DVD & Blu-rays Released March 10, 2009 - Movie Insider (original) (raw)

Tuesday, March 10

Role Models R

Danny and Wheeler are two salesmen who trash a company truck on an energy drink-fueled bender. Upon their arrest, the court gives them a choice: do hard time or spend 150 service hours with a mentorship program. After one day with the kids, however, jail doesn't look half bad. Surrounded by annoying do-gooders, Danny struggles with his every neurotic impulse to guide Augie through the trials of becoming a man. Unfortunately, the guy just dumped by his girlfriend has only sarcasm to offer a bashful 16-year-old obsessed with medieval role play. Meanwhile, charming Wheeler tries to trade in an addiction to partying and women to assist a fifth-grader named Ronnie in redirecting his foul-mouthed ways. It would probably help if Ronnie's new mentor wasn't an overgrown adolescent whose idea of quality time includes keggers in Venice Beach. Once the center's ex-con director gives them an ultimatum, Danny and Wheeler are forced to tailor their brand of immature wisdom to their charges. And if they can just make it through probation without getting thrown in jail, the world's worst role models will prove that, sometimes, it takes a village idiot to raise a child.

Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Ken Marino, Jane Lynch, Seann William Scott, Mary Parent, David Wain, Tim Dowling

Comedy

116 mins

Rachel Getting Married R

When Kym returns to the Buchman family home for the wedding of her sister Rachel, she brings a long history of personal crisis and family conflict along with her. The wedding Party's abundant cast of friends and relations have gathered for an idyllic weekend of feating, music and love, but Kym -- with her black-comic one-liners and knack for bombshell drama -- is a catalyst for long-simmering tensions in the family dynamic.

Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, Tunde Adebimpe, Ilona Herzberg, Carol Cuddy, Jonathan Demme, Debra Winger, Anna Deavere Smith

Drama

100 mins

Transporter 3 PG-13

Frank Martin has been pressured into transporting Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of Leonid Vasilev, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency for the Ukraine, from Marseilles through Stuttgart and Budapest until he ends up in Odessa on the Black Sea. Along the way, with the help of Inspector Tarconi, Frank has to contend with the people who strong armed him to take the job, agents sent by Vasilev to intercept him, and the general non-cooperation of his passenger. Despite Valentina’s cynical disposition and his resistance to get involved, Frank and Valentina fall for each other, while escaping from one life-threatening situation after another.

Jason Statham, Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen, Eriq Ebouaney, Olivier Megaton, Steve Chasman, Robert Knepper, Justin Rodgers Hall

Action Adventure Sequel

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas PG-13

Bruno is a young boy living in Berlin in 1942 with his well-to-do family. But soon the family is forced to move to Poland due to his Father's promotion at the Krakow concentration camp. There Bruno meets and befriends a young Jewish boy being held in the camp. Their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.

Vera Farmiga, David Thewlis, David Heyman, Rupert Friend, Jack Scanlon, Mark Herman, Cara Horgan

Drama War Adaptation

108 mins

Cadillac Records R

Adrien Brody and Jeffrey Wright will portray blues/R&B record exec Leonard Chess and blues musician Muddy Waters, respectively. Leonard Chess launched the Chicago blues label Chess Records and traveled throughout the south, discovering artists and selling records from the back of his Cadillac.

Cedric the Entertainer, Adrien Brody, Jeffrey Wright, Gabrielle Union, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Columbus Short, Tammy Blanchard, Mos Def

Drama Biography Music

128 mins

Milk R

In 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first openly gay man to be voted into public office in America. His victory was not just a victory for gay rights; he forged coalitions across the political spectrum. From senior citizens to union workers, Harvey Milk changed the very nature of what it means to be a fighter for human rights and became, before his untimely death in 1978, a hero for all Americans. During the last eight years of his life, while living in New York City, he turns 40. Looking for more purpose, he and his lover Scott Smith relocate to San Francisco, where they found a small business, Castro Camera, in the heart of a working-class neighborhood. Then, with support from Scott and from new friends like young activist Cleve Jones, Milk plunges headfirst into the choppy waters of politics. Bolstering his public profile with humor, Milk's actions speak even louder than his gift-of-gab words. When Milk is elected supervisor for the newly zoned District 5, he tries to coordinate his efforts with those of another newly elected supervisor, Dan White. But as White and Milk's political agendas increasingly diverge, their personal destinies tragically converge.

James Franco, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, Bruce Cohen, Sean Penn, Dan Jinks, Dustin Lance Black, Gus Van Sant

Drama Biography LGBTQIA+

99 mins

Battle in Seattle R

Set in 1999, during the World Trade Organization meeting in Seattle, an eclectic group of demonstrators, including environmental activists, doctors, anarchists, attorneys, eco-terrorists and just plain folks, brings the city to a state of near-chaos, and chases the WTO straight out of town.

Charlize Theron, Ray Liotta, Woody Harrelson, Vanessa Pereira, Stuart Townsend, Martin Henderson, Ashok Amritraj, Julien Remillard

Drama Historical

118 mins

Happy-Go-Lucky R

Poppy is a teacher from north London whose life, at first glance, seems to be full of complications. It is hard to figure if she is a little crazy and irresponsible or deeply sane and sensible. Either way, everybody falls in love with her for better or for worse.

Sally Hawkins, James Clayton, Gail Egan, Eddie Marsan, Sinead Matthews, David Garrett, Mike Leigh, Andrea Riseborough

Drama Comedy Foreign

Synecdoche, New York R

Philip Seymour Hoffman will play a theater director who ambitiously attempts to put on a play by creating a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse. Catherine Keener is set to play his first wife, Michelle Williams will play his second wife, Samantha Morton will appear as his sometime lover, and Tilda Swinton will portray Keener's best friend and the dubious mentor to the daughter of Hoffman and Keener's characters.

Charlie Kaufman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Tilda Swinton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Spike Jonze, Catherine Keener, William Horberg

Drama

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