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Agatha Christi's Poirot: Series 5
David Suchet returns as Agatha Christie's peerless Poirot in these eight mysteries from the hit series, newly remastered and restored to their original U.K. broadcast order. Formats: DVD, two-disc set, $39.99; Blu-ray Disc, two-disc set, $49.99. (Acorn Media).
Almost Kings
(2010) Alex Russell, Billy Campbell, Lorenzo James Henrie, Alex Frost, Haley Ramm, Kelsey Grammer. Wanting a closer connection with the older brother he idolizes, high school freshman Ted Wheeler seeks initiation into a group called "The Kings," along the way uncovering unpleasant information about his brother and his friends. Formats: DVD. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette; interviews with the director, producer, and actors; deleted scenes; commentary with the director and Alex Russell, Haley Ramm, and Lorenzo James Henrie. (Breaking Glass Pictures).
The Artist
(2011) Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Missi Pyle, Ed Lauter, Malcolm McDowell, Uggie. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: "The Artist: The Making of a Hollywood Love Story," "Hollywood as a Character: The Locations of the Artist," Q&A with the filmmakers and cast; blooper reel. (The Weinstein Co./Sony).
Best Laid Plans
(2011) Stephen Graham, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje. Urban reworking of John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men." Set in Nottingham, England, the film revolves around the relationship between the thuggish Danny and Joseph, a giant of a man with a mental age of seven. When Danny finds himself in debt to a local crime boss, he feels he is left with no choice but to manipulate Joseph into participating in a series of underground cage fights from which Danny can pay his debts. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Well Go USA ).
The Best of Foyle's War
Specially selected by star Michael Kitchen, these six feature-length episodes feature his favorite episodes from the first four years of playing detective chief inspector Christopher Foyle. Featuring fan favorites Honeysuckle Weeks and Anthony Howell, these episodes also include guest stars Rosamund Pike, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy,, Ronald Pickup and James McAvoy.
Formats: DVD, six-disc set, $49.99. Extras: Interviews, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Acorn Media).
Bullhead
(2011 -- Belgium) Matthias Schoenaerts, Jeroen Perceval, Jeanne Dandoy, Barbara Sarafian. After he initiates a shady deal with a notorious Mafioso meat trader, circumstances lead cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille down a twisted road of vengeance and torment. When an investigating federal agent is assassinated and a woman from his horrid past resurfaces, he must confront far-reaching consequences and whether the real meaning of manhood is hormonal or emotional.Academy-Award nominee for Best Foreign-language Film. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD, Digital Download. Extras: "The Making of Bullhead," interviews, special collector's edition booklet with introduction by director Michael Mann. (Drafthouse Films/Image Entertainment).
C'mon Man (aka The Last Laugh
(2012) Tony Rock, Rodney Perry, Faune Chambers Watkins. A comedian, fresh out of rehab, struggles to make it to the top. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital Download. Extras: Deleted scenes, outtakes. (Lionsgate).
Damages: The Complete Fourth Season
(2011) Three-disc set with 10 episodes, $45.99. Formats: DVD. Extras: Deleted scenes, "A Case for War: The Cast and Crew Discuss the Fourth Season," "The Evolution of Patty Hewes," blooper reel. (Sony).
The Decoy Bride
(2011) Alice Eve, David Tennant, Kelly Macdonald. When the world's media descend on the remote Scottish island where a Hollywood actress is attempting to get married, a local girl is hired as a decoy bride to put the paparazzi off the scent.Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (IFC/MPI).
Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham and Other Stories
(1973) Remastered TV feature; includes "The Sneetches" and "The Zax," $19.98.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, UltraViolet (cloud). (Warner).
Deliverance BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1972) Dir.: John Boorman; Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox. In premium Blu-ray book packaging, including a new featurette and a 42-page commemorative book with behind-the-scenes photos and rare insights. Extras: New: "Deliverance: The Cast Remembers," commentary by John Boorman, "Deliverance: Betraying the River," "Deliverance: The Journey," "Deliverance: The Beginning," "Deliverance: Delivered," T"he Dangerous World of Deliverance." (Warner).
Dora the Explorer: Dora's Rescue in Mermaid Kingdom
(2012) Three episodes from Dora the Explorer's current seventh season: the title episode plus "Benny the Castaway" and "Dora's Moonlight Adventure," $16.99. Formats: DVD. (Nickelodeon/Paramount).
The Hedgehog (Le Herisson)
(2009 -- France) Garance Le Guillemic, Josiane Balasko. Touching coming-of-age story about Paloma, a gifted young girl bent on ending it all on her upcoming 12th birthday. Using her father's old camcorder to chronicle the hypocrisy she sees in adults, Paloma begins to learn about life from her stuffy building "concierge," Renee. When Paloma's camera reveals an extensive secret library in Renee's back room, and that the usually gruff matron reads Tolstoy to her cat, Paloma begins to understand that there are allies to be found beneath the prickliest of exteriors. As an unlikely friendship deepens, her own coming of age becomes a much less pessimistic prospect. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Deleted scenes, photo gallery. Blu-ray includes a behind-the-scenes documentary. (NeoClassics Films).
Hiding
(2012) Ana Villafane, Jeremy Sumpter, Tyler Blackburn. After a teenager witnesses the murder of her parents and testifies against the son of a notorious crime boss, she's placed in the Witness Protection Program in Montana. Life is good as a normal, small-town teen -- until her parents' murderer sets his hit men after her. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Anchor Bay).
Identical
(2011) Jonathan Togo, Pascal Yen-Pfister, Emily Foxler, Kelly Baugher, Ed Asner. Identical twins -- one good, one evil -- fall for the same woman, setting off a nasty love triangle. Formats: DVD. (Green Apple Entertainment).
Law & Order: Criminal Intent: The Seventh Year
(2011) Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.97. Formats: DVD. (Shout! Factory).
Love in a Cold Climate
Period romance and social satire set against a backdrop of the English nobility's golden age -- and a looming world war. Long-awaited debut of the eight-part series originally broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre in the 1980s. Stars Judi Dench, Michael Williams, Lucy Gutteridge, Rosalyn Landor, Michael Aldridge, Vivian Pickles and Anthony Stewart Head.
Formats: DVD. Three-disc set, $59.99. (Acorn Media).
Mirror, Mirror
(2012) Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Robert Emms, Sean Bean, Mare Winningham, Robert Emms, Michael Lerner. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, Digital Download. Extras: TBA. (Relativity Media).
Oranges and Sunshine
(2010 -- U.K./Australia) Hugo Weaving, Emily Watson, David Wenham , Tara Morice. Tells the unforgettable true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker who uncovered one of the most controversial scandals of recent times: the organized deportation of innocent children from the U.K. to Australia, where they were thought to be lost in the system forever. Against overwhelming odds, and with little regard for her own safety, Humphreys reunited thousands of families and brought worldwide attention to a corrupt system and an extraordinary miscarriage of justice. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Download. (New Video).
The Perfect Family
(2011) Kathleen Turner, Emily Deschanel, Jason Ritter, Elizabeth Pena, Michael McGrady, Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Lawrence. When nominated for "Catholic Woman of The Year," Eileen (Kathleen Turner, in her first big-screen appearance in 19 years) and her family are placed under the microscope and put to the test by her parish, church members, and each other. While the competition heats up at church, Eileen realizes she must also find a way to keep her dysfunctional family away from their sinful ways. Formats: DVD. Extras: Commentary by Turner, photo gallery. (Virgil Films & Entertainment).
The Samurai Trilogy
(1954-56) "The Samurai Trilogy," directed by Hiroshi Inagaki and starring the inimitable Toshiro Mifune, was one of Japan's most successful exports of the 1950s, a rousing, emotionally gripping tale of combat and self-discovery. Based on a novel that's often called Japan's "Gone with the Wind," this sweeping saga fictionalizes the life of the legendary 17th-century swordsman (and writer and artist) Musashi Miyamoto, following him on his path from unruly youth to enlightened warrior. With these three films -- 1954's Oscar-winning "Musashi Miyamoto," 1955's "Duel at Ichijoji Temple," and 1956's "Duel at Ganryu Island" -- Inagaki created a passionate epic that’s equal parts tender love story and bloody action. New high-definition digital restorations of all three films, with uncompressed monaural soundtracks on the Blu-ray edition. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: New interviews with translator and historian William Scott Wilson about the real-life Musashi Miyamoto, the inspiration for the hero of the films; trailers; booklet featuring essays by film historian Stephen Prince and Wilson. (The Criterion Collection).
Second-Story Man
(2011) Christopher J. Domig, Zaira Crystal, Lindsay Goranson, Valerie Evering. When the female half of a pair of small-town stickup artists is killed by the bank's security guard, the man tries to balance being a good father to their 7-year-old daughter while planning his revenge against the man who killed his wife ... until he discovers that the guard has his own young daughter. Formats: DVD. (Osiris Entertainment).
Sector 7
(2011 -- South Korea) Ha Ji-Won, Ahn Sung-Ki, Oh Ji-Ho. South Korea’s first 3D sci-fi thriller. An underwater creature invades a deep sea drilling platform, growing to enormous size and feeding off the crew members. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, 3D Blu-ray. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette. (Shout! Factory).
Some Guy Who Kills People
(2011) Kevin Corrigan, Barry Bostwick, Karen Black, Leo Fitzpatrick, Ariel Gade, Lucy Davis. A lonely man, fresh out of the loony bin, sets out to kill those he deems responsible for his miserable life. Formats: DVD. Extras: Commentary by director/co-producer Jack Perez and writer-producer Ryan Levin; "The Fifth," the short film that inspired "Some Guy Who Kills People"; "The Making of Some Guy Who Kills People" featurette. (Anchor Bay).
Sound of Noise
(2010 -- Sweden) Bengt Nilsson, Sanna Persson, Magnus Borjeson. Musical comedy about a tone-deaf cop who works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city. Follow-up to the short film Web sensation "Music for One Apartment and Six Drummers," which is included on the disc. Formats: DVD. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
Springtime in the Sierras
(1942) Roy Rogers, Trigger, Jane Frazee, Andy Devine, Roy Barcroft. Roy Rogers and his faithful steed, Trigger, save the day with guts, gusto and song. When his best friend, a game warden, is murdered, Rogers is determined to find out what happened. Formats: DVD. (Film Chest/American Pop Classics).
TCM Greatest Classic Legends: Joan Crawford
Four classic films in one compact set: "Mildred Pierce" (1945), "Humoresque" (1946), "Possessed" (1947), "The Damned Don't Cry" (1950). Formats: DVD. $27.92. (Warner).
TCM Greatest Classic Legends: Humphrey Bogart
Four classic films in one compact set: "They Drive By Night" (1940), "Across the Pacific" (1942), "Action in the North Atlantic" (1943), "Passage to Marseille" (1944). Formats: DVD. $27.92. (Warner).
TCM Greatest Classic Films: Legends -- Kirk Douglas Drama
"Young Man With a Horn" (1950), "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952), "Lust for Life" (1956), "Before I Forget." (2009)Formats: DVD, $27.92. (Warner).
TCM Greatest Gangster Films: Humphrey Bogart
Four classic films in one compact set: "The Petrified Forest" (1936), "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse" (1938), "High Sierra" (1941), "All Through the Night" (1942). Formats: DVD. $27.92. (Warner).
The 39 Steps
(1935) "The 39 Steps" is a heart-racing spy story by Alfred Hitchcock, following Richard Hannay (Robert Donat), who stumbles into a conspiracy that thrusts him into a hectic chase across the Scottish moors -- a chase in which he is both the pursuer and the pursued -- as well as into an expected romance with the cool Pamela (Madeline Carroll). Adapted from a novel by John Buchan, this classic wrong-man thriller from the Master of Suspense anticipates the director's most famous works (especially "North by Northwest"), and remains one of his cleverest and most entertaining films. New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray. Extras: Audio commentary by Alfred Hitchcock scholar Marian Keane; "Hitchcock: The Early Years" (2000), a British documentary covering Hitchcock’s prewar career; original footage from British broadcaster Mike Scott's 1966 television interview with Hitchcock; complete broadcast of the 1937 Lux Radio Theatre adaptation, performed by Ida Lupino and Robert Montgomery; visual essay by Hitchcock scholar Leonard Leff; excerpts from Francois Truffaut's 1962 audio interview with Hitchcock; original production design drawings; booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Cairns. (The Criterion Collection).
A Thousand Words
(2012) Eddie Murohy, Kerry Washington, Allison Janney, Clark Duke, Cliff Curtis, Jack McBrayer. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Six deleted scenes. Blu-ray adds five more deleted scenes, alternate ending. (Paramount).
21 Jump Street
(2012) Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, DeRay Davis, Ice Cube. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Director and cast commentary, "Back to School" behind-the-scenes featurette, four deleted scenes. Blu-ray adds gag reel, Cube-O-Rama outtakes, four featurettes. (Sony).
Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns: Season 6
(2012) Three-disc set with 20 episodes, $29.98. Formats: DVD, Digital Download. Extras: (Lionsgate).
Wrath of the Titans
(2011) Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Edgar Ramirez, Toby Kebbell, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Danny Huston. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, 3D Blu-ray Disc, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Ten featurettes. (Warner).
The Artist
A heartfelt valentine to classic American cinema. Set during the twilight of Hollywood's silent era and shot on location in Los Angeles, the film tells the story of a charismatic movie star unhappily confronting the new world of talking pictures. Mixing comedy, romance and melodrama, the film is an example of the form it celebrates: a black-and-white silent film that relies on actors, images and music to weave its spell. Hollywood, 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is one of Hollywood's reigning silent screen idols. Starring in exotic tales of intrigue and derring-do, the actor has turned out hit after hit for Kinograph, the studio run by cigar-chomping mogul Al Zimmer (John Goodman). His success has brought him an elegant mansion and an elegant wife (Penelope Ann Miller). Chauffeured to the studio each day by his devoted driver Clifton (James Cromwell), George is on top of the world. For young dancer Peppy Miller (Berenice Bejo), the future will be what she makes of it. Vivacious and good-humored, with an incandescent smile and a flapper's ease of movement, Peppy first crosses George's path at his film premiere and then as an extra on his latest film; George even helps her out with her budding career. Peppy's star starts to rise in Hollywood. When the silent era ends, George wants no part of the new technology, and when Kinograph ends all silent film production, George falls by the wayside; he's eventually kicked out by his wife and he moves into a small apartment with Clifton, almost penniless. But Peppy, who is a natural with sound, goes on to become a gigantic star; and eventually George and Peppy met again ... with a much happier ending than either version of "A Star Is Born," which this so clearly resembles. An uplifting love story on all levels. Dujardin won the Best Actor Award at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival; the film won three Golden Globes, Best Motion Picture -- Musical or Comedy, Best Original Score, and Best Actor -- Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Dujardin; it also won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, and Best Actor for Dujardin. Vitals: Director: Michel Hazanavicius. Stars: Jean Dujardin, Berenice Bejo, John Goodman, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Missi Pyle, Ed Lauter, Malcolm McDowell, Uggie.2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 100 min., Comedy-Romance-Drama, Box office gross: $31.779 million, The Weinstein Co./Sony.
21 Jump Street
Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) were enemies in high school who became unlikely friends in Police Academy. While they may not be the best cops on the beat, they have a chance to turn it around when they join the police department's secret Jump Street unit, run by Captain Dickson (Ice Cube). They trade in their guns and badges for backpacks and use their youthful appearances to go undercover in a local high school to investigate a violent and dangerous drug ring. Trouble is, teenagers today are nothing like what they were just a few years ago, and Schmidt and Jenko discover that everything they think they know about being a teenager, from sex to drugs to rock and roll, is all wrong. More importantly, they both find they are still dealing with all of the adolescent problems they didn't address in their own teen years -- and both will have to confront the terror and anxiety of being a teenager again and all the issues they thought they had left behind. Vitals: Director: Phil Lord
Chris Miller. Stars: Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, DeRay Davis, Ice Cube.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 109 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $131.937 million, Sony.
Mirror, Mirror
Comedic take on Snow White. After a beloved King vanishes, his ruthless wife seizes control of the kingdom and keeps her beautiful 18-year-old stepdaughter, Snow White, hidden away in the palace. But when the princess attracts the attention of a charming and wealthy visiting prince, the jealous Queen banishes the girl to a nearby forest. Taken in by a band of rebellious but kindhearted dwarfs, Snow White blossoms into a brave young woman determined to save her country from the Queen. With the support of her new friends, she roars into action to reclaim her birthright and win back her Prince.
Vitals: Director: Tarsem. Stars: Lily Collins, Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, Nathan Lane, Robert Emms, Sean Bean, Mare Winningham, Robert Emms, Michael Lerner.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 106 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $60.993 million, Relativity Media.
Wrath of the Titans
A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus (Sam Worthington) -- the demigod son of Zeus (Liam Neeson) -- is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades (Ralph Fiennes) and Poseidon (Danny Huston). The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus' godly son, Ares, switch loyalties and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans' strength grows stronger as Zeus' remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth. Perseus must bravely embark on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.
Vitals: Director: Jonathan Liebesman. Stars: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Edgar Ramirez, Toby Kebbell, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Danny Huston.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 99 min., Fantasy Action Adventure, Box office gross: $81.990 million, Warner.
A Thousand Words
Eddie Murphy (desperate for a big-screen comeback after many, many flops -- "Dreamgirls" aside)) plays Jack McCall, a fast-talking literary agent who can close any deal, any time, anywhere. He has set his sights on popular New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack's life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard one night. With every word that comes out of Jack’s mouth, another leaf instantly falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree will meet their end. Undeterred, he comes up with some outrageously funny ways to communicate, but ultimately he must face reality. Words have never failed the effusive Jack McCall before, but now he’s only got a thousand words left to discover what matters most in life.
Vitals: Director: Brian Robbins. Stars: Eddie Murohy, Kerry Washington, Allison Janney, Clark Duke, Cliff Curtis, Jack McBrayer.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 91 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $18.185 million, Paramount.
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