November 29, 2011 - Notable New DVD Movie Releases:
30 Minutes or Less DVD
Length: 83 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, nudity and some violen
Jesse Eisenberg and Danny McBride star in this comedy directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland). Nick (Eisenberg) is a hapless delivery guy for a pizzeria that promises to get your pizza to you in 30 minutes or less. Meanwhile, Dwayne (McBride) needs $100,000 to hire a hit man and comes up with a scheme: kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap an explosive vest on him and order him to rob a bank. (The movie was inspired by the real-life 2003 case of Brian Wells.) Dwayne and his buddy abduct Nick, fasten a bomb to him and give him 10 hours to get the money, but complications arise as things spin out of control.
- Widescreen
- 30 Minutes or Less is also available on Blu-ray disc.
Cave of Forgotten Dreams Blu-ray Disc
Length: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
Werner Herzog (Encounters at the End of the World, Grizzly Man) wrote, directed and narrates this documentary about the world's oldest paintings. These are Ice Age paintings of horses, cattle, reindeer, lions, panthers, bears, owls, rhinos and hyenas on the walls of the Chauvet-Pont-d'Arc Cave in southern France, which were discovered in 1994. There are paintings here that are quite possibly 32,000 years old, though there's some dispute. But the Chauvet Cave paintings are believed to be older than those in the better-known caves of Lascaux and Altamira. In his narration, Herzog contemplates the paintings' significance.
- Documentary
- Widescreen
- Cave of Forgotten Dreams is also available on DVD.
Our Idiot Brother DVD
Length: 90 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for sexual content including nudity, and for language throughout
Paul Rudd stars as the title character in this comedy, and his character's sisters are played by Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel and Emily Mortimer. Others in the cast include Kathryn Hahn, Steve Coogan, Rashida Jones and Shirley Knight. Ned (Rudd) is a sweet-natured, bearded, long-haired guy who gives everybody the benefit of the doubt. After getting out of jail for selling marijuana to a uniformed cop, he is homeless and his former girlfriend has taken his dog. Ned stays with each of his three uptight, unhappy sisters, and the film shows that he's the only sibling who knows what's important in life.
- Widescreen
- Our Idiot Brother is also available on Blu-ray disc.
December 2, 2011 - New DVD Releases:
Friends With Benefits DVD
Length: 109 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for some violent content and brief sexuality
Justin Timberlake and Mila Kunis are paired in this romantic comedy directed by Will Gluck (Easy A). Jamie (Kunis) is a headhunter who earns a big commission by getting Dylan (Timberlake), a successful L.A.-based art director, to take a job at GQ magazine in New York. She shows him around the Big Apple, and they soon tumble into bed together. But both have been in failed relationships previously and say they don't want to get emotionally involved. Patricia Clarkson plays Jamie's mother, while Richard Jenkins and Jenna Elfman portray Dylan's father and sister. Woody Harrelson appears as a gay sports editor at GQ.
- Commentary
- Deleted Scenes
- Outtakes
- Widescreen
- Friends With Benefits is also available on Blu-ray disc and in a DVD and Blu-ray combo edition.
The Smurfs DVD
Length: 103 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for some mild rude humor and action
The short — three apples high — blue creatures called "The Smurfs" in English were created by Belgian cartoonist Peyo and in 1958 were introduced in French-language comic strips as "Les Schtroumphs." But the creatures are best known to Americans from the Hanna-Barbera cartoons that ran on Saturday mornings on NBC in the 1980s. Now comes this live-action/animated hybrid movie, in which half a dozen Smurfs are transported to Manhattan, where they have adventures. Neil Patrick Harris plays a marketing exec who helps the Smurfs. Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry and others supply Smurf voices.
- Widescreen
- Other editions: The Smurfs is also available as a three-disc DVD and Blu-ray combo edition and as a 3-D/2-D Blu-ray combo edition.
Another Earth Blu-ray and DVD
Selected Special Features:
- Two-Disc Set: Includes Both Blu-ray Disc and DVD
- Also Includes Digital Copy
Selected Special Features:
- Widescreen
- The Art of Getting By is also available on Blu-ray disc.
Selected Special Features:
- Widescreen
Selected Special Features:
- Widescreen
- One Day is also available on Blu-ray disc.