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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases Get the latest DVD release information (free) every Tuesday morning. Subscribe here. Last Week's Releases: April 6--12 Tuesday, April 13 -- Monday, April 19 All DVD Releases Pirate Radio In 1966 -- arguably British pop music's finest era -- the BBC played only two hours of rock and roll every week. But pirate radio blasted rock and pop from the high seas 24 hours a day. And 25 million people -- more than half the population of Britain -- listened to these pirates every single day. This is the story of how eight DJs broadcast rock 'n' roll -- illegally --from a boat in the middle of the Northern Atlantic. The songs they played united and defined an entire generation and drove the British government crazy. By playing rock 'n' roll they were standing up against the British government who did everything in their power to shut them down. The film features an unbelievable selection of music including The Beatles, The Stones, Beach Boys, Dusty Springfield, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Smokey Robinson, David Bowie, Otis Redding, Cat Stevens and more. Vitals: Director: Richard Curtis. Stars: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, Chris O'Dowd, January Jones. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: R, 135 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $7.994 million, Universal. Advertisement All DVD Releases Crazy on the Outside (2010) Dir.: Tim Allen; Stars Tim Allen, Kelsey Grammer, Sigourney Weaver, Ray Liotta, Jeanne Tripplehorn, J.K. Simmons, Julie Bowen. When Tommy (Allen) gets released from prison for taking the rap for his best friend, he discovers life on the outside is even crazier than it was behind bars: His eccentric sister won't get off his back, his sexy ex-girlfriend won't leave him alone, and his former partner in crime won't take no for an answer. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox). Creature of Darkness (2009) Devon Sawa, Sanoe Lake, Matthew Lawrence, Fernanda Romero, Kevin Alejandro. A man's nightmare of dying a horrible death in the claws of a rampaging creature come true when he goes on an off-road cycling trip with friends. (MTI Home Video). Dallas: The Complete Thirteenth Season (1989-90) Three-disc set with 27 episodes, $39.98. (Warner). Defendor (2009) Woody Harrelson, Sandra Oh, Kat Dennings, Elias Koteas, Michael Kelly. Comedy-drama about a regular man who takes on a superhero persona in order to combat crime in his local city. Arthur Poppington (Harrelson) doesn't need superpowers or fancy toys to fight crime. Armed only with a childlike sense of wonder and his quirky arsenal of cheap, homemade gadgets, he becomes Defendor, and finds an unexpected partner when he rescues and falls for a local prostitute. Can the two of them take down the city's most fearsome crime boss without getting killed in the process? Extras: Commentary by Harrelson, Dennings and the filmmakers; five featurettes; deleted scenes; outtakes. (Sony). Dora the Explorer: Explore the Earth! (2010) Dora and Boots embark on colorful adventures across the globe, from the South Pole, to rain forests, to tropical beaches, giving kids the opportunity to learn all about our big, beautiful planet Earth. Created by Nickelodeon Home Entertainment. $16.99. (Paramount). Emergency! Season Six (1976-77) Five-disc set with 24 episodes, $39.98. (Universal). Essential Art House: Volume Five These elegant, movie-only DVD editions of the true classics of art-house cinema are a practical, lower-cost alternative to the more elaborate Criterion Collection special editions. Available individually or in box sets of six, Essential Art House editions are the touchstones of world cinema, and feature beautiful digital transfers, accompanied by informative liner notes. Volume Five includes David Lean's "Brief Encounter" (1945), Federico Fellini's "8 1/2" (1963), Yasujiro Ozu's "Floating Weeds" (1959), Francois Truffaut's "Jules and Jim" (1962), Gillo Pontecorvo's "Kapo" (1959) and Milos Forman's "Loves of a Blonde (1965); $19.95 each or $99.95 for the six-film boxed set. (The Criterion Collection). Gone With the Wind: The Scarlett Edition (1939) Dir.: Victor Fleming; Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Olivia de Havilland, Leslie Howard, Thomas Mitchell, Evelyn Keyes, Ann Rutherford, George Reeves, Fred Crane, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen, Victor Jory. Extras: Eight hours of extras including "Moviola: The Scarlett O'Hara Wars" 1980 WBTV Special, "Gone With the Wind: The Legend Lives On" featurette, "Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Presents 1939 Hollywood's Greatest Year" documentary narrated by Kenneth Branagh. A "Gone With the Wind: Special Edition" two-disc set is also available that includes the two-hour documentary "The Making of a Legend." Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds the six-hour documentary "MGM: When the Lion Roars." Gone With the Wind: Making of a Legend (1989) (Warner). The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery in the Mist Edition (1986) Voices of Vincent Price, Melissa Manchester, Barrie Ingham. The world's greatest sleuth dons his miniature deerstalker hat and puts his extraordinary deductive ability into animated action as the renowned Basil of Baker Street takes on his archenemy, the evil genius Dr. Ratigan, and this time the battle is for the entire city of London. Inspired by the adventures of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brilliant detective Sherlock Holmes, "The Great Mouse Detective: Mystery in the Mist Edition" marks the directing debut of now legendary filmmakers Ron Clements and John Musker, creators of such Disney animated blockbusters as "The Princess and the Frog," "The Little Mermaid" and "Aladdin." Extras: "You Think You Can Sleuth?" is an animated look at the history of detective work, complete with a crime-solving puzzle for the entire family; "The Making of The Great Mouse Detective"; "The World's Greatest Criminal Mind" sing-along song. $19.99. (Disney). The Grind (2009) C. Thomas Howell, Tom Sizemore, Tanya Allen, Michael Welch, Danny Trejo, Eve Mauro. A seedy grifter who owes money to the Mexican Mob cooks up one final scheme to pay off his debt or be killed -- getting a local loan shark to advance him cash to start a Hot All-Girl Website. Unfortunately, the girls run off with the money, people start dying and all hell breaks loose. The movie starts out with a long, ponderous chase scene that goes on and on and on, culminating with a hand being forced into a running garbage disposal -- and then goes downhill after that. (Indican Pictures). John Deere Earth Mover Action (2010) A tribute to big earth-moving machines -- excavators, front-end loaders, graders, scrapers, backhoes -- for kids and adults 3 and older. In addition to segments about plowing snow in the Rockies and powerful earth-moving action, there's stop-action segments featuring die-cast toys mining candy at the Big Rock Candy mountain Quarry, sing-alongs, and a "Let's Pretend" game. $14.95. (TM Books & Video). The Korean (2008) Josiah D. Lee, Jennifer Voss, John Yost, Jack Erdie, Rik Billok, Rose Smith. A big city mob boss is betrayed by four criminal associates who disappear with his loot, his girl and more importantly, his pride. With only hours until his arrest, he calls in the deadliest "cleaner" on the Eastern seaboard to track them down and finish them. Now the four of them hole up in Pittsburgh and try to turn the tables on the man known only by the moniker "The Korean." (Indican Pictures). The Madeline Movie: Lost In Paris (1999) Animated feature based on the classic Madeline books by Ludwig Bemelmans, with the voices of Jason Alexander, Lauren Bacall, Christopher Plummer and Andrea Libman. $14.99. (Shout! Factory). The Missing Person (2009) Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Margaret Colin, Linda Emond, Yul Vazquez, John Ventimiglia. A private detective hired to tail a man on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles discovers that the man is one of the missing presumed dead after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. (Strand Releasing). Pirate Radio (2009) Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Sturridge, Jack Davenport, Ralph Brown, Chris O'Dowd, January Jones. Extras: Commentary by write-director Richard Curtis, producer Hilary Bevan Jones and actors Nick Frost and Chris O'Dowd; deleted scenes. Blue-ray Disc adds six featurettes: "Tuning In," about the enormous influence pirate radio had in the U.K. in the 1960s; "7" OF HEAVEN," about the life-changing effects of the music of the 1960s; "All at Sea," about the fun and perils of filming at sea; "Getting Ship Shape"; "Hitting the Decks"; "Mark's Love Den"; BD-Live; Pocket Blu. (Universal). Plunder: The Crime of Our Time (2010) A hard-hitting investigative film that explores how the current financial crisis was built on a foundation of criminal activity. America's financial crisis has become a global catastrophe. Everyone is still debating how to fix it, what caused it and who is to blame for the loss of trillions in personal wealth and shareholder value. While politicians and some experts blame "mistakes" and "errors" driven by greed or poor business models, veteran journalist Danny Schechter has probed more deeply into a complex web of fraud and crime that he shows played a major, if largely unreported, role in bringing the economy down. The film looks into how the crisis developed, from the mysterious collapse of Bear Stearns to the shadowy world of trillion dollar hedge funds. Insiders who work in the industry and know it well tell both of these stories. "Plunder" also shows how hastily arranged government bailouts did not revive the economy and may have lost billions. To tell this eye-opening story, Schechter spoke with bankers, respected economists, insider experts, top journalists including Paul Krugman, and even a convicted white-collar criminal, Sam Antar, who blows the whistle on intentionally dishonest practices. Ultimately, the film calls for a full investigation and structural reforms of financial institutions to insure accountability by the white-collar perpetrators who profited from the misery of their victims. $19.98. (The Disinformation Co.). The Slammin' Salmon (2009) Michael Clarke Duncan, Will Forte, Vivica A. Fox, Morgan Fairchild. Comedy from the Broken Lizard moviemaking comedy group. A former heavyweight boxing champ turned restaurant owner (Duncan), indebted to the Japanese mob, challenges his waiters to sell more food in one night than they've ever sold before -- or face a pummeling by the Champ. Extras: Two commentaries, "Hellish Kitchens: Art Imitates Restaurant Life" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Anchor Bay). Stoic (2009) Edward Furlong, Shaun Sipos. A group of nonviolent criminals locked in a single prison cell, where claustrophobia and paranoia threaten to steal their sanity, witness a shocking death and a mysterious cover-up. (Vivendi Entertainment). Tenure (2009) Luke Wilson, Gretchen Mol, David Koechner, Sasha Alexander, Bob Gunton. An inspiration to students, Charlie Thurber is up for tenure at Gray College, but a low tolerance for out-of-class expectations and a notable lack of political skills have kept his career on the slow track. With the help of his well-meaning, Sasquatch-hunting best friend, Charlie goes out on a limb to prove his worth to the university, but his plans are unexpectedly threatened by the arrival of a hotshot new female faculty member up for his job -- who he happens to fall for. Extras: Deleted scenes, blooper reel. Vivendi Entertainment). Tom and Jerry Tales: The Complete First Season (2009) Two-disc set with 13 episodes, nine never-before-seen on TV, of the animated series that features contemporary adventures of the beloved cat and mouse team. $19.98. (Warner). We Believe (2009) Documentary -- with a veritable who's who cast of Chicagoans -- explores the extraordinary love affair between the city of Chicago and its baseball team, the Cubs. Narrated by Chicago native Gary Sinise. Among those interviewed are Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Bob Costas, Dennis Franz, Jeff Garlin, legendary Blues musician Buddy Guy, Hugh Hefner, Bonnie Hunt, Joe Mantegna, George Will and rare interviews with Bud Selig, commissioner of Major League Baseball and Francis Cardinal George, the Archbishop of Chicago. Extras: interviews, deleted scenes. (Virgil Films & Entertainment). | Contents/Site Map | Home | Resources | Sell-Through | Reviews | Links | E-mail: mail@onvideo.org © 1996 -- 2010 OnVideo. All rights reserved April 11, 2010