Why The Boys Are Back keeps Clive Owen's creative juices flowing Special

One of Hollywood's favorite leading men, the Englishman explains why he chooses to do films like The Boys Are Back (now on DVD). This week, you also have a choice of This Is It, Whip It, Surrogates, MI-5, Southland, Pawn Stars & much more on Blu-ray/DVD.

Hands down, Clive Owen is the penultimate Hollywood actor. More importantly, Owen is the most authentic, talented and unforgettable leading man in Tinsel Town today. The Coventry, England-born thespian can step into the shoes of any character he's set to portray, Owen instantly vanishes and his onscreen alter ego immediately springs to life. From compelling portrayals in some of his earlier films such as Croupier, Gosford Park, King Arthur and Derailed to stunning appearances in pop culture phenoms like Sin City, Shoot 'Em Up, Children Of Man and Inside Man to his latest role in Shine directorScott HIcks' The Boys Are Back, Owen always seems...to shine. In The Boys Are Back, Hicks' cinematic take on the true story of a biological father who must become a warm and lovable single dad come hell or waters high, the 45-year-old Owen, a married father of two daughters, always manages to make you experience the same emotions, intensity, humor and longing of the man he's playing. Although he's received several nominations from the folks at the Golden Globes and Academy Awards, the voters are long overdue in allowing Owen to take one of the prestigious statuettes home with him. Hopefully, his turn in films like The Boys Are Back might help him do the trick. As mentioned earlier, The Boys Are Back is a story rooted in fact – based on memoirs – of successful sports writer Joe Warr (Owen) who finds himself unprepared for the job of a loving, caring dad to his rambunctious six-year-old, Artie, after the untimely death of Warr's wife. He also finds himself learning to be the father to his estranged teenage son that he never was for so many years. Two sons. Zero ideas on how to run his house. It isn't long before his once quite home devolves into chaos, and Joe must decide if his parenting plan of “no rules, no chores” wasn't such a good idea after all. Directed by Oscar -winning filmmaker Scott Hicks and written for the screen by Allan Cubitt, The Boys Are Back also stars Laura Fraser, Emma Booth, Julia Blake, Nicholas Macanulty and George MacKay and is an uplifting and heartwarming drama filled with so enough emotional honesty and poignancy that it will tough your heart and life your spirits. Always impeccably dressed in a dark designer suit (Owen actually considered taking on the James Bond role when Pierce Brosnan left the film franchise, but Clive didn't want to commit from being away from his family for such long stretches of time that the series required), Clive sat down on a lounger in the sitting room of his posh Beverly Hills hotel suite to discuss his new film, his love of acting, taking his own kids to work with him, why he wanted to act and what still keeps him his creative juices flowing.

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How do you deal with being famous and raising kids? “Very carefully. (laughs) But it’s strange when your children know about what I do for living because my name is being tossed about in the press or we’re being followed by the paparazzi. All of that is fine, but it’s strange when you have your kids with you. It becomes something else. You’re very instinctively protective. I mean, after me, that’s the deal. That’s what I do, that’s the deal. You expect it. You go out to town and go to restaurant, that’s the deal. When you’re with your kids outside of their school, there’s something different about it. It’s an instinctive protection thing that rises.” Do you ever take your kids the set, so they can watch dad work? “They come to a few of my sets, but don’t forget that most of my films, like Sin City or Shoot 'Em Up, they can’t watch.” (laughs) Do your girls ever say, “Dad, when are you going back to work?” (Laughs) “Luckily, not. They only ever say, ‘When are you going?’” What made you interested in acting? “I did school plays and liked it.” How old were you? “Twelve or thirteen.” Did your parents think that you were crazy? “They thought that I would get real at some point, everyone did. I used to sit in career day and people would ask me what I was going to do, and I’d say that I was going to be an actor and they’d just laugh at me. They would be like, ‘Get real,’ and I would say, ‘No. That’s what I’m going to do.’” When you think back at your early film Croupier, is it the movie that really brought you to America’s attention? “Oh yeah, that changed my whole life.” What’s the biggest misconception about Hollywood that you had when you were doing Croupier and still working mainly in London? “I think that it’s very difficult. I think that I’m very fortunate because once Croupier broke, it was a different world. It was a different world that I was invited into that wasn’t the same guy that was doing little British films. It’s tough and it’s soul destroying. It’s hard and that is one particular world. And then things break and people see your work, it’s all about the work and people see it and then you’re invited into a different world. It’s impossible for me to be cynical about Hollywood because I’ve had a great time. I’m working with fantastic people and there’s nothing to be cynical about.”

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What about the downside to all the fame?“I’m not talking about fame. I’m only talking about the work. That’s the deal that comes with it and you just have to deal with it whatever that is. That is the deal. The thing that’s always driven is the work and the interesting thing is that as more choices come your way you get to the point that you make the decision of what is you want. What do you want? I want to have a fulfilling career. That’s what I’ve always wanted and whatever comes of that you deal with it because that’s the deal that you make. You can’t then complain about it or moan about what comes with it because that’s what you do. You put yourself out there.” (Director/Writer) Frank Miller said that he finished a script for Sin City 2. Have you seen it yet? “No. No, I haven’t.” Are you excited to hear about the sequel is close to becoming a reality? “They’ve been talking about Sin City 2 since Sin City 1, so I have no idea. (laughs) I know Frank but I have no idea where the state of play is on making that. I mean, it literally has been talked about for years and at various times people have said there’s a story with Dwight in it, but I know literally as much as you do.” That’s why it’s a big script that he’s finished. “Well, I’ve yet to see who’s in it and who’s going to make it and the rest of it, so as I say, you know more than me. I didn’t know it was finished.”

What was the worst audition you ever had? “There were quite a few. There were quite a few. The days when I used to come to LA with a very small little film, like I’d come on the back of some tiny film that had a tiny distribution like Close My Eyes or Bent, going around and doing the rounds then was pretty tough because you were meeting the assistant of the assistant of the assistant who asks you questions like, ‘Do you play goodies or baddies?’ Or the common one was, ‘So, you do a lot of theater.’ It was pretty soul destroying, I must admit.” Sin City and Shoot ‘Em Up were dramatic but they felt comic, too. Are there any other graphic novels or comics that interest you? “No, I mean, I wasn’t really familiar with graphic novels until I did Sin City, and then I saw Frank Miller’s work and was blown away by it. It’s so cinematic, his drawings, but no, so I went into that because of what I saw of his work and Robert Rodriguez and the rest of it. Shoot ‘Em Up I did because it was so crazy and original, but there is no graphic novel that I’m desperate to do.” Any interest in directing films? “I think about directing, but again, it’s such a different rhythm from acting that again, there is no script that I’ve suddenly gone, ‘I would love to direct that.’ I do flirt with the idea of directing, and I just would need to find something. The rhythm of a director is a two-year cycle as opposed to a few months for an actor. “ Bob Hoskins said directing was like being pecked to death by 1000 pigeons every day. “No, I think directing, ultimately, I think it all comes down to taste in all aspects of what a film is, and the coming together of it. It’s having, I think Scott Hicks has got exquisite taste.” Do you do anything Green? “Yes, I’m actually doing a lot of renovation, and we are very much into looking for the most responsible way to do it.” Solar panels? “Exactly, all of that, yeah.” How do you stay excited and juices you up about acting, and not become jaded after doing for so many years? “Maybe, a few years ago, I got into a situation where I maybe did three films back-to-back, and I realized I really hate that rhythm. I think you’ve got to have appetite and to jump from one film to the other, one, it doesn’t give you enough time to prepare properly and two, you get tired and that’s not good. The rhythm for me in the last couple years in these films, there have been proper gaps between where there’s been time to talk and prepare and get in the right place. I’ve also been blessed to have worked with some amazing talents – both with my costars and all the people behind behind the cameras, like our director Scott Hicks. Those are the kind of people that I dream about working with and juices me up, because I know that the people I’m working for have incredible taste. There’s a confidence going in that you’re going to be very well looked after and there’s a good chance that the film will turn out well, so that keeps me very juiced.” The Boys Are Back Bonus Features: “The Boys Are Back : A Photographic Journey” featurette – with opyional commentary by director Scott Hicks and “A Father and His Two Sons, On Set” featurette. Whip It Whatever E.T. whispered into the ear of young, seven-year-old Drew Barrymore when they were making E.T. back in 1982, it was some darn good advice – especially if it pertained to the subject matter of her first full-fledged, directorial debut 27 years in the future. I mean, is there really an agent or manager smart enough in LaLa Land who has brass ones big enough to steer her into making a hysterical, actioned-packed, coming-of-age movie about the world of female roller derby teams? Only an alien ( in desperate need of a yet-to-be-invented cell phone) could have come up with such an original motion picture; Casting Oscar-nominee Ellen Page, the memorable heroine of Juno in the lead role of Whip It, she scores huge laughs as Bliss Cavendar, a blue-haired misfit stuck in a tiny Texas town. Tired of following in her family's footsteps, Bliss discovers a way to put her life on the fast track when she lands a spot on a rough-and-tumble roller derby team. Her journey comes full-circle as she reconnects with her family and finds her own path in the world. Filled with high-speed action and nonstop fun, the film sports an all-star cast that also includes such award nominees Drew Barrymore (who just scored a well-deserved Emmy for Grey Gardens) Marcia Gay Harden, Juliette Lewis, Daniel Stern and Jimmy Fallon. And if that's not enough, Whip It also features cameo appearances by real-life derby girls Rachel Piplica and Kristen Adolfi, better known as "Iron Maiven" and "Krissy Krash" of the Los Angeles Derby Dolls. (Also on DVD) Bonus Features on Blu-ray: Alternate opening, Deleted and extended scenes, Writers draft with Shauna Cross and a Digital Copy of the film. Little Ashes From playing the teenage bloodsucking pinup vamp in the Twilight series to the 20th Century's most avand-grade, artistically-controversial and sexually-ambiguis artist of his generation, Robert Pattinson's latest performance demonstrates he is more than a one-trick-pony. He's finally being considered a serious, passionate actor thanks to his role as Spanish Surrealist Salvador Dali in director Paul Morrison's docudrama Little Ashes. Set in Madrid in 1922 – a city wavering on the edge of change as traditional values are challenged by the dangerous new influences of jazz – Salvador Dalí arrives at university determined to become a great artist. With a bizarre blend of shyness and rampant exhibitionism, Dali attracts the attention of two of the university's social elite -- Federico García Lorca (Javier Beltran) and Luis Buñuel (Matthew McNulty). But as the three explore the art world together, a forbidden attraction develops which changes their lives forever. Luis and Federico become a formidable trio, the most ultra-modern group in Madrid. However, as time passes, Salvador and Lorca. set off for Paris. Alone in Madrid, Lorca is haunted by news of Salvador, who is collaborating on a Surrealist film with Buñuel and has embarked on an affair with Gala, a married woman. Time passes, and in 1936, with Spain teetering on the precipice of civil war, Lorca is assassinated. And when Dali finds out, the walls of self-denial that surround him come crashing down as he realizes, too late, the depth of his love for Lorca. Bonus Features: Interviews with the cast/director and “The Making of Little Ashes: featurette. MI-5: Volume 7 Lucas North (Richard Armitage), after having spent eight torturous years in a Russian prison after the secret police had arrested him for being a member of England's premiere intelligence gathering government organization MI-5 (the Brit's version of the CIA), is welcomed back to MI-5, with proverbial opened arms, by the head of MI-5, his old pal and brother-in-arms, old Harry Pearce (Rupert Penny-Jones), who was instrumental in finally securing Lucas' release from the Russians. Now that he is out, Lucas is incredibly anxious to get back to work as quickly as possible. He may just be in luck since Section D's current priority operation has an incredibly strong Russian connection, so he could very well prove even more invaluable to his mates at MI-5. However, there is some doubt, even among his oldest, best friends as to his to where his true loyalties lie. After having spent eight years with only a high-ranking Russian spymaster to talk to and share his feelings with, can Lucas's loyalty really be taken for granted? A winner of multi-BAFTA Award (the English equivalent of the Oscar/Emmy), MI-5 is back with another season (also starring Anna Chancellor, Nicola Walker, Peter Firth and Hermione Norris) completely packed with even more topical stories of deadly terrorists, undercover operations and double-agents – with a heavy dose of danger and death always looming above them. Bonus Features: Audio commentary, Behind-The-Scenes documentary, “Action Sequence” and "Spooks In Russia" featurette and the original UK trailer. Surrogates There is no actor who plays cops, military men, CIA agents or FBI operatives like Bruce Willis can. From the moment he appears on the screen, Brucie simply oozes authority – mostly of the law enforcement kind. Let's face it, Willis expertly plays one government employee (of the no B.S. ilk) that you don't ever want to run into on a dark deserted alley – especially if you are a surrogate. In the gripping, action thriller directed thriller by Terminator 3 filmmmaker Jonathan Mostow, people are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates – sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It’s an ideal world where crime, pain, fear, killing and consequences doesn’t exist. However, when the first murder in years jolts this utopia – a college stundent linked by the creator of these replicants is killed – FBI agent Greer (Willis) discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery. Based on the futuristic graphic novel by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele, Surrogates also stars Rahda Mitchell, Rosumand Pike, James Cromwell,and Ving Rhames, and Rosamund Pike. But in a battle versus humanity, who can you really trust? (Also on DVD) Bonus Features on Blu-ray: Feature commentary from director Jonathan Mostow, “A More Perfect You: The Science Of Surrogates” and “Breathing The Frame: A Graphic Novel Comes To Life” featurettes, deleted scenes, and “I Will Not Bow” music video by Benjamin. Alone In The Dark II As night falls and creatures of the dark crawl out of the shadows, one man stands between good and evil in Alone In The Dark II, when a century-old, villainous witch descends on Central Park and begins a killing-spree, it's up to the paranormal sleuth Edward Carnby, a telepathic crimesolver played by The Fast And the Furious star Rick Yune, to get on the trail and put a stop to the bloodbath. Desperate to unravel the mysterious past of the supernatural killer -- which holds the key to ending the murderous mayhem -- Edward must crack the case before more lives are claimed, including his own. He must partner up with his old friend Abner Lundger, a witch hunter battling his supernatural nemesis – a creature that on the sprawl again. Based on the best-selling video game of the same name, Edward and Abner join forces with a paranomral hunters to retrace clues and stop the merciless killer before he strikes again. Bonus Features: Audio commentary with director Michael Roesch, Peter Scheerer and Bill Moseley, behind the scenes clips, and an array of cast interviews. Pawn Stars: The Complete Season 1 One of the most entertaining and original slices of cable programming, Pawn Stars is a funny, often poignant and sometimes heartbreaking reality series. Long before banks, ATMS, check-cashing services and even credit cards, there were neighborhood family-owned business known as pawn shops. Pawning was the leading form of consumer credit in the United States until the 1950s, and pawn shops are still helping everyday people make ends meet. At the Gold & Silver Pawn Shop on the outskirts of Las Vegas, three generations of Harrisons jointly run the family business, and there's clashing and camaraderie every step of the way. On Pawn Stars, you can witness as they use their sharp eyes and finely-honed skills to assess the value of items from the commonplace to the truly historic -- including a 16th-century samurai sword, a Super Bowl ring, a Picasso painting and a 17th-century stay of execution -- it's up to them to determine what's real and what's fake, because everything and everyone has a story and in this business the customer isn't always right. A wonderful bit of guilty viewing pleasure, you have seen reality television until you've seen Pawn Stars. Bonus Features: “Meet the Pawn Stars” and “Real or Fake” featurettes and additional footage. I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell When a tireless and charismatic novelty seeker tricks his buddy into lying to his fiancee so they can celebrate his last days of bachelorhood in proper style, he quickly discovers there is more than the devil to pay. A connoisseur of fast times and faster women, Tucker Max (Matt Czuchry) is determined to outdo himself in one night of non-stop debauchery. With a newly engaged friend (Geoff Stults) and a newly embittered one (Jesse Bradford) in tow, Tucker unleashes his wit and wants on every unsuspecting female around -- from horny hotties to aroused cougars to one amorous dwarf. But Tucker's night of fun turns into more than even he bargained for when the boys meet a stripper who can match their misogynist mouths, and Tucker becomes the butt of a vengeful practical joke. Nothing is sacred -- not even Tucker himself -- in one of the smart, disgusting, hilarious, offensive, witty and downright raucous comedy. Based on the bestselling playbook for gettin’ some, this uproarious, unrated film (with footage not shown in theaters) is so shockingly raunchy it will leave fans gagging with laughter. Joining Czuchry (The Good Wife), Stults (October Road) and Bradford (Swimfan) in on the fun is former porn queen/turned fine actress Traci Lords (Zack and Miri Make a Porno), and a whole lot of bawdy sex and barely legal fun. Bonus Feteaures: 17 outrageous deleted scenes. JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America From the director of the Emmy-winning 102 Minutes That Changed America, JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America is an acclaimed History Channel special which follows in the footsteps of such highly-regarded programs as The Men Who Killed Kennedy. Culled from hours of unseen film, tape recordings, and rare firsthand accounts of President Kennedy's death, History cuts through the wild conspiracy theories and presents a unique fact-based approach to the Kennedy assassination. Using firsthand, primary source material, JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America strips away years of confusion to allow for a fresh and clear-eyed view of that historic day in November 1963, when a gunman pulled a trigger and forever changed the world. This four-hour special, which drew over 2MM viewers, relies heavily on evidence and facts, exploiting the vast archive of recorded film and photography and presenting it alongside the testimony of eyewitnesses, and is shown as a countdown clock re-creation, ticking inevitably toward Zero Hour -- the very moment rifle shots ring out in Dealy Plaza The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours Later While the moments and hours after John F. Kennedy's tragic assassination were some of the most formative and important for our country, that story has rarely, and only partially, been told. Based on the bestselling book by Steven M. Gillon, The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours Later is a thoroughly fascinating near real-time account of this pivotal day in history told from the point-of-view of Vice President Lyndon Johnson that uses stunning details uncovered in newly public documents to reveal a vice president thrust into the role of commander-in-chief forced to make critical decisions with limited information. From the moment Lyndon B. Johnson was told of JFK's death (after a security aide had already ordered a casket), to his decision to take the oath of office on Air Force One alongside the former First Lady (before getting her approval), to the return to his home for a full briefing of what happened that day (long after it was televised to the world), 24 Hours Later uncovers a shocking and little documented story examining the unusual incidents and events surrounding one of the most critical days in American history. WWII In HD Seventy years in the making, WWII In HD is the first-ever World War II documentary presented in full, immersive HD color. Culled from more than 3000 hours of lost and rare color archival footage gathered from a worldwide search through basements and archives, WWII In HD will change the way the world sees this defining conflict. Available on both standard def and Blu-ray, WWII In HD, features the voice talents of celebs including Gary Sinise, Justin Bartha, Ron Livingston, LL Cool J, Rob Lowe, Josh Lucas, Amy Smart and Steve Zahn. This visually astonishing landmark series presents the story of World War II through the eyes of 12 Americans who experienced the war firsthand. Home audiences will hear the story of Army nurse June Wandrey, who served from the beginning of the war in North Africa to the liberation of the camps in Germany . They will meet Shelby Westbrook, a young African American from Toledo, who became a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen; Jimmie Kanaya, the son of Japanese immigrants, who served in the U.S. Army and was imprisoned in Europe; and Jack Werner, a Jewish émigré who escaped from Austria before the war and wound up fighting not against Hitler and the hated Nazis, but in the Pacific Theater. Using footage never before seen by most Americans -- converted to HD for unprecedented clarity -- home audiences will experience the war as if they were actually there, surrounded by the real sights and sounds of the battlefields. And, along the way they'll meet a diverse group of soldiers whose wartime diaries and journals show in visceral detail what the war was really like. Bonus Features: Character profiles, Behind-the-Scenes featurettes: "Finding the Footage" and "Preserving the Footage" Omnibus: Leonard Bernstein Hosted by Alastair Cooke, Omnibus was the Golden Age of Television's most distinguished production, a multiple Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series delivering sophistication, refinement, and sparkling intelligence to a national audience. Its eight seasons, broadcast live and nationwide from 1952 to 1961, (164 episodes) of live, commercial-network broadcasts featured the most accomplished luminaries of the day, and garnered more than 13 million viewers per program and 65 awards -- including nine Emmy and two Peabody Awards. For the first time since their live broadcasts a half-century ago and in collaboration with the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the heralded series can now be seen by a new generation with its debut DVD release, Omnibus: Leonard Bernstein featuring seven newly-restored programs in a four-DVD set. A presence on Broadway, in Hollywood, at Carnegie Hall and the New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein was a major force in 20th century music, with an exuberant and dramatic style that caught the heart of America and allowed him serve up classical music to thousands of people from diverse backgrounds. Bernstein's Omnibus programs earned him a national reputation, formed the basis of his best-selling book The Joy of Music, and feature his 1954 television debut at the age of 36, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (1955), which was an examination of the force that compels creative artists. Other remastered programs included in the set address The World of Jazz (1955), The Art of Conducting (1955), American Musical Comedy (1956), his Introduction to Modern Music (1957), Grammy winner The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach (1957) and What Makes Opera Grand? (1958). Bonus Feature: A rare performance of Handel's Messiah, with Bernstein conducting from the harpsichord. You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown: Deluxe Edition Charlie Brown has never pitched a winning baseball game. He’s never been able to keep a kite in the air or win a game of checkers and he’s certainly never successfully punted a football. Charlie Brown may be a loveable loser but he’s still managed to capture the hearts of viewers as well as those of his Peanuts pals. To show their appreciation, Lucy, Linus, Sally, Snoopy, and the rest of the gang pay tribute to “good ol’ Chuck” in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown Deluxe Edition. Everyone’s favorite “blockhead” finally gets the recognition he deservers via a series of endearing skits mixed with a collection of captivating songs from Clark Gesner’s hit Broadway show. The repertoire includes such unforgettable performances as “Happiness,” “The Kite,” “Suppertime,” “T-E-A-M,” “Book Report” and much more. It’s the Peanuts gang at their very best! Bonus Features: “Animating a Charlie Brown Musical” – This documentary featurette explores the twenty-year journey of the 1967 Clark Gesner album that became a Broadway hit and finally an animated TV special. Touched By An Angel: Inspiration Collection: Love – Touched By An Angel: Inspiration Collection : Faith Beloved and treasured by millions, these two collections of Touched By An Angel each feature four thematic episodes specially selected by series executive producer Martha Williamson. Filled with messages of faith and love, each episode of the Touched By An Angel: Love & Faith editions features an all-new personal introduction by Williamson. Chronicling the missions of a group of angels sent by God, Touched By An Angel stars Roma Downey and Della Reese in their Emmy-nominated roles, John Dye and Valerie Bertinelli. While the angels may not deliver the answers to every problem, they always deliver the message of hope. Running for nine years on CBS, the series was nominated for multiple awards including 11 Emmy awards and two Golden Globes. Faith marks the DVD debut of all four episodes -- including "Fighting The Good Fight," "For Such A Time As This," "Famous Last Words" and "The Good Earth" -- and features memorable guest stars such as Muhammad Ali, Joe Spano (NCIS), Jonathan Lipnicki and Michael Nouri. Love includes the DVD premiere of two episodes - "Thief Of Hearts" and "At The End Of The Aisle" -- and features notable guest stars Phylicia Rashad, Grammy-award winning singer Natalie Cole, esteemed poet Maya Angelou, country music star Wynonna Judd and Patti LuPone. Bonus Features: Segments from the broadcast specials, "True Stories From Touched By An Angel" and "More True Stories From Touched By An Angel," and an excerpt from Williamson's book Inviting God To Your Wedding, all of which is accessible via eBridge Technology. The Whitest Kids U' Know: The Complete Second Season – Uncut and Uncensored! You've got to see one of the most outrageous and absurd sketch comedy troupes in the Season Two of their IFC series. With such irreverent instant sketch classics as "Slow Jerkin" and "Hitler Rap", the Whitest Kids U' Know have taken the comedy world by storm by taking the absurd and twisting it to hilarious extreme. Coming from across the US to New York City -- some to study, others to start their entertainment careers in earnest -- the Kids would eventually meet each other and realize they all shared a dream-to become the sketch comedy players of their generation. So, Together, they began to create sketch comedy that pushed the envelope right off the table, first on the stage of Pianos in NYC's Lower East Side, to IFC and now -- on glorious DVD. Featuring all 10 hilarious episodes from Year Two, the second season continues to showcase the raucous and peculiar talents of Trevor, Zach, Sam, Darren and Timmy - as they take on politics, gender, race and sex and push sketch comedy to a whole new level of depraved genius. Bonus Features: The Best of Season One, featuring cast intros and audio commentary with the entire cast on all episodes. Michael Jackson's This Is It It's a shame that we will never get to see any of the 100 shows Michael Jackson had planned for London -- actually performed live by MIchael. But This Is It comes really, really close to making that dream a reality. Whether you liked his music or hated it -- if you found his over-the-top eccentric behaviour too much to bear or just plain fun to watch – none of that matters, because from what we see from the footage from the final rehearsals is that This Is It would have indeed been one of the most incredible series of shows this planet has ever seen. In addition to the fantastic direction and choreographer Kenny Ortega (of High School Musical fame) did for the planned concerts, he has pieced together one of the greatest music documentaries since Woodstock: Three Days Of Peace, Love & Music. Taking viewers on the rocky voyage of how the concerts transformed from an idea, to a concept to a full-fledged show, you're blown away by the time, talent and effort it took to put the show together. We hear a lot from all those involved with show, particularly those performers, singers, dancers that will never get to perform with Michael in sold-out areanas -- Eric Reid, Alex Al, Nick Bass, Daniel Celebre, Mekia Cox, Misha Gabriel, Chris Grant, Judith Hill and Shannon Holtzapffel – but luckily, there talented and their time with the King Of Pop will for always be preserved on this Blu-ray/DVD collections. This Is It is Michael Jackson at his finest, and sadly enough, final hours. (Also on DVD) Bonus Features: 2 “Making Of” Documentaries, Three Featurettes: “The Gloved One” - costumes, “Memories Of Michael” and “Auditions: Searching For The World's Best Dancers.” BD-LIVE EXCLUSIVES: “Thriller” and “Smooth Criminal” vignettes, “Making Smooth Criminal” featurette and MOVIEIQ – This Is It playlist. Jackie Chan Presents Wushu The internationally loved martial arts master Jackie Chan presents his latest protegee, Sammo Hung. in the uniquely exciting, jaw-dropping and witty fight film Wushu. In this heart-pounding story, a group of young boys swear allegiance to each other and form a gang upon arriving at an elite martial arts conservatory. Ten years later, at their graduation from the conservatory -- after becoming some of the best martial arts fighters on the planet -- they unexpectedly cross paths with an evil martial arts master (and longtime nemesis) and foil his kidnapping plan. Now, they must put their combat skills to the test in order to defeat this enemy and save their brotherhood. Bonus Features: Behind-the-scenes, Wushu World Premiere in Cannes featuring Jackie Chan and a trailer gallery. Atonement - Pride & Prejudice: Blu-Ray Exclusives Directed by award-winning Pride & Prejudice helmsman Joe Wright and starring Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, James McAvoy, Vanessa Redgrave, Brenda Blethyn and Saoirse Ronan, Atonement (writtenby Ian McEwan) is one of the greatest motion picture romances ever made – a stunning, critically acclaimed epic love story. During a summer day in 1935, in pre-WWII England. when Briony Tallis, a young, naïve girl (Ronan) catches her sister, Cecilia, (Knightley) in a passionate embrace with Robbie Turner, the housekeeper's son and a childhood friend (McAvoy), her jealousy drives her tell a lie that change the course of their lives forever. BD Bonus Features: Deleted scenes, “Bringing The Past To Life: The Making Of Atonement” and “From Novel To Screen: Adapting A Classic” featurettes and feature commentary with director Joe Wright. PRIDE & PRJUDICE: A brilliant and unforgettable version of Jane Austen's fiercely beloved romantic novel, this film adaptation works because of witty writing, clever direction (by Joe Wright) and a splendid cast. When Elizabeth Bennet (Kiera Knightley, who received an Oscar nomination for her performance) meets the handsome Mr. Darcy (Matthew MacFayden), she believes he is the last man on earth she could ever marry. But as their lives become intertwined, she finds herself captivated by the very person she swore to loathe for all eternity. The characters of Jane Austen's finest masterpiece are brought to live by an all-star supporting cast that includes Donald Sutherland, Brenda Blethyn, Judi Dench, Jena Malone, Tom Hollander and Rosamund Pike. Bonus Features: “Conversations With The Cast,” “Jane Austen: Ahead Of Her Time” and “A Bennet Family Portrait” fetaurettes, HBO FIRST LOOK: Pride & Prejudice, “The Politics Of 18th Century Dating” and The Stately Homes Of Pride & Prejudice” featurettes and audio commnetary with director Joe Wright. BD Bonus Features: BD-LIVE! - More bonus content and the latest trailers. Southland: The Complete First Season In one of the most brilliant primetime moves in the past decade, cable channel TNT bravely and wisely picked up the hard-hitting, groundbreaking LAPD series Southland after it was dropped from NBC's schedule last year and TNT has now made it a part of its regular programming. Buy these guys a drink. They don't get much better than Southland, produced by John Wells, former ER and West Wing producer. A raw and authentic look at the police unit in Los Angeles, Southland is a fast-moving drama that explores the lives of cops, criminals, victims and their families, Southland features a highly talented ensemble cast led by Ben McKenzie (The O.C.), Michael Cudlitz (Band of Brothers) and Regina King (24). Southland: The Complete First Season contains the first seven episodes, in their uncensored form, as they follow the complicated lives dedicated LAPD officers and detectives lead as the series take on criminals, victims and a city tainted by vice and seething with danger. The rookie cop and his savvier, veteran colleagues try to make a difference in the not so glamorous part of Hollywood, but as one wised-up cop says, “Every once in a while, you get to take a bad guy off the street for good. And that, my friend, is God’s work.” While the pilot premiered this week, in addition to the six others on the DVD, TNT will air the additional Season One episodes that never made it onto the primetime schedule, later this spring. If you are looking for television at its absolute best, pick up these seven, unedited episodes from Season One, watch the rest of the season on TNT and get ready for another great season later in the year. You won't be sorry. Bonus Feature: “Southland: Redefining The Cop Drama” -Producers and cast reveal the story behind creating a new series about the LAPD. Soul Power In 1974, the most celebrated American R&B acts of the time came together with the most renowned musical groups in Africa for a 12-hour, three-night long concert held in Kinshasa, Zaire. The dream-child of Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine, this music festival became a reality when they convinced boxing promoter Don King to combine the event with “The Rumble in the Jungle,” the epic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, previously chronicled in the Academy Award-winning documentary When We Were Kings. Soul Power is a verité documentary about this legendary music festival (dubbed “Zaire ‘74”), and it depicts the experiences and performances of such musical luminaries as James Brown, BB King, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz, among a host of others. At the peak of their talents and the height of their careers, these artists were inspired by this return to their African roots, as well as the enthusiasm of the Zairian audience, to give the performances of their lives. Bonus Features - DVD/ Blu-ray: Archival footage of music legends James Brown, B.B. King, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz, deleted footage and commentary with director Jeffrey Levy-Hinte & festival co-producer Stewart Levine Tru Loved Tru Loved tells the story of Tru (Najarra Townsend), a sixteen-year-old uprooted by her lesbian moms from her gay-friendly home in San Francisco and moved to a conservative suburban community in Southern California. What ensues, of course, is a life complicated by sexual politics, closed minds and closeted friends, as Tru tries to start her school's first Gay-Straight Alliance. Written and directed by Stewart Wade, Tru Loved, a 2008 theatrical release, was a highly acclaimed festival favorite, an Official Selection of both the San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival and San Diego's Film OUT, as well as winner of the Audience Award at the Philadelphia & Long Island Gay and Lesbian Film Festivals. The film, a call for tolerance among teens, also stars Townsend Jake Abel, Alec Mapa, Bruce Vilanch, Nichelle Nichols, Jasmine Guy, Alexandra Paul, Cynda Williams, Matthew Thompson and Jane Lynch.