9:04 AM PDT, April 27, 2010
The blockbuster action epic from director Michael Bay and super producer Jerry Bruckheimer zooms onto Blu-ray! Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler and Owen Wilson head an all-star cast in a race against the clock to save the world from destruction. With a Texas-sized "global killer" meteor on a collision course with Earth, NASA's best and brightest recruit a rowdy crew of roughnecks to land on the hurtling rock, drill deep and blow it apart -- with plenty of pyrotechnics, awesome special effects and entertaining moments to keep audiences riveted to their seats.
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'Armageddon' on Blu-ray
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
The blockbuster action epic from director Michael Bay and super producer Jerry Bruckheimer zooms onto Blu-ray! Bruce Willis, Ben Affleck, Billy Bob Thornton, Liv Tyler and Owen Wilson head an all-star cast in a race against the clock to save the world from destruction. With a Texas-sized "global killer" meteor on a collision course with Earth, NASA's best and brightest recruit a rowdy crew of roughnecks to land on the hurtling rock, drill deep and blow it apart -- with plenty of pyrotechnics, awesome special effects and entertaining moments to keep audiences riveted to their seats.
'Tombstone' on Blu-ray
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer headline this action-packed tale of the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral, now with guns ablazin' on Blu-ray! Russell is U.S. Marshall Wyatt Earp, who, with brothers Virgil and Morgan (Sam Elliott and Bill Paxton) and good pal Doc Holliday (Kilmer), take on the ruthless outlaws the Clanton brothers and the Cowboys (Michael Biehn and Powers Boothe) in a fight to the death in Tombstone, AZ. Dana Delany, Thomas Haden Church, Billy Zane and Charlton Heston also star.
Special features include original director storyboards and the three-part featurette "The Making of Tombstone": "An Ensemble Cast," "Making an Authentic Western" and "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral."
Special features include original director storyboards and the three-part featurette "The Making of Tombstone": "An Ensemble Cast," "Making an Authentic Western" and "The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral."
'Dune' on Blu-ray
Universal
Director David Lynch took author Frank Herbert's sci-fi masterpiece to new levels of imagination with his 1984 version of 'Dune,' and now the sprawling epic can be seen again in all its glory -- on spectacular Blu-ray! Kyle MacLachlan plays Paul Atreides, the son of a duke who battles enemy forces on the desert planet Dune -- home of the powerful, transcendent Spice drug and giant, deadly sand worms. Tasked with learning survival and gaining the trust of the nomadic Fremen, he journeys to fulfill his rightful prophecy as the messiah as he takes on the evil Harkonnens and the Emperor of the Universe. Sting, Patrick Stewart, Max von Sydow, Virginia Madsen and Sean Young also star.
Special features include deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes making-of featurettes revealing the movie magic behind the film's effects, models and miniatures, wardrobe and production design.
Special features include deleted scenes and behind-the-scenes making-of featurettes revealing the movie magic behind the film's effects, models and miniatures, wardrobe and production design.
'Out of Africa' 25th Anniversary Edition on Blu-ray
Universal
Winner of seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, Sydney Pollack's sweeping cinematic masterpiece finally soars onto Blu-ray! Robert Redford and Meryl Streep star in this true story of a woman (Streep) trapped in a cold marriage who travels to Kenya to be with her husband (Klaus Maria Brandauer), only to fall for a mysterious safari adventurer (Redford).
Special features include feature commentary with director Sydney Pollack; the original making-of documentary "A Song of Africa"; theatrical trailer; BD-Live and more!
Special features include feature commentary with director Sydney Pollack; the original making-of documentary "A Song of Africa"; theatrical trailer; BD-Live and more!
'Transylmania'
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
A group of misfit college kids head out for a hilarious semester abroad in this sexy horror comedy. Housed in a creepy Transylvanian castle haunted by a torture-loving mad scientist, angry dwarves, a nubile spirit, humpback beauties and blood-sucking vampires, the students are too preoccupied by beer, babes and bongs to realize that their lives may be in jeopardy.
Special features include filmmaker commentary; an alternate opening and ending; deleted and extended scenes; a gag reel; a behind-the-scenes featurette and more!
Special features include filmmaker commentary; an alternate opening and ending; deleted and extended scenes; a gag reel; a behind-the-scenes featurette and more!
'Five Minutes of Heaven'
IFC Films
Liam Neeson headlines this gripping thriller based on true events in Northern Ireland in the seventies. Neeson plays Alistair Little, a Protestant man haunted by his past and grappling with his newfound freedom after 30 years of imprisonment. Anxious to earn his stripes with the Ulster Volunteer Force as a 16-year-old young man, Little killed a Catholic in reprisal for IRA attacks -- witnessed by the man's 11-year-old brother, Joe Griffin. Now, three decades later, Little and Griffin come face to face -- two men on opposite sides of Northern Ireland's political struggle -- with potentially explosive consequences.
'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus'
Sony Pictures Classics
Heath Ledger's final film role finds the late Oscar winner as Tony, a mysterious stranger with a profound effect on Doctor Parnassus (Christopher Plummer), the head of a traveling theater group whose deal with the devil (Tom Waits) is coming due. Faced with losing his 16-year-old daughter Valentina (Lily Cole), Parnassus accepts a new deal, tasked with seducing five souls in this visually stunning film from director Terry Gilliam ('The Fisher King,' 'Brazil'). Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell portray physically transformed versions of Tony inside the Imaginarium to complete the multi-faceted role.
Special features include filmmaker commentary; a deleted scene; an interview with Heath Ledger and wardrobe test footage; "Behind the Mirror"; "Building the Monastery"; "The Artwork of Doctor Parnassus"; "Doctor Parnassus Around the World" and more. Exclusive to the Blu-ray are the bonus features "The Imaginarium of Terry Gilliam"; "The Drunk" multi-angle progression sequence; and cast and crew remember Ledger.
Special features include filmmaker commentary; a deleted scene; an interview with Heath Ledger and wardrobe test footage; "Behind the Mirror"; "Building the Monastery"; "The Artwork of Doctor Parnassus"; "Doctor Parnassus Around the World" and more. Exclusive to the Blu-ray are the bonus features "The Imaginarium of Terry Gilliam"; "The Drunk" multi-angle progression sequence; and cast and crew remember Ledger.
'It's Complicated'
Universal
A comedy about love, divorce and everything in between, 'It's Complicated' finds Meryl Streep as Jane, a divorced mother of three grown children keeping busy with a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant. When she reunites with her remarried ex-husband Jake (Alec Baldwin) at their son's college graduation, life gets complicated when the pair hook up and begin an illicit affair. Things get even more complicated when Jane grapples with the amorous advances of Adam (Steve Martin), a divorced architect remodeling her kitchen. Also starring John Krasinski, Rita Wilson and Lake Bell, 'It's Complicated' is directed by Nancy Meyers ('What Women Want,' 'Something's Gotta Give').
Special features include filmmaker commentary and "The Making of It's Complicated."
Special features include filmmaker commentary and "The Making of It's Complicated."