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Ancient Aliens: The Complete Season Two
(2010) Three-disc set with 13 episodes, $29.95. Extras: Behind-the-scenes footage. (A&E Home Entertainment).
Barney's Version
(2010) Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, Scott Speedman. Available as a Blu-Ray/DVD Combo Pack with commentary by director Richard J. Lewis, writer Michael Konyves and producer Robert Lantos; 92nd Street Y Q&A with Paul Giamatti and Annette Insdorf; three featurettes: "Mordecai Richler: Barney's Version," "On the Red Carpet" and "Behind the Scenes of Barney's Version." (Sony).
Beastly
(2011) Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Mary-Kate Olsen, Peter Krause Neil Patrick Harris. Extras: Deleted scenes, alternate ending, "Be Mine" music video by Kristina and the Dolls, "A Classic Tale Retold: The Story of Beastly" featurette, "Creating the Perfect Beast" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
Beneath Hill 60
(2010 -- Australia) Brendan Cowell, Harrison Gilbertson, Steve Le Marquand, Gyton Grantley. While blood and carnage rage on the surface during World War I, a deadly game of cat-and-mouse is being played out thirty meters below the trenches as a small, secret platoon of Australian "tunnellers" prepare to ignite the largest stockpile of explosives ever collected in one place to change the course of the War. (Entertainment One).
Billy the Exterminator: The Complete Season Three
(2010) Three-disc set with 17 episodes, $19.95. Extras: Behind-the-scenes footage. (A&E Home Entertainment).
Black Moon
(1975) Louis Malle meets Lewis Carroll in this bizarre and bewitching trip down the rabbit hole. After skirting the horrors of an unidentified war being waged in an anonymous countryside, a beautiful young woman (Cathryn Harrison) takes refuge in a remote farmhouse, where she becomes embroiled in the surreal domestic Odyssey of a mysterious family. Evocatively shot by cinematographer Sven Nykvist, "Black Moon" is a Freudian tale of adolescent sexuality set in a postapocalyptic world of shifting identities and talking animals. It is one of Malle's most experimental films and a cinematic daydream like no other. New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Extras: Archival interview with director Louis Malle, gallery of behind-the-scenes photos, alternate French-dubbed soundtrack, new essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (The Criterion Collection).
Bloodworth
(2010) Kris Kristofferson, Val Kilmer, Hilary Duff, Reece Thompson, Dwight Yoakam, Frances Conroy. A wanderer returns home to Tennessee after 20 years to find the wife he walked out on withered and faded and his three sons grown and angry. Only the old man's grandson treats him with the respect his age commands, and sees past all the hatred to realize the way it can poison a man's soul. (Sony).
Camille 2000
(1969) Daniele Gaubert, Nino Castelnuovo, Eleonora Rossi Drago. From director Radley Metzger, the essential director of elegant erotic arthouse, comes this erotic version of Alexandre Dumas' "The Lady of the Camellias." A child of the sixties sexual revolution, addicted to sex and money and kept by a wealthy man, falls in love with the handsome bachelor Armand, triggering a tragic turn of events. Extended version, new restored high-definition transfer. Extras: "On the Set of Camille 2000," "Restoration of Camille 2000," "Syviane's Bare Striptease," "Cube Love Scene," commentary. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (CAV Distributing).
Deliver Us From Evil
(2009 -- Denmark) Lasse Rimmer, Mogens Pedersen, Jens Andersen, Bojan Navojec. Lars and Johannes are brothers with very little in common. Johannes is a high-powered lawyer with a beautiful wife and two children; Lars is a truck driver and a drunken brute who beats his girlfriend. Having returned to his hometown in the country, Johannes hopes for a less hectic, more genuine lifestyle. But trouble is underfoot when Lars runs over a woman in a moment of inattention and he sees only one way out: put the blame on the Bosnian refugee Alain, whose post-traumatic stress has impaired his mental functions. But when Lars, the God-fearing husband of the victim, and their friends close in on the Bosnian, Johannes stands up for the hard-working man and brings him home with him. Undeterred, the violent, drunken horde makes their way to Johannes´ secluded house, in which Johannes, his wife, his children and Alain all fear for their lives. And when words no longer suffice to contain the madness, an unfathomable series of events unwinds. An award-winning film by Ole Bornedal, director of "Nightwatch." (Entertainment One).
Dog The Bounty Hunter: This Family Means Business
A single disc special collection of adrenaline-fueled episodes to celebrate the series 200th episode, $19.95. (A&E Home Entertainment).
Gettysburg/Gods and Generals Limited Collector's Edition
Good Night Gorilla ... and More Wacky Animal Adventures
(2011) Three-disc set includes the wacky animal adventure "Good Night Gorilla," the classic family favorite "Danny and the Dinosaur," the hilarious tale of "The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash" and a baker's dozen more stories, $24.95. (Scholastic Storybook Treasures).
I'm Dirty! & I Stink!: The Kate And Jim Mcmullan Collection
(2011) The two-disc set includes the two title stories by best-selling authors Kate and Jim McMullan, plus 10 more terrific tales about trucks and trash and boats and bikes. $19.95. (Scholastic Storybook Treasures).
Immigration Tango
(2010) Elika Portnoy, McCaleb Burnett, Carlos Leon, Ashley Wolfe, Avery Sommers, Beth Glover, Steve DuMouchel. An American couple and a foreign couple test the limits of friendship and love when they switch partners and get married for green cards in this flirty romantic comedy. (Lionsgate).
Law & Order: Criminal Intent -- The Sixth Year
(2006-07) Five-disc set with 22 episodes. (Universal).
Lebanon, Pa.
(2010) Josh Hopkins, Samantha Mathis, Mary Beth Hurt, Rachel Kitson. A young man leaves Philadelphia to bury his recently deceased father in small-town Lebanon and forms an unexpected friendship with his bright, newly pregnant 17-year-old cousin. As he becomes interested in her married teacher and his cousin confronts her conflicted father, they struggle with decisions about the future paths their lives will take. (Monarch Home Video).
Max Manus: Man of War
(2008 -- Norway) Aksel Hennie, Agnes Kittelsen, Nicolai Cleve Broch, Ken Duken, Christian Rubeck. Recounts the true saga of young Norwegian soldier Max Manus, a pioneer of Norway's resistance movement and one of the most brilliant saboteurs of World War II, whose aggressive sinking and damaging of German ships of war has become legend. Extras: "Film and Reality," a 45-minute documentary including behind the scenes footage; interview snippets with the directors, cast, and crew; archive interview footage of Manus and daughter. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Music Box Films).
Michael Flatley: Lord of the Dance
(2010) Filmed at sold-out shows in Dublin and London in late 2010. The film was shot in full stereoscopic 3D on 40 state-of-the-art cameras, and stars, for the first time since 1998, the show's creator and Irish dance legend, Michael Flatley. Having toured with multiple troupes every year since 1996, including a performance at the Oscars and recurring residencies in Las Vegas, Lord of the Dance has been seen so far by more than 13 million people worldwide. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Entertainment One).
People on Sunday
(1930) "People on Sunday (Menschen am Sonntag)" represents an astonishing confluence of talent -- an early collaboration by a group of German filmmakers who would all go on to become major Hollywood players, including eventual noir masters Robert Siodmak and Edgar G. Ulmer and future Oscar winners Billy Wilder and Fred Zinneman. This effervescent, sunlit silent film, about a handful of city dwellers enjoying a weekend outing (a charming cast of nonprofessionals), offers a rare glimpse of Weimar-era Berlin. A unique hybrid of documentary and fictional storytelling, "People on Sunday" was both an experiment and a mainstream hit that would influence generations of film artists around the world. New high-definition digital restoration, created in collaboration with the Filmmuseum Amsterdam. Extras: Two scores: a silent-era-style score by the Mont Alto Orchestra and a modern composition by Elena Kats-Chernin, performed by the Czech Film Orchestre, both presented as uncompressed stereo soundtracks on the Blu-ray edition; "Weekend am Wannsee," Gerald Koll's 2000 documentary about the film, featuring an interview with star Brigitte Borchert; "Ins Blaue Hinein," a 36-minute short from 1931 by "People on Sunday" cinematographer Eugen Schüfftan; booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Noah Isenberg and reprints by scriptwriter Billy Wilder and director Robert Siodmak. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (The Criterion Collection).
The Perfect Man
(2011) Malika Blessing, Maya Gilbert, Christian Keyes, Jazsmin Lewis, Elise Neal. A group of close-knit girlfriends stumble upon a book that each believes will help her to recreate her boyfriend into the "perfect man." (Entertainment One).
Rizzoli & Isles: The Complete First Season
(2010) Three-disc set with 10 episodes, $39.99. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurettes, unaired scenes, gag reel. (Warner).
Season of the Witch
(2010) Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, Stephen Graham, Robert Sheehan. Extras: Alternate ending, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes, commentaries. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).
Tetsuo: The Bullet Man
(2009 -- Japan) Eric Bossick, Akiko Mono, Yuko Nakamura, Stephen Sarrazin, Tiger Charlie Gerhardt. A calm office worker whose father ran illegal experiments on human guinea pigs transforms into living metal when his only son is killed in a car accident. (IFC Entertainment).
3 Backyards
(2010) Embeth Davidtz, Edie Falco, Elias Koteas, Rachel Resheff, Kathryn Erbe. Story of three residents of the same town over the course of one seemingly perfect autumn day. The film looks past familiar suburban exteriors and instead peers deeply into the private lives of its characters as they embark on tiny, personal journeys that eventually carry them vast distances from everything that is familiar. A businessman (Elias Koteas) with marital troubles gets "lost" on a business trip without ever leaving town. A little girl (Rachel Resheff) steals her mother's jewelry in the morning and finds herself faced with frightening, adult decisions by late afternoon. A well-meaning housewife (Edie Falco) offers her celebrity neighbor (Embeth Davidtz) a lift and the trip detours into unsettling territory. (Screen Media).
Timmy Time: Picture Day
(2011) Created by Academy Award winning animator Nick Park ("Wallace & Gromit," "Shaun the Sheep"), these five charming children's tales about a sheep and his animal pals offer life lessons designed for little ones. $14.98.(HIT Entertainment/Lionsgate).
Warehouse 13: Season Two
(2010) Three-disc set with 13 episodes, $49.98. (Universal).
The Warrior's Way
(2010) Jang Dong Gun, Geoffrey Rush, Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston. A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission. Extras: Deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox)
White Lightnin'
(2009) Edward Hogg, Carrie Fisher. Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, "the dancing outlaw." As a boy Jesco was in and out of reform school and the insane asylum, so to keep him out of trouble his daddy D-Ray taught him the art of mountain dancing, a frenzied version of tap dancing to wild country banjo music. After his father's death, crazy Jesco dons his father's tap shoes and takes his show on the road. (IFC Entertainment).
Wild Cherry
(2009) Rumer Willis, Tania Raymonde, Kristin Cavallari. Three high school seniors are shocked to discover their names in a legendary book that pairs the school's virgins with football players. Outraged, the girls form a pact to maintain their virginity and get even with the boys. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Image Entertainment).
Zazie Dans le Metro
(1960) A brash and precocious 11-year-old (Catherine Demongeot) comes to Paris for a whirlwind weekend with her rakish uncle (Philippe Noiret); he and the viewer get more than they bargained for in this anarchic comedy from Louis Malle, which treats the City of Light as though it were a pleasure island just waiting to be destroyed. Based on a popular novel by Raymond Queneau that had been considered unadaptable, Malle's audacious hit is a bit of stream-of-conscious slapstick, wall-to-wall with visual gags, editing tricks and effects, and made with flair on the cusp of the French New Wave. New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Extras: Archival interviews with director Louis Malle, novelist Raymond Queneau, and the young actress Catherine Demongeot; "Le Paris de Zazie," an interview with assistant director Philippe Collin; new essay by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (The Criterion Collection).
Barney's Version
Based on Mordecai Richler's prize-winning comic novel, "Barney's Version" is the warm, wise, and witty story of Barney Panofsky (Paul Giamatti), a seemingly ordinary man who lives an extraordinary life. Barney's candid confessional spans four decades and two continents, and includes three wives (Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, and Rachelle Lefevre), one outrageous father (Dustin Hoffman), and a charmingly dissolute best friend (Scott Speedman). A candid confessional, told from Barney's point of view, taking us through the different acts of his unusual history. There is his first wife, Clara (Lefevre), a flame-haired, flagrantly unfaithful free spirit with whom Barney briefly lives 'la vie de Boheme' in Rome. The second Mrs. Panofsky (Driver) is a wealthy Jewish princess who shops and talks incessantly, barely noticing that Barney is not listening. It's at their lavish wedding that Barney meets, and starts pursuing, Miriam, his third wife (Pike), the mother of his two children and his true love. With his father Izzy (Hoffman) as his sidekick, Barney takes us through the many highs, and a few too many lows, of his long and colorful life. Vitals: Director: Richard J. Lewis. Stars: Paul Giamatti, Dustin Hoffman, Rosamund Pike, Minnie Driver, Rachelle Lefevre, Scott Speedman.
2010, CC, MPAA rating: R, 134 min., Drama, Box office gross: $7.431 million, Sony.
Beastly
A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love. Seventeen-year-old Kyle (Alex Pettyfer) is the spoiled, shallow and incredibly popular prince of his high school kingdom. Entirely captivated and empowered by his own physical appearance, Kyle foolishly chooses Kendra (Mary-Kate Olsen), a classmate rumored to be a witch, as his latest target for humiliation. Unfazed by his cruel behavior, Kendra decides to teach him a lesson -- she transforms him into someone as unattractive on the outside as he is on the inside. Now he has one year to find someone who can see past the surface and love him, or he will remain "Beastly" forever. His only hope, an unassuming classmate he never noticed named Lindy (Vanessa Hudgens), may be his best chance to prove that love is never ugly.
Vitals: Director: Daniel Barnz. Stars: Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Mary-Kate Olsen, Peter Krause Neil Patrick Harris.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 86 min., Fantasy Drama, Box office gross: $27.598 million, Sony.
Sucker Punch
Action fantasy that takes us into the vivid imagination of a young girl whose dream world provides the ultimate escape from her darker reality. Unrestrained by the boundaries of time and place, she is free to go where her mind takes her, and her incredible adventures blur the lines between what's real and what is imaginary. She has been locked away against her will, but Babydoll (Emily Browning) has not lost her will to survive. Determined to fight for her freedom, she urges four other young girls -- the outspoken Rocket (Jena Malone), the street-smart Blondie (Vanessa Hudgens), the fiercely loyal Amber (Jamie Chung) and the reluctant Sweet Pea (Abbie Cornish) -- to band together and try to escape their terrible fate at the hands of their captors, Blue (Oscar Isaac), Madam Gorski (Carla Gugino) and the High Roller (Jon Hamm). Led by Babydoll, the girls engage in fantastical warfare against everything from samurais to serpents, with a virtual arsenal at their disposal. Together, they must decide what they are willing to sacrifice in order to stay alive. But with the help of a Wise Man (Scott Glenn), their unbelievable journey -- if they succeed -- will set them free.
Vitals: Director: Zack Snyder. Stars: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Scott Glenn, Oscar Isaac, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 120 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $36.323 million, Warner.
Season of the Witch
Supernatural action adventure about a heroic 14th century crusader, Knight Behmen (Nicolas Cage) and his fellow soldier, Felson (Ron Perlman), who return to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. A beleaguered church, deeming sorcery the culprit of the plague, commands the two knights to transport an accused witch (Claire Foy) to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence. A priest, a grieving knight, an itinerant swindler and a headstrong youth who can only dream of becoming a knight join a mission troubled by a mythically hostile wilderness and a fierce contention over the fate of the girl. The arduous journey across perilous terrain tests their strength and courage as they discover the girl's secret and find themselves battling a terrifyingly powerful force that will determine the fate of the world. Vitals: Director: Dominic Sena. Stars: Nicolas Cage, Ron Perlman, Claire Foy, Stephen Campbell Moore, Stephen Graham, Stephen Graham, Robert Sheehan.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 95 min., Fantasy Thriller, Box office gross: $24.823 million, Fox.
The Warrior's Way
After a lifetime of training in swordsmanship and hand-to-hand combat, the world's most dangerous fighter (Jang Dong Gun) flees his homeland after refusing a mission and tries to start a new life in the American West. But soon the hunter becomes the hunted, and the legendary warrior must wage a fierce, all-out battle against a renegade gang of outlaws and a pack of murderous assassins from his own past.
Vitals: Director: Sngmoo Lee. Stars: Jang Dong Gun, Geoffrey Rush, Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 100 min., Martial Arts/Western, Box office gross: $5.664, million, Fox.
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Numbered limited edition giftset commemorating the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. Includes extended cut of "Gods and Generals" (2003), "Gettysburg Director's Cut" (1993), commentaries, documentaries, more. Set includes a 24" x 36" two-sided Civil War map, a 40-page Civil War artifact photo book, commemorative coin, 32-page extract from Time's "The Civil War" book. Six-disc DVD: $69.92. Also available on Blu-ray Disc: $84.99. Released July 4. (Warner).
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