Best DVD & Blu-rays Released April 2010
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The Yes Men Fix the World
Troublemaking duo Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno, posing as their industrious alter-egos, expose the people profiting from Hurricane Katrina, the faces behind the environmental disaster in Bhopal, and other shocking events.
Andy Bichlbaum, Mike Bonanno
The Collector
Handyman and ex-con Arkin aims to repay a debt to his ex-wife by robbing his new employer's country home. Unfortunately for Arkin, a far worse enemy has already laid claim to the property - and the family. As the seconds tick down to midnight, Arkin becomes a reluctant hero trapped by a masked "Collector" in a maze of lethal invention - the Spanish Inquisition as imagined by Rube Goldberg - while trying to rescue the very family he came to rob.
Josh Stewart, Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, Juan Fernandez, Jabari Thomas, Karley Scott Collins
Five Minutes of Heaven
Two men struggle to come to terms with the murder of a fellow 19-year-old Catholic soldier years after the conflict that raged between Republican and Loyalist paramilitary groups, the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Guy Hibbert, Stephen Wright, Eoin O'Callaghan
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call...
In the movie, a re-imagining of the original movie starring Harvey Keitel, Nicolas Cage stars as a "cop on the edge". Val Kilmer will play his partner while Xzibit will play a baddie named "Big Fade".
Nicolas Cage, Avi Lerner, Val Kilmer, Jennifer Coolidge, Eva Mendes, Stephen Belafonte, Alan Polsky, Shawn Hatosy
Pirate Radio
Set in the 1960s, a band of rogue DJs captivate the British people and anger the British government by playing unheard before poptastic tunes.
Rhys Ifans, Tim Bevan, Bill Nighy, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, Nick Frost, Chris O'Dowd, January Jones
Tenderness
The film follows a violent teenager, Eric, whose life intertwines with Lori, a 16-year-old runaway who can't resist his charm. Crowe will play Lieutenant Cristofuoro, a cop who sets out to unravel Eric's complex past.
Laura Dern, Fisher Stevens, John Penotti, Russell Crowe, Tim Williams, Jon Foster, Emil Stern, Sophie Traub
Defendor
A comedy centered around three characters: an everyday guy who comes to believe he's a superhero, his psychiatrist, and the teenager he befriends.
Kat Dennings, Woody Harrelson, Sandra Oh, Peter Stebbings, Nicholas Tabarrok, David Greene
One Peace at a Time
Filmed in 20 countries, the documentary explores the insights of Nobel Laureates and others about improving the world.
Turk Pipkin
The Slammin' Salmon
A restaurant owner and former heavyweight champ pits his wait staff against each other in a "Glengarry Glen Ross"-like competish.
Paul Soter, Jay Chandrasekhar, Erik Stolhanske, Richard Perello, Kevin Heffernan, Steve Lemme, Michael Clarke Duncan, Julia Dray
The Final Storm
Lauren Holly plays a dedicated wife and mother who must deal with the end of days scenario -- all heightened by the arrival of a mysterious stranger named Silas (Luke Perry) who holds the key to the approaching doom.
Uwe Boll, Luke Perry, Lauren Holly, Steve Bacic
The Young Victoria
The film follows the early years of Queen Victoria's reign and her romance with Prince Albert.
Rupert Friend, Jean-Marc Vallee, Jim Broadbent, Martin Scorsese, Thomas Kretschmann, Graham King, Emily Blunt, Paul Bettany
Peacock
A man with a split personality fools his small town into believing his two alter egos are man and wife, although a struggling young mother holds the key to his past and sparks a battle between the personalities.
Cillian Murphy, Josh Lucas, Melissa Leo, Ellen Page, Nathan Kahane, Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman, Nicole Brown
The Lovely Bones
The story of Susie Salmon, a young girl who is murdered but continues to observe her family on Earth after her death. She witnesses the effect of her loss on her loved ones, while her killer skillfully covers his tracks and prepares to murder again.
Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, Saoirse Ronan, Michael Imperioli, Stanley Tucci, Susan Sarandon
44 Inch Chest
The "44 Inch Chest" story unfolds when a jealous husband and his friends kidnap his wife's young lover, seeking retribution for his wounded ego. The film is a darkly funny and confrontational drama about a wronged man trying to rebuild his self-respect, aided only by a motley crew of his old friends.
Ian McShane, Ray Winstone, Tom Wilkinson, David Scinto, Malcolm Venville, Louis Mellis, Joanne Whalley
Tales from the Script
A documentary covering the stories and life lessons from the movie industry's top writers.
Peter Hanson, Paul Robert Herman
Homecoming
The indie stalker thriller centers on a former small-town golden boy and his new girlfriend who visit his hometown and discover his high school sweetheart (Barton) has developed an unhealthy obsession with him.
Mischa Barton, Morgan J. Freeman, Frank Hannah, Matt Long, Jessica Stroup
Crazy Heart
A down-on-his-luck, alcoholic country music singer is able to get his life and career back on track through his relationship and experiences with a female reporter
Robert Duvall, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jeff Bridges, Scott Cooper, Eric Brenner, Jeff Yapp, Brian Gleason, Michael A. Simpson
Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch T...
"Cheech and Chong’s Hey Watch This" is a feature film showcasing the duo’s reunion tour titled "Cheech & Chong: Light Up America", where they performed together for the first time in over 25 years. The duo performed for more than 100 audiences, grossing eight figures, making the act one of the highest grossing tours of 2008-2009.
Cheech Marin, Tommy Chong, Christian Charles, Shelby Chong
Uncertainty
A young couple find one seemingly ordinary July 4th cleaved in two by the flip of a coin on the Brooklyn Bridge.
Scott McGehee, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lynn Collins, David Siegel (II)
Godspeed
Charlie Shepard is a modern day faith healer living hand-to-mouth with his young son and wife Rebecca in a small Alaskan town. With his marriage failing, and an old drinking habit coming back to haunt him, his family is brutally murdered by unknown assailants for seemingly no reason whatsoever.
Robert Saitzyk
Summer Hours
Three kids must sell all their childhood valuables to ensure their dead mother’s wishes are granted.
Olivier Assayas, Juliette Binoche, Charles Gillibert, Marin Karmitz, Nathanaël Karmitz
Pressure Cooker
High school students compete for scholarships to culinary college.
Mark Becker, Jennifer Grausman
Avatar
"Avatar" is the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people.
Michelle Rodriguez, Zoe Saldana, James Cameron, Stephen Lang, Giovanni Ribisi, Sam Worthington, Matt Gerald, Jon Landau
It's Complicated
Meryl Streep will play a recent empty-nester who runs a successful bakery restaurant, who finds herself romantically torn between her persuasive exhusband (Alec Baldwin) and her new friend and architect played by Steve Martin.
Meryl Streep, John Krasinski, Suzanne Farwell, Scott Rudin, Alec Baldwin, Hunter Parrish, Zoe Kazan, Lake Bell
Five Minutes of Heaven
Two men struggle to come to terms with the murder of a fellow 19-year-old Catholic soldier years after the conflict that raged between Republican and Loyalist paramilitary groups, the British Army and the Royal Ulster Constabulary.
Liam Neeson, James Nesbitt, Oliver Hirschbiegel, Guy Hibbert, Stephen Wright, Eoin O'Callaghan
Disgrace
John Malkovich stars as David Lurie, a South African professor who gets involved with a student and is fired. After moving to the Eastern Cape to stay with his daughter, he becomes wrapped up in racial politics.
John Malkovich, Scott Cooper, Steve Jacobs, Anna Maria Monticelli, Eriq Ebouaney
Transylmania
Spoof horror in which a group of college kids do a semester abroad in Romania and realise that if the partying doesn't kill them, the vampires just might!
James DeBello, Scott Hillenbrand, Patrick Cavanaugh, Paul Kim, David Hillenbrand, Tony Denman, Jennifer Lyons
The Imaginarium of Doctor Pa...
Dr. Parnassus has the gift of guiding the imaginations of others. With his traveling theater troupe, Parnassus offers audience members the chance to transcend reality by passing through a magical mirror.
Andrew Garfield, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law, Christopher Plummer, William Vince, Samuel Hadida, Terry Gilliam
Milton Glaser: To Inform and...
Documentary about grapic designer Milton Glaser.
Wendy Key
The Descent: Part 2
The story centers around a series of underground caves in which a strange breed of predators dwell.
James Watkins, Neil Marshall, Christian Colson, Jon Harris, Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza
District 13: Ultimatum
Damien and Leito return to District 13 on a mission to bring peace to the troubled sector that is controlled by five different gang bosses, before the city's secret services take drastic measures to solve the problem.
Luc Besson, Patrick Alessandrin, Cyril Raffaelli, David Belle
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Sister Midnight
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Bono: Stories of Surrender
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Mob Cops
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