March 2008 DVD & Blu-rays

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

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

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

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

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

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 Woody Harrelson • Ethan Coen • Tommy Lee Jones • Javier Bardem • Scott Rudin • James Brolin • Joel Coen • Stephen Root • 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 • Oprah Winfrey • Patrick Warburton • Tim Blake Nelson • Uma Thurman • William H. Macy • Alan Arkin • Kathy Bates • Jerry Seinfeld • Matthew Broderick • Spike Feresten • Renée Zellweger • Steve Hickner • Simon J. Smith • Christina Steinberg • 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 Sofia Vergara • Ewan McGregor • Paul Giamatti • Jennifer Coolidge • Stanley Tucci • Halle Berry • Mel Brooks • Jamie Kennedy • Harl • Dianne Wiest • Jim Broadbent • Chris Wedge • D.L. Hughley • Robin Williams • Dan Hedaya • Drew Carey • Jerry Davis • John C. Donkin • Lowell Ganz

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 • Robert Knepper • Michael Offei • Skip Woods • Daniel Alter • Ulrich Thomsen • Xavier Gens • Adrian Askarieh • Chuck Gordon

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

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

"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 Dane Cook • Steve Carell • Alison Pill • Dianne Wiest • Brittany Robertson • Juliette Binoche • Norbert Leo Butz • John Mahoney • Marlene Lawston • Peter Hedges • Jon Shestack • 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 • Tate Donovan • Laura Elena Harring • Josh Flitter • Susan Ekins • Barry Bostwick • Andrew Fleming • Mark Vahradian • Jerry Weintraub • Cherylanne Martin • Tiffany Paulsen

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 James Marsden • Amy Adams • Idina Menzel • Julie Andrews • Timothy Spall • Bill Kelly • Barry Josephson • Barry Sonnenfeld • Patrick Dempsey • Kevin Lima • Sunil Perkash • 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 Keira Knightley • James McAvoy • Juno Temple • Vanessa Redgrave • Joe Wright • Eric Fellner • Brenda Blethyn • Betty White • Tim Bevan • Christopher Hampton • Paul Webster

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

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 • Rider Strong • Damian Alcazar • Brian Presley • Martha Higareda • Jose Maria Yazpik • Jake Muxworthy • Roberto Sosa • Zev Berman • Steve Whitney • Lauren Moews • Elisa Salinas • Susan Jackson • Jeff Rice • Deborah Davis • 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 Ian McShane • Gregory Smith • Amelia Warner • David L. Cunningham • Marc Platt • Christopher Eccleston • Emma Lockhart • Frances Conroy • Gary Entin • Edmund Entin • Jonathan Jackson • John Benjamin Hickey • Ron Schmidt • John Hodge

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

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

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 • Mem Ferda • Ray Liotta • Marty Katz • Andre Benjamin • Vincent Pastore • Paul Todisco

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

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

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 Joaquin Phoenix • Reese Witherspoon • Ginnifer Goodwin • Lucas Till • Robert Patrick • Shelby Lynne • James Mangold • Johnathan Rice • James Keach • Cathy Konrad • Dallas Roberts • Tyler Hilton • Dan Beene • Larry Bagby • Ridge Canipe • Hailey Anne Nelson • Brittany Shaw • Shooter Jennings • Waylon Payne • Katie Lindsey • 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 Kristen Wiig • Jenna Fischer • Judd Apatow • Lewis Morton • John C. Reilly • Raymond J. Barry • Jake Kasdan • Tim Meadows

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

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

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

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

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.