Home Media Magazine - January 26 - February 1, 2009 - (Page 28) NEWS JUST ANNOUNCED A Weekly Product Update* www.homemediamagazine.com Razzies Target ‘Love Guru’ and Uwe Boll By John Latchem ike Myers’ The Love Guru has earned seven nominations for the 29th annual Golden Raspberry Awards. The Razzies are bestowed upon the worst achievements in film. Nominees for worst picture include The Love Guru (Paramount), The Happening (20th Century Fox), The Hottie & the Nottie (Liberation), M TITLE Twilight STREET DATE Role Models BOX OFFICE (MILLIONS) Rachel Getting Married TITLE PREBOOK GENRE PRICE Twilight 3/21 2/3 $184.7 Fantasy DVD $32.99, BD $34.99 Uwe Boll’s In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (Fox) and a shared nomination for the twin bill of spoofs Disaster Movie (Lionsgate) and Meet the Spartans (Fox). Razzie recipients will be announced Feb. 21, the day before the Oscars. For a complete list of nominees available on home video, see homemediamagazine.com Summit. 2008. Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Cam Gigandet. Based on the bestselling vampire saga by Stephenie Meyer, a teenage girl falls in love with a vampire. Includes a commentary, three music videos, a seven-part making-of documentary and more. Role Models 3/10 Now $67.2 Comedy DVD $29.98, BD $39.98 OSCAR NOMINEES ON HOME VIDEO NOMS 1 1 8 CATEGORIES Costume Design Best Animated Feature Film Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger; Art Direction; Cinematography; Film Editing; Makeup; Sound Editing; Sound Mixing; Visual Effects Art Direction; Costume Design Best Documentary Feature Best Actress: Melissa Leo; original screenplay Original Screenplay HOME VIDEO* Fox, March 3 Disney, March 24 Warner Universal. 2008. Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Elizabeth Banks, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jane Lynch. A pair of immature energy drink salesmen are sentenced to 150 hours of community service mentoring kids. Available in ‘R’-rated and unrated versions. Rachel Getting Married 3/10 2/5 $10.8 Drama DVD $28.96, BD $39.95 Australia Bolt The Dark Knight Sony Pictures. 2008. Anne Hathaway, Debra Winger, Bill Irwin, Rosemarie Dewitt. When a young woman returns to her family home for her sister’s wedding, dormant family tensions come to the surface. Includes featurettes, deleted scenes and more. The Odd Couple 3/24 2/10 Re-release Comedy DVD $24.99 The Duchess Encounters at the End of the World Frozen River Happy-Go-Lucky Hellboy II: The Golden Army In Bruges Iron Man Kung Fu Panda Man on Wire Rachel Getting Married Tropic Thunder Vicky Cristina Barcelona The Visitor Wall-E 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 Paramount Image/ThinkFilm Sony Pictures, Feb. 10 Disney/Miramax, March 10 Paramount. 1968. Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau. The two-DVD Centennial Collection of this classic comedy about unlikely roommates includes all new commentary from the late actors’ sons, five new featurettes and more. To Catch a Thief 3/24 2/10 Re-release Thriller DVD $24.99 Paramount. 1955. Grace Kelly, Cary Grant. The two-DVD Centennial Collection of this Alfred Hitchcock classic includes a new commentary from film historian Drew Casper, several new featurettes and more. Raw Nature 3/31 2/17 Cable Documentary DVD $14.95 Genius/Weinstein. This Animal Planet five-part series follows filmmakers Matt Renner, Mitch Tanen, Gianny Truttman and Anneli Gericke as they travel the world documenting wildlife preservation professionals. The Grudge 3 3/24 2/19 DTV Horror DVD $24.96 Sony Pictures. 2009. Shawnee Smith, Marina Sirtis, Beau Mirchoff, Johanna E. Braddy, Aiko Horiuchi. Kayako and Toshio’s curse continues in this third installment of the franchise. Kayako’s sister, Naoko, may be the only hope of ending the family grudge for good. Wanted 2 Max Fleischer Superman 4/7 3/3 Re-release Animated DVD $26.99 Makeup Universal Original Screenplay Universal Sound Editing; Visual Effects Paramount Best Animated Feature Film Paramount/DreamWorks Best Documentary Feature Magnolia Best Actress: Anne Hathaway Sony Pictures, March 10 Best Supporting Actor: Paramount/DreamWorks Robert Downey Jr. Best Supporting Actress: Genius/Weinstein, Jan. 27 Penelope Cruz Best Actor: Richard Jenkins Anchor Bay Best Animated Feature Film; Disney Original Screenplay; Original Score: Thomas Newman; Original Song: “Down to Earth”; Sound Editing; Sound Mixing Sound Editing; Sound Mixing Universal *All titles now available unless otherwise noted Warner. The two-DVD collection has 17 vintage Superman cartoons from the 1940s. The set also includes the documentaries The Man, The Myth Superman and First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series. * In order of box office, then prebook date Best Buy COO Named CEO Continued from page 10 corporate trend, recently eliminated the COO position entirely. The COO position in corporate America is a relatively recent trend. Of 433 companies surveyed in 1964 by Palo Alto, Calif.-based executive search firm Egon Zehnder International, not one had a COO. In 1994, 67% of the companies surveyed had added a COO position. Last year about 25% of those companies had a COO and only two of the top 10 U.S. hightech companies employed a COO. “The COO position appears to be more of a short-term function created to respond to the requirements of contingencies, rather than an institutionalized role,” Egon Zehnder said in a report. NPD: More Green HDTVs Continued from page 12 incorporating environmentally friendly components and materials, requiring less power and compliant with environmental regulations, including recycling and disposal and/or using eco-friendly product design, packaging or materials. “Energy savings is a hot topic globally, whether the economy is good or bad,” said David Hsieh, VP of DisplaySearch. At the recent 2009 International CES confab in Las Vegas, every major CE manufacturer pledged support for green products, including recycling as many materials and old products as are produced. Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Sharp and Pioneer each aim to achieve a near zero carbon footprint in their 2009 product lines. 28 Home Media Magazine January 26–February 1, 2009 http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.homemediamagazine.com http://www.stratostream.com http://www.stratostream.com
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