DVD & Blu-rays Released January 20, 2009

Tuesday, January 20

100 mins

Max Payne PG-13

Maverick cop Max Payne (Wahlberg) is hell-bent on revenge against those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. His obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.
Olga Kurylenko, Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Julie Yorn, John Moore, Scott Faye, Beau Thorne, Beau Bridges
Drama Action Adventure Crime Based on Game

Amusement R

A traumatized woman is questioned by a policeman and a psychiatrist about three stories that involve her and two of her female friends from childhood.
Mike Macari, Keir O'Donnell, Jessica Lucas, Neal Edelstein, John Simpson, Jake Wade Wall, Katheryn Winnick, Laura Breckenridge
Thriller Suspense Horror
114 mins

The Children of Huang Shi R

Inspired by true events, the film tells the story of George Hogg, a young British journalist, who rescues 60 orphaned children. He leads them on a treacherous 1000-mile journey along the Silk Road, through the Liu Pan Shan Mountains into the spectacular Gobi desert. Over the course of the journey he falls in love with a determined, self-trained nurse, and makes a friend in Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group. Madame Wang, a surviving aristocrat, assists in guiding them to safety in a remote village near the western end of China's Great Wall.
Radha Mitchell, Michelle Yeoh, Roger Spottiswoode, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jane Hawksley, James MacManus, Yun-Fat Chow, Guang Li
Drama
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City of Ember PG

When the planet's atmosphere grows too toxic, Earth's citizens move to underground cities. Two teenagers dominate the story, one who longs to be a messenger because the job will allow her to venture above ground, while the other dreams of working underground to repair a generator whose failure will doom the city's power supply.
Tom Hanks, Toby Jones, Gary Goetzman, Caroline Thompson, Bill Murray, Saoirse Ronan, Tim Robbins, Gil Kenan
Action Adventure Fantasy Sci-Fi
120 mins

Domino R

Keira Knightley stars in the wild action thriller "Domino", the latest project from director Tony Scott. A trademark Scott film, "Domino" presents an entertaining mix of gritty action, biting comedy and sharp visuals.

The film tells the true story of Domino Harvey, daughter of legendary actor Laurence Harvey and a former Ford model who rejected her privileged Beverly Hills life to become a bounty hunter.
Mena Suvari, Mickey Rourke, Ridley Scott, Lucy Liu, Keira Knightley, Edgar Ramirez, Mo'Nique, Tony Scott
Action Adventure Thriller Suspense
180 mins

King Kong PG-13

It is 1933, and vaudeville actress Ann Darrow has found herself--like so many other New Yorkers during the Great Depression--without the means to earn a living. Unwilling to compromise and allow herself to sink into a career in burlesque, she considers her limited options while aimlessly wandering the streets of Manhattan. When her hunger drives her to unsuccessfully try to steal an apple from a fruit vendor's stall, she is rescued--literally--by filmmaker and multiple hyphenate Carl Denham. It seems that the entrepreneur-raconteur-adventurer is no stranger to theft, having that day lifted the only existing print of his most recent and unfinished film from under his studio executives' noses when they threatened to pull his completion funds. Carl has until the end of the day to get his crew onboard the Singapore-bound tramp steamer, the S.S. Venture, in hopes of completing his travelogue/action film. With that, the showman is certain he will finally achieve the personal greatness he knows awaits him around the corner--and although the crew believe that corner to be Singapore, Denham actually hopes to find and capture on film the mysterious place of legend: Skull Island. Unfortunately for Carl, his headlining actress has pulled out of his project, but his search for a size-four leading lady (the costumes have all been made) has, fatefully, led him to Ann. The struggling actress is reluctant to sign on with Denham, until she learns that the up-and-coming, socially relevant playwright Jack Driscoll is penning the screenplay--the fees his friend Carl pays for potboiling adventure are a welcome supplement to Driscoll's nominal income from his stage plays. With his newly discovered star and coerced screenwriter reluctantly onboard, Denham's moving picture ship heads out of New York Harbor--and toward a destiny that none aboard could possibly foresee.
Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Jamie Bell, Peter Jackson
Action Adventure Fantasy Thriller Sci-Fi
86 mins

Igor PG

A playfully irreverent comedy with a new twist to the classic monster genre, "Igor" is the story of a mad scientist's hunchbacked lab assistant who has big dreams of becoming a scientist in his own right and winning the coveted first place award at the annual Evil Science Fair.
John Cusack, Molly Shannon, Christian Slater, John Eraklis, Steve Buscemi, Arsenio Hall, Sean Hayes, Tony Leondis
Comedy Animation
95 mins

Center Stage: Turn It Up PG-13

Return to the "Center Stage" phenomenon with new passions and partners in the amped-up, high-energy "Center Stage: Turn It Up". All Kate Parker has ever wanted to do was perform with the American Ballet Academy. But when she doesn't get in, she learns that it takes more than just natural talent to succeed in the dance world. With a turn in a cutting-edge hip-hop club and the help of a handsome former hockey player-turned-dancer, she may yet manage to make her dreams come true. Peter Gallagher, Kenny Wormald, Ethan Stiefel and a cast of hot, up-and-coming stars rock to a new beat in this unmissable sensation!
Laurence Mark, Peter Gallagher, Kenny Wormald, David Blackman, Steven Jacobson, Karen Bloch, Rachele Brooke Smith, Ethan Stiefel
Drama Sequel
100 mins

Henry Poole is Here PG

When a man discovers that he has only six weeks to live, he leaves his job, his fiancee and his overbearing mother and tries to spend his remaining days in seclusion. But when a miracle transforms his life, his quirky neighbors disrupt his plan to live out his days in quiet desperation.
Luke Wilson, Radha Mitchell, Cheryl Hines, Albert Torres, Adriana Barraza, Mark Pellington, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi
Drama Comedy
121 mins

The Notebook PG-13

Based on the acclaimed best seller by Nicholas Sparks and directed by Nick Cassavetes ("John Q")," The Notebook" is a sweeping love story starring Academy Award nominees James Garner, Gena Rowlands and Joan Allen opposite newcomers Ryan Gosling ("Murder by Numbers") and Rachel McAdams. As a man (Garner) reads from a faded notebook to the woman (Rowlands) he regularly visits at a nursing home, his words bring to life the story of a young couple (Gosling and McAdams) who are separated by World War II, then passionately reunited 14 years later after their lives have taken different paths. Adapted by Jan Sardi with a screenplay by Jeremy Leven (Don Juan DeMarco), "The Notebook" reveals an epic story of love lost and found, of new beginnings and second chances.
Ryan Gosling, Nick Cassavetes, Rachel McAdams, Mark Andrus, Jan Sardi, Jeremy Leven, Madeline Leven, Lowell Ganz
Drama Romance Teen
97 mins

Repo! The Genetic Opera R

In the not-so-distant future when an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet, scientists gear for a massive organ harvest. A biotech giant comes up with easy organ payment plans, but all financed organs are subject to legal default, including repossession at the hands of repo men.
Alexa Vega, Darren Lynn Bousman, Oren Koules, Paris Hilton, Anthony Head, Mark Burg, Terrance Zdunich, Darren Smith
Fantasy Sci-Fi

The Express PG

True story of football great Ernie Davis, the man who broke college football records and racial barriers in the early 1960s, becoming the first black player to win the Heisman Trophy. The running back was drafted into the NFL, but his career was cut short when he was diagnosed with leukemia.
Dennis Quaid, John Davis, Rob Brown, Frank Grillo, Gary Fleder, Robert Gallagher, Charles Leavitt
Drama Sports

The Pink Panther PG

A famous soccer coach has been murdered and his priceless ring stolen - a ring set with the stunning diamond known as the Pink Panther. Cracking the case becomes a national obsession, and Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Kline), up for the prestigious Medal of Honor...again...for the seventh time...can't afford any mistakes - at least none that can be attributed to him.

Enter indefatigable Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Martin), a name that strikes fear into...well, everyone. His deductive powers are limited, his command of the language frightening, his reflexes hazardous. His approach may be alarmingly unorthodox, but he always solves the crime - in his own fashion - with hilarious results.
Emily Mortimer, Kristin Chenoweth, Henry Czerny, Shawn Levy, Robert Simonds, Steve Martin, Beyonce Knowles, Jean Reno
Comedy Crime

Boogeyman 3 NR

When a college student witnesses the alleged suicide of her roommate, it sets into motion a series of horrific events that cause her to fear the supernatural entity. As she tries to convince the rest of her dorm that the Boogeyman does exist, the evil force grows stronger and her friends begin to pay the price. Now she must stop this ultimate evil before the entire campus falls prey.
Kate Maberly, Erin Cahill, Mimi Michaels, Chuck Hittinger, Gary Jones, Brian Sieve, Jayne Wisener, Matt Rippy
Sequel Suspense Horror
92 mins

Saw V R

Hoffman is seemingly the last person alive to carry on the Jigsaw legacy. But when his secret is threatened, Hoffman must go on the hunt to eliminate all loose ends.
Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan, David Hackl, Oren Koules, Tobin Bell, Julie Benz, Dan Heffner, Daniel J. Heffner
Sequel Thriller Suspense Horror

Tuesday, January 20