Here are some selected home-video releases.
February 20, 2007 (Press Release) --
"Babel"
Nominated for best-picture at Sunday's Academy Awards, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's sweeping drama follows the lives of families around the globe that are affected by a tragic shooting in the African desert, the film spanning three continents and unfolding in five languages. The cast list is headed by the top-billed Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal, who all deliver strongly, but the standout performances come from Adrianna Barraza as a Mexican nanny in crisis and Rinko Kikuchi as a deaf Japanese teen coping with her mother's suicide. For such an expansive film, it's disappointing the DVD arrives without any extras no interviews, commentary or other background. It's certainly a candidate for a special-edition DVD down the line, especially if it wins best picture. DVD, $29.99; HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, $39.99 each. (Paramount)
"The Prestige"
Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale play a deadly game of sleight-of-hand as rival magicians caught up in a blood feud in the early 1900s. Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, David Bowie and Andy Serkis (Gollum of "The Lord of the Rings" films) round out the main cast. Filmmaker Christopher Nolan, who directed Bale and Caine in "Batman Begins," combines historical drama, mystery and fantasy for this ambitious saga of a friendship that sours over tragedy during a magic act, pitting two old pals against each other in a lifelong pursuit to outdo the other. The DVD and high-definition Blu-ray disc include segments on the film's visual gimmicks, twisting plot deceptions and Victorian-era re-creations, along with a featurette on Bowie's character, engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. DVD, $29.99; Blu-ray disc, $37.99. (Disney)
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"Flushed Away"
To remind "Prestige" fans that he's really a big softie, Hugh Jackman leads the voice cast in this animated comedy, playing the mouthpiece for an upper-crust pet mouse who's flushed down the toilet and lands among the gutter rats and other bottom dwellers in the sewers of London. He teams up with a plucky boat-captain rodent (Kate Winslet) and battles an evil toad (Ian McKellen) plotting Armageddon for the denizens of the underworld. DVD extras include two music videos featuring the movie's chorus of singing slugs, a featurette on the music and pop tunes in the film and a segment about the voice cast. The filmmakers also provide commentary. DVD, $29.99. (DreamWorks)
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"Man of the Year"
Robin Williams captures the White House in this comedy about the wisecracking host of a political talk show, who takes it on himself to throw the bums out by running for president and winning under the maiden run of a new computerized voting system.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
Nominated for best-picture at Sunday's Academy Awards, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's sweeping drama follows the lives of families around the globe that are affected by a tragic shooting in the African desert, the film spanning three continents and unfolding in five languages. The cast list is headed by the top-billed Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Gael Garcia Bernal, who all deliver strongly, but the standout performances come from Adrianna Barraza as a Mexican nanny in crisis and Rinko Kikuchi as a deaf Japanese teen coping with her mother's suicide. For such an expansive film, it's disappointing the DVD arrives without any extras no interviews, commentary or other background. It's certainly a candidate for a special-edition DVD down the line, especially if it wins best picture. DVD, $29.99; HD DVD and Blu-ray discs, $39.99 each. (Paramount)
"The Prestige"
Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale play a deadly game of sleight-of-hand as rival magicians caught up in a blood feud in the early 1900s. Scarlett Johansson, Michael Caine, David Bowie and Andy Serkis (Gollum of "The Lord of the Rings" films) round out the main cast. Filmmaker Christopher Nolan, who directed Bale and Caine in "Batman Begins," combines historical drama, mystery and fantasy for this ambitious saga of a friendship that sours over tragedy during a magic act, pitting two old pals against each other in a lifelong pursuit to outdo the other. The DVD and high-definition Blu-ray disc include segments on the film's visual gimmicks, twisting plot deceptions and Victorian-era re-creations, along with a featurette on Bowie's character, engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. DVD, $29.99; Blu-ray disc, $37.99. (Disney)
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"Flushed Away"
To remind "Prestige" fans that he's really a big softie, Hugh Jackman leads the voice cast in this animated comedy, playing the mouthpiece for an upper-crust pet mouse who's flushed down the toilet and lands among the gutter rats and other bottom dwellers in the sewers of London. He teams up with a plucky boat-captain rodent (Kate Winslet) and battles an evil toad (Ian McKellen) plotting Armageddon for the denizens of the underworld. DVD extras include two music videos featuring the movie's chorus of singing slugs, a featurette on the music and pop tunes in the film and a segment about the voice cast. The filmmakers also provide commentary. DVD, $29.99. (DreamWorks)
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"Man of the Year"
Robin Williams captures the White House in this comedy about the wisecracking host of a political talk show, who takes it on himself to throw the bums out by running for president and winning under the maiden run of a new computerized voting system.
Source: http://www.yahoo.com
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