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Agatha Christie's Poirot, Series 1 and 2 BLU-RAY DEBUT
The first and second series of Agatha Christie's beloved Belgian detective, starring David Suchet, newly remastered and restored to their original U.K. broadcast order. (Acorn Media).
The Big Year
(2011) Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Joel McHale, Jim Parsons, Angelica Huston, Dianne Wiest, Brian Dennehy, Rashida Jones, Kevin Pollak, Anthony Anderson. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc Combo. Extras: Extended feature film, "The Big Migration" featurette, deleted scenes, gag reel. (Fox).
Chalet Girl
(2011) Felicity Jones, Ed Westwick. Comedy about a tomboy champion skateboarder who gets a job slinging burgers at a plush ski chalets in the Austrian Alps and becomes a snowboarder, vying for a snowboard championship and the affections of her boss' handsome son. Formats: DVD. (IFC).
Dead Hooker in a Trunk
(2009) Four friends set out on an everyday errand and end up in a fight for their lives when they discover the body of a dead hooker in their trunk. Led by sexy, impulsive Badass, her distant twin sister Geek, their bible-thumping friend Goody Two Shoes and chaotic rock star pal Junkie, the group must put aside their differences to dispose of the body as they face off against persistent police, a sleazy motel manager, chainsaw-wielding triads and a brutal serial killer. All while being followed by the mysterious Cowboy Pimp, who wants to claim the corpse for himself. Formats: DVD. (IFC).
The Double
(2011) Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Martin Sheen, Odette Yustman. A retired CIA operative is paired with a young FBI agent to unravel the mystery of a senator's murder, with all signs pointing to a Soviet assassin. Extras: Producers' interviews, commentary with co-writer/director Michael Brandt and co-writer Derek Haas. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Image Entertainment).
Dream House
(2011) Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Elias Koteas, Marton Csokas. Also available as a Blu-ray/DVD combo with UltraViolet cloud copy. Extras: "Burning Down the House" featurette, "The Dream Cast," "Building the Dream House," "A Look Inside" behind-the-scenes featurette. (Universal).
Drive
(2011) Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks. Extras: Featurettes: "I Drive," "Under the Hood," "Driver and Irene" and "Cut to the Chase"; "Drive Without a Driver: Interview With Nicolas Winding Refn." Also available on Blu-ray Disc with UltraViolet cloud copy.
Frida BLU-RAY DEBUT
(2002) Dir.: Julie Taymor; Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas, Valeria Golino. Extras: Interviews with Salma Hayek and Julie Taymor, visual effects featurettes, a look at the art of Frida Kahlo. (Miramax/Lionsgate).
Frontline: A Perfect Terrorist
(2012) It has been called the most spectacular terror attack since 9/11. On the night of Nov. 26, 2008, 10 men armed with guns and grenades launched an assault on Mumbai with military precision that left 166 dead. India quickly learned the attackers belonged to Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani militant group associated with Pakistan's secretive intelligence agency, the ISI. But what wasn't known then was that a Lashkar/ISI operative had been casing the city for two years, developing a blueprint for terror. His name was David Coleman Headley, and he'd been chosen for the job because he had the perfect cover: He was an American citizen. "Frontline" and ProPublica reporter Sebastian Rotella team up to learn more about Headley and his rise from heroin dealer and U.S. government informant to master plotter. (PBS Distribution).
In Time
(2011) Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Galecki. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc/Digital Download. Extras: Deleted and extended scenes. Blu-ray adds "The Minutes" featurette. (Fox).
The Magnificent Ambersons
(1942) Joseph Cotten, Dolores Costello, Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Ray Collins. Orson Welles directed this brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to "Citizen Kane." Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin. The film was severely edited by the studio, altering Welles' intended ending. This is the first stand-alone DVD version of the film (it was previously part of a special Amazon "Citizen Kane" Deluxe Set. Formats: DVD. (Warner).
Malcolm X BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1992) Dir.: Spike Lee; Denzel Washington, Angela Bassett, Albert Hall, Al Freeman Jr., Delroy Lindo, Spike Lee, Theresa Randle. Two-disc set packed in a Blu-ray book, $34.99. (Warner).
Matlock The Seventh Season
(1992-93) Fourteen episodes, $54.99. (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount).
Outrage: Way of the Yakuza
(2010) Dir.: Takeshi Kitano; Takeshi Kitano, Ryo Kase. When a boss of the notorious Japanese crime syndicate (just as likely in today's modern world to be playing the stock market as well as shaking down pachinko parlors) issues an order to his associates to keep a rival gang in line, the task falls on Otomo (Kitano), who soon instigates a play for power that creates an all-out gang war, illustrating the brutal fate that befalls anyone who dares to violate the structured ways of the Yakuza. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Cast interviews, behind-the-scenes documentary, the red carpet premiere at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, premiere screening Q&A. (Magnolia Home Entertainment/Magnet Label).
The Piano BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1993) Dir.: Jane Campion; Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, Anna Paquin. (Miramax/Lionsgate).
Star Trek: The Next Generation -- The Next Level BLU-RAY
Beginning in 2012, Paramount will transfer to true high-definition 1080p -- for release on Blu-ray and eventual runs on television and digital platforms -- all 178 episodes from the seven seasons of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." This "sample" release includes the feature-length pilot, "Encounter at Farpoint," as well as two fan favorite episodes, "The Inner Light" (Season 5) and "Sins of the Father" (Season 3); $21.99. (Paramount).
Texas Killing Fields
(2011) Sam Worthington, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jessica Chastain. A local homicide detective teams up with a cop from New York City to investigate a series of unsolved murders in the Texas bayous. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Anchor Bay).
The Thing
(2011) Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen. Available as a Blu-ray/DVD combo with UltraViolet cloud copy and a single-disc DVD. Blu-ray Extras: Deleted/Extended Scenes, "The Thing Evolves" featurette, "Fire & Ice" featurette, commentary by director Matthijs Van Heijningen and producer Eric Newman. (Universal).
Thunder Soul
(2010) Documentary. Alumni from Houston's storied Kashmere High School Stage Band return home after 35 years to play a tribute concert for their beloved band leader who turned the struggling jazz band into a world-class funk powerhouse in the early 1970s. (Lionsgate).
To Kill a Mockingbird: 50th Anniversary Edition
(1962) Gregory Peck, Robert Duvall, Mary Badham, Richard Hale, Frank Overton. Two-disc set. Extras: Digital copy, "A Conversation With Gregory Peck," "Fearful Symmetry: The Making of To Kill a Mockingbird," Academy Award Best Actor acceptance speech, American Film Institute Life Achievement Award, excerpt from tribute to Gregory Peck, "Scout Remembers," commentary by director Robert Mulligan and producer Alan Pakula, "100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics." (Universal).
Treasure Buddies
(2012) Sixth film in the Buddies franchise with the talking canine superstars Rosebud, B-Dawg, Budderball, Buddha and Mudbud on a journey to mysterious Egypt in search of the greatest treasure known to animalkind, the legendary Cat's Eye jewel, from the lost treasure of Cleocatra. Available as a two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and as a single DVD. (Disney).
Undocumented
(2010) An aspiring documentary film director and his crew set out to record firsthand the injustices and inequities faced by those trying to make it into the U.S. from Mexico, but what they encounter is a horror worse than any they had imagined: they're captured by a gang of sadistic radicals in New Mexico. Formats: DVD. (IFC).
Why Mosquitos Buzz in People's Ears ... And More African Folktales
(2012) Five stories: "Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears," "Hot Hippo," "The Village of Round and Square Houses," "Not So Fast Songololo" and "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters."
Formats: DVD. (Scholastic Storybook Treasures).
You and I
(2011) Mischa Barton, Shantel VanSanten. Two teenage girls fall in love after meeting at a t.A.T.u concert and are swept into a dangerous world of obsession, drug abuse and murder. Extras: Also available on Blu-ray Disc.
Drive
Ryan Gosling stars as a Los Angeles wheelman for hire, stunt-driving for movie productions by day and steering getaway vehicles for armed heists by night -- navigating the labyrinth of L.A. streets with a mechanical precision that makes him one of the best in the business. Though a loner by nature, Driver can't help falling in love with his beautiful neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan), a vulnerable young mother dragged into a dangerous underworld by the return of her ex-convict husband, Standard. After a heist intended to pay off Standard's protection money spins unpredictably out of control, Driver finds himself driving defense for the girl he loves, tailgated by a syndicate of deadly serious criminals (Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman). But when he realizes that the gangsters are after more than the bag of cash in his trunk -- that they're coming straight for Irene and her son -- Driver is forced to shift gears and go on the offense.
Vitals: Director: Nicolas Winding Refn. Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Albert Brooks, Bryan Cranston, Ron Perlman, Christina Hendricks.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 100 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $34.363 million, Sony.
In Time
In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off and time has become the ultimate currency. You stop aging at 25, but there's a catch: You're genetically-engineered to live only one more year, unless you can buy your way out of it. The rich earn decades at a time (remaining at age 25), becoming essentially immortal, while the rest beg, borrow or steal enough hours to make it through the day. When a man (Justin Timberlake) from the wrong side of the tracks is falsely accused of murder, he's forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage (Amanda Seyfried). Living minute to minute, the duo's love becomes a powerful tool in their war against the system.
Vitals: Director: Andrew Niccol. Stars: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Olivia Wilde, Alex Pettyfer, Johnny Galecki.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 109 min., Science Fiction, Box office gross: $37.076 million, Fox.
The Thing
"Prelude" to John Carpenter's version of 1982's "The Thing," which hews closer to the original story, John W. Campbell Jr.'s 1938 classic "Who Goes There?" than the 1951 "The Thing From Another World" (but which is a classic in its own right). When paleontologist Kate Lloyd (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their experiment has freed a mysterious being from its frozen prison. Paranoia spreads like an epidemic as a creature that can mimic anything it touches will pit human against human as it tries to survive and flourish.
Vitals: Director: Matthijs Van Heijningen. Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 103 min., Science Fiction, Box office gross: $16.907 million, Universal.
Dream House
Successful publisher Will Atenton (Daniel Craig) quits his high-profile job in Manhattan to relocate his wife, Libby (Rachel Weisz), and their two daughters to a quaint New England town. But as they settle into their new life, they discover their perfect home was once the murder scene of a mother and her children. When Will investigates, he's not sure if he's seeing ghosts or if the tragic events are somehow related to his past. The only clues come from his mysterious neighbor, Ann (Naomi Watts), who helps him piece together this haunting puzzle ... as they discover that the story of the last man to leave Will's dream house will be just as horrifying to the one who came next.
Vitals: Director:. Stars: Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Elias Koteas, Marton Csokas.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 92 min., Psychological Thriller, Box office gross: $21.283 million, Universal.
The Big Year
Steve Martin, Jack Black and Owen Wilson are at a crossroads -- one is experiencing a mid-life crisis, another a late-life crisis, and the third, a far from ordinary no-life crisis. They're three friendly rivals who, tired of being ruled by obligations and responsibilities, dedicate a year of their lives to following their dreams: In this case, they try to outdo each other in the ultimate bird-watching competition in 1998 -- the year El Nino brought an unprecedented number of species to North America. Their quest takes them on an unforgettable trek throughout North America.
Vitals: Director: David Frankel. Stars: Steve Martin, Jack Black, Owen Wilson, Joel McHale, Jim Parsons, Angelica Huston, Dianne Wiest, Brian Dennehy, Rashida Jones, Kevin Pollak, Anthony Anderson.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 100 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $7.204 million, Fox.
Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Series 1 and 2
Cold Mountain
(2003)
The English Patient
(1996)
Frida
(2002)
Malcolm X
(1992)
The Piano
(1993)
Shakespeare in Love
(1998)
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