This Week on DVD - 3/10/2009

Here is my list of movies coming out on DVD this week. Check back each week for the new releases.

Role Models

Paul Rudd and Seann William Scott are a pair of thirty-something perpetual frat-boys who don't want to grow up. When their energy-drink-filled, partying ways get them in trouble with the law, they are given the choice of either doing hard time, or spending 150 hours in a Big-Brother mentor-ship program. But when they are paired with a geeky, role-playing teenager, and a very foul-mouthed fifth-grader, they start wondering if jail was such a bad idea.

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes and Alternative Takes
Bloopers
On the Set of Role Models
Game On: Creating a Role Playing World
Feature Commentary with Director/Co-Writer David Wain

Pinocchio

The classic Disney masterpiece celebrates its 70th anniversary with an all-new two-disc platinum edition. It's digitally restored, and is filled with never-before seen extras. It's richly-filled with superbly detailed animation, and unforgettable, award-winning music. It has become a classic, about a wooden puppet who just wants to be a real boy.

Special Features:
"When You Wish Upon a Star" Music Video
Pinocchio's Matter of Facts
Audio Commentary
No Strings Attached: The Making of Pinocchio
Deleted Scenes

Rachel Getting Married

Anne Hathaway stars and gives an Academy-Award nominated performance as Kym, who returns to her family home for the wedding of her sister, Rachel. But along with herself, she also brings a long history personal crisis and family conflict.

Special Features:
The Wedding Band
A Look Behind the Scenes
Deleted Scenes
Commentary with Actress Rosemarie DeWitt
Commentary with Producer Neda Armian, Screenwriter Jenny Lumet and Editor Tim Squyres

Cadillac Records

Adrian Brody stars in this true story of the rise and fall of the influential blues label, Chess Records, which launched the careers of some of America's most celebrated musical legends. It has a supporting cast of Beyonce Knowles, Jeffery Wright, and Mos Def.

Special Features:
Commentary with Writer/Director Darnell Martin
Playing Chess: The Making of Cadillac Records
Deleted Scenes
Once Upon a Blues: Cadillac Records by Design

Also Out On DVD:

Milk

Sean Penn stars in an Oscar-winning performance as Harvey Milk, a gay activist who fought for gay rights, and then went on to become California's first openly gay elected official.

Transporter 3

Jason Statham is back as Frank Martin, the ex-Special Forces agent that is known to be one of the best transporters. This time, his package is the kidnapped daughter of a Ukranian official.

Synecdoche, New York

Philip Seymour Hoffman stars as a theater director who tried to create a life-like replica of New York in a warehouse as part of his new play.

Let the Right One In

Oscar is a bullied boy. But he finds love and revenge through Eli, a beautiful girl who turns out to be a vampire.


Check back each week for news on the new-releases.