This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: April 27, 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Disney, MGM, Lionsgate, Touchstone, Universal, Biopics, Horror, Period, Romance, Satire, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options today:
- Armageddon: Blu-ray
- Cold Turkey: DVD
- The Descent: Part 2: DVD
- Disgrace: DVD, Blu-ray
- Dune: Blu-ray
- Elizabeth: Blu-ray
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age: Blu-ray
- Five Minutes of Heaven: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Gallant Hours: DVD
- The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus: DVD, Blu-ray
- It’s Complicated: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Jackal: DVD/Blu-ray combo
- Out of Africa (25th Anniversary): DVD/Blu-ray combo
- Ride with the Devil: DVD, Blu-ray
- Tombstone: Blu-ray
- Traffic: DVD/Blu-ray combo
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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Quote of the Day: Ben Affleck Wowed by Blake Lively’s Acting

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Warner Bros, Adaptation, Drama, Casting, Celeb News,

“The whole movie kind of hinges in a lot of ways on her performance, and I knew it was going to be the hardest part to cast… This girl came in, and no one had said to me beforehand, ‘Hey, look for this person.’ And obviously she was really attractive, and so I thought, Oh, here comes some blond girl. She came in, did one reading, and just crushed it. Like, Boston accent — really good. I was sort of stunned. I said, ‘Jeez, you know, that was really f——-g good. Who are you?’ She didn’t mention that she was on a television show… I want to be on the record because I think she’s really going to blow up, and I want to look like the smart guy. I didn’t quite discover her, but at least I want to say I bought the stock when it wasn’t $500 a share.”
-Director Ben Affleck on hiring actress Gossip Girl‘s Blake Lively - an actress he wasn’t familiar with - for his upcoming movie The Town.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: December 22, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Fox Searchlight, Miramax, Sony, Universal, Adaptation, Documentary, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Music, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:
- (500) Days of Summer: DVD, Blu-ray
- All About Steve: DVD, Blu-ray
- American Pie Presents: The Book of Love: DVD, Blu-ray
- Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: DVD, Blu-ray
- Blind Date: DVD
- Call of he Wild 3D: Blu-ray
- District 9: DVD, Blu-ray
- Extract: DVD, Blu-ray
- Flowers in the Attic: DVD
- Ichi: DVD, Blu-ray
- It Might Get Loud: DVD, Blu-ray
- Noble Things: DVD
- Staten Island: DVD, Blu-ray
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: November 17, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, DreamWorks, FOCUS, Magnolia, Miramax, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Action, Adaptation, Classics, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:
- Brüno: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Canyon: DVD
- Chasing Amy: Blu-ray
- Clerks: Blu-ray
- Fight Club: Blu-ray
- Galaxy Quest: Blu-ray
- Gone with the Wind (70th Anniversary Edition): DVD, Blu-ray
- How to Be: DVD
- Is Anybody There?: DVD, Blu-ray
- My Sister’s Keeper: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Professional: Blu-ray
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Violet Affleck Reads Jane Austen, Among Other Talents

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Warner Bros, Romance, Comedy, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip,
Jennifer Garner’s three-year-old daughter Violet Affleck reads Jane Austen novels. Her and Ben Affleck must be doing something right if she’s going at that rate.
The Invention of Lying actress is keen for her children—Violet and eight-month-old Seraphina, her kids with husband Ben Affleck—to have a broad range of interests and is already encouraging Violet to read classic literature.
Lynda Obst, who produced new movie The Invention of Lying, revealed, “Most of the time that I did spend with her when it was off-set, Violet was cooking with her, or reading Jane Austen, or doing one of these remarkable things that Violet tends to do. She encourages her kids to be independent. And at the same time not television watchers. Readers. Thinkers. She is kind of old-fashioned. She is a very classic mom.”
Jennifer, 37, admits that she struggles to juggle her career with being a mother, but tries her best: “Every day, you feel like you are off-balance one way or another. You just take it one day at a time. I don’t think anyone has it properly figured out.”
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Box Office Breakdown: Another Win for Final Destination

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Miramax, Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Warner Bros, Weinstein Company, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Period, Political, Romance, Science Fiction, Sequels, Comedy, Box Office, Lists,

Ticket buyers ended their summer vacations by booking The Final Destination. For the 2nd time in a row, the horror entry topped all entries with a 1st place finish. Thanks to the $15.3 million added to the pot, Warner Bros. saw its sequel rise above the $50 million mark during the Labor Day weekend
Inglourious Basterds pulled in another $15 million and narrowly missed another win of its own. The WWII movie has now raked in over $95 million domestically and given Quentin Tarantino the 2nd best gross of his career. (Pulp Fiction is still the champ.)
Meanwhile, Sandra Bullock and Bradley Cooper joined forces for a 3rd place debut. All About Steve may not have done Proposal or Hangover-esque numbers, but the comedy did walk away with something to brag about. The Fox feature totaled the largest per screen average of any movie in the Top 10.
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In Theaters This Weekend: September 4, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Miramax, Lionsgate, Paramount, Action, Documentary, Drama, Horror, Independent, Science Fiction, Comedy, Lists, New Releases,

Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:
- All About Steve (PG-13): starring Sandra Bullock, Thomas Haden Church, Bradley Cooper (directed by Phil Traill)
- Extract (R): starring Jason Bateman, Ben Affleck, Mila Kunis (directed by Mike Judge)
- Gamer (R): starring Gerard Butler, Amber Valletta, Michael C. Hall (directed by Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor)
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: September 1, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Action, Biopics, Drama, Foreign, Foreign Language, Period, Sports, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:
- Braveheart: Blu-ray
- Bring It On: Fight to the Finish: DVD, Blu-ray
- The Girl Next Door: Blu-ray
- Gladiator: Blu-ray
- High Crimes: Blu-ray
- M*A*S*H: Blu-ray
- Monster: Blu-ray
- Sin Nombre: DVD
- State of Play: DVD, Blu-ray
- Sugar: DVD, Blu-ray
- Tennessee: DVD
Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.
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Casting Corner: Jon Hamm, Billy Crudup and More

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures, Lionsgate, Paramount, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Comedy, Thrillers, Casting, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Upcoming Releases,


Here’s a quick look at some of the casting announcements made recently:
Jon Hamm: The Mad Men star has been cast opposite Ben Affleck in The Town, a film that Affleck will also direct. Ben will play a career thief who becomes romantically-involved with a bank manager (Vicky Cristina Barcelona‘s Rebecca Hall). Unfortunately, an FBI agent (Hamm) hunting the criminal also has his eyes set on the same woman. Production starts this month in Boston.
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This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: June 2, 2009

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: MGM, New Line, Paramount, Sony, Universal, Action, Adaptation, Classics, Drama, Period, Romance, Science Fiction, Comedy, Sports, Thrillers, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,
Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:
- Air Force One: Blu-ray
- Anaconda: Blu-ray
- Bruce Almighty: Blu-ray
- Defiance: DVD, Blu-ray
- Eddie Murphy: Delirious (25th Anniversary Edition): DVD
- Fletch: Blu-ray
- Glory: Blu-ray
- The Graduate: Blu-ray
- He’s Just Not That Into You: DVD, Blu-ray
- Inside Man: Blu-ray
- Navy Seals: Blu-ray
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