DVD & Blu-rays Released April 14, 2009

Tuesday, April 14

The Reader R

A haunting love story based on the best-selling novel of the same name, "The Reader" is set in postwar Germany and tells the story of a man whose life has been shaped by an illicit affair with a passionate, elusive older woman during his youth.
Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, Stephen Daldry, Scott Rudin, Bruno Ganz, Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Robert Fox
Drama Period
108 mins

The Spirit PG-13

"The Spirit" is a classic action-adventure-romance genre-twister written for the screen and directed by Frank Miller. It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the Spirit (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His arch-enemy, the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson) has a different mission: he's going to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer from Central City's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront ... all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader. Surrounding him at every turn are Ellen Dolan (Sarah Paulson), the whip-smart girl-next-door; Sliken Floss (Scarlett Johansson), a punk secretary and frigid vixen; Plaster of Paris (Paz Vega), a murderous French nightclub dancer; Lorelei (Jaime King), a phantom siren; and Morgenstern (Stana Katic), a sexy young cop. Then of course, there's Sand Saref (Eva Mendes), the jewel thief with dangerous curves. She's the love of his life turned bad. Will he save her or will she kill him?
Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes, Frank Miller, Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Deborah Del Prete, Gigi Pritzker, Michael E. Uslan
Drama Action Adventure

Strange Wilderness R

The story centers on an effort to boost ratings of the ailing "Strange Wilderness" TV show by sending a pair of animal enthusiasts to the Andes in a search for Bigfoot.
Steve Zahn, Jack Giarraputo, Allen Covert, Jonah Hill, Fred Wolf, Justin Long, Joe Don Baker, Ashley Scott
Comedy
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Dark Matter

A Chinese student comes to the United States to study the origins of the universe, hoping to win the Nobel Prize through his work in dark matter theory, but when campus politics get in the way, tragedy ensues.
Greg Kinnear, Meryl Streep, Val Kilmer, Chen Shi-Zheng, Billy Shebar, Liu Ye
Drama

Tuesday, April 14