DVD & Blu-rays Released February 9, 2010

Tuesday, February 9

Hurricane Season PG-13

A year after Hurricane Katrina, Al Collins, a high school basketball coach in Marrero, Louisiana, assembles a team of players who had previously attended five different schools before the disaster and leads them on the path to the state championships
Tim Story, Forest Whitaker, Taraji P. Henson, J.B. Smoove, Scott Glassgold, Bow Wow, Stephanie Allain, Jared Einsohn
Drama Sports

Dare R

Three very different teenagers discover that, even in the safe world of a suburban prep school, no one is who she or he appears to be.
Emmy Rossum, Mary Jane Skalski, Ana Gasteyer, Adam Salky, Jason Orans, David Brind, Zach Gilford, Alan Cumming
Drama

Good Hair PG-13

When Chris Rock's daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?" the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl's head! Director Jeff Stilson's camera followed the funnyman, and the result is Good Hair, a wonderfully insightful and entertaining, yet remarkably serious, documentary about African American hair culture. An exposé of comic proportions that only Chris Rock could pull off, Good Hair visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people. Celebrities such as Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symoné, Maya Angelou, and Reverend Al Sharpton all candidly offer their stories and observations to Rock while he struggles with the task of figuring out how to respond to his daughter's question. What he discovers is that black hair is a big business that doesn't always benefit the black community and little Lola's question might well be bigger than his ability to convince her that the stuff on top of her head is nowhere near as important as what is inside.
Chris Rock, Jeff Stilson, Lance Crouther, Chuck Sklar
Documentary
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96 mins

The Song of Sparrows PG

Karim works at an ostrich farm outside of Tehran, Iran. He leads a simple and contented life with his family in his small house, until one day when one of the ostriches runs away. Karim is blamed for the loss and is fired from the farm. Soon after, he travels to the city in order to repair his elder daughter’s hearing aid but finds himself mistaken for a motorcycle taxi driver. Thus begins his new profession: ferrying people and goods through heavy traffic. But the people and material goods that he deals with daily starts to transform Karim’s generous and honest nature, much to the distress of his wife and daughters. It is up to those closest to him to restore the values that he had once cherished…
Majid Majidi
Drama
95 mins

Peter and Vandy NR

The film follows the ups and downs of a young Manhattan couple, played by Jason Ritter and Jess Weixler.
Tracie Thoms, Jay DiPietro, Jason Ritter, Jess Weixler, Jesse L. Martin, Noah Bean
Drama Romance
105 mins

A Serious Man R

The new film from Academy Award-winning writer/directors Joel and Ethan Coen. The film is the story of an ordinary man’s search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and “F-Troop” is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been informed by his wife Judith (Sari Lennick) that she is leaving him. She has fallen in love with one of his more pompous colleagues, Sy Ableman (Fred Melamed), who seems to her a more substantial person than the feckless Larry. Larry’s unemployable brother Arthur (Richard Kind) is sleeping on the couch, his son Danny (Aaron Wolf) is a discipline problem and a shirker at Hebrew school, and his daughter Sarah (Jessica McManus) is filching money from his wallet in order to save up for a nose job. While his wife and Sy Ableman blithely make new domestic arrangements, and his brother becomes more and more of a burden, an anonymous hostile letter-writer is trying to sabotage Larry’s chances for tenure at the university. Also, a graduate student seems to be trying to bribe him for a passing grade while at the same time threatening to sue him for defamation. Plus, the beautiful woman next door torments him by sunbathing nude. Struggling for equilibrium, Larry seeks advice from three different rabbis. Can anyone help him cope with his afflictions and become a righteous person – a mensch – a serious man?
Joel Coen, Michael Stuhlbarg, Peter Breitmayer, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Ethan Coen, Aaron Wolff, Richard Kind
Drama Comedy
92 mins

Bronson R

A young man who was sentenced to 7 years on prison for robbing a post office ends up spending 30 years in solitary confinement. During this time, his own personality is supplanted by his alter ego, Charles Bronson.
Nicolas Winding Refn, Tom Hardy
Drama Action

I Hate Valentine's Day PG-13

The story centers on this manufactured holiday and what happens to people when romance is forced upon them.
William Sherak, Nick Hurran, Nia Vardalos, Jason Schuman, Madeleine Sherak, John Corbett
Comedy Romance
103 mins

Eleven Minutes R

A documentary following fashion designer Jay McCarroll.
Michael Selditch, Robert Tate
Documentary

Free Style PG

The story of an aspiring motocross racer who juggles dreams of Amateur National Championship glory with the reality of being relied upon to support his entire family.
Madison Pettis, Penelope Ann Miller, Corbin Bleu, William Dear, Joshua Leibner, Jeffrey Nicholson, Matt Bellefleur, Grant Langston
Action Adventure Sports
101 mins

The Stepfather PG-13

The story centers on the perfect stepfather's impact on the family dynamic.
Amber Heard, Dylan Walsh, Amy Israel, Chad Hamilton, Nelson McCormick, Brian Burns, Penn Badgley, Sela Ward
Thriller Horror
105 mins

Couples Retreat PG-13

Four couples go to a tropical island resort. While one couple is there to work on their marriage, the others are there to play but soon discover that participation in the resort's couples therapy is not optional.
Scott Stuber, Vince Vaughn, Kristen Bell, Jason Bateman, Victoria Vaughn, Jon Favreau, Faizon Love, Jean Reno
Comedy
108 mins

The Time Traveler's Wife PG-13

The love story focuses on a couple in which the man has a genetic disorder known as "chrono-impairment," a condition that causes him to involuntarily travel through time. Jeremy Leven wrote the adaptation.
Dede Gardner, Nick Wechsler, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston, Robert Schwentke, Brad Pitt, Bruce Joel Rubin, Jeremy Leven
Drama Fantasy Romance Sci-Fi

Serious Moonlight

A high-powered attorney duct tapes her adulterous husband to the toilet right before their home is invaded by burglars.
Kristen Bell, Meg Ryan, Timothy Hutton, Cheryl Hines, Andy Ostroy, Michael Roiff, Adrienne Shelly, Justin Long
Comedy

Tuesday, February 9