November Blu-ray Disc Release Calendar
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Page 1 of 4 Blu-ray Disc Titles Released 11.2009
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Aliens in the Attic Fox / 2009 / 86 Minutes / Rated PG Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Blooper Reel, Music Video, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: Digital Copy Cast: Gillian Vigman, Ashley Tisdale / Director: John Shultz Synopsis: It's summer vacation, but the Pearson family kids are stuck at a boring lake house with their nerdy parents. That is until feisty, little, green aliens crash-land on the roof, with plans to conquer the house AND Earth! Using only their wits, courage and video game-playing skills, the youngsters must band together to defeat the aliens and save the world -- but the toughest part might be keeping the whole thing a secret from their parents! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Answer Man Magnolia / 2009 / 95 Minutes / Rated R Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Jeff Daniels, Lauren Graham / Director: John Hindman Synopsis: Arlen Faber is the reclusive author of Me and God, a book that has redefined spirituality for an entire generation and has been translated into over 100 languages. On the eve of the 20th anniversary of his still wildly popular book, Arlen is still sought after as the man who has all the answers. Arlen's life collides with Elizabeth, a single mom raising her seven-year-old son, and Kris, a young man fresh out of rehab who is searching for meaning. Both Elizabeth and Kris are hopeful that Arlen has the answers, but the truth is, he hasn't got a clue. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Command Performance First Look / 2009 / 100 Minutes / Rated R Video: 2.40:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Bonus Feautres: None BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Dave Legno / Director: Dolph Lundgren Synopsis: Rock ‘n’ roll drummer Joe (Dolph Lundgren, Universal Soldier, Rocky IV) and his band are about to make it big as the opening act for America’s hottest pop star (Melissa Smith) in Moscow. Fame and glory quickly turn into chaos as armed terrorists storm the arena, capturing the pop star and the guests of honor—Russian President Alexander Petrov and his two teenage daughters. With the death toll rising and the hostages’ lives on the line, it is up to one man to come to their rescue and save the day. Nonstop action, hand-to-hand combat and a rock ‘n’ roll edge make Command Performance a jam-packed hit. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Direct Action First Look / 2004 / 97 Minutes / Rated R Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Bonus Feautres: None BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Polly Shannon / Director: Sidney J. Furie Synopsis: Muscle-bound action hero Dolph Lundgren returns to take the lead role in this nail-biting thriller. Frank Gannon (Lundgren) is nearing retirement from his job on the police force. Sick of the corruption that runs rife throughout the department, he decides to shop his fellow officers to the powers that be. His final days on the force subsequently turn into a nightmare for Gannon, whose colleagues decide to set him up in a drug scam that threatens to tarnish his impeccable reputation. The thrill ride really begins when Gannon tries to prove his innocence, and given just one day to clear his name, he battles against the clock and his fellow officers to ensure that justice is served. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Food, Inc. Magnolia / 2008 / 94 Minutes / Rated PG DVDFILE REVIEW (DVD) Video: 1.78:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, Promos, Text Resources, Trailer BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Joel Salatin, Eric Schlosser, Michael Pollan / Director: Robert Keener Synopsis: The veil on our nation's food industry is lifted, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that's been hidden from the U.S. consumer with the consent of our government's regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation's food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of our farmers, the safety of our workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, insecticide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won't go bad, but we also have new strains of e coli--the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 of our citizens annually. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Forrest Gump Paramount / 1994 / 142 Minutes / Rated PG-13 Video: 2.35:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Commentaries, Featurettes, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise / Director: Robert Zemeckis Synopsis: The title character leads viewers through an accidental travelogue of U.S. social history from the early 1960s through the present in this revisionist fable. Vietnam, desegregation, Watergate, and more are presented from the perspective of Tom Hanks's loveably slow-witted Forrest Gump as he finds himself embroiled in situations he can't quite comprehend. Hanks leads an excellent cast, featuring Robin Wright Penn as Jenny, Forrest's lifelong love; Gary Sinise as the irascible Lt. Dan, his Vietnam superior; Mykelti Williamson as Bubba, a shrimp- loving soldier; and Sally Fields as his devoted mother. Robert Zemeckis's emotional, heartwarming film garnered 13 Academy Award nominations and six wins, including Best Picture, Director, Actor--Tom Hanks, and Adapted Screenplay. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Paramount / 2009 / 118 Minutes / Rated PG-13 Video: 2.40:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Featurettes BD-Exclusive Bonuses: Digital Copy Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Channing Tatum / Director: Stephen Sommers Synopsis: From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Howards End Criterion / 1992 / 142 Minutes / Rated PG Video: 2.35:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Featurettes, Trailer BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter / Director: James Ivory Synopsis: The pinnacle of the decades-long collaboration between director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant, Howards End is a thought-provoking, luminous vision of E. M. Forster's cutting 1910 novel about class divisions in Edwardian England. Emma Thompson won an Academy Award for her dynamic portrayal of Margaret Schlegel, a flighty yet compassionate middle-class intellectual whose friendship with the dying wife (Vanessa Redgrave) of rich capitalist Henry Wilcox (Anthony Hopkins) commences an intricately woven tale of money, love, and death that encompasses the country's highest and lowest social echelons. With a brilliant, layered script by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (who also won an Oscar) and a roster of gripping performances, Howards End is a work of both great beauty and vivid darkness, and one of cinema's greatest literary adaptations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I Love You, Beth Cooper Fox / 2009 / 102 Minutes / Rated PG-13 Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Paul Rust, Hayden Panettiere / Director: Chris Columbus Synopsis: When Denis (Paul Rust), the geekiest guy in high school, proclaims his love for super-popular Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere), during his valedictorian speech, everyone is...well... speechless! But the real shock comes that night when Beth shows up at Denis' house with her two best friends to show him how the cool kids party. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
It's a Wonderful Life Paramount / 1946 / 131 Minutes / Unrated Video: 1.33:1 1080p / Audio: Mono Bonus Feautres: Color and Black & White Versions, Trailer, Featurette BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed / Director: Frank Capra Synopsis: George Bailey is a small-town man whose life seems so desperate he contemplates suicide. He had always wanted to leave Bedford Falls to see the world, but circumstances and his own good heart have led him to stay. He sacrficed his education for his brother's, kept the family-run savings and loan afloat, protected the town from the avarice of the greedy banker Mr. Potter, and married his childhood sweetheart. As he prepares to jump from a bridge, his guardian angel intercedes, showing him what life would have become for the residents of Bedford Falls is he had never lived. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Love Actually Universal / 2003 / 135 Minutes / Rated R Video: 2.35:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Music Videos BD-Exclusive Bonuses: BD-Live Cast: Liam Neeson, Alan Rickman, Hugh Grant / Director: Richard Curtis Synopsis: Everywhere you look, love is causing chaos. From the bachelor Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who, on his first day at 10 Downing Street, falls in love with the girl who brings him his tea, to a hopeless sandwich delivery guy who doesn't think he has a chance with the girls in the U.K., so he heads for Wisconsin. From aging rock stars, to a stony headmistress, to a monolingual Portuguese housemaid--love arrives in many forms, shapes and sizes. Here, ten separate--but intertwining--stories of love all lead up to a big climax on Christmas Eve, proving that love is the driving force in all of these people's lives. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Narrows Image / 2008 / 106 Minutes / Rated R Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Featurette BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Vincent D'Onofrio, Sophia Bush / Director: Francois Velle Synopsis: Mike Manadoro, a 19 year old from Brooklyn, will do almost anything to get out of his neighborhood and to study photography at a Manhattan university. The problem is Mike's father Vinny, a retired sanitation worker, does not have the financial means to support his son's dream. So when local mob boss Tony offers Mike a high paying job, he takes it. Mike enters college at the same time as he begins delivering mysterious packages for Tony. Juggling new friendships, old loyalties, a new romance and the world of small-time crime, Mike's choices begin to result in dangerous and potentially fatal consequences for himself and everyone around him. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation Warner / 1989 / 97 Minutes / Rated PG-13 DVDFILE REVIEW (DVD) Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Trailer BD-Exclusive Bonuses: Hat, Coasters, Box of Fake Snow, Button, Moose Figurine Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo / Director: Jeremiah Chechik Synopsis: It's Christmas time and the Griswolds are preparing for a family seasonal celebration, but things never run smoothly for Clark, his wife Ellen and their two kids. Clark's continual bad luck is worsened by his obnoxious family guests, but he manages to keep going knowing that his Christmas bonus is due soon. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
North by Northwest Warner / 1959 / 136 Minutes / Unrated Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Featurettes, Music-Only Track, Trailers, Stills Gallery BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint / Director: Alfred Hitchcock Synopsis: A suave, succesful New York advertising executive finds himself, through a case of mistaken identity, embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder that takes him across the country to prove his innocence to the police and get an evil crime syndicate, looking for a lost microfilm, off his tail. Filmed in VistaVision. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Not Forgotten Anchor Bay / 2009 / 97 Minutes / Rated R Video: 1.35:1 1080p / Audio: LPCM 5.1 Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Featurette, Trailer BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Simon Baker, Paz Vega / Director: Dror Soref Synopsis: Jack Bishop is a picture-perfect husband and father in a peaceful Texas border town. But when his 11-year-old daughter is kidnapped, he'll hunt her abductors no matter what the cost. Quickly he learns he must unleash his own tortured soul into a Mexican hell of barrios and bordellos controlled by the mysterious religion of La Santa Muerte. When a man has too much to hide and nothing to lose, should he dare to search for the truth? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rocky: The Undisputed Collection Fox / 1976-2006 / 634 Minutes / Rated PG/PG-13 DVDFILE REVIEW (DVD) Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio / LPCM 5.1 (Rocky Balboa) Bonus Feautres: Commentaries, Deleted Scenes, Featurettes, TV Spots, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Mr. T / Director: Various Synopsis: All six movies from the popular 'Rocky' franchise, plus added Bonus Disc of Special Feaures. Rocky: A slightly dimwitted amateur boxer from Philadelphia's tough neighborhood gets a surprise shot at fighting for the heavyweight championship, while at the same time he finds love in the arms of a shy, reclusive girl who works in the local pet store. Rocky II: Philly's favorite son, Rocky Balboa, finds new fame and riches and challenges champion Apollo Creed to a rematch. Rocky III: Now heavyweight champion, Rocky goes up against a flashy and cocky contender.Rocky IV: Rocky is brought out of retirement to go up against an almost superhuman, seemingly undefeatable Soviet boxer who could easily be a one-man killing machine. Rocky V: Rocky risks losing everything, stricken with brain damage from his years in the ring, and goes back to his meager origins, only to become embroiled in a street fight with his surrogate son. Rocky Balboa: Former heavyweight champion Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) steps out of retirement and back into the ring, pitting himself against a new rival decades after his initial glory. When a computer simulated boxing match declares Rocky Balboa the victor over current champion Mason "The Line" Dixon, the legendary fighter's passion and spirit are reignited. But when his desire to fight in small, regional competitions is trumped by promoters calling for a rematch of the cyber-fight, Balboa must weigh the mental and physical risks of a high profile exhibition match against his need to be in the ring. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Say Anything... Fox / 1989 / 100 Minutes / Rated PG-13 DVDFILE REVIEW (DVD) Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Trivia Track, Stills Gallery, TV Spots, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: John Cusack, Ione Skye / Director: Cameron Crowe Synopsis: A romantic comedy about a less-than-average student who falls in love with a brilliant biochemistry major. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season One Warner / 2009 / 502 Minutes / Unrated Video: 2.35:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Bonus Feautres: Extended Episodes, Expanded Aspect Ratio Presentation, Jedi Temple Archives, Featurettes, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: David Acord, Dee Bradley Baker / Directors: Various Synopsis: As the Clone Wars sweep through the galaxy, the heroic Jedi Knights, including Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Jedi Master Yoda and padawan Ahsoka Tano struggle to maintain order and restore peace. But despite the best efforts of these brave protectors, more and more planets are falling prey to the sinister forces of the dark side. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Taking of Pelham 123 Sony / 2009 / 106 Minutes / Rated R Video: 2.40:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Featurettes, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: MovieIQ, CineChat, Digital Copy Cast: John Travolta, Denzel Washington / Director: Tony Scott Synopsis: Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) is a New York City subway dispatcher whose ordinary day is thrown into chaos by an audacious crime: the hijacking of a subway train. Ryder (John Travolta), the criminal mastermind behind the hijacking and leader of a highly-armed gang of four, threatens to execute the train's passengers unless a large ransom is paid within one hour. As the tension mounts beneath his feet, Garber employs his vast knowledge of the subway system in a battle to outwit Ryder and save the hostages. But there's one riddle Garber can't solve: even if the thieves get the money, how can they possibly escape? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Two Girls and a Guy Fox / 1997 / 84 Minutes / Rated NC-17 DVDFILE REVIEW (DVD) Video: 1.85:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: NC-17 and R-rated Versions, Commentary, Featurette, Trailer BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Robert Downey, Jr., Heather Graham, Natasha Gregson Wagner / Director: James Toback Synopsis: Two girls are standing outside a SoHo loft, each waiting for her boyfriend. They soon realize its the same guy. The girls, Carla and Lou, decide to wait for Blake, so they break into his loft. On his return from LA, the women confront Blake with his declared love for them both, throw it back in his face, and listen to his feeble explanations. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wings of Desire Criterion / 1987 / 127 Minutes / Rated PG-13 Video: 1.66:1 1080p / Audio: DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio Bonus Feautres: Commentary, Featurettes, Deleted Scenes, Stills Gallery, Trailers BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Bruno Ganz, Solveig Dommartin / Director: Wim Wenders Synopsis: Damiel is an angel perched atop buildings high over Berlin who can hear the thoughts, fears, hopes, and dreams of all the people living below. But when he falls in love with a beautiful trapeze artist, he is willing to give up his immortality to come back to earth to be with her. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Witchblade: The Complete Series Funimation / 600 Minutes / 2006-2007 / Unrated Video: 1.78:1 1080p / Audio: Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Bonus Feautres: Featurettes, TV Spots, Textless Songs BD-Exclusive Bonuses: None Cast: Jamie Marchi, Cherami Leigh, Mark Stoddard / Directors: Various Synopsis: In 22nd-Century Japan, Masane Amaha, one of the surviving catastrophe that destroyed Tokyo becomes the latest in an ancient line of women-only warriors to wield the mysterious sentient weapon known only throughout history as "the Witchblade". Protecting her little girl, she will face her worst fear ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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