. But it will take all the super powers they have to battle this unstoppable alien technology. The stakes are high and the action is intense as Ben fights to protect our planet from the Alien Swarm. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Christmas Tale Criterion / 152 Minutes / 2008 / Unrated Video: 2.40:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Featurettes, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Paul Roussillon / Director: Andre Desplechin Synopsis: Junon and Abel are the parents of three grown children: Elizabeth, a melancholic playwright with a mathematician husband and a tortured teenage son, Paul; Henri, the self-destructive black sheep, banished from family events by Elizabeth five years prior; youngest Ivan, the peacemaker, is married to the beautiful Sylvia and has two eccentric little boys; while a fourth- -Joseph, the eldest--died from leukemia as a boy. When the disease reappears again in the family, all are tested to see who can be a donor, and then everyone--including lovesick cousin Simon and Henri's girlfriend, Faunia--return home for a long Christmas weekend. All crowded again under the same roof, solidarity quickly--and hilariously--devolves into feuding, drunkenness and bed-hopping, as everyone struggles to make sense of the mysteries of family, life, and what lies ahead. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Deadline First Look / 2009 / 89 Minutes / Unrated Video: 2.40:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Bonus Feautres: None BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Brittany Murphy, Thora Birch / Director: Sean McConville Synopsis: Alice, 32, a writer recovering from a psychological breakdown retreats to a remote Victorian house to convalesce and focus on finishing her screenplay in time for a fast approaching deadline. Shortly after her arrival, mysterious noises and strange happenings cause her imagination to run wild, sending her on a twisting and terrifying pursuit to find out what is behind the endless mind games. Frightened but intrigued, Alice gathers the courage to go down into the cold, dingy attic where she finds a shoe box filled with mini-DV tapes. The terrifying secret that lies within the tapes will unravel Alice's dark past. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Death Warrior Lionsgate / 2008 / 90 Minutes / Rated R Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Featurettes BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: hector Echavarria / Director: Bill Corcoran Synopsis: When an mixed martial arts champion is thrown into a twisted world of underground fighting to save his wife's life, he takes desperate measures and violently fights to the death against many of his fellow MMA champions. They too, controlled by the underground cage, are fighting against their will to save the lives of their loved ones. While onlookers place online bets, one champion will rise to the top and uncover the identity of the mastermind behind the corrupt tournament. The ultimate showdown will prove that there can only be one true Death Warrior. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gimme Shelter Criterion / 1970 / 91 Minutes / Unrated Video: 1.33:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio, DTS-HD 2.0 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Extended Episodes, Expanded Aspect Ratio Presentation, Jedi Temple Archives, Featurettes, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: The Rolling Stones, Ike & Tina Turner / Directors: David Maysles, Albert Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin Synopsis: Called "the greatest rock film ever made," this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When 300,000 members of the Love Generation collided with a few dozen Hell's Angels at San Francisco's Altamont Speedway, direct cinema pioneers David and Albert Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin immortalized on film the bloody slash that transformed a decade's dreams into disillusionment. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Green Mile Warner / 188 Minutes / 1999 / Rated R Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Tom Hanks, Michael Clarke Duncan / Director: Frank Darabont Synopsis: Paul Edgecomb (Tom Hanks) is the head of the block guards during the 1930's at the Cold Mountain Correctional Facility. Through his many years of watching men live and die Paul's faith and sanity has deteriorated. He is assigned to watch over John Coffey (Michael Duncan), a giant man convicted of murdering two little girls. But John acts more like a child than a cold hearted murderer. Edgecomb and other guards (Morse and Pepper) find themselves in a moral dilemma when they witness John accomplish healing miracles. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gremlins Warner / 106 Minutes / 1984 / Rated PG Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Bonus Feautres: Commentaries, Featurettees, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates / Directors: Joe Dante Synopsis: A wholesome, picture-postcard town is turned upside-down at Christmas, when "gremlins"-- some impish little creatures--are accidentally unleashed and wreck havock. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Sony / 1999 / 108 Minutes / Rated R DVDFILE REVIEW (DVD) Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Featurettes BD-Exclusive Bonuses: BD-Live Cast: Jason Statham, Dexter Fletcher / Director: Guy Ritchie Synopsis: Streetwise charmer Eddie (Nick Moran) enters the biggest card game of his life with the savings of his three best friends: Tom (Jason Flemyng), Bacon (Jason Statham) and Soap (Dexter Fletcher). But he leaves the table owing his underworld boss Hatchet Harry half a million and has a week to come up with the money. Now Eddie and his friends must outsmart and outgun all types of lowlifes on their way to pay off Harry before time runs out. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Mask of Zorro Sony / 1998 / 136 Minutes / Rated PG-13 DVDFILE REVIEW (DVD) Video: 2.40:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Comentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes BD-Exclusive Bonuses: MovieIQ Cast: Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins / Director: Martin Campbell Synopsis: It has been 20 years since Don Diego de la Vega successfully fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Imprisoned for two decades, he now must find a successor to stop Don Rafael Montero--the powerful, former Spanish governor of Alta California who cost de la Vega his freedom, his wife, Esperanza, and his daughter, Elena--who is making plans to purchase California from Mexico's president, General Santa Anna. Alejandro Murieta, a bandit with a troubled past, is transformed by Don Diego into a new Zorro who he hopes will help him foil Montero's schemes once and for all. Tracing the heroic story of these highly-charged relationships, the tale follows the new Zorro as he assumes de la Vega's mantle and enters into a romantic relationship with a woman close to his predecessor's heart... ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Fox / 2009 / 105 Minutes / Rated PG Video: 2.40:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Commentaries, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes (With Optional Commentary), Gag Reel, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: BD-Live Cast: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams, Bill Hader / Director: Shawn Levy Synopsis: Night guard Larry Daley (Ben Stiller), now a successful entrepreneur, returns to the Museum of Natural History to visit his friends--the exhibits that come to life at night--only to learn that they are being shipped off into deep storage at the Smithsonian Institution. To make matters worse, the exhibits at the Smithsonian, including the pharaoh Kahmunrah (Hank Azaria), are suddenly coming to life--and they aren'’t at all happy about their new visitors. Determined to save his friends, Larry rushes to Washington, D.C., and makes his way into the inner workings of the largest museum complex in the world while Kahmunrah recruits the likes of Ivan the Terrible (Christopher Guest), Napoleon (Alain Chabat), and Al Capone (Jon Bernthal). Larry, meanwhile, finds himself with spunky Amelia Earhart (Amy Adams) as a co-conspirator and love interest, and General Custer (Bill Hader) leading the battle for the Smithsonian. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Paper Heart Anchor Bay / 88 Minutes / 2009 / Rated PG-13 Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Bonus Feautres: Featurettes, Music Video, Deleted Scenes, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Michael Cera, Charlyne Yi / Director: Nicholas Jasenovec Synopsis: In Paper Heart, Yi does not believe in love. Or so she says. At the very least, she doesn’t believe in fairy-tale love or the Hollywood mythology of love, and her own experiences have turned her into a modern-day skeptic. Paper Heart follows Yi as she embarks on a quest across the U.S. to make a documentary about the one subject she doesn’t fully understand: Love. Combining elements of documentary and traditional storytelling, reality and fantasy, Paper Heart brings a fresh perspective to the modern romance and redefines the classic love story. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Secondhand Lions Warner / 2003 / 109 Minutes / Rated PG Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby TrueHD 6.1 Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Trailer, TV Spots BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Robert Duvall, Michael Caine / Director: Tim McCanlies Synopsis: This comedic and touching family film follows the adventures of a shy young boy who is sent to spend the summer with his eccentric uncles. At first shocked by his uncles' unconventional behavior that includes ordering African lions through the mail, the boy soon becomes enthralled with unraveling the mystery that has followed the uncles for years. Hearing tales of their exotic adventures involving kidnapped princesses, Arabian sheiks and lost treasure, not only brings him closer to his uncles but also teaches him what it means to believe in something... whether it's true or not. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Snatch Sony / 2000 / 102 Minutes / Rated R DVDFILE REVIEW (DVD) Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Featurettes, Stills Gallery, TV Spots, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: The Snatch Cutting Room, MovieIQ, BD-Live Cast: Brad Pitt, Benicio Del Toro / Director: Guy Ritchie Synopsis: When a dizzying robbery takes place in the Orthodox Jewish diamond district, a flawless 86- carat gem, the size of an infant's fist, is lifted in the snatch. Taking it to London, the diamond's thief and courier, Franky Four Fingers arrives in the city as a stopover en route to New York to deliver the huge diamond to his bigwig crime boss, Avi. But because Franky can't resist temptation and London is a town with its share of illegal trade, a small crowd of miscreants and malefactors eventually ends up chasing each other and the whereabouts of the diamond. These include: Doug the Head, a jeweler who pretends he's Jewish because it's good for business; Boris the Blade, a Russian gangster with a deserved reputation for being impossible to kill; Bullet Tooth Tony, a legendary hard guy and Brick Top, perhaps the scariest of the lot. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Terminator: Salvation Warner / 2009 / 118 / Rated R/Unrated Video: 2.40:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Featurettes BD-Exclusive Bonuses: Maximum Movie Mode Cast: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington / Director: McG Synopsis: John Connor is the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future that Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright, a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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