March 2008 DVD & Blu-rays

With Cedric the Entertainer • Jack Black • John Leguizamo • Stephen Root • Alan Tudyk • Denis Leary • Goran Visnjic • Ray Romano • Tara Strong • Chris Wedge • Carlos Saldanha • Jane Krakowski • Diedrich Bader

Twenty thousand years ago, the Earth was being overrun by glaciers, and creatures everywhere were fleeing the onslaught of the new Ice Age. In this time of peril, we meet the weirdest herd of any Age: a fast talking but dim sloth named Sid; a moody woolly mammoth named Manny; a devilish saber-toothed tiger named Diego; and an acorn-crazy saber-toothed squirrel known as Scrat. This quartet of misfits unexpectedly, and reluctantly, comes together in a quest to return a human infant to his father. Braving boiling lava pits, treacherous ice caves, freezing temperatures and a secret, evil plot, these "sub-zeros" become the world's first heroes!

With Jessica Alba • Joby Harold • Hayden Christensen • Harvey Weinstein • Lena Olin • Sam Robards • Tim Williams • Bob Weinstein • Jason Kliot • Joana Vicente • Terence Howard

In "Awake," a psychological thriller that tells the story of a man (Christensen) undergoing heart surgery while experiencing a phenomenon called "anesthetic awareness," which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife (Alba) must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.

With Benicio Del Toro • Allan Loeb • Alison Lohman • Susanne Bier • Sam Mendes • Mark Sourian • Halle Berry • David Duchovny • Jeremy Kramer • Alexis Llewellyn

A woman is widowed when her husband dies suddenly, leaving her alone with two children. She decides to invite her husband's troubled best friend to live with them and, as the friend turns his life around, he helps the fractured family confront the emotional void left by the loss.

With Vince Vaughn • Sean Penn • Emile Hirsch • Bill Pohlad • William Hurt • David Blocker • Marcia Gay Harden • Catherine Keener • Jon Krakauer • Art Linson

"Into the Wild" is based on a true story and the bestselling book by Jon Krakauer. After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless (Hirsch) abandons his possessions, gave his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

With Jason Bateman • Dustin Hoffman • Natalie Portman • RIchard Gladstein • Nathan Kahane • Jim Garavante • Zach Helm

Set in a magical toy shop which affords adults the opportunity to retain a child's sense of magic and wonder in their lives, a clerk must decide whether she wants to run the store after its current owner Mr. Magorium passes away.

With Tommy Lee Jones • Javier Bardem • Scott Rudin • Woody Harrelson • Joel Coen • Stephen Root • Ethan Coen • James Brolin • Cormac McCarthy

The thriller begins when Llewelyn Moss finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back trunk. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law--namely aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell--can contain. Moss tries to evade his pursuers, in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives, as the crime drama broadens.

With Robert Duvall • William H. Macy • Kathy Bates • Tim Blake Nelson • Oprah Winfrey • Patrick Warburton • Alan Arkin • Renée Zellweger • Uma Thurman • Jerry Seinfeld • Spike Feresten • Matthew Broderick • Christina Steinberg • Steve Hickner • Simon J. Smith • Andy Robin • Barry Marder

"Bee Movie" is the comedic tale of Barry B. Benson, a graduate bee fresh out of college, who is disillusioned with the prospect of having only one career choice—honey. On a chance opportunity to go outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by a woman, Vanessa, a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, Barry's eyes are opened to the world of humans and he soon discovers that people partake in the mass consumption of honey. Armed with this information, Barry realizes his true calling in life and decides to sue the human race for stealing the bees' honey. As a result, the bee and human communities get involved in ways they never had before, each one of them pointing a finger at the other. Barry gets caught up in the middle and finds himself with some very unusual problems to solve.

With Terrence Howard • Keri Russell • Robin Williams • Freddie Highmore • Nick Castle • Jim Hart • Kirsten Sheridan • Jonathan Rhys-Meyers • Richard B. Lewis • Paul Castro

"August Rush" tells the story of a charismatic young Irish guitarist (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) and a sheltered young cellist (Keri Russell) who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York's Washington Square, but are soon torn apart, leaving in their wake an infant, August Rush, orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger (Robin Williams), August (Freddie Highmore) uses his remarkable musical talent to seek the parents from whom he was separated at birth.

With Stanley Tucci • Sofia Vergara • Ewan McGregor • Robin Williams • Jennifer Coolidge • Paul Giamatti • Jim Broadbent • John C. Donkin • Dianne Wiest • Jamie Kennedy • Mel Brooks • Halle Berry • Dan Hedaya • Harl • Chris Wedge • Lowell Ganz • D.L. Hughley • Drew Carey • Jerry Davis

Set on a world populated entirely by robots, this is the story of a young genius, Rodney (Ewan McGregor), who wants to make robots capable of making the world a better place, but he finds his dream challenged by a corporate tyrant and a master inventor, Big Weld (Mel Brooks), while also being seduced by a sexy corporate robot, Cappy (Halle Berry).

With Vin Diesel • Olga Kurylenko • Timothy Olyphant • Ulrich Thomsen • Xavier Gens • Robert Knepper • Chuck Gordon • Skip Woods • Michael Offei • Adrian Askarieh • Daniel Alter

The "Hitman" is a genetically-engineered, elite assassin known only as Agent 47. His hallmarks are lethal grace, unwavering precision, and resolute pride in his work. But even 47 couldn't anticipate a "random equation" in his life exactitude: the unexpected stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a mysterious Russian woman.

With Steve Carell • Dane Cook • Jon Shestack • Alison Pill • Dianne Wiest • Juliette Binoche • Peter Hedges • Norbert Leo Butz • Marlene Lawston • John Mahoney • Brittany Robertson • Pierce Gardner

The story centers on a widower with three daughters, ages 10-17, who writes a parenting column for a local paper. While on a family reunion on the Jersey shore, he meets a woman he takes a liking to, but upon returning home, he finds out the woman is his brother's girlfriend. He then tries desperately not to fall in love with her while not breaking rules he has set up for himself and his daughters.

With Emma Roberts • Barry Bostwick • Mark Vahradian • Tate Donovan • Susan Ekins • Jerry Weintraub • Andrew Fleming • Cherylanne Martin • Josh Flitter • Tiffany Paulsen • Laura Elena Harring

Based on characters created by Carolyn Keene, "Nancy Drew" follows Nancy (Emma Roberts) as she accompanies her father Carson (Tate Donovan) to Los Angeles on one of his business trips and stumbles across evidence about a long-unsolved crime involving the mysterious death of a beautiful movie star. Nancy's resourcefulness and personal responsibility are put to the test when she finds herself in the middle of the fast-living, self-indulgent world of Hollywood.

With Kenneth Branagh • Jude Law • Michael Caine • Anthony Shaffer • Harold Pinter • Eve Channing

Based on the Anthony Shaffer play and adapted for the screen by Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter, "Sleuth" is a thriller that tells the story of two men involved in a battle of wits over a woman.

With Amy Adams • Patrick Dempsey • Idina Menzel • Timothy Spall • Kevin Lima • Julie Andrews • James Marsden • Bill Kelly • Barry Josephson • Sunil Perkash • Barry Sonnenfeld • Chris Chase

Beautiful princess Giselle is banished by an evil queen from her magical, musical animated land and finds herself in the gritty reality of the streets of modern-day Manhattan. Shocked by this strange new environment that doesn't operate on a "happily ever after" basis, Giselle is now adrift in a chaotic world badly in need of enchantment. But when Giselle begins to fall in love with a charmingly flawed divorce lawyer who has come to her aid--even though she is already promised to a perfect fairy tale prince back home--she has to wonder: can a storybook view of romance survive in the real world?

With Will Smith • David Heyman • Dana Goldberg • Alice Braga • Francis Lawrence • Akiva Goldsman • Erwin Stoff • Dash Mihok • Michael Tadross • Salli Richardson-Whitfield • Richard Matheson • Mark Protosevich • Charlie Tahan

Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable...and manmade. Somehow immune, Neville is now the last human survivor in what is left of New York City...and maybe the world. But he is not alone. He is surrounded by "the Infected"--victims of the plague who have mutated into carnivorous beings who can only exist in the dark and who will devour or infect anyone or anything in their path. For three years, Neville has spent his days scavenging for food and supplies and faithfully sending out radio messages, desperate to find any other survivors who might be out there. All the while, the Infected lurk in the shadows, watching Neville's every move, waiting for him to make a fatal mistake. Perhaps mankind's last, best hope, Neville is driven by only one remaining mission: to find a way to reverse the effects of the virus using his own immune blood. But his blood is also what The Infected hunt, and Neville knows he is outnumbered and quickly running out of time.

With Dwayne Johnson • Amy Poehler • Bai Ling • Mandy Moore • Seann William Scott • Wallace Shawn • Sarah Michelle Gellar • Kendall Morgan • Sean McKittrick • Jon Lovitz • Wood Harris • Will Sasso • Richard Kelly • Bill Johnson • Bo Hyde • Jud Payne • Joe Campana • Matthew Rhodes • Jim Seibel • Cheri Oteri • Jill Ritchie • John Larroquette

The thriller is set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Johnson will star as Boxer Santaros, an action star stricken with amnesia whose life intertwines with Krysta Now (Gellar), an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and David Clark (Scott), a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

With Keira Knightley • James McAvoy • Eric Fellner • Betty White • Juno Temple • Joe Wright • Tim Bevan • Vanessa Redgrave • Christopher Hampton • Paul Webster • Brenda Blethyn

In 1935, 13-year-old fledgling writer Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan) and her family live a life of wealth and privilege in their enormous mansion. On the warmest day of the year, the country estate takes on an unsettling hothouse atmosphere, stoking Briony's vivid imagination. Robbie Turner (James McAvoy), the educated son of the family's housekeeper, carries a torch for Briony's headstrong older sister Cecilia (Kiera Knightley). Cecilia, he hopes, has comparable feelings; all it will take is one spark for this relationship to combust. When it does, Briony - who has a crush on Robbie - is compelled to interfere, going so far as accusing Robbie of a crime he did not commit. Cecilia and Robbie declare their love for each other, but he is arrested - and with Briony bearing false witness, the course of three lives is changed forever. Briony continues to seek forgiveness for her childhood misdeed. Through a terrible and courageous act of imagination, she finds the path to her uncertain atonement, and to an understanding of the power of enduring love.

With Marc Platt • Christopher Eccleston • Ian McShane • David L. Cunningham • Edmund Entin • Gregory Smith • Frances Conroy • Amelia Warner • Jonathan Jackson • John Hodge • Emma Lockhart • Gary Entin • John Benjamin Hickey • Ron Schmidt

In the movie, Will (Alexander Ludwig) is befriended by the mischievous Merriman Lyon (played by Ian McShane) and the ethereal Miss Greythorne (Frances Conroy). Will must gather the six Signs, or mystical medallions, in order to combat the Dark. But Will faces a potent adversary, called simply the Black Rider (Christopher Eccleston), a malevolent figure on a massive horse, whose goal is to stop Will and seduce him to the Dark.

With Kerry Washington • Keenen Ivory Wayans • Marlon Wayans • Shawn Wayans • John Witherspoon • Tracy Morgan

A man anxious to be a father mistakes an extremely short-statured, baby-faced criminal on the run as his newly adopted son.

With George Furla • Brian Presley • Damian Alcazar • Jeff Rice • Deborah Davis • Martha Higareda • Steve Whitney • Jose Maria Yazpik • Zev Berman • Rider Strong • Susan Jackson • Jake Muxworthy • Roberto Sosa • Lauren Moews • Elisa Salinas • Keith Previte • Rafael Gutierrez Rodriguez

In "Borderland", three Texas University seniors, on the eve of their graduation, road-trip to a Mexican Border town for a final weekend of drinking and debauchery. Their vacation becomes a living nightmare as the trio runs afoul of an ancient blood cult looking for human sacrifice. Based on true events, Borderland blends the raw fear of Texas Chainsaw Massacre with the gritty true crime realism of In Cold Blood, evoking a world of paranoia, death and terror.

With Javier Bardem • John Leguizamo • Benjamin Bratt • Ron Harwood • Scott Steindorff • Scott Lastaiti • Mike Newell • Hector Elizondo • Giovanna Mezzogiorno • Brantley Dunaway

Florentino (Bardem), rejected by the beautiful Fermina (Mezzogiorno) at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart.

With Jason Statham • Guy Ritchie • Luc Besson • Ray Liotta • Mem Ferda • Vincent Pastore • Marty Katz • Paul Todisco • Andre Benjamin

Hotshot Las Vegas gambler Jake Green is rarely allowed to play in the casinos because he's a winner. Jake has taken in so much money, in fact, that he's the only client of his accountant and older brother, Billy. Jake, Billy and their other brother Joe are invited to sit in on a private game. Crime boss and casino owner, Dorothy Macha is sitting in on the game, too. Though he's a terrible player he always wins because people are scared to lose to him. Jake not only beats Dorothy but insults the man. Macha puts out a hit on Jake, but Jake ends up working for and being protected by a pair of brothers, Avi and Zack, who are out to take Dorothy down.

With Sarah Fletcher • Richard Brake • Ray Bullock Jr. • Lara Greenway • Neil Oseman • James Clarke • Katrina Cooke • Andy Nicol • Jonny Lewis • Chris Hatherall

"Soul Searcher" is a British fantasy-adventure movie about an ordinary guy who is trained to be the new Grim Reaper. The film tells the story of Joe Fallow, who in becoming Death must battle the villanous spirit Dante. Dante wants to rescue his girlfriend from Hades by opening the Moat of Souls, an ancient divide between Hell and Earth. The plot unfolds against the backdrop of Joe's unrequited love for cafe waitress Heather. To further complicate matters Luca Callista, a female spectral bounty hunter, arrives on the scene to reek her own revenge on Dante.

With John C. Reilly • Kristen Wiig • Judd Apatow • Jenna Fischer • Jake Kasdan • Tim Meadows • Raymond J. Barry • Lewis Morton

America loves larger-than-life musician and songwriter Dewey Cox! But behind the music is the up-and-down-and-up-again story of a musician whose songs would change a nation. On his rock 'n roll spiral, Cox sleeps with 411 women, marries three times, has 22 kids and 14 stepkids, stars in his own 70s TV show, collects friends ranging from Elvis to the Beatles to a chimp, and gets addicted to - and then kicks - every drug known to man... but despite it all, Cox grows into a national icon and eventually earns the love of a good woman - longtime backup singer Darlene.

With Reese Witherspoon • Joaquin Phoenix • James Mangold • Robert Patrick • Cathy Konrad • Lucas Till • Ginnifer Goodwin • James Keach • Dallas Roberts • Larry Bagby • Hailey Anne Nelson • Ridge Canipe • Shooter Jennings • Katie Lindsey • Dan Beene • Brittany Shaw • Tyler Hilton • Shelby Lynne • Johnathan Rice • Waylon Payne • Gill Dennis

This biopic about Johnny Cash will star Joaquin Phoenix as the legendary country icon and focus on the singer's early career in Memphis, including his struggles with drug addiction. Reese Witherspoon is set to star as his wife and bandmate, June Carter Cash.

With Shaun Toub • Said Taghmaoui • Marc Forster • Nasser Memarzia • Pippa Harris • Khalid Abdalla • Khaled Hosseini • Paul Abbott • David Benioff • Rebecca Yeldham • William Horberg • Atossa Leoni

Spanning from the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy to the atrocities of the Taliban reign, an epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, an unlikely friendship develops between Amir, the son of a wealthy Afghan businessman, and Hassan, a servant to Amir and his father. During a kite-flying tournament, an unspeakable event changes the nature of their relationship forever. As an adult haunted by the childhood betrayal, Amir seeks redemption by returning to his war-torn native land to make peace with himself and reconcile his cowardice.

With Thomas Jane • Harvey Weinstein • William Sadler • Toby Jones • Marcia Gay Harden • Andre Braugher • Laurie Holden • Richard Saperstein • Frank Darabont • Bob Weinstein • Jeffrey DeMunn • Liz Glotzer • Frances Sternhagen • Martin Shafer

Following a violent thunderstorm, artist David Drayton and a small town community come under vicious attack from creatures prowling in a thick and unnatural mist. Local rumors point to an experiment called the 'The Arrowhead Project' conducted at a nearby top-secret military base, but questions as to the origins of the deadly vapor are secondary to the group's overall chances for survival. Retreating to a local supermarket, Drayton and the survivors must face-off against each other before taking a united stand against an enemy they cannot even see.

With George Clooney • Oscar Isaac • Radha Mitchell • Steven Soderbergh • Paddy Considine • Scott Burns • Guy J. Louthan • Vlad Paunescu • Charlie Lyons

A gripping, dramatic thriller infused with a twist of dark humor, PU-239 reveals the lengths to which a man will go to secure his family's future. While working at a nuclear power plant in Russia, Timofey (Paddy Considine) is exposed to a deadly dose of radiation while trying to aver a plant disaster. Instead of rewarding Timonfey for his efforts, the plants treats him as a scapegoat, offering no compensation to him or his family. Desperate to provide security for his wife and son, Timofey steals a small amount of Pu-239 - weapons-grade Plutonium- and head to Moscow to sell it on the black market. Caught up in the "new Russia" of hoods and hookers, Timofey struggles to make the sales; his efforts resulting in deadly consequences.

With Will Arnett • Shea Whigham • Shannyn Sossamon • Leslie Bibb • Tom Waits • Mark Boone Junio • Patrick Fugit • John Hawkes • Abraham Benrubi • Goran Dukic

From the moment Zia (Patrick Fugit) cuts his wrists and enters a bizarre afterlife reserved for suicides, this film becomes a strangely uplifting, darkly comic tale about a journey through the hereafter. This is a world where everyone still bears the scars earned from the manner in which they "offed" while the everyday reality is a twisted mirror image of our own mortal world. When Zia begins his search for his long lost love, he encounters a variety of memorable individuals, be it a disillusioned suicide bomber or an angel in disguise. But it is in Eugene (Shea Whigham), an inscrutable Russian musician, and Mikal (Shannyn Sossamon), an accidental tourist, that he finds his closest friends. This trio of lost souls forms an uncommon bond as they set out on a journey across the afterlife in search of what they could not find in their previous lives.