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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases Get the latest DVD release information (free) every Tuesday morning. Subscribe here. Last Week's Releases: December 29-January 4 Tuesday, January 5 -- Monday, January 11 All DVD Releases The Final Destination 3D Fourth outing in the popular series -- this time in 3-D. On what should have been a fun-filled day at the races, Nick O'Bannon has a horrific premonition in which a bizarre sequence of events causes multiple race cars to crash, sending flaming debris into the stands, brutally killing his friends and causing the upper deck of the stands to collapse on him. When he comes out of this grisly nightmare, Nick panics, persuading his girlfriend, Lori, and their friends, Janet and Hunt, to leave ... escaping seconds before Nick's frightening vision becomes a terrible reality. Thinking they've cheated death, the group has a new lease on life, but unfortunately for Nick and Lori, it is only the beginning. As his premonitions continue and the crash survivors begin to die one-by-one -- in increasingly gruesome ways -- Nick must figure out how to cheat death once and for all before he, too, reaches his final destination. Vitals: Director: David Ellis. Stars: Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Krista Allen, Mykelti Williamson, Haley Webb, Nick Zano, Andrew Fiscella, Richard T. Jones. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: R, 82 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $66.372 million, Warner. Advertisement Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs When Flint Lockwood's latest contraption accidentally destroys the town square and rockets up into the clouds, he thinks his inventing career is over. Then, something amazing happens as delicious cheeseburgers start raining from the sky. His machine actually works! But when people greedily ask for more and more food, the machine starts to run amok, unleashing spaghetti tornadoes and giant meatballs that threaten the world. Now it's up to Flint with the help of weather girl Sam Sparks and Steve, his talking monkey assistant, to find some way to shut down the machine before the world is covered in super-sized meatballs. Vitals: Director: Phil Lord, Chris Miller. Stars: Voices of Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Mr.T, Neil Patrick Harris. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 90 min., Animated, Box office gross: $118.604 million, Sony. Adam Romantic comedy about a charming, handsome autistic guy who falls in love with a brainy, beautiful teacher. In this romantic comedy, Hugh Dancy stars as Adam, a handsome but intriguing young man who has all his life led a sheltered existence -- until he meets his new neighbor, Beth, a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and entirely unexpected results. Their implausible and enigmatic relationship reveals just how far two people from different realities can stretch in search of an extraordinary connection. Vitals: Director: Max Mayer. Stars: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison. Four-week rental window before sell-through. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 99 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $2.277 million, Paramount. All DVD Releases Adam (2009) Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison. Romantic comedy about a charming, handsome autistic guy who falls in love with a brainy, beautiful teacher. Extras: Commentary by writer-director Max Mayer and producer Leslie Urdang, alternate ending, deleted scenes, cast and crew favorite scenes, "Fox Movie Channel Presents: Life After Film School With Rose Byrne." Blu-ray Disc adds alternate scenes. Four-week rental window before sell-through. (Paramount). Barney: Please & Thank You (2009) Three episodes headed up by "Magic Words," which revolves around Baby Bop forgetting to say "please" and "thank you" and the ensuing lesson in how words can make people feel good inside. Features 19 Barney songs; $14.98. Extras: Interactive games. (Lionsgate/HIT Entertainment). Big Love: The Complete Third Season (2009) Four-disc set with 10 episodes, $59.99. (HBO Home Entertainment). Chuck: The Complete Second Season (2008-09) Six-disc set with 22 episodes, $59.98. Extras: "Truth, Spies and Regular Guys: Exploring the Mythology of Chuck," "Dude in Distress: Explore Some of This Season's Best Action Sequences," "Chuck Versus the Webisodes: Web-Originated Minifeaturettes," "Chuck: A Real-Life Captain Awesome's Tips for Being Awesome," "John Casey Presents: So You Want to Be a Deadly Spy?" declassified scenes, gag reel, 3-D version of the episode "Chuck Versus the Third Dimension" with two pairs of 3-D glasses. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Warner). The Circuit (2009 -- TV) Michelle Trachtenberg, Bill Campbell, Drew Fuller. A young race car driver -- estranged from her father, a racing car legend in his own right -- gets caught up in her sponsors' eagerness to exploit and sell her on and off the track, and her father steps in to bring her back down to earth -- by challenging her and her superstar boyfriend in a once-in-a-lifetime race. (Vivendi Entertainment). Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (2009) Bill Hader, Anna Faris, James Caan, Andy Samberg, Mr.T, Neil Patrick Harris. Available in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack, two-disc DVD, one-Disc DVD. Extras: The one-disc DVD includes both widescreen and full-frame presentations of the feature,director's commentary with actor Bill Hader. The two-disc DVD adds behind-the-scenes featurettes "How Food Falls: The Making of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs" and "Voice Off," a look at the voice cast and characters; deleted scenes; a music video and interactive sing-a-long for "Raining Sunshine" performed by Miranda Cosgrovel; "Food Fight" game. The Blu-ray/DVD combo pack adds a unique "Splat Mode!" feature that allows viewers to throw food at the screen while they watch the film. (Sony). Elmo Loves You! (2010) Elmo Learns about love, emotions and friendship. Features musical performances by Trisha Yearwood, John Legend and R.E.M. (Sesame Street/Warner). The Final Destination 3D (2009) Bobby Campo, Shantel VanSanten, Krista Allen, Mykelti Williamson, Haley Webb, Nick Zano, Andrew Fiscella, Richard T. Jones. Extras: Additional scenes. Blu-ray Disc adds alternate ending, digital copy, "Body Count: The Deaths of the Final Destination," previsualization/storyboard segments, BD-Live. (Warner). Hubble's Amazing Rescue (2009) PBS NOVA documentary takes viewers behind the scenes on a riveting journey with astronauts and engineers charged with saving the famous Hubble Space Telescope. (PBS Home Video). Iron Man: Armored Adventures Volume 2 (2009) Single-disc with six episodes, $6.95. Extras: "The Super Hero Squad Show: A Day in the Life." (Marvel Animation/Genius Products/Vivendi Entertainment). Kendra: The Complete First Season (2009) Two-disc set with 10 episodes, $22.98. Extras: Blooper reel, episode teasers. (Fox) Lizard Kings (2009) PBS NOVA documentary on monitor lizards, members of an ancient family that includes massive Komodos -- the largest lizards to walk the planet. With their acute intelligence, these lizards are a very different kind of reptile, blurring the line between reptiles and mammals. Expert lizard hunter Dr. Eric Pianka tracks the elusive monitor through Australia's heartland using cutting-edge "lizard cam" technology to provide a lizard's-eye view of these amazing "living dragons." (PBS Home Video). Lorna's Silence (2008 -- Belgium) Dir.: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne; Stars: Arta Dobroshi, Jeremie Renier, Fabrizio Rongione and Alban Ukaj. Lorna's a young Albanian woman living in Liege, Belgium, who gets involved with some seedy gangsters and a Russian mafioso in a convoluted murder plot when she agrees to marry a Belgian man, a drug addict, for money. The plan is to kill the addict so Lorna can then marry the Russian, who will in turn become a Belgian citizen. But all goes awry when Lorna starts to have doubts about the plan. (Sony). Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, the Complete Series (1987) Three-disc set with 19 digitally-remastered episodes of the 1980s series that was a reimagined, updated version of the original character from the 1940s. Extras: Three original, restored Terrytoons Mighty Mouse cartoons from the vaults; episodic teasers; all new audio commentaries and interviews with some of the biggest names in animation. Includes the controversial, rarely seen episode, "The Littlest Tramp," which eventually led to the premature cancellation of the series. $46.99. (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount). The 1930s (2009) Five-part PBS American Experience documentary on the turbulent decade of the 1930s: "The Crash of 1929," "The Civilian Conservation Corps," "Hoover Dam," "Surviving the Dust Bowl" and "Seabiscuit"; $39.99. A single-disc version of "The Civilian Conservation Corps" will also be available, for $24.99. (PBS Home Video). The Philanthropist: The Complete Series (2009) Two-disc set with eight episodes. (Universal). Super Friends! Season 1 Volume 1 (1973) Two-disc set with eight episodes, showcases some of the greatest DC super heroes of all time including Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman and Aquaman as they combine their special powers to save the world; $26.99. Extras: Extra footage, interactive trivia game. (Warner). 10 Things I Hate About You 10th Anniversary Edition (1999) Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz, Gabrielle Union , Larry Miller. Extras: "10 Things I Love About 10 Things I Hate About You 10 Years Later" featurette, "I Want You To Want Me: The 10 Things I Hate About You Screen Tests," commentary by co-writers Karen Lutz and Kirsten Smith, and stars Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Larisa Oleynik and Susan May Pratt. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Disney). Thomas & Friends: Splish Splash Splosh (2009) Four episodes of the popular animated series, with a new host, Driver Perkins, on the famous Island of Sodor. $14.98. Extras: Interactive games. (Lionsgate/HIT Entertainment). Torture Room (2009) Lena Bookall, John Forgeham, Barry Ratcliffe, Chad Nell, Louis Graham. An American woman is kidnapped and taken into custody because of her connections to Middle Eastern men -- and endures starvation, isolation, psychological mind games and torture. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment). Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You Special Edition (1999) Three Winnie the Pooh stories and Pooh-themed Valentines Day cards: "Un-Valentines Day," "A Valentine for You" and "My Hero"; $29.99. Extras: "Catch the Love Bug" game. (Disney). | Contents/Site Map | Home | Resources | Sell-Through | Reviews | Links | E-mail: mail@onvideo.org © 1996 -- 2010 OnVideo. All rights reserved January 3, 2010