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The Aggression Scale
(2012) Dana Ashbrook, Derek Mears, Ray Wise, Ryan Hartwig, Fabianne Therese. A unique take on the home invasion thriller with two teenagers -- one of whom is emotionally disturbed with a history of violent behavior -- confronting some heavily armed bad guys who are looking for stolen cash, leading to a bloody battle of wits and will.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "The Making of The Aggression Scale" featurette. (Anchor Bay).
Coriolanus
(2011) Dir.: Ralph Fiennes; Ralph Fienne, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Chastain, Brian Cox. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Commentary by director-star, Ralph Fiennes, "The Making of Coriolanus" featurette. (Anchor Bay).
Dawn Rider
(2012) Christian Slater, Jill Hennessy, Donald Sutherland. Remake of the John Wayne 1935 Western. Story of vengeance and passion set in the American West. When the father of gunslinger John Mason (Christian Slater) is shot to death by masked bandits, he sets out with guns blazing to track down the killers. During his quest, he finds himself involved in a grim love triangle when he falls for Alice, the determined and beautiful woman also adored by John's best friend. Available at Wal-Mart. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette. (Nasser Entertainment and Vivendi Entertainment).
Dirty Old Town
(2010) William Leroy, Nicholas De Cegli, Scott Dillin. The Bowery becomes a nexus of shattered dreams when a merchant has 72 hours to pay his rent. Facing extinction, his ramshackle tent of antiquities lures a troop of misfits, freaks and renegades who form a tableaux full of carnival pageantry, white lies and victimless crime in a fleeting glimpse of Downtown New York. Formats: DVD. (Microcinema International).
Drop Dead Diva: The Complete Third Season
(2011) Three-disc set with 13 episodes, $45.99. Formats: DVD. (Sony).
Fairly Legal: Season One
(2011) Three-disc set with 10 episodes.
Formats: DVD. Extras: Gag reel, commentaries. (Universal).
The Garfield Show: Summer Adventures
(2012) There's one adventure after another as Garfield and his pals look for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, try to save their favorite pizza place, morph into superheroes, more. Six episodes. Formats: DVD. $14.93. (Vivendi Entertainment).
Gone
(2012) Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital Download. (Lionsgate).
Goon
(2012) Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Liev Schreiber, Eugene Levy. Labeled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo. (Magnolia Home Entertainment/Magnet Label).
Henning Mankell's Wallander
(2009-10) Seven-disc set with 13 feature-length episodes from the acclaimed Swedish series about Kurt Wallander, a brilliant but flawed detective who drinks a little too much, struggles with anger control, meets opposition from his friends, family and co-workers, but who always is on the job when it comes to tracking down the evildoers who slither through Sweden's dark underbelly. $74.95. Formats: DVD, VOD. (Music Box Films).
In Plain Sight: Season Four
(2011) Three-disc set with 13 episodes. Formats: DVD. Extras: Gag reel, deleted and extended scenes. (Universal).
Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp
(1970-72) Three-disc set with 17 episodes, $24.98. Proceeds will benefit Lancelot's retirement home, Los Angeles' Wildlife Waystation. Formats: DVD. Extras: Interviews with producer Allan Sandler and musical director Bob Emenegger; live video footage of Sandler with Lancelot at the Waystation in 2011; the 1999 documentary short "I Created Lancelot Link" by Diane Bernard and Jeff Krulik; picture slideshow of real-life Lancelot Link (provided by Sandler and Life magazine); and complete Evolution Revolution vignettes from all 17 original episodes. (Film Chest).
Life Without Principle
(2011 -- Hong Kong) Dir.: Johnny To; Ching Wan Lau, Richie Ren, Denise Ho, Hoi-pang Lo, Terrance Yin, Hang-shuen So. An ordinary bank teller turned financial analyst is forced to sell high-risk securities to her customers in order to meet her sales target. A small-time thug delves into the futures index hoping to earn easy money to post bail for a buddy in trouble with the law. A straight-arrow Police inspector who has always enjoyed his middle income lifestyle is suddenly desperate for money when his wife puts a down payment on a luxury flat she can’t afford and his dying father wants him to look after a young half-sister he never knew he had. Three in dire need of money have nothing in common until a bag of stolen money lands them in an intricate situation that forces them into making soul searching decisions about right and wrong and everything in between. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital Download. Extras: (Indomina Releasing/Vivendi).
Love Never Dies
(2012) Ben Lewis, Anna O'Byrne. Andrew Lloyd Webber's sequel of sorts to his "The Phantom of the Opera." Having relocated to a vivacious amusement resort in Coney Island, The Phantom of the Paris Opera House uses a pseudonym to invite renowned soprano Christine Daae to perform. She and her husband Raoul have no idea what lies in store. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital Download. Extras: Making-of featurette. (Universal).
Man on a Ledge
(2012) Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns, Titus Welliver, Genesis Rodriguez, Kyra Sedgwick, Ed Harris. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital Download. Extras: "Making of" featurette, commentary by Elizabeth Banks. (Summit/Lionsgate).
Maverick: The Complete First Season
(2011) Seven-disc set with 27 episodes, $39.98. Formats: DVD. (Warner).
Memorial Day
(2011) Jonathan Bennett, James Cromwell, John Cromwell, Jackson Bond, Mary Kay Fortier-Spalding. It's Memorial Day 1993, when 13-year-old Kyle Vogel stumbles upon his grandfather Bud's World War II footlocker. Though reluctant to discuss the war with his grandson, Bud strikes a deal with Kyle: He'll tell the stories of any three objects from the footlocker that Kyle choose; as the WWII tales from Europe unfold, the film flashes forward to see how the present day SSgt. Kyle Vogel's experiences in Iraq parallel them. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Download. Extras: Commentary by the cast, director Sam Fischer and writer Marc Conklin, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Image Entertainment).
Monroe, Series 1
(2011) James Nesbitt stars in this new medical drama described as a dose of "House's" dark humor mixed with an infusion of humanity and warmth. Nesbitt stars as Dr. Monroe, a neurosurgical genius with a quick wit and a heart to match his titanic ego. Series 1 premiered on ITV in March 2011. Formats: DVD. (Acorn Media).
Murdoch Mysteries, Season 4
(2012) Forensic sleuthing in the Age of Invention with the charming period mystery available to U.S. audiences for the first time. Based on the characters from award-winning author Maureen Jennings' Detective Murdoch novels. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc.(Acorn Media).
Necessary Roughness: Season One
(2011) Three-disc set with 12 episodes. Formats: DVD. Extras: Gag reel. (Universal).
96 Minutes
(2011) Brittany Snow, Evan Ross, Christian Serratos, David Oyelowo. Intense story of four lives slammed together after a terrifying carjacking, intercutting between the carjacking and the separate stories of the four young people involved. Formats: DVD. (ARC Entertainment).
Royal Pains: Season Three -- Volume Two
(2011-12) Two-disc set with eight episodes. Formats: DVD. Extras: Gag reel. (Universal).
Sing Your Song: Harry Belafonte
(2011) A survey of the life and times of Harry Belafonte. Most people know the lasting legacy of Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally. Formats: DVD. (Docurama).
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers BLU-RAY DEBUT
Summer With Monika
(1953) Inspired by the earthy eroticism of his muse Harriet Andersson, in the first of her many roles for him, Ingmar Bergman had a major international breakthrough with this ravaging, sensual tale of young love. In Stockholm, a girl (Andersson) and boy (Lars Ekborg) from working-class families run away from home to spend a secluded, romantic summer at the beach, far from parents and responsibilities. Inevitably, it is not long before the pair is forced to return to reality. The version originally released in the U.S. was reedited by its distributor into something more salacious, but the original "Summer With Monika," as presented here, is a work of stunning maturity and one of Bergman's most important films. New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Introduction by director Ingmar Bergman; new interview with actress Harriet Andersson, conducted by film critic Peter Cowie; new interview with film scholar Eric Schaefer about Kroger Babb and Babb's distribution of "Monika: Story of a Bad Girl" as an exploitation film; "Images from the Playground," a half-hour documentary by Stig Bjorkman with behind-the-scenes footage shot by Bergman, archival audio interviews with Bergman, and new interviews with actresses Bibi Andersson and Harriet Andersson; trailer; booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Laura Hubner, a 1958 review by filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, and a publicity piece from 1953 in which Bergman interviews himself. (The Criterion Collection).
Titanic's Final Mystery
(2012) For the last 100 years, the sinking of the RMS Titanic has grown so large that legend has replaced the truth. However, recent findings and modern technology have raised new questions about what really happened that fateful night. Follow Titanic detective Tim Maltin from the icy Labrador current of the Atlantic to the blistering deserts of the Mojave as he shatters old myths and sheds new light on the disaster that sent over 1,500 passengers and crew to a watery grave. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Inception Media Group).
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
(2011) An exploration of the clothes, the glamour and the decadence of iconic fashion designer Halston. At the height of his fame -- in the 60s and 70s -- Halston was an emperor of fashion and style. He had his name and distinct aesthetic on everything from luxurious towels, sheets, sunglasses, carpets, shoes, gloves to a successful line of fragrance. His circle of clients and friends included Jackie Kennedy (for whom he designed the famous pill box hat), Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Betty Ford, Bianca Jagger and Lauren Bacall.Formats: DVD. (Tribeca Film/New Video).
too perfect
(2011) Sam Lant, Elijah Stevens. As summer begins for five teenage boys, everything seems absolutely perfect ... until each loses his innocence while facing life-changing issues, including divorcing parents. Formats: DVD. (Osiris Entertainment).
True Blood: The Complete Fourth Season
(2011) Five-disc set with 12 episodes, $59.99. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Inside the Episodes," "True Blood The Final Touches," commentaries, "True Blood Lines," "Character Perspectives," "Flashback/Flash Forward," "Vampire Histories/Character Bios/Hints/FYIs." (HBO).
Valley of the Sun
(2011) Johnny Whitworth, Heather Burns, Beth Grant, Barry Corbin, Garrett Morris, Graham Greene. A young adult film star, feeling disillusioned and trapped, walks off the set and lands in a mental hospital, where his unwitting parents retrieve him and take him back to their Arizona retirement community for rest and relaxation; his troubles seemingly disappear until his past comes back to haunt him in the last place on Earth he expected. Formats: DVD. (Monarch Home Entertainment).
We Need to Talk About Kevin
(2011) Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Rocky Duer, Siobhan Fallon, Ashley Gerasimovich, Alex Manette, James Chen, Lauren Fox. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo. (Oscilloscope Pictures).
Man on a Ledge
Nick Cassidy (Sam Worthington) makes a desperate and life-threatening move to prove his innocence after he is framed for the theft of a rare, prized diamond. Recently escaped from prison and with nowhere else to go, Nick climbs onto the ledge of a towering skyscraper, inviting the eyes of New York City to anxiously watch as one wrong step could mean plunging to his death. But as one police negotiator soon learns, Nick's daredevil stunt, captivating the eyes of the public and media, masks a dangerous ploy to reveal the truth about his tarnished name. With the help of his brother and with time running out, Nick's intricate plan must work perfectly, but when you're on the 25th floor ledge of a building, going down takes on an entirely more hair-raising meaning.
Vitals: Director: Asger Leth. Stars: Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns, Titus Welliver, Genesis Rodriguez, Kyra Sedgwick, Ed Harris.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 102 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $18.600 million, Summit/Lionsgate.
Gone
Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) comes home from working the night shift to discover that her sister Molly has suddenly disappeared. Convinced that Molly has been abducted by the same serial killer from whom she escaped just a year before, and that by sundown Molly will be dead, Jill embarks on a break-neck ride to rescue her. Racing the sinking sun in a heart-pounding chase, Jill has only 12 hours to find the killer and save her sister.
Vitals: Director: Heitor Dhalia. Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Jennifer Carpenter, Sebastian Stan, Wes Bentley. 2012, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 95 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $11.527 million, Lionsgate.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
This suspenseful and gripping psychological thriller explores the factious relationship between a mother and her son. Tilda Swinton, in a bracing, tour-de-force performance, plays the mother, Eva, as she contends for 15 years with the increasing malevolence of her first-born child, Kevin (Ezra Miller). Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, "We Need to Talk About Kevin" explores nature vs. nurture on a whole new level as Eva's own culpability is measured against Kevin's innate evilness. The film combines a provocative moral ambiguity with a satisfying and compelling narrative, which builds to a chilling, unforgettable climax.
Vitals: Director: Lynne Ramsay. Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell, Rocky Duer, Siobhan Fallon, Ashley Gerasimovich, Alex Manette, James Chen, Lauren Fox.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 112 min., Drama, Box office gross: $.818 million, Oscilloscope Pictures.
Coriolanus
A modern take on Shakespeare's play. Caius Martius "Coriolanus" (Ralph Fiennes), a revered and feared Roman General, is at odds with the city of Rome and his fellow citizens. Pushed by his controlling and ambitious mother Volumnia (Vanessa Redgrave) to seek the exalted and powerful position of Consul, he is loath to ingratiate himself with the masses whose votes he needs in order to secure the office. When the public refuses to support him, Coriolanus's anger prompts a riot that culminates in his expulsion from Rome. The banished hero then allies himself with his sworn enemy Tullus Aufidius (Gerard Butler) to take his revenge on the city.
Vitals: Director: Ralph Fiennes. Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Jessica Chastain, Brian Cox.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 124 min., Drama, Box office gross: $.569 million, The Weinstein Co./Anchor Bay.
Goon
Tells the story of Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott), a simple, but loveable guy who dreams of a more rewarding job and gaining his parents' respect. When a chance encounter with an on-ice thug leads to a fistfight that Doug easily wins, an on-looking hockey h sees Doug's potential, in spite of his lack of any hockey playing ability. Joining the team and with the encouragement of his best friend (Jay Baruchel), Doug quickly becomes a rising star. Soon he'll have the opportunity to face-off against the infamous league thug Ross Rhea (Liev Schreiber), perhaps finally land a girlfriend and stick to a job he enjoys. Now -- all he needs is to learn how to skate.
Vitals: Director: Michael Dowse. Stars: Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill, Liev Schreiber, Eugene Levy.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: R, 92 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $4.118 million, Magnolia Home Entertainment.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(1946)
Summer Interlude
(1951) (Criterion)
Summer With Monika
(1953) (Criterion)
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(1946) Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas. With the cooperation of the U.S. Library of Congress, the film noir classic was transferred by Film Chest from the original, damaged 35mm elements with their new division, Process Blue, which uses the Golden Eye III, a state-of-the-art film scanner, and digitally restored it in high definition. Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo. Extras: Commentary by author William Hare ("Early Film Noir: Greed, Lust and Murder Hollywood Style," "L.A. Noir: Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels," "Hitchcock and the Methods of Suspense"); a before-and-after restoration demo; an original movie art postcard. (Film Chest/HD Cinema Classics Label ).
Summer Interlude
(1951) Touching on many of the themes that would define the rest of his legendary career -- isolation, performance, the inescapability of the past -- the 10th film by Ingmar Bergman was a gentle sway toward true mastery. In one of the director's great early female roles, Maj-Britt Nilsson beguiles as Marie, an accomplished ballet dancer haunted by her tragic youthful affair with a shy, handsome student (Birger Malmsten). Her memories of the rocky shores of Stockholm's outer archipelago mingle with scenes from her gloomy present, most of them set in the dark backstage environs of the theater where she works. A film that the director considered a creative turning point, "Summer Interlude" is a reverie on life and death that bridges the gap between Bergman's past and future, theater and cinema. New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: A booklet featuring an essay by film scholar Peter Cowie. (The Criterion Collection).
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