Blu-ray 22nd December Releases

District 9 [Blu-ray]

Sony / 2009 / 112 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: December 22, 2009

Genres: Science Fiction

Starring: David James, Jason Cope, Sharlto Copley
Director: Neill Blomkamp

Plot Synopsis:

Over twenty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees from their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's District 9 as the world's nations argued over what to do with them.

Now, patience over the alien situation has run out. Control over the aliens has been contracted out to Multi-National United (MNU), a private company uninterested in the aliens' welfare. MNU will receive tremendous profits if they can make the aliens' powerful weaponry work. So far, they have failed; activation of the weaponry requires alien DNA.

The tension between the aliens and the humans comes to a head when MNU begins evicting the non-humans from District 9, with MNU field agents responsible for moving them to a new camp. One of the MNU field operatives, Wikus van der Merwe (Sharlto Copley), contracts an alien virus that begins changing his DNA. Wikus quickly becomes the most hunted man in the world, as well as the most valuable—he is the key to unlocking the secrets of alien technology. Ostracized and friendless, there is only one place left for him to hide: District 9.

Disc Features:

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BD Exclusive: Joburg From Above: Satellite and Schematics of the World of District 9 -

Interactive Map

Director's Commentary

Deleted Scenes

The Alien Agenda: A Filmmaker's Log -- Three-Part Documentary

Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Wikus

Innovation: Acting and Improvisation

Conception and Design: Creating the World of District 9

Alien Generation: Visual Effects

God of War III Playable Playstation 3 Game Demo

(500) Days of Summer [Blu-ray] with Digital Copy

Fox Searchlight / 2009 / 95 Minutes / Rated PG-13
Street Date: December 22, 2009

Genres: Romantic Comedy

Starring: Zooey Deschanel, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Director: Marc Webb

Plot Synopsis: Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn’t. This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be — it’s thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn’t quite go where we think it will. When Tom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days “together” to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life.

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