October 11, 2011 - New DVD Releases:
Horrible Bosses DVD
Length: 98 minutes
MPAA Rating: R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language and some drug material
Featuring a strong cast, this is a foul-mouthed, politically incorrect, silly comedy that was a box-office hit. Three pals (Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis) toil away at unrelated jobs, but they share one thing in common: their loathsome bosses (Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell and Jennifer Aniston) make their lives miserable. Over drinks, the three pals decide their only hope is to kill their bosses, and after some missteps, they engage an ex-con (Jamie Foxx) as a murder consultant. The three pals embark upon preparations to commit the murders, but as criminals, they are farcically inept.
- Widescreen
The Tree of Life DVD
Length: 139 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some thematic material
Terrence Malick wrote and directed this poetic, enigmatic film that won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. Brad Pitt plays a major role, and Sean Penn appears in a few scenes. The key character is Jack O'Brien, played as a boy by newcomer Hunter McCracken and as a middle-aged man by Penn. The central story has Jack looking back at his boyhood in 1950s Waco, Texas, with his father (Pitt), mother (Jessica Chastain) and two brothers. One of Jack's brothers died at age 19. But intercut with this family story are non-narrative sequences depicting things like the creation of the universe and the beginning of life on Earth.
- Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
Zookeeper DVD
Length: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG for some rude and suggestive humor, and language
Kevin James stars as Griffin Keyes, the title character in this comedy with talking animals. The vocal cast has several celebrities: Adam Sandler as a monkey, Don Rickles as a frog, Cher and Sylvester Stallone as lions, Jon Favreau and Faizon Love as bears, Maya Rudolph as a giraffe. There's also Nick Nolte voicing a gorilla, who goes out to dinner with James' character at TGI Friday's. Romantic interests for Griffin are played by Leslie Bibb and Rosario Dawson. The story is that Griffin is rejected by Bibb's character, but he is better matched with the zoo's veterinarian, played by Dawson.
- Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
- Includes Digital Copy
- Also Available: Single-Disc DVD Edition
October 14, 2011 - New DVD Release:
Green Lantern DVD
Length: The theatrical release is 114 minutes in length. The extended version of the film is 123 minutes in length.
MPAA Rating: PG for some rude and suggestive humor, and language
Ryan Reynolds stars as the title character in this superhero movie based on a DC Comics franchise that dates back to 1940. The film recounts how eons ago a group of superior beings on planet Oa created an elite intergalactic police force called the Green Lanterns to battle evil throughout the universe. When the Green Lantern responsible for Earth dies, his job goes to test pilot Hal Jordan (Reynolds). Soon Hal, wearing a green costume and mask, goes up against the CGI villain called the Parallax (voiced by Clancy Brown). Blake Lively portrays Hal's love interest, and Peter Sarsgaard plays a scientist who goes mad.
- Includes the Theatrical Version of the Movie and Extended Version
- Deleted Scenes
- Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
- Includes Digital Copy
- Also Available: Single-Disc DVD Edition
Additional Releases of Interest This Week
Bones The Complete Sixth Season DVD- Six-Disc DVD Set
- Commentaries
- Five-Disc DVD Set
- Commentary
- Booklet
- Animated
- Featurettes
- DVD Set
- Featurette
- Trailer
- Deleted Scenes
- Widescreen
- Deleted Scenes
- Widescreen
- Deleted Scenes
- Trailer
- Widescreen
- Four-Disc DVD Set
- Widescreen
- Two-Disc DVD Set
- Widescreen