DVD & Blu-rays Released August 10, 2010

Tuesday, August 10

Helen R

A music professor and mother suffers from a deep, debilitating depression. Her family tries to help her, but no one can relate to her pain other than a young female student who knows depression all too well.
Ashley Judd, Goran Visnjic, Lauren Lee Smith
Drama
93 mins

The Joneses R

Described as a social satire, the movie follows an idyllic family that moves into a suburban neighbourhood and quickly becomes loved and envied by everyone.
Peter Principato, Andrew Spaulding, Derrick Borte, Ben Hollingsworth, Doug Mankoff, Paul Young, David Duchovny, Demi Moore
Drama

My Name is Khan PG-13

"My Name is Khan" examines how the life of a Muslim man from India (Shah Rukh Khan) living in San Francisco embarks on a remarkable journey across the United States, inspiring people and inviting debate, creating an accidental revolution.
Karan Johar, Shah Rukh Khan
Drama Romance
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88 mins

Date Night PG-13

Tina Fey and Steve Carell will play a married couple who find their routine date night becomes much more than just dinner and a movie.
Taraji P. Henson, Steve Carell, Mark Wahlberg, Kristen Wiig, Common, Tina Fey, James Franco, Jimmi Simpson
Comedy Romance
92 mins

Death at a Funeral R

An ensemble comedy about a funeral ceremony that leads to the digging up of shocking family secrets, as well as misplaced cadavers and indecent exposure.
Aeysha Carr, Loretta Devine, Zoe Saldana, Columbus Short, Sidney Kimmel, Luke Wilson, Share Stallings, Chris Rock
Comedy Remake
99 mins

The Lottery

Four children enter a high-stakes lottery. If they win, they can attend one of the best schools in New York.
Madeleine Sackler
Documentary
155 mins

Raavan

A bandit leader kidnaps the wife of the policeman who killed his sister, but later falls in love with her.
Aishwarya Rai, Mani Ratnam, Abhishek Bachchan
Drama
97 mins

Multiple Sarcasms

Gabriel is a man who on the surface has it all: successful professional life as an architect, a beautiful wife, and a devoted young daughter. Yet, it slowly dawns on him that he is not really happy. Gabriel decides that he wants to write a play about the sorry state of his life. He quits his job, gets a pushy literary agent friend to represent him and starts writing.
Drama

Triage R

The story is about a photojournalist (Farrell) who returns from a dangerous assignment, only to find his friend and colleague missing. So his girlfriend (Vega) is charged in finding clues to the mystery.
Danis Tanovic, Colin Farrell, Paz Vega, Christopher Lee
Drama War

The Good Heart R

Ryan Gosling plays a young homeless man named Lucas who is taken under the wing of Jacques (Tom Waits), a bar owner from his fifth heart attack. Knowing his days are numbered, Jacques decides to train Lucas to take over his bar.
Brian Cox, Dagur Kári, Stephanie Szostak, Joni Sighvatsson, Skuli Fr. Malmquist, Thor Sigurjonsson, Paul Dano
Drama
117 mins

La Mission R

A reformed inmate and recovering alcoholic, Che has worked hard to redeem his life and do right by his pride and joy: his only son, Jes, whom he has raised on his own after the death of his wife. Che's path to redemption is tested, however, when he discovers Jes is gay. To survive his neighborhood, Che has always lived with his fists. To survive as a complete man, he'll have to embrace a side of himself he's never shown.
Benjamin Bratt, Peter Bratt
Drama

The Thorn in the Heart

Michel Gondry's documentary is a personal look at the life of Gondry family matriarch, his aunt Suzette Gondry, and her relationship with her son, Jean-Yves. Michel examines Suzette's years as a school teacher and her life in rural France. During the course of filming the documentary, Michel unearths new family stories and uses his camera to explore them in a subtle and sensitive way.
Michel Gondry, Suzette Gondry, Jean-Yves
Documentary
110 mins

Letters to God PG

A young boy fighting cancer writes letters to God, touching lives in his neighborhood and community and inspiring hope among everyone he comes in contact. An unsuspecting substitute postman, with a troubled life of his own, becomes entangled in the boy's journey and his family by reading the letters. They inspire him to seek a better life for himself and his own son he's lost through his alcohol addiction.
David Nixon
Drama

Tuesday, August 10