Best DVD & Blu-rays Released July 2009
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Ratings
- 4.1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(54)
Push
The Division, a shadowy government agency, is genetically transforming citizens into an army of psychic warriors—and brutally disposing of those unwilling to participate. Nick Gant (Chris Evans), a second-generation telekinetic or “mover,” has been in hiding since the Division murdered his father more than a decade earlier. He has found sanctuary in densely populated Hong Kong—the last safe place on earth for fugitive psychics like him—but only if he can keep his gift a secret. Nick is forced out of hiding when Cassie Holmes (Dakota Fanning), a 13-year-old clairvoyant or “watcher,” seeks his help in finding Kira, (Camilla Belle), an escaped “pusher” who may hold the key to ending the Division’s program. Pushers possess the most dangerous of all psychic powers: the ability to influence others’ actions by implanting thoughts in their minds. But Cassie’s presence soon attracts the attention of the Division’s human bloodhounds, forcing Nick and Cassie to flee for their lives. With the help of a team of rogue psychics, the unlikely duo traverses the seedy underbelly of the city, trying to stay one step ahead of the authorities as they search for Kira. But they find themselves square in the crosshairs of Division Agent Henry Carver (Djimon Hounsou), a pusher who will stop at nothing to keep them from achieving their goal.
Dakota Fanning, Djimon Hounsou, Camilla Belle, Paul McGuigan, Bruce Davey, Chris Evans, Glenn Williamson, David Bourla
Ratings
- 4.2 / 5
out of 5 stars
(12)
The Unborn
Nineteen-year old Casey Bell is haunted by a dybbuk--the soul of a dead person barred from heaven--in the form of a young boy who perished in Auschwitz.
Michael Bay, Carla Gugino, David S. Goyer, Andrew Form, Gary Oldman, James Remar, Cam Gigandet, Meagan Good
Ratings
- 4.2 / 5
out of 5 stars
(78)
Knowing
In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule. But one of the students, a mysterious girl who seems to hear whispered voices, fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead.
Fast forward 50 years to the present: A new generation of students examines the contents of the time capsule and the girl's cryptic message ends up in the hands of young Caleb Myles. But it is Caleb's father, professor Ted Myles (Nicolas Cage), who makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts with pinpoint accuracy the dates, death tolls and coordinates of every major disaster of the past 50 years. As Ted further unravels the document's secrets, he realizes it foretells three additional events-the last of which hints at destruction on a global scale and seems to somehow involve Ted and his son.
When Ted's attempts to alert the authorities fall on deaf ears, he takes it upon himself to try to prevent more destruction from taking place.
This gripping supernatural thriller charts one man's faltering steps towards belief in the ultimate order of the universe even as he finds himself surrounded by mounting chaos. With the reluctant help of Diana Whelan (Rose Byrne) and Abby, the daughter and granddaughter of the now-deceased author of the cryptic prophecies, Ted's increasingly desperate efforts take him on a heart-pounding race against time until he finds himself facing the ultimate disaster-and the ultimate sacrifice.
Ben Mendelsohn, Nicolas Cage, Liam Hemsworth, Rose Byrne, Todd Black, Steve Tisch, Stuart Hazeldine, Jason Blumenthal
Five Fingers
A Dutchman travels to Morocco to start a food charity, but once he arrives he is kidnapped by a terrorist.
Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Malkin, Ryan Phillippe, Adam Rosenfelt, Chad Thumann, Dolly Hall, Josh Kesselman, Marc Schaberg
Ratings
- 3.2 / 5
out of 5 stars
(21)
The Haunting in Connecticut
A family is forced to relocate near a The astounding, well-documented story of a family forced to relocate near a clinic where their son was being treated for cancer. Strained financially and emotionally, the family discovers their recently renovated home was a former mortuary with a dark history. After experiencing violent supernatural events both inside and out of the house, the family seeks the help of ghost hunters and the Catholic Church, which performs an exorcism.
Paul Brooks, Virginia Madsen, Elias Koteas, Kyle Gallner, Peter Cornwell, Wendy Rhoads, Martin Donovan, Andrew Trapani
Ratings
- 3.6 / 5
out of 5 stars
(11)
The Horsemen
A detective, going through a tough time after the death of his wife, investigates suspects in a serial killing spree that have a connection with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Michael Bay, Peter Stormare, Dennis Quaid, Dave Callaham, Andrew Form, Clifton Collins Jr., Ziyi Zhang, Patrick Fugit
Ratings
- 1 / 5
out of 5 stars
(2)
The Edge of Love
Two feisty, free-spirited women are connected by a brilliant, charismatic poet who loves them both.
The passion and pathos of legendary poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys) is told through the lives of two extraordinary women. Vera Phillips (Keira Knightley) and Dylan were each other's first loves who feel the thunderbolt once more when they unexpectedly meet in London ten years later. Caitlin (Sienna Miller) is his adventurous wife, wily at using her beauty and always up for a bit of fun.
Despite their love-rival status, the women form a surprising friendship - and though bombs rain down on London, the trio indulge in the glory of being young, and alive. When Vera meets and marries handsome Officer William Killick (Cillian Murphy), Dylan resents his trio becoming a foursome - and Caitlin notes it.
The collapse of their group is avoided when William gets sent away to war - and the others move back to rural Wales. With Vera now heavily pregnant and missing a husband who never writes back, the battle between her heart and head becomes more intense. William’s return instigates a confrontation that has long been brewing - but the savagery of his attack on Dylan finally forces Vera to choose between the men in her life and the friend that she loves.
Desire and guilt are complicated by love and friendship in this real-life tale set in beautiful London and the majestic Welsh countryside.
Keira Knightley, Cillian Murphy, Sienna Miller, Matthew Rhys, John Maybury, Sharman Macdonald
Grey Gardens
The mother-daughter duo of "Big Edie" and "Little Edie" Beale, relatives of Jacqueline Kennedy, spend most of their lives in a decaying mansion on New York's Long Island. When the Suffolk County Health Department raids their dilapidated East Hampton, N.Y., mansion -- named Grey Gardens -- they discover more than 50 cats, raccoons, fleas, piles of garbage, human and cat excrement and no heat or running water. The department threatens to kick the pair out of the 28-room mansion before Kennedy Onassis steps in and pays to help clean it up.
Drew Barrymore, Michael Sucsy, Jessica Lange, Rachael Horovitz, Lucy Barzun Donnelly, Patricia Rozema, David Coatsworth
Ratings
- 2.5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(4)
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One juror on a murder trial manages to convince his fellow colleagues that the case is not as clear cut as it might have seemed in the courtroom.
Nikita Mikhalkov, Vladimir Moiseyenko, Aleksandr Novototsky
Ratings
- 3.6 / 5
out of 5 stars
(63)
Watchmen
A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the "Doomsday Clock" - which charts the USA's tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion—a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers—Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity…but who is watching the Watchmen?
Zack Snyder, Lloyd Levin, Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Alex Tse, Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Thomas Tull
Ratings
- 3.7 / 5
out of 5 stars
(54)
Coraline (15th Anniversary r...
Combining the visionary imaginations of two premier fantasists, director Henry Selick (“The Nightmare Before Christmas”) and author Neil Gaiman (Sandman), this new movie is a wondrous and thrilling, fun and suspenseful adventure that honors and redefines two moviemaking traditions. It is a stop-motion animated feature – and, as the first one to be conceived and photographed in stereoscopic 3-D, unlike anything moviegoers have ever experienced before. Coraline Jones (voiced by Dakota Fanning) is a girl of 11 who is feisty, curious, and adventurous beyond her years. She and her parents (Teri Hatcher, John Hodgman) have just relocated from Michigan to Oregon. Missing her friends and finding her parents to be distracted by their work, Coraline tries to find some excitement in her new environment. She is befriended – or, as she sees it, annoyed – by a local boy close to her age, Wybie Lovat (Robert Bailey Jr.); and visits her older neighbors, eccentric British actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible (Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French) as well as the arguably even more eccentric Russian Mr. Bobinsky (Ian McShane). After these encounters, Coraline seriously doubts that her new home can provide anything intriguing to her….but it does; she uncovers a secret door in the house. Walking through the door and then venturing through an eerie passageway, she discovers an alternate version of her life and existence. On the surface, this parallel reality is similar to her real life – only much better. The adults, including the solicitous Other Mother (also voiced by Teri Hatcher) seem much more welcoming to her. Coraline is more the center of attention there – even from the mysterious Cat (Keith David). She begins to think that this Other World might be where she belongs. But when her wondrously off-kilter, fantastical visit turns dangerous and Other Mother schemes to keep her there, Coraline musters all of her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home – and save her family.
Dakota Fanning, Keith David, Jennifer Saunders, Henry Selick, Bill Mechanic, Ian McShane, Teri Hatcher, Dawn French
Ratings
- 3 / 5
out of 5 stars
(1)
Echelon Conspiracy
In a world where all communications are monitored, one man gets hold of a phone that can bypass all surveillance.
Ving Rhames, Shane West, Steve Richards, Edward Burns, Martin Sheen, Greg Marcks, Alexander Leyviman, Roee Sharon
Ratings
- 3 / 5
out of 5 stars
(1)
Super Capers
A good guy with no powers joins a superhero team with no clue against a bad guy with no shame.
Ray Griggs, Christine Lakin, Reuben Lim
Ratings
- 4 / 5
out of 5 stars
(1)
The Great Buck Howard
The adventures of a down-on-his-luck magician/illusionist and his assistant as they re-invigorate his career.
Gary Goetzman, Colin Hanks, John Malkovich, Tom Hanks, Emily Blunt, Kevin Kline, Andreas Grosch, Sidney Kimmel
Ratings
- 3.3 / 5
out of 5 stars
(17)
I Now Pronounce You Chuck an...
Two straight firefighters pose as a gay married couple in order to qualify for their department's domestic partner benefits.
Jessica Biel, Kevin James, Steve Buscemi, Tom Shadyac, Dennis Dugan, Michael Bostick, Dan Aykroyd, Jack Giarraputo will
The Unknown Woman
"The Unknown Woman" is a haunting story of mystery and love, as a Russian woman named Irena (Xenia Rappoport) calculatedly insinuates herself into the lives of a young, affluent Italian family. Stopping at nothing to become the couple's trusted maid and the beloved nanny to their fragile young daughter (Clara Dossena), Irena risks everything in her quest to uncover the truth about the family. Like an intricately constructed jigsaw puzzle, "The Unknown Woman" reveals piece by piece the enigma of Irena's past.
Giuseppe Tornatore, Xenia Rappoport, Claudia Gerini, Alessandro Haber, Margherita Buy, Michele Placido
Ratings
- 4.3 / 5
out of 5 stars
(89)
Fast & Furious
Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed—"Fast and Furious." Heading back to the streets where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner (Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what's possible behind the wheel.
Vin Diesel, Gal Gadot, Michelle Rodriguez, Shea Whigham, Justin Lin, Jordana Brewster, Chris Morgan, Jeff Kirschenbaum
Ratings
- 3.4 / 5
out of 5 stars
(83)
Dragonball Evolution
Justin Chatwin stars as Goku, the man responsible for saving the world from villains such as Piccolo (played by James Marsters).
Emmy Rossum, Jamie Chung, Justin Chatwin, Chow Yun-Fat, Stephen Chow, James Wong, Ernie Hudson, Eriko Tamura
Ratings
- 3.2 / 5
out of 5 stars
(5)
Miss March
A young man who awakens from a four-year coma to hear that his once virginal high-school sweetheart has since become a centerfold in one of the world's most famous men's magazines. He and his sex-crazed best friend decide to take a cross- country road trip in order to crash a party at the magazine's legendary mansion headquarters and win back the girl.
Zach Cregger, Trevor Moore, Molly Stanton, Holly Hindman, Raquel Alessi
An American Affair
Seen through the eyes of 13-year-old boy, the story of a woman who has an affair with President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Gretchen Mol, Cameron Bright, William Olsson, Kevin Leydon, Alex Metcalf
Ratings
- 3.5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(6)
The 5th Commandment
A hitman turns down a job when he discovers it is too close to his own life. Elite members of his profession target him when they think he is losing his nerve.
Jesse V. Johnson, Rick Yune, Andrew Zarrow
Ratings
- 5 / 5
out of 5 stars
(1)
Severed Ways
Two Norsemen are stranded and left for dead when their expedition is attacked in the New World.
Tony Stone
Ratings
- 3.9 / 5
out of 5 stars
(52)
2 Fast 2 Furious
Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker), stripped of his badge after the events of the first film, gets a chance to redeem himself by going undercover to infiltrate the world of Miami street racing.
Tyrese Gibson, Cole Hauser, Eva Mendes, James Remar, Michael Ealy, Neal H. Moritz, Derek Haas, Devon Aoki
Bart Got a Room
While Danny's father and mother independently search for love, Danny is on his own desperate quest to find a prom date. Danny's search becomes progressively more pathetic once he and his family learn that Bart, the school's biggest dweeb, not only secured a date for the prom, but got a hotel room as well.
William H. Macy, Ashley Benson, Cheryl Hines, Alia Shawkat, Steven Kaplan, Brian Hecker
Streets of Blood
Four narcotics detectives walk a very thin line between their jobs and the gangster world, placing them in the crossfire between gangs and the FBI until a police psychologist gets involved. She must decide between covering up the crimes or bringing out the truth.
Robert De Niro, George Furla, Curtis Jackson, Brian Presley, Len Evans, Kelsey Howard, Todd Nealey, Eugene Hess
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