On June 14th Warner Brothers will release Invictus:
Starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, Invictus is a film that brings the raw emotion of sport – as well as its unique potential to heal social division - vividly to the silver screen, just in time for World Cup fever this June.
Invictus tells the inspirational true story of a newly elected President, Nelson Mandela, trying to rally his divided post-Apartheid nation around an underdog sports team. With the world’s eyes on his nation at the 1995 World Cup, he attempts to bring his racially and economically divided people together by joining forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar.
Together, the new allies forge ahead and take the rugby tournament by storm leading the national team right up to the final. What happens next is the stuff of legend…"
Specs:
Digital copy
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
Starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, Invictus is a film that brings the raw emotion of sport – as well as its unique potential to heal social division - vividly to the silver screen, just in time for World Cup fever this June.
Invictus tells the inspirational true story of a newly elected President, Nelson Mandela, trying to rally his divided post-Apartheid nation around an underdog sports team. With the world’s eyes on his nation at the 1995 World Cup, he attempts to bring his racially and economically divided people together by joining forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team, Francois Pienaar.
Together, the new allies forge ahead and take the rugby tournament by storm leading the national team right up to the final. What happens next is the stuff of legend…"
Specs:
Digital copy
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On August 9th Warner Home Video will release The Blind Side:
"Starring Sandra Bullock (The Proposal, Miss Congeniality, Speed), whose tour de force performance earned her an Academy Award for this role, The Blind Side tells the inspirational true life account of American football star Michael Oher, played by newcomer Quinton Aaron.
Oher’s journey from a difficult and poverty-stricken family background to becoming one of America’s greatest sporting stars makes for a compelling and touching tale. At the start of the film, Michael is a teenager surviving on his own and virtually homeless when he is spotted on the street by Leigh Anne Tuohy (Bullock) soaked to the bone and wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the middle of winter.
Learning that the young man is one of her daughter's classmates, Leigh Anne invites him to stay at the Tuohy home for the night. What starts out as a gesture of kindness turns into something more as Michael becomes a fully fledged part of the Tuohy family despite the apparent differences in their backgrounds. As the family helps Michael fulfill his potential both on and off the football field, he leads them to some insightful self-discoveries."
Specs:
Deleted scenes
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: DolbyDigital 5.1
"Starring Sandra Bullock (The Proposal, Miss Congeniality, Speed), whose tour de force performance earned her an Academy Award for this role, The Blind Side tells the inspirational true life account of American football star Michael Oher, played by newcomer Quinton Aaron.
Oher’s journey from a difficult and poverty-stricken family background to becoming one of America’s greatest sporting stars makes for a compelling and touching tale. At the start of the film, Michael is a teenager surviving on his own and virtually homeless when he is spotted on the street by Leigh Anne Tuohy (Bullock) soaked to the bone and wearing shorts and a t-shirt in the middle of winter.
Learning that the young man is one of her daughter's classmates, Leigh Anne invites him to stay at the Tuohy home for the night. What starts out as a gesture of kindness turns into something more as Michael becomes a fully fledged part of the Tuohy family despite the apparent differences in their backgrounds. As the family helps Michael fulfill his potential both on and off the football field, he leads them to some insightful self-discoveries."
Specs:
Deleted scenes
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: DolbyDigital 5.1
On July 19th Momentum Pictures will release The Crazies:
"Welcome to Ogden Marsh, Iowa, the friendliest place on earth. A picture perfect town where your neighbours are your friends and your friends are your neighbours…..Until they want to kill you.
A mysterious toxin in the water supply turns everyone exposed to it into mindless killers and the authorities leave the uninfected to their certain doom in this terrifying reinvention of the George A. Romero horror classic. Sheriff David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) and his pregnant wife Judy (Mitchell), find themselves trapped in a once-idyllic town they can no longer recognize. On the run from infected neighbours, loved ones and friends, targeted by the ruthless military and terrified of getting sick, they are forced to band together with other survivors in a desperate struggle for survival."
Extras:
Audio commentary by director Breck Eisner
Behind the scenes featurette with director Breck Eisner
'Paranormal Pandemics'
'The George A Romero Template'
'Make-up Mastermind – Rob Hall in action'
'Visual effects in motion'
Behind the scenes photo gallery
Storyboards
"Welcome to Ogden Marsh, Iowa, the friendliest place on earth. A picture perfect town where your neighbours are your friends and your friends are your neighbours…..Until they want to kill you.
A mysterious toxin in the water supply turns everyone exposed to it into mindless killers and the authorities leave the uninfected to their certain doom in this terrifying reinvention of the George A. Romero horror classic. Sheriff David Dutton (Timothy Olyphant) and his pregnant wife Judy (Mitchell), find themselves trapped in a once-idyllic town they can no longer recognize. On the run from infected neighbours, loved ones and friends, targeted by the ruthless military and terrified of getting sick, they are forced to band together with other survivors in a desperate struggle for survival."
Extras:
Audio commentary by director Breck Eisner
Behind the scenes featurette with director Breck Eisner
'Paranormal Pandemics'
'The George A Romero Template'
'Make-up Mastermind – Rob Hall in action'
'Visual effects in motion'
Behind the scenes photo gallery
Storyboards
On July 5th Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment wil release Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief:
"Directed by legendary fantasy director Chris Columbus Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief stars teen heartthrob Logan Lehrman as Percy, a high school student whose life is turned upside-down when he discovers he’s the son of the Greek god Poseidon (Kevin McKidd). With his mother missing and facing accusations of stealing Zeus’ (Sean Bean) lightning bolt, Percy must embark on a cross-country quest to find the real lightning thief and avert a mythological war.
Joined on his adventure by fellow demi-god and daughter of Athena, Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) and a satyr named Grover (Brandon T. Jackson), Percy’s journey brings him face-to-face with furys, centaurs, minotaurs and all-manner of other mythical creatures. Tasked with finding the bolt before the summer solstice, Percy must first battle with Medusa (Uma Thurman), outsmart the seductive Lotus Eaters and escape Hades (Steve Coogan). But will Percy be able find Zeus’s bolt, return it to Olympus in time and avert a godly war?
Based on the best-selling books by Rick Riordan, this fast-paced adventure features an all-star cast that includes; Pierce Brosnan, Rosario Dawson and Jake Abel.
Specs:
Digital copy
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: DolbyDigital 5.1
"Directed by legendary fantasy director Chris Columbus Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief stars teen heartthrob Logan Lehrman as Percy, a high school student whose life is turned upside-down when he discovers he’s the son of the Greek god Poseidon (Kevin McKidd). With his mother missing and facing accusations of stealing Zeus’ (Sean Bean) lightning bolt, Percy must embark on a cross-country quest to find the real lightning thief and avert a mythological war.
Joined on his adventure by fellow demi-god and daughter of Athena, Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario) and a satyr named Grover (Brandon T. Jackson), Percy’s journey brings him face-to-face with furys, centaurs, minotaurs and all-manner of other mythical creatures. Tasked with finding the bolt before the summer solstice, Percy must first battle with Medusa (Uma Thurman), outsmart the seductive Lotus Eaters and escape Hades (Steve Coogan). But will Percy be able find Zeus’s bolt, return it to Olympus in time and avert a godly war?
Based on the best-selling books by Rick Riordan, this fast-paced adventure features an all-star cast that includes; Pierce Brosnan, Rosario Dawson and Jake Abel.
Specs:
Digital copy
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: DolbyDigital 5.1
On June 22nd Universal will release Green Zone:
"Academy Award nominees Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass reteam in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region."
Spec:
No extras
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"Academy Award nominees Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass reteam in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region."
Spec:
No extras
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On June 14th Icon will release Edge Of Darkness:
Directed by Martin Campbell and co-written by William Monahan, EDGE OF DARKNESS sees Thomas Craven (Gibson), a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and single father, embark on a psychological and challenging mission to find his daughter’s killer.
When Craven’s only child, twenty-four year old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. He soon suspects otherwise. His investigation leads him into a dangerous world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion, intrigue and murder. Along with CIA operative Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone), who has been sent in to clean up the evidence, their solitary search for answers about Craven’s daughter’s death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption."
Specs:
Audio commentary with director Martin Campbell
'Mel’s Back'
'Revisiting the Edge of Darkness mini-series'
'Adapting the Edge of Darkness mini-series'
'Edge of Your Seat'
'Making a Ghost Character Real'
'Craven’s War of Attrition'
'Director’s Profile'
'Scoring the Film'
'Boston as a Character'
Deleted scenes
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
Directed by Martin Campbell and co-written by William Monahan, EDGE OF DARKNESS sees Thomas Craven (Gibson), a veteran homicide detective for the Boston Police Department and single father, embark on a psychological and challenging mission to find his daughter’s killer.
When Craven’s only child, twenty-four year old Emma (Bojana Novakovic), is murdered on the steps of his home, everyone assumes that he was the target. He soon suspects otherwise. His investigation leads him into a dangerous world of corporate cover-ups, government collusion, intrigue and murder. Along with CIA operative Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone), who has been sent in to clean up the evidence, their solitary search for answers about Craven’s daughter’s death transforms into an odyssey of emotional discovery and redemption."
Specs:
Audio commentary with director Martin Campbell
'Mel’s Back'
'Revisiting the Edge of Darkness mini-series'
'Adapting the Edge of Darkness mini-series'
'Edge of Your Seat'
'Making a Ghost Character Real'
'Craven’s War of Attrition'
'Director’s Profile'
'Scoring the Film'
'Boston as a Character'
Deleted scenes
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On June 14th Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release Crazy Heart:
"Bad Blake (Bridges) is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road, and one too many drinks way too many times. However, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart."
Specs:
No extras
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"Bad Blake (Bridges) is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who's had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road, and one too many drinks way too many times. However, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart."
Specs:
No extras
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On July 1st Universal will release Wolfman Unrated:
"Academy Award winners Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Toro tear up the screen in this action-packed thriller. Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) is lured back to his family estate to investigate the savage murder of his brother by a bloodthirsty beast. There, Talbot must confront his childhood demons, his estranged father (Hopkins), his brother’s grieving fiancée and a suspicious Scotland Yard Inspector (Hugo Weaving). When Talbot is bitten by the creature, he becomes eternally cursed and soon discovers a fate far worse than death. Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins."
Specs:
Deleted scenes
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"Academy Award winners Anthony Hopkins and Benicio Del Toro tear up the screen in this action-packed thriller. Lawrence Talbot (Del Toro) is lured back to his family estate to investigate the savage murder of his brother by a bloodthirsty beast. There, Talbot must confront his childhood demons, his estranged father (Hopkins), his brother’s grieving fiancée and a suspicious Scotland Yard Inspector (Hugo Weaving). When Talbot is bitten by the creature, he becomes eternally cursed and soon discovers a fate far worse than death. Inspired by the classic Universal film that launched a legacy of horror, The Wolfman brings the myth of a cursed man back to its iconic origins."
Specs:
Deleted scenes
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On May 17th Icon Home Entertainment will release The Road:
"Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen, leads an all star cast including Guy Pearce and Academy Award winners Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron. THE ROAD also platforms a fantastic debut performance from startling young newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee, who secured his part over hundreds due to an exceptional audition and his strong resemblance to Theron, who plays his on-screen mother. Kodi will soon feature in the upcoming re-make of Let The Right One In: Let Me In.
THE ROAD is a thrilling and moving, post apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father (Mortensen) and his young son (Smit-McPhee) as they journey across a barren America that was destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. A masterpiece adventure, THE ROAD boldly imagines a future in which men are pushed to the worst and the best that they are capable of – a future in which a father and his son are sustained by love. Through outstanding direction from John Hillcoat, THE ROAD enthrals as it tenderly explores real themes of survival, human nature and love, raising questions of morality and trust along the way."
Specs:
'The Making of Documentary'
Audio commentary with director John Hillcoat
'Walking into Darkness: John Hillcoat’s The Road'
'The Road: A comedy'
'The Road: A Gallery'
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"Academy Award nominee Viggo Mortensen, leads an all star cast including Guy Pearce and Academy Award winners Robert Duvall and Charlize Theron. THE ROAD also platforms a fantastic debut performance from startling young newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee, who secured his part over hundreds due to an exceptional audition and his strong resemblance to Theron, who plays his on-screen mother. Kodi will soon feature in the upcoming re-make of Let The Right One In: Let Me In.
THE ROAD is a thrilling and moving, post apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father (Mortensen) and his young son (Smit-McPhee) as they journey across a barren America that was destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. A masterpiece adventure, THE ROAD boldly imagines a future in which men are pushed to the worst and the best that they are capable of – a future in which a father and his son are sustained by love. Through outstanding direction from John Hillcoat, THE ROAD enthrals as it tenderly explores real themes of survival, human nature and love, raising questions of morality and trust along the way."
Specs:
'The Making of Documentary'
Audio commentary with director John Hillcoat
'Walking into Darkness: John Hillcoat’s The Road'
'The Road: A comedy'
'The Road: A Gallery'
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On April 26th Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release Avatar:
"Since its global theatrical release last December, AVATAR continues to make motion picture history. The Golden Globe and Oscar winning epic is the highest grossing film of all time, taking in over $2.6 billion in worldwide box office, with £89.4 million from the UK box office to date. Director James Cameron takes audiences to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization.
Written by Cameron and produced with his long-time collaborator Jon Landau, AVATAR stars Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver; as well as Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi and Joel David Moore."
Specs:
THX
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"Since its global theatrical release last December, AVATAR continues to make motion picture history. The Golden Globe and Oscar winning epic is the highest grossing film of all time, taking in over $2.6 billion in worldwide box office, with £89.4 million from the UK box office to date. Director James Cameron takes audiences to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a reluctant hero embarks on a journey of redemption and discovery as he leads a heroic battle to save a civilization.
Written by Cameron and produced with his long-time collaborator Jon Landau, AVATAR stars Sam Worthington, Zoë Saldana, and Sigourney Weaver; as well as Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Giovanni Ribisi and Joel David Moore."
Specs:
THX
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On March 29th Universal will release The Informant!:
"Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in US history, THE INFORMANT! is a slick and intelligent comedy about the good guy taking on the boardroom bullies. Steven Soderburgh directs a Scott Burns script with a stellar cast including Scott Bakula, Eddie Jemison and Melanie Lynskey delivering outstanding performances in this comedy satire.
What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at anti-industry giant ADM, Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and landing a huge promotion. But before all that can happen the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent and branding himself ‘0014’ – twice as smart as James Bond. Ironic when it soon becomes clear that Whitacre is uncovering a different version of the truth."
Specs:
Deleted scenes
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"Based on the true story of the highest-ranking corporate whistleblower in US history, THE INFORMANT! is a slick and intelligent comedy about the good guy taking on the boardroom bullies. Steven Soderburgh directs a Scott Burns script with a stellar cast including Scott Bakula, Eddie Jemison and Melanie Lynskey delivering outstanding performances in this comedy satire.
What was Mark Whitacre thinking? A rising star at anti-industry giant ADM, Whitacre suddenly turns whistleblower. Even as he exposes his company’s multi-national price-fixing conspiracy to the FBI, Whitacre envisions himself being hailed as a hero of the common man and landing a huge promotion. But before all that can happen the FBI needs evidence, so Whitacre eagerly agrees to wear a wire and carry a hidden tape recorder in his briefcase, imagining himself as a kind of de facto secret agent and branding himself ‘0014’ – twice as smart as James Bond. Ironic when it soon becomes clear that Whitacre is uncovering a different version of the truth."
Specs:
Deleted scenes
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On May 17th HBO Home Entertainment will release will release True Blood: The Complete Second Season:
"Season Two takes no prisoners as we come back to Bon Temps, home of mystery, Southern sensuality and dark secrets. For Sookie Stackhouse, life is more dangerous than ever after she and Bill become more deeply involved. Meanwhile, Tara finds herself under a lover’s spell; Sam puts his trust in an unlikely ally; Jason becomes involved with an anti-vampire sect; Eric becomes interested in Sookie after he recruits her to investigate the disappearance of his 2000-year-old maker and Maryann is revealed to possess a power that can control almost everyone in town. After making a shocking discovery, Sookie, Bill and Sam must form the last line of defence against a diabolical plan that raises this award-winning series to bloody new heights.
Clothes fall to the floor almost as often as blood spatters the walls in the show that blends supernatural horror, sex, and mystery with just a little bit of social commentary thrown in for good measure."
Specs:
Extras TBC
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"Season Two takes no prisoners as we come back to Bon Temps, home of mystery, Southern sensuality and dark secrets. For Sookie Stackhouse, life is more dangerous than ever after she and Bill become more deeply involved. Meanwhile, Tara finds herself under a lover’s spell; Sam puts his trust in an unlikely ally; Jason becomes involved with an anti-vampire sect; Eric becomes interested in Sookie after he recruits her to investigate the disappearance of his 2000-year-old maker and Maryann is revealed to possess a power that can control almost everyone in town. After making a shocking discovery, Sookie, Bill and Sam must form the last line of defence against a diabolical plan that raises this award-winning series to bloody new heights.
Clothes fall to the floor almost as often as blood spatters the walls in the show that blends supernatural horror, sex, and mystery with just a little bit of social commentary thrown in for good measure."
Specs:
Extras TBC
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On April 27th Universal will release It's Complicated:
"Two-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin star in this hilarious look at marriage, divorce and everything in between. Jane (Streep) has three grown kids, a thriving Santa Barbara bakery and is on surprisingly amicable terms with her ex-husband Jake (Baldwin). Finally, a decade after her divorce, life’s options seem endless—until a few bottles of wine with Jake turns their cordial relationship into an impulsive affair. Caught in the middle of their rekindled romance is Jake’s young wife and Adam (Martin), a recently divorced architect who’s fallen hard for Jane. Could love be sweeter the second time around? It’s… complicated!"
Specs:
'The Making of It’s Complicated'
Audio commentary with writer, director and producer Nancy Meyers, executive producer Suzanne McNeill Farwell, director of photography John Toll and editor Joseph Hutshing
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"Two-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin star in this hilarious look at marriage, divorce and everything in between. Jane (Streep) has three grown kids, a thriving Santa Barbara bakery and is on surprisingly amicable terms with her ex-husband Jake (Baldwin). Finally, a decade after her divorce, life’s options seem endless—until a few bottles of wine with Jake turns their cordial relationship into an impulsive affair. Caught in the middle of their rekindled romance is Jake’s young wife and Adam (Martin), a recently divorced architect who’s fallen hard for Jane. Could love be sweeter the second time around? It’s… complicated!"
Specs:
'The Making of It’s Complicated'
Audio commentary with writer, director and producer Nancy Meyers, executive producer Suzanne McNeill Farwell, director of photography John Toll and editor Joseph Hutshing
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On March 15th HBO Home Entertainment will release Eastbound & Down: The Complete First Season:
"A spectacular all-star cast including Danny McBride, Andrew Daly, John Hawkes, Katy Mixon and Ben Best, make EASTBOUND & DOWN a winner and an absolute must-own DVD.
The season kicks off with an introduction to Kenny Powers (McBride), the guy who had it all at just 19, the best pitcher in Major League Baseball, fans screaming his name and sponsorship deals to make David Beckham turn green with envy. But two things got in the way: his fading fastball and his insufferable personality. After a spectacular career flame-out, Kenny goes home to Shelby County, NC and lands a job as a substitute gym teacher, where his high school sweetheart April Buchanon (Mixon), provides a welcome distraction to his eclipsed star status.
Whilst crashing at his brother’s place, Kenny spends every waking moment since his fall cashing in the last of his dying fame plotting his inevitable comeback... one beer at a time. Follow the hilarious trials of the mullet topped Powers, as he attempts to climb back up to the top of the league tables with the aid of his own hilarious self-help tapes. EASTBOUND & DOWN was shot entirely on location in North Carolina and also includes guest appearances by Will Ferrell as a local car dealer with marvellous hair!"
Specs:
'Making of Eastbound & Down'
Audio commentaries
Deleted scenes
Bloopers
'Kenny Powers: Greatest Hits'
Will Ferrell fake car commercials
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"A spectacular all-star cast including Danny McBride, Andrew Daly, John Hawkes, Katy Mixon and Ben Best, make EASTBOUND & DOWN a winner and an absolute must-own DVD.
The season kicks off with an introduction to Kenny Powers (McBride), the guy who had it all at just 19, the best pitcher in Major League Baseball, fans screaming his name and sponsorship deals to make David Beckham turn green with envy. But two things got in the way: his fading fastball and his insufferable personality. After a spectacular career flame-out, Kenny goes home to Shelby County, NC and lands a job as a substitute gym teacher, where his high school sweetheart April Buchanon (Mixon), provides a welcome distraction to his eclipsed star status.
Whilst crashing at his brother’s place, Kenny spends every waking moment since his fall cashing in the last of his dying fame plotting his inevitable comeback... one beer at a time. Follow the hilarious trials of the mullet topped Powers, as he attempts to climb back up to the top of the league tables with the aid of his own hilarious self-help tapes. EASTBOUND & DOWN was shot entirely on location in North Carolina and also includes guest appearances by Will Ferrell as a local car dealer with marvellous hair!"
Specs:
'Making of Eastbound & Down'
Audio commentaries
Deleted scenes
Bloopers
'Kenny Powers: Greatest Hits'
Will Ferrell fake car commercials
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On March 15th Universal will release the Coen Brother's A Serious Man:
"A Serious Man, set in 1967 Midwest America tells the story of an ordinary man and physics professor Larry Gopnik in search of answers, as his life is turned upside down by a series of unexpected events. Following the sudden announcement from his wife that she is leaving him for his smooth talking associate Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), life as Larry knows it quickly begins to unravel.
Larry’s unemployed brother is fast becoming a burden and pressures at work are escalating. Meanwhile his dangerously beautiful neighbour torments him by sunbathing nude and he finds little solace in his kids. Consulting three different rabbis, Larry embarks on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior and mortality in a desperate search for answers."
Specs:
'Becoming Serious'
'Creating 1967'
'Hebrew and Yiddish for Goys'
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"A Serious Man, set in 1967 Midwest America tells the story of an ordinary man and physics professor Larry Gopnik in search of answers, as his life is turned upside down by a series of unexpected events. Following the sudden announcement from his wife that she is leaving him for his smooth talking associate Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), life as Larry knows it quickly begins to unravel.
Larry’s unemployed brother is fast becoming a burden and pressures at work are escalating. Meanwhile his dangerously beautiful neighbour torments him by sunbathing nude and he finds little solace in his kids. Consulting three different rabbis, Larry embarks on a twisted journey of faith, family, delinquent behavior and mortality in a desperate search for answers."
Specs:
'Becoming Serious'
'Creating 1967'
'Hebrew and Yiddish for Goys'
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On March 29th Entertainment In Video will release Planet 51:
"When Chuck the astronaut (Dwayne Johnson) lands on a distant planet filled with little green people, he is surprised to discover that we are not alone in the galaxy. But he gets the shock of his life when the residents of Planet 51 mistakenly believe that his presence is the start of an alien invasion of the human kind! Luckily, Lem (Justin Long) quickly realizes that Chuck is friendly and makes it his personal mission to help him return safely to his ship."
Specs:
TBC
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"When Chuck the astronaut (Dwayne Johnson) lands on a distant planet filled with little green people, he is surprised to discover that we are not alone in the galaxy. But he gets the shock of his life when the residents of Planet 51 mistakenly believe that his presence is the start of an alien invasion of the human kind! Luckily, Lem (Justin Long) quickly realizes that Chuck is friendly and makes it his personal mission to help him return safely to his ship."
Specs:
TBC
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On April 12th Momentum Pictures will release Law Abiding Citizen:
"From director F. Gary Gray and writer Kurt Wimmer, this tense, brutal and thought-provoking thriller has shades of The Usual Suspects and Se7en. Also starring are Colm Meany, Bruce McGill, Leslie Bibb and Michael Irby.
HOW DO YOU STOP A KILLER WHO IS ALREADY BEHIND BARS? Clyde Shelton (Butler) is a family man whose wife and daughter were brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Foxx) a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor is assigned to the case. Against his will, Rice is forced to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice.
Fast forward ten years…The man who got away with murder is found dead and Shelton coolly admits his guilt. He then issues a warning to Rice: either fix the justice system, or key players in the trial will die. Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating a string of ingenious assassinations from his jail cell. Now Rice finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who always seems to be one step ahead."
Specs:
'Law in Black And White – Behind The Scenes'
'The Justice of LAW ABIDING CITIZEN'
'Preliminary Arguments – Visual Effects Progressions'
Trailer Mash-Up and Trailer
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"From director F. Gary Gray and writer Kurt Wimmer, this tense, brutal and thought-provoking thriller has shades of The Usual Suspects and Se7en. Also starring are Colm Meany, Bruce McGill, Leslie Bibb and Michael Irby.
HOW DO YOU STOP A KILLER WHO IS ALREADY BEHIND BARS? Clyde Shelton (Butler) is a family man whose wife and daughter were brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Foxx) a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor is assigned to the case. Against his will, Rice is forced to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice.
Fast forward ten years…The man who got away with murder is found dead and Shelton coolly admits his guilt. He then issues a warning to Rice: either fix the justice system, or key players in the trial will die. Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating a string of ingenious assassinations from his jail cell. Now Rice finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who always seems to be one step ahead."
Specs:
'Law in Black And White – Behind The Scenes'
'The Justice of LAW ABIDING CITIZEN'
'Preliminary Arguments – Visual Effects Progressions'
Trailer Mash-Up and Trailer
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On March 29th Lionsgate will release The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus:
"One of the most imaginative releases of recent years, this film marks the last appearance of Heath Ledger and was directed by veteran visionary Terry Gilliam. Sumptuous and colourful, this complex movie has an A-list cast – also starring Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Lily Cole, Verne Troyer, Tom Waits and Christopher Plummer as Dr Parnassus.
The immortal Dr Parnassus (Plummer) holds the key to the Imaginarium, a wonderful place hidden in a ‘pop up’ travelling theatre, where people can explore the very depths of their imagination. But the Doctor has more hidden depths than his friends in the theatre troupe are aware of and his immortality has come at a price – the soul of his daughter Valentina (Cole). Unless Parnassus (Plummer) and Tony, the mysterious amnesiac whom he befriends (portrayed by Ledger plus Depp, Farrell and Law) can coax a few more souls to lose themselves in the Imaginarium, Valentina will become the prize in a deal that Parnassus has made with the Devil himself, Mr Nick. (Tom Waits)."
Specs:
Director's audio commentary
Director's introduction
Deleted scene with optional commentary
Heath Ledger wardrobe test with optional commentary
'Behind The Mirror'
'Building The Temple'
Visual FX feature with optional commentary
UK Premiere
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"One of the most imaginative releases of recent years, this film marks the last appearance of Heath Ledger and was directed by veteran visionary Terry Gilliam. Sumptuous and colourful, this complex movie has an A-list cast – also starring Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Colin Farrell, Lily Cole, Verne Troyer, Tom Waits and Christopher Plummer as Dr Parnassus.
The immortal Dr Parnassus (Plummer) holds the key to the Imaginarium, a wonderful place hidden in a ‘pop up’ travelling theatre, where people can explore the very depths of their imagination. But the Doctor has more hidden depths than his friends in the theatre troupe are aware of and his immortality has come at a price – the soul of his daughter Valentina (Cole). Unless Parnassus (Plummer) and Tony, the mysterious amnesiac whom he befriends (portrayed by Ledger plus Depp, Farrell and Law) can coax a few more souls to lose themselves in the Imaginarium, Valentina will become the prize in a deal that Parnassus has made with the Devil himself, Mr Nick. (Tom Waits)."
Specs:
Director's audio commentary
Director's introduction
Deleted scene with optional commentary
Heath Ledger wardrobe test with optional commentary
'Behind The Mirror'
'Building The Temple'
Visual FX feature with optional commentary
UK Premiere
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On March 15th Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Zombieland:
"Nerdy college student Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has survived the plague that has turned mankind into flesh-devouring zombies because he’s scared of just about everything. Gun-toting, Twinkie-loving Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) has no fears. Together, they are about to stare down their most horrifying challenge yet: each other’s company. Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin co-star in this double-hitting, head-smashing comedy."
Specs:
Deleted scenes
Audio commentary with Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, director Ruben Fleischer, writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
'In Search of Zombieland'
'Zombieland is Your Land'
'Visual Effects Progression Scenes'
Trailers
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"Nerdy college student Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has survived the plague that has turned mankind into flesh-devouring zombies because he’s scared of just about everything. Gun-toting, Twinkie-loving Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) has no fears. Together, they are about to stare down their most horrifying challenge yet: each other’s company. Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin co-star in this double-hitting, head-smashing comedy."
Specs:
Deleted scenes
Audio commentary with Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, director Ruben Fleischer, writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
'In Search of Zombieland'
'Zombieland is Your Land'
'Visual Effects Progression Scenes'
Trailers
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
On March 1st 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment will release Fantastic Mr Fox:
"FANTASTIC MR. FOX is visionary director Wes Anderson's first animated film, utilizing classic handmade stop motion techniques to tell the story of the best selling children's book by Roald Dahl. The film features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, Jarvis Cocker."
Specs:
'From Script to Screen'
'Still Life'
'A Beginner's Guide to Whack-Bat'
Theatrical trailer
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
"FANTASTIC MR. FOX is visionary director Wes Anderson's first animated film, utilizing classic handmade stop motion techniques to tell the story of the best selling children's book by Roald Dahl. The film features the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Wally Wolodarsky, Eric Anderson, Michael Gambon, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, Jarvis Cocker."
Specs:
'From Script to Screen'
'Still Life'
'A Beginner's Guide to Whack-Bat'
Theatrical trailer
Optics: Anamorphic widescreen
Sonics: Dolby Digital 5.1
