Karyn Kusama Like the animated series it's based on, Aeon Flux is the kind of sci-fi that's best appreciated by the MTV generation. It's a serious attempt at stylized, futuristic action/adventure (the title character, played by Charlize Theron, is essentially a female James Bond for the cyberpunk era) and taken for what it is, it's not all that bad. The action takes place in the year 2415, four centuries after a virus nearly decimated the human race, leaving only five million survivors in a utopian city called Bregna. Aeon belongs to the Monicans, a secret rebel resistance force that is struggling to destroy the Goodchild regime led by its namesake, Trevor Goodchild (Martin Csokas), the ruler of Bregna and a descendant of the man who found a cure for the deadly virus. As instructed by the Handler (Frances McDormand, gamely playing along in ridiculous sci-fi regalia), Aeon is assigned to assassinate Goodchild, but there are deeper secrets to be discovered, and conspiracies to be foiled. This leads director Karyn Kusama (who fared much better with her debut feature Girlfight) to indulge in all sorts of routine action and fast-paced gunplay, but the elusive pleasures of Aeon Flux are mostly found in the sleek athleticism of Theron and costar Sophie Okonedo (as a fellow Monican), who commit themselves 100% to roles that are dramatically flat yet physically dynamic. Other highlights include Aeon's high-tech gadgetry (including an eyeball that doubles as a microsocope) and the amusing sight of Pete Postlethwaite in a costume resembling a construction-site disposal tube, but Flux fans may wonder what happened to the surreal, chromium sheen future that gave the MTV series its visionary appeal. As a live-action feature, Aeon Flux is a miscalculated exercise in cheesy style and dour tone, but it's entertaining enough to earn a small cadre of admirers. —Jeff Shannon

Alejandro González Iñárritu Tragedy strikes a married couple on vacation in the moroccan desert touching off an interlocking story involving six different families. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/20/2008 Starring: Brad Pitt Cate Blanchett Run time: 143 minutes Rating: R

Craig Brewer Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/01/2007

Paul W.S. Anderson Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 12/30/2008 Run time: 95 minutes Rating: R

John Woo Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/20/2008 Run time: 140 minutes Rating: R

Paul Hirsch, John Hughes Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/05/2009 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg13

John Singleton Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/23/2006 Rating: R

Ridley Scott Director Ridley Scott’s triumphant Gladiator is an unparalleled combination of vivid action and extraordinary storytelling that earned five Oscars® including Best Picture. The Blu-ray presentation will include both the original theatrical version of the film as well as the extended version in 1080p High Definition with English 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, French 5.1 Dolby Digital and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital, as well as English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Korean subtitles. The two-disc set also will feature over four hours of bonus material including, but not limited to, the following:

• Audio Commentary—Two separate commentaries accompany the original theatrical version and extended version of the film.

• The Scrolls of Knowledge—The original trivia track has been newly enhanced with focus points allowing viewers to access a series of new behind-the-scenes featurettes exploring key scenes and how they relate to the historical accuracy depicted in the film. The extended version of the film also includes a deleted scene marker.

• Visions From Elysium: Topic Marker—Viewers can tag moments of interest throughout either version of the film, allowing them to create “shopping lists” of topics to learn more about. Thanks to the Blu-ray player’s memory, the topics will automatically be loaded when Disc 2 is inserted, giving viewers immediate access to featurettes and galleries of interest.

• Strength And Honor: Creating The World of Gladiator—The definitive documentary on the origin, production and impact of the Oscar®-winning classic. The documentary includes an all-new Enhanced Viewing Mode allowing viewers access to additional interviews and behind-the-scenes material.

• The Making of Gladiator—HBO First Look special.

• Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport—Learning Channel special.

• Hans Zimmer: Scoring Gladiator—An exploration of the rousing soundtrack.

• My Gladiator Journal—Personal diary of the young actor who played Lucius.

• Image & Design—Featurettes and galleries covering the production design, storyboards, costumes and more.

• Abandoned Sequences & Deleted Scenes

• VFX Explorations: Germania & Rome—Shot deconstruction with the visual effects artists.

Marvel Iron Man (2-Disc) (Blu-ray) Suit up for action with Robert Downey Jr. in the ultimate adventure movie you've been waiting for, "Iron Man"! When jet-setting genius-industrialist Tony Stark is captured in enemy territory, he builds a high-tech suit of armor to escape. Now, he's on a mission to savethe world as a hero who's built, not born, to be unlike any other. Co-starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard and Jeff Bridges, it's a fantastic, high-flying journey that is "hugely entertaining" (Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal).

F. Gary Gray Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/14/2006 Run time: 110 minutes Rating: Pg13

Simon West Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/23/2006 Rating: Pg13

Jonathan Demme Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 11/01/2006

Brian De Palma, J.J. Abrams, John Woo Mission impossible mission impossible 2 mission impossible 3 Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/20/2008 Rating: Pg13

Jared Hess Ignacio is a disrespected cook at a mexican monastery that can barely afford to feed the orphans who live there. Inspired by a local wrestling hero he decides to moonlight as nacho libre to earn money for the monastery - not to mention the admiration of the beautiful nun sister encarnacion. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/23/2006 Starring: Jack Black Run time: 92 minutes Rating: Pg

Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/19/2009 Run time: 118 minutes Rating: Pg13

Breck Eisner Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/14/2006 Run time: 123 minutes Rating: Pg13

Antoine Fuqua Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/20/2008 Run time: 125 minutes Rating: R

Sabrina Plisco, Kerry Conran

The greatest adventure of all time begins with Star Trek, the incredible story of a young crew’s maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. On a journey filled with action, comedy and cosmic peril, the new recruits must find a way to stop an evil being whose mission of vengeance threatens all of mankind. The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk (Chris Pine), is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock (Zachary Quinto), was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before.

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Nicholas Meyer, Robert Wise Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/12/2009

Don McDougall, Gerd Oswald, Harvey Hart, Herschel Daugherty, James Goldstone Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 04/28/2009 Run time: 1460 minutes Rating: Nr

Phil Alden Robinson Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 07/29/2008 Run time: 123 minutes Rating: Pg13

John Landis Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/20/2008

Michael Bay Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 09/02/2008 Run time: 143 minutes Rating: Pg13

Michael Bay One of the most popular, thrill-packed, franchises of all time is back with even more action and more Autobots and Decepticons! In the highly anticipated Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins of the Transformers. Joining the mission to product humankind is Optimus Prime, who forms an alliance with international armies for a second epic battle.

Blu-ray Features:
- The Human Factor: Exacting Revenge of the Fallen
- Commentary by Michael Bay, Roberto Orci & Alex Kurtzman
- A Day with Bay: Tokyo
- 25 Years of Transformers
- NEST: Transformer Data-Hub
- Easter Eggs
- The AllSPArk Experiment
- Deleted/Alternate Scenes
- Giant Effing Movie
- Linkin Park New Divide Music Video
- The Matrix of Marketing

Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 12/30/2008 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg

Brian De Palma As noted critic Pauline Kael wrote, the 1987 box-office hit The Untouchables is "like an attempt to visualize the public's collective dream of Chicago gangsters." In other words, this lavish reworking of the vintage TV series is a rousing potboiler from a bygone era, so beautifully designed and photographed—and so craftily directed by Brian De Palma—that the historical reality of Prohibition-era Chicago could only pale in comparison. From a script by David Mamet, the movie pits four underdog heroes (the maverick lawmen known as the Untouchables) against a singular villain in Al Capone, played by Robert De Niro as a dapper caesar holding court (and a baseball bat) against any and all challengers. Kevin Costner is the naive federal agent Eliot Ness, whose lack of experience is tempered by the streetwise alliance of a seasoned Chicago cop (Sean Connery, in an Oscar-winning performance), a rookie marksman (Andy Garcia), and an accountant (Charles Martin Smith) who holds the key to Capone's potential downfall. The movie approaches greatness on the strength of its set pieces, such as the siege near the Canadian border, the venal ambush at Connery's apartment, and the train-station shootout partially modeled after the "Odessa steps" sequences of the Russian classic Battleship Potemkin. It's thrilling stuff, fueled by Ennio Morricone's dynamic score, but it's also manipulative and obvious. If you're inclined to be critical, the movie gives you reason to complain. If you'd rather sit back and enjoy a first-rate production with an all-star cast, The Untouchables may very well strike you as a classic. —Jeff Shannon

Randall Wallace Based on the book by Lt. Col. Harold Moore (ret.) and journalist Joseph Galloway, We Were Soldiers offers a dignified reminder that the Vietnam War yielded its own crop of American heroes. Departing from Hollywood's typically cynical treatment of the war, writer-director Randall Wallace focuses on the first engagement of American soldiers with the North Vietnamese enemy in November 1965. Moore (played with colorful nuance by Mel Gibson) and nearly 400 inexperienced troopers from the U.S. Air Cavalry were surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese Army soldiers, and the film re-creates this brutal firefight with graphic authenticity, while telling the parallel story of grieving army wives back home. While UPI reporter Galloway (Barry Pepper) risks his life to chronicle the battle, Wallace offers a balanced (though somewhat fictionalized) perspective while eliciting laudable performances from an excellent cast. Like the best World War II dramas of the 1940s, We Were Soldiers pays tribute to brave men while avoiding the pitfalls of propaganda. —Jeff Shannon