Blu-ray 26th January Releases

Michael Jackson: This Is It [Blu-ray]

Sony Pictures / 2009 / 111 Minutes / Rated PG
Street Date: January 26, 2010

Overall Grade Highly recommended




Genres: Documentary, musical, biography

Starring: Michael Jackson
Director: Kenny Ortega

Plot Synopsis: SEE THE EVENT OF A LIFETIME AT THEATERS – LOOK FOR IT SOON ON DVD AND BLU-RAY. Michael Jackson's This Is It will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London's O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from April through June 2009, the film is produced with the full support of the Estate of Michael Jackson and drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, featuring Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show. Audiences will be given a privileged and private look at Jackson as he has never been seen before. In raw and candid detail, Michael Jackson's This Is It captures the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius and great artist at work as he creates and perfects his final show. Directed by Kenny Ortega, who was both Michael Jackson's creative partner and the director of the stage show.

Disc Features:

• Staging the Return (HD, 40:46) This huge documentary is the centerpiece special feature on the disc, which can be viewed broken up into two smaller sections - 'The Adventure Begins,' and 'Beyond the Show.'
  
• The Gloved One (HD, 15:13)
• Memories of Michael (HD, 16:19)
• Auditions: Searching for the World's Greatest Dancers (HD, 9:50)
• Theatrical Trailer (HD, 2:31)
  

Surrogates [Blu-ray]

Disney/Buena Vista / 2009 / 88 Minutes
Street Date: January 26, 2010

Genres: Action, thriller

Starring: Bruce Willis, James Cromwell, Ving Rhames, and Radha Mitchell
Director: Jonathan Mostow

Plot Synopsis: How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you? From the director of TERMINATOR 3 comes a jaw-dropping psychological thriller starring the ultimate action hero, Bruce Willis. In the not-so-distant future, where people experience life through perfect surrogates controlled from the safety of their own homes, murder is a thing of the past. But when a college student linked to the creator of these replicants is killed, one FBI agent must re-enter reality and risk his life to unravel the mystery. In the battle of technology versus humanity, who can you trust? Experience every electrifying moment of this mind-blowing movie. Based on the acclaimed graphic novel and exploding with unforgettable action, SURROGATES is nonstop entertainment from start to finish!

Disc Features: Exclusive To Blu-ray: Deleted Scenes, Exclusive To Blu-ray: A More Perfect You: The Science Of Surrogates, Exclusive To Blu-ray: Breaking The Frame: A Graphic Novel Comes To Life, I Will Not Bow Music Video By Breaking Benjamin, Feature Audio Commentary By Director Jonathan Mostow

Saw VI [Blu-ray]

Lionsgate / 2009 / 91 Minutes / Unrated
Street Date: January 26, 2010

Genres: Suspense, thriller

Starring: Shawnee Smith, Tobin Bell
Director: Kevin Greutert

Plot Synopsis: Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood.

Disc Features:

• Audio Commentary - With Mark Burg, Peter Block, and Jason Constantine.
  
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• The Traps of ' Saw VI' (HD, 9 min) - A look at the creation of each of the traps in the film, from creation of the machines themselves, to the prosthetics for the gore.
  
• Jigsaw Revealed (HD, 6 min)
• A Killer Maze: Making 'Saw': Game Over (HD, 10 min)
  
• Music Videos (SD) - There are four music videos included, with Mushroomhead's Your Soul is Mine, Memphis May Fire's Ghost in the Mirror, Hatebreed's In Ashes They Shall Reap, and Suicide Silence's Genocide/ 'Saw VI' Remix, with a play all option and individual playback choices.
• Theatrical Trailer (HD, 1 min) - The theatrical trailer for the film, in high def.
  
• Also From Lionsgate - The same batch of trailers that play before the main menu, including 'Gamer,' 'Train,' 'Cabin Fever,' 'Planet Hulk,' a Lionsgate catalog title promo, and spots for the Fearnet and Epix channels.
  
• Bonus Blu-ray - Advertised in a sticker on the plastic wrap around the case is the fact that this Blu-ray contains a bonus Blu-ray, for the original 'Saw' (the DVD editions contain a bonus DVD).
  

Whip It [Blu-ray]

20th Century Fox / 2009 / 120 Minutes / Rated PG-13
Street Date: January 26, 2010

Genres: Drama

Starring: Drew Barrymore, Daniel Stern, Ellen Page
Director: Drew Barrymore

Plot Synopsis: Hang onto your helmet and get ready to break away from the pack! Ellen Page scores huge laughs as Bliss Cavendar, a small-town teenager with a big dream: to find her own path in the world. Tired of following in her family's footsteps of compliance and conformity, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track...literally. She lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team and becomes "Babe Ruthless" - the hottest thing on eight wheels! Co-starring Drew Barrymore (in her feature film directorial debut), Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis, Daniel Stern and Jimmy Fallon, Whip It is a triumphant, free-spirited comedy loaded with high-speed action and nonstop fun!

Disc Features:
Disc 1:

• Forced Trailers: Theatrical Trailer, The Fantastic Mr. Fox, Amelia, Glee, Fame, AFI Trailer
• 17 Deleted Scenes and 1 Alternate Opening
• Soundtrack Spot
• Fox Movie Channel Presents Writers Draft: Shauna Cross of Whip It
• Commentary
• Sneak Peek

Disc 2: Digital Copy

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