DVD Releases – May 24th, 2011

Movies on DVD

I Am Number Four stars Alex Pettyfer as John, an extraordinary teen blending in as a regular student to hide from a deadly enemy who wants to destroy him.

Special Features: DVD – Becoming number six, a bloopers reel, one-disc BD and three-disc BD combo pack with DVD bonuses plus six deleted scenes, with introductions by Director D.J. Caruso, extended Strangers in Paradise, Sam‘s mom, worth mentioning, power prank, trying to connect, plus extended Warsaw basement.

Gnomeo & Juliet is the animated featured based on the William Shakespeare classic romance Romeo & Juliet. And like that story, the neighboring gardens of Montague and Capulet are at war, but the gnomes, Gnomeo and Juliet, of course, are in love – and way more sarcastic in this flick. James McAvoy and Emily Blunt provide the voices for Gnomeo and Juliet.

Special Features: DVD: Elton builds a garden, Frog Talk with Ashley Jensen who provides the voice of Nanette, Crocodile Rock music video two-disc and three-disc BD combo packs with DVD bonuses, plus two alternate endings with filmmaker introductions, deleted and alternate scenes with filmmaker introductions, one alternate opening, one alternate scene, six deleted scenes, The Fawn Of Darkness featurette.

Grand Prix is Director John Frankenheimer‘s racecar action/melodrama about American Grand Prix driver Pete Aron (James Garner), who is fired by his Jordan-BRM racing team after a crash at Monaco that injures his British teammate, Scott Stoddard (Brian Bedford). While Stoddard struggles to recover, Aron begins to drive for the Japanese Yamura team, and becomes romantically involved with Stoddard‘s estranged wife Pat (Jessica Walter). Not a good development for a strained relationship to begin with, but the question is will Aron win the race? Yes, but at what price?

Special Features: Five in-depth featurettes: Pushing the Limit: the making of Grand Prix, Flat Out: Formula One in the ’60s, the style and sound of speed, Brands Hatch: chasing the checkered flag, Grand Prix: challenge of the champions, plus the theatrical trailer.

The Big Bang follows the story of Ned Cruz (Antonio Banderas) a private detective is hired to find Lexie (Sienna Guillory) a missing stripper. A simple job turns complicated when everyone he questions ends up dead. Can you say, straight to video?

TV on DVD

Lemonade Mouth, the mega-hit for the Disney Channel, is out on DVD. The premise is a group of five high school students (Bridget Mendler, Naomi Scott, Blake Michael, Hayley Kiyoko and Adam Hicks) meet in detention and realize they’re destined to rock. So, they form a band that is meant to prop up the teens that are outcasts.

Special Features: Rock-Along feature – where you can rock out with the band while they are playing all your favorite songs.

Melissa & Joey: Season One, Part One stars Melissa Joan Hart as Mel, a local politician who after a family scandal, is left alone with her niece Lennox (Taylor Spreitler) and nephew Ryder (Nick Robinson). So, she hires a man named Joe (Joey Lawrence) to be the kid’s male nanny.

Special Features: A blooper reel, featurettes, plus a sneak peek at upcoming episodes.

Ice Road Truckers Deadliest Roads Season One is the reality series that follows the lives of the men who travel the toughest roads in the world hauling necessary supplies over frozen lakes – 350 miles worth – to remote diamond mines in Canada. It’s a job where men risk all for a payday.