New Movies on DVD & Blu-ray: April 20

Before his star-making performance in 'Titanic,' a young Leonardo DiCaprio drew raves for his gritty portrayal of poet-punk rocker Jim Carroll in 'The Basketball Diaries.' Now, the critically acclaimed 1995 indie film is on Blu-ray! Carroll became a cult author and the man behind the punk hit "People Who Died," but before that he was a promising basketball player until he was sidelined by drugs; 'The Basketball Diaries' chronicles Carroll's path to destruction. Mark Wahlberg, Ernie Hudson, Michael Imperioli, Juliette Lewis and Lorraine Bracco also star.

Special features include a Jim Carroll interview and poetry reading and interviews with the cast and director Scott Kalvert.

Steven Spielberg's futuristic drama from the mind of sci-fi legend Philip K. Dick makes the digital leap to Blu-ray. Tom Cruise plays John Anderton, a Washington D.C. detective who works for the Precrime division of the police department in the year 2054. Arresting murderers before they actually commit their crime -- using the visions of a trio of psychic "precogs" -- Anderton soon finds himself accused of a murder he has yet to commit. Forced to become a fugitive in order to solve his own mystery, he stumbles upon a cover-up that could shake the foundations of the entire Precrime program.

Special features on the Blu-ray include a new interview with Steven Spielberg; "Inside the World of Precrime"; "Future Realized"; "Props of the Future"; "Commercials of the Future"; "Highlights from Minority Report: From the Set" (the Hoverpack sequence and the car factory sequence)"; previz sequences and more. The disc also includes previously released bonus features such as "Deconstructing Minority Report"; "The Stunts of Minority Report"; "ILM and Minority Report"; production concepts; storyboard sequences; trailers and more.

This highly charged drama from the writers of 'Sexy Beast' stars Ray Winstone as Colin Diamond, a British gangster who discovers that his wife (Joanne Whalley) is cheating on him. Determined to get revenge, he recruits his underworld pals – played by Ian McShane, John Hurt and Tom Wilkinson -- to help kidnap her French lover (Melvil Poupaud).

Special features include deleted scenes; trailers; behind-the-scenes making-of featurettes and more.

Emily Blunt shines as Britain's Queen Victoria in 1837 as she navigates the early years of her reign. Caught in a power struggle with her closest advisors, the young and inexperienced queen draws strength from her courtship with the handsome Prince Albert (Rupert Friend), whose attentions have stolen her heart. Jim Broadbent, Miranda Richardson and Paul Bettany also star.

Special features include deleted and extended scenes; behind-the-scenes making-of featurettes and more.

Jeff Bridges' portrayal of a faded country star on a rocky road to redemption earned him his first Best Actor Academy Award -- and 'Crazy Heart' also garnered a first Best Supporting Actress nomination for Maggie Gyllenhaal as the journalist who takes a special interest in the singer. The film, which also stars Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall, also won an Oscar for T-Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham's memorable tune, "The Weary Kind." Bridges plays Bad Blake, a reckless, hard-drinking, broken-down singer whose hard-living ways may cost him his last chance at a comeback.

Special features include commentary from Bridges, Gyllenhaal and Duvall; deleted scenes; alternate music cuts; a digital copy of the film (with the Blu-ray) and more.

Oscar-winning 'Lord of the Rings' director Peter Jackson brings the bestselling Alice Sebold novel to life with a cast that features Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Michael Imperioli -- and Stanley Tucci in an Oscar-nominated performance. 'Atonement' star Saoirse Ronan plays Susie Salmon, a young girl in 1970s Pennsylvania who is tragically murdered by a treacherous killer. As Susie's family copes with her loss and struggles to move on, Susie watches over them from a strange but beautiful in-between world and tries to lead them to the man who ended her life.

Special features on the two-disc Blu-ray include nearly three hours of bonus content with an immersive, 15-week production diary hosted by Peter Jackson and screenwriter/co-producer Philippa Boyens that provides in-depth, behind-the-scenes access to the film's shoot in the U.S. and New Zealand, as well as a look at the stunning visual effects.

This Earth Day, return to Pandora! Coming to our planet just in time for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day, James Cameron's box office phenomenon blasts off on DVD and Blu-ray on Thursday. Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver star in this otherworldly adventure about a wheelchair-bound marine who journeys to the beautiful planet of Pandora on a mission to relocate the natives sitting on a rich deposit of "unobtanium." Saddled with a new "avatar" body, the reluctant hero quickly learns the ways of the ten-foot-tall, blue-skinned N'avi -- and finds himself defending their beautiful way of life.