Blu-ray 10th March Release

Pinocchio (2-Disc 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition + Standard DVD) [Blu-ray]

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment / 1940 / 88 Minutes / Rated G
Street Date: March 10, 2009

Genres: Animated, Family

Starring: Christian Rub, Cliff Edwards, Dick Jones
Director: Walt Disney

Plot Synopsis: Lonely woodcarver Geppetto longs for a child, and his wish is partially granted when the Blue Fairy brings his wooden marionette Pinocchio to life. In order to become a real boy, Pinocchio must prove himself worthy. He sets out into the world, accompanied by his "conscience," Jiminy Cricket. Pinocchio is led astray by the wicked fox J. Worthington Fowlfellow, first to "a life in the theater"- Stromboli's puppet show - and then to Pleasure Island, where boys behave like (and become!) jackasses. Pinocchio redeems himself by saving Geppetto from Monstro, the whale.

Disc Features:
• Audio commentary with Leonard Maltin, Eric Goldberg and J. B. Kaufman
• Disney Song Selection
• Documentary: "No Strings Attached: The Making of Pinocchio"
• Featurette: "The Sweat Box"
• Deleted scenes/alternate ending
• Deleted songs
• Art Galleries
• Rehearsal Footage
• Interactive Game: "Pinocchio's Puzzles"

Transporter 3 [Blu-ray]

Lionsgate Home Entertainment / 2008 / Rated R
Street Date: March 10, 2009

Genres: Action packed

Starring: Jason Statham, Robert Knepper, Katia Tchenko
Director: Oliver Megaton

Plot Synopsis: Jason Statham is back as Frank Martin, the Transporter, in this explosive third installment of the action-adventure series. This time, Frank is presented an offer he can’t refuse and ends up with a mysterious passenger and a dangerous destination - calling for a new machine and new rules. The stakes are bigger, the enemy is deadlier, and the action has never been hotter.
Milk [Blu-ray]

Universal Studios Home Entertainment / 2008 / 128 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: March 10, 2009

Genres: Drama

Starring: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin
Director: Gus Van Sant

Plot Synopsis: When a famous person, like the nation's first openly gay male city supervisor, inspires an acclaimed book (The Mayor of Castro Street) and Oscar-winning documentary (The Times of Harvey Milk), a biopic can seem superfluous at best. Taking over from Oliver Stone and Bryan Singer, Gus Van Sant, whose previous picture was the more experimental Paranoid Park, directs with such grace, he renders the concern moot. Unlike Randy Shilts' biography, which begins at the beginning, Dustin Lance Black's script starts in 1972, just as Milk (Sean Penn, in a finely-wrought performance) and his boyfriend, Scott (James Franco, equally good), move from New York to San Francisco. Milk opens a camera shop on the Castro that becomes a safe haven for victims of discrimination, convincing him to enter politics. With each race he runs, Harvey's relationship with Scott unravels further. Finally, he wins, and the real battle begins as Milk takes on Proposition 6, which denies equal rights to homosexuals. He does what he can to rally politicians, like George Moscone (Victor Garber) and Dan White (Josh Brolin). While the mayor is willing, the conservative board member has reservations, and after Milk fails to back one of White’s pet projects, the die is cast, leading to the murder of two beloved figures. If Van Sant’s film captures Harvey in all his complexities (he was, for instance, a very funny man), Milk also serves as an enticement to grass-roots activism, showing how one regular guy elevated everyone around him, notably Cleve Jones (Emile Hirsch), the ex-street hustler who created the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial. Released in the wake of Proposition 8, California’s anti-gay marriage amendment, Milk is inspirational in the best way: one person can and did make a difference, but the struggle is far from over.

Disc Features:

• Featurette: "Hollywood Comes to San Francisco" (HD, 14 minutes) - This is your typical, if well-edited, making-of. We get articulate interviews with cast and crew (except, surprisingly, Gus Van Sant and Sean Penn), and a basic overview of the film's gestation and shooting.
  
• Featurette: "Remember Harvey" (HD, 13 minutes)
  
• Featurette: "Marching for Equality" (HD, 7 minutes)

Let the Right One In [Blu-ray]

Magnolia Home Entertainment / 2008 / 114 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: March 10, 2009

Genres: Horror

Starring: Lina Leandersson
Director: Tomas Alfredson

Plot Synopsis: A fragile, anxious boy, 12-year-old Oskar is regularly bullied by his stronger classmates but never strikes back. The lonely boy's wish for a friend seems to come true when he meets Eli, also 12, who moves in next door to him with her father. A pale, serious young girl, she only comes out at night and doesn't seem affected by the freezing temperatures.Coinciding with Eli's arrival is a series of inexplicable disappearances and murders. One man is found tied to a tree, another frozen in the lake, a woman bitten in the neck. Blood seems to be the common denominator--and for an introverted boy like Oskar, who is fascinated by gruesome stories, it doesn't take long before he figures out that Eli is a vampire. But by now a subtle romance has blossomed between Oskar and Eli, and she gives him the strength to fight back against his aggressors. Oskar becomes increasingly aware of the tragic, inhuman dimension of Eli's plight, but cannot bring himself to forsake her. Frozen forever in a twelve-year-old's body, with all the burgeoning feelings and confused emotions of a young adolescent, Eli knows that she can only continue to live if she keeps on moving. But when Oskar faces his darkest hour, Eli returns to defend him the only way she can.

Disc Features:
• Documentary
• Deleted scenes
• Poster gallery

Role Models [Blu-ray]

Universal Studios Home Entertainment / 2008 / Unrated
Street Date: March 10, 2009

Genres: Comedy

Starring: Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd
Director: David Wain

Plot Synopsis: Raunchy, but not nauseating, Role Models is an exceptionally funny slacker comedy co-written by Paul Rudd. Rudd stars as Danny, one-half of a team (along with Seann William Scott's character, Wheeler) that visits schools on behalf of a power-drink company. With his lack of enthusiasm for work and his life painfully evident, Danny loses his live-in girlfriend, Beth (Elizabeth Banks), and soon has a run-in with the law resulting in community service for him and Wheeler. Ordered to appear at a Big Brothers-like organization, Danny is partnered with a lonely if brilliant adolescent boy, Augie (Christopher Mintz-Plasse), while Wheeler is hooked up with a foul-mouthed pre-teen named Ronnie (Bobb'e J. Thompson). Neither of the men has anything in common with their charges, a fact exacerbated when Danny reluctantly attends Augie's participation in a weekend role-playing fantasy game with a medieval flavor. Meanwhile, Wheeler just tries to survive his ongoing power struggle with Ronnie. Both sets of relationships improve when Danny and Wheeler begin to meet their kids halfway and even learn to empathize with them, though the results are sometimes comically bumpy before the characters all hit their groove. There are a number of hilarious scenes (the film definitely deserves its R rating) and more than a few thoughtful ones, including a terrific moment where Danny defends Augie to the latter's critical parents over an awkward dinner. Jane Lynch is very funny as a semi-insane director of the program pairing kids and adults, and Banks (W.) is very appealing as Danny's unhappy ex-girlfriend.

Disc Features:
• Feature Commentary with Director/Co-Writer David Wain, Executive Producer Andy Davis, Actor Seann William Scott and Actors/Co-Writers Paul Rudd and Ken Marino (On Theatrical Version Only)
• Deleted Scenes and Alternate Takes with Optional Commentary by Director/Co-Writer David Wain and Actors/Co-Writers Paul Rudd and Ken Marino
• Bloopers
• Featurettes: "On the Set of Role Models," "Game On: Creating a Role Playing World," "In-Character & Off Script"

HD Exclusive Content:
• U Control - Picture in Picture (On Unrated Version Only)
• BD Live - My Scenes Sharing
• BD Live - Exclusive Content

Rachel Getting Married [Blu-ray]

Sony Pictures Classic / 2008 / 113 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: March 10, 2009

Genres: Drama

Starring: Anne Hathaway
Director: Jonathan Demme

Plot Synopsis: Pitched between Robert Altman's A Wedding and Noah Baumbach's Margot at the Wedding--but more cautiously optimistic than both--Rachel Getting Married marks a change in course for director Jonathan Demme. Granted, few Oscar winners have walked a more diverse path. After a series of documentaries and remakes, the Silence of the Lambs helmer tries his hand at the intimate chamber drama. With the help of actress Anne Hathaway and screenwriter Jenny Lumet, daughter of filmmaker Sidney, he pulls it off. The festivities kick into high gear once Kym (Hathaway, with smeared eyeliner and unkempt hair) takes a break from rehab for her sister's big day. It soon transpires that Kym, who hides her wounded soul behind a veil of sarcasm, serves as the Buchman's resident black sheep. The problem goes deeper than drugs to a tragedy in which she played a part. As Kym, bride Rachel (Mad Men's Rosemary DeWitt), their parents (Bill Irwin and Debra Winger), groom Sidney (TV on the Radio's Tunde Adebimpe), and the rest of the bohemian Connecticut brood struggle with the past, the nuptials continue, graced by performances from past Demme collaborators like Sister Carol East (Something Wild) and Robyn Hitchcock (Storefront Hitchcock). The hours between reception and after-party contain humor, affection, and painful revelations. In the press notes, Demme claims that he and cinematographer Declan Quinn (In America) attempted to make a film that looked like "The most beautiful home movie ever made." Using handheld cameras and believably flawed characters, they've done just that.

Batman Anthology (Batman / Batman Returns / Batman Forever / Batman & Robin) [Blu-ray]

Warner Home Video / 1989 / 498 Minutes / Rated PG-13
Street Date: March 10, 2009

Disc Features:

• Documentary: "Shadows of the Bat: The Cinematic Saga of the Dark Knight" (SD, 159 minutes) -- The centerpiece of the 'Batman' anthology, this extensive documentary runs easily over two hours, and culls together quite an impressive roster of talent.
  
  (Note: The six sections of "Shadows of the Bat" are spread across the four discs. The first 'Batman' gets three ["The Road to Gotham City," 18 minutes; "The Gathering Storm," 23 minutes; "The Legend Reborn," 31 minutes], and the remaining three movies one per, 'Batman Returns' ["The Dark Side of the Knight," 27 minutes], 'Batman Forever' ["Reinventing a Hero," 28 minutes] and 'Batman & Robin' ["Batman Unbound," 27 minutes]).
  
• Galleries: "The Heroes/The Villains" (SD) - Also spread over all four discs are short vignettes on each film's respective heroes and villains. The clips run about 2 to 3 minutes per, and featuring the cast member and select crew/comic book folk discussing the character and its interpretation in the film.
  
• Theatrical Trailers (SD) - Rounding out the disc-consistent features are each film's respective theatrical trailer.
  

Batman

• Audio Commentary
  
• Featurette Gallery: "Beyond Batman" (SD, 44 minutes) - Beginning with 'Batman,' each Blu-ray gets its own additional gallery of new production featurettes, which delve much more deeply into the production design, art and costume direction, and stunts of each film.
  
  The five segments on 'Batman' are: "Visualizing Gotham: The Production Design of Batman" (12 minutes), "Building the Batmobile" (8 minutes), "Those Wonderful Toys: The Props and Gadgets of Batman" (9 minutes), "Designing the Batsuit" (7 minutes), "From Jack to the Joker" (8 minutes) and "Nocturnal Overtures: The Music of Batman" (8 minutes).
  
• Featurette: "Legends of the Dark Knight: The History of Batman" (SD, 18 minutes)
  
• Storyboard Sequence (SD) - Also included is a storyboard sequence, though it comes as a single video clip.
• Music Videos (SD) - Finally, we get three clips from Prince, including "Batdance," "Trust" and the "Arms of Orion."
  

Batman Returns

• Audio Commentary
  
• Featurette: "The Bat, the Cat and the Penguin" (SD, 22 minutes) - This is a fairly fluffy promotional featurette made at the time of the film's production.
  
• Featurette Gallery: "Beyond Batman " (SD, 42 minutes) - The next batch includes another breakdown of the production, art and costume design. Most fun is Catwoman, whose outfit was so damn tight they had to sew Michelle Pfeiffer into it.
  
  The five segments include: " Gotham City Revisited: The Production Design of Batman Returns" (8 minutes), "Sleek, Sexy and Sinister: The Costumes of Batman Returns" (9 minutes), "Making up the Penguin" (8 minutes), "Assembling the Arctic Army" (7 minutes) and "Bats, Mattes and Dark Nights: The Visual Effects of Batman" (12 minutes).
  
• Music Video (SD) - Rounding out this disc is a music video for Siouxie and the Banshee's "Face to Face."
  

Batman Forever

• Audio Commentary
  
• Featurette Gallery: "Beyond Batman" (SD, 44 minutes) - Here's another round of smaller featurettes, all concentrating on the production aspects.
  
  The five sections are: "Out of the Shadows: The Production Design of Batman Forever" (11 minutes), "The Many Faces of Gotham City" (9 minutes), "Knight Moves: The Stunts of Batman Forever" (7 minutes), "Imaging Forever: The Visual Effects of Batman Forever" (9 minutes) and "Scoring Forever: The Music of Batman Forever" (8 minutes).
  
• TV Special (SD, 24 minutes) - "Riddle Me This: Why is Batman Forever?" is a 1995 special hosted by Chris O'Donnell. It's about as fluffy and promotional as you can get, and plays like the glorified commercial it is.
• Music Video (SD) - We get one clip, for Seal's Grammy-winning "Kiss from a Rose."
  
• Deleted Scenes (SD, 22 minutes) - Perhaps most interesting of all the extras here are these seven deleted scenes (including an alternate ending involving Two-Face). There have long been rumors of a darker 'Batman Forever' director's cut, though that never seemed to come to fruition. Instead, here we have most of that suggested material, which largely involves Kilmer in the Batcave, and flashbacks to his dark past.

Batman & Robin

• Audio Commentary
  
• Featurette Gallery: "Beyond Batman" (SD) - Five segments are included, all with titles that are self-explanatory: "Bigger, Bolder, Brighter: The Production Design of Batman & Robin" (10 minutes), "Maximum Overdrive: The Vehicles of Batman & Robin" (10 minutes), "Dressed to Thrill: The Costumes of Batman & Robin" (12 minutes), "Frozen Freaks and Femme Fatales: The Makeup of Batman & Robin" (9 minutes), and "Freeze Frame: The Visual Effects of Batman & Robin" (9 minutes). Unlike the main doc, spread across all four discs, these are more upbeat about the respective accomplishments of the film.
• Deleted Scene (SD, 1 minute)
  
• Music Videos (SD) - Finally, we get four clips: "Look into My Eyes" by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, "Foolish Games" by Jewel, "Gotham City" by R. Kelly and "The End Is the Beginning Is the End" by the Smashing Pumpkins.

Brokeback Mountain [Blu-ray]

Universal Studios Home Entertainment / 2005 / 134 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: March 10, 2009

Genres: Drama

Starring: Heath Ledger, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Williams
Director: Ang Lee

Plot Synopsis: A sad, melancholy ache pervades Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's haunting, moving film that, like his other movies, explores societal constraints and the passions that lurk underneath. This time, however, instead of taking on ancient China, 19th-century England, or '70s suburbia, Lee uses the tableau of the American West in the early '60s to show how two lovers are bound by their expected roles, how they rebel against them, and the repercussions for each of doing so--but the romance here is between two men. Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are two itinerant ranchers looking for work in Wyoming when they meet and embark on a summer sheepherding job in the shadow of titular Brokeback Mountain. The taciturn Ennis, uncommunicative in the extreme, finds himself opening up around the gregarious Jack, and the two form a bond that surprisingly catches fire one cold night out in the wilderness. Separating at the end of the summer, each goes on to marry and have children, but a reunion years later proves that, if anything, their passion for each other has grown significantly. And while Jack harbors dreams of a life together, the tight-lipped Ennis is unable to bring himself to even consider something so revolutionary.

Disc Features:

• Featurette: "A Groundbreaking Success" (HD, 14 minutes) - The most relevant of the new featurettes. The usual assortment of film critics and historians are trotted out to proclaim 'Brokeback' a classic, as well as what looks to be comments new and old from cast and crew (the Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal chats seem fresher, while Ang Lee's interview in particular appears dated).
• Featurette: "Music from the Mountain" (HD, 11 minutes)
  
• Still Montage (HD, 3 minutes) - "Impressions from the Film" is total fluff
  
• Original Featurettes (SD, 25 minutes)
• TV Special (SD, 22 minutes)
  

Primal Fear [Blu-ray]

Paramount Home Entertainment / 1996 / 130 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: March 10, 2009

Genres: Courtroom, Drama, Thriller

Starring: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton
Director: Gregory Hoblit

Plot Synopsis: A high-profile slaying becomes the case of an ambitious attorney's career in this legal thriller based on the novel by William Diehl. Richard Gere stars as Martin Vail, a famed defense lawyer who volunteers his services to Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton), a Kentucky teenager charged with the murder of a Chicago archbishop. Covered with blood, Aaron was captured after a foot chase broadcast live on TV, making a gleeful Vail certain that he could raise his profile by defending the obviously guilty suspect. Assigned to prosecute is Assistant District Attorney Janet Venable (Laura Linney), who is Vail's ex-girlfriend. Vail's case becomes more complicated than he expected when a psychologist, Dr. Molly Arrington (Frances McDormand) concludes that Stampler suffers from multiple personality disorder. Vail also uncovers evidence that the archbishop was involved in a corrupt land scheme and may have molested young parishioners. Now the cynical, opportunistic attorney is faced with a daunting prospect, a client who may actually deserve his best defense. Its shocking, twist ending made Primal Fear (1996) a big box office hit and earned Norton, in his screen debut, an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Disc Features:
• Audio commentary by director Greg Hoblit, writer Ann Biderman, executive producers Gary Luchessi and Hawk Koch and casting director Deborah Aquila
• Featurettes ("Primal Fear: The Final Verdict," "Primal Fear: Star Witness," "Psychology of Guilt")
• Theatrical Trailer