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Act of Valor
(2012) Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera, Gonzalo Menendez, Ailsa Marshall, Drea Castro, Alex Veadov. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes. Blu-ray adds interviews with the Navy SEALs, eight featurettes. (Fox).
Act of Vengeance (aka Five Minarets in New York)
(2010) Haluk Bilginer, Danny Glover, Gina Gershon, Robert Patrick. After an unsuccessful and bloody raid in Istanbul, two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to capture a notorious terrorist known only as "Dejjal" (Arabic for Antichrist). Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of a suspect who may or not be the notorious Dejjal, but when events escalate, the foreign agents must take things in their own hands to avert disaster. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Millennium Entertainment).
American Pickers: Volume Three
(2011) Two-disc set with 18 episodes, $19.95. Formats: DVD. (A&E).
Arn: The Complete Series
(2010) Swedish miniseries set in Sweden and the Middle East, a sweeping and epic tale of war and intrigue, friendship and betrayal -- as well as an unforgettable love story -- portrayed through a rich gallery of brave knights, powerful queens and treacherous kings during the Crusades. Stars Stellan Skarsgard. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurettes. (Entertainment One).
Babar: The Classic Series: The Complete First Season
(1989) Two-disc set with 13 episodes, $19.98. First appearing in "Histoire de Babar," Jean de Brunhoff's 1931 storybook classic based on a tale that his wife Cecile had invented for their children, Babar the Elephant has, for 80 years, captivated millions around the globe. The story of the little elephant who leaves the jungle, visits a big city and returns to bring the benefits of civilization to his fellow elephants has been captured in a multitude of best-selling books (over 12 million sold worldwide, and more than 1000 titles in print) and several animated series, including "Classic Babar," and a new series, "Babar & the Adventures of Badou," which airs daily on Disney Junior. Formats: DVD. (Entertainment One).
Bad Ass
(2012) Danny Trejo, Ron Perlma, Charles S. Dutton. A Vietnam veteran who becomes a local hero after saving a man from attackers on a city bus decides to take action when his best friend is murdered and the police show little interest in solving the crime. Inspired by the "Epic Beard Man" video that captured two men's highly charged verbal and brutal physical altercation on a public bus in Oakland, California. Posted to YouTube, the video spread like wildfire and the heroic elder bearded man was anointed Epic Beard Man. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Commentary, "Birth of Bad Ass" featurette. (Fox).
Breaking Bad: The Complete Fourth Season
(2011) Four-disc set with 13 episodes. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Uncensored episodes, deleted and extended scenes, cast & crew commentaries on all 13 episodes, gag reel, 30 featurettes, "Better Call Saul" commercials, karaoke video featuring Gale Boetticher, more. (Sony).
Burn Notice Season 5
(2011) Four-disc set with 18 episodes, $49.98. Formats: DVD. Extras: Extended episode, deleted scenes, gag reel, featurette on the villains of "Burn Notice." (Fox).
Civilization: The West and the Rest With Niall Ferguson
(2012) Niall Ferguson, internationally acclaimed author and historian, brings you the highly anticipated documentary series, in which he investigates the influence of the West and its hold over the rest of the world since 1500 A.D. Two-disc set, $34.98. Formats: DVD. (BBC Home Entertainment).
Cocktail BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1988) Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown. (Disney).
The Color of Money BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1986) Dir.: Martin Scorsese; Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. (Disney).
Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Eighth Season
(2011) Two-disc set with 10 episodes, $39.98. Formats: DVD, Digital Download. Extras: "Leon's Guide to NYC," roundtable discussion with Larry David and cast. (HBO).
Desire (aka Q)
(2011 -- France) Deborah Revy, Helene Zimmer, Gowan Didi, Johnny Amaro. Stories of love and desire form the emotional and sensual epicenter of this controversial film: When the enigmatic 20-year-old Cecile walks into the lives of a group of conflicted teenagers, their deepest-felt sexual urges are unleashed and their worlds changed forever. After the death of her father, Cecile looks for support from her friends, but it's only through random sexual encounters that she finds solace. Formats: DVD. (Strand Releasing).
Doc Martin, Series 5
(2011) Smash-hit British dramedy currently airs on public television. BAFTA Winner Martin Clunes stars in the series as a misanthropic, socially maladjusted doctor forced to relocate to a rustic seaside village, where he immediately clashes with the town's eccentric citizens. Two-disc set includes eight episodes, plus 62-minutes of behind-the-scenes segments. Formats: DVD. (Acorn media).
Erin Brockovich Universal 100th Anniversary Edition
(2000) Dir.: Steven Soderbergh; Julia Roberts, Albert Finney, Conchata Ferrell. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Download. Extras: Deleted scenes, "Spotlight on Location," "Erin Brockovich: A Look at a Real-Life Experience," "!00 Years of Universal: Academy Award Winners," "100 Years of Universal: The Lot." (Universal).
Falling Skies: The Complete First Season
(2011) Three-disc set with 10 episodes, $39.98. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "Animating a Skitter, 2011 Comic-Con panel, commentary, behind-the-scenes featurettes, character profiles. Blu-ray adds "Falling Skies: The Comic Book Revealed" and a collectible trading card. (Warner).
G.I. Joe: Renegades Season One, Volume 1
(2011) Two-disc set with the first 13 Episodes from the first season of popular animated series. Formats: DVD. $19.93. (Shout! Factory).
The Grapes of Wrath BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1940) Dir.: John Ford; Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Russell Simpson. (Fox).
Hatfields & McCoys: Bad Blood
(2012) Jeff Fahey, Perry King, Priscilla Barnes, Christian Slater. The Hatfields and McCoys fight for justice and vengeance in a feud that spans decades. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital Download. Extras: Commentary, stills gallery. (Lionsgate).
Hondo BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1953) John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness. Presented in widescreen for the first time. The preserved and previously restored 3D 35mm negative, as well as secondary elements, were scanned in 4K to remaster the film for this 2D release. Restoration tools were used to deflicker and stabilize the image, as well as address the "halo" effect created by original optical effects. Extras: Introduction by Leonard Maltin; commentary by Maltin, Western historian Frank Thompson and actor Lee Aaker; "The Making of Hondo" four-part featurette; "The Apache"; photo gallery. (Paramount).
How to Live Forever
(2009) A cell lives an average of 5 minutes. A hummingbird for 5 years. Right now, humans live for about 75 years. What might it mean to live forever? Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. The film documents his journey as he seeks to learn if eternal life is possible or even desirable. Exploring these issues with a fascinating array of people -- from futurist Ray Kurzweil to comedian Phyllis Diller to a 101-year-old chain-smoking marathon runner -- Wexler presents a riveting series of stories and insights about youth, aging and longevity. Formats: DVD. (Docurama).
John Carter
(2011) Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Dominic West, Samantha Morton, Thomas Haden Church, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds. Formats: DVD, 3D Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download. Extras: "100 Years in the Making": follow the journey of Edgar Rice Burroughs' story from its origins as a pulp novel to its arrival onscreen; commentary with the filmmakers. Blu-ray adds Disney Second Screen that explores John Carter's journal; "360 Degrees of John Carter" production featurette; deleted scenes; Barsoom Bloopers. (Disney).
The Journey
(1959) Dir.: Anatole Litvak; Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Jason Robards, Robert Morley, E.G. Marshall, Anne Jackson, Ron Howard. A group of Westerners attempting to leave Budapest in 1956 after Soviet troops occupy the country are detained at the border by a Russian major who suspects a rebel may be among them. Formats: DVD. (Warner Archive).
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
(2011) Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzman, Kristin Davis. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD Combo,Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: TBA. (Warner).
Knockdown (aka The Bad Penny)
(2010) Casey T. Evans, Bai Ling, Tom Arnold, Nick Faltas. A former American boxer, now exiled in Bangkok after attacking a bookie who tried to fix one of his fights, is forced to confront his violent past in the city's notorious underground fight clubs after meeting a mysterious fan from his hometown. Formats: DVD. (ARC Entertainment).
Machine Gun Preacher
(2011) Director: Marc Forster. Stars: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monagha, Kathy Baker, Madeline Carroll, Michael Shannon, Souleymane Sy Savane. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: (Fox).
New Tricks, Season 7
The long-running, award-winning 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).
Normandy (aka Red Rose of Normandy)
(2011) Tino Struckmann, Damian Chap, Jack Dimich, Claudia Crawford, Leslie Mills, Cole Schaeffer, John Courtney. Caught in the middle of the advancing Allies and the fanatical Gestapo during World War II, Klaus -- a battle-hardened soldier -- and Klaudia must fight their way out and away, only to make one last stand together surrounded in the middle of D-Day -- the biggest invasion in world history. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital Download. (MTI Home Video).
Pawn Stars: Volume 4
(2011) Two-disc set with 16 episodes, $19.95. Formats: DVD. (A&E).
Pretty Little Liars: The Complete Second Season
(2011) Six-disc set with 25 episodes, $59.98. Formats: DVD, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "Fashion's Guilty Pleasure" featurette, "Men of Mystery" featurette, deleted scenes. (Warner).
Private Romeo
(2011) Seth Numrich, Matt Doyle. Updates Shakespeare's classic tragedy by setting it in an all-male military school,incorporating the original text of "Romeo and Juliet," YouTube videos, and lip-synced indie rock music. Formats: DVD. (Wolfe Video).
Rogue River
(2012) Bill Moseley, Michelle Page, Lucinda Jenney, Michael Cudlitz. A young woman travels to the isolated wilderness of Oregon to spread her father's ashes and gets abducted by a nasty old man. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital Download. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette. (Lionsgate).
Safe House
(2012) Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Ruben Blades, Nora Arnezeder, Robert Patrick. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "Making Safe House" featurette, "Hand-to-Hand Action" featurette, "Building the Rooftop Chase" featurette, " Inside The CIA" featurette. Blu-ray adds Behind The Action" featurette, "Safe Harbor: Cape Town" featurette, "Shooting the Safe House Attack" featurette. (Universal).
Sea of Love BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1989) Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman. Extras: "The Creation of Sea of Love," deleted scenes, commentary by director Harold Becker. (Universal).
Seven Days in Utopia BLU-RAY DEBUT
(2011) Robert Duvall, Lucas Black, Melissa Leo, Deborah Ann Woll, Madison Burge, Jerry Ferrara, KJ Choi. (ARC Entertainment).
Smokey and the Bandit Universal 100th Anniversary Edition
(1997) Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Download. Extras: "Loaded Up and Truckin'" making-of featurette, "Snowman, What's Your 20?" CB tutorial,"!00 Years of Universal: The '70s," "100 Years of Universal: The Lot." (Universal).
The Sting Universal 100th Anniversary Edition
(1973) Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan, Harold Gould. Includes a 48-page book with director George Roy Hill's script pages, personal letters, Edith Head's costume sketches, more. Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo, Digital Download. Extras: "The Art of The Sting," "100 Years of Universal: Restoring the Classics," "100 Years of Universal: The '70s," "100 Years of Universal: The Lot." (Universal).
The Three Stooges Ultimate Collection
Washington: Behind Closed Doors
(1977) Star-studded, Emmy-winning political drama. Showcasing high-stakes political intrigue at its best, the miniseries -- inspired by the Nixon presidency -- makes its long-awaited home video debut. Based on the post-Watergate novel, "The Company," by former Nixon advisor John Ehrlichman, the Emmy-nominated program stars Cliff Robertson, Jason Robards,
Stefanie Powers, Robert Vaughn, Andy Griffith. John Houseman. Formats: DVD. (Acorn Media).
White Collar Season 3
(2011-12) Four-disc set with 16 episodes, $49.98. Formats: DVD. Extras: Deleted scenes, gag reel, commentary on "Judgment Day," a "White Collar" trivia challenge. (Fox).
Workaholics Season Two
(2011) Two-disc set with 10 episodes, $19.99. Formats: DVD. Extras: "Behind the Scenes in the Writers' Room," bloopers, alternate takes, deleted scenes, "Drunkmentary" on all episodes. (Comedy Central/Paramount Home Entertainment).
Workaholics Season 1 and 2 Combo Doggy Blu-Ray
(2011) Two-disc set with 20 episodes, $29.99. Formats: Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "New Season 1 Behind-the-Scenes: Countdown to V-Town: Lead-Up to the Series Premiere"; "Behind-the-Scenes in the Writers' Room"; cast interviews; bloopers; alternate takes and deleted scenes; "Live at Bonnaroo"; "Drunkmentary" on all episodes. (Comedy Central/Paramount Home Entertainment).
The Yankles
(2009) Don Most, Bart Johnson, Brian Wimmer. A washed up, ex-major league ballplayer who needs to meet his community service hours as a coach gets a second chance at life and love by managing a Jewish, orthodox yeshiva baseball team. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
Zorba the Greek BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1964) Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova. (Fox).
Safe House
Denzel Washington plays the most dangerous renegade from the CIA, who comes back onto the grid after a decade on the run. When the South African safe house he's remanded to is attacked by mercenaries, a rookie operative (Ryan Reynolds) escapes with him. Now, the unlikely allies must stay alive long enough to uncover who wants them dead.For the past year, Matt Weston (Reynolds) as been frustrated by his inactive, backwater post in Cape Town. A housekeeper who aspires to be a full-fledged agent, the loyal company man has been waiting for an opportunity to prove himself. When the first and only occupant he's had proves to be the most dangerous man he's ever met, Weston readies for duty. Tobin Frost (Washington) has eluded capture for almost a decade. One of the best ops men that the CIA's known, the ex-intelligence officer has given up assets and sold military intel to anyone with cash since he turned. From trading secrets to North Korea to aiding splinter cells, the damage he's done to the U.S. is immeasurable. And he's now back on the reservation with a secret. As soon as Frost is brought in for debriefing, mercenaries come and tear apart Weston's safe house. Barely escaping, the unlikely partners must discover if their attackers have been sent by terrorists or someone on the inside who will kill anyone standing in the way. Now it's up to Weston to figure out who he can trust before they're both eliminated from the game. Vitals: Director: Daniel Espinosa. Stars: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson, Sam Shepard, Ruben Blades, Nora Arnezeder, Robert Patrick.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 115 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $122.582 million, Universal.
John Carter
War-weary, former military captain John Carter is inexplicably transported to the planet Barsoom (Mars) where he becomes reluctantly embroiled in a conflict of epic proportions amongst the inhabitants of the planet, including Tars Tarkas and the captivating Princess Dejah Thoris. In a world on the brink of collapse, Carter rediscovers his humanity when he realizes that the survival of Barsoom and its people rests in his hands. Screen adaptation of the classic novel "A Princess of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Vitals: Director: Andrew Stanton. Stars: Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Dominic West, Samantha Morton, Thomas Haden Church, Mark Strong, Ciaran Hinds.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 132 min., Fantasy Action Adventure, Box office gross: $69.032 million, Disney.
Act of Valor
An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, "Act of Valor" stars a group of active-duty Navy SEALs in a powerful story of contemporary global anti-terrorism. Inspired by true events, the film combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the minute battlefield technology and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure. When the rescue of a kidnapped CIA operative leads to the discovery of a deadly terrorist plot against the U.S., a team of SEALs is dispatched on a worldwide manhunt. As the men of Bandito Platoon race to stop a coordinated attack that could kill and wound thousands of American civilians, they must balance their commitment to country, team and their families back home. Each time they accomplish their mission, a new piece of intelligence reveals another shocking twist to the deadly terror plot, which stretches from Chechnya to the Philippines and from Ukraine to Somalia. The widening operation sends the SEALs across the globe as they track the terrorist ring to the U.S.-Mexico border, where they engage in an epic firefight with an outcome that has potentially unimaginable consequences for the future of America.
Vitals: Director: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh. Stars: Roselyn Sanchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera, Gonzalo Menendez, Ailsa Marshall, Drea Castro, Alex Veadov.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min., Action, Box office gross: $65.921 million, Fox.
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island
The family adventure begins when 17-year-old Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson) receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. Unable to stop him from tracking the signal to its source, Sean's new stepfather, Hank (Dwayne Johnson), joins the quest that will take them first to the South Pacific, and then to a place few people have ever seen. Or lived to tell about. It's a place of stunning beauty, strange and threatening life forms, volcanoes, mountains of gold and more than one astonishing secret. Together with Gabato (Luis Guzman), the only helicopter pilot willing to risk the trip, and Gabato's beautiful, strong-willed daughter Kailani (Vanessa Hudgens), they set out to find the island, rescue its lone human inhabitant and escape before seismic shockwaves force the island underwater and bury its treasures forever. Follow-up to 2008's "Journey to the Center of the Earth."
Vitals: Director: Brad Peyton. Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Vanessa Hudgens, Luis Guzman, Kristin Davis.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 94 min., Action, Box office gross: $97.139 million, Warner.
Machine Gun Preacher
Inspirational true story of Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. When ex-biker-gang member Childers makes the life-changing decision to go to East Africa to help repair homes destroyed by civil war, he is outraged by the unspeakable horrors faced by the region's vulnerable populace, especially the children. Ignoring the warnings of more experienced aide workers, Sam breaks ground for an orphanage where it's most needed -- in the middle of territory controlled by the brutal Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a renegade militia that forces youngsters to become soldiers before they even reach their teens. But for Sam, it is not enough to shelter the LRA's intended victims. Determined to save as many as possible, he leads armed missions deep into enemy territory as part of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization to retrieve kidnapped children, restoring peace to their lives -- and eventually his own.
Vitals: Director: Marc Forster. Stars: Gerard Butler, Michelle Monagha, Kathy Baker, Madeline Carroll, Michael Shannon, Souleymane Sy Savane.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 129 min., Drama, Box office gross: $.531 million, Fox.
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(1946)
Summer Interlude
(1951) (Criterion)
Summer With Monika
(1953) (Criterion)
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All 190 short films, plus 11 hours of movies, shorts and never-before-released material on 20 discs. The entire Three Stooges Columbia shorts catalog spans three decades of slapstick silliness, featuring 190 shorts, plus three discs of rare and unreleased content. Fans will revel in this chance to see several of the Stooges work separately in solo shorts, developing the comic skills that would lead them to their roles as successors to Curly in the comedy trio. The collection includes 28 never-before-released short films starring Stooges actors Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, and Joe DeRita, as well as the feature length films "Have Rocket, Will Travel" and "Rockin' in the Rockies," available for the first time on DVD. Formats: DVD. Read more. (Sony).
ThunderCats: Season 1, Book 2
(1985) Two-disc set with eight episodes, $19.97. Formats: DVD, UltraViolet (cloud). (Warner).
Titanic at 100: Mystery Solved
(2012) The most thorough and exhaustive study of the wreck ever made, yielding unprecedented new discoveries and the first comprehensive map of Titanic's watery grave, helping specialists solve the century-old puzzle of what went wrong on April 15, 1912,— and determine who or what was responsible. In the 25 years since the wreck was located, no one had ever explored and mapped the entire site -- nearly half the area remained unseen and unknown, and significant portions of the ship, which could reveal how it broke, were missing. Now, after 100 years, every inch of the entire site is finally known, and every piece of the ship documented exactly where it landed on the ocean floor a century ago. Formats: DVD. $19.95. (A&E).
Tomboy
(2011 -- France) Zoe Heran, Malonn Levana, Sophie Cattani, Mathieu Demy. Ten-year-old Laure (played by Zoe Heran) moves to the suburbs and decides to pass as a boy amongst the pack of neighborhood kids. As "Mikael" she catches the attention of leader of the pack Lisa, who becomes smitten with her. Finding resourceful ways to hide her true self, Laure takes advantage of her new identity, as if the end of the summer would never reveal her unsettling secret. Formats: DVD. Extras: Behind-the-scenes documentary. (Wolfe Video).
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