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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1948) Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Lenore Aubert. Also available on DVD. (Universal).
Agatha Christie's Poirot, Series 6
(1995) Four-disc set with four PBS Masterpiece Mystery features: "Hercule Poirot's Christmas," "Hickory Dickory Dock," "Murder on the Links," "Dumb Witness." Remastered and in original U.K. broadcast order. Formats: DVD, $39.99. (Acorn Media).
Airport BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1970) Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Jean Seberg, Jacqueline Bisset, George Kennedy, Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Maureen Stapleton, Barry Nelson, Dana Wynter, Lloyd Nolan, Barbara Hale, Gary Collins. Also available on DVD. (Universal).
The Amazing World of Gumball The DVD
(2012) Single-disc with 12 episodes from the first season of the Cartoon Network's animated series about a blue cat with a giant head (Gumball) who's chased around school by a T-Rex, befriends a piece of toast, and has a crush on a peanut with antlers. Formats: DVD, $14.97. (Cartoon Network/Warner).
Apartment 143
(2011 -- Spain) Francesc Garrido, Fiona Glascott, Rick Gonzalez, Kai Lennox. A team of parapsychologists try to figure out a strange phenomenon occurring in an apartment building.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
Area 407
(2012) Abigail Schrader, Samantha Lester, James Lyons, Melanie Lyons. Found footage horror film about the survivors of an airplane crash who find themselves within the borders of a government testing area ... pursued by predators that are part of a top-secret government experiment. Formats: DVD. (IFC Films).
Battleground (aka Skeleton Lake)
(2012) Bryan Larkin, Hugh Lambe, Bob Cymbalski, Robert Nolan. When a bank heist goes wrong, six ruthless bank robbers become stranded in an off-the-grid forest when their vehicle goes missing during the planning of their escape. With more than $3 million dollars and a flight out of the country at stake, the men attempt to navigate out of the woods only to encounter a highly-skilled Vietnam War veteran who uses his military training and tactics to track and kill all who enter the forest. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Download. Extras: (Well Go USA).
Battleship
(2012) Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgard, Tadanobu Asano, Josh Pence, Rihanna, Peter MacNicol, Hamish Linklater, Stephen Bishop, David Jensen. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Three featurettes: "Preparing for Battle," "All Hands on Deck: The Cast," "Engage in Battle." Blu-ray adds alternate ending pre-visualization, "The Visual Effects of Battleship," "All Access with Director Peter Berg," "USS Missouri VIP Tour," "Commander Pete," "Alien Tech 3D Model Turntable Explosions." (Universal).
A Beginner's Guide to Endings
(2010) Scott Caan, Paulo Costanzo, Jason Jones, Tricia Helfer, Harvey Keitel, J.K. Simmons. Three brothers -- who underwent unsafe drug tests when young -- discover that they have only a short time to live and decide to chase after their dreams. One decides to hook up with the girl who got away, the second decides to take every risk in life he didn't take earlier, and the eldest, a boxer turned promoter, goes for the long shot. Formats: DVD. (Entertainment One).
Blood Money
(2012) Zheng Liu, Pitbull, Gordon Liu. A Colombian drug cartel joins forces with a group of Hong Kong Triads and the hottest hitman on the planet to ship two tons of cocaine into Australia and China. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (XLrator Media).
Boardwalk Empire: The Complete Second Season
(2011) Twelve episodes. Five-disc DVD set and seven-disc Blu-ray set (five Blu-rays and two DVDs of extras), $59.99 and $79.98 respectively. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: DVD: "Back to Boardwalk": Revisit Season One with creator-executive producer Terence Winter in a 15-minute recap; "The Money Decade": Explore the legacy of the 1920s and get an inside look at the styles and trends that made the decade "roar"; "Updates to the Boardwalk"; "Character Dossier"; Season Two Promo Spot; six audio commentaries with cast and crew. Blu-ray adds "Living in 1921" featurette about the styles, sounds and events that defined 1921 in an interactive guide; "Secrets of the Past: Storytelling in Episode 11"; "Interactive Character Dossier." (HBO Home Entertainment).
Changing the Game
(2011) Tony Todd, Irma P. Hall, Sticky Fingaz, Suzzanne Douglas, Charli Baltimore, Dennis L.A. White. A supremely intelligent young African-American male rises from the ferocious and oppressive streets of North Philadelphia to become a shining star in the lucrative world of high finance at Wall Street's most prestigious firm to soon discover that the white-collar world is filled with crime and death just like the drug-filled hood he left behind. Formats: DVD. (Lionsgate).
Darling Companion
(2012) Diane Keaton, Kevin Kline, Dianne Wiest, Richard Jenkins, Elisabeth Moss, Mark Duplass. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Three behind-the-scenes featurettes, "On the Red Carpet: New York Premiere," commentary with director Lawrence Kasdan, co-writer Meg Kasdan and Kevin Kline. (Sony).
Eclipse Series 35: Maidstone and Other Films by Norman Mailer
(2011) Norman Mailer is remembered for many things -- his novels, his essays, his articles, his activism, his ego. One largely forgotten chapter of his life, however, is his late-60s, headlong, kamikaze-style plunge into making experimental films. These rough-hewn, self-financed, largely improvised metafictions are works of madness and bravado, all starring Mailer himself and with technical assistance from cinema verite trailblazers D. A. Pennebaker and Richard Leacock. The fullest realization of his directorial efforts is the blustering, brawling "Maidstone" (1970), a shocking sign of the political times in which Mailer plays a filmmaker and presidential candidate who may be the target of an assassination attempt. Along with Mailer’s other films of the period -- "Wild 90" (1967) and "Beyond the Law" (1968) -- it shows an uncompromising artist in thrall to both himself and a new medium.
Formats: DVD. Two-disc set, $39.95. (The Criterion Collection).
'50s TV Classics
(2011) Three-disc set with eight hours of TV comedy from Bob Hope, Ed Sullivan, Milton Berle, Red Skelton, Dinah Shore, Lawrence Welk, Art Carney, Paul Winchell, Jerry Mahoney, Ed Wynn and more. Formats: DVD, $24.98. (Film Crest).
Green Lantern The Animated Series: Rise of the Red Lanterns
(2012) Two-disc set with 13 episodes and a digital comic book, $19.97. (Warner).
Harvey BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1950) Dir.: Henry Koster; James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy Dow, Charles Drake, Cecil Kellaway, Victoria Horne, Jesse White. Also available on DVD. (Universal).
Headhunters
(2012 -- Norway) Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnove Macody Lund, Eivind Sander, Julie R. Olgaard. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
The Heineken Kidnapping
(2011 -- Netherlands) Rutger Hauer, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Gijs Naber, Teun Kuilboer, Korneel Evers. Fact-based thriller about the 1983 kidnapping of Alfred Heineken, the man behind the Dutch brewing giant. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (MPI Home Video).
Homeland: The Complete First Season
(2011) Four-disc set with 12 episodes, $59.98. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Under Surveillance -- Making Homeland" featurette, deleted scenes. (Showtime/Paramount).
Injustice
(2012) James Purefoy, Dervla Kirwan, Charlie Creed-Miles, Nathaniel Parker. Purefoy leads a distinguished cast in a five-part thriller of murder, conspiracy, secrets, and guilt. He plays defense barrister William Travers, who has fled from London murder trials to the peace of the Suffolk countryside with his family. He is called upon to defend an old friend in a homicide that may be much more than it seems, even as death strikes close to home and he becomes a target of investigation himself. Formats: DVD, $39.99. (Acorn Media).
Jersey Shore: Season 5 (uncensored)
(2012) Three-disc set with 11 episodes, $26.99. Formats: DVD. Extras: Reunion special, cast interviews, deleted scenes, confessionals, after hours specials. (MTV/Paramount).
Jersey Shore Shark Attack
(2012) Jeremy Luke, Melissa Molinaro, Paul Sorvino, Jack Scalia, Joey Fatone, Vinny Guadagnino, William Atherton, Tony Sirico. A crew of Jerseyites who band together against killer sharks that threaten to spoil their summer fun by eating them alive. Syfy Saturday Original Movie. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Anchor Bay).
The Jungle Bunch: The Movie
(2012) John Lithgow. The tale of Maurice, a penguin who was raised in the jungle and who thinks he's a tiger -- and who assembles a misfit team of jungle friends to return to the Antarctic to defend his colony from an invading herd of walruses. Formats: DVD. Universal).
Jurassic Park
(1993) Dir.: Steven Spielberg; Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck. Wayne Knight. Part of Universal's 100th Anniversary. Formats: DVD with Digital copy. Extras: Documentary, pre-production meetings, storyboards, foley artists, Phil Tippett animatics, production photo's and notes, Dinosaur Encyclopedia, Theatrical Trailers for "Jurassic Park," "Lost World" and "Jurassic Park III." (Universal).
Life Happens
(2011) Krysten Ritter, Kate Bosworth, Rachel Bilson. A comedy centered on three best friends who live under the same roof in Los Angeles and the complications that arise when one of them gets pregnant and has a baby. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD. Extras: (Universal).
Looney Tunes The Chuck Jones Collection Mouse Chronicles
(2011) Two-disc set features 19 remastered, theatrical shorts that showcase some of animation's most delightfully mischievous mice and their daring adventures, featuring the remarkable work of animation legend Chuck Jones. Included here: "Naughty but Mice," "Little Brother Rat," "Sniffles and the Bookworm," "Sniffles Takes a Trip," "The Egg Collector," "Bedtime for Sniffles," "Sniffles Bells the Cat," "Toy Trouble," "The Brave Little Bat," "The Unbearable Bear," "Lost and Foundling," "Hush my Mouse," "The Aristo Cat," "Trap Happy Porky," "Roughly Squeaking," "House Hunting Mice," "Mouse Wreckers," "The Hypo-chondri-cat," "Cheese Chasers." Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Extended Edition Blu-ray
Five-disc set of the Extended Edition: Two discs of the feature and three discs of bonus material. $34.99. Read the complete press release with list of bonus features (Warner).
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Extended Edition Blu-ray
Five-disc set of the Extended Edition: Two discs of the feature and three discs of bonus material. $34.99. Read the complete press release with list of bonus features (Warner).
The Lucky One
(2012) Zac Efron, Taylor Schilling, Blythe Danner, Riley Thomas Stewart. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). (Warner).
Monsieur Lazhar
(2011) Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nelisse, Emilien Neron, Marie-Eve Beauregard, Vincent Millard. At a Montreal public grade school, an Algerian immigrant is hired to replace a popular teacher who committed suicide in her classroom. While helping his students deal with their grief, his own recent loss is revealed, and he brings humanity, transcendence and grace to the students. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Zac Efron Becomes a Marine" featurette, "Watch the Sparks Fly: The Romantic World of The Lucky One," "Zac and Taylor's Amazing Chemistry" featurette. (Warner).
The Moth Diaries
(2011) Sarah Bolger, Sarah Gadon, Lily Cole. Chilling story of 16-year-old girl, haunted by her poet father's recent suicide, who becomes suspicious of a mysterious, ethereal and captivating new girl who arrives at her private school, turning everyone's world upside down. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (IFC Films).
The Newest Pledge
(2012) Rob Steinhauser, Joseph Booton, Jason Mewes, Mindy Sterling. A hard partying fraternity decides to pledge a baby that they find on their doorstep the morning after their most decadent party of the semester. Formats: DVD. Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes. (Lionsgate).
Penumbra
(2011 -- Argentina) Cristina Brondo, Camila Bordonaba, Berta Muniz. An arrogant businesswoman from Spain travels to Buenos Aires to find a renter for her family's apartment, only to meet an eerie man who she soon realizes has a part in a rare solar eclipse taking place over South America. Formats: DVD. (IFC Midnight/MPI Media Group).
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
(2012) Swashbuckling stop-motion animation with the voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Imelda Staunton, David Tennant, Jeremy Piven, Salma Hayek, Anton Yelchin, Brendan Gleeson, Al Roker. Formats: DVD, 3D Blu-ray/DVD Combo, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Filmmakers' commentary, "So You Want to Be A Pirate!" mini-movie, "Mr. Bobo's Flash Card Challenge," DVD-ROM link to online fun. Blu-ray adds "Pirate Disguise Dress-Up" game, "From Stop to Motion" featurette, "Creating the Bath Chase Sequence" featurette, two Peter Lord short films. (Sony).
Quadrophenia
(1979) The Who's classic rock opera "Quadrophenia" was the basis for this invigorating coming-of-age movie and depiction of the defiant, drug-fueled London of the early 1960s. Our antihero, Jimmy (Phil Daniels), is a teenager dissatisfied with family, work, and love, who identifies with the fashionable, pill-popping, scooter-driving mods, a group whose opposition to the motorcycle-riding rockers leads to a climactic riot in Brighton. Director Franc Roddam's rough-edged film is a quintessential chronicle of youthful rebellion and turmoil, with Pete Townshend's brilliant songs (including "I've Had Enough," "5:15" and "Love, Reign O'er Me") providing emotional support, and featuring Sting and Ray Winstone in early roles. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Director-approved special edition features new high-definition digital restoration of the uncut version, with the original 2.0 stereo soundtrack as well as an all-new 5.1 surround mix, supervised by the Who and presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition. Extras: New audio commentary featuring director Franc Roddam and director of photography Brian Tufano; new interview with Bill Curbishley, the film's co-producer and the Who's co-manager; new interview with the Who's sound engineer, Bob Pridden, discussing the new mix, featuring a restoration demonstration; on-set and archival footage; behind-the-scenes photographs; booklet featuring an essay by critic Nick James, a reprinted personal history by original mod Irish Jack, and Pete Townshend's liner notes from the album. (The Criterion Collection).
Searching for Sonny
(2011) Jason Dohring, Minka Kelly, Michael Hogan, Masi Oka. Comedy about a 10-year-high school reunion in which three friends find themselves the chief suspects in a murder that seems eerily similar to a play they performed in high school. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, VOD. (Red Productions).
Shark Week
(2012) Josh Allen, Bart Baggett, Patrick Bergin, Paul Borst, Yancy Butler. A group of complete strangers find themselves isolated by a wealthy madman on his island compound, where they're forced into a horrifying gauntlet where they must survive a barrage of ever deadlier species of shark. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (The Asylum).
SpongeBob SquarePants: Ghoul Fools
(2011) Seven ghoulishy fun episodes: "Ghoul Fools," "The Curse of Bikini Bottom," "Ghost Host," "Born Again Krabs," "Arrgh!," "Your Shoe's Untied," "Money Talks."
Formats: DVD, $15.99. (Nick/Paramount).
Starship Troopers: Invasion
(2012) New CGI-animated adventure has the Troopers on a perilous mission to rescue survivors of a Federation outpost under attack by the bugs. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes, 11-part making-f featurette. Blu-ray adds conceptual art gallery. (Sony).
The Streets of San Francisco Season Four
(1975-76) Volume 1 and Volume 2, $42.99 each. (CBS/Paramount).
The Terminator Anthology Blu-ray
Five-disc set with all four "Terminator" films, $49.99 from Best Buy.
Extras: The Terminator: A Retrospective, deleted scenes, three versions of "T2": theatrical, extended and special editions; "T2" commentary with James Cameron and writer William Wisher, "T2" cast and crew commentary, deleted scenes/outtakes, eight hours of interactive special features: behind-the-scenes video and multimedia galleries, storyboard-script mode, quizzes and games, "Terminator: Rise of the Machines": three Audio Commentaries, "Terminator Salvation" mythology timelines, "Terminator Salvation" "Re-Forging the Future" documentary. (Warner).
Think Like a Man
(2012) Michael Ealy, Jerry Ferrara, Meagan Good, Regina Hall, Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Romany Malco, Gabrielle Union, Wendy Williams, Chris Brown. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Deleted scenes, blooper reel. Blu-ray adds four behind-the-scenes featurettes. (Sony).
Two And A Half Men: The Complete Ninth Season
(2011-12) Three-disc set with 24 episodes, $44.98. Formats: DVD. Extras: The "Billionaire Upgrade: Walden Schmidt's Malibu House Redesign" featurette, gag reel. (Warner).
The Viral Factor
(2012 -- Hong Kong) Jay Chou, Lin Peng, Nicholas Tse, Andy On, Bing Bai. Read more about "The Viral Factor" in the August Calendar. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Download. Extras: "The Making of The Viral Factor" featurette, cast and crew interviews. (Well Go USA).
The Walking Dead: The Complete Second Season
(2011) Four-disc set with 13 episodes. Formats: DVD, $59.98; Blu-ray Disc, $69.99. Extras: Behind-the-scenes footage, 10 featurettes, commentaries. (Anchor Bay).
You've Got a Friend
(2007 -- TV) John Schneider, Dylan McLaughlin, Chase Ellison, Bitty Schram. Set in 1976, San Diego native Bobby Graham loses his parents to a car accident and is sent to live with his aunt and uncle in Eagle Rock. Determined to follow in his late father's footsteps, he sets out to accomplish his dream of winning the American Soapbox Derby with the help of an unlikely friend, war veteran and town recluse, Jim Klecan. Bobby may think that Jim is helping him to win the race, but it is really Jim who needed the help from a friend to bring him back to life. A DOVE Foundation approved film. Formats: DVD. (Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment/Sonar Entertainment).
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