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Anatomy of a Psycho/The Lonely Sex
Ronnie Burns, Pamela Lincoln, Mary Gonzalez, Karl Light. Exploitation double bill: "Anatomy of a Psycho" (1961): The brother of a convicted murderer set to be executed takes revenge against the people he believes were responsible for his brother's demise. "Lonely Sex": A lonely outcast kidnaps a young woman and holds her hostage in a rural shack while a violent peeping tom goes about his daily routine. Formats: DVD. (Vinegar Syndrome).
Best of Latino Laugh Festival
(2012) Highlights of the world's top Latino comedians performing stand-up comedy, monologues and sketches at the Latino Laugh Festival, from the Lila Cockrell Theater in San Antonio, hosted by Cheech Marin. Includes performances by Culture Clash, Greg Giraldo, Felipe Esparza, John Mendoza, Rudy Moreno, Paul Rodriguez and others, along with appearances by Maria Conchita Alonso, Erik Estrada, Daisy Fuentes, Edward James Olmos, Geraldo Rivera. Formats: DVD, $14.99. (CBS/Paramount).
Best of Walden!
(2013) Third installment of the "Best of" Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!" DVD series. Seven episodes featuring the one and only Walden, Wubbzy's good friend and Wuzzleburg's top thinker. Formats: DVD, $14.98. Extras: Coloring and activity sheets, dance-inducing music videos. (Anchor Bay).
Boss: Season Two
(2012) Ten episodes of Starz's saga about Chicago's powerful mayor Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer). Formats: Three-disc DVD, two-disc Blu-ray Disc, Digital. Extras: Commentary with cast and crew, "The King and His Court: Boss's Treacherous Ensemble" featurette. (Lionsgate).
The Cary Grant Film Collection
Six-disc set with "Born t Be Bad," "I Was a Male War Bride," "People Will Talk," "Monkey Business," "An Affair to Remember" and "Kiss Them for Me," $39.98. Formats: DVD.(Fox).
Crush
(2013) Lucas Till, Crystal Reed, Sarah Bolger, Reid Ewing, Leigh Whannell, Caitriona Balfe.
A secret admirer's crush on a high school athlete takes a fatal turn. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Millennium Entertainment).
Deadball
(2011 -- Japan) Tak Sakaguchi, Mari Hoshino. Baseball prodigy Jubeh Yakyu, a 17-year-old juvenile delinquent sent to reform school after killing over 50 people within a week, is forced to join the reformatory team, The Gauntlets, in the national tournament for juvenile inmates, or witness the death of his innocent cellmate. First up: a battle to the death against the sexy "psycho butcher girls" of St. Black Dahlia High School. A wild, over-the-top epic of excess, billed as "more fun than a prison cavity search!" Director Yudai Yamaguchi's follow-up to his earlier zombie baseball horror comedy "Battlefield Baseball."
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette "The Making of Deadball," interviews with cast and crew, spinoff short film "Play Deadball." (Well Go USA).
Down the Shore
(2011) Set on the Jersey Shore, the lives of three childhood friends begin to unravel when a deadly secret from their past is revealed. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Anchor Bay).
Dragon Wasps
(2012) Corin Nemec, Dominika Juillet, Benjamin Easterday, Nikollete Noel. A scientist enlists the help of the U.S. army to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father in Belize, where her entourage of heavily-armed soldiers is besieged by murderous Guerrillas and a horde of murderous Dragon Wasps, massive flying bugs that shoot flame from their abdomens. Formats: DVD. (XLrator Media).
Family Ties: The Sixth Season
(1987-88) Four-disc set with 28 episodes of the second-to-last season of the sitcom that followed the trials and tribulations of liberal parents trying to raise their family (including ultra-conservative son Alex Keaton, played by Michael J. Fox) in the Ronald Reagan-era of the 1980s. Formats: DVD, $46.99. (CBS/Paramount).
The Four
(2012 -- China) Deng Chao, Liu Yi Fei, Ronald Cheng, Collin Chou. Four martial arts masters dedicate their special skills to the service of Master Zhuge in solving crimes and apprehending powerful criminals. In this first of a planned trilogy, the agents go on the hunt for whomever is behind the mysterious circulation of counterfeit currency -- and face an army of the undead, created to crush anything that stands in their way. Big budget martial arts fantasy directed by Gordon Chan. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital. Extras: "The Making of The Four" featurette, deleted scenes. (Well Go USA).
Gate of Hell
(1953 -- Japan) A winner of Academy Awards for best foreign-language film and best costume design, "Gate of Hell" is a visually sumptuous, psychologically penetrating work from Teinosuke Kinugasa. In the midst of epic, violent intrigue in 12-century Japan, an imperial warrior falls for a lady-in-waiting; even after he discovers she is married, he goes to extreme lengths to win her love. Kinugasa's film is an unforgettable, tragic story of obsession and unrequited passion that was an early triumph of color cinematography in Japan. In Japanese with English subtitles. New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Booklet featuring an essay by film historian Stephen Prince. (The Criterion Collection).
Goodnight for Justice: Queen Of Hearts
(2013) Luke Perry, Katherine Isabelle, Rick Schroder. In this third installment of the Hallmark Movie Channel Western saga, Judge Goodnight (Perry) rescues the beautiful Lucy Truffaut (Isabelle) from a stagecoach attack, but soon after begins to suspect that she's not who she seems to be. As they start to fall for each other and her true identity is revealed, Judge Goodnight becomes determined to bring her to justice. Formats: DVD. Extras: Deleted scenes, on-set interviews with Perry, Isabelle and Schroder. (Entertainment One).
Greatest Western Heroes
(2012) Twelve-disc set with more than 67 Hours of Wild West action, $29.98.
Formats: DVD. (Mill Creek Entertainment).
Hyde Park on Hudson
(2012) Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Olivia Colman, Blake Ritson, Samuel West, Elizabeth Marvel, Eleanor Bron. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "A Look Inside Hyde Park on Hudson," "First Days," commentary with director Roger Michell and producer Kevin Loader. (Universal).
Into the Cold
(2013) Documentary follows two world renowned explorers as they trek 400 miles on foot to the North Pole. Facing harsh temperatures to -50 degrees, the film is a bone-chilling story of true bravery, incredible courage and unrelenting determination as Sebastian Copeland and Keith Heger retrace and commemorate the centennial of Robert E. Peary's successful April 1909 expedition. The expedition was also done to raise awareness about global warming, in which treks like this will not be possible within the next 10–20 years as the Arctic landscape is changing. Formats: DVD. Extras: "Antarctica: The Global Warning" trailer. (Shelter Island).
Lincoln Chronicles
Ten-disc set with more than 29 Hours of compelling Lincoln films and documentaries, $29.98.
Formats: DVD. (Mill Creek Entertainment).
The Last Flight of Petr Ginz
(2011) By 14 he had written five novels and penned a diary about the Nazi occupation of Prague. By 16 he had produced 170 drawings and paintings, edited an underground magazine in the Jewish ghetto, written short stories and walked to the gas chamber at Auschwitz. Filled with intellectual curiosity but prone to mischief, Petr Ginz read voraciously, wrote constantly, built exploding toy cannons to frighten his classmates, and drew and painted a world full of adventure and exotic locations. Through Ginz's art and writing, interwoven with fantastical animation, this unconventional documentary reveals a journey from precocious child to young adult, from gifted artist to prodigy, and of innocence lost. Although Ginz's life ended at Auschwitz, this is not a story of tragedy but rather a testament to how one boy's wonder and creative expression represent the best of what makes us human. Formats: DVD, $24.95. Extras: Bonus shorts: "Boy Animated," "Inside the Artist's World," "A World Imagined: The Music of The Last Flight of Petr Ginz." (First Run Features).
Love Free or Die
(2012) This uncompromising documentary challenges the long held belief, supported by most of the world's religions, that homosexuality is in direct conflict with faith. Gene Robinson, the first openly gay person to be elected bishop in Christendom (in New Hampshire), takes on the church's stance and claims a place for all people. Formats: DVD, Digital. (Wolfe Video).
Massage Parlor Murders
(1972) Sandra Peabody, Chris Jordan, Brother Theodore, Anne Gaybis. A vicious serial killer is stalking the streets of New York City, murdering Times Square massage girls in a variety of brutal ways, so it's up to a rogue detective team to solve the case as the body count continues to rise. Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo. Extras: Outtakes. (Vinegar Syndrome).
Merlin: The Complete Fifth Series
(2012) Final season with 13 episodes. Formats: Four-disc DVD, $49.98; three-disc Blu-ray, $59.98. Extras: Deleted scenes, outtakes, storyboards, making-of featurette, commentaries on select episodes. (BBC Home Entertainment).
Naked Lunch
(1991) In this adaptation of William S. Burroughs's hallucinatory, once-thought unfilmable novel "Naked Lunch," directed by David Cronenberg, a part-time exterminator and full-time drug addict named Bill Lee (Peter Weller) plunges into the nightmarish Interzone, a netherworld of sinister cabals and giant talking bugs. Alternately humorous and grotesque -- and always surreal -- the film mingles aspects of Burroughs's novel with incidents from the writer's own life, resulting in an evocative paranoid fantasy and a self-reflexive investigation into the mysteries of the creative process. High-definition digital transfer, approved by director David Cronenberg, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. Formats: Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Commentary featuring Cronenberg and actor Peter Weller; "Naked Making Lunch," a 1992 television documentary by Chris Rodley about the making of the film; special effects gallery, featuring artwork and photos alongside an essay by Cinefex magazine editor Jody Duncan; collection of original marketing materials; audio recording of William S. Burroughs reading from the novel; gallery of photos taken by poet Allen Ginsberg of Burroughs; booklet featuring reprinted pieces by film critic Janet Maslin, director Chris Rodley, critic and novelist Gary Indiana, and Burroughs. (The Criterion Collection).
Paranormal Movie
(2013) Kevin P. Farley, Carly Craig, Eric Roberts, Maria Menounos, William Katt. Parody that takes potshots at the "Paranormal" franchise. A man, long haunted by the paranormal, captures on camera the horror and hilarity he and his beautiful girlfriend encounter after moving into a new home -- which is infested with freaky clowns, weed-smoking demons and uninvited celebrities. Formats: DVD, Digital Download. (RLJ Entertainment/Image Entertainment).
Planet Ocean
(2012) Filmed by directors Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Michael Pitiot, along with an outstanding team of international underwater cinematographers in partnership with OMEGA and with the scientific support of Tara Expeditions, the film aims to explain some of the planet's greatest natural mysteries, while reinforcing how essential it is that mankind learns to live in harmony with our oceans. Formats: DVD, $19.98; Blu-ray Disc, $26.98. Extras: "The Making of Planet Ocean": "In the Skies Above Rio," "Underwater," "Shanghai." (Universal).
Rainforest Rescue
(2012) Two episodes of PBS Kids' popular "Wild Kratts" series: Animated versions of the brothers and wildlife explorers Martin and Chris Kratt embark on two creature-filled rainforest romps: "Rainforest Stew" and "Shadow: The Black Jaguar." Formats: DVD, $9.99. (PBS Distribution).
Sexcula
(1974) Debbie Collins, Jamie Orlando, John Alexander. Canadian erotic/horror hybrid shot in Vancouver, British Columbia; the film screened once before disappearing and then being sought after by cult aficionados for decades. Stars a Marilyn Chambers lookalike in dual roles as Countess Sexcula, a buxom cutie with no qualms about lying nude on a table for the entire movie, and a horny bride who can't wait for her ring. Formats: DVD. (Impulse Pictures).
Sexy Evil Genius
(2011) Katee Sackhoff, Seth Green, William Baldwin, Michelle Trachtenberg, Harold Perrineau. A group of guys are lured to the same bar in downtown Los Angeles by Nikki, an ex-girlfriend they all have in common. Beautiful, conniving and downright insane, Nikki has one last surprise in store for her ex-lovers. Formats: DVD. Extras: "Jujitsu-ing Reality" featurette. (Lionsgate).
The Sorcerer and the White Snake
(2011 -- Hong Kong) Jet Li, Eva Huang, Raymond Lam. Special effects fantasy film based on a Chinese legend that centers around a man who falls in love with a 1,000-year-old white snake disguised as a woman. Discovering the white snake's true identity, the sorcerer goes to battle believing that, in so doing, he is restoring balance and order between man and the supernatural. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo. Extras: "Behind the Scenes With Jet Li: Fighting, Stunts & Laughs"; "Behind the Scenes: Visual Effects and Production Design"; "Behind the Scenes of the Beauties and the Beasts"; AXS TV: "A Look at The Sorcerer and the White Snake." (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
The Suckers/The Love Garden
(1971) Exploitation double bill: "The Suckers": Believed lost for decades, this sleazy sexploitation rendering of "The Most Dangerous Game" has finally been found, in the form of a rare theatrical print. An all-star sexploitation cast, including Sandy Dempsy, Barbara Mills and Richard Smedly, are caught up in a web of graphic sex and brutal violence as they fight for their lives while being hunted by a group of madmen. "The Love Garden": A love triangle unfolds between a young writer, obsessed with his beautiful neighbor who, initially unbeknownst to him, is involved in a lesbian relationship. Stars Linda York, Jason Yukon and Barbara Mills. Formats: DVD. (Vinegar Syndrome).
Thomas & Friends: Railway Mischief
(2013) Five new episodes: "Gordon Runs Dry," "Kevin's Cranky Friend," "Scruff's Makeover," "Wayward Winston" and "Steamie Stafford." Formats: DVD, $14.98. Extras: "Calling All Engines" poster, Sodor hide and seek game, "All You Need Are friends" music video, "Guess Who?" puzzles. (HIT Entertainment/Lionsgate).
Vietnam: The 10,000 Day War
(1980) Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and CNN correspondent Peter Arnett and narrated by actor Richard Basehart, this is the real story behind the longest, most controversial war in modern history. Featuring extensive, rarely-seen archival footage and first-hand interviews with combat veterans, politicians and players from both sides, this award-winning series re-examines, without blame or judgment, the rise and fall of America's 20-year commitment to the war in Vietnam, known as history's first "living room war." Formats: Four-disc DVD, $39.95. (StarVista Entertainment/Time-Life).
We Are Egypt: The Story Behind the Revolution
(2013) Months before 2011's momentous uprising in Egypt, many talked of a revolution -- but no one knew when that day would come. Going behind the headlines, this story -- filmed in the 14 months leading up to the revolution -- highlights the years of mounting resentment against the ruling regime. Director Lillie Paquette -- deeply embedded inside the turmoil -- followed key opposition figures and young democracy activists as they struggled against extraordinary odds and at great personal risk to remove an uncompromising U.S -backed authoritarian regime determined to stay in power. Formats: DVD. Extras: Featurettes: "Memories of Egypt: 1952 Revolution" with Omar Sharif, "Shaab Misr -- The People of Egypt," "Egyptian Democracy Activists," "Inside NDP Headquarters," "Noam Chomsky on U.S. Foreign Policy in Egypt," more. (The Disinformation Company).
Woochi The Demon Slayer
(2009 -- South Korea) Gang Dong-Won, Kim Yoon-Suk, Lim Soo-Jung, Yoo Hae-Jin. This fantasy-action blockbuster based on a Korean folktale broke all boxoffice records in Korea in 2009. Jeon Woo-chi, an undisciplined, womanizing wizard unjustly accused of the death of his master, is trapped inside an ancient scroll until he is set free in 2009 by the wizards that imprisoned him to help fight against evil goblins that have taken over present-day Korea. The only problem is that Woo-chi is more interested in his new modern home -- and the women of Korea -- than becoming a hero. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Making-of" featurette, deleted scenes, production featurettes, "The Magic of CGI," more. (Shout! Factory).
Hyde Park on Hudson
Historical bio-drama explores the all-too-human side of one of history's iconic leaders. In June 1939, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Bill Murray) and his wife Eleanor (Olivia Williams) host the King and Queen of England for a weekend at the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on Hudson, in upstate New York -- the first-ever visit of a reigning English monarch to America. With Britain facing imminent war with Germany, the Royals are desperately looking to FDR for support. But international affairs must be juggled with the complexities of FDR's domestic establishment, as his wife, his mother, and his mistresses all conspire to make the Royal weekend an unforgettable one. Seen through the eyes of Daisy (Laura Linney), Roosevelt's neighbor and intimate, the weekend will produce not only a special relationship between two great nations, but a deeper understanding of the mysteries of love and friendship.
Vitals: Director: Roger Michell. Stars: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams, Olivia Colman, Blake Ritson, Samuel West, Elizabeth Marvel, Eleanor Bron.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: R, 94 min., Bio-Drama, Box office gross: $5.832 million, Universal.
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