This week on Blu-ray (March 9)
Digital Home’s top pick on Blu-ray this week is “Up in the Air”, a comedy-drama film starring George Clooney as Ryan Bingham, a man who makes his living traveling to workplaces around the United States and conducting employee layoffs for bosses too cowardly to do it themselves.
The movie was co-written and directed by Canadian born Jason Reitman who previously directed “Thank-you for Smoking” and “Juno.”
“Up in the Air” was received warmly by both movie goers and by critics. The film grossed over $150 million at the box office and was nominated for six Academy awards including Best Actor, Best Director, and Best Picture.
Other films to consider this week on Blu-ray are: “Capitalism: A Love Story”, a Michael Moore documentary which harshly critiques U.S. political and business elites for creating the current worldwide recession and their attempts to fix the problem; and for the younger set, there is “Planet 51,” an animated sci-fi adventure about an astronaut who arrives on a distant planet who is surrounded by aliens who desperately fear invasion by…aliens.
The following is a list of Blu-ray titles set for release this week. (Canadian readers should note that every effort has been made to confirm these titles will be available in Canada this week, however, actual release dates are subject to change)
- Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
- Capitalism: A Love Story
- Evangelion: 1.11 You Are Not Alone
- Glacier National Park
- Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
- NFL Super Bowl XLIV Champions: New Orlean Saints
- Ninja
- Old Dogs
- Planet 51
- Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
- The Stoning of Soraya M.
- Up in the Air
- UFC: Best of 2009
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