NEW DVDS THIS WEEK!

*IN-STORES TUESDAY AUGUST 23, 2011

THE BEAVER

DIRECTOR: JODIE FOSTER

Starring: Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence

Two-time Academy Award® winner Jodie Foster directs and co-stars with two-time Academy Award® winner Mel Gibson in THE BEAVER – an emotional story about a man on a journey to re-discover his family and re-start his life. Plagued by his own demons, Walter Black was once a successful toy executive and family man who now suffers from depression. No matter what he tries, Walter can’t seem to get himself back on track…until a beaver hand puppet enters his life.

GENRE: DRAMA
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 91 MINS
RATED: PG-13

BLITZ

DIRECTOR: ELLIOTT LESTER

Starring: Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aiden Gillen

Detective Sergeant Tom Brant who is dispatched to take down a serial killer hell bent on killing off the police force one by one. “The Blitz” manages to slip through the grasp of Tom every time, and with the precious lives of his colleagues diminishing one by one, Tom is led to the question: if we can’t protect our own, then what good are we?

GENRE: THRILLER
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 97 MINS
RATED: R

WIN WIN

DIRECTOR: TOM MCCARTHY

Starring: Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Bobby Cannavale, Burt Young, Jeffrey Tambor

Academy Award Nominee Paul Giamatti stars as a lovable yet long-suffering lawyer and high-school wrestling coach who takes us on a brilliantly heartfelt journey through the game of life…where you can’t lose ’em all. When Mike Flaherty (Giamatti) comes across a teenage runaway who also happens to be a champion wrestler, Mike’s luck turns around in spectacular fashion. But his win-win situation soon becomes more complicated than he ever imagined when the boy’s family affairs come into play. Co-starring Oscar Nominee Amy Ryan and directed by Oscar Nominee Tom McCarthy, this touching and funny comedy will leave you cheering.

GENRE: COMEDY
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 106 MINS
RATED: R

POM WONDERFUL PRESENTS: THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER SOLD

DIRECTOR: MORGAN SPURLOCK

Starring: Morgan Spurlock

First, he was bugged by the almighty burger, now Oscar®-nominated renegade filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) is biting the hand that feeds him by exposing Hollywood’s dirtiest little secret: the games they play to get advertisers’ products strategically placed in movies and on television. Spurlock uses his irreverent comedic style to infiltrate corporate boardrooms and ad agency pitch meetings to show how far they will go without our even knowing it!

GENRE: DOCUMENTARY
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 90 MINS
RATED: PG-13

HENRY’S CRIME

DIRECTOR: MALCOLM VENVILLE

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga, James Caan

“With a terrific cast led by Keanu Reeves, Vera Farmiga and a splendid James Caan, HENRY’S CRIME is a fun comedy with irresistible heist and heart” (Boxoffice Magazine). Reeves stars as Henry Torne, a wrongly accused man who winds up behind bars for a bank robbery he didn’t commit. After befriending a charismatic lifer (Caan) in prison, Henry finds his purpose – having done the time, he decides he may as well do the crime. But his outlandish plan to rob the very same bank spins wildly out of control, as he finds himself performing in a stage play and falling in love with the production’s seductive leading lady (Farmiga).

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

TROLLHUNTER

DIRECTOR: ANDRÉ ØVREDAL

Starring: Otto Jespersen, Robert Stoltenberg and Knut Nærum

The government says there’s nothing to worry about – it’s just a problem with bears making trouble in the mountains and forests of Norway. But local hunters don’t believe it – and neither do a trio of college students who want to find out the truth. Armed with a video camera, they trail a mysterious “poacher,” who wants nothing to do with them. But their persistence lands them straight in the path of the objects of his pursuits: trolls. They soon find themselves documenting every move of this grizzled, unlikely hero – the troll hunter – risking their lives to uncover the secrets of creatures only thought to exist in fairy tales.

GENRE: FANTASY
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 90 MINS
RATED: PG-13

THE EVENT: THE COMPLETE SERIES

CREATOR: NICK WAUTERS

Starring: Jason Ritter, Laura Innes, Blair Underwood

Suspenseful, mysterious and action-packed, The Event is “a Lost meets 24 thrill-ride” (OK! Magazine). When everyman Sean Walker goes looking for his missing girlfriend, he stumbles upon a massive government conspiracy that is bigger than the President himself. Jason Ritter (Parenthood), Blair Underwood (The New Adventures of Old Christine) and Laura Innes (ER) star in this epic series from the executive producer of 24. With “great effects and stunning twists” (The Oakland Tribune), The Event is unlike anything you’ve ever seen before! This five-disc set includes all 22 thrilling episodes, presented in 5.1 surround sound, plus hours of explosive bonus features you won’t see anywhere else.

GENRE: TELEVISION
FORMAT: DVD
RUNTIME: 928 MINS
RATED: UR

THE WEDDING SINGER – Blu-ray/DVD Combo

DIRECTOR: FRANK CORACI

Starring: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore, Christine Taylor

It’s 1985 and Robbie Hart is the ultimate master of ceremonies…until he is left at the altar at his own wedding. Devastated, he becomes a newlywed’s worst nightmare – an entertainer who can do nothing but destroy other people’s weddings. It’s not until he meets a warm-hearted waitress named Julia, that he starts to pick up the pieces of his heart. The only problem is Julia’s about to have a wedding of her own and unless Robbie can pull off the performance of a lifetime, the girl of his dreams will be gone forever.

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GENRE: COMEDY
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 95 MINS
RATED: PG-13

ALSO AVAILABLE THIS WEEK:

Bambi II Special Edition
Beneath Hill 60
Bride Flight
Brothers & Sisters: The Fifth and Final Season
Dinosaur Train: Dinosaur Big City
Franklin & Bash – Season 1
House of Fallen
I Will Follow
NCIS: Los Angeles: The Second Season
NCIS: The Eighth Season
NEDS
Off the Map: The Complete Series
Phineas & Ferb The Movie: Across the Second Dimension
Secret Sunshine – Criterion Collection
Tactical Force
The Angry Beavers: Seasons One & Two
Tom & Jerry and the Wizard of Oz
Touching Home
Waybuloo – Piplings Feel Buloo
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BLU-RAY RELEASES

Bambi II Special Edition
Lucky Number Slevin – Blu-ray/DVD Combo
Phineas & Ferb The Movie: Across the Second Dimension
Secret Sunshine – Criterion Collection
Sex & The City – Blu-ray/DVD Combo
Shoot Em Up – Blu-ray/DVD Combo
Swingers – Blu-ray/DVD Combo
Tom & Jerry and the Wizard of Oz
Zach & Miri Make a Porno – Blu-ray/DVD Combo

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