DVD & Blu-rays Released February 10, 2009

Tuesday, February 10

113 mins

Donnie Darko R

In "Donnie Darko", a funny, moving and distinctly mind-bending journey through suburban America, one extraordinary but disenchanted teenager is about to take Time's Arrow for a ride. As Donnie begins to explore what it means to be alive and in love, he uncovers secrets of the universe that give him a tempting power to alter time and destiny. Donnie Darko is a genre-busting fable that blasts the American suburban drama into a wildly imaginative realm of time travel (Ferris Bueller meets Back to The Future), alternative universes and the manipulation of one's fate. But at the core of Donnie Darko is the simple story of a boy trying to make a stand in a lonely, chaotic world – and discovering that every little thing he does counts on a cosmic scale.
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Sean McKittrick, Richard Kelly, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Nancy Juvonen
Fantasy Horror Romance Sci-Fi Mystery

Nights in Rodanthe PG-13

Adrienne Willis (Diane Lane), a woman with her life in chaos, retreats to the tiny coastal town of Rodanthe, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. Here she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs to rethink the conflicts surrounding her—a wayward husband who has asked to come home, and a teenaged daughter who resents her every decision. Almost as soon as Adrienne gets to Rodanthe, a major storm is forecast and Dr. Paul Flanner (Richard Gere) arrives. The only guest at the inn, Flanner is not on a weekend escape but rather is there to face his own crisis of conscience. Now, with the storm closing in, the two turn to each other for comfort and, in one magical weekend, set in motion a life-changing romance that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.
Ann Peacock, Viola Davis, Dana Goldberg, Bruce Berman, Diane Lane, George Wolfe, Doug Claybourne, Alison Greenspan
Drama Romance

Soul Men R

Two former backup soul singers Louis (Samuel L. Jackson) and Floyd (Bernie Mac) travel cross country to perform at a tribute concert in honor of their famous former band leader. They haven't spoken to each other in 20 years but reluctantly agree to travel together for the tribute performance. Both Jackson and Mac will do their own musical and dance performing in the film.
David Friendly, Robert Ramsey, Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Sean Hayes, Malcolm D. Lee, Steven Greener
Comedy
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My Name is Bruce R

In "My Name is Bruce," Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster - a nine-foot-tall sword-wielding Chinese god of war - in a small town in Oregon. Mortified at first, Campbell decides to enjoy his stab at protecting the innocent until the situation turns decidedly gruesome. Confronted by a monster that’s not a guy in a rubber suit, and with the blood of innocents on his hands, Bruce must abandon his slothful Hollywood ways. In a climactic, mano-a-monster battle, he is forced to finally rise to the occasion and become a hero…in real life.
Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi, Ellen Sandweiss, Mark Verheiden, Grace Thorsen, Taylor Sharpe, Danny Hicks
Action Comedy Horror
113 mins

What Just Happened? R

Two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job. Ben is besieged by people who want him all to be sorts of things -- a money maker, an ego buster, a bad news breaker, an artistic champion, a loyal husband, an all-knowing father, not to mention sexy, youthful and tuned-in -- everything except for the one thing he and all the preposterously behaved people he's surrounded by really are: bumbling human beings just trying to survive by any means necessary.
Barry Levinson, Kristen Stewart, John Turturro, Todd Wagner, Robert De Niro, Art Linson, Catherine Keener, Robin Wright
Drama

Frozen River R

Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling when she meets a Mohawk girl who lives on a reservation that straddles the US-Canadian border. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin making runs across the frozen St. Lawrence River carrying illegal Chinese and Pakistani immigrants in the trunk of Ray's Dodge Spirit.
Heather Rae, Courtney Hunt, Chip Hourihan, Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Mark Boone Junior
Drama Crime
98 mins

Clerks II R

Ten years ago best friends Dante Hicks and Randal Graves were New Jersey mini-mall clerks still slacking off together in their early 20s. Now working in the fast-food universe, Dante and Randal have managed to maintain, and even hone, their in-your-face attitudes, agile skill with vulgarities and unbridled love of screwing the customers. But they're also faced with such shocking prospects as marriage, leaving Jersey and finding real careers. Dante and Randal invade the world of Mooby's fast food restaurant, where the slogan is "I'm Eating It." Behind the counter, where the only other employees are an uber-nerd and an entirely too sexy manager, Dante and Randal are free to offend anybody and everybody who so much as orders fries in their inimitably irreverent way. But, even as riotous debates rage between them over such burning matters as George Lucas v. Peter Jackson v. Jesus, change is on the horizon. When Dante announces that he's going to leave Jersey forever and marry Emma Bunting, Randal plots a going-away party so shocking it will draw the police, the fire department and potential protests from PETA, while altering their lives forever.
Kevin Smith, Scott Mosier, Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Jason Mewes, Rosario Dawson
Comedy Sequel

Doom R

Millions of devoted fans worldwide have been spellbound by the dark invention of its adventures . . . have awaited its every incarnation with urgent anticipation . . . and have devoted countless hours, days and weeks to conquering its hidden mysteries: Doom. When the home-computer game "Doom" was first launched in 1993, no one could have foreseen the legion of fans it would create and the mania surrounding its every new permutation. "Doom" and its successive installments have transfixed gamers worldwide for over a decade and have sold millions of copies (while chalking up an unprecedented tens of millions of downloads as shareware). It is, simply, the most explosive home-computer game franchise phenomenon in history. Now, the game that made history is jumping from computer screens to the motion picture screen: get ready for "Doom". Set countless years in the future and told in the hyper- kinetic, kamikaze style that made its gaming predecessor a global phenomenon, the science fiction action adventure "Doom" takes the viewer to the far corners of the galaxy with a fully-realized vision of a dark and disturbing future.
Dave Callaham, Karl Urban, Dwayne Johnson, Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Rosamund Pike, Doug Jones, Richard Brake, Vladislav Dyntera
Drama Action Fantasy Sci-Fi
87 mins

The Foot Fist Way R

A Tae Kwon Do instructor who is king of his small kingdom, tries to keep it together after his wife cheats on him, taking his anger out on everyone around him.
Ben Best, Spencer Moreno, Carlos Lopez, Erin Gates, Jennifer Chikes, Jody Hill, Danny R. McBride, Mary Jane Bostick
Drama Comedy Sports
160 mins

Miracle at St. Anna R

Four soldiers from the army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit and behind enemy lines. Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less respect than the enemy they are fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna di Stazzema.
Spike Lee, John Turturro, James McBride, Michael Ealy, Omar Benson Miller, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Leguizamo, Roberto Cicutto
Drama War Thriller

The Lodger R

Set in present-day Los Angeles and centers on an uneasy relationship between an unstable landlady and her lodger as well as a troubled detective engaged in a cat-and-mouse game with an unknown killer.
Hope Davis, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael Mailer, David Ondaatje, Alfred Molina, Mel Harris, Simon Baker, Donal Logue
Thriller Suspense Remake
120 mins

Blindness R

When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine. "Blindness", starring Julianne Moore, Gael Garcia Bernal, Mark Ruffalo, Sandra Oh and Danny Glover, is a harrowing tale about the fragility of mankind.
Julianne Moore, Gael García Bernal, Mark Ruffalo, Alice Braga, Andrea Barata Ribeiro, José Saramago, Don McKellar, Danny Glover
Drama Thriller Suspense

Chocolate

An autistic woman with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.
Prachya Pinkaew
Action
131 mins

W. PG-13

Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd President to the big screen as only he can. "W" takes viewers through Bush's eventful life -- his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush's decision to invade Iraq.

"W" stars Josh Brolin as George W. Bush, Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush, James Cromwell as George Herbert Walker Bush, Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush, Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice, Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell, Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld, and Ioan Gruffud as Tony Blair.
Josh Brolin, Jeffrey Wright, Jon Kilik, Elizabeth Banks, Richard Dreyfuss, Moritz Borman, Stanley Weiser, Oliver Stone
Drama Historical Political
95 mins

A History of Violence R

Tom Stall (Viggo Mortensen) is living a happy and quiet life with his lawyer wife (Maria Bello) and their two children in the small town of Millbrook, Indiana, but one night their idyllic existence is shattered when Tom foils a vicious attempted robbery in his diner.

Sensing danger, he takes action and saves his customers and friends in the self-defense killings of two-sought-after criminals.

Heralded as a hero, Tom's life is changed overnight, attracting a national media circus, which forces him into the spotlight.

Uncomfortable with his newfound celebrity, Tom tries to return to the normalcy of his ordinary life only to be confronted by a mysterious and threatening man (Ed Harris) who arrives in town believing Tom is the man who's wronged him in the past.

As Tom and his family fight back against this case of mistaken identity and struggle to cope with their changed reality, they are forced to confront their relationships and the divisive issues which surface as a result.
Chris Bender, Ed Harris, Maria Bello, JC Spink, Josh Braun, Josh Olson, Viggo Mortensen, William Hurt
Drama Crime Gangster

Tuesday, February 10