DVD & Blu-rays Released May 5, 2009

Released Tuesday, May 5th

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Poster

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The Curious Case of Benjamin...

"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, "Benjamin Button," is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

Taraji P. Henson, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Kathleen Kennedy, Eric Roth, Jason Flemyng, Madisen Beaty, David Fincher

PG-13 Drama Fantasy

71% on Rotten Tomatoes

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4.5 / 5

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89%

3.9 / 5

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Twilight

Twilight" is an action-packed, modern day love story between a vampire and a human. Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little town of Forks, Washington, she doesn't expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she's ever met. Intelligent and witty, he sees straight into her soul. Soon, Bella and Edward are swept up in a passionate and decidedly unorthodox romance. Edward can run faster than a mountain lion, he can stop a moving car with his bare hands – and he hasn't aged since 1918. Like all vampires, he's immortal. But he doesn't have fangs, and he doesn't drink human blood; Edward and his family are unique among vampires in their lifestyle choice. To Edward, Bella is that thing he has waited 90 years for – a soul mate. But the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward and Bella do when James (Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre), the Cullens' mortal vampire enemies, come to town, looking for her?

Anna Kendrick, Ashley Greene, Robert Pattinson, Jackson Rathbone, Catherine Hardwicke, Greg Mooridian, Bill Burke, Edi Gathegi

PG-13 Action Adventure 2 hrs, 0 mins

49% on Rotten Tomatoes

89% WILL SEE

3.9 / 5

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How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Poster

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3 / 5

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How to Lose Friends and Alie...

In this hilariously funny fish-out-of-water tale, "How to Lose Friends and Alienate People" tracks the outrageous escapades of Sidney Young (Simon Pegg), a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist who is hired by an upscale magazine in New York City. In spectacular fashion Sidney enters high society and burns bridges with bosses, peers and superstars.

After disrupting one black-tie event by allowing a wild pig to run rampant, Sidney catches the attention of Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), editor of Sharp, and accepts a job with the magazine in New York City. Clayton warns Sidney that he'd better impress and charm everyone he can, if he wants to succeed. Instead, Sidney instantly insults and annoys fellow writer Alison Olsen (Kirsten Dunst). He dares to target the star clients of power publicist Eleanor Johnson (Gillian Anderson). He upsets his direct boss Lawrence Maddox (Danny Huston) and tries to make amends by hiring a stripper to dance for Lawrence during a staff meeting. Sidney, of course, doesn't stop there, finding creative ways to annoy nearly everyone. His saving graces: a rising, sexy starlet (Megan Fox) develops an odd affection for him, and in time, Alison whose friendship with him might be the only thing saving Sidney from torpedoing his career.

Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges, Robert B. Weide, Peter Straughan, Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Gillian Anderson, Toby Young

R Comedy

36% on Rotten Tomatoes

63% WILL SEE

3 / 5

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83%

4 / 5

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Last Chance Harvey

Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson reunite in "Last Chance Harvey", a hopeful romance that celebrates new beginnings—at any age. The film is directed and written by Joel Hopkins.

New Yorker Harvey Shine (Dustin Hoffman) is on the verge of losing his dead-end job as a jingle writer. Warned by his boss (Richard Schiff) that he has just one more chance to deliver, Harvey goes to London for a weekend to attend his daughter’s (Liane Balaban) wedding but promises to be back on Monday morning to make an important meeting—or else. Harvey arrives in London only to learn his daughter has chosen to have her stepfather (James Brolin) walk her down the aisle instead of him. Doing his best to hide his devastation, he leaves the wedding before the reception in hopes of getting to the airport on time, but misses his plane anyway. When he calls his boss to explain, he is fired on the spot. Drowning his sorrows at the airport bar, Harvey strikes up a conversation with Kate (Emma Thompson), a slightly prickly, 40-something employee of the Office of National Statistics. Kate, whose life is limited to work, the occasional humiliating blind date and endless phone calls from her smothering mother (Eileen Atkins), is touched by Harvey, who finds himself energized by her intelligence and compassion.

The growing connection between the pair inspires both as they unexpectedly transform one another’s lives.

Eileen Atkins, Richard Schiff, Tim Perell, Nicola Usborne, Joel Hopkins, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Kathy Baker

PG-13 Drama Romance 1 hr, 39 mins

71% on Rotten Tomatoes

83% WILL SEE

4 / 5

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60%

Incendiary

An adulterous woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.

Matthew Macfadyen, Sharon Maguire, Anand Tucker, Adrienne Maguire, Andy Paterson, Michelle Williams, Ewan McGregor, Sidney Johnston

Drama Romance

60% WILL SEE

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20%

5 / 5

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Wendy and Lucy

Wendy Carroll (Michelle Williams) is driving to Ketchikan, Alaska, in hopes of a summer of lucrative work at the Northwestern Fish cannery, and the start of a new life with her dog, Lucy. When her car breaks down in Oregon, however, the thin fabric of her financial situation comes apart, and she confronts a series of increasingly dire economic decisions, with far-ranging repercussions for herself and Lucy.

Will Patton, Larry Fessenden, Kelly Reichardt, Jon Raymond, Michelle Williams, Will Oldham, John Robinson

R Drama

85% on Rotten Tomatoes

20% WILL SEE