August 2009 DVD & Blu-rays

Obsessed

The thriller casts Idris Elba as an asset manager who has a knockout wife (Beyonce Knowles) and thriving career until a temp office worker (Ali Larter) begins stalking him.

Idris Elba, David Loughery, Jerry O'Connell, Christine Lahti, Bruce McGill, Ali Larter, Scout Taylor-Compton, Steve Shill

The Soloist

In "The Soloist," an emotionally soaring drama about the redemptive power of music, journalist Steve Lopez (Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr.) discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers (Oscar winner Jamie Foxx), a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. As Lopez endeavors to help the homeless man find his way back, a unique friendship is formed, one that transforms both their lives. "The Soloist" is directed by Joe Wright (Golden Globe winner for Best Drama and Oscar nominee for Best Picture "Atonement").

Robert Downey Jr., Jamie Foxx, Joe Wright, Catherine Keener, Gary Foster, Russ Krasnoff, Susannah Grant, LisaGay Hamilton

Race to Witch Mountain

"Race to Witch Mountain" is a thrilling action-adventure about a hard luck Las Vegas cab driver Jack Bruno, whose life is thrown into chaos when apparent "runaway" teenagers Sara and Seth jump into his taxi. He soon realizes his two fares are children with exceptional paranormal powers whom he must protect as they elude a collection of ruthless enemies.

Dwayne Johnson, AnnaSophia Robb, Andrew Gunn, Andy Fickman, Mark Bomback, Carla Gugino, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Everett Scott

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

Based on Michael Chabon's novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores love, sexuality, and the enigmas surrounding his life and his city.

Mena Suvari, Peter Sarsgaard, Aaron Bernard, Michael London, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Jon Foster, Pete Chiarelli, Claus Clausen

Labor Pains

A young woman to pretends to be pregnant in order to avoid being fired from her job. When that gets her a bunch of special treatment by everyone involved in her life, she tries to keep up the lie for nine months.

Lindsay Lohan, Avi Lerner, Luke Kirby, Lati Grobman, Lara Shapiro, Stacy Kramer, Cheryl Hines, Aaron Yoo

The Mutant Chronicles

Thomas Jane stars as Major Mitch Hunter, a 23rd century soldier who leads humans in a fight against a demonic, marauding army of underworld NecroMutants.

Stephen Rea, Ron Perlman, Thomas Jane, Devon Aoki, Simon Hunter, Ross Jameson, Benno Furmann, John Malkovich

Delgo

The land of Jhamora is torn apart by the mutual prejudice of two peoples—the winged Nohrin, masters of the skies, and the terrestrial Lockni, who harness the mystical powers of the land. When Delgo (Freddie Prinze, Jr.), a reckless Lockni teenager, forms an outlawed friendship with the spunky Nohrin Princess Kyla (Jennifer Love Hewitt), hostilities between the two peoples escalate, setting the stage for an exiled Empress Sedessa (Ann Bancroft) to exact her revenge and reclaim her rule.

Malcolm McDowell, Freddie Prinze Jr., Val Kilmer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Marc F. Adler, Marc Adler, Patrick J. Cowan, Carl Dream

North Face

Philipp Stölzl, Benno Furmann

17 Again

What would you do if you got a second shot at life? Class of 1989, Mike O'Donnell is a star on his high school basketball court with a college scout in the stands and a bright future in his grasp. But instead, he decides to throw it all away to share his life with his girlfriend Scarlett and the baby he just learned they are expecting. Almost 20 years later, Mike's glory days are decidedly behind him. His marriage to Scarlett has fallen apart, he has been passed over for a promotion at work, his teenage kids think he is a loser, and he has been reduced to crashing with his high school nerd-turned-techno-billionaire best friend Ned. But Mike is given another chance when he is miraculously transformed back to the age of 17. Unfortunately, Mike may look 17 again, but his thirtysomething outlook is totally uncool in the class of 2009. And in trying to recapture his best years, Mike could lose the best things that ever happened to him.

Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann, Keith Goldberg, Burr Steers, Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot, Jason Filardi, Zac Efron

Chaos

Ryan Phillippe and Jason Statham play cops hunting down a bank robber (Wesley Snipes) in "Chaos".

Jason Statham, Ryan Phillippe, Justine Waddell, Tony Giglio, Wesley Snipes

I Love You, Man

In “I Love You, Man,” a comedy from John Hamburg (“Along Came Polly,” co-writer of “Meet the Parents,” “Meet the Fockers,” “Zoolander”), Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd, “Knocked Up” “The 40 Year Old Virgin”) is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey (“The Office’s” Rashida Jones), discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward “man-dates,” before meeting Sydney Fife (Jason Segel, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”), a charming, opinionated man with whom he instantly bonds. But the closer the two men get, the more Peter’s relationship with Zooey suffers, ultimately forcing him to choose between his fiancée and his newfound “bro,” in a story that comically explores what it truly means to be a “friend.”

Paul Rudd, Jane Curtin, Andy Samberg, Donald De Line, Rashida Jones, J.K. Simmons, Tom Pollock, John Hamburg

The Class

Teacher and novelist François Bégaudeau plays a version of himself as he negotiates a year with his racially mixed students from a tough Parisian neighborhood.

Laura Baquela, Laurent Cantet, Caroline Benjo, Carole Scotta, François Bégaudeau, Robin Campillo, Nassim Amrabt, Cherif Bounaïdja Rachedi

Alien Trespass

In 1957, local townspeople must hunt down the alien Ghota and neutralize it before it consumes all the local inhabitants and uses the human fuel to multiply and conquer the world.

R.W. Goodwin

Paris 36

A drama set in 1936 Paris about a small working class neighborhood. An election stirs up extremist passions while the town hopes to see a brighter future.

Christophe Barratier, Jacques Perrin, Julien Rappeneau, Nicolas Mauvernay

Gigantic

A mattress salesman meets a woman at his store.

Paul Dano, Charles Pugliese, Zooey Deschanel, Christine Vachon, Mindy Goldberg, Matt Aselton, Adam Nagata

Gooby

Willy is terrified about moving into the family's new house. In response to his wish for someone to save him, a large creature named Gooby comes to life.

Wilson Coneybeare

Road Trip 2: Beer Pong

The story sees a college student named Andy egged on by his rascally friends to stop worrying so much about his girlfriend back-home and start ejoying college life to the full. So he does. And meets a ‘Beer Pong' model named Jenna. He becomes rather besotted. Unfortunately, the girlfriend decides to transfer to Andy's university so she can be closer to him - and on all days, the day he and his friends have decided to hit the road chasing Jenna and her model friends in their big-ass tour bus.

DJ Qualls, George Engel, Steve Rash, Preston Jones, Michael Trotter, Nestor Aaron Absera

Hannah Montana: The Movie

The Stewart family returns to Tennessee.

Miley Cyrus, Peter Chelsom, Alfred Gough, Jason Earles, Mitchel Musso, Michael Poryes, Steven Peterman, Billy Ray Cyrus

Surveillance

The film revolves around an FBI agent who goes to a small town where everyone lies and no one is safe.

David Lynch, Julia Ormond, French Stewart, Jennifer Lynch, Ken Harper, Pell James, Bill Pullman, Ryan Simpkins

The Last House on the Left

Two adventurous teen girls are kidnapped, raped and murdered by a gang of thugs. The killers unwittingly hole up in the home of one victim's parents, who, upon realizing what their guests did, devise gruesome revenge.

Garret Dillahunt, Wes Craven, Sara Paxton, Dennis Iliadis, Marianne Maddalena, Sean S. Cunningham, Cody Zwieg, Jonathan Craven

The Golden Boys

A romantic comedy, set on Cape Cod in 1905, about three 70-year-old retired sea captains who try to lure an attractive middle-aged woman into marriage.

David Carradine, Daniel Adams, Rip Torn, John Savage

Tyson

A film that chronicles the life and times of heavyweight champion Mike Tyson.

James Toback, Mike Tyson

The Garden

The Garden is an look at the struggle between urban farmers and the City of Los Angeles and a powerful developer who want to evict them and build warehouses.

Scott Hamilton Kennedy

Adventureland

It's the summer of 1987, and James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg), an uptight recent college grad, can't wait to embark on his dream tour of Europe. But when his parents (Wendie Malick and Jack Gilpin) announce they can no longer subsidize his trip, James has little choice but to take a lowly job at a local amusement park. Forget about German beer, world-famous museums and cute French girls-James' summer will now be populated by belligerent dads, stuffed pandas, and screaming kids high on cotton candy. Lucky for James, what should have been his worst summer ever turns into quite an adventure as he discovers love in the most unlikely place with his captivating co-worker Em (Kristen Stewart), and learns to loosen up.

Kristen Stewart, Bill Hader, Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Wiig, Greg Mottola, Jesse Eisenberg, Wendie Malick, Ted Hope

Fighting

A young ticket scalper is introduced to the world of underground street fighting.

Terrence Howard, Channing Tatum, Lisa Bruce, Kevin Misher, Luis Guzman, Dito Montiel, Robert Munic, Zulay Henao

Duplicity

Oscar® winner Julia Roberts and Clive Owen reunite for "Duplicity," from writer/director Tony Gilroy (seven-time Oscar®-nominated "Michael Clayton"). In the film, they star as spies-turned-corporate operatives in the midst of a clandestine love affair. When they find themselves embroiled in a high-stakes espionage game, they discover the toughest part of the job is deciding how much to trust the one you love.

CIA officer Claire Stenwick (Roberts) and MI6 agent Ray Koval (Owen) have left the world of government intelligence to cash in on the highly profitable cold war raging between two rival multinational corporations. Their mission? Secure the formula for a product that will bring a fortune to the company that patents it first.

For their employers—industry titan Howard Tully (Tom Wilkinson) and buccaneer CEO Dick Garsik (Paul Giamatti)— nothing is out of bounds. But as the stakes rise, the mystery deepens and the tactics get dirtier, the trickiest secret for Claire and Ray is their growing attraction. And as they each try to stay one double-cross ahead, two career loners find their schemes endangered by the only thing they can't cheat their way out of: love.

Julia Roberts, Tony Gilroy, Tom Wilkinson, Jennifer Fox, Laura Bickford, Clive Owen, Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton

Trouble The Water

An aspiring rap artist and her streetwise husband, armed with a video camera, show what survival is all about when they are trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters, and seize a chance for a new beginning.

Carl Deal, Tia Lessin

Sunshine Cleaning

The story focuses on a 30-year-old woman (Amy Adams) who has squandered her life's potential on dead-end relationships and her younger sister, who is trying to find her way in the world. The sisters find meaning and understanding through an unlikely enterprise, their own crime scene cleanup business.

Alan Arkin, Karen Moncrieff, Amy Adams, Emily Blunt, Clifton Collins Jr., Christine Jeffs, Peter Saraf, Glenn Williamson

The Informers

The drama is set over the course of a week in 1983, in the chillingly nihilistic world of Ellis' youth in Los Angeles. Seven storylines intersect, involving movie execs, rock stars, a vampire and other morally challenged characters.

Kim Basinger, Marco Weber, Winona Ryder, Chris Isaak, Amber Heard, Nicholas Jarecki, Jon Foster, Gregor Jordan

Life Is Hot in Cracktown

Various stories of how crack cocaine has infiltrated the inner-city streets.

William Fisch, Brandon Routh, Kerry Washington, Carly Pope, Buddy Giovinazzo, Larry Rattner, Shannyn Sossamon, Lara Flynn Boyle

Rudo y Cursi

Two siblings rival each other inside the world of professional soccer.

Gael García Bernal, Carlos Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón, Diego Luna

The Crypt

Six young criminals break into hidden catacombs underneath their town and attempt to steal jewelry buried from the "Great Depression" only to find inhabitants guarding the precious belongings. After being trapped in this dark maze of crypts the group tries to escape alive.

Cristen Irene, Joanna Ke, Craig McMahon, Sarah Oh, Mike Ranallo