Movies on DVD

The Ghost Writer is Director Roman Polanski’s drama surrounding a writer (Ewan McGregor) who is hired to complete the memoirs of former UK Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan). It doesn’t take long for the writer to realize that info he’s uncovering are secrets that put his life in jeopardy.

Special Features: An interview with Director Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer: Fiction or Reality featurette, the cast of The Ghost Writer.

Kick Ass stars Aaron Johnson as unremarkable high school student and comic book fan Dave Lezewski who decides to shake things up by becoming the superhero Kick Ass. If only he had powers to go along with his alternate personality. That still doesn’t stop him from teaming up with fellow superheroes Red Mist, Hit Girl and her father Big Daddy as a crime fighting vigilante team.

Special Features: Commentary with Writer-Director Matthew Vaughn, It’s On!: The Comic Book Origin of Kick-Ass featurette, The Art of Kick-Ass gallery, plus the marketing archive.

After Life features Chrisina Ricci as Anna Taylor, a woman who appears to be caught between life and death after she wakes up at the local funeral home. The director, Eliot Deacon (Liam Neeson), who claims to have the ability to help transition the dead, is gingerly trying to convince her she’s really dead and that he can help her move on. Her grief-stricken boyfriend Paul (Justin Long) isn’t willing to accept her death and suspects Deacon is up to something…but it may be too late to save Anna.

Special Features: Commentary with Co-Writer/Director Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo, Delving Into The After.Life: The Art of Making a Thriller featurette, plus the theatrical trailer.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid is the big screen adaptation of the popular illustrated novel of the same name by Jeff Kinney. The Wimpy Kid is Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon), who knows all too well how dumb middle school is. To survive the onslaught of morons, wedgies and bullies, Greg cooks up a series of schemes and records them all in his journal (AKA diary).

TV on DVD

Mercy: The Complete First Season includes five discs of the series surrounding Nurse Veronica Callahan (Taylor Schilling), newly returned from the Middle East and now working in the emergency room of Mercy Hospital. The series was rushed into production after Parenthood was delayed for recasting. It quickly developed a modest following with television viewers. The set contains all 22 episodes.

If you haven’t seen the TV series Max Headroom, you’ve missed one of the early groundbreaking series in CGI. Max Headroom: The Complete Series is five discs of stories revolving around an investigative television reporter who does his job with the help of sources, colleagues and a computerized version of himself. Matt Frewer stars as Edison Carter AKA Max Headroom.

Special Features: Live On Network 23: The Story Of Max Headroom: the creative team reveal stories, Looking Back At The Future: an discussion with members of the cast, Big-Time Blanks: Morgan Sheppard and Concetta Tomei remember Max Headroom, Science Behind The Fiction: Max Headroom creator George Stone exposes the role of technology in creating Max Headroom.

Heroes: Season Four contains four discs full of superhero antics from seemingly ordinary individuals who make up the TV series - as well as a vat of extras.

Special Features: Disc 1: Deleted and extended scenes, deconstructing Sylar. Disc 2: Deleted and extended scenes, Milo speaks, Sullivan brothers design gallery, Once Upon a Time in Texas commentary from Executive Producer Tim Kring, Director Nate Goodman and Director of Photography Charlie Lieberman. Disc 3: Deleted and extended scenes, Heroes Revolution, Shadowboxing commentary from Executive Producers Adam Armus and Kay Foster along with series star Greg Grunberg, The Fifth Stage commentary with Executive Producer and Writer Tim Kring and series star Adrian Pasdar. Disc 4: Deleted and extended scenes. Disc 5: Genetics of a scene, Brave New World commentary with Executive Producer Tim Kring and series star Robert Knepper.