Top DVD Releases for the Week of February 10 2009
Here is a list of the DVD Releases for the week of February 10 2009:
Nights in Rodanthe
Synopsis:Adrienne Willis, a woman with her life in chaos, retreats to the tiny coastal town of Rodanthe, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to tend to a friend's inn for the weekend. Here she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs to rethink the conflicts surrounding her--a wayward husband who has asked to come home, and a teenaged daughter who resents her every decision. Almost as soon as Adrienne gets to Rodanthe, a major storm is forecast and Dr. Paul Flanner arrives. The only guest at the inn, Flanner is not on a weekend escape but rather is there to face his own crisis of conscience. Now, with the storm closing in, the two turn to each other for comfort and, in one magical weekend, set in motion a life-changing romance that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.
Cast: Richard Gere, Diane Lane, Christopher Meloni, Viola Davis, Mae Whitman
Recommendations: Really not for me. But Valentine's day is coming up and I forgot to get anything for my girlfriend yet.
Buy it: Nights in Rodanthe
Miracle at St. Anna
Synopsis:Four soldiers from the army's Negro 92nd Division find themselves separated from their unit and behind enemy lines. Risking their lives for a country in which they are treated with less respect than the enemy they are fighting, they discover humanity in the small Tuscan village of St. Anna di Stazzema.
Cast: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino
Recommendations: Seems like some interesting historic perspective. Definitely want to check it.
Buy it: Miracle at St Anna
(Also available on Blu-Ray
W.
Synopsis:W. takes viewers through Bush's eventful life -- his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush's decision to invade Iraq.
Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Thandie Newton
Recommendations: Now that we are done with Bush, I feel it is time to take a look at his life before the presidency
Buy it: W.
(Also available on Blu-Ray
Blindness
Synopsis:When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Cast: Don McKellar, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover, Alice Braga
Recommendations: Interesting concept. Worth a look...no pun intended.
Buy it: Blindness
Soul Men
Synopsis:The two remaining members of the popular soul band, The Real Deal, from the 1970's, Floyd Henderson, now a retired businessman, and ne'er-do-well, ex-convict, Louis Hinds, take a road trip to the Apollo Theater for a musical tribute to their recently deceased front man, Marcus Hook. As they travel cross country in a series of adventures and misdventures, they air old grievances about thirty year old betrayals and learn the music's still in them.
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mac, Sharon Leal, Affion Crockett, P.J. Byrne
Recommendations: Samuel Jackson should stick to a certain quota of movies. I am tired of seeing him play himself over and over again.
Buy it: Soul Men
Watch 5 BLINDNESS Movie Clips
Check out five clips from BLINDNESS, which is in theaters now.
Did any of you go and see "Blindness" over the week-end? What did you think?
Watch the First 5 Minutes BLINDNESS (Video)
Yahoo! has released the first 5 minutes of BLINDNESS which comes out to theaters today.
I decided not to watch anything since I am planning on seeing it over the week-end, but for those of you who can't wait, you can watch the video below.
BLINDNESS Movie Pictures (2008)
Here are some new pictures of Julianne Moore's new movie, BLINDNESS, directed by Fernando Meirelles, the director of City Of God.
One funny thing about the characters in this movie: they have no name per say. So for example, Julianne Moore is the Doctor's Wife and Mark Ruffalo is The Doctor. I am curious to see how that is going to turn out on screen.
Also, shout to Danny Glover, who is the narrator in this movie and happens to look really cool in these pictures. Go Danny! (Update: Apparently, Fernando Meirelles has dropped the Danny Glover narration.)
In the meantime, look at more Blindness pictures, including one of Gael Garcia Bernal.
BLINDNESS (2008) - International Movie Trailer
Title: BLINDNESS
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Danny Glover, and Sandra Oh
Plot: A doctor’s wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago. (imdb.com)
Release Date: 3 October 2008
Thoughts: This is a new trailer for Blindness (after the first one released) and I must say that I am even more excited to see this movie now. The concept is great and the cast is brilliant, and you can see the style of Fernando Meirelles shine through in the trailer already. Now I know for sure that I will check this out at the movies.
Trailer:
What do you think of the trailer for Blindness?
BLINDNESS (2008) - Six New Movie Posters
Check out these 6 new movie posters from BLINDNESS, on main one above, and 5 below, each focusing on a character. It looks like they come from the Cannes Film Festival. I think they're pretty cool and I cannot wait to see the movie.
You can view the trailer for Blindness here. There is also an international trailer that popped up as well, which I will be posting soon as well.
Blindness will be released on October 3, 2008.
BLINDNESS (2008) - Movie Trailer
Title: BLINDNESS
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Danny Glover, and Sandra Oh
Plot: A doctor's wife becomes the only person with the ability to see in a town where everyone is struck with a mysterious case of sudden blindness. She feigns illness in order to take care of her husband as her surrounding community breaks down into chaos and disorder. Based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago. (imdb.com)
Release Date: 3 October 2008
Thoughts: First of all, I don't know anything about the book, so in a way that might be a good thing because I am not expecting anything from the movie. Second, the cast looks amazing. And third, I always find these types of "epidemic movies," where there is no explanation, intriguing, especially if they are well done. So far, it's hard to tell if this will be one of the good ones, but it doesn't look too bad, so I will probably check it out.
Trailer:
What do you think of the trailer for Blindness?
