This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: March 16, 2010

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Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options today:

• Armored: DVD, Blu-ray
• Astro Boy: DVD, Blu-ray
• Bandslam: DVD, Blu-ray
• Brief Interviews with Hideous Men: DVD, Blu-ray
• Broken Embraces: DVD, Blu-ray
• Did You Hear About the Morgans?: DVD, Blu-ray
• Dillinger is Dead: DVD
• The Fourth Kind: DVD, Blu-ray
• Ninja Assassin: DVD, Blu-ray
• The Princess and the Frog: DVD, Blu-ray
• The Twilight Saga: New Moon: DVD, Blu-ray
• Under Great White Northern Lights: DVD, Blu-ray
• The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Edition): Blu-ray
• Wonderful World: DVD, Blu-ray

Make sure to also check out the TV-on-DVD options for this week.

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The Hurt Locker Racks Up More Critics Awards

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It’s time to hurry up and adjust your Netflix queues. In just one week, The Hurt Locker will finally become available on DVD.

Why should you hurry? Because if you don’t, you might just have to wait to watch one of the most critically-acclaimed movies of 2009. The Kathryn Bigelow-directed drama has already nabbed wins from critics in New York, Boston and Los Angeles. Now the Iraq-war set film has got a few other cities behind it as well.

After the jump, you can view year-end picks from the National Society of Film Critics as well as honors from Chicago, Florida, Las Vegas, Phoenix and San Francisco.

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2010 Golden Globe Nominations (Film)

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The 2009-10 awards season kicked into high gear this morning with the official announcement of the Golden Globe nominations. The event - which will be hosted by funnyman Ricky Gervais - will take place just over two weeks before the Academy Award contenders are revealed.

Here are some of the noteworthy mentions from this year’s list of film nominees:

• Up in the Air leads all film nominations with six. The musical Nine follows with five while Avatar and Inglourious Basterds tied with four.
• As expected, Meryl Streep has received another two mentions—unfortunately, they are both in the Comedy category (Julie & Julia, It’s Complicated). On the surprising end, Sandra Bullock (The Blind Side, The Proposal) and Matt Damon (Invictus, The Informant) both have two nominations as well—thankfully, in different categories.
• Talk about drama! An ex-husband and wife will be competing against each other in the Best Director race. (Avatar‘s James Cameron and The Hurt Locker‘s Kathryn Bigelow.)
• Despite backing from both Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey, Precious is not a contender for Best Film. Mo’Nique and Gabourey Sidibe were both recognized for their excellent acting though.

The 67th Golden Globe Awards airs Jan. 17 on NBC.

(You can find the full list of film nominees after the jump. Click here for the TV nominations.)

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In Theaters This Weekend (12/11)

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Here are a few selections in theaters this weekend:

• Invictus (PG-13): starring Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon (directed by Clint Eastwood)
• Broken Embraces* (R): starring Penelope Cruz, Blanca Portillo, Lluís Homar (directed by Pedro Almodovar)
• The Lovely Bones* (PG-13): starring Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Saoirse Ronan (directed by Peter Jackson)
• Me and Orson Welles** (PG-13): starring Ben Chaplin, Claire Danes, Zac Efron (directed by Richard Linklater)

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