Blu-ray 9th December Release

The Dark Knight (+ Digital Copy and BD Live) [Blu-ray]

Warner Home Video / 2008 / 153 Minutes / Rated PG-13
Street Date: December 09, 2008

Overall Grade A must have collection. The biggest hits of 2008




Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Aaron Eckhart
Directors: Christoper Nolan

Plot Synopsis: The Dark Knight arrives with tremendous hype (best superhero movie ever? posthumous Oscar for Heath Ledger?), and incredibly, it lives up to all of it. But calling it the best superhero movie ever seems like faint praise, since part of what makes the movie great--in addition to pitch-perfect casting, outstanding writing, and a compelling vision--is that it bypasses the normal fantasy element of the superhero genre and makes it all terrifyingly real. Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is Gotham City's new district attorney, charged with cleaning up the crime rings that have paralyzed the city. He enters an uneasy alliance with the young police lieutenant, Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman), and Batman (Christian Bale), the caped vigilante who seems to trust only Gordon--and whom only Gordon seems to trust. They make progress until a psychotic and deadly new player enters the game: the Joker (Heath Ledger), who offers the crime bosses a solution--kill the Batman. Further complicating matters is that Dent is now dating Rachel Dawes (Maggie Gyllenhaal, after Katie Holmes turned down the chance to reprise her role), the longtime love of Batman's alter ego, Bruce Wayne. In his last completed role before his tragic death, Ledger is fantastic as the Joker, a volcanic, truly frightening force of evil. And he sets the tone of the movie: the world is a dark, dangerous place where there are no easy choices. Eckhart and Oldman also shine, but as good as Bale is, his character turns out rather bland in comparison (not uncommon for heroes facing more colorful villains). Director-cowriter Christopher Nolan (Memento) follows his critically acclaimed Batman Begins with an even better sequel that sets itself apart from notable superhero movies like Spider-Man 2 and Iron Man because of its sheer emotional impact and striking sense of realism--there are no suspension-of-disbelief superpowers here. At 152 minutes, it's a shade too long, and it's much too intense for kids. But for most movie fans--and not just superhero fans--The Dark Knight is a film for the ages.

Disc Features:

Disc One:

• Focus Points (HD, 65 minutes) - With the absence of any audio commentary on the disc, this pseudo-PIP track has to take up most of the slack. There is roughly one hour of total behind-the-scenes footage (in 1080i/VC-1 video) spread out over approximately 18 vignettes that span the runtime of the film.
  

Disc Two:

• Documentary: "Batman Tech" (HD, 45 minutes)
  
• Documentary: "Batman Unmasked" (HD, 45 minutes)
  
• Shorts: "Gotham Tonight" (HD, 46 minutes)
  

• Still Galleries (HD)
  
• Theatrical Trailers/TV Spots (HD)
  

Disc Three:

Digital Copy (SD)

Lost: The Complete Fourth Season [Blu-ray]

Buena Vista Home Entertainment / 2007 / 604 Minutes / Unrated
Street Date: December 09, 2008

Disc Features:
• Audio commentaries on select episodes
• 5 Featurettes: "Lost on Location," "Freighter Folk," "Transforming Hawaii," "Gun Tracking" and "The Music of Lost"
• Deleted scenes
• Gag Reel: "Lost Bloopers"

Horton Hears a Who! [Blu-ray]

Fox Home Entertainment / 2004 / Rated PG
Street Date: December 09, 2008

Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family

Starring: Jim Carrey
Directors: Steve Martino, Jimmy Hayward

Disc Features:
• Audio Commentary with directors Jimmy Hayward and Steve Martino
• Deleted Footage and Animation Screen Tests
• Featurettes: "That's One Big Elephant: Animating Horton," "Bringing the Characters to Life," "Meet Katie," "Elephant Fun: The Facts," "Our Speck: Where Do We Fit In?", "A Person Is a Person: A Universal Message," "Bringing Seuss to Screen," "The Elephant in the Room: Jim Carrey"
• Interactive Game: "We Are Here! Game"
• 'Ice Age' animated short: "Surviving Sid"

HD Exclusive Content:
• Picture-in-Picture: "Watch Horton Hears a Who! with a Who!" - Watch the movie with the smallest 'Who' of all, Jo Jo (Bonus View)

Jet Li's Fearless [Blu-ray]

Universal Studios Home Entertainment / 2006 / 140 Minutes / Unrated
Street Date: December 09, 2008

Genres: Action, martial arts

Starring: Jet Li
Director: Ronny Yu

Plot Synopsis: A moving and inspiring story of redemption and personal triumph in the face of great odds, Jet Li's Fearless is the based-on-facts story of Chinese folk hero Huo Yuanjia (Jet Li). The son of a martial-arts master whose greatest strength was his restraint, Huo grows into an unbeatable fighter whose pride and thoughtlessness lead to a chain of tragic losses. After a classic wanderer-in-the-wilderness penance, Huo reinvents himself as a mature instructor of Wushu, a martial arts system that embraces all forms of fighting without preference or pre-judgement. He also becomes a populist symbol, at the dawn of the 20th century, of China's refusal to entirely capitulate to the boot of Western colonialists. Taking on whatever European, American, or Japanese fighter the outsiders bring in to demoralize the natives, Huo becomes a legend that, in real life, is still revered. Thrillingly directed by Ronny Yu (Warriors of Virtue), Jet Li’s Fearless is a dazzling action movie that transcends its breathless fight sequences with Huo's sportsmanship virtues, i.e., knowing when you've won by example, rather than by the fist. Jet Li is superb in the role.

Disc Features:
Featurette: "A Fearless Journey"(SD, 16 minutes)

Super Troopers [Blu-ray]

Fox Home Entertainment / 2005 / Unrated
Street Date: December 09, 2008

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, Kevin Heffernan

Disc Features:
• Audio commentary by members of the Broken Lizard Comedy Team Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme and Paul Soter
• Featurette
• 15 Outtakes and Extended Scenes w/optional commentaries
• Theatrical Trailers

HD Exclusive Content:
• Picture-in-Picture commentary
• "Stupor Troopers: The Drinking Game" interactive game


Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story [Blu-ray]

Fox Home Entertainment / 2004 / 92 Minutes / Rated PG-13
Street Date: December 09, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Sport

Starring: Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Justin Long
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber

Plot Synopsis: A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.

Disc Features:
• Audio commentary by writer/director Rawson Marshall Thurber and actors Ben Stiller & Vince Vaughn
• Featurettes
• Deleted/extended scenes and alternate ending
• Bloopers and gag reel


The Mask [Blu-ray]

New Line / 1994 / 97 Minutes / Rated PG-13
Street Date: December 09, 2008

Genres: Comedy, Science Fiction

Starring: Jim Carrey, Cameron Diaz
Director: Chuck Russell

Plot Synopsis: This is the story of mild-mannered bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss, who has just discovered a mysterious ancient green wooden mask by the sea that is inhabited by Loki, the Norse Night God of Mischief. When Stanley puts on the mask, he magically transforms into an uncontrolled wacky-suited green-skinned cartoony manic superhero, "The Mask," who does the craziest things and amazes people in search of justice and a good time too.

Disc Features:
• Audio Commentary with director Charles Russell, co-chairman of New Line Cinema Bob Shaye, writer Mike Werb, executive producer Mike Richardson, producer Bob Engelman, ILM VFX supervisor Scott Squires, animation supervisor Tom Bertino and cinematographer John Leonetti
• Audio Commentary with director Charles Russell
• Return To Edge City - The radical transformation from the edgy comic book to the an extremely cool film with explosive characters, colors, effects, romance and musical numbers
• Introducing Cameron Diaz - From an inexperienced, fresh new face, to a leading lady as voluptuous, blonde bombshell. For Tina Carlyle, casting Actress Cameron Diaz was a story in Hollywood history
• Cartoon Logic - Tribute to genius cartoonist Tex Avery, credited as the main influence to Hollywood studio cartoons and the first to introduce humor to animation
• What Makes Fido Run - Personality, characteristics and training are all part of picking the perfect Hollywood pooch
• Additional Scenes with commentary
• Theatrical Trailer

Dumb and Dumber [Blu-ray]

Warner Home Video / 1994 / Unrated
Street Date: December 09, 2008

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Jeff Daniels, Jim Carrey
Directors: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly

Plot Synopsis: Lloyd and Harry: One’s dumb, the other’s dumber. You pick which is which. Jim Carrey (Lloyd) and Jeff Daniels (Harry) deliver a delirious no-brainer as they hit the road to return a misplaced briefcase to its owner (Lauren Holly). The fellas don’t know the case is crammed with ransom money. Maybe that’s why smash-mouth lowlifes are trailing them, you think? Best to leave the thinking aside as the boys and the filmmaking brothers Farrelly (There’s Something About Mary) invent something really dumb…and really, really funny.

Disc Features:
• Featurette: "Behind the Story"
• Additional Scenes
• Alternate Ending
• Theatrical Trailer