DVD & Blu-rays Released June 9, 2009

Tuesday, June 9

Crossing Over R

Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In "Crossing Over", writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
Jim Sturgess, Frank Marshall, Sean Penn, Ray Liotta, Wayne Kramer, Gregg Taylor, Harrison Ford, Cliff Curtis
Drama
118 mins

The International R

In "The International", a gripping thriller, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world's most powerful banks. Uncovering myriad and reprehensible illegal activities, Salinger and Whitman follow the money from Berlin to Milan to New York to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as their targets will stop at nothing – even murder – to continue financing terror and war.
Lloyd Phillips, Armin Mueller-Stahl, John Woo, Terence Chang, Tom Tykwer, Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Eric Singer
Action Thriller
117 mins

Gran Torino R

Clint Eastwood stars in the drama "Gran Torino," marking his first film role since his Oscar-winning "Million Dollar Baby." Eastwood also directs the film in which he plays Walt Kowalski, an iron-willed veteran living in a changing world, who is forced by his immigrant neighbors to confront his own long-held prejudices. .
Nick Schenk, Clint Eastwood, Cory Hardrict, Brian Haley, Billy Gerber, Rob Lorenz, Dave Johannson, Brian Howe
Drama
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86 mins

Spinning Into Butter R

In the story, when clearly racist, but anonymous, letters start appearing on the door of one of the college's few African American students, Sarah, the liberal dean of students, is forced to question and explore modern feelings about, and approaches to, racism and political correctness.
Norman Twain, Lou Pitt, Beau Bridges, Mark Brokaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, Rebecca Gilman, Mykelti Williamson, Wayne Thompson
Drama
94 mins

Fired Up PG-13

Shawn Colfax (Nicholas D'Agosto) and Nick Brady (Eric Christian Olsen), the stars of the Gerald R. Ford High School football team, are dreading the prospect of another summer at football camp. When Nick hatches a scheme for the two to join their school's cheerleaders at cheer camp instead, they find themselves awash in a sea of gorgeous young women. It all goes great until Shawn falls for Carly (Sarah Roemer), the beautiful head cheerleader who sees right through them.
Will Gluck, Eric Christian Olsen, Freedom Jones, John Michael Higgins, Philip Baker Hall, Matthew Gross, Sarah Roemer, Danneel Harris
Comedy Sports Teen

Nobel Son R

"Nobel Son" is a venomous tale of familial dysfunction, lust, betrayal and ultimately revenge. Barkley Michaelson (Bryan Greenberg) is struggling to finish his Ph.D. thesis when his father, the learned Eli Michaelson (Alan Rickman), wins the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. But Eli's past indiscretions begin to collide with the present. When Barkley is kidnapped on the eve of his father accepting the prize, Eli refuses to pay the ransom. So starts a game of intrigue and deception that proves that payback's a bitch.
Alan Rickman, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman, Randall Miller, Jody Savin, Bryan Greenberg, Danny DeVito, Eliza Dushku
Comedy Thriller

Powder Blue

The story follows four eclectic characters — a mortician, an ex-con, a suicidal ex-priest and a stripper — brought together on Christmas Eve by a mixture of circumstances.
Forest Whitaker, Jessica Biel, Ray Liotta, Patrick Swayze, Timothy Linh Bui, Stephane Gauger, Kris Kristofferson, Eddie Redmayne
Drama

Tuesday, June 9