Up in the Air stars George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a professional hatchet man who travels the country firing people. When his own company begins cost cutting and limiting his travel schedule, Bingham convinces his bosses to have the woman in charge of downsizing accompany him on the road. The movie received multiple Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Actor for Clooney and Supporting Actress for both Vera Farmiga and Anna Kendrick.
Special Features: Deleted scenes and filmmakers’ commentary.
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire is a story surrounding a lonely, overweight teen whose been abused and impregnated by her father. Mo’Nique won the Supporting Actress Oscar for her portrayal as Precious’ neglectful mother and Gabourey Sidibe was nominated in the Leading Actress category for her performance in the title role.
Special Features: Audio commentary with director Lee Daniels, From Push to Precious featurette, A Precious Ensemble featurette, Oprah and Tyler: Project of Passion featurette, a conversation with author Sapphire and director Lee Daniels, deleted scene: The Incest Survivor Meeting, audition: Gabourey Sidibe, reflections on Precious.
The Stoning of Soraya M. is not an easy film to watch. Set in 1966 Iraq, the film centered on Sahebjam (Jim Caviezel), a man whose car breaks down in a remote village. A conversation begins between Sahebjam and Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo), who tells him the story about her niece, Soraya (Mozhan Marnò), whose arranged marriage to a tyrant has a disastrous ending.
Special Features: Audio commentary with director and co-writer Cyrus Nowrasteh and co-writer Betsy Giffen Nowrasteh, audio commentary with film/crew, exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette: The making of the Stoning of Soraya M., theatrical trailer.
Old Dogs stars Robin Williams and John Travolta as friends whose lives are turned upside-downside when their wind up in charges of a twins.
Special Features: Bloopers, deleted scenes, audio commentary by director Walt Becker, producer Andrew Panay and writers David Diamond and David Weissman.
In Plain Sight: Season Two features a U.S. Marshall (Mary McCormack) who relocates witnesses who are in a federal witness protection program.
Special Features: Gag reel, deleted scenes, In My Humboldt Opinon commentary with executive producers David Maples and Paul Stupin, Who’s Bugging Mary? commentary with the series lead actors Mary McCormack and Frederick Weller, A Friend in Need commentary also with McCormack and Weller.
Greek: Chapter Four is the ABC Family series about a high school geek (Jacob Zachar) looking to change his image in college.
Special Features: Bloopers, Greek recap, At World’s End, How Do You Sleep? music video by Jesse McCartney, plus audio commentaries.
Matt Houston: The First Season starred Lee Horsely as successful detective Matt Houston whose cases usually involve murder.
Special Features: Episodic promos.
Scarecrow and Mrs. King: The Complete First Season is the series about an average housewife (Kate Jackson) who winds up helping – and falling for – a spy (Bruce Boxleitner).
Special Features: Twenty-one episodes on five discs.
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