This Week on DVD and Blu-ray: May 25, 2010

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Lionsgate, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros, Action, Adaptation, Adventure, Drama, Foreign, Horror, Period, Romance, Home Entertainment, Lists, New Releases,

Here are some of the DVD and Blu-ray options available this Tuesday:

• City of the Living Dead: DVD, Blu-ray
• Clash of the Titans (1981): Blu-ray
• Class of Nuke ‘Em High: Blu-ray
• Dear John: DVD, Blu-ray
• Django: Blu-ray
• Rain Fall: DVD
• The Road: DVD, Blu-ray
• Seven Swords: Blu-ray
• Spartacus (50th Anniversary Edition): Blu-ray
• Stagecoach: DVD, Blu-ray
• Tell Tale: DVD, Blu-ray

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

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Viggo Mortensen Relates to Character Worries, Exhaustion

Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Weinstein Company, Action, Adventure, Drama, Thrillers, Celeb News, Celebrity Gossip, Filmmaking, New Releases,

Viggo Mortensen has always been a worried father.

The 51-year-old actor plays a father struggling to protect his son as they try to survive in a post-apocalyptic world in new movie The Road and he admits he could relate to the fear of not being able to protect your offspring. The star - who has a 21-year-old son, Henry, with his ex-wife Exene Cervenka - said:

“You worry about your child’s future. You’re like, ‘What if I’m away from my infant son or daughter for a few hours, do I trust someone else to take care of them?’ Then, later in life, you’re more concerned about whether you’ll be around anymore to help your children when they’re out of the nest. This movie just takes all those concerns to an extreme.”

Viggo could also relate to his character because the exhaustion he feels in the movie mirrored the tiredness the actor experiences in his life. He told Parade, “This guy is at the end of his rope. He’s dying of tiredness. All that keeps him going is trying to keep himself and his son alive. I was tired, I’d been going from one film to another. I realized the fact I was really exhausted was appropriate for the character.”

Box Office Breakdown: New Moon Covers Its Blind Side

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What looked like a possible upset early in the game ended in another win for New Moon. Although the film pulled in another $42.9 million over the holiday weekend, the Twilight sequel dropped approximately 70% from its first frame and escaped second place by a mere $2.8 million.

The vampires were given a run for their box office dollars by The Blind Side, the sports drama starring Sandra Bullock. Unlike Moon, the heartwarming film actually saw improvement in its second week. The entry also managed to hold off the Chris Weitz-helmed project on Thanksgiving Day.

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