DVD Releases

Big movies coming to the small screen

May 6

P.S. I Love You (pictured above)

Stars: Hilary Swank, Gerard Butler
Director: Richard LaGravenese (Freedom Writers)
Story: When her hubbie (Butler) dies, a young widow (Swank) is understandably down in the dumps. But she starts to come out of her funk when she receives the first of 10 messages said hubbie sent before his death, each one designed to help her recover and move on.
DVD Extras: James Blunt music video, “A Conversation with Cecelia Ahern,” additional scenes, “The Name of the Game is Snaps”

I’m Not There

Stars: Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger
Director: Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven)
Story: Haynes dissects music legend Bob Dylan by separating his life into segments and casting six different actors to play the lead role, including possessor of ovaries Cate Blanchett and the late Heath Ledger in one of his final roles.

May 13

The Great Debaters

Stars: Denzel Washington, Forest Whitaker
Director: Denzel Washington (Antwone Fisher)
Story: Washington’s second stab at directing depicts the true story of Melvin Tolson (Washington), a professor at the all-black Wiley College in the American South of the 1930s. Tolson, a political activist on the side, puts together a first-class debating team and inspires them all the way to the national championships, breaking colour barriers along the way.

May 20

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Stars: Nicolas Cage, Jon Voight
Director: Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure)
Story: When his great-great-grandfather is accused of being in on Lincoln’s assassination, treasure Hunter Benjamin Gates (Cage) sets out to clear his name. Fortunately for the film’s plot, the only way he can do this is by kidnapping the U.S. President and stealing his Book of Secrets, which also contains the truth about Area 51, the moon landing and JFK’s killer.
DVD Extras: deleted scenes, director commentary, outtakes and bloopers, “Secrets of a Sequel,” “Inside the Library of Congress,” “Underground Action”