Movies on DVD

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past stars Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner in a sort of Christmas Carol for hopeless romantics.  McConaughey plays Connor Mead, a hotshot, photographer and ladies man who loves them and leaves them.  Conner tries to convince his brother that marriage is bad, but the night before the wedding he’s visited by three ghosts who attempt to get his mind right about womanizing.

In Observe and Report, a bi-polar mall security guard named Ronnie Barnhardt (Seth Rogan)  must stop a flasher from freaking out the customers.  But, in doing that he’ll endure a mean detective, a thief or two and a night in jail.

Adam Resurrected is a odd story about Adam Stein, a World War II circus entertainer who is spared the gas chamber because of his talent.  Years later Adam becomes the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors.  Prepare yourself, this is not a happy tale.  In fact it’s downright depressing.  Adam Resurrected stars Jeff Goldblum and Willem Dafoe.Special Features: Audio commentary with director Paul Schrader, Behind the scenes, deleted scenes, Haifa international film festival Q&A, plus the theatrical trailer.

Paul Newman: The Tribute Collection is 17 discs, with a book of the superstar actor’s many notable movies including The Long Hot Summer, Exodus, The Hustler and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.Special Features:  Backstory: The Long, Hot Summer, MovieTone News: The Long, Hot Summer World Premiere: A Lousiana Triumph!, theatrical trailer, Paul Newman Theater.

TV on DVD

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete Second Season contains six discs of the updated series version of the Terminator stories.Special Features: Commentaries on four key episodes by Executive Director Josh Friedman along with cast and crew, The Continuing Chronicles: Terminator eight-part featurette gallery, Terminated scenes: unaired moments, The Storyboard Process: Cameron Goes Bad illustrates how key sequences are mapped, Cameron vs Rosie fight rehearsal, plus a gag reel.

Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana will give tweenie Disney Channel fans just what they’re looking for - a collection of episodes and movies of the channel’s hit shows.Special Features: Justin’s award-winning essay - watch the essay video that got Justin and his siblings on the S.S. Tipton teen cruise, It’s a suite life having fun with Hannah & the wizards - hilarious bloopers and backstage interviews with the stars of all the fav Disney series, from Wizards of Waverly Place and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody to Hannah Montana.

Castle: The Complete First Season is three discs of the Emmy-nominated series that is based on a famous crime and horror novelist who helps the NYPD homicide department solve crimes.  Great timing on the ABC network’s part.  The new season of Castle began Monday night.Special Features: Misdemeanors: bloopers & outtakes, Whodunit: The Genesis of Castle - meet the creator of Castle and find out which classic detective shows and writers inspired and influence them, write-along with Nathan Fillion - the star of Castle spends a day tagging along with a real-life mystery writer, Castle’s Godfather - meet frequent Castle guest star and legendary mystery writer/television producer Stephen J. Cannell, plus audio commentaries.

Ugly Betty:  The Complete Third Season is the entire third year of the series dedicated to the smart fashion magazine assistant who is fashionably challenged.   There are six discs in the box set.Special Features: Look who keeps popping up - Michaek Urie and Becki Newton host this entertaining pop-up video commentary, Coming home to New York City - the cast and crew give fans an inside look as the show moves from La-La Land (L.A.) to to the Big Apple (New York), Mode after hours - webisodes, Betty bloopers, deleted scenes and audio commentary.

The Mentalist: The Complete First Season contains six discs from year one of the series about a man with super powers of observation who helps the police solve crimes after his own wife’s murder.  The Mentalist stars Simon Baker and Robin Tunney.Special Features: Meet cast and creators and uncover evidence of a hit series, Cracking the Crystal Ball: Mentalist Vs. Psychic - the question of superior mental smarts vs. keen observation, unaired scenes on three key episodes, plus the all-important gag reel because murder can be killer funny.