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Accident
(2009 -- Hong Kong) Louis Koo, Richie Jen, Feng Tsui Fan, Michelle Ye, Lam Suet, Han Yuqin, Monica Mok. A self-styled accident choreographer, Brain is a professional hit man who kills his victims by trapping them in well crafted accidents that look like unfortunate mishaps but are in fact perfectly staged acts of crime. He is perennially plagued with guilt, as the avalanche of memories of his lost wife does not make things any easier. After one mission inexplicably goes wrong, costing the life of one of his men, Brain becomes convinced that this accident has been choreographed: someone is out there plotting to terminate him and his team. He becomes increasingly paranoid, not knowing whether or not to trust his friends and accomplices. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Making-of" featurette. (Shout! Factory).
All Alone
(2010) Mandy Levin, Suzy Cote, Brice Williams. Feeling afraid and isolated living in the over-populated, concrete-filled Los Angeles, a young woman joins a group dysfunctional friends on a camping trip that ends up in violence. Formats: DVD. (Osiris Entertainment).
Brad Meltzer's Decoded: Season Two
(2011) Four-disc set with 13 episodes, $29.95. Formats: DVD. Extras: Additional footage. (A&E).
Decisions
(2011) Matt Medrano, Yeniffer Behrens, Corey Haim, Anthony Vitale. When a group of friends decide to pull a bank heist to get out from underneath their money troubles, they run afoul of a corrupt LAPD Detective on the take with a crime syndicate figure; the bank was the depository for the cop's dirty money and he'll do anything to get it back. Corey Haim's last movie. Formats: DVD. Extras: Tribute to Corey Haim, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Inception Media Group).
Demoted
(2011) Michael Vartan, Sean Astin, David Cross. What goes around comes around for a pair of prank-playing tire salesmen (Astin and Vartan) who find themselves placed in secretarial jobs by their put-upon boss (Cross). Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Anchor Bay Film).
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death Special Edition
By the late 21st century, mankind has become totally dependent on T-Mat to transport people, food and medicines around the world. When the system breaks down, Earth is soon crippled by global shortages. Traveling to the relay station on the moon, the Second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his companions discover the horrific truth: the Ice Warriors have hijacked T-Mat, and intend to claim the planet for themselves. Two-disc set, $34.98. Digitally remastered. Formats: DVD. Extras: Commentary with actors Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury, director Michael Ferguson and script editor Terrance Dicks; "Lords of the Red Planet" history of the Ice Warriors featurette; "Sssowing the Ssseedsss" behind the scenes featurette. (BBC Home Entertainment).
Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
The TARDIS is dragged down a time corridor, forcing the Fifth Doctor (Peter Davison), Tegan (Janet Fielding) and Turlough (Mark Strickson) to materialize in a disused part of London in 1984. The corridor links Earth with a battle cruiser in the future that contains the Doctor's oldest enemy -- the Daleks. Having lost the war with the Movellans, only one person can now help the evil race. Two-disc set, $34.98. Digitally remastered. Formats: DVD. Extras: Commentary with actor Terry Malloy, writer Eric Saward and visual effects designer Peter Wragg; additional audio commentary with actors Peter Davison, Janet Fielding and director Matthew Robinson; alternate four-part version of the story; "Come In Number Five" retrospective of the Fifth Doctor presented by David Tennant. (BBC Home Entertainment).
Dog the Bounty Hunter: Taking It to the Streets
(2011) Four episodes, $19.95. Formats: DVD. (A&E).
Don't Go in the Woods
(2010) Bo Boddie, Eric Bogosian. First-time director Vincent D'Onofrio explores love, greed and ruthlessness in this twisted musical/horror hybrid, telling the story of a young band who heads to the woods to get away from their everyday lives and focus on writing new songs. Hoping to walk away from the trip with new tunes that will score them their big break, they instead find themselves in the middle of a nightmare beyond comprehension. Formats: DVD, Digital Download. (New Video).
Entourage: The Complete Eighth Season
(2011) Two-disc set with eight episodes, $39.98. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (HBO).
Episodes: The First Season
(2011) Single disc with seven episodes, $29.99. Formats: DVD. Extras: Biographies. (Showtime/Paramount).
Fastest
(2011) Narrated by Ewan McGregor, the sequel to the hit extreme motocross documentary, "Faster." Shot around the world in 2010 and 2011, the film distills the thrilling, terrifying reality of the MotoGP world championship into a maximum-speed, full-length documentary feature film. Formats: DVD, Digital Download. (Docurama).
Gene Simmons Family Jewels: Season 6, Part 1
(2011) Two-disc set with nine episodes, $19.95. Formats: DVD. Extras: Bonus disc with seven unreleased episodes from Season 5. (A&E).
Gene Simmons Family Jewels: Season 6, Part 2
(2010-11) Two-disc set with four episodes, $19.95. Formats: DVD. Extras: Additional footage. (A&E).
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
(2011) Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, Christopher Lamber, Idris Elba. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, 3D Blu-ray, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Deleted scenes. Blu-ray adds directors' expanded video commentary, "The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance" six-part documentary. 3D Blu-ray adds 3D featurette: "Riding Into Another Dimension." (Sony).
The Gold Rush
(1925, 1942) The first feature-length comedy by Charlie Chaplin -- which charts a hapless prospector's search for fortune in the Klondike and his discovery of romance (with the beautiful Georgia Hale) -- forever cemented the iconic status of Chaplin and his Little Tramp character. Shot partly on location in the Sierra Nevadas and featuring such timeless gags as Chaplin's dance of the dinner rolls and meal of boiled shoe leather, "The Gold Rush" is an indelible work of nonstop hilarity. This special edition features both Chaplin's definitive 1942 version, for which the director added new music and narration, and a new restoration of the original silent 1925 film. New high-definition digital restoration of the 1942 sound version, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. New 2K digital transfer of the reconstructed original 1925 silent film, restored in collaboration with the Cineteca di Bologna, with a newly recorded version of director Charlie Chaplin's score, presented in 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: New audio commentary for the 1925 version by Chaplin biographer and archivist Jeffrey Vance; three new programs: "Presenting The Gold Rush," which traces the film's history from original release to re-release to 2003 reconstruction and features film historian Kevin Brownlow and Vancece, "Music by Charles Chaplin," featuring conductor and composer Timothy Brock, and "Visual Effects in The Gold Rush," featuring effects specialist Craig Barron and Chaplin cinematographer Roland Totheroh; "Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush" (2002), a short documentary featuring filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo; four theatrical trailers; booklet featuring an essay by film critic Luc Sante and James Agee's review of the 1942 version. (The Criterion Collection).
The Great Diamond Robbery
(1954) Red Skelton, Cara Williams, James Whitmore. Skelton plays diamond cutter Ambrose C. Park (the middle initials stands for "Central"), who's eager to demonstrate his talent to his employer by working on the rare Blue Goddess diamond ... accompanied by criminals who have convinced him they're his long-lost family and who secretly aim to steal the diamond after it's cut. Formats: DVD. (Warner Archive).
Half a Hero
(1953) Red Skelton, Jean Hagen, Charles Dingle, Willard Waterman, Mary Wickes, Polly Bergen. Red Skelton plays Ben Dobson, a magazine writer whose boss approves of Ben because he lives in a cramped Manhattan apartment instead of "the slums of tomorrow": the 'burbs. So, of course, when Ben movies his family to a sprawling housing development, he struggles to keep the fact a secret. Formats: DVD. (Warner Archive).
Harold and Maude
(1971) With the idiosyncratic American fable "Harold and Maude," countercultural director Hal Ashby fashioned what would become the cult classic of its era. Working from a script by Colin Higgins ("9 to 5"), Ashby tells the story of the emotional and romantic bond between a death-obsessed young man (Bud Cort) from a wealthy family and a devil-may-care, bohemian octogenarian (Ruth Gordon). Equal parts gallows humor and romantic innocence, "Harold and Maude" dissolves the line between darkness and light along with the ones that separate people by class, gender, and age, and it features indelible performances and a remarkable soundtrack by Cat Stevens. New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Extras: Optional remastered stereo soundtrack; audio commentary by Hal Ashby biographer Nick Dawson and producer Charles B. Mulvehill; illustrated audio excerpts of seminars by Ashby and writer-producer Colin Higgins; new interview with songwriter Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens); booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Wood; a 1971 New York Times profile of star Ruth Gordon; and excerpted transcripts of two interviews, one from 1997 with star Bud Cort and director of photography John Alonzo and one from 2001 with executive producer Mildred Lewis. (The Criterion Collection).
In Darkness
(2011 -- Poland/Germany) Dir.: Agnieszka Holland.; Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader. Formats: Blu-ray/DVD Combo. Extras: "An Evening With Agnieszka Holland" featurette, "In Light: A Conversation With Agnieszka Holland and Krystyna Chiger (the youngest survivor of this extraordinary story, chronicled in her book, "The Girl in the Green Sweater") featurette. (Sony).
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance
(2011) The story behind one of the most famous ballet companies in America
Formats: DVD, Digital Download. (Docurama).
Kill Speed
(2010) Andrew Keegan, Brandon Quinn, Natalia Cigliuti, Nick Carter, Tom Arnold. Thrill seeking party boy Sean Strayger and his friends support a lavish lifestyle by running drugs across the Mexican border in private planes, but when he meets the beautiful and mysterious Rosanna, high-flying fun takes a dangerous turn. Formats: DVD. (Epic Pictures).
Meatballs BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1979) Bill Murray, Harvey Atkin. Extras: New commentary by director Ivan Reitman. (Lionsgate Studio).
Monster Brawl
(2011) David Foley, Robert Maillet, Kevin Nash, Jimmy Hart. Eight classic horror monsters -- supported by their colorful and eccentric managers -- compete in visceral bloody combat to determine who will be the most feared and powerful fiend of all time in this action-comedy. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Image Entertainment).
My First Collection, Volume 3 Featuring Chicken Little
Three-disc set is part of the line that supports early literacy skills for the pre- and early reader; sports Scholastic's innovative read-along function and features narrators such as Sean Hayes, John Lithgow and Randy Travis: "Chicken Little ... and More Zany Animal Stories," "Katie Loves the Kittens ... and More Funny Stories" and "Bark George ... and More Doggie Tales." Formats: DVD, $24.95. (Scholastic Storybook Treasures).
The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Fifth Season
(2011) The last season (six episodes) of the Doctor Who spinoff. Formats: DVD. $19.98. (BBC Home Entertainment).
Scandal: The Complete First Season
(2012) Two-disc set with seven episodes, $29.99. Formats: DVD. Deleted scenes.Extras: (ABC/Disney).
Shallow Grave
(1994) This diabolical thriller was the first film from director Danny Boyle, producer Andrew MacDonald, and screenwriter John Hodge (the smashing team behind "Trainspotting"). In "Shallow Grave," three self-involved Edinburgh roommates -- played by Kerry Fox, Christopher Eccleston and Ewan McGregor, in his first starring role -- take in a brooding boarder. When he dies of an overdose, leaving a suitcase full of money, the trio embark on a series of very bad decisions, with extraordinarily grim consequences for all. Macabre but with a streak of offbeat humor, this stylistically influential tale of guilt and derangement is a full-throttle bit of Hitchcockian nastiness. New, restored digital transfer, supervised by director of photography Brian Tufano, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Two audio commentaries: one by director Danny Boyle and the other by screenwriter John Hodge and producer Andrew Macdonald; new interviews with stars Christopher Eccleston, Kerry Fox, and Ewan McGregor; "Digging Your Own Grave," a 1993 documentary by Kevin Macdonald on the making of the film; Andrew Macdonald and Kevin Macdonald's video diary from the 1992 Edinburgh Film Festival, where they shopped around the script for "Shallow Grave"; "Shallow Grave" trailer and "Trainspotting" teaser trailer; booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp. (The Criterion Collection).
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
(2011) Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Rachel McAdams, Eddie Marsan, Stephen Fry. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "Maximum Movie Mode: Inside the Mind of Sherlock Holmes," hosted by Downey Jr., "Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry," "Holmes Without Borders," "Moriarty’s Master Plan Unleashed," "Holmesavision on Steroids," "Sherlock Holmes: Under the Gypsy Spell," "Meet Mycroft Holmes," "Guy Ritchie's Well-Oiled Machine." (Warner).
Something's Gonna Live
(2011) Academy Award-nominated director Daniel Raim captures the late-in-life coming together of renowned art directors (and life long friends) Robert "Bob" Boyle ("North by Northwest," "The Birds"), Henry "Bummy" Bumstead ("To Kill a Mockingbird," "The Sting") and Albert Nozaki ("The War of the Worlds," "The Ten Commandments"), storyboard artist Harold Michelson ("The Graduate," "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"), and master cinematographers Haskell Wexler ("Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" "Medium Cool") and Conrad Hall ("In Cold Blood," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"). From snapshots, sketches and vintage footage interwoven with interviews, we get a behind-the-scenes look at movie-making in the golden age of cinema. As we watch iconic scenes of our collective imaginations emerge from their drawings, models, matte paintings and sets, we hear tales of Mae West, "Hitch" and DeMille in this celebration of the human stories behind the glamorous edifice of Hollywood. Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras: Oscar-nominated bonus film, "The Man on Lincoln's Nose"; deleted scenes; featured artists' biographies; DVD-ROM content: PDF of Robert Boyle's original production design checklist. (Docurama).
Superman vs. the Elite
(2012) The Man Of Steel comes face-to-face with powerful villains, daunting rivals and a society more interested in retribution than justice when a new, less-ethical breed of super hero arrives in Metropolis in Superman vs. The Elite, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "The Elite Unbound: No Rules, No Mercy," "Superman and the Moral Debate" featurette, commentary, photo gallery, more. (Warner).
Too Big to Fail
(2011) Dir.: Curtis Hanson; James Woods, John Heard, William Hurt, Topher Grace, Cynthia Nixon, Kathy Baker, Edward Asner, Paul Giamatti. HBO drama chronicles the financial meltdown of 2008. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Timeline of a Crisis." Blu-ray adds "The Making of Too Big to Fail," "Opening the Vault on the Financial Crisis." (HBO).
Top Gear 18
(2011) Three-disc set, $24.98. Formats: DVD. (BBC Home Entertainment).
The Tribe: Series 1 Part 2
(1999) Four-disc set with the second 25 episodes from the first season, $29.93.
Formats: DVD. Extras: Making-of featurette. (Shout! Factory).
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
(2012) Tyler Perry, Gabrielle Union, Thandie Newton. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital Download. (Lionsgate).
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Fast-paced and exciting sequel to 2009's blockbuster "Sherlock Holmes." Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) has always been the smartest man in the room ... until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large -- Professor Moriarty (Jared Harris) -- and not only is he Holmes' intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may actually give him an advantage over the renowned detective. When the Crown Prince of Austria is found dead, the evidence, as construed by Inspector Lestrade (Eddie Marsan), points to suicide. But Sherlock Holmes deduces that the prince has been the victim of murder -- a murder that is only one piece of a larger and much more portentous puzzle, designed by Professor Moriarty. The cunning Moriarty is always one step ahead of Holmes as he spins a web of death and destruction -- all part of a greater plan that, if he succeeds, will change the course of history.
Vitals: Director: Guy Ritchie. Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Rachel McAdams, Eddie Marsan, Stephen Fry.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 129 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $186.523 million, Warner.
In Darkness
The story of Leopold Socha, a sewer worker and petty thief in Lvov, a Nazi-occupied city in Poland, who encounters a group of Jews trying to escape the liquidation of the ghetto and hides them for money in the labyrinth of the town's sewers beneath the bustling activity of the city above. What starts out as a straightforward and cynical business arrangement turns into something very unexpected: The unlikely alliance between Socha and the Jews, as the enterprise seeps deeper into Socha's conscience. The film is also an extraordinary story of survival as the men, women and children in hiding all try to outwit certain death during 14 months of ever-increasing and intense danger. Based on a true story. Academy Award-nominee for Best Foreign-language film.
Vitals: Director: Agnieszka Holland. Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Benno Furmann, Agnieszka Grochowska, Maria Schrader.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 145 min., Drama, Box office gross: $.959 million, Sony.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
In this follow-up to"Ghost Rider," the world's darkest hero takes on the ultimate bad guy: the devil, himself. Johnny Blaze, still struggling with his curse as the devil's bounty hunter, is hiding out in a remote part of Eastern Europe when he is recruited by a secret sect of the church to save a young boy from the devil. At first, Johnny is reluctant to embrace the power of the Ghost Rider, but it is the only way to protect the boy and possibly rid himself of the curse forever. Vitals: Director: Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ciaran Hinds, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth, Christopher Lamber, Idris Elba.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 95 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $50.350 million, Sony.
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds
A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) has always done what's expected of him, whether it's assuming the helm of his father's company, tolerating his brother's misbehavior at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiance e, Natalie (Gabrielle Union). But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey (Thandie Newton), a down-on-her-luck single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building. When he offers to help her get back on her feet, the chance encounter with someone so far outside his usual circle ignites something in Wesley. This one good deed may finally spark his courage to exchange the life that's expected of him for the life he's always really wanted.
Vitals: Director: Tyler Perry. Stars: Tyler Perry, Gabrielle Union, Thandie Newton.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 110 min., Romantic Comedy, Box office gross: $34.798 million, Lionsgate.
The Gold Rush
(1925, 1942) (Criterion)
Harold and Maude
(1971) (Criterion)
Meatballs
(1979)
Shallow Grave
(1994) (Criterion)
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