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Ancient Aliens: Season Three
(2011) Four-disc set with 16 episodes. The third installment of the otherworldly, hit History series delves even more deeply into the 75 million years of the most credible alien evidence found on Earth. $29.95. Formats: DVD. (A&E).
Anonymous
(2011) Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, David Thewlis, Edward Hogg. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD. Extras: Commentary with director Roland Emmerich and Writer John Orloff, deleted scenes, "Who Is the Real William Shakespeare?" Blu-ray adds extended scenes, "More Than Special Effects" featurette, "Speak the Speech ..." featurette, "Anonymous PS3" wallpaper/theme. (Sony).
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation -- Grave Danger
(2005) Two-part Season Five finale directed by Quentin Tarantino. Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo, $24.99. Extras: "CSI: Tarantino Style." (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount).
Dangerous Liaisons
(1988) Dir.: Stephen Frears; Glenn Close, John Malkovich, Michelle Pfeiffer, Swoosie Kurtz, Keanu Reeves, Uma Thurman. Extras: Commentary by Frears. (Warner).
Downton Abbey Season 2
(2012) Three-disc set: DVD, $44.99 and Blu-ray, $49.99. As the Great War rages across Europe, discord is sown even into the serene Yorkshire countryside. Simmering tensions behind the gates of Downton Abbey are beginning to come to a boil as the men and women of Downton do their part on both the front lines and the home front. What's more, the brutality and intensity of war seem to inflame more familiar passions -- love, loss, blackmail, and betrayal - leaving family and staff alike to struggle in an ever-changing world, against a host of new demons. Extras: "House to Hospital" featurette, "Romance in a Time of War" featurette, "Fashion and Uniforms" costumes featurette. (PBS Distribution).
Ethos
(2011) Hosted by twice Oscar nominated actor and activist Woody Harrelson, "Ethos" lifts the lid on a Pandora's Box of systemic issues that guarantee failure in every aspect of our lives, from the environment to our democracy and our own personal liberty. From conflicts of interest in politics to unregulated corporate power, to a military industrial complex that just about owns our government, the film explains how our country is controlled by some very wealthy families and not our chosen government; these families control the main pillars of our society which include politics, corporations, banks and the media. We cannot change our system until we know how it works and this film, with interviews from some of today's leading thinkers, will show you how to make meaningful and sustainable change. With interviews from influential thought-leaders including author and activist Noam Chomsky ("Manufacturing Dissent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media"), Chalmers Johnson ("Blowback: The Sorrows of Empire"), Oscar-winning documentarian Michael Moore and Howard Zinn ("A People's History of the United States"). Formats: DVD Digital.(Cinema Libre Studio).
Father Dowling Mysteries: The First Season
(1987-88) Two-disc set with eight episodes, Formats: DVD. (Paramount).
Fireflies in the Garden
(2008) Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Julia Roberts, Ioan Gruffudd, Hayden Panettiere. A family is devastated by an accident that takes place on the day their matriarch is due to graduate from college -- decades after leaving to raise her children. Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras: "A Flash of Life: The Making of Fireflies in the Garden" featurette. (Sony).
Fred 2: Night of the Living Fred
(2011) Lucas Cruikshank, Jake Weary, Siobhan Fallon. Nickelodeon movie follows the titular hero on his quest to expose his new music teacher Mr. Devlin as an evil vampire. (Lionsgate).
The Hour
(2011) Set behind the scenes of the BBC newsroom just as a new investigative program is launched, the drama plots the personal lives and professional interplay between an aspiring but renegade journalist, a beautiful ambitious young producer with whom he is in love, and his handsome rival, the face and lead anchorman of this rising television news team. "The Hour" plays out as a riveting thriller set against the backdrop of the Cold War. Two-disc set with 12 episodes. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Behind the Scenes at The Hour," "Creating The Hour." (BBC Home Entertainment).
The Jazz Singer
(1959) A rare dramatic performance by Jerry Lewis, produced as a special for NBC's Lincoln-Mercury Startime TV series, never rebroadcast or distributed in any home format since its original 1959 airing. Included are the transfer of a B&W kinescope of the broadcast and an extremely rare video recording, one of the earliest surviving examples of color television. Formats: DVD. (Inception Media Group).
Lady and The Tramp Diamond Edition BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1955) Available in a three-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy) for $44.99, a two-Disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray + DVD) for $39.99 and a one-Disc DVD for $29.99. (Disney).
La Jetee and Sans Soleil BLU-RAY DEBUT
One of the most influential, radical science-fiction films ever made and a mind-bending free-form travelogue: "La Jetee" (1963)and "Sans Soleil" (1983) couldn't seem more different-- but they're the twin pillars of an unparalleled and uncompromising career in cinema. A filmmaker, poet, novelist, photographer, editor, and now videographer and digital multimedia artist, Chris Marker has been challenging moviegoers, philosophers, and himself for years with his investigations of time, memory, and the rapid advancement of life on this planet. These two films -- a tale of time travel told in still images and a journey to Africa and Japan-- remain his best-loved and most widely seen. Restored high-definition digital transfers, approved by director Chris Marker, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks. Extras: Two interviews with filmmaker Jean-Pierre Gorin; "Chris on Chris," a video piece on Marker by filmmaker and critic Chris Darke; two excerpts from the French television series "Court-circuit (le magazine)": a look at David Bowie's music video for the song "Jump They Say," inspired by "La Jetee," and an analysis of Hitchcock's "Vertigo" and its influence on Marker; "Junkopia," a six-minute film by Marker about the Emeryville Mudflats; booklet featuring an essay by Marker scholar Catherine Lupton, an interview with Marker, notes on the films and filmmaking by Marker, and more.(The Criterion Collection).
Love Story BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1970) Ryan O'Neal, Ali MacGraw. Extras: Commentary by director Arthur Hiller, "Love Story: A Classic Remembered." (Paramount).
New Tricks, Season 6
(2011) Retired cops solve cold cases in this smash hit, ongoing BBC series seen on public television. Combining compelling stories, likeable characters, and a top-notch cast, this long-running series stars Amanda Redman, Dennis Waterman, Alun Armstrong and James Bolam as a team of semi-retired and somewhat curmudgeonly detectives investigating cold cases. Formats: DVD. (Acorn Media).
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
(2011) In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera," Cameron Mackintosh produced a unique, spectacular staging of the musical on a scale which had never been seen before. Inspired by the original staging by Hal Prince and Gillian Lynne, this lavish, fully-staged production set in the sumptuous Victorian splendor of London's legendary Royal Albert Hall features a cast and orchestra of over 200, plus some very special guest appearances. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Universal).
Project Nim
(2011) Dir.: James Marsh. The remarkable story of a chimpanzee taken from its mother at birth and raised as a human child to tragic consequences. Extras: Commentary and two behind-the-scenes featurettes. This is the story of Nim, the chimpanzee who became the focus of a landmark 1970s experiment to show that an ape could learn to communicate with language if raised and nurtured like a human child. But as Nim's natural instincts take over and the humans around him fail to protect him, Project Nim uncovers the unflinching and extraordinary journey of one animal thrust into human society. (Lionsgate).
The Rebound
(2009) Catherine Zeta-Jones, Justin Bartha. A newly single mother with two kids moves from the suburbs to New York City, where she gets involved with a younger man. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Cast and crew interviews. (Fox).
The Song of Lunch
(2011) Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson star in this arresting fusion of poetry and drama. "The Song of Lunch" is based on award-winning author Christopher Reid's narrative poem following the story of an unnamed book editor who is meeting his former love 15 years after their break-up for a nostalgic lunch at the Soho restaurant they used to frequent. The woman is now living a glamorous life in Paris, married to a world-renowned writer. The unnamed editor has failed in his writing career, detests his mundane publishing job and regrets the end of their love affair. Formats: DVD. (BBC Home Entertainment).
Stormhouse
(2011) Grahame Fox, Martin Delaney, Katie Flynn. The military has captured and imprisoned a supernatural entity ... and now it wants to play. (Lionsgate).
The Sunset Limited
(2011) Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson. Based on Cormac McCarthy's play that mixes humor and pathos to examine the relationship between strangers brought together by desperate circumstances. Set in a New York tenement apartment, the story focuses on two very different men -- a deeply religious black ex-con (Jackson) who thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor (Jones) who tried to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, The Sunset Limited. The men lock themselves in a passionate philosophical exchange of opposing views, each seeking the language and inspiration that will convert the other. The conflict reaches a shattering conclusion. Extras: Commentary by star and director Jones, Jackson and McCarthy' "The Making of The Sunset Limited" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (HBO).
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
(2011) Dir.: Bill Condon; Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Anna Kendrick, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Billy Burke, Lee Pace.Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Six-part making-of documentary, wedding video, "Jacob's Destiny" featurette, commentary with director Bill Condon, two fast forward features for scenes with Edward or Jacob. (Summit).
The Valentine's Collection ... Featuring One Zillion Valentines
(2012) Five stories about friendship from top children's authors. When Marvin shows Milton how to make valentines, they decide to make one for each person in their neighborhood in "One Zillion Valentines," an animated adaptation of Frank Modell's sweet book about random acts of kindness and generosity. The additional stories featured include "Goggles," Ezra Jack Keats' Caldecott Award-winner, "A Letter to Amy," "Will I Have A Friend" and "Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge." The DVD also includes Scholastic's read-along function. $14.95. Formats: DVD. (Scholastic).
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
(2011) Kal Penn, John Cho. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, 3D Blu-ray, VOD, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Extended cut (Blu-ray only), "Through the Haze With Tom Lennon," "Bringing Harold & Kumar Claymation to Life," deleted scenes. (Warner).
Vision Quest
(1985) High school wrestler Louden Swain is a man obsessed, trying to shed 23 pounds in a dangerously short time and take on Shute, the undefeated, tough-as-nails 168-pound champion who's the best wrestler in the state. Matthew Modine stars as the mop-headed student undeterred in his Vision Quest ... until the day a sexy drifter (Linda Fiorentino) threatens to pin Louden and his dreams to the mat of unrequited love. The much-in-demand film returns to DVD for the first time in it's widescreen version. Formats: DVD. (Warner).
Yakuza Weapon
(2011 -- Japan) Tak Sakaguchi. A hard-hitting maverick returns to Tokyo to discover his Yakuza father murdered, his family headquarters turned into a shady loan shop, and a powerful gang leader attempting to overthrow the entire criminal underworld. With rival gangs jacked up on "hyperdrug," he must becomes a one-man, butt-kicking army -- and things only get wilder when he loses an arm and a leg, only to have them replaced with more firepower than the entire Japanese military. Extras: "The Making of Yakuza Weapon" featurette, director's discussion, Tokyo stage greeting, spinoff film: "Takuzo Weapon." Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Well Go USA).
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1
In "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 1," based on Stephenie Meyer's bestselling book series, human Bella (Kristen Stewart) and vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson), plus those they love, must deal with the chain of consequences brought on by their ornate nuptials, a romantic honeymoon, and the tumultuous birth of their child ... which brings an unforeseen and shocking development for werewolf Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner).
Vitals: Director: Bill Condon. Stars: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Jackson Rathbone, Nikki Reed, Anna Kendrick, Kellan Lutz, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Billy Burke, Lee Pace.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 108 min., Fantasy Melodrama, Box office gross: $276.125 million, Summit.
Anonymous
A political thriller advancing the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays; set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her. "Anonymous" speculates on an issue that has for centuries intrigued academics and brilliant minds ranging from Mark Twain and Charles Dickens to Henry James and Sigmund Freud, namely: who was the author of the plays credited to William Shakespeare? Experts have debated, books have been written, and scholars have devoted their lives to protecting or debunking theories surrounding the authorship of the most renowned works in English literature. Anonymous poses one possible answer, focusing on a time when cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, illicit romances in the Royal Court, and the schemes of greedy nobles hungry for the power of the throne were exposed in the most unlikely of places: the London stage. Vitals: Director: Roland Emmerich. Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, Sebastian Armesto, Rafe Spall, David Thewlis, Edward Hogg.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 130 min., Drama, Box office gross: $4.463 million, Sony.
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Six years have elapsed since Guantanemo Bay, leaving Harold and Kumar estranged from one another with very different families, friends and lives. But when Kumar arrives on Harold's doorstep during the holiday season with a mysterious package in hand, he inadvertently burns down Harold's father-in-law's beloved Christmas tree. To fix the problem, Harold and Kumar embark on a mission through New York City to find the perfect Christmas tree, once again stumbling into trouble at every single turn.
Vitals: Director: Todd Strauss-Schulson. Stars: Kal Penn, John Cho.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 90 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $34.413 million, Warner.
Dangerous Liaisons
(1988)
La Jetee
(1963) and Sans Soleil
(1983)
Lady and the Tramp Diamond Edition
(1955)
Love Story
(1970)
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