Blu-Ray and DVD Releases for April 20, 2010

Crazy Heart

Genre: Drama, Music

MPAA Rating: R

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Director: Scott Cooper

Screenwriter: Scott Cooper

Movie Website: CrazyHeartmovie.com

Actors/Actresses: Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall, Sarah Jane Morris

Plot Summary: Four-time Academy Award® nominee Jeff Bridges stars as the richly comic, semi-tragic romantic anti-hero Bad Blake in the debut feature film “Crazy Heart” from writer-director Scott Cooper. Bad Blake is a broken-down, hard-living country music singer who’s had way too many marriages, far too many years on the road and one too many drinks way too many times. And yet, Bad can’t help but reach for salvation with the help of Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a journalist who discovers the real man behind the musician. As he struggles down the road of redemption, Bad learns the hard way just how tough life can be on one man’s crazy heart.

The Lovely Bones

Genre: Drama

MPAA Rating: PG-13

Studio: DreamWorks Pictures (Paramount)

Director: Peter Jackson

Screenwriter: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens

Movie Website: LovelyBones.com

Actors/Actresses: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli, Saoirse Ronan

Plot Summary: Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling novel by Alice Sebold, and directed by Oscar winner Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Jackson & Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens, “The Lovely Bones” centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family – and her killer – from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal. Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg and Oscar winners Rachel Weisz and Susan Sarandon star along with Stanley Tucci, Michael Imperioli and Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan.