DVD & Blu-rays Released April 7, 2009

Tuesday, April 7

104 mins

Doubt PG-13

It's 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Academy Award® winner Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the schools' strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Academy Award® winner Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James (Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequence.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Susan Blommaert, Scott Rudin, John Patrick Shanley, Mark Roybal, Viola Davis
Drama Adaptation Mystery

Taking Lives R

A top FBI profiler, Special Agent Illeana Scott (Angelina Jolie) doesn't rely on traditional crime-solving techniques to unravel the mysteries of a murderous mind. Her intuitive, unconventional approach often makes the crucial difference between catching a killer and sending a dead-end case to the cold file. When Montreal detectives handling a local homicide investigation reluctantly ask for an outsider's help to get inside the head of a cunning serial killer, Agent Scott joins the case. With meticulous insight, she theorizes that the chameleon-like killer is "life-jacking" – assuming the lives and identities of his victims. As the pressure mounts to catch the elusive murderer, Agent Scott's unorthodox methods alienate her from a territorial police team that feels threatened by her uncanny abilities. Her seemingly cold demeanor belies an unparalleled passion for her work, and she's at her best when she's working alone. But when an unexpected attraction sparks a complicated romantic entanglement, the consummate specialist begins to doubt her finely-honed instincts. Alone in an unfamiliar city with no one she can trust, Agent Scott suddenly finds herself on a twisted and terrifying journey, surrounded by suspects in a case that has become chillingly personal.
Angelina Jolie, D.J. Caruso, Jon Bokenkamp, Ethan Hawke, Olivier Martinez, Mark Canton, Bernie Goldmann, Bruce Berman
Thriller Suspense Crime Gangster
116 mins

Collateral R

Max has lived a mundane life as a cab driver for twelve years. The faces have come and gone from his rear-view mirror: people and places he's long since forgotten—until tonight. Vincent is a contract killer. When an off-shore narco-trafficking cartel learns that they're about to be indicted by a federal grand jury, they mount an operation to identify and kill the key witness, and the last stage is tonight. It is on this very night that Vincent has arrived—and five bodies are supposed to fall. Circumstances cause Vincent to hijack Max' taxicab, and Max becomes collateral—an expendable person who's in the wrong place at the wrong time. Through the night, Vincent forces Max to drive him to each assigned destination. And as the L.A.P.D. and F.B.I. race to intercept them, Max and Vincent's survival become dependent on each other, in ways neither would have imagined.
Tom Cruise, Walter F. Parkes, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo, Emilio Rivera, Debi Mazar, Javier Bardem
Action Adventure Thriller Suspense
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99 mins

Not Easily Broken PG-13

The faith-themed drama revolves around a couple whose strength and faith are tested after the wife is injured in a car crash and the husband becomes attracted to another woman.
Kevin Hart, T.D. Jakes, Morris Chestnut, Bill Duke, Clint Culpepper, Aaron Norris, Curtis Wallace, Brian Bird
Drama
104 mins

Yes Man PG-13

"Yes Man" stars Jim Carrey as Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere - the operative word being "no" - until he signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say "yes" to everything and anything. Unleashing the power of "YES" begins to transform Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, getting him promoted at work and opening the door to a new romance. But his willingness to embrace every opportunity might just become too much of a good thing.
Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Marty Ewing, Peyton Reed, Danny Wallace, Danny Masterson, David Heyman, Richard D. Zanuck
Drama Comedy
103 mins

The Day the Earth Stood Still PG-13

In the film, a renowned scientist (Jennifer Connelly) finds herself face to face with an alien called Klaatu (Keanu Reeves), who has traveled across the universe to warn of an impending global crisis. She quickly discovers the deadly ramifications of Klaatu's claim that he is "a friend to the Earth." Now she must find a way to convince the entity who was sent to destroy us that mankind is worth saving - but it may be too late.
Keanu Reeves, John Cleese, Erwin Stoff, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, Jon Hamm, Scott Derrickson, Paul Boardman
Action Adventure Fantasy Remake Sci-Fi

Shuttle R

A late night airport shuttle ride home descends into darkness.
Mark Williams, Edward Anderson, Mark Donadio, Allan Jones, Todd Lemley, Michael A. Pierce, Peyton List
Thriller

The Tale of Despereaux G

The tale of three unlikely heroes--a misfit mouse who prefers reading books to eating them, an unhappy rat who schemes to leave the darkness of the dungeon, and a bumbling servant girl with cauliflower ears--whose fates are intertwined with that of the castle's princess.
Emma Watson, Christopher Lloyd, Sigourney Weaver, Dustin Hoffman, Gary Ross, Tony Hale, Matthew Broderick, William H. Macy
Drama Adventure Family Kids Animation
99 mins

Donkey Punch R

Things go drastically wrong for a group of British holidaymakers in Spain.
Mark Herbert, Angus Lamont, Oliver Blackburn, Robin Gutch, David Bloom, Nichola Burley
Thriller

Tuesday, April 7