Best DVD & Blu-rays Released December 2009
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Terminator Salvation
In the highly anticipated new installment of "The Terminator" film franchise, set in post-apocalyptic 2018, Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the man fated to lead the human resistance against Skynet and its army of Terminators. But the future Connor was raised to believe in is altered in part by the appearance of Marcus Wright (Sam Worthington), a stranger whose last memory is of being on death row. Connor must decide whether Marcus has been sent from the future, or rescued from the past. As Skynet prepares its final onslaught, Connor and Marcus both embark on an odyssey that takes them into the heart of Skynet's operations, where they uncover the terrible secret behind the possible annihilation of mankind.
Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, McG, Bryce Dallas Howard, Linda Hamilton, Moritz Borman, Derek Anderson, Moon Bloodgood
Night at the Museum: Battle of t...
It's a new "Night" and "Museum" for Ben Stiller, who is joined by several other stars from the original film, as well as new characters from history. The centerpiece of the film will be bringing to life the Smithsonian Institution, which houses the world’s largest museum complex with more than 136 million items in its collections, ranging from the plane Amelia Earhart flew on her nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic and Al Capone’s rap sheet and mug shot to Dorothy’s ruby red slippers and Archie Bunker’s lounge chair. No major film has ever shot inside the Smithsonian in Washington…until "Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian".
Amy Adams, Ben Stiller, Ricky Gervais, Eugene Levy, Shawn Levy, Steve Coogan, Bill Hader, Owen Wilson
Paper Heart
Described as part-documentary, part-scripted comedy about the real-life relationship between Michael Cera and his girlfriend, Charlyne Yi.
Michael Cera, Charlyne Yi, Elise Salomon, Nicholas Jasenovec, Sandra Murillo, Jake Johnson
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood ...
Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort's defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts. Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn't counted on Romilda Vane's chocolates! And then there's Hermione, simmering with jealously but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof. He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.
Emma Watson, Steve Kloves, Helena Bonham Carter, Daniel Radcliffe, Jim Broadbent, Warwick Davis, Timothy Spall, Tom Felton
Public Enemies
Set during the great crime wave of 1933-34, the government attempts to stop Depression-era criminal legends such as John Dillilnger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd and transformed J. Edgar Hoover's FBI into the country's first federal police force.
Christian Bale, Marion Cotillard, Stephen Graham, Michael Mann, Johnny Depp, Kevin Misher, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff
Julie & Julia
A woman verging on thirty and frustrated in a temp secretary job takes on a yearlong culinary quest: cook all 524 recipes in Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." She chronicles her trials and tribulations in a blog that catches on with the food crowd.
Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, Scott Rudin, Dana Stevens, Nora Ephron, Chris Messina, Donald J. Lee
World's Greatest Dad
Lance Clayton is a man who has learned to settle. He dreamed of being a rich and famous writer, but has only managed to make it as a high school poetry teacher. His only son Kyle is an insufferable jackass who won't give his father the time of day. He is dating Claire, the school's adorable art teacher, but she doesn't want to get serious -- or even acknowledge publicly that they are dating. Then, in the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of all the fame, fortune and popularity he ever dreamed of, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
Richard Kelly, Bob Goldthwait, Sean McKittrick, Ted Hamm, Tim Perell
While She Was Out
A suburban housewife is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. What starts off as a quick trip to the mall ends in the woods with a fight for her life. All she has is a toolbox and her will to survive.
Kim Basinger, Guillermo del Toro, Don Murphy, Susan Montford, Kirk Shaw, Lukas Haas, Luis Chavez, Leonard Wu
The Marc Pease Experience
The comedy stars Jason Schwartzman as Marc Pease, a man 10 years out of high school and still living in the past, when he was the star in his high school's musicals. Ben Stiller will play his former teacher/mentor, Mr. Gribble while Anna Kendrick will play a high school senior romantically involved with both of their characters.
Anna Kendrick, Ben Stiller, Bruna Papandrea, Michael London, David Rubin, Jacob Koskoff, Todd Louiso, Jason Schwartzman
The Girl from Monaco
A Parisian attorney who travels to Monaco to defend a woman accused of murder. On arriving he finds that he's been assigned a bodyguard who becomes a major part of the story.
Anne Fontaine, Benoit Graffin, Stephane Audran, Roschdy Zem
The Skeptic
After the mysterious death of his Aunt, Bryan Becket dismisses reports that the Aunt's house is haunted and moves in.
Zoe Saldana, Tom Arnold, Tennyson Bardwell, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, Mary-Beth Taylor, Tim Daly, Edward Herrmann
Walled In
Based on Serge Broselot's bestselling French novel "Les Emmeures", the movie casts Barton as a demolition company rep who supervises the razing of a mysterious building and discovers horrifying secrets and past inhabitants entombed within its walls by a vicious murderer.
Mischa Barton, Gilles Paquet-Brenner, Deborah Kara Unger, Cameron Bright
What's Your Raashee?
A young man has only ten days to locate his soulmate as dictated by the stars, otherwise he could lose a fortune. He thus embarks on a journey through love, looking through twelve girls to find the one who fits his horoscope.
Ashutosh Gowariker, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Naushil Mehta
The Hangover
Two days before his wedding, Doug and his three friends drive to Las Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party they'll never forget. But, in fact, when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning, they can't remember a thing. For some reason, they find a tiger in the bathroom and a six-month-old baby in the closet of their suite at Caesars Palace. The one thing they can't find is Doug. With no clue as to what transpired and little time to spare, the trio must retrace their hazy steps and all their bad decisions in order to figure out where things went wrong and hopefully get Doug back to L.A. in time to walk down the aisle.
Zach Galifianakis, Bradley Cooper, Ken Jeong, Todd Phillips, Chris Bender, Justin Bartha, Ed Helms, Heather Graham
Inglourious Basterds
A group of disgraced men in World War II manage to escape the execution squad by going on a daring mission to help the Allies in the fight against the Nazis.
Brad Pitt, Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Diane Kruger, Mélanie Laurent, Quentin Tarantino, B.J. Novak, Mike Myers
G-Force
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer brings his first 3-D film to the big screen with "G-Force," a comedy adventure about the latest evolution of a covert government program to train animals to work in espionage. Armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment, these highly trained guinea pigs discover that the fate of the world is in their paws. Tapped for the G-Force are guinea pigs Darwin (voice of Sam Rockwell), the squad leader determined to succeed at all costs; Blaster (voice of Tracy Morgan), an outrageous weapons expert with tons of attitude and a love for all things extreme; and Juarez (voice of Penelope Cruz), a sexy martial arts pro; plus the literal fly-on-the-wall reconnaissance expert, Mooch, and a star-nosed mole, Speckles (voice of Nicolas Cage), the computer and information specialist. Directed by two-time Oscar®-winning visual effects master Hoyt Yeatman—"G-Force" takes audiences on a high-octane thrill ride, proving once and for all that size really doesn't matter.
Zach Galifianakis, Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, Kelli Garner, Jerry Bruckheimer, Cormac Wibberley, Jack Conley, Hoyt Yeatman
The Headless Woman
After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state when she realizes she might have killed someone.
Lucrecia Martel
C Me Dance
A ballerina, who brings people closer to Christ through her dancing, is stalked by Satan.
Greg Robbins
Taking Woodstock
The new film from Academy Award-winning director Ang Lee. A 1969-set true story about a man, Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin), who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the famed happening it was. Working as an interior designer in Greenwich Village during culturally and politically exciting times, Mr. Tiber felt empowered by the gay rights movement. But he was also still staked to the family business – a Catskills motel. Upon hearing that a planned concert had lost its permit from the neighboring town of Wallkill, NY, Mr. Tiber called producer Michael Lang (Jonathan Groff) at Woodstock Ventures to offer his motel. Soon the Woodstock staff was moving into the El Monaco; half a million people were on their way to Mr. Tiber’s neighbor’s Max Yasgur’s (Eugene Levy) farm in White Lake, NY; and Mr. Tiber found himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever.
James Schamus, Emile Hirsch, Eugene Levy, Demetri Martin, Jonathan Groff, Ang Lee, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman
The Other Man
"The Other Man" tells the story of Peter (Liam Neeson) who discovers that his wife Lisa (Laura Linney) has been receiving emails and mobile messages from Ralph (Antonio Banderas), a man he never knew existed. Peter's obsession with this unknown rival escalates and, against the advice of his daughter Abigail (Romola Garai), a hurt and vengeful Peter flies to Milan to seek out the mysterious Ralph and the truth about his relationship with Lisa.
Liam Neeson, Antonio Banderas, Laura Linney, Richard Eyre, Bernhard Schlink, Romola Garai
All About Steve
Sandra Bullock plays eccentric crossword puzzle constructor Mary Horowitz who, after one short blind date, falls for handsome cable news cameraman Steve (Cooper). Convinced they are soul mates, Mary follows Steve across the country, encouraged by the self-serving actions of news reporter Hartman Hughes (Church). Along the way, Mary befriends an endearing group of oddballs who embrace her idiosyncrasies.
Bradley Cooper, Sandra Bullock, Ken Jeong, Trevor Engelson, Thomas Haden Church, DJ Qualls, Phil Traill, Kim Barker
Extract
A flower extract plant owner deals with workplace issues and a stream of bad luck, including his wife's affair with a gigolo.
Ben Affleck, Kristen Wiig, Jason Bateman, Mila Kunis, Clifton Collins Jr., Tom Lassally, John Altschuler, Michael Rotenberg
Pandorum
In "Pandorum", actors, Dennis Quaid ("Vantage Point", "The Express") and Ben Foster ("3:10 to Yuma", "Alpha Dog"), join Cam Gigandet ("Never Back Down", "Twilight"), Cung Le ("Tekken", Fighting"), newcomer Antje Traue and director Christian Alvart ("Antibodies") to tell the terrifying story of two crew members stranded on a spacecraft who quickly realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It's pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the spacecraft. They can't remember anything - who are they, what is their mission? The only way out of the chamber is a dark and narrow airshaft. Corporal Bower (Foster), the younger of the two, crawls inside, while the other, Lt. Payton (Quaid), stays behind for guidance on a radio transmitter. As Bower ventures deeper and deeper into the ship, he begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft's shocking and deadly secrets come unraveled, and the astronauts realize that the survival of mankind hinges on their actions.
Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Paul W.S. Anderson, Travis Milloy, Antje Traue, Christian Alvart, Martin Moszkowicz, Norman Reedus
500 Days of Summer
This post modern love story is never what we expect it to be -- it's thorny yet exhilarating, funny and sad, a twisted journey of highs and lows that doesn't quite go where we think it will. When Tom, a hapless greeting card copywriter and hopeless romantic, is blindsided after his girlfriend Summer dumps him, he shifts back and forth through various periods of their 500 days "together" to try to figure out where things went wrong. His reflections ultimately lead him to finally rediscover his true passions in life.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marc Webb, Zooey Deschanel, Mark Waters, Jessica Tuchinsky, Mason Novick, Scott Neustadter, Michael H. Weber
It Might Get Loud
A documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three significant rock musicians: the Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White.
Davis Guggenheim, Peter Afterman, Lesley Chilcott, Carson Hood, Thomas Tull, Jack White, The Edge, Jimmy Page
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
A newsman intentionally frames himself for a murder he didn't commit in order to point out the dangers of circumstantial evidence and to expose an overzealous district attorney who has manipulated evidence in the past to gain convictions. Everything is going as planned until his friend, the one person who can exonerate him, is killed.
Jesse Metcalfe, Amber Tamblyn, Peter Hyams, Ted Hartley, Michael Douglas, Orlando Jones, Joel Moore, Aaron Ray
Blind Date
The movie will follow a married couple who very tragically lost their child in a car accident. Since the child's death they've been unable to spend time together, and they can't not be together, so they sort of meet on blind dates and role-play as strangers.
Stanley Tucci, Nicolas Stiliadis, Patricia Clarkson, Thijs Romer
American Pie: Book of Love
Follows a group of high school friends who discover the infamous "Book of Love" in the school library and decide to use the collective wisdom it contains in their quest to get laid.
Eugene Levy, Kevin M. Horton, John Putch, David H. Steinberg, Bug Hall, Brandon Hardesty, Beth Behrs, Melanie Papalia
9
The surreal tale takes place in a world parallel to our own, a post-apocalyptic fantasy in which a band of courageous rag dolls battles for the survival of civilization.
Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Elijah Wood, Jim Lemley, Christopher Plummer, Crispin Glover, Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov
Jennifer's Body
When small-town high school hottie Jennifer (Megan Fox) is possessed by a hungry demon, guys who never stood a chance with her, take on new luster in the light of Jennifer's insatiable appetite.
Amanda Seyfried, Megan Fox, J.K. Simmons, Amy Sedaris, Karyn Kusama, Daniel Dubiecki, Diablo Cody, Jason Reitman
District 9
"District 9" depicts a fictional world where extraterrestrials have become refugees in South Africa.
Neill Blomkamp, Bill Block, Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham, Jason Cope, Robert Hobbs, Sharlto Copley, David James
A Perfect Getaway
A Hawaiian honeymoon turns dangerous for two lovers (Steve Zahn and Milla Jovovich) when they discover they are being stalked by a pair of killers (Timothy Olyphant and Kiele Sanchez).
Milla Jovovich, Ryan Kavanaugh, David Twohy, Bill Block, Tucker Tooley, Robbie Brener, Timothy Olyphant, Kiele Sanchez
Weather Girl
A Seattle morning show weather girl, after learning her boyfriend has cheated on her, freaks out on-air and is fired. Forced to move in with her little brother and to cope with being 35, single and unemployed, she begins an unlikely romance with a younger man--her brother's best friend.
Blayne Weaver, Mark Harmon, Adam Rosenblatt, Jane Lynch, Melinda McGraw, Brandon Barrera, Jon Cryer, Kaitlin Olson
Moon
Sam Bell (Rockwell) is nearing the end of his contract with Lunar. He's been a faithful employee for 3 long years. His home has been Selene, a moon base where he has spent his days alone, mining Helium 3. The precious gas holds the key to reversing the Earth's energy crisis.
Isolated, determined and steadfast, Sam has followed the rulebook obediently and his time on the moon has been enlightening, but uneventful. The solitude has given him time to reflect on the mistakes of his past and work on his raging temper. He does his job mechanically, and spends most of his available time dreaming of his imminent return to Earth, to his wife, young daughter and an early retirement.
But two weeks shy of his departure from Selene, Sam starts seeing things, hearing things and feeling strange. And when a routine extraction goes horribly wrong, he discovers that Lunar have their own plans for replacing him... and the new recruit is eerily familiar.
Before he can return to Earth, Sam has to confront himself and the discovery that the life he has created, may not be his own. It's more than his contract that is set to expire.
Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Duncan Jones, Nathan Parker, Dominique McElligott, Rosie Shaw
Carriers
The film, which will be written and directed by Alex and David Pastor, revolves around four friends trying to escape a viral pandemic in the American West who discover that they are more dangerous to one another than any virus. Pine would play one of the friends.
Chris Pine, Ray Angelic, Piper Perabo, Anthony Bregman, Alex Pastor, David Pastor, Lou Taylor Pucci, Emily VanCamp
Paranormal Activity
A young couple move in together, but the woman is convinced that she's been haunted all of her life. The presence that's watched over her has apparently followed her everywhere, including this new house, and the apparition that resides with them seems to have a fond interest in her. Her vain and selfish boyfriend seeks to document the spectacle with his camera & equipment and purposely ignores her pleas to respect the paranormal presence and refrain from taunting it. But as the nights pass, the events in the house become much more harrowing.
Jason Blum, Oren Peli, Micah Sloat, Ashley Brooks, Katie Featherston, Mark Friedrichs, Amber Armstrong, Ashley Palmer
Capitalism: A Love Story
Michael Moore's follow-up to "Fahrenheit 9/11" will further explore the Bush administration's foreign and domestic policies and its continued response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Rumored to be about the global financial crisis and the U.S. economy.
Michael Moore
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