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Brave New Voices 2010
(2011) HBO special taped at the 2010 Brave New Voices National Youth Poetry Slam Championship at the Saban Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Rosario Dawson, featuring the verbal adrenalin of the final four competing teams from Denver, Albuquerque, the California Bay Area and New York City. $19.96. (HBO Home Entertainment).
Captain America
(1990) Matt Salinger, Scott Paulin, Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Darren McGavin, Michael Nouri, Melinda Dillon. Frozen in the ice for decades, Captain America is freed to battle arch-criminal the Red Skull, who wants to assassinate the president of the United States. (MGM).
Clifford the Big Red Dog: Dog Days of Summer
(2011) Five Clifford episodes in which the oversized dog has adventures with his friends and learns big lessons about friendship, loyalty and ways to take positive action and make the world a better place. $14.98. (Lionsgate).
Cracks
(2010) Eva Green, Juno Temple, Maria Valverde, Imogen Poots. An English girls boarding school is thrown into disarray when a wild and self-confident transfer student arrives from Spain. (IFC Films).
Doctor Who: Series Six, Part One
(2010) Starring Matt Smith and Karen Gillan. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (BBC/Warner).
Dive! Living Off America's Waste
(2009) Every year in America we throw away 96 billion pounds of food -- 263 million pounds a day! Inspired by a curiosity about society's careless habit of sending good, edible food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning documentary "Dive!" follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and friends as they dumpster dive in the back alleys and gated garbage receptacles of Los Angeles' supermarkets. In the process, they salvage thousands of dollars worth of good, edible food -- resulting in an eye-opening documentary that is equal parts entertainment, guerilla journalism and call to action. (First Run features).
Dumbstruck
(2011) Documentary follows five ventriloquists or "vents" over the course of a year to tell their story about their passion for the performance and how they found a life with a dummy. Thirteen year-old Dylan dreams of a life on stage with his puppet, while his dad wishes he would be more athletic and join the football team. A former Miss Ohio beauty queen longs to make it on to a cruise-ship while Dan, a veteran cruise-ship entertainer, struggles to find more balance in his home life. Wilma just loves to entertain people, taking her dummies with her to the senior home or a local Walmart. Lastly, comes the most successful of the five, Terry Fator, a struggling vent who went on to win the second season of "America's Got Talent" and a five-year, $100 million contract to perform each night at the Mirage Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Extras: Making-of featurette, deleted scenes, extended interviews. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
The Girls Next Door: Season Six
(2011) Two-disc set introducing Hugh Hefner's most recent trio of girlfriends and including
footage not seen on E! $24.98. (MPI Media Group).
Go, Diego, Go!: Fiercest Animal Rescues!
(2011) Gorillas, grizzly bears, hippos and more pack this brand new DVD, which includes a never-before-seen double-length adventure, "Fiercest Animals!" as well as "Cotton-top Tamarin Cave Rescue" and "Pampas and Friends Help the Rescue Center." Diego saves animals in Africa, Australia and Alaska. $16.99. (Nickelodeon/Paramount).
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill A Mockingbird
(2011) After more than half a century, "To Kill a Mockingbird" remains a beloved bestseller and one of the most influential American novel of the 20th Century. Nearly 1 million copies are sold each year and the novel has been translated into more than 40 languages. The film version, starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, won a trio of Academy Awards. Behind it all was a young Southern girl named Nelle Harper Lee, who once said that all she wanted to be is the Jane Austen of South Alabama. This documentary explores Lee's life and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding her, including why she never published again. Extras: Extended interviews with Mary Badham, James McBride and Oprah Winfrey, director interview and biography. (First Run features).
House of the Rising Sun
(2011) Dave Bautista, Amy Smart, Dominic Purcell, Danny Trejo, Craig Fairbrass. An ex-cop -- now working security at a New Orleans strip club -- gets implicated in the robbery of the club and the murder of the owner's son, and most strike out on his own to clear his name, staying one step ahead of the police and the mob. Extras: Commentary by director Brian A. Miller, behind-the-scenes featurette, cast interviews. (Lionsgate).
The Kids Grow Up
(2009) A humorous and deeply moving documentary look at father-daughter relationships, modern-day parenting, marriage and the looming empty nest by award-winning director Doug Block. $29.95. (Docurama).
Kill/Capture
(2011) PBS Frontline program investigation. Behind the strike that killed Osama bin Laden was one of the U.S. military's best kept secrets: An extraordinary campaign by elite U.S. soldiers to take out thousands of Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters. A six-month investigation went inside the military's kill/capture operations to discover new evidence of the program's impact -- and its costs. $24.99. (PBS Distribution).
Limitless
(2011) Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro. Extras: "A Man Without Limits" featurette, "Taking It to the Limit: The Making of Limitless," alternate ending, unrated extended cut. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds a digital copy. (Fox).
Lou
(2010 -- Australia) Lily Bell Tindley, John Hurt, Emily Barclay. A young girl, who blames her mother for her father walking out on the family, bonds with her recntly arrived grandfather, who, in his befuddled old age, begins to mistake her for his long-departed wife. (Monarch Home Entertainment).
Melrose Place: The Sixth Season, Volume Two
(1998) Three-disc set with 12 episodes, $42.99. (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount).
The Music Room
(1958) With "The Music Room" (Jalsaghar), Satyajit Ray (Pather Panchali) brilliantly evokes the crumbling opulence of the world of a fallen aristocrat (the beloved actor Chhabi Biswas) desperately clinging to his way of life. His greatest joy is the music room in which he has hosted lavish concerts over the years -- now a shadow of its former vivid self. An incandescent depiction of the clash between tradition and modernity, and a showcase for some of India's most popular musicians of the day, "The Music Room" is a defining work by the great Bengali filmmaker. New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Extras: "Satyajit Ray "(1984), a feature documentary by Shyam Benegal that chronicles Ray's career and includes interviews with the filmmaker, family photographs, and extensive clips from his films; new interview with filmmaker Mira Nair; new interview in which Ray biographer Andrew Robinson discusses the making of "The Music Room" and the film's cultural significance; excerpt from a 1981 French roundtable discussion with Ray, film critic Michel Ciment, and filmmaker Claude Sautet; a booklet featuring an essay by critic Philip Kemp as well as reprints of a 1963 essay by Ray and a 1986 interview with the director about the film's music. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (The Criterion Collection).
My Own Love Song
(2010) Renee Zellweger, Forest Whitaker, Madeline Zima, Nick Nolte. Still recovering from unimaginable tragedy, wheelchair-bound singer Jane (Zellweger) and firefighter Joey (Whitaker) embark on an unforgettable road trip to New Orleans to find the son she gave up for adoption. Original soundtrack by Bob Dylan. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Inception Media Group).
Peep World
(2010) Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Rainn Wilson, Ben Schwartz, Judy Greer, Kate Mara, Taraji P. Henson, Ron Rifkin, Lesley Ann Warren. At their father's 70th birthday, a dysfunctional family comes to term with a thinly-veiled expose of a novel written by the youngest son. Black comedy. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (IFC Films).
Potiche
(2011 -- France) Dir.: Francois Ozon; Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godreche, Jeremie Renier, Sergi Lopez. Extras: "Making of Potiche," costume tests, "70s Trailer," a two-minute teaser trailer meant to spoof the '70s style of movie trailers. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Music Box Films).
The Smurfs: A Magical Smurf Adventure
(2011) Two-disc set with 10 episodes, $19.97. Extras: "Smurf Speak" and "Smurftastic Moments!" (Warner).
Take Me Home Tonight
(2011) Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler, Teresa Palmer, Chris Pratt, Michelle Trachtenberg, Michael Ian Black, Michael Biehn. Extras: Deleted scenes, cast get together, music boombox, music video. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).
Tekken
(2010) Jon Foo, Kelly Overton, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ian Anthony Dale, Darrin DeWitt Henson, Gary Daniels, Luke Goss, Tamlyn Tomita. The year is 2039. World wars have destroyed everything and territories are run by corporations, the mightiest -- and cruelest -- of which is Tekken. Jin Kazama (John Foo) witnesses the death of his mother Jun (Tomita) by Tekken in the slums known as Anvil. Vowing vengeance, and armed only with his street smarts and raw fighting skills, he enters a dangerous and potentially deadly combat tournament, where he must defeat the world's most elite fighters to become the "King of the Iron Fist." Available on DVD and in a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Combo. (Anchor Bay).
There Were Nights
(2010 -- Israel) Dana Ivgy, Moshe Ivgy. A film of love, loss and hard choices: Gony's father lost his reputation, his pride and his desire to live after serving a short prison sentence 20 years ago; then he lost his wife, Gony's mother, to cancer. Since then, Gony has served as her father's emotional crutch, living through his terror and loss. But Now, at 25, she's about to make her first steps into the world -- but only after overcoming the grip of her father's desperate loneliness and sense of loss. The Ivgys are a real-life father-daughter acting team. (SISU Home Entertainment).
Top Gear: The Complete First Season
(2010) Nine episodes of the American version of the hit British car series. Extras: Commentary, webisodes. (BBC/Warner).
Torchwood: The Complete Original UK Series
Available as a 14-disc DVD set, $119.98, and a 12-disc Blu-ray set, $129.99; with more than 10 hours of bonus features. (BBC/Warner).
Young Justice: Season One, Volume One
(2010-11) Justice League sidekicks Robin, Aqualad, Kid Flash, Miss Martian and Artemis team to battle evil. $14.97. (Warner).
Zonad
(2009) Simon Delaney, Janice Byrne, Donna Dent, Kevin Maher, Geoff Minogue. An escapee from an alcohol rehab clinic passes himself off as an alien from outer space, becoming an instant local celebrity and getting all the beer he wants, a nice place to live, and the endless attentions of the women of the small Irish town of Ballymoran. (FilmBuff/MPI Media Group).
Limitless
Aspiring author Eddie Morra (Bradley Cooper) is suffering from chronic writer's block, but his life changes instantly when an old friend introduces him to NZT, a revolutionary new pharmaceutical that allows him to tap his full potential. With every synapse crackling, Eddie can recall everything he has ever read, seen or heard, learn any language in a day, comprehend complex equations and beguile anyone he meets -- as long as he keeps taking the untested drug. Soon Eddie takes Wall Street by storm, parlaying a small stake into millions. His accomplishments catch the eye of mega-mogul Carl Van Loon (Robert De Niro), who invites him to help broker the largest merger in corporate history. But they also bring Eddie to the attention of people willing to do anything to get their hands on his stash of NZT. With his life in jeopardy and the drug's brutal side effects grinding him down, Eddie dodges mysterious stalkers, a vicious gangster and an intense police investigation as he attempts to hang on to his dwindling supply long enough to outwit his enemies.
Vitals: Director: Neil Burger. Stars: Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 105 min., Sci-Fi Thriller, Box office gross: $77.563 million, Fox.
Potiche
Set in 1977 in a provincial French town, "Potiche" is a witty and charming comedy starring Catherine Deneuve as Suzanne Pujol, a housebound "trophy housewife" (or "potiche") who steps in to manage the umbrella factory run by her tyrannical husband (Fabrice Luchini) after the workers go on strike and he gets ill. To everyone's surprise, Suzanne proves herself a competent and assertive woman of action. Gerard Depardieu plays a union leader and Suzanne's ex-beau who still holds a flame for her. A satirical and hilarious take on the war between the sexes and classes. In French with English subtitles.
Vitals: Director: Francois Ozon. Stars: Catherine Deneuve, Gerard Depardieu, Fabrice Luchini, Karin Viard, Judith Godreche, Jeremie Renier, Sergi Lopez.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 103 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $1.611 million, Music Box Films.
Take Me Home Tonight
Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin should be working for a Fortune 500 company and starting his upward climb to full-fledged yuppie-hood. Instead, the directionless 23-year-old takes a part-time job behind the counter of a video store at the Sherman Oaks Galleria. But, Matt's silent protest against maturity comes to a screeching halt once his unrequited high school crush, Tori Frederking, walks into the store. When she invites him to an epic, end-of-summer party, Matt thinks he finally might have a chance with the girl of his dreams. With his cynical twin sister Wendy and best friend Barry, Matt embarks on a once-in-a-lifetime evening that will change the course of their lives on one unforgettable night in the Go-Go '80s. Vitals: Director: Michael Dowse. Stars: Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler, Teresa Palmer, Chris Pratt, Michelle Trachtenberg, Michael Ian Black, Michael Biehn.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 98 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $6.7 million, Fox.
Amelie
(2001)
Beauty and the Beast
(1946) (Criterion)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
(2008)
Boyz N the Hood
(1991)
Bridget Jones's Diary
(2001)
Chocolat
(2000)
The Music Room
(1958)
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