17 AGAIN on DVD and Blu-ray
New Line/2009/115min/PG-13/SRP: $35.99
Director: Burr Steers
Cast: Zac Efron, Matthew Perry, Leslie Mann
Vfx: R!OT
Video codec: VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
English SDH, Spanish
BD/DVD Combo
Three-disc set
Digital copy
BD-Live
Bonus Features:
*ZAC GOES BACK (HD): A making-of featurette, it concerns itself mainly with showering Efron with praise. A few interesting notes creep up from the cast and crew as does some behind-the-scenes footage, but it's mostly an EPK piece.
*GOING BACK TO 17 (HD): in which various cast and crew members reminisce about their high school years. Among the topics discussed are out-of-style dance moves and the most horrifying school experiences. It's puffy, but cute.
*WAY COOL TELL-ALL TRIVIA TRACK: Here, little factoids turn up sporadically throughout the film. Some of them offer genuinely interesting pieces of production information while others deal with subjects only loosely connected to what's onscreen.
*EXTRAS: The first is "Breakin' Character Outtakes" (HD). Unlike other outtake reels, this one focuses more on the improvisations of the supporting actors than it does on flubs and goofs. That makes this more entertaining than usual, especially since some of those featured are able to make more of an impression here than in the finished film.
ZAC’S DANCE FLASHBACK (HD): It focuses on the rehearsal and shooting of a scene that didn't wind up in the final cut. Thanks to the brevity and shallowness of the featurette, pretty much nothing is revealed about how the scene came together. It acts more as a montage of behind-the-scenes footage with a few sound bites thrown in for variety.
*Much more useful is a collection of 13 DELETED SCENES that are given their own heading. Some of these simply reiterate what's already made clear in the final film, but quite a few offer nice character moments that could've been included.
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES COLLECTION on DVD and Blu-ray
Warner/1990/364min/PG/SRP: $84.99
Includes TMNT, The Secret Ooze and Turtles in Time
Video codec: VC-1
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1; 2.39:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 5.1
French: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles
English, French, Spanish
Discs
25GB Blu-ray Disc
Four-disc set
Summary:
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Master Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City. Tech-industrialist is amassing an army of ancient monsters to take over the world. Only one super-ninja fighting team can stop them.
Bonus Features:
*The first three movies only include standard definition theatrical trailers, and TMNT limps into the set with the same SD special features that appeared on its original 2007 release (director's commentary, deleted and alternate scenes, and behind-the-scenes featurettes).
*The box itself is designed to resemble a cheap, cardboard pizza box and houses all four discs (printed to look like pizzas), an envelope with eight collectible character cards, a signed Kevin Eastman sketch, a black-and-white graphic novel adaptation of the first film, and a high-quality black beanie boasting the Ninja Turtle logo.
*Be warned: The live-action entries are saddled with problematic video transfers and its supplemental package is sparse. Still, any TMNT fanatic will find their expectations have been surpassed.
STARMAN on Blu-ray
Sony/1985/115min/PG/SRP: $28.95
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Jeff Bridges, Karen Allen
Vfx: Stan Winston Studio, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
French: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Subtitles
English, English SDH, French
English, English SDH, French (less)
50GB Blu-ray Disc
BD-Live
Summary:
An alien's ship crashes on Earth, and, to avoid detection, he transforms himself into a physical replica of the deceased husband of a young woman, whose house is the first he comes upon in the woods. He then must assuage her fears, learn how to adjust to his human form, and use her help to get to the Arizona crater where the mother ship awaits him. Things get complicated when the two fall in love and the alien is pursued by U.S. government agents attempting to capture him.
CUTTHROAT ISLAND on Blu-Ray
Lionsgate/1995/119min/PG-13/SRP: $19.99
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella
Vfx: D. Rez Hollywood, Digiscope, Todd-AO, Flash Film Works, Digital Filmworks, CIS Hollywood, Walkabout Pictures
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (less)
Subtitles TBA
Disc TBA
Summary:
This rousing tale of buried treasure, bleached bones, battles, duels and, above all, romance is set on the high seas of the 1600s--when men were daring... and so were the women. Morgan Adams, the beautiful daughter of a pirate, inherits a portion of a coveted treasure map. Also inheriting command of her late father's ship, The Morning Star, Morgan and her men set off on a mission to lay claim to her fortune.
DONKEY X on Blu-ray
Phase 4 Films/2007/90min/PG/SRP: $29.99
Director: Jose Pozo
Animation
Video codec: TBA
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Audio TBA
Subtitles TBA Disc TBA
Summary:
Follows Don Quijote, his "squire", Sancho Panza (Don Quijote's best friend and the wealthiest man in town), Sancho's donkey, Rucio (who wants to be a horse) and a real horse, Don Quijote's faithful steed, Rocinante (who hates leaving his stable) on their adventure to duel the "Knight of the Moon" where, if Don Quijote wins the duel the true identity of Dulcinea will be revealed.
CHAOS on Blu-ray
Lionsgate/2005/106min/NR/SRP: $19.99
Director: Tony Giglio
Cast: Jason Statham, Ryan Phillippe, Wesley Snipes
Vfx: Big Red Pixel and MotionFX
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles TBA Disc TBA
Summary:
Two cops are partnered up and must try to uncover how five bank robbers escaped from a bank during a heist.
THE NINTH GATE on Blu-Ray
Lionsgate/1999/133min/R/SRP: $19.99
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin
Vfx: Duboi, Mikros Image, SPI, Éclair Numerique
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles TBA Disc TBA
Summary:
Dean Corso is highly skilled at his work, a position which requires dexterity, cultural expertise, nerves of steel... and few scruples. Known for locating rare books for wealthy collectors, Corso is hired by eminent book-lover and scholar of demonology, Boris Balkan. Corson's mission: to find the last two volumes of legendary manual of satanic invocation "The Ninth Gates of the Shadow Kingdom."
BLUE THUNDER on Blu-ray
Sony/1983/109min/R/$28.95
Director: John Badham
Cast: Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, Candy Clark
Vfx: DeLuxe Labs, Rastar
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
French: Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Subtitles
English, English SDH, French
Disc50GB Blu-ray Disc
BD-Live
Summary:
The air above Los Angeles has become a battle ground in this explosive action thriller. An honorable Los Angeles police officer is chosen to test run Blue Thunder, a high-tech experimental attack helicopter that comes complete with listening devices, camera lenses, and computer files. While flying Blue Thunder he and his partner discover that the government intends to use the helicopter for corrupt crowd control and surveillance.
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