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Disc includes: The Future According to Steven Spielberg featurette; Inside the World of Precrime featurette; Philip K. Dick, Steven Spielberg and Minority Report featurette; Minority Report: Future Realized featurette; Minority Report: Props of the Future featurette; Highlights from Minority Report: From the Set featurette; Minority Report: Commercials of the Future featurette; Previz Sequences featurette

For people who like watching Jeff Bridges noodle around on his guitar: Crazy Heart

Jeff Bridges was the coolest cat in all of Kodak Theatre just a few months back when he accepted his first Academy Award win (after four previous nominations) for his work in Crazy Heart as Bad Blake. It was certainly one of the more laid back speeches I’ve heard in awhile. Bridges threw down a bunch of “mans” and shook his Oscar around like it was any old thing. It was as if Bridges had already won several before (which he hadn’t) and/or he was back on the set of The Big Lebowski. It was fantastic.

Based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Thomas Cobb, Crazy Heart is a musical-drama about a country music singer-songwriter who tries to instill some positive change into his down-and-out lifestyle after beginning a relationship with a young journalist, Jean Craddock. I’ve got no qualms with the woman of his choosing; Jean is portrayed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Reminiscent in story to Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler, Crazy Heart did modest business for Fox Searchlight since its December release date. Worldwide, the movie has made $43.7 million against a budget of just $7 million.

Disc includes: Deleted scenes and alternate music cuts; Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall on What Brought Them to Crazy Heart featurette

For people who get creeped out by Stanely Tucci: The Lovely Bones

Many months before its release, a wave of confidence swept the nation that said The Lovely Bones would likely be a contender for the big film prizes in the new year. (It’s based on a bestselling novel, it’s got a December release date, it’s got Peter Jackson, it’s got Saoirse Ronan and Stanley Tucci, it’s got a kick-ass trailer). Then The Lovely Bones came and went, disappointed both financially and critically – and, save for Tucci’s performance, the movie turned out to be little more than a blip on Hollywood’s radar. Produced for $65 million, The Lovely Bones earned just $44 million in America and another $48 million internationally.

With a cast rounded out by Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon and Michael Imperioli, The Lovely Bones is the story of a teen in the 1970s who watches her family and friends try to move on with their lives after she was raped and murdered. Meanwhile, from heaven, the girl comes to terms with her own death.

Disc includes: 15-week Diary Segments Hosted by Peter Jackson and Philippa Boyens featurette

April 20, 2010

Blu-ray

44 Inch Chest
American Experience: Earth Days
The Basketball Diaries
Batman
Batman & Robin
Batman Forever
Batman Returns
Big Gay Musical
Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This
Crazy Heart
Creatures of the Thaw
Earthscapes: Four Seasons
Fist Of Legend
A Fork in the Road
IMAX: Wild Australia, The Edge
Incognito: Live In London 30th Anniversary Concert
The Last Shangri-La
The Lovely Bones (Special Edition)
Mick Taylor Band: Tokyo Concert
Minority Report
Summer Hours (Criterion Collection)
The Telling
Vivre Sa Vie (Criterion Collection)
The Young Victoria

DVD

200 Motels
44 Inch Chest
Avatar
The Basketball Diaries
Battleship Potemkin
Big Gay Musical
Cheech & Chong's Hey Watch This
Crazy Heart
The Drawn Together Movie: The Movie!
Falcon Crest: The Complete First Season
Heartland: The Complete First Season
Janis Joplin: The Final 24 Her Final Hours
The Last Shangri-La
The Lovely Bones (Special Edition)
Merlin: The Complete First Season
The Office Season 1 / Parks & Recreation Season 1 (Back-To-Back)
Spot: Where's Spot? (30th Anniversary Edition)
Summer Hours (Criterion Collection)
Vivre Sa Vie (Criterion Collection)
Xena Warrior Princess: Season One
The Young Victoria

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