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Angelina Ballerina: Sweet Valentine
(2012) Love and friendship take center stage in these five episodes of the popular pre-school series, $14.98. Extras: Picture game, music video. (HIT Entertainment/Lionsgate).
Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Season Five
(1959-60) Five-disc set with 38 episodes featuring such stars as Walter Matthau, Steve McQueen, Peter Lorre, Dick Van Dyke, William Shatner and Burt Reynolds. $39.98. (Universal).
Barney: I Love My Friends
(2012) Barney takes his friends on a super-dee-duper adventure that shows just what it means to be a friend, $14.98. Extras:Read-along book of hugs, sing-along. (HIT Entertainment/Lionsgate).
The Chateau Meroux
(2011) Marla Sokoloff, Amanda Righetti, Christopher Lloyd, Barry Watson. Romantic comedy about a San Francisco woman who inherits a beautiful but struggling winery in the Napa Valley from her estranged father. (Anchor Bay).
Contagion
(2011) Dir.: Steven Soderbergh; Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, John Hawkes, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Tien You Chui, Josie Ho Josie, Daria Strokous, Monique Gabriela Curnen. Extras: "Contagion: How a Virus Changes the World," "The Reality of Contagion: Go Inside the BioSafety Level 4 Laboratory," "The Contagion Detectives." Available as a Blu-ray/DVD combo. (Warner).
Dr. Willoughby
(1999) Stars Joanna Lumley as Donna Sinclair, an actress desperately clinging to her fading career in a sleazy daytime soap in which she stars as competent and compassionate Dr. Willoughby; off-screen, Sinclair is a holy terrorconniving, vain, and utterly insincere. $29.99.(Acorn Media).
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
(2011) Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison. Extras: Three-part making-of documentary: "The Story," "Blackwood's Mansion," "The Creatures." Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds conceptual art gallery. (Sony).
Frontline: Lost in Detention: The Hidden World of Immigration Enforcement
(2011) Last year, the Obama administration set new records for detaining and deporting immigrants who were inside the country illegally. The government plans to best those numbers in 2011, removing more than 400,000 people. This is a penetrating look at Obama's vastly expanded immigration net, exploring the controversial Secure Communities enforcement program and going inside the hidden world of immigration detention. $24.99. (PBS Distribution).
I Don't Know How She Does It
(2011) Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Christina Hendricks, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Meyers, Olivia Munn. Read more about "I Don't Know How She Does It" in the January Calendar. Extras: Conversation with bestselling author, Allison Pearson, whose book the film was based upon. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (The Weinstein Company/Anchor Bay Entertainment).
Justified: The Complete Second Season
(2011) Three-disc set with 13 episodes, Extras: Three featurettes, deleted scenes, outtakes. $45.99. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, $55.99. (Sony).
The Last Lions
(2011) A resilient lioness in Botswana's Okavango Delta embarks on an epic journey of survival to protect her three cubs in this nature documentary from National Geographic and award-winning filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the stark reality that lions are vanishing from the wild; in the past 50 years, lion populations have plummeted from 450,000 to as few as 20,000. Narrated by Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Virgil Films and Entertainment).
Man in a Suitcase, Set 2
(1968) Four-disc set with 15 episodes, $59.99. Conclusion to the thrilling British spy series about a rogue agent for hire in 1960s Europe. (Acorn Media).
Mildred Pierce
(2011) Two-disc set of the Emmy-winning HBO miniseries starring Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce,
Evan Rachel Wood, Melissa Leo, Mare Winningham, Hope Davis and Brian F. O'Byrne. Directed by Todd Haynes ("Far From Heaven"), "Mildred Pierce" is based on James M. Cain's classic 1941 novel of pride and status in the middle class. It tells the story of Mildred, a struggling single mother in Depression-era Los Angeles determined to fulfill the demands of her eldest daughter Veda, while surpassing societal expectations and the duplicity of the men in her life. With a talent for baking and a tremendous work ethic, Mildred sets her sights on becoming a restauranteur. Along the way she finds unexpected romance with Monty Beragon, a charming and wealthy idler, but personal tragedy soon strikes and Mildred faces the ultimate betrayal of love by her gifted but haughty daughter. $39.99. Extras: Commentaries from Haynes, co-writer Jon Raymond and production designer Mark Friedberg (who created the historically accurate setting); a menu-based "Series Index" and "Previews" of each of the five parts. Also available as a DVD/Blu-ray Collector's Edition for $52.99, which adds "Inside the Episode" pieces and the behind-the-scenes featurette "The Making of Mildred Pierce." (HBO)
Nova: Finding Life Beyond Earth
(2011) Combining the latest telescope images with dazzling CGI, this NOVA documentary immerses audiences in the sights and sounds of alien worlds, while top astrobiologists explain how these places are changing how we think about the potential for life in our solar system. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (PBS Distribution).
Removal
(2010) Billy Burke, Mark Kelly, Oz Perkins, Kelly Brook, Emma Caulfield, Elliott Gould. Gothic horror meets industrial-strength cleaning products in this spine-tingler about a pill-popping cleaning service employee and a sprawling mansion with secrets of its own. Extras: Deleted scene, alternate opening, gag reel. (Lionsgate).
Royal Pains: Season Three -- Volume One
(2011) Two-disc set with the first half of Season 1, $26.98. Extras: Select commentary, gag reel. (Universal).
Serendipity BLU-RAY DEBUT
(2001) John Cusack, Kate Beckinsale, Jeremy Piven, Bridget Moynahan, Eugene Levy. Extras: Commentary by director Peter Chelsom, a production diary, storyboard comparisons, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Lionsgate).
Shark Night
(2011)Sara Paxton, Sinqua Walls, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack, Katharine McPhee, Chris Zylka. Extras: Shark Attack! Kill Machine! feature to jump to your favorite kills quickly, "Ellis' Island" cast featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds "Shark Night's Survival Guide", "Fake Sharks Real Scares" behind-the-scenes featurette, digital copy. (Fox).
She's All That BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1999) Freddie Prinze Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard, Paul Walker, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Kevin Pollak, Anna Paquin, Kieran Culkin. Extras: Commentary by director Robert Iscove, music video from Sixpence None the Richer. (Lionsgate).
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob’s Frozen Face-Off
Seven episodes, $16.99. (Nickelodeon/Paramount).
A Turtle's Tale: Sammy's Adventure
(2011) Animated tale follows Sammy the turtle's incredible 50-year journey across the world as he meets new friends, including his best friend Ray, finds his true love Shelly and discovers how important it is to protect the earth we live on. Voices of Melanie Griffith, Jenny McCarthy, Kathy Griffin, Tim Curry, Anthony Anderson, Stacy Keach. $19.95. (StudioCanal).
The Windsors: From George to Kate
(2011) Absorbing documentary traces the recent history of the British monarchy from King George VI through Prince William's recent wedding. Provides a window into the captivating lives of the British Royal Family. $29.99. (Acorn Media).
Contagion
Thriller follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming apart.
Vitals: Director: Steven Soderbergh. Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, John Hawkes, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Tien You Chui, Josie Ho Josie, Daria Strokous, Monique Gabriela Curnen. 2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 106 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $75.178 million, Warner.
The Guard
Comedic, fish out of water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption, and the two cops who must join forces to take on an international drug-smuggling gang: an unorthodox Irish policeman and a straitlaced FBI agent. Cynical and crass, Sergeant Gerry Boyle (Brendan Gleeson) is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a bit of a maverick with his own moral code, not always above the law but certainly with its own high standards. Boyle takes nothing and no one seriously, but when the small town Boyle patrols becomes an important location in the greater scheme of things, he is forced to at least feign interest when dealing with the humorless FBI agent Wendell Everett (Don Cheadle) assigned to the case. Everett looks down on Boyle as a provincial low level cop with a limited view of the world who doesn't take anything seriously. Boyle doesn't have any higher appreciation for Everett, who he sees as a by the book cop with a chip on his shoulder and no understanding of how the real world runs. But events force Boyle to team up with Everett: Boyle's enthusiastic partner disappears, his favorite hooker attempts to blackmail him into turning a blind eye, and finally the drug-traffickers themselves try to buy him off as they have every other member of the local police force. The two eventually team up for an unlikely friendship and explosive finale.
Vitals: Director: John Michael McDonagh. Stars: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Liam Cunningham, David Wilmot, Rory Keenan, Mark Strong, Fionnula Flanagan.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 96 min., Crime Thriller Comedy, Box office gross: $4.984 million, Sony.
Don't Be Afraid of the Dark
Redo of the 1973 TV cult classic starring Kim Darby and Jim Hutton. A young girl moves to Rhode Island to live with her father and his new girlfriend in the 19th century mansion they are restoring. While exploring the house, she starts to hear voices coming from creatures in the basement -- whose hidden agenda is to claim her as one of their own. Produced by Guillermo del Toro, who thinks the original is believes is the scariest TV production ever made. Like del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth," the film focuses on a young girl's struggle against menacing and terrifying forces.
Vitals: Director: Troy Nixey. Stars: Katie Holmes, Guy Pearce, Bailee Madison.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 99 min., Horror, Box office gross: $23.866 million, Sony.
Shark Night
Arriving by boat at her family's Louisiana lake island cabin, Sara and her friends quickly strip down to their swimsuits for a weekend of fun in the sun. But when star football player Malik stumbles from the salt-water lake with his arm torn off, the party mood quickly evaporates. Assuming the injury was caused by a freak wake-boarding accident, the group realizes they have to get Malik to a hospital on the other side of the lake, and fast. But as they set out in a tiny speedboat, the college friends discover the lake has been stocked with hundreds of massive, flesh-eating sharks. As they face one grisly death after another, Sara and the others struggle desperately to fend off the sharks, get help and stay alive long enough to reach the safety of dry land.
Vitals: Director: . Stars: Sara Paxton, Sinqua Walls, Dustin Milligan, Chris Carmack, Katharine McPhee, Chris Zylka.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 91 min., Horror, Box office gross: $18.656 million, Relativity Media.
I Don't Know How She Does It
Trying to balance work and family is a non-stop juggling act for Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker). As a determined Boston-based finance executive, she devotes her day to her job and her night to her adoring husband Richard (Greg Kinnear) and their two young children. In between conference calls, meetings, deadlines, and her daughter's school bake sale, Kate manages to survive on a daily basis. But when she gets handed a major new account that will require frequent trips to New York, and Richard also wins the new job he's been hoping for, both will be spreading themselves even thinner. Complicating matters is Kate's charming new business associate, Jack Abelhammer (Pierce Brosnan), a handsome executive whose unexpected emotional support becomes a source of refuge.
Vitals: Director: Douglas McGrath. Stars: Sarah Jessica Parker, Pierce Brosnan, Greg Kinnear, Christina Hendricks, Kelsey Grammer, Seth Meyers, Olivia Munn.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 90 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $9.639 million, The Weinstein Company.
She's All That
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