Watchmen (Director's Cut + Digital Copy and BD-Live) : Blu-ray released on July 21, 09

Everyone's favorite graphic novel comes to the screen (after years of rumors and false start), reduced by a roaring work of adaptation than a respectful and loyal to a radical original. Watchmen is set in the middle of the 1980s, a time of heightened nuclear tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, as Richard Nixon is enjoying his fifth term as president and the world of superheroes forced to retire. (As you probably say, the mix of authentic history and alternative reality is impetuous.) Things start with a bang: the mysterious murder on the high Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a masked hero with a checkered past, the rest of the retired superhero community on alert. The credits sequence, a series of tableaux that witty catch us back crime story, actually turns out to be the highlight of the film. Then we meet the other caped and Hooded Avengers: The blazing Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley), the inexplicably naked Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup, in the middle of many blue skin, genital-swinging digital work), Silk Specter II (Malin Akerman), Nite Owl II (Patrick Wilson) and Ozymandias (Matthew Goode). The corkscrewing stories that worked well in the comic book, the film the strange feeling of never quite get in gear, even if some of the episodes have been arrested. Director Zack Snyder (300) not attempt to adjust the electrical effect of the original (written by Alan Moore - who declined to be credited to the film - and illustrated by Dave Gibbons), but remains faithful to his source material carefully. That does not feel good, even with the generally pleasant roll of anecdotes. Even less forgivable is the blah occurs, with the exception of Jeffrey Dean Morgan (firm) and Patrick Wilson (soft). Watchmen certainly fills the eye, although less so that the ears, the song choices are regrettable, especially during a painful mid-air link between Nite Owl II and Silk Specter II as they unite their - ah - Roman numerals. In the end it feels like an enormous work of transcription has been successfully completed, that is not the same as making a blood film experience.

• Actors: Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson
• Directors: Zack Snyder
• Format: Color, Director's Cut, Special Edition, Widescreen
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: July 21, 2009
• Run Time: 186 minutes

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Gran Torino (Widescreen) : DVD released on June 9, 2009

Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino, a modest photo shot during a post-production on his extensive rock period piece Change Ling was quiet out on Christmas 2008, after which they proceeded to blow away all the Oscar-bait giants at the Box Office and win its 78-year-old star of the best reviews of his acting career. Both films and performances are consummately cunning - stand up with deceptive simplicity, only to evolve into something complex, powerful and surprisingly tender. Like Unforgiven was a tragic reflection on Eastwood's legacy in the Western genre Gran Torino caps and eloquent criticism of the urban heritage of Dirty Harry and his violent brothers. And on top of that, the movie is a savvy meditation on America in a particular historical moment, racially, economically, spiritually. Call it a "state of the Union message. But call it with a lopsided grin.

The new Dirty Harry is a sullen Walt: Walt Kowalski (Eastwood playing his own age), a widower, Korean War veteran, retired auto worker, and the last white resident of Detroit street. It is difficult to say who irks him - his blood relatives (a pretty lame bunch) or Hmong families who are his new neighbors. Kowalski is a racist, because it never occurred to him he should not be. Besides, this is the Flip Side of mutual ethnic baiting that serves as the currency of affection for him and his working-class buddies. Circumstances - and the two young people next door, the feisty Sue (Ahney Her) and her brother in battle Thao (Bee Vang) - Walt contrive to involve a new community, and anoint him as a hero after he turns his big guns some ruffians. The range of this may surprise you - several times over. Eastwood film chosen for economic misery Detroit - a shrewd decision, but its mapping of Walt's world that the classical style that really counts. Each corner of occasional lawn, terrace and cellar to matter - and by all means the workshop / garage that houses the mint condition Gran Torino sign that Walt helped build a more prosperous era. This is a remarkable film.

• Actors: Clint Eastwood, Brian Haley, Christopher Carley, Geraldine Hughes
• Directors: Clint Eastwood
• Format: Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: June 9, 2009
• Run Time: 116 minutes

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He's Just Not That Into You : DVD released on June 2, 09

Based on the bestseller by two Sex and the City scribes, He's just not that into you confirm that the HBO series is more than just a TV show - it was a cultural institution that gave tours, catchphrases, fashion trends, and much more. Ironically, the resulting film is both smarter and funnier than the big-screen version of Carrie and the gang. Of the nine central characters, the sweet, as Clue Less Gigi (Big Love's Ginnifer Goodwin) is the most vivid impression. The Maryland career girl seems to fall for the friendly guys like Conor (Entourage's Kevin Connolly), who "just not that into" her. At the local watering hole installations, she meets bar manager Alex (Justin Long, Ed Goodwin's co-star), which states her straight on the difference between what people say and what they mean, and there are exceptions to every rule. Her seemingly permanent employees, Beth (Jennifer Aniston) and Janine (Jennifer Connelly), a relationship of their own problems: Beth's boyfriend of seven years, Neil (Ben Affleck), does not believe in marriage, and Janine's husband, Ben (Bradley Cooper), has a wandering eye ... for singer / yoga instructor Anna (Scarlett Johansson). Alt-weekly ad saleswoman Mary (executive producer Drew Barrymore), the link between this loose-knit community. An enthusiastic Internet Date and full-time technophile, she bemoans the fact that "people together more organically." At 132 minutes, Ken Kwapis film could use a few decorative caps, but he brings this complicated romantic entanglements to a convincing conclusion, and the confessions of random passers-by add to laugh.

• Actors: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly
• Directors: Ken Kwapis
• Format: Color, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• DVD Release Date: June 2, 2009
• Run Time: 129 minutes

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