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Ben Hur
(2010) Joseph Morgan, Stephen Campbell Moore, Emily VanCamp, Kristin Kreuk. Three-hour UK-German-Spanish-Canadian miniseries. Formats: DVD. Extras: "The Making of Ben Hur" featurette. (Sony).
Broken City
(2013) Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeffrey Wright, Barry Pepper.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital. Extras: Alternate ending, deleted/extended scenes, "Putting It All Together" behind-the-scenes featurette including cast profiles, "Anatomy of a Thriller," a "Black List" script and more. (Fox).
Bruce Lee Double Features
"The Big Boss" (1971), in which Lee battles a Big Boss smuggling heroin in ice blocks and "Fist of Fury" (1972), in which Lee avenges the death of his mentor at the hands of the local Japanese martial arts school; $14.97. "Way of the Dragon" (1972), in which Lee travels to Rome to help his friend fend off gangsters, leading to an incredible martial arts showdown against Chuck Norris in the Colosseum, written and directed by Lee; and "Game of Death" (1978), Lee's last film, in which he battles a syndicate harassing young entertainers; $14.97. Formats: DVD. (Shout! Factory).
Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene
(2013) Documentary portrait of the British author who wrote such critically acclaimed best-sellers as "The Quiet American," "The End of the Affair," "Brighton Rock" and "The Third Man," all adapted for film, TV and theater. Greene's 50 books spanned seven decades and sold tens of millions of copies. The story of his life reveals an extraordinary man who traveled the globe to escape the boredom of ordinary existence: As a journalist for 60 years, Greene covered the most dangerous events of the past century: Kenya's Mau Mau Rebellion, the Vietnam War, Haiti's "nightmare republic," the rise of Castro, and the fall of the Soviet Union. Narrated by Derek Jacobi with Bill Nighy as the voice of Greene. Formats: DVD, $24.99. (PBS Distribution).
The Details
(2012) Tobey Maguire, Elizabeth Banks, Laura Linney, Ray Liotta, Dennis Haysbert, Kerry Washington. After 10 years of marriage, Jeff and Nealy Lang (Maguire and Banks) have an idyllic suburban home and a relationship on the skids but when a family of hungry raccoons ransacks their perfectly manicured backyard, Jeff becomes obsessed with eradicating the pests, leading to a battle of wits with a very meddlesome neighbor (Linney) and an absurd mess of infidelity, extortion, organ donation and other assorted mayhem. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Alternate beginning, alternate ending. (Anchor Bay Entertainment/Radius-Twc).
Empire of Silver
(2009 -- China) Aaron Kwok, Tie Lin Zhang, Hao Lei, Jennifer Tilly. A story of greed, deception, love, idealism, jealousy, succession, money, and, of course, power, set in China in 1899, in which a carefree young man must prepare to take over his family's Chinese banking empire, reluctantly submitting to pressure from his father -- all the while hiding his undying love for his beautiful young stepmother. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (NeoClassics Home Entertainment).
Friends: The Complete First Season BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1994-95) Two-disc set with 24 episodes, $25.98. Includes UltraViolet copy. Extras: Pilot episode producers commentary, "Remember Friends of Friends" via clips of memorable guest stars, Season Two trailer. (Warner).
Friends: The Complete Second Season BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1995-96) Two-disc set with 24 episodes, $25.98. Includes UltraViolet copy. Extras: "Friends of Friends Guestbook," "Learn What's Up With Your Friends," uncut version of "Smelly Cat." (Warner).
Funny Girl BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1968) Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford, Anne Francis, Walter Pidgeon. Extras: Two vintage featurettes: "Barbra in Movieland" and "This Is Streisand." (Sony).
G-Dog
(2012) The inspiring story of Jesuit priest Father Greg Boyle, who has spent 25 years in the toughest part of East L.A. offering "jobs not jail" to tough former gang members. G-Dog's Homeboy Industries is now the most successful gang intervention program in the U.S. and a global model for social reform. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. (New Video/Cinedigm).
The Guilt Trip
(2012) Seth Rogen, Barbra Streisand, Yvonne Strahovski, Colin Hanks, Adam Scott, Kathy Najimy, Casey Wilson, Danny Pudi, Brett Cullen, Michael Cassidy, Dale Dickey, Nora Dunn. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Blu-ray Extras: "Barbra & Seth," "Barbra's World," "Guilt Trip: A Real Mother of a Road Trip," "In the Driver's Seat," "Not Really a Road Trip Movie," alternate openings, alternate ending, deleted scenes, gag reel.(Paramount).
K-11
(2012) Goran Visnjic, Kate Del Castillo, DB Sweeney, Jason Mewes, Portia Doubleday, Tommy "Tiny" Lister. After binging on drink and drugs, a record producer wakes up in a section of the Los Angeles County Jail reserved for LGBT inmates and firmly under the heel of Mousey, a malicious transgendered
inmate. The man has no idea how he got there; all he knows is he needs to find a way out. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc,VOD. Extras: Commentary by director Jules Stewart and producer Tom Wright, deleted scenes, interviews with key cast and crew, a behind-the-scenes featurette, the "My Liberty" music video by cast member Billy Morrison, photo gallery. (Breaking Glass Pictures).
Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters
(2012) Five animated episodes. Recruited by the mysterious Duel Masters, young Ray -- joined by his best friends Gabe and Allie -- must use the powerful art of Kaijudo to defend his home dimension from the sinister mastermind known as the Choten, whose own skills in "The Way Of the Creature" allow him to summon vicious beasts from a parallel dimension to wreak havoc across Earth. Formats: DVD. (Shout! Factory).
The Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries: Complete Collection
BBC adaptations of the Dorothy L. Sayers crime thrillers about the ever aristocratic and always urbane Lord Peter Wimsey. Five mysteries: "Clouds of Witness," "The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club," "Murder Must Advertise," "Five Red Herrings" and "The Nine Tailors."
Formats: DVD, $59.99. Extras: Interviews with Ian Carmichael, production notes, biographies of Dorothy L. Sayers and Ian Carmichael. (Acorn Media).
Manborg
(2011) Matthew Kennedy, Conor Sweeney, Meredith Sweeney, Kyle Herbert, Adam Brooks. A soldier, brought back to life as a cyborg, fights alongside a band of adventurers against demon hordes in a dystopian future. Formats: DVD. Extras: Commentary with director Steven Kostanski; commentary with Kostanski, actor-writer Jeremy Gillespie and executive producer Peter Kuplowsky; deleted and alternate scenes; bloopers; behind the scenes; stop motion montage; VFX montage; short film; premiere Q&A; interviews. (Dark Sky).
My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic -- Princess Twilight Sparkle
(2013) Includes five episodes from "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic," focusing on Twilight's adventures and the grand coronation event from Season 3. Since arriving in Ponyville, Twilight has learned the meaning of true friendship and after completing an important challenge, she's earned her princess wings and has all new adventures and responsibilities as a princess. The five episodes: "Games Ponies Play," "Magical Mystery Cure," "MMMystery of the Friendship Express," "Magic Duel" and "Lesson Zero." Formats: DVD, $14.97. Extras: Sing-along, coloring sheet. (Hasbro/Shout! Factory Kids).
Nickelodeon Favorites: Once Upon a Rhyme
(2013) Preschoolers' favorite characters from "Bubble Guppies," "Team Umizoomi," "Dora the Explorer," "The Fresh Beat Band," "The Wonder Pets!" and "Blue's Clues" star in the all-new two-hour DVD of recast nursery rhymes and fairy tales ("The Three Little Piggies," "Save the Cow Who Jumped Over the Moon," "Little Red Riding Blue"). Formats: DVD, $14.99. (Nickelodeon/Paramount).
Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection
(2012) Sabrina Dickens, Sarah Louise Madison, Richard Goss, Sule Rimi. Set in 2012 but based on the original. The deceased have risen again from their graves with only one instinct -- to feed on the living. As the cities are overrun and civilization crumbles, a family takes refuge from the undead army in an isolated farmhouse in West Wales. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital. Extras: Commentary. (Lionsgate).
Not Fade Away
(2012) Dir.: David Chase; John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Bella Heathcote, Dominique McElligott, Brahm Vaccarella, Brad Garrett, Christopher McDonald, James Gandolfini. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "Building the Band," "The Basement Tapes" three-part behind-the-scenes featurette, deleted scenes. (Paramount).
NOVA: Earth From Space
(2013) This ground breaking two-hour program reveals a spectacular new space-based vision of our planet, taking data from Earth-observing satellites and transforming it into dazzling visual sequences. Each sequence exposes the intricate and surprising web of forces that sustains life on Earth. See how dust blown from the Sahara fertilizes the Amazon; how a vast submarine waterfall off Antarctica helps drive ocean currents around the world; and how the sun's heating up of the southern Atlantic gives birth to a colossally powerful hurricane.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (PBS Distribution).
Nurses: If Florence Could See Us Now
(2012) Documentary offers a rare look into the complex, exciting and challenging world of being a nurse. It explores what it means to be a nurse, the many different roles that nurses play, from the bedside to the board room, and the realities of nursing -- its joys and sorrows and the many ways that nurses impact the lives of others. Formats: DVD, $24.95. Extras: Extended interviews. (First Run Features).
Only the Young/Tchoupitoulas
(2012) Two-disc set. "Only the Young" follows three teenagers living in a small desert town in Southern California, a town dominated by foreclosed homes and underpasses, empty swimming pools and skate parks. The innocent yet rebellious kids must find things to do in a place that offers nothing, yet in the course of observing their day-to-day lives, the film shows them navigating friendship, first love and heartbreak. "Tchoupitoulas" is a lyrical documentary that follows three adolescent brothers as they journey through one night in New Orleans, encountering a vibrant kaleidoscope of dancers, musicians, hustlers, and revelers parading through the lamplit streets.
Formats: DVD. Extras: "Only the Young": Commentary with directors Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims and film journalist Eric Hynes; outtakes; "Thompson," a short film directed by Tippet. "Tchoupitoulas": Behind-the-scenes featurette with the Ross brothers, the film's directors. (Oscilloscope Laboratories).
The Scarlet Pimpernel
(1982 -- TV) Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen. Adaptation of the swashbuckling tale about the dashing young Englishman who masks his identity to save French aristocrats during the chaotic days of the French Revolution. Formats: DVD, $29.99. (Acorn Media).
Silver Linings Playbook
(2012) Dir.: David O. Russell; Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Taylor Schilling, Julia Stiles, Anupam Kher. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Deleted scenes, "Silver Linings Playbook: The Movie That Became a Movement," Q&A highlights, dance rehearsal, "Learn to Dance Like Pat & Tiffany," "Going Steadicam With Bradley Cooper." (The Weinstein Co.).
Star Trek: The Next Generation -- The Third Season BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1989-90) Six-disc set with 26 episodes, $130.00. Extras: "Inside the Writer's Room" discussion on the creation of the show's acclaimed third season by some of today's most visionary science fiction television writers, moderated by Seth MacFarlane; new multi-part documentary, "Resistance Is Futile -- Assimilating Star Trek: The Next Generation"; gag reel; commentary on select episodes. (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount).
Star Trek: The Next Generation -- The Best of Both Worlds BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1990) Seamlessly edited, one-part, feature length presentation of the classic two-part cliffhanger. Extras: "Regeneration: Engaging the Borg" in-depth exploration into the creation of The Next Generation's most iconic villains, gag reel, commentary. (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount).
Strictly Ballroom BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1992) Dir.: Baz Luhrmann; Gia Carides, Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter. Extras: "Strictly Ballroom: From Stage to Screen" featurette, "Samba to Slow Fox Dance" featurette, deleted scene, design gallery with narration, commentary with director Baz Luhrmann, production designer Catherine Martin and choreographer John "Cha Cha" O'Connell. (Lionsgate).
The Syndicate, Series 1
(2012) Two-disc set with five episodes of the BBC series that follows five cash-strapped supermarket employees bracing for their store's imminent shutdown as their lottery pool wins big. As the unlikely millionaires walk the tightrope between ruin and reward, the narrative follows each character in turn. Formats: DVD, $39.99. (Acorn Media).
Tom and Jerry Kids Show: The Complete Season 1
(1990) Two-disc set with 13 episodes, $19.97. Formats: DVD. (Warner).
The Vampire Lovers BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1970) Ingrid Pitt, George Cole, Kate O'Mara, Peter Cushing. A female vampire with lesbian tendencies ravages the young girls and townsfolk of a peaceful hamlet in 18th century Europe. An erotic Hammer Films chiller. Extras: Commentary with director Roy Ward Baker, writer Tudor Gates and star Ingrid Pitt; excerpts from the novella "Carmilla" that inspired the film, read by Pitt; original theatrical trailer; new interview with actress Madeline Smith (Emma); new interviews with Hammer Films scholars; original radio spot. (Scream Factory/Shout! Factory).
Vito
(2011) Documentary on Vito Russo, an early Gay Rights activist who wrote the seminal book "The Celluloid Closet," which explored the ways in which gays and lesbians were portrayed on film, what lessons those characters taught gay and straight audiences, and how those negative images were at the root of society's homophobia. Formats: DVD, $27.95. Extras: Commentary, interviews. (First Run Features).
Wagner & Me
(2010) Can we (and should we) salvage Richard Wagner's spectacular music from its embrace by Adolf Hitler? English actor and raconteur Stephen Fry attempts to answer this question while exploring his own passion for history's most controversial composer. With the witty and charming Fry as our guide, this surprising film is a provocative yet enjoyable look at Wagner's life -- and his "stained" legacy. Formats: DVD, $27.95. (First Run Features).
Walk Away Renee
(2011) Jonathan Caouette documentary about his cross-country road trip with his mentally ill mother. Caouette embarks on a road trip to move his mother Renee from Texas to New York, a journey that both tightens and tests their familial bond. As they tackle the numerous roadblocks along their way (chiefly the loss of Renee's mood-stabilizing medications), we get glimpses into moments from their past, lending insight into their anything-but-ordinary mother/son relationship. While Renee fights to maintain a grip on reality, Jonathan is faced with impossible decisions that pit sanity against mortality, familial devotion and personal survival. Through candid home movies, split-screen verite musical montage, hallucinatory psychedelia and dramas both actual and imagined, "Walk Away Renee" raises questions about love, sacrifice and the slippery instability of consciousness. Formats: DVD. (IFC Films).
The Wicked
(2013) Devon Werkheiser, Justin Deeley, Nicole Forester, Cassie Keller. A group of curious teenagers decide to seek out their town's local legend and go on the hunt for a child-eating witch, not realizing they could be her next meal. Formats: DVD. Extras: "No Soul Is Safe: The Making of The Wicked." (RLJ Entertainment/Image Entertainment).
Young & Wild
(2012 -- Chile) Alicia Rodriguez, Maria Gracia Omegna, Felipe Pinto. Seventeen-year-old Daniela is obsessed with sex but her self-proclaimed passion is in direct conflict with her well-to-do, strict evangelical family in Santiago, Chile. Finding an outlet by explicitly detailing her erotic ruminations and exploits on her blog "Young and Wild" to her eager online followers, Daniela soon finds kindred spirits -- but also learns that having it all -- sex, love and eternal salvation -- is more complicated than she ever imagined. Formats: DVD. (IFC Films).
Silver Linings Playbook
The most interesting and unusual wide-release film of the year, one that netted a Best Actress Oscar for Jennifer Lawrence (and should have secured a best Supporting Actor nod for Robert DeNiro ... and it certainly was a better picture than "Argo," which was too by-the-book for our tastes). Life doesn't always go according to plan. Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) has lost everything -- his house, his job, and his wife. He now finds himself living back with his mother (Jacki Weaver) and father (Robert De Niro) after spending eight months in a state institution on a plea bargain. Pat is determined to rebuild his life, remain positive and reunite with his wife, despite the challenging circumstances of their separation. All Pat's parents want is for him to get back on his feet -- and to share their family's obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles football team. When Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a mysterious girl with problems of her own (she's a recovering sex addict whose husband was killed in an accident), things get complicated. Tiffany offers to help Pat reconnect with his wife, but only if he'll do something very important for her in return; dance with her in an upcoming ballroom contest. As their deal plays out, an unexpected bond begins to form between them, and silver linings appear in both of their lives.
Vitals: Director: David O. Russell. Stars: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Taylor Schilling, Julia Stiles, Anupam Kher. 2012, CC, MPAA rating: R, 122 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $115.302 million, The Weinstein Co.
Not Fade Away
Evocative tribute to 1960s rock music, with a soundtrack supervised by music guru Steven Van Zandt. When the Rolling Stones appear on television in 1964, three best friends from the suburbs of New Jersey decide to form a rock band to try and make it big. The pals begin to see the world through the intoxicating prism of rock-and-roll in this coming-of-age story.
Vitals: Director: David Chase. Stars: John Magaro, Jack Huston, Will Brill, Bella Heathcote, Dominique McElligott, Brahm Vaccarella, Brad Garrett, Christopher McDonald, James Gandolfini.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: R, 112 min., Music Drama, Box office gross: $.574 million, Paramount.
The Guilt Trip
As inventor Andy Brewster (Seth Rogen) is about to embark on a road trip to sell his latest product -- an amazing organic cleaner -- he makes a quick visit to his recently-widowed mother (Barbra Streisand) and is guilted into bringing her along for the ride. Across 3,000 miles of adventure and antics both Andy and his mom discover that while they have their differences, they also have more in common than they ever realized.
Vitals: Director: Anne Fletcher. Stars: Seth Rogen, Barbra Streisand, Yvonne Strahovski, Colin Hanks, Adam Scott, Kathy Najimy, Casey Wilson, Danny Pudi, Brett Cullen, Michael Cassidy, Dale Dickey, Nora Dunn.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 95 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $36.695 million, Paramount.
Broken City
Seven years after being forced to resign as a New York police officer, private detective Billy Taggart (Mark Wahlberg) takes on his toughest case yet: following the wife (Catherine Zeta-Jones) of the city's hard-nosed mayor (Russell Crowe), who's convinced she's cheating on him. But by the time the mayor reveals his true intentions, Taggart is double-crossed and then framed by the mayor. Taggart's pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force -- and the mayor's worst nightmare.
Vitals: Director: Allen Hughes. Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Jeffrey Wright, Barry Pepper.
2013, CC, MPAA rating: R, 109 min., Crime Thriller, Box office gross: $19.640 million, Fox.
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The Notebook Collector’s Gift Set
(2004) Dir.: Nick Cassavetes; Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams,James Garner, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden, Kevin Connolly, Sam Shepard, Joan Allen. Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo with Digital and UltraViolet (cloud); $49.99. Extras: Gift set comes with a collectible antique golden locket (a consumer value of $12.99), postcard set with scenes from the film, vintage leather-style blank journal with gold edging and ribbon marker with pages designed with watermarked letters and images from the film. (Warner).
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