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May 2009 

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DVD Releases

Big movies coming to the small screen


By Marni Weisz

May 5


THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (pictured above)

Stars: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett

Director: David Fincher (Fight Club)

Story: The beautifully told, albeit glacially paced, tale of Benjamin Button (Pitt) who is born a wrinkly monster, lives out his childhood as a bent-over senior, grows into a strong middle-aged man, then a youthful old man, before ending his life as a baby. Blanchett is Daisy, Button’s lover who must deal with his increasing vigor as she grows old.

 

LAST CHANCE HARVEY

Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson

Director: Joel Hopkins (Jump Tomorrow)

Story: Call it Before Sunrise for the nearly senior set. Hoffman plays Harvey, an American jingle writer in London for his daughter’s wedding, who gets the bad  news that his little girl would rather have her stepfather walk her down the aisle. Drowning his sorrows at a pub he meets Kate (Thompson), who has been stood up. They bond, and spend the day walking around London, talking and getting to know one another.

DVD Extras: “An Unconventional Love Story: The Making of Last Chance Harvey”


WENDY AND LUCY

Stars: Michelle Williams, Will Patton

Director: Kelly Reichardt (Old Joy)

Story: On her way to Alaska to, perhaps, get a job at a cannery, Wendy (Williams) runs into trouble when her car breaks down and she becomes separated from her only friend in the world, her dog Lucy. This little-seen movie was chosen the best of the year by the Toronto Film Critics Association.

 

May 12


UNDERWORLD: RISE OF THE LYCANS

Stars: Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy

Director: Patrick Tatopoulos (debut)

Story: Respected British thespians Sheen (Frost/Nixon) and Nighy (Valkyrie) have a ball howling and snarling for the camera in this prequel to the other two Underworld movies. Sheen is young Lucian, leader of the werewolves, and Nighy is Viktor the Death Dealer (or vampire) in this film that traces the origins of the rival races’ blood feud.

DVD Extras: “Re-creating the Dark Ages, The Look of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans,” commentary


PASSENGERS

Stars: Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson

Director: Rodrigo García (Nine Lives)

Story: After a crash that kills all but nine of an airplane’s 100 passengers, the survivors are sent to see psychologist Claire Summers (Hathaway) and deal with their trauma. But when, one by one, those survivors stop coming to Claire’s sessions she starts to suspect foul play.

DVD Extras: deleted scenes, commentary, “Analysis of the Plane Crash”


May 19


MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D

Stars: Jensen Ackles, Jaime King

Director: Patrick Lussier (The Eye)

Story: First things first. Yes, the DVD is in 3D. Well, actually, it comes with both 2D and 3D versions, so you can decide just how far you want the blood to splatter. Now, the plot. Tom (Ackles) finally returns home 10 years after being partially responsible for a mine cave-in that took five lives and subsequently created a serial killer (don’t ask). Everyone thought that killer was dead, but as soon as Tom returns, the murders begin again.

DVD Extras: Special Edition DVD features “Deep Inside My Bloody Valentine,” “Sex, Blood and Screams,” four pairs of 3D glasses

 


Tom Cruise in Valkyrie

VALKYRIE

Stars: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh

Director: Bryan Singer (X-Men)

Story: The true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Cruise), a high-ranking German officer who, during World War II, was instrumental in a plot to kill Hitler. Unfortunately, we all know this one’s not going to have a happy ending.

DVD Extras: 2-disc Special Edition DVD features commentary, “The Valkyrie Legacy,” “The Journey to Valkyrie”

 

PAUL BLART: MALL COP

Stars: Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez

Director: Steve Carr (Are We Done Yet?)

Story: In the surprise hit of 2009, James plays Paul Blart, a wannabe police officer who has to settle for a gig as a mall security guard instead. On the one day the straight-laced Blart comes to work hung over (the result of a mix-up with a pitcher of margaritas) a band of crooks attacks the mall and Blart’s the only one who can stop them.

DVD Extras: deleted scenes, “Fun on Set,” “Stunts,” “The Mall”

 

May 26


OUTLANDER

Stars: James Caviezel, Sophia Myles

Director: Howard McCain (No Dessert, Dad, Till You Mow the Lawn)

Story: Caviezel plays a humanoid alien from another planet who crash lands on Earth during Viking times. To complicate matters, he brings along an unwelcome stowaway in the form of a monster called The Moorwen. Nova Scotia and Newfoundland provided the shooting locales for this leather-bound sci-fi/fantasy hybrid.

DVD Extras: deleted scenes, visual effects test, art galleries


NEW IN TOWN

Stars: Renée Zellweger, Harry Connick Jr.

Director: Jonas Elmer (Nynne)

Story: Director Jonas Elmer’s last feature, Nynne, has been called the Danish Bridget Jones, so it’s no surprise that he connected with this project starring our Bridg (Zellweger) as a big-city consultant who is transferred to small-town Minnesota to put its local food plant out of business. Will she do it, or will she fall in love with the plant’s union rep (Connick) instead?

 


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