Jennifer's Body (available NOW on DVD and Blu-ray!)
High school can be hell. And Jennifer’s Body makes sure to illustrate this point with tortured friendships, devilish betrayals, and demonic violence, but it also tries too hard to be hip and clever in both its dialogue and its parallels to teen life while it hammers home the comparisons. It also focuses so much on its self-absorbed wittiness to pay much attention to the slasher aspects, and we’re left with a film that’s part parable, part comedy, part horror, part exploitation, and ultimately not too much fun. At least the two female leads can share a passionate kiss undeterred by the absence of reason and plausibility.
Nerdy, reserved bookworm Needy (Amanda Seyfriend) and arrogant, conceited cheerleader Jennifer (Megan Fox) are best friends, though they share little in common. They share even less in common when Jennifer mysteriously gains an appetite for human blood after a disastrous fire at a local bar. As Needy’s male classmates are steadily killed off in gruesome attacks, the young girl must uncover the truth behind her friend’s transformation and find a way to stop the bloodthirsty rampage before it reaches her own boyfriend Chip (Johnny Simmons)…
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Blu-ray Special Features:
Theatrical Widescreen Feature Film
Audio Commentary with Director Karyn Kusama and Writer Diablo Cody
Extended Widescreen Version
Audio Commentary with Director Karyn Kusama
Deleted Scenes
Gag Reel
Jennifer’s Body: The Dead Pool
Video Diaries
Megan Fox Is HOT
Megan Fox “Peer Pressure” PSA
Fox Movie Channel Presents ‘Life After Film School’ With Writer Diablo Cody
Digital Copy of Jennifer’s Body (Extended Version)
Standard DVD Features:
Theatrical Widescreen Feature Film
Audio Commentary with Director Karyn Kusama and Writer Diablo Cody
Extended Widescreen Version
Audio Commentary with Director Karyn Kusama
The Simpsons Season Twenty (available NOW on DVD and Blu-ray!)
A show that has remained culturally significant and hugely popular with audiences for over 20 years, the latest DVD collection features every outrageous episode from the 2008-09 season, including the family’s hilarious trip to Ireland, Homer and Ned’s turn as bounty hunters and Bart trading lives with a multi-millionaire lookalike of himself. The show’s impressive who’s who of guest stars continues with the likes of Denis Leary, Joe Montana, Marv Albert, Mark Cuban, Emily Blunt, Anne Hathaway, Ellen Page, Jodie Foster and Kelsey Grammer, returning for his 11th time as Bart’s nemesis, Sideshow Bob.
“The Simpsons” Season 20 includes a total of 21 hilarious episodes and features “The Twentieth Anniversary Special Sneak Peak” by Academy Award nominee Morgan Spurlock.
Blu-Ray Disc Content Disc One:
* Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes
* Lost Verizon
* Double, Double, Boy in Trouble
* Treehouse of Horror XIX
* Dangerous Curves
* Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words
* Mypods and Boomsticks
* The Burns and the Bees
* Lisa the Drama Queen
Additional Bonus Features Include:
• “The Twentieth Anniversary Special Sneak Peak by Morgan Spurlock”
Disc Two:
* Take My Life, Please
* How The Test Was Won
* No Loan Again, Naturally
* Gone Maggie Gone
* In The Name of the Grandfather
* Wedding for Disaster
* Eeny Teeny Maya Moe
* The Good, The Sad and The Drugly
* Father Knows Worst
* Waverly Hills
* Four Great Women and a Manicure
* Coming to Homerica
DVD Content Disc One:
* Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes
* Lost Verizon
* Double, Double, Boy in Trouble
* Treehouse of Horror XIX
* Dangerous Curves
* Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words
Disc Two:
* Mypods and Boomsticks
* The Burns and the Bees
* Lisa the Drama Queen
* Take My Life, Please
* How The Test Was Won
Disc Three:
* No Loan Again, Naturally
* Gone Maggie Gone
* In The Name of the Grandfather
* Wedding for Disaster
* Eeny Teeny Maya Moe
Disc Four:
* The Good, The Sad and The Drugly
* Father Knows Worst
* Waverly Hills
* Four Great Women and a Manicure
* Coming to Homerica
Additional Bonus Features Include:
• “The Twentieth Anniversary Special Sneak Peak by Morgan Spurlock”
The Boys Are Back (available on DVD January 26th, 2010)
The death of his wife leaves wisecracking sportswriter Joe Warr (Clive Owen) with a curious six year-old (Nicholas McAnulty) and a rebellious teen from a previous marriage (George MacKay) to bring up in a household devoid of feminine influence. So Joe takes on parenting the only way he knows how—full throttle. With an exuberance born of necessity, he teaches his boys to meet the joy and fragility of life head on. The Boys Are Back chronicles the fierce love and loyalty the three Warr men discover for each other as they make their way through the trials of everyday life.
Bonus Features Include:
* The Boys Are Back: A Photographic Journey – With optional commentary by director Scott Hicks
* A Father and Two Sons, On Set
I Heart Jonas (available on DVD January 26th, 2010)
Fans will get a kick out of the lovable antics of three of the world’s most famous musicians with 7 specially selected episodes of the hit Disney Channel Original Series in I Heart JONAS. Viewers will see how Joe reacts when he discovers that Stella has a date with another guy, and what happens when the tables are turned and a struggling young actress makes a play for Joe. Plus, with the never-before-seen bonus feature, “You’ve Just Been Jo Bro’d—Surprising Jordin Sparks,” I Heart JONAS is a must-have for any Jonas Brothers fan!
Special Features Include:
* You’ve Just Been JoBro’d! – Surprising Jordin Sparks
New York, I Love You (available on DVD and Blu-ray February 2, 2010)
Ten directors, including Natalie Portman, Brett Ratner (Rush Hour trilogy), and Allen Hughes (From Hell), create ten intertwined vignettes that weave a magical spell as they travel through the various boroughs and neighborhoods of the legendary city in the company of Shia LaBeouf (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Eagle Eye), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover, Valentine’s Day), Academy Award® nominee Natalie Portman (Star Wars trilogy, Garden State, Closer), Blake Lively (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, TV’s “Gossip Girl”), Orlando Bloom (Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy), Robin Wright Penn (The Princess Bride, State of Play), Hayden Christensen (Star Wars trilogy), Rachel Bilson (TV’s “The O.C.”), Drea de Matteo (TV’s “The Sopranos,” “Desperate Housewives”), Christina Ricci (Sleepy Hollow, Speed Racer), Academy Award nominee Ethan Hawke (Training Day), Academy Award nominee James Caan (The Godfather), Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Terminator Salvation), Justin Bartha (National Treasure: Book of Secrets, The Hangover), Academy Award winner Chris Cooper (Adaptation), Academy Award nominee Andy Garcia (The Godfather, Part III), Academy Award winner Julie Christie (Darling), Academy Award winner Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture Show), Eli Wallach (Baby Doll, The Holiday), two-time Academy Award nominee John Hurt (The Elephant Man, Midnight Express), Olivia Thirlby (Juno,The Wackness), Eva Amurri (TV’s “Californication”), and Maggie Q (Mission: Impossible III, Live Free or Die Hard).
Special Features:
* Bonus Segments
* 5 Director Interviews
* Theatrical Trailer
Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side (available now on DVD
and Blu-ray!)
The Star Wars films will probably be parodied for centuries to come, having such a grand cultural impact. So it’s no surprise that the outrageous, decency-pushing television show Family Guy would continue it’s nearly scene-by-scene paraphrasing spoof of the original trilogy, started by “Blue Harvest.” Some of the freshness and zest of the first film is lost, but the hilarity hasn’t diminished. It’s definitely crafted for those who are huge fans of both series.
A long time ago when the gays weren’t so in your face about it… Thus starts a comprehensive rip on The Empire Strikes Back, fearlessly trampling on pop culture, civility and political correctness. The illogicality of several key starship sequences, the causes of war (an Imperial dog was kidnapped), and the silliness of particular Star Wars characters are instantly the target of mockery. Like the TV show itself, the film makes jokes of countless other franchises, commercials, movies, programs and more, most of which are well known, while others are so obscure they might only be found in some specialized version of Trivial Pursuit… Read the rest of the review here!
Two-Disc Blu-ray With Digital Copy Specs:
The “Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side” BD is presented in full screen 4x3 aspect ratio featuring English 5.1 Dolby Surround, Line 21, English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, English, Spanish, and French stereo and subtitles. Special features include:
• Digital Copy
• Audio Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Behind-The-Scenes Featurette – “The Dark Side of Poster Art”
• Animatics
• Pop-Up Video
DVD Specs:
The “Family Guy: Something, Something, Something, Dark Side” DVD is presented in full screen aspect ratio featuring English 5.1 Dolby Surround, Line 21, English for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, English, Spanish, French, and Brazilian stereo and subtitles. Special features include all those listed above except Digital Copy.
Cranford: Return To Cranford (available on DVD January 19th, 2010)
Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Francesca Annis and Julia McKenzie star in this two-part sequel to the Emmy-winning BBC/PBS drama, Cranford. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realized in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. Elsewhere, the shadow of the railway still looms, but the line has been halted five miles outside of Cranford – a disaster as far as Captain Brown is concerned.
Special Feature:
* Cranford In Detail
Cranford: The Collection (available on DVD January 19th, 2010)
Oscar©-winner Judi Dench (Notes on a Scandal, Casino Royale) heads a stellar cast including Michael Gambon (Dumbledore in the Harry Potter films), Eileen Atkins (Cold Mountain, Gosford Park), Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake) and more in this witty and poignant story which follows the small absurdities and major tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford. Cranford in the 1840s is on the cusp of change. The railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards the town, bringing fears of migrant workers and the breakdown of law and order. The arrival of Frank Harrison, a handsome new doctor from London, causes a stir, not only because of his revolutionary medical methods, but also because of the effect he has on many female hearts in the town.
Bonus Features:
* The Making of Cranford, Cranford in Detail
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