Saw V [Blu-ray]
Lionsgate Home Entertainment / 2008 / 96 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Horror
Starring: Meagan Good, Julie Benz, Tobin Bell
Director: David Hackl
Plot Synopsis: In the fifth installment of the Saw franchise, Detective Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, he must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends.
Disc Features:
• Audio Commentaries with cast and crew
• Featurettes: "Multiple Traps"
• Digital Copy
Max Payne [Blu-ray]
Fox Home Entertainment / 2008 / Rated PG-13
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Action
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, and Ludacris
Director: John Moore
Igor [Blu-ray]
MGM Home Entertainment / 2008 / 87 Minutes / Rated PG
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Animation, Family
Starring: John Cusack, Molly Shannon, Jay Leno
Director:Anthony Leondis
King Kong [Blu-ray]
Universal Studios Home Entetainment / 2005 / 200 Minutes / Unrated
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Action, adventure
Starring: Jack Black, Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody
Director: Peter Jackson
Disc Features:
Audio Commentary - This track features director Peter Jackson and screenwriter Phillippa Boyens, and it's available on the extended cut of the film only.
- Picture-in-Picture - The mega-collector's DVD of 'King Kong' was quite an impressive set, spanning four discs and housing hours of supplement material. This PIP track (accessible via the U-Control menu) plays like a pretty good "greatest hits" of the content.
- BD-Live - Hear you can access My Scenes to bookmark your favorite chapters, and if you're player is BD-Live-enabled, share them with others on the web.
Repo! The Genetic Opera [Blu-ray]
Lionsgate Home Entertainment / 2008 / 98 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Horror, Musical
Starring: Paris Hilton, Paul Sorvino, Alexa Vega, Bill Moseley
Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
Disc Features:
• Audio commentary by director Darren Lynn Bousman and actors Bill Moseley, Alexa Vega and Ogre
• Audio commentary by director Lynn Bousman, creators Darren Smith and Terrance Zdunich and music producer Joseph Bishara
• featurettes: "From Stage to Screen," "Legal Assassin — A Repo Man"
HD Exclusive Content:
• Select scene audio commentary by Bousman and actress Paris Hilton
• featurettes: "Zydrate Anatomy—Amber Sweet: Addicted to the Knife," "Chase the Morning—Blind Mag: The Voice of GeneCo"
• Deleted scenes
• Video sing-alongs.
Poison Ivy 4: The Secret Society [Blu-ray]
Warner Home Video / 2009 / 102 Minutes / Unrated
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Erotic, Thriller
Starring: Greg Evigan, Catherine Hicks, Miriam McDonald
The Deal [Blu-ray]
Peace Arch Entertainment / 2008 / 100 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Starring: William H. Macy, Meg Ryan, Jason Ritter
Director: Steven Schachter
Plot Synopsis: A down-and-out film producer agrees to make his nephew's film about 19th century English statesman Benjamin Disraeli, but can only get financing if he casts a well-known action star. Production is halted however, when the lead actor is kidnapped from the European film set, so the producer hatches a scheme with a struggling creative executive to save the star and the movie.
Henry Poole Is Here [Blu-ray]
Anchor Bay Entertainment / 2008 / Rated PG
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Spiritual
Starring: Luke Wilson, George Lopez, Radha Mitchell
Director: Mark Pellington
Plot Synopsis: Henry Poole Is Here is an odd if enjoyable dramedy about everyone's need for a miracle now and then--though one person's miracle can easily be another's nightmare. Henry Poole (Luke Wilson) is a misanthropic loner who attempts to buy a specific house at any price and is rebuffed. Instead, he buys another house in some need of repair but brushes off any discussion of improvement, mysteriously claiming he's not going to be living in it very long. Uncertain what that means, Henry's neighbors learn to give him some distance, until Esperanza (Adriana Barraza) decides she can see the face of Jesus Christ in a water stain on Henry's house. In short order, Esperanza has alerted her church and friends, and a disgruntled Henry's backyard is full of true believers. Directed by Mark Pellington (Arlington Road), Henry Poole Is Here occasionally finds itself awash in treacle and sincerity, especially where Henry's developing relationship with a single mom (Radha Mitchell) and her near-mute child are concerned. But the film never alienates viewers disinclined to believe in iconic apparitions, adding a neat twist toward the end that makes Henry's rage against Esperanza's faith work for and not against him. Making the whole enterprise worthwhile is Wilson's fine performance as a man who has given up on everything (for reasons that eventually become clear in the story) but, in fact, wants nothing more than to embrace life.
The Express [Blu-ray]
Universal Studios Home Entertainment / 2008 / 130 Minutes / Rated PG
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Biography, Drama, Sport
Director: Gary Fieder
Plot Synopsis: The true story of Ernie Davis, two-time All-American running back for Syracuse University who led his team to the national championship in 1960. In 1961, he became the first black man to win the Heisman Trophy. Later that year, he was the first pick in the NFL draft. But Davis never got the chance to play professional football, he was diagnosed with leukemia during the summer of 1962 and died nearly a year later.
Disc Features:
• Audio Commentary with Director Gary Fleder
• Featurettes: "Making of The Express," "Making History: The Story of Ernie Davis," "Inside the Playbook: Shooting the Football Games," "From Hollywood to Syracuse: The Legacy of Ernie Davis"
• Deleted scenes
HD Exclusive Content:
• 50th Anniversary of the 1959 Syracuse National Championship (BD Exclusive)
• BD-Live
• My Scenes
The Pink Panther [Blu-ray]
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment / 2006 / 93 Minutes / Rated PG-13
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Comedy
Starring: Steve Martin, Beyonce, Jean Reno
Director: Shawn Levy
Plot Synopsis: When a star soccer coach is murdered and his priceless Pink Panther diamond stolen, France is in an uproar. Fortunately, Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Steve Martin, Bowfinger, Cheaper by the Dozen) is on the case. He doesn't have a clue, but for Clouseau, that's just a minor detail. With his partner, Gilbert Ponton (Jean Reno, The Da Vinci Code, The Professional), he careens from one misadventure to the next, leaving mayhem in his wake from the boulevards of Paris to the streets of New York. Will he seduce the pop diva, Xania (Beyoncé, Austin Powers: Goldmember)? Will he push Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Oscar(r) winner Kevin Kline, 1988 Best Supporting Actor, A Fish Called Wanda) over the edge? Will he catch the killer and recover the diamond? With Inspector Clouseau, anything is possible.
Disc Features:
• Audio Commentary with director Shawn Levy
• 11 Deleted and extended scenes with optional director's commentary
• Music video: "Check On It" by Beyonce
• Documentary: "Cracking the Case"
• Featurettes: "Animated Trio," "Deconstructing the Panther," "Sleuth-Cams On Set"
• Extended Beyonce Performance "A Woman Like Me" with optional commentary
HD Exclusive Content:
• Code Pink: Animated graphics-in-picture track (Bonus View)
• BD-Live
The Notebook (Limited Edition Gift Set) [Blu-ray]
Warner Home Video / 2005 / Rated PG-13
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Romance
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Joan Allen, James Garner
Director: Nick Cassavettes
Plot Synopsis: Based on the bestselling novel by Nicholas Sparks (Nights in Rodanthe, A Walk to Remember), The Notebook is a story of lost chances, growing up, and the power of enduring love. Spanning six decades, the romantic story focuses on two teenagers from opposite sides of the tracks (Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams) who fall in love during one summer together but are tragically forced apart. When they reunite seven years later, their passionate romance is rekindled, forcing one of them to choose between true love and class order.
Disc Features:
Collectibles include a photo album and scrapbook with images from the movie plus space for your own photos; scrapbook accessories such as stickers and photo corners; a stationery set with letterhead and envelopes and collectible bookmarks
Domino [Blu-ray]
Warner Home Video / 2005 / 127 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Action, Crime, Drama
Starring: Keira Knightley
Director: Tony Scott
Plot Synopsis: A trademark Tony Scott film and starring Keira Knightley, Domino presents an entertaining mix of gritty action and a sharp visual style. The film is inspired by the life of Domino Harvey, a former model who rejected her privileged Beverly Hills life to become a bounty hunter.
Disc Features:
• Filmmaker's Audio Commentary
• Alternate Audio Track: Development Meetings with Director Tony Scott, Zach Schiff-Abrams, Richard Kelly, and Tom Waits • Featurettes: "I Am a Bounty Hunter: Domino Harvey's Life," "Bounty Hunting on Acid: Tony Scott's Visual Style"
• 7 Deleted Scenes
Unfaithful [Blu-ray]
Fox Home Entertainment / 2004 / Rated R
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Starring: Diane Lane, Richard Gere, Oliver Martinez
Director: Adrian Lyne
Plot Synopsis: If you ever need dramatic proof that adultery is inevitably destructive, look no further than Adrian Lyne's Unfaithful. Drawing inspiration from Claude Chabrol's 1969 film La Femme Infidèle, the director of Fatal Attraction is mining similar territory here, but this grownup thriller is more intimate than Lyne's dead-bunny potboiler, probing more deeply into the rush of conflicting emotions provoked by infidelity. In what many critics praised as the role of her career, Diane Lane plays the instigator of emotional turmoil, a seemingly happy housewife and fundraiser who cheats on her devoted husband (Richard Gere, in a welcomed change of pace) when she casually encounters a seductive Frenchman (cliché alert!) played by Olivier Martinez. Allowing his actors to speak volumes without words, Lyne emphasizes silent tension over explicit thrills, creating a sexually charged thriller that remains riveting even as it turns partially predictable. "Someone always gets hurt," says one character in a pivotal scene, and Unfaithful fulfills that prophesy in a timeless tale of passion.
Election [Blu-ray]
Paramount Home Entetainment / 1999 / Rated PG-13
Street Date: January 20, 2009
Genres: Comedy, Political
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon, Chris Klein
Director: Alexander Payne
Plot Synopsis: Reese Witherspoon (Legally Blonde) is Tracy Flick, a straight "A" go-getter who's determined to be president of Carver High's student body. But when popular teacher Jim McAllister (Matthew Broderick, The Producers) observes the zealous political locomotive that is Tracy, he decides to derail her obsessive overachieving by recruiting an opposition candidate (Chris Klein, American Pie) - with disastrous results! Here's a smart, witty and hilarious jab at high school politics helmed by award-winning director Alexander Payne (Sideways).
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