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(2007 -- Israel) Tzufit Grant, Nati Ravitz, Eyal Shehter, Michal Yannai, Safrira Zachai. Three successful Israeli couples plan a quiet evening together but are interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fortune teller. Her prophecies disturb the group's fragile harmony and each of their lives begins to unravel. A talented ensemble cast movingly portrays these young men and women who are forced to face fears, desires, and life's most difficult decisions. (SISU Home Entertainment).
Chuggington: It's Training Time!
(2011) Six episodes of the train series aimed at the 2 to 7 set, $16.98. (Anchor Bay Entertainment).
Curious George: A Day at the Library
(2011) (Universal).
Diana Rigg at the BBC
(2010) Collection of classic performances by BAFTA and Emmy-winner Diana Rigg: "Three Piece Suite," "Little Eyolf," "Unexplained Laughter", "Genghis Cohn," "Mrs. Bradley Mysteries." $49.98. (BBC/Warner).
Eastbound & Down: The Complete Second Season
(2010) Two-disc set with seven episodes, $29.98. Extras: "Invitation to the Set" behind-the-scenes footage, "Big Red Cockfighting" featurette, deleted scenes, outtakes, commentaries. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (HBO)
Everwood: The Complete Fourth Season
(2005-06) Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98. (Warner).
Exporting Raymond
(2011) Phil Rosenthal, the Emmy Award-winning creator of "Everybody Loves Raymond," takes a journey halfway around the world to detail his struggle to make one of America's favorite sitcoms a successful Russian TV series. Extras: Commentary by writer-director Phil Rosenthal, deleted scenes, Max Rosenthal's "Restaurant" Joke on OldJewsTellingJokes.com, two full episodes of "Everybody Loves Raymond," two full episodes of "Everybody Loves Kostya." Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
Ferris Bueller's Day Off 25th Anniversary
(1986) Dir.: John Hughes; Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, Mia Sara, Jeffrey Jones, Jennifer Grey, Cindy Pickett, Lyman Ward, Edie McClurg, Charlie Sheen, Ben Stein. Extras: "Getting the Class Together: The Cast of Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "The Making of Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Who Is Ferris Bueller?" "The World According to Ben Stein," "Vintage Ferris Bueller: The Lost Tapes," Class Album. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Paramount).
John Pinette: Still Hungry
(2011) Live, sold-out concert event taped at Chicago's famed Vic Theater. The food-obsessed, storytelling Broadway and television star delivers his smart, original, Bill Cosby-influenced observations on everyday life. Extras: Featurettes: "Tour of Chicago," "Looking for John Pinette," "Worst Snowstorm," "In the Make-up Chair," "Fans," "Photo Shoot,"" #1 Fan"; $19.98. (Entertainment One).
MST3K Vs. Gamera: Mystery Science Theater 3000,
Vol. XXI (Deluxe Edition)
Five-disc set is housed in a limited-edition tin, with five mini-posters, and includes the titles "Gamera," "Gamera Vs. Barugon," "Gamera Vs. Gaos," "Gamera Vs. Guiron" and "Gamera Vs. Zigra"; $64.99. Extras: "So Happy Together: A Look Back At MST3K & Gamera," "Gamera Obscura: A History" by August Ragone (author of "Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters"), "Gamera Vs. The Chiodo Brothers," MST Hour host segments, original Japanese trailers. (Shout! Factory).
Maya
(2010) Liron Ben-Chelouch, Gil Frank, Shiri Gadni, Alex Anski, Miki Varshaviak, Addi Kaplan. A young actress lands a role as a mental patient in an avant-garde play. To get in character, she enters a psychiatric ward, but the truth she finds there and her fracturing mental state lead to an explosive conflict with her director. Similar to 'Black Swan,' this edgy Israeli drama walks a thin line between acting and madness. (SISU Home Entertainment).
The Music Never Stopped
(2011) J.K. Simmons, Lou Taylor Pucci, Cara Seymour, Julia Ormond. Once close, Gabriel and his father Henry have spent the last 20 years estranged from each other. But when Gabriel is diagnosed with a brain tumor that doesn't allow his mind to create new memories, he returns home, where Henry hires a music therapist to help engage the young man; eventually the two men forge a common bound through classic rock music. Soundtrack with music by The Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Extras:Commentary by director Jim Kohlberg, interviews with neurologist Oliver Sacks ("Awakenings"), cast interviews, deleted scenes. (Lionsgate).
Outside the Law
(2010 -- France) Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Jamel Debbouze. Drama about the Algerian struggle for independence from France after WWII, as seen through the eyes of three men whose father's farmland was confiscated by the French 30 years before. Extras: Making-of featurette, interview with the director, deleted scenes, cast interviews. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Palisades Tartan).
The Perfect Game
(2009) Clifton Collins Jr., Moises Arias, Ryan Ochoa, Jake T. Austin. They were called "los pequenos gigantes": the little giants. In 1957, a team of impoverished baseball-loving kids from Mexico achieved the impossible. Standing tall against hardships no child should face -- poverty, intolerance -- they crossed the border to achieve a dream: Compete in and win the Little League World Series. Cheech Marin, Lou Gossett Jr., Bruce McGill, Emilie de Ravin snd David Koechner make guest appearances. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Image Entertainment).
Quarantine 2: Terminal
(2011) Mercedes Masohn, Josh Cooke, Mattie Liptak, Ignacio Serricchio, Noree Victoria. Sequel to "Quarantine." The deadly virus has escaped the infected building from the first film and is now on board a late night flight. (Sony).
Soul Surfer
(2011) AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, Carrie Underwood, Kevin Sorbo, Lorraine Nicholson. Extras: Deleted scenes, the documentary "Heart of a Soul Surfer," three behind-the-scenes featurettes: "The Making of Soul Surfer," which explores the making of the film from the filmmaker's perspective; "Becoming Bethany," which shows how AnnaSophia Robb brought her character to life with the help of Bethany Hamilton; and "Surfing for the Screen: Inside the Action." Also available an a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack. (Sony).
Stake Land
(2010) Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis , Danielle Harris. Survivors of a devastated America fight off vampires and religious fanatics as they travel across the land in search of the rumored safe haven of New Eden. Extras: Two feature-length cast and crew commentaries. Also available as a two-disc special edition and Blu-ray Disc, which adds "Going for the Throat: The Making of Stake Land"; "Character Prequels": Seven short films From Directors Larry Fessenden, Danielle Harris, Glenn McQuaid, JT Petty, Graham Reznick; video diaries by Jim Mickle; Toronto International Film Festival premiere and Q&A. (Dark Sky Films/MPI Media Group).
Streetwalkin'
(1985) Melissa Leo, Dale Midkiff, Leon Robinson, Antonio Fargas, Julie Newmar, Randall Batinkoff, Khandi Alexander, Deborah Offner, Greg Germann. Melissa Leo stars as Cookie, a teen runaway who escapes her abusive stepfather and heads for the Big Apple along with her younger brother. When she arrives at the Port Authority bus terminal, she meets a charming but psychopathically violent pimp named Duke . With nowhere to go, Cookie is soon working for Duke, who introduces her to the harsh, brutal life of a prostitute. Extras: Commentary with director-writer Joan Freeman and producer-writer Robert Alden, reversible DVD cover with original '80s theatrical poster key art on the other side, trailers. (Shout! Factory).
Tracy Morgan: Black and Blue
(2010) Morgan's first-ever stand-up special, filmed at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem, $19.97. Extras: Deleted scenes. (HBO).
United States of Tara: The Third Season
(2011) Two-disc set with 12 episodes, $46.99. (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount).
Zen: Vendetta, Cabal, Ratking
(2011) Two-disc set with three feature-length episodes of the new (debuting July) BBC/PBS adaptation of the best-selling novels by Michael Dibdin about detective Aurelio Zen (Rufus Sewell) and his criminal investigations in Rome. Co-stars Caterina Murino and Callum Blue. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (BBC/Warner).
Stake Land
America is a lost nation. When an epidemic of vampirism strikes, humans find themselves on the run from vicious, feral beasts. Cities are tombs and survivors cling together in rural pockets, fearful of nightfall. When his family is slaughtered, young Martin ("Gossip Girl's" Connor Paolo) is taken under the wing of a grizzled survivalist (Nick Damici, who co-wrote the screenplay). Simply known as Mister, the vampire stalker takes Martin on a journey through the locked-down towns of America's heartland, searching for a better place (New Eden, in Canada) while taking down any bloodsuckers that cross their path. Along the way they recruit fellow travellers, including a nun (Kelly McGillis) who is caught in a crisis of faith when her followers turn into ravenous beasts, and a pregnant young woman (Danielle Harris). This ragtag family unit cautiously moves north, avoiding major thoroughfares that have been seized by The Brethren, a fundamentalist militia headed by Jebedia Loven (Michael Cerveris), that interprets the plague as the Lord's work. This is a vampire film with a heart and a soul: Despite its straight-ahead vampire killing action, there's plenty of time for characterization and the development of subthemes; director Jim Mickle and Damici work in thoughtful conversations and ideas about loneliness, teamwork, freedom and family. In fact, the film revolves around the nuclear family of sorts: the survivalist, who takes the young man under his wing and becomes his surrogate father, teaching him the ways of the world; the motherly nun; and the pregnant girl. It's a stylish, moody, trippy coming-of-age story with a stake in its hand.
Vitals: Director: Jim Mickle. Stars: Connor Paolo, Nick Damici, Kelly McGillis, Michael Cerveris, Danielle Harris.
2010, CC, MPAA rating: R, 96 min., Horror Thriller, Box office gross: $.018 million, Dark Sky Films/MPI Media Group.
Exporting Raymond
Phil Rosenthal, the Emmy Award-winning creator of "Everybody Loves Raymond," takes a journey halfway around the world to detail his struggle to make one of America's favorite sitcoms a successful Russian TV series. Rosenthal, who created one of the most successful sitcoms of all time, was a bona-fide expert in his craft. And then ... the Russians called. In "Exporting Raymond," a very funny comedy that could only exist in real life, Rosenthal travels to Russia to help adapt his beloved sitcom for Russian television. The Russians don't share his tastes. They don't seem to share his sense of humor. But what Rosenthal does discover is a real comedy, filled with unique characters and situations that have to be seen to be believed. An audience award winner at festivals all across the country, the film proves that even if you've never seen "Everybody Loves Raymond," you'll still enjoy this wildly entertaining film.
Vitals: Director: Phil Rosenthal
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 88 min., Documentary, Box office gross: $.083 million, Sony.
Rio
Captured as a young bird from the wild, Blu (Jesse Eisenberg) is a domesticated Spix Macaw living thousands of miles away from his homeland, Brazil. When his human owner Linda (Leslie Mann) discovers that he is the last male of his kind, they head south to Rio de Janeiro to meet the only other female. But it's far from love at first sight between the socially-awkward, flight-challenged Blu and the fiercely independent, high-flying female, Jewel (Anne Hathaway). Shortly after Blu's arrival, the two rare birds are captured by greedy animal smugglers and find themselves lost in the Brazilian rainforest. With the help of street smart Jewel, and a group of wise-cracking and smooth-talking city birds, Blu escapes. Now, with his new friends by his side, Blu will have to find the courage to learn to fly, thwart the kidnappers who are hot on their trail, and return to Linda, the best friend a bird ever had. Vitals: Director: Carlos Saldanha. Stars: Voices of Leslie Mann, Kelly Keaton, Jesse Eisenberg, Wanda Sykes, Jane Lynch, Jamie Foxx, will.i.am, Anne Hathaway.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: G, 95 min., Animated, Box office gross: $137.781 million, Fox.
Soul Surfer
The incredible true story of teen surfer Bethany Hamilton (AnnaSophia Robb), who lost her arm in a shark attack and courageously overcame all odds to become a champion again, through her sheer determination and unwavering faith. In the wake of this life-changing event that took her arm and nearly her life, Bethany's feisty determination and steadfast beliefs spur her toward an adventurous comeback that gives her the grit to turn her loss into a gift for others. Bethany Hamilton was born to surf. A natural talent who took to the waves at a young age, she was leading an idyllic, sun-drenched, surfer girl's life on the Kauai Coast, competing in national competitions with her best friend Alana (Lorraine Nicholson), when everything changed in a heartbeat. On Halloween morning, Bethany was on a typical ocean outing when a 14-foot tiger shark came out of nowhere and seemed to shatter all her dreams. Strengthened by the love of her parents, Tom (Dennis Quaid) and Cheri (Helen Hunt), she refused to give in or give up, and began a bold return to the water.
Vitals: Director: Sean McNamara. Stars: AnnaSophia Robb, Helen Hunt, Dennis Quaid, Carrie Underwood, Kevin Sorbo, Lorraine Nicholson.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 106 min., Drama, Box office gross: $40.610 million, Sony.
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