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Spring DVD Previews

March 25, 2008 by Romy

With so much buzz going around the net right now regarding the popularity of the Blu-Ray format, Tower wanted to share some of the amazing upcoming video releases we are look forward to this Spring season, including some very long-awaited Blu-Ray picks!

Essential New Releases

ON REGULAR DVD:

The Kite Runner
Available March 25, 2008
This compelling film is based on the international bestselling book of the same name by Khaled Hosseini.

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Available April 1, 2008
With its rivers of blood, this adaptation of the Stephen Sondheim musical isn’t for the faint of heart–or stomach. Lead actor Johnny Depp has a surprisingly solid singing voice!

There Will Be Blood
Available April 8, 2008
Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest masterpiece is a masterly, unflinching examination of a consummately evil man. Starring Daniel Day Lewis in his well-deserved Academy-Award winning performance.

Juno (Special Edition)
Available April 15, 2008
Easily the most popular film of the last year and one of the most successful Independent releases of all time, this Academy Award winning quirk-fest stars breakout actress Ellen Page as an unlikely mom-to-be.

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Available April 29, 2008
Celebrated painter and filmmaker Julian Schnabel’s third feature finds him reaching new artistic heights with this audacious and personal biopic, based on the best-selling memoir of the same name.

ON BLU-RAY:

Unbreakable (Blu-Ray)
Available April 1, 2008
Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan’s comic-book inspired second film, following the runaway success of The Sixth Sense.

Digital Video Essentials: HD Basics (Blu-Ray)
Available April 7, 2008
Thank you for making this! For anyone who is not yet up to snuff on the “in’s and out’s” of high-definition technology, this video guide is the perfect gateway to making the most of this incredible medium!

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Blu-Ray)
Available April 8, 2008
This is the cinematic equivalent of a rock-&-roll jam session: a basic, yet entertaining and fairly interesting idea gets tossed into the creative arena and everyone gets a chance to play along, riff on the idea, and mug for the camera! Starring the talented, hilarious and highly underrated, Jon C. Reilly.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Blu-Ray)
Available May 13, 2008
This 1969 Western, starring the legendary Paul Newman and Robert Redford, encapsulates its genre, with dramatic chase scenes on horseback through breathtaking landscapes, daring robberies of banks and trains, true comradery between cowboys who would risk their lives for one another, and copious amounts of renegade charm.