Blu-ray 26th October Releases

Sex and the City 2 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)

Warner Brothers / 2010 / Rated R
Street Date: October 26, 2010 

 

 

 

 

 

Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama

Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, John Corbett, Chris Noth
Director: Michael Patrick King

Plot Synopsis: The fun, the fashion, the friendship: Sex and the City 2 brings it all back and more as Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis) and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) come together to take another bite out of The Big Apple – and beyond – in a hilarious sequel. What happens after you say “I do?” Life is everything the ladies ever wished it would be, but it wouldn’t be Sex in the City if life didn’t hold a few more surprises. After all, sometimes you just have to get away with the girls. 

Disc Features:

"So Much Can Happen in Two Years": A conversation with Sarah Jessica Park and Michael Patrick King
Styling Sex and the City 2
Marry Me Liza!
Revisiting the 80s
The Men of Sex and the City
SATC2 Soundtrack: In the Recording Studio with Alicia Keys
Commentary by Michael Patrick King

The Girl Who Played with Fire [Blu-ray]

Music Box / 2010 / 129 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: October 26, 2010 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Starring: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist
Director: Daniel Alfredson

Plot Synopsis: Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman. A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered and Salander's prints are on the weapon. Her history of unpredictable and violent behavior makes her an official danger to society. Mikael Bloomkvist, Salander's friend and Millennium's publisher, is alone in his belief of Salander's innocence. Digging deeper, Bloomkvist unearths evidence of implicating highly placed members of Swedish Society-as well as shocking details about Salander's past. He is desperate to get to her before she is cornered-but no one can find her anywhere.

Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy (+ Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

Universal Studios / 1985 / 344 Minutes / Rated PG
Street Date: October 26, 2010

Overall Grade Must own.




Genres: Science Fiction, action, comedy
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson

Plot Synopsis: Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis topped his breakaway hit Romancing the Stone with Back to the Future, a joyous comedy with a dazzling hook: what would it be like to meet your parents in their youth? Billed as a special-effects comedy, the imaginative film (the top box-office smash of 1985) has staying power because of the heart behind Zemeckis and Bob Gale's script. High schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox, during the height of his TV success) is catapulted back to the '50s where he sees his parents in their teens, and accidentally changes the history of how Mom and Dad met. Filled with the humorous ideology of the '50s, filtered through the knowledge of the '80s (actor Ronald Reagan is president, ha!), the film comes off as a Twilight Zone episode written by Preston Sturges. Filled with memorable effects and two wonderfully off-key, perfectly cast performances: Christopher Lloyd as the crazy scientist who builds the time machine (a DeLorean luxury car) and Crispin Glover as Marty's geeky dad.
          Critics and audiences didn't seem too happy with Back to the Future, Part II, the inventive, perhaps too clever sequel. Director Zemeckis and cast bent over backwards to add layers of time-travel complication, and while it surely exercises the brain it isn't necessarily funny in the same way that its predecessor was. It's well worth a visit, though, just to appreciate the imagination that went into it, particularly in a finale that has Marty watching his own actions from the first film.
          Shot back-to-back with the second chapter in the trilogy, Back to the Future, Part III is less hectic than that film and has the same sweet spirit of the first, albeit in a whole new setting. This time, Marty ends up in the Old West of 1885, trying to prevent the death of mad scientist Christopher Lloyd at the hands of gunman Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson, who had a recurring role as the bully Biff). Director Zemeckis successfully blends exciting special effects with the traditions of a Western and comes up with something original and fun.

Disc Features:
New 25th Anniversary Restorations Deliver Perfect Picture and Purest Digital Sound Available

Alien Anthology [Blu-ray]

20th Century Fox / 1979 / Unrated
Street Date: October 26, 2010

Genres: Science Fiction
Starring: Sigourney Weaver

Plot Synopsis: All four films in a six disc box set.

Disc Features:
Disc 1: ALIEN

**1979 Theatrical Version
**2003 Director’s Cut with Ridley Scott Introduction
**Audio Commentary by Director Ridley Scott, Writer Dan O’Bannon, Executive Producer Ronald Shusett, Editor Terry Rawlings, Actors Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton and John Hurt
**Audio Commentary (for Theatrical Cut only) by Ridley Scott
**Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
**Composer’s Original Isolated Score by Jerry Goldsmith
**Deleted and Extended Scenes
**MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream

Disc 2: ALIENS

**1986 Theatrical Version
**1991 Special Edition with James Cameron Introduction
**Audio Commentary by Director James Cameron, Producer Gale Anne Hurd, Alien Effects Creator Stan Winston, Visual Effects Supervisors Robert Skotak and Dennis Skotak, Miniature Effects Supervisor Pat McClung, Actors Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Carrie Henn and Christopher Henn
**Final Theatrical Isolated Score by James Horner
**Composer’s Original Isolated Score by James Horner
**Deleted and Extended Scenes
**MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream

Disc 3: ALIEN 3

**1992 Theatrical Version
**2003 Special Edition (Restored Workprint Version)
**Audio Commentary by Cinematographer Alex Thomson, B.S.C., Editor Terry Rawlings, Alien Effects Designers Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Visual Effects Producer Richard Edlund, A.S.C., Actors Paul McGann and Lance Henriksen
**Final Theatrical Isolated Score by Elliot Goldenthal
**Deleted and Extended Scenes
**MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream

Disc 4: ALIEN Resurrection

**1997 Theatrical Version
**2003 Special Edition with Jean-Pierre Jeunet Introduction
**Audio Commentary by Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Editor Hervé Schneid, A.C.E., Alien Effects Creators Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff, Jr., Visual Effects Supervisor Pitof, Conceptual Artist Sylvain Despretz, Actors Ron Perlman, Dominique Pinon and Leland Orser
**Final Theatrical Isolated Score by John Frizzell
**Deleted and Extended Scenes
**MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience with Weyland-Yutani Datastream


Disc 5: Making the Anthology

The Beast Within: Making ALIEN

**Star Beast: Developing the Story
**The Visualists: Direction and Design
**Truckers in Space: Casting
**Fear of the Unknown: Shepperton Studios, 1978
**The Darkest Reaches: Nostromo and Alien Planet
**The Eighth Passenger: Creature Design
**Future Tense: Editing and Music
**Outward Bound: Visual Effects
**A Nightmare Fulfilled: Reaction to the Film
**Enhancement Pods

Superior Firepower: Making ALIENS

**57 Years Later: Continuing the Story
**Building Better Worlds: From Concept to Construction
**Preparing for Battle: Casting and Characterization
**This Time It’s War: Pinewood Studios, 1985
**The Risk Always Lives: Weapons and Action
**Bug Hunt: Creature Design
**Beauty and the Bitch: Power Loader vs. Queen Alien
**Two Orphans: Sigourney Weaver and Carrie Henn
**The Final Countdown: Music, Editing and Sound
**The Power of Real Tech: Visual Effects
**Aliens Unleashed: Reaction to the Film
**Enhancement Pods

Wreckage and Rage: Making ALIEN3

**Development Hell: Concluding the Story
**Tales of the Wooden Planet: Vincent Ward’s Vision
**Stasis Interrupted: David Fincher’s Vision
**Xeno-Erotic: H.R. Giger’s Redesign
**The Color of Blood: Pinewood Studios, 1991
**Adaptive Organism: Creature Design
**The Downward Spiral: Creative Differences
**Where the Sun Burns Cold: Fox Studios, L.A. 1992
**Optical Fury: Visual Effects
**Requiem for a Scream: Music, Editing and Sound
**Post-Mortem: Reaction to the Film
**Enhancement Pods

One Step Beyond: Making ALIEN RESURRECTION

**From the Ashes: Reviving the Story
**French Twist: Direction and Design
**Under the Skin: Casting and Characterization
**Death from Below: Fox Studios, Los Angeles, 1996
**In the Zone: The Basketball Scene
**Unnatural Mutation: Creature Design
**Genetic Composition: Music
**Virtual Aliens: Computer Generated Imagery
**A Matter of Scale: Miniature Photography
**Critical Juncture: Reaction to the Film
**Enhancement Pods

**MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience to Access and Control Enhancement Pods

Disc 6: The Anthology Archives

ALIEN

Pre-Production

**First Draft Screenplay by Dan O’Bannon
**Ridleygrams: Original Thumbnails and Notes
**Storyboard Archive
**The Art of Alien: Conceptual Art Portfolio
**Sigourney Weaver Screen Tests with Select Director Commentary
**Cast Portrait Gallery

Production

**The Chestbuster: Multi-Angle Sequence with Commentary
**Video Graphics Gallery
**Production Image Galleries
**Continuity Polaroids
**The Sets of Alien
**H.R. Giger’s Workshop Gallery

Post-Production and Aftermath

**Additional Deleted Scenes
**Image & Poster Galleries
**Experience in Terror
**Special Collector’s Edition LaserDisc Archive
**The Alien Legacy
**American Cinematheque: Ridley Scott Q&A
**Trailers & TV Spots

ALIENS

Pre-Production

**Original Treatment by James Cameron
**Pre-Visualizations: Multi-Angle Videomatics with Commentary
**Storyboard Archive
**The Art of Aliens: Image Galleries
**Cast Portrait Gallery

Production

**Production Image Galleries
**Continuity Polaroids
**Weapons and Vehicles
**Stan Winston’s Workshop
**Colonial Marine Helmet Cameras
**Video Graphics Gallery
**Weyland-Yutani Inquest: Nostromo Dossiers

Post-Production and Aftermath

**Deleted Scene: Burke Cocooned
**Deleted Scene Montage
**Image Galleries
**Special Collector’s Edition LaserDisc Archive
**Main Title Exploration
**Aliens: Ride at the Speed of Fright
**Trailers & TV Spots

ALIEN 3

Pre-Production

**Storyboard Archive
**The Art of Arceon
**The Art of Fiorina

Production

**Furnace Construction: Time-Lapse Sequence
**EEV Bioscan: Multi-Angle Vignette with Commentary
**Production Image Galleries
**A.D.I.’s Workshop

Post-Production and Aftermath

**Visual Effects Gallery
**Special Shoot: Promotional Photo Archive
**Alien 3 Advance Featurette
**The Making of Alien 3 Promotional Featurette
**Trailers & TV Spots

ALIEN RESURRECTION

Pre-Production

**First Draft Screenplay by Joss Whedon
**Test Footage: A.D.I. Creature Shop with Commentary
**Test Footage: Costumes, Hair and Makeup
**Pre-Visualizations: Multi-Angle Rehearsals
**Storyboard Archive
**The Marc Caro Portfolio: Character Designs
**The Art of Resurrection: Image Galleries

Production

**Production Image Galleries
**A.D.I.’s Workshop

Post-Production and Aftermath

**Visual Effects Gallery
**Special Shoot: Promotional Photo Archive
**HBO First Look: The Making of Alien Resurrection
**Alien Resurrection Promotional Featurette
**Trailers & TV Spots

ANTHOLOGY

**Two Versions of Alien Evolution
**The Alien Saga
**Patches and Logos Gallery
**Aliens3D Attraction Scripts and Gallery
**Aliens in the Basement: The Bob Burns Collection
**Parodies
**Dark Horse Cover Gallery
**Patches and Logos Gallery
**MU-TH-UR Mode Interactive Experience

Other releases/ Back catalog releases:

Star Wars: The Clone Wars - The Complete Season Two [Blu-ray]

Winter's Bone [Blu-ray]

Maniac (30th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]

Paths of Glory (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]










Santa Claus: The Movie (25th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]

Altitude [Blu-ray]

Poirot: Murder on the Orient Express [Blu-ray]

Dawn of the Oceans [Blu-ray]

How the Earth Was Made: Complete Season 1 [Blu-ray]

Paranormal Activity 2 Scaring Up Horror Fans Straight To No.1

          Last weekend moviegoers were in the mood for a good scare as the supernatural thriller Paranormal Activity 2 topped the North American box office beating out high expectations and generated the biggest opening ever for a horror film in the Halloween month of October. Paramount captured the top two spots as its other fall sequel Jackass 3D fell sharply from its opening last weekend but still kept bringing in the cash with a strong second place finish. The studio's dynamic duo accounted for half of all ticket sales for the Top 20. Clint Eastwood's Hereafter enjoyed a moderate debut in fourth place as it went nationwide while most holdovers in the top ten remained solid with declines of less than 35%.
          Following up on 2009's surprise blockbuster, Paranormal Activity 2 debuted at number one with a terrifying $40.7M, according to final studio figures, easily leading all films in the marketplace. The R-rated prequel haunted 3,216 locations and averaged a potent $12,649 with ticket sales being very front-loaded. Friday saw a stunning $20.1M debut including $6.3M from Thursday night's midnight shows, Saturday tumbled by 35% to $13M, and Sunday fell 42% to $7.5M. The first Activity became a phenomenon thanks to its midnight shows which helped to add a creepy feel to the theatrical experience and so the studio aggressively advertised those first shows on Thursday night allowing the Friday gross to account for a whopping 49% of the weekend take.
          Still, a massive audience came out allowing the demon-in-the-house pic to inch past the $39.1M debut of 2004's The Grudge which had held the October horror opening record for six years. The Sarah Michelle Gellar pic sold more tickets since prices were lower back then, but it had the advantage of a PG-13 rating and a major star allowing it to reach a broader audience. Breaking $30M on opening weekend is a major feat for a fright flick while surpassing $40M is extremely rare. Last year's Friday the 13th remake held the record for best R-rated horror debut with $40.6M, 48% of which came from Friday which was the 13th of February. Some of M. Night Shyamalan's films have debuted higher, but many would categorize them as dramatic thrillers even though they were marketed as scary movies.
          Paranormal Activity 2 essentially offered the same formula as its predecessor with a low-budget, no-star story that revolved around unseen forces spooking a suburban house with home video footage used to document the action. To help generate excitement and let the fans do the selling, Paramount scheduled one free midnight showing in each of 20 top cities on Wednesday night to fuel buzz going into the official release. As with the first, moviegoers were urged to go online and demand the film in their town allowing customers to become more engaged with the product. Favorable reviews from critics also helped. Females made up 54% of the crowd while those under 25 accounted for a very high 61%.
          Unlike the first Paranormal which slowly built its fan base and reached the number one spot in its fifth weekend, the second installment went wide right from the start. The opening nearly doubled the $21.1M that the last film grossed when it hit the top spot with what was the largest weekend gross of its entire run on its way to a $107.9M final. While it is too early to tell if the new film can match that cume, it certainly will be an extremely profitable movie thanks to a tiny $3M production cost. Marketing costs were much more though. Activity 2 should take a big hit next weekend when Lionsgate unleashes Saw 3D, the seventh and final chapter of the torture franchise which has ruled the Halloween season during most of the last six years.
          Following its record-breaking opening, Jackass 3D suffered an expected large sophomore drop but still pulled in solid numbers grossing $21.3M this weekend. The Paramount release has locked down an impressive $86.9M and has quickly become the top-grossing movie of this fall season after a mere ten days. Johnny Knoxville and company saw sales drop by 58% which was large but understandable given the front-loaded nature of three-quels. In fact, a fall of 60% or more would not have been surprising so the hold was good.
          Jackass: Number Two, which dropped by 50% in the second weekend, collected 72% of its eventual $72.8M final in the first ten days. Helped by extra surcharges, Jackass 3D should erode by a slightly faster pace and could end up in the vicinity of $120M which would be $100M more than its production cost.
          Among non-Viacom films, Red led the charge with $15M finishing in third place in its second weekend. The PG-13 action comedy starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, and Helen Mirren declined by only 31% and boosted its ten-day tally to a solid $43.5M. A final gross in the area of $80M seems likely. The Summit release cost $58M to produce (after subsidies are realized) and is playing to a mature adult audience so legs could remain strong.
          Also targeting the older crowd was Clint Eastwood's latest drama Hereafter starring new dad (again) Matt Damon which expanded nationwide to the tune of $12M. The Warner Bros. tale of people from three parts of the world with their own connections to the afterlife averaged a decent $5,510 from 2,181 locations after playing in just six houses last weekend. Cume to date is $12.3M. Films Eastwood directs but does not star in generally depend on favorable reviews but Hereafter earned only mixed marks. Oscar buzz has been virtually non-existent for this entry, but the performance did beat out the first wide weekend tallies for the 80-year-old director's Invictus ($8.6M), Changeling ($9.4M), and Flags of Our Fathers ($10.2M).
          Oscar hopeful The Social Network followed in fifth place with $7.3M sliding just 30% as it continues to show remarkable strength in its fourth frame. Sony has banked $72.9M to date and still has an outside chance of hitting $100M if the Facebook pic can still hold up this well in the coming weeks. Also displaying great legs with audiences was Secretariat which dipped only 25% to $7M for a $37.4M cume in 17 days for Disney.
          Rounding out the rest of this weekend's robust top ten were four films that also dropped by less than 35% each. Off 32% in its third round was the parenting comedy Life As We Know It with $6.1M and $37.6M total for Warner Bros. The studio's kidpic Legend of the Guardians took in $3.2M, down just 23%, raising the sum to $50.2M.
          Ben Affleck's crime drama The Town fell 31% to $2.7M putting Warner Bros. at $84.7M thus far. The Emma Stone comedy Easy A placed tenth with $1.7M, down 34%, and a solid $54.8M for Sony to date.

#	Title	Oct 22 - 24				Weeks		Cumulative	Distributor
1	Paranormal Activity 2	$ 40,678,424				1		$ 40,678,424	Paramount
2	Jackass 3D	21,313,815				2		86,861,041	Paramount
3	Red	15,034,916				2		43,518,185	Summit
4	Hereafter	12,018,147				1		12,333,504	Warner Bros.
5	The Social Network	7,276,972				4		72,907,728	Sony
6	Secretariat	7,001,159				3		37,444,068	Buena Vista
7	Life As We Know It	6,136,454				3		37,601,835	Warner Bros.
8	Legend of the Guardians	3,248,019				5		50,244,733	Warner Bros.
9	The Town	2,749,090				6		84,681,614	Warner Bros.
10	Easy A	1,748,906				6		54,784,148	Sony
11	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	1,244,851				5		50,001,986	Fox
12	My Soul to Take	1,072,515				3		13,985,795	Universal
13	Waiting for "Superman"	774,502				5		3,704,280	Paramount
14	Alpha and Omega	727,103				6		23,512,875	Lionsgate
15	It's Kind of a Funny Story	677,162				3		5,109,189	Focus
16	You Again	650,902				5		24,051,083	Buena Vista
17	Devil	642,035				6		32,437,925	Universal
18	N-Secure	551,096				2		1,964,477	Freestyle
19	Inception	500,140				15		290,381,264	Warner Bros.
20	Toy Story 3	472,842				19		413,485,965	Buena Vista

Blu-ray 19th October Releases

Predators ( + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]

20th Century Fox / 2010 / 107 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: October 19, 2010

Genres: Action, Sci-fi, Horror

Starring: Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Alice Braga, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Nimrod Antal

Plot Synopsis: Robert Rodriguez presents Predators, a bold new chapter in the Predator universe. Adrien Brody stars as Royce, a mercenary who reluctantly leads a group of elite warriors mysteriously brought together on a jungle planet. But when these cold-blooded human “predators” find themselves in all-out war against a new breed of alien Predators, it’s the ultimate showdown between hunter and prey.

Disc Features: 

 Disc 1: Blu-ray Theatrical Feature

Commentary by Robert Rodriguez and Nimród Antal

Motion Comics

Moments of Extraction

Crucified

Evolution of the Species: Predators Reborn

The Chosen

Fox Movie Channel presents Making a Scene

Deleted and Extended Scenes

Theatrical Trailer Disc 2: Digital Copy

Apocalypse Now (Three-Disc Full Disclosure Edition) (Apocalypse Now / Apocalypse Now Redux / Hearts of Darkness) [Blu-ray]

Lionsgate / 1979 / 202 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: October 19, 2010

 

 

Genres: War, Drama, Action

Starring: Robert Duvall, Marlon Brando, Martin Sheen, Dennis Hopper
Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Plot Synopsis: During the Vietnam War, young U.S. Captain Willard is given the assignment to hunt down and kill one of his own: Colonel Kurtz who has apparently gone insane, murdered hundreds of innocent people, and constructed a strange kingdom for himself deep in the jungle. Willard and his crew embark on a surreal river journey to find Kurtz, meeting along the way a Lieutenant- Colonel who likes to watch surfing during live combat, and Playboy bunnies dropped in by helicopter to entertain rowdy troops.

Disc Features:  

• Apocalypse Now - The 1979 Cut and Apocalypse Now Redux are presented for the first time in Hi-Def!
• New 1080p transfers supervised by Francis Ford Coppola - first time ever in original theatrical aspect ratio (2.35:1) in home entertainment release!
• Exclusive to Full Disclosure edition: Hearts of Darkness, the feature-length making-of documentary with optional audio commentary from Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola
• Exclusive to Full Disclosure edition: 48-page printed collectible booklet with letter from Francis Ford Coppola, never-before-seen archives from the set, behind-the-scenes photos and more!
• Exclusive to Full Disclosure edition: 52-page John Milius script excerpt (onscreen) with handwritten notes from Francis Ford Coppola
• Exclusive to Full Disclosure edition: Storyboard Gallery
• Exclusive to Full Disclosure edition: Marketing Archives
• New "A Converation with Martin Sheen" interview by Francis Ford Coppola
• New "An Interview with John Milius" by Francis Ford Coppola
• Never-before-included Complete 2001 Cannes Film Festival: Francis Ford Coppola interview by Roger Ebert
• Audio Commentary by Francis Ford Coppola
• Monkey Sampan "lost scene"
• Additional Scenes
• "Destruction of the Kurtz Compound" - with audio commentary by Francis Ford Coppola
• "Heart of Darkness" - 1938 Mercury Theatre audio recording with Orson Welles
• "The Hollow Men" - video of Marlon Brando reading T.S. Eliot's poem
• "The Birth of 5.1 Sound" featurette
• "Ghost Helicopter Flyover" sound effects demonstration
• "A Million Feet of Film: The Editing of Apocalypse Now" featurette
• "The Music of Apocalypse Now" featurette
• "The Synthesizer Soundtrack" article by Bob Moog
• "Heard Any Good Movies Lately? The Sound Design of Apocalypse Now" featurette
• "The Final Mix" featurette
• "Apocalypse Then and Now" featurette
• "PBR Streetgang" interviews with the boat crew actors
• "The Color Palette of Apocalypse Now" featurette

Psycho (50th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]

Universal / 1960 / 109 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: October 19, 2010

Overall Grade Recommended





Genres: Psychological thriller, suspense, horror

Starring: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, and Janet Leigh
Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Plot Synopsis:  One of the most shocking films of all time, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is now available on Blu-ray featuring perfect picture, a newly created 5.1 audio track and bonus features that take you beyond the movie! Join the Master of Suspense on a chilling journey as an unsuspecting victim (Janet Leigh) visits the Bates Motel and falls prey to one of cinema’s most notorious psychopaths - Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins). Named #1 on the AFI’s 100 Years…100 Thrills list, this notorious film has become a cultural phenomenon. Featuring one of the most iconic scenes in film history - the famous “shower scene”, Psycho is “still terrifying after all these years” (Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide).

Disc Features: 

The Making of Psycho

Psycho Sound

In The Master's Shadow: Hitchcock's Legacy

Hitchcock / Truffaut Interview Excerpts

Newsreel Footage: The Release of Psycho

The Shower Scene: With and Without Music

The Shower Scene: Storyboards by Saul Bass

The Psycho Archives

Lobby Cards

Behind-the-Scenes Photographs

Production Photographs

Theatrical Trailer

Re-release Trailers

My Scenes

Feature Commentary with Stephen Rebello (author of "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho")

BD Live

 Other releases/ Back catalog releases

The Rocky Horror Picture Show (35th Anniversary Edition) [Blu-ray]

Seven Samurai (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray]

Romeo + Juliet [Blu-ray]

Disneynature: Oceans (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Disneynature: Crimson Wing - The Mystery of the Flamingo (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Mirrors 2 (Unrated Edition) [Blu-ray]

Wallander (Faceless Killers / The Man Who Smiled / The Fifth Woman) [Blu-ray]

Assault Girls [Blu-ray]

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl [Blu-ray]

Jackass 3D Scores #1 Right In Your Face!

Proving once again that film audiences enjoy the lowest common denominator, Jackass 3D destroyed the rest of the box office this weekend setting a new record for the month of October while fellow newcomer Red also posted a positive result.
Four years after the last installment of the men behaving badly series, Jackass 3D used the awesome power of 3D (and 3D ticket prices) to jump start the box office with a massive $50.4M debut, according to final studio figures. The film is now the new king of October opening weekends dethroning the reigning champ of the last seven years, fellow threequel Scary Movie 3, which opened in October of 2003 with $48.1M.
The movie opened with $22M on Friday (setting the single-day October record), fell 24% to $16.7M on Saturday and dropped only 31% to $11.6M on Sunday. Apparently the quick death of 3D has been postponed as audiences filled the theaters and had no problem paying the extra surcharges to watch the demented Johnny Knoxville and company reach deep into their bag of tricks. In one weekend Jackass 3D is near the totals of the past two films, which made $64.3M and $72.8M in 2002 and 2006.
Landing solidly into second place was the elderly spy flick Red which shot up $21.8M this weekend from 3,255 theaters for a per screen average of $6,686. Reviews for the Summit film, which stars Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren have been mostly positive.
Continuing its strong run, Sony's tale of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, The Social Network fell a slim 33% this weekend to $10.3M bringing its cume to $62.4M. The film should easily join the century club, and with a slew of awards coming, probably fly higher. Following in fourth was the horse drama from Disney, Secretariat which had the best hold in the top ten, sliding only 27% to $9.3M. Its cume is $27.3M and could find its way to a decent, if not spectacular, finish of around $65M.
Warner Brothers took up the next three spots at the box office with three completely different films. Last week's runner-up, the romantic comedy Life as We Know It dropped 38% from last weekend to $9M. Its total now stands at $28.6M on its way to a final cume of around $55M. In sixth place was the kid-friendly owls of Legend of the Guardians which continues to post small declines week to week, falling 39% to $4.2M. Its cume is $46M. Ben Affleck's The Town slid 38% into seventh place with $4M, bringing its total to $80.5M.
Suffering the worst fall in the top 10 was Universal's horror entry My Soul to Take which dropped 54% to $3.2M, bringing its cume to a paltry $11.9M. Look for a final total of around $18-20M and quick trip to the rental market. Ninth place belonged to Emma Stone (soon to be seen in the Spider-Man reboot) as her comedy Easy A rounded up $2.6M for a fall of 39% from last weekend. Its cume now stands at $52.3M. And rounding out the top ten was Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps which fell 49% to $2.4M in its fourth weekend, bringing its total to $47.9M.

#	Title	Oct 15 - 17				Weeks		Cumulative	Distributor
1	Jackass 3D	$ 50,353,641				1		$ 50,353,641	Paramount
2	Red	21,761,408				1		21,761,408	Summit
3	The Social Network	10,317,395				3		62,436,364	Sony
4	Secretariat	9,318,886				2		27,332,941	Buena Vista
5	Life As We Know It	8,955,409				2		28,620,147	Warner Bros.
6	Legend of the Guardians	4,228,236				4		45,994,776	Warner Bros.
7	The Town	3,977,006				5		80,510,629	Warner Bros.
8	My Soul to Take	3,170,310				2		11,915,595	Universal
9	Easy A	2,633,456				5		52,317,481	Sony
10	Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps	2,363,166				4		47,894,896	Fox
11	It's Kind of a Funny Story	1,223,455				1		4,005,161	Focus
12	You Again	1,215,987				3		22,982,000	Buena Vista
13	Case 39	1,206,817				2		11,924,115	Paramount
14	N-Secure	1,166,406				1		1,166,406	Freestyle
15	Devil	976,005				4		31,577,470	Universal
16	Let Me In	830,676				2		11,046,691	Overture
17	Alpha and Omega	823,085				4		22,567,621	Lionsgate
18	Waiting for "Superman"	742,725				3		2,523,075	Paramount
19	Toy Story 3	534,680				17		412,844,168	Buena Vista
20	Inception	348,326				14		289,751,947	Warner Bros.