Week of May 12

by Philip Yu    May 12, 2009

Pick of the Week

Taken Liam Neeson stars as a former government operative whose worst fears are realized when his daughter is kidnapped in broad daylight while vacationing in Paris. Now, piecing together the clues of her final phone call, he embarks on the longest 96 hours of his life -- a dark and violent journey into the Paris underworld to find her. Armed with his special skills and experience as a black ops "preventer," he'll stop at nothing from saving his daughter... and make her abductors pay.

New on Blu-ray

Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection Re-experience the final frontier. Hot on the heels of director J.J. Abrams' new big screen Star Trek reboot, this action-packed box set boldly goes back to the first six movies starring the U.S.S. Enterprise's legendary crew. Kirk, Spock, Bones, Chekhov, Sulu, Scotty, Uhura -- all aboard and digitally remastered in their original theatrical versions. And a fan favorite, 'The Wrath of Khan,' has been fully restored in high definition with brilliant picture quality and 7.1 Dolby TrueHD.

Vampires vs. Werewolves

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Michael Sheen, Rhona Mitra and Bill Nighy stars in third installment of the werewolves-versus-vampires series, this time going back -- way back -- to the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as Death Dealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor, the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them, in an epic struggle for Lycan freedom.

Coming Next Week

Valkyrie Tom Cruise stars in the true story of the daring and ingenious plot to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. A proud military man, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg is a loyal officer who serves his country while hoping that someone will find a way to stop Hitler before Europe and Germany are destroyed. Realizing that time is running out, he devises a plot to assassinate the dictator and overthrow the Nazi government from the inside: Operaton Valkyrie.