NEW DVD’S THIS WEEK

*IN-STORES TUESDAY MAY 25, 2010

THE ROAD

DIRECTOR: JOHN HILLCOAT

Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Guy Pearce, Garrett Dillahunt

From Cormac McCarthy, author of No Country for Old Men, comes the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of the beloved, best-selling and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, THE ROAD. An all-star cast are featured in this epic post-apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father and his young son as they journey across a barren America that was destroyed by a mysterious cataclysm. A masterpiece adventure, THE ROAD boldly imagines a future in which men are pushed to the worst and the best that they are capable of – a future in which a father and his son are sustained by love.

GENRE: DRAMA
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 111 MINS
RATED: R

DEAR JOHN

DIRECTOR: LASSE HALSTROM

Starring: Richard Jenkins, Scott Porter, Amanda Seyfried, Channing Tatum, Henry Thomas

It was two weeks that would change their lives forever. Soon after John (Channing Tatum – PUBLIC ENEMIES, G.I. JOE) and Savannah (Amanda Seyfried – MAMMA MIA, TV’s “Big Love”) fall madly in love, their relationship is put on hold. With one leaving to complete his service, and the other to complete her college education, they pass the time by exchanging a continuous stream of love letters, until they can be reunited permanently a year later. But when war breaks out, their separation is extended indefinitely. Will their relationship survive the greatest test of all: the test of time? Based on the bestselling novel from the author of “The Notebook”, DEAR JOHN is a timeless romance that will warm your heart.

GENRE: DRAMA
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 108 MINS
RATED: PG13

RAIN FALL

DIRECTOR: MAX MANNIS

Starring: Gary Oldman, Kippei Shiina, Kyoko Hasegawa, Misa Shimizu, Takumi Bando

Based on the novel by best-selling author Barry Eisler, RAIN FALL follows John Rain, a former U.S. Special Forces operative turned lethal assassin whose clients pay extraordinary sums for his ability to make murder look like natural death. In the aftermath of an otherwise routine hit on a government bureaucrat, Rain is brought to the attention of two men he knows from the old days in Vietnam. When the CIA lists a woman that Rain has come to love as a target, his worlds collide.

GENRE: ACTION
FORMAT: DVD
RUNTIME: 111 MINS
RATED: R

TELL TALE

DIRECTOR: MICHAEL CUESTA

Starring: Josh Lucas, Lena Headey, Brian Cox

A chilling re-imagining of Edgar Allen Poe’s timeless story “The Tell Tale Heart”. Hardworking single dad Terry (Josh Lucas) has a new lease on life, he has recovered from a recent heart transplant and met a beautiful woman. But things go awry as he becomes haunted by his own heartbeat and realizes that he must delve into the shocking death of the donor who saved his life.

GENRE: THRILLER
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 93 MINS
RATED: R

TRUE BLOOD: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON

DIRECTOR: ALAN BALL

Starring: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Nelsan Ellis

When we last checked in with Sookie Stackhouse, the mystery surrounding a Bon Temps serial killer had finally been solved, to the town’s infinite relief. Sookie is thrilled that her vampire soulmate, Bill Compton, has escaped with his life (or is it death?) after coming to her daylight defense. On other fronts, Sookie’s pal Tara Thornton sets down new roots with an affluent benefactor, Maryann Forrester; Sam Merlotte resolves to get in shape-shift shape after a forest foray; roguish brother Jason finds new purpose with an anti-vampire sect; and detective Andy Bellefleur licks his wounds after being proven wrong about Jason’s guilt. But just as things are settling down, some deadly new twists threaten to ratchet up the saga of Sookie Stackhouse to bloody new heights!

GENRE: TELEVISION
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 720 MINS
RATED: NR

FLASHPOINT: THE SECOND SEASON

CREATORS: MARK ELLIS, STEPHANIE MORGENSTERN

Starring: Enrico Colantoni, Hugh Dillon, Amy Johnson, David Paetkau, Michael Cram, Sergio Di Zio, Mark Taylor

FLASHPOINT is a drama which depicts the emotional journey into the tough, risk-filled lives of a group of cops in the SRU (inspired by Toronto’s Emergency Task Force). It’s a unique unit that rescues hostages, busts gangs, defuses bombs, climbs the sides of buildings and talks down suicidal teens. Members of a highly skilled tactical team, they’re also trained in negotiating, profiling and getting inside the suspect’s head to diffuse the situation to try and save lives.

GENRE: TELEVISION
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 376 MINS
RATED: NR

BILLY CONNOLLY: JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD

DIRECTOR: CHRIS MALONE

Starring: Billy Connolly

This series sees comedian Billy Connolly turn explorer, as he embarks on a rare and remote journey – attempted and failed by hundreds before him – through the treacherous Northwest Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
In Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World, Billy negotiates the much-coveted passage inside the Arctic Circle which is choked with impenetrable ice for most of the year. The fabled passage through the Arctic Ocean was sought after for five centuries as a commercial sea route and claimed hundreds of lives of those trying to discover a navigable way through, but now global warming means that for a few weeks in the summer the ice melts and gives Billy a chance to make an extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime journey.

GENRE: DOCUMENTARY
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 184 MINS
RATED: NR

CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (REISSUE ON DVD, FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY!)

DIRECTOR: LUCIO FULCI
Starring: Christopher George, Catriona MacColl, Giovanni Lombardo Radice

The Seven Gates of Hell have been torn open, and in three days, the dead shall rise and walk the earth. As a reporter (Christopher George of PIECES) and a psychic (Catriona MacColl of THE BEYOND) race to close the portals of the damned, they encounter a seething nightmare of unspeakable evil. The city is alive – with the horrors of the living dead!
Directed and co-written by the legendary Lucio Fulci (ZOMBIE, THE BEYOND), CITY OF THE LIVIND DEAD features some of the maestro’s most shocking and controversial sequences of all time. Blue Underground proudly presents the definitive version of Fulci’s hallucinogenic masterpiece of horror: freshly transferred in brain-ripping High Definition from its original uncensored negative and loaded with exclusive new Extras!

GENRE: HORROR
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 93 MINS
RATED: UNRATED

STAGECOACH – CRITERION EDITION

DIRECTOR: JOHN FORD

Starring: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell

This is where it all started. John Ford’s smash hit and enduring masterpiece STAGECOACH revolutionized the western, elevating it from B movie to the A-list. The quintessential tale of a group of strangers thrown together into extraordinary circumstances—traveling a dangerous route from Arizona to New Mexico—STAGECOACH features outstanding performances from Hollywood stalwarts Claire Trevor, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, and, of course, John Wayne, in his first starring role for Ford, as the daredevil outlaw the Ringo Kid. Superbly shot and tightly edited, STAGECOACH (Ford’s first trip to Monument Valley) is Hollywood storytelling at its finest.

GENRE: WESTERN
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 96 MINS
RATED: NR

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ALSO AVAILABLE TODAY:

Borrowed Hearts
Noemie
The Guild: Season 3
Wushu Warrior
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volumes One and Two
Finale
Owl & the Sparrow
Leverage: The Second Season
Cornered
Being Ian: 5 O’Clock Snooze
Being Ian: Hurry for Hollywood
Super Why: Fairytale Friends
Super Why: Superhero Adventures
Super Why: The Royal Party
The Duke
Bing Crosby: The Television Specials, Volume One
Mystery Team
Royal Pains: Season 1
Trinity: The Complete First Season
The Virginian: The Complete First Season
Canadian Tenors Live at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto
UFC 111 St. Pierre Vs. Hardy
Hunter: Season 2
Babysitter Wanted
Mystery Team

BLU-RAY RELEASES
Spartacus 50th Anniversary Edition
Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
By Brakhage: An Anthology, Volumes One and Two
Babysitter Wanted
Seven Swords
Django
Samurai Princess
Class of Nuke Em High
Tromeo & Juliet
Flashback of a Fool
It Waits

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