Blu-Ray and DVD Releases for May 18, 2010
May 18, 2010
When in Rome
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: Touchstone Pictures (Disney)
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Screenwriter: David Diamond, David Weissman
Movie Website: WheninRome-themovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Will Arnett, Alexis Dziena, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, Kate Micucci, Bobby Moynihan, Danny DeVito, Anjelica Huston
Plot Summary: An ambitious young New Yorker (Kristen Bell), disillusioned with romance, takes a whirlwind trip to Rome where she defiantly plucks magic coins from a “foolish” fountain of love, inexplicably igniting the passion of an odd group of suitors: a sausage magnate (Danny DeVito), a street magician (Jon Heder), an adoring painter (Will Arnett) and a self-admiring model (Dax Shepard). But when a charming reporter (Josh Duhamel) pursues her with equal zest, how will she know if his love is the real thing?
Valentine’s Day
Genre: Comedy, Romance
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Studio: New Line Cinema (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Director: Garry Marshall
Screenwriter: Katherine Fugat, Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein
Movie Website: ValentinesDaymovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Shirley MacLaine, Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Topher Grace, Emma Roberts, Hector Elizondo, Bryce Robinson, Patrick Dempsey, Eric Dane, Carter Jenkins, Jamie Foxx, Queen Latifah
Plot Summary: A comedy about 10 people in Los Angeles whose lives intersect on the romantic holiday. The film is being fasttracked with hopes for a release on Valentine’s Day 2010.
Invictus
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures
Director: Clint Eastwood
Screenwriter: Anthony Peckham
Movie Website: Invictusmovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
Plot Summary: The film tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa’s rugby team to help unite their country. Newly elected President Mandela knows his nation remains racially and economically divided in the wake of apartheid. Believing he can bring his people together through the universal language of sport, Mandela rallies South Africa’s underdog rugby team as they make an unlikely run to the 1995 World Cup Championship match.
Extraordinary Measures
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: PG
Studio: CBS Films
Director: Tom Vaughan
Screenwriter: Robert Nelson Jacobs
Movie Website: ExtraordinaryMeasuresthemovie.com
Actors/Actresses: Harrison Ford, Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell, Courtney B. Vance
Plot Summary: In the tradition of great inspirational dramas like the Academy Award nominated film “Erin Brockovich” and “The Pursuit of Happyness,” “Extraordinary Measures” is inspired by the true story of John Crowley, a man who defied conventional wisdom and great odds, and risked his family’s future to pursue a cure for his children’s life threatening disease.
From his working class roots, John Crowley (Brendan Fraser) has finally begun to taste success in corporate America. Supported by his beautiful wife Aileen (Keri Russell) and their three children, John is on the fast track. But just as his career is taking off, Crowley walks away from it all when his two youngest children, Megan and Patrick, are diagnosed with a fatal disease. With Aileen by his side, harnessing all of his skill and determination, Crowley teams up with a brilliant, but unappreciated and unconventional scientist, Dr. Robert Stonehill (Harrison Ford). Together they form a bio-tech company focused on developing a life-saving drug. One driven to prove himself and his theories, the other by a chance to save his children, this unlikely alliance eventually develops into mutual respect as they battle the medical and business establishments in a fight against the system – and time.
But, at the last minute, when it appears that a solution has been found, the relationship between the two men faces a final test – the outcome of which will affect the fate of John’s children.
The Spy Next Door
Genre: Action, Comedy
MPAA Rating: PG
Studio: Lionsgate
Director: Brian Levant
Screenwriter: Jonathan Bernstein, Jim Greer
Movie Website: TheSpyNextDoorfilm.com
Actors/Actresses: Jackie Chan, Madeline Carroll, Alina Foley, George Lopez, Billy Ray Cyrus, Amber Valletta, Katherine Boecher
Plot Summary: Lionsgate’s family action comedy “The Spy Next Door” stars Jackie Chan as Bob Ho, an undercover CIA superspy who decides to give up his career in espionage to settle down with his next-door neighbor and girlfriend, Gillian (Amber Valletta). But Bob has one more mission to complete before Gillian agrees to marry him: winning over her three opinionated kids.
When Gillian suddenly has to leave town, Bob volunteers to babysit the children so he can earn their approval. But when one of the kids mistakenly downloads a top-secret formula from his computer, Bob’s archenemy, a Russian terrorist, moves in for the attack, forcing Bob to juggle the roles of spy and prospective stepfather in the most challenging mission of his career!
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