The Book of Eli (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy)
Warner Brothers / 2010 / 118 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: June 15, 2010
Overall Grade 
RecommendedGenres: Suspense, action-thriller
Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, and Ray Stevenson
Director: Allen Hughes
Plot Synopsis: Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the Highway of Death on a mission he doesn't fully understand but knows he must complete. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Or in the wrong hands, the hammer of a despot. Denzel Washington is Eli, who keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his quest thrusts him into a savage wasteland... and into explosive conflict with a resourceful warlord (Gary Oldman) set on possessing the book. "We walk by faith, not by sight," quotes Eli. Under the taut direction of the Hughes Brothers (Menace II Society), those words hit home with unexpected meaning and power.
Disc Features:
Maximum Movie Mode: 40 minutes of picture-in-picture commentary with Denzel Washington and the Hughes Brothers, and 10 Focus Points
Additional scenes
A Lost Tale: Billy--animated short covering Carnegie's backstory
Starting Over: Explore the role we might play in reshaping society after a global catastrophe
Soundtrack: Co-director Allen Hughes and composer Atticus Ross compare notes about the soundtrack's construction and deconstruction
Eli's Journey: Probe the historical and mythological roots of the film's central themes
Unthinkable [Blu-ray]
Sony / 2010 / 97 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: June 15, 2010
Genres: Suspense, Thriller
Starring: Micahel Sheen, Carrie-Anne Moss, Samuel L. Jackson
Director: Gregor Jordan
Plot Synopsis: The most suspenseful thriller of the year explores just how far we will go to protect ourselves and our country. When a nuclear expert-turned-extremist (Micahel Sheen, Underworld) plants devices in three separate cities, the country's counter-terrorism force springs into action and captures him. But the location of his bombs remains a mystery. With time running out, FBIagent Helen Brody (Carrie-Anne Moss, Disturbia) agrees to work alongside a mysterious interrogator known only as "H" (Samuel L. Jackson, Lakeview Terrace), whose ruthless methods get results. But a power struggle develops between Brodu, "H' and the terrorist, and what happens next is unbelievable and - ultimately - Unthinkable!
Disc Features:
movieIQ™+sync and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie!
Engaging Commentary with Director Gregor Jordan
Includes Extended Version of the film with Alternate Ending
When in Rome [Blu-ray]
Touchstone / 2010 / 91 Minutes / PG-13
Street Date: June 15, 2010
Genres: Drama, comedy
Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Danny DeVito, and Jon Heder
Plot Synopsis: An ambitious young New Yorker (Kristen Bell), disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of those who threw them in: a sausage magnate (Danny DeVito), a street magician (John Heder), an adoring painter (Will Arnet) and a self-admiring model (Dax Shepard). But when a charming reporter (Josh Duhamel) pursues her with equal zest, how will she know if his love is the real thing?
Disc Features:
Alternate Opening and Ending
Mischief From the Set Featurette
Extended Scenes: Pain With The Suitors
More Deleted Scenes
Bloopers
Deleted Scenes
Music Videos: “Starstruckk” and “Stupid Love Letter”
Youth in Revolt [Blu-ray]
Sony / 2010 / 89 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: June 15, 2010
Genres: Drama, comedy
Starring: Michael Cera, Justin Long
Director: Miguel Arteta
Plot Synopsis: Michael Cera adds to his collection of quick-witted young men with his portrayal of 16-year-old Nick Twisp. Born on the trashy side of the Oakland tracks, Nick hates his name almost as much as his life. Everyone he knows, including his divorced parents (Jean Smart and Steve Buscemi), gets more action than he does, but his luck changes when he meets junior femme fatale Sheeni (Portia Doubleday) during a trailer-park vacation. She may have overprotective parents (Mary Kay Place and M. Emmet Walsh) and a boyfriend back at school, but she also likes Jean-Paul Belmondo movies, Serge Gainsbourg records--and Nick. There's just one hitch--she prefers bad boys, so Nick creates cynical, cigarette-smoking alter ego François Dillinger to win her heart (just as musician Gainsbourg created devilish doppelgänger Gainsbarre). Little does Nick know he's playing with fire--literally--since François gives him license to set his pent-up inhibitions free: he sneaks into Sheeni's private-school dorm, blows up his mother's boyfriend's car (Zach Galifianakis as the boyfriend), and trips on magic mushrooms with Sheeni's burnout brother and a radical family friend (Justin Long and Fred Willard, both hilarious). As with Chuck and Buck and The Good Girl, Miguel Arteta's adaptation of C.D. Payne's young adult series offers equal parts sorrow and humor. The animated sequences add whimsy, but there's something more disturbing than romantic about Twisp's manufactured multiple personality disorder. Cera handles the two personas well, but Youth in Revolt still registers as a sex comedy for people who prefer crime dramas.
Disc Features:
movieIQ™+sync and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie!
Commentary with Director and Michael Cera
Deleted Scenes
Off the Chain Deleted and Extended Animated Sequences
Audition Footage
Showgirls (15th Anniversary Sinsational Edition) [Blu-ray]
MGM/UA / 1995 / 131 Minutes / Rated NC-17
Street Date: June 15, 2010
Genres: Drama
Starring: Elizabeth Berkley, Gina Gershon, Kyle MacLachlan, Robert Davi
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Plot Synopsis: It’s Vegas, baby, and Nomi’s (Elizabeth Berkley) dreams and desires to make it big are as sharp as a stiletto heel. When she catches the eye of Cristal (Gina Gershon), the Stardust’s sexy headliner, Nomi is on the brink of living her dream. But she soon realizes that there is only room for one starlet on the marquee… and that either she or Cristal will have to take the fall!
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