January 31, 2012 - Notable New DVD Movie Releases:
Dream House DVD
Length: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, terror, some sexuality and brief strong language
Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz and Naomi Watts star in this psychological thriller directed by Jim Sheridan. Will (Craig) quits his job at a New York City publishing firm, and he and his wife (Weisz) and their two young daughters go to live in a pleasant home in a small town in New England. But strange things happen in their new house, and Will is unable to learn anything from his neighbor (Watts) or her angry ex-husband (Marton Csokas). Will does some research and determines that five years earlier, his house had been the scene of a triple murder, but it eventually emerges that everything is not as it first seems.
- Widescreen
Drive DVD
Length: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for strong brutal bloody violence, language and some nudity
Ryan Gosling and Carey Mulligan star in this somewhat arty film, which has moody, noirish sequences between outbursts of violence and action. Gosling plays the unnamed protagonist, listed in the credits as "Driver." He does both Hollywood stunt driving and drives getaway cars for robberies, and he aspires to being a professional racecar driver. He falls for Irene (Mulligan), a neighbor who's the mother of a cute kid. When Irene's husband comes home from prison, Driver decides to help out the struggling family by driving getaway in what promises to be an easy robbery, but things go terribly awry.
- Featurettes
- Interview
- Widescreen
In Time DVD
Length: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence, some sexualty and partial nudity, and strong language
Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfreid star in this sci-fi thriller directed by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, S1m0ne). The film takes place in a world where aging stops at 25 and the medium of exchange is lifespan instead of money. Wages are received in the form of increased lifespan, but food, shelter and other expenses are paid in the form of decreased lifespan. Also, lifespan can be increased by way of a gift or inheritance, so there is a huge disparity in life expectancy between the rich and the poor. Timberlake and Seyfried play a couple-on-the-run who steal lifespan from banks and transfer it to society's impoverished.
- Widescreen
Additional DVD and Blu-ray Disc Releases of Interest This Week
A Soldier's Story (1984) Blu-ray Disc- Widescreen
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Read a review of an earlier release of Adaptation on DVD: Adaptation DVD.
- Five-Film Collection
- Widescreen
- Widescreen
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- Widescreen
Read a profile of an earlier release of Cold Mountain on DVD: Cold Mountain DVD.
- Nine-Disc DVD Set
- Subtitles
- Director's Cut
- Commentary by Director Wolfgang Peterson
- Widescreen
Read a profile of an earlier release of Das Boot on Blu-ray Disc: Das Boot Blu-ray Disc.
- Interviews
- Trailer
- Commentary
- Widescreen
- Four-Disc Set
- Includes DVD and Blu-ray Disc
- Animated
- Widescreen
- Subtitles
- Widescreen
Read a review of an earlier release of Frida on DVD: Frida DVD.
- Widescreen
- Widescreen
- Widescreen
- Four-Disc DVD Set
- Widescreen
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- Eight-Disc DVD Set
- Widescreen
- Two-Disc Set
- Book
- Widescreen
- Widescreen
- Widescreen
- Featurettes
- Widescreen
- Widescreen
- UltraViolet Digital Copy
- Two-Disc Set
- Includes DVD and Blu-ray Disc
- Widescreen
- Book
- Digital Copy
- Two-Disc Set: Includes Both Blu-ray Disc and DVD
- Widescreen
Read a profile of an earlier release of To Kill a Mockingbird on DVD: To Kill a Mockingbird DVD.
- Includes: Blu-ray Disc 3D, Blu-ray Disc, DVD, Digital Copy
- Widescreen
- Widescreen