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Absolutely Fabulous: 20th Anniversary Specials
(2012) International comedy sensations Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley return to their celebrated roles as Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone in three all-new specials, written by Jennifer Saunders. Twenty years since we first met them, the ladies are a tiny bit older, none the wiser, but definitely still Absolutely Fabulous. Formats: DVD, $24.98. (BBC Home Entertainment).
Appropriate Adult
(2011) Dominic West, Emily Watson, Monica Dolan. Based on true events, "Appropriate Adult" tells the story of British serial killer Fred West and his relationship with his "appropriate adult," Janet Leach. After volunteering as West's appropriate adult -- a person from the community who assists vulnerable adults facing criminal charges -- Janet finds herself sitting with West during his highly-charged police interviews, where she was privy to unknown facts about the scale and the nature of his crimes. Formats: DVD. (Inception Media Group).
Awesome Adventures: Thrills & Chills
(2012) Collection of seven Halloween episodes featuring Thomas & Friends, Fireman Sam and Bob the Builder, $14.98. Formats: DVD, Digital, VOD. Extras: (Lionsgate).
Bad Karma
(2011) Ray Liotta, Dominic Purcell, Andy McPhee, Vanessa Gray. A near-death experience forces a con man to come to terms with his shady past, and although he builds a new life for himself, he's dragged back in for one last job .Formats: DVD. (Anchor Bay).
Barbie: The Princess & the Popstar
(2011) Princess Barbie magically swaps places with a popstar who's visiting her kingdom on a music tour. Formats: DVD. Extras: Music video, outtakes, more. (Universal).
Beyond the Black Rainbow
(2010) Michael Rogers, Eva Allan, Scott Hylands, Marilyn Norry. Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of 1983, a heavily-sedated young woman tries to make her way out of Arboria, a secluded, quasi-futuristic commune, in this Reagan-era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies and Saturday morning cartoons. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Extended scenes, behind the scenes, commentary with director Panos Cosmatos, "Making of Beyond the Black Rainbow." (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Fifth Season
(2011-12) Five-disc set with 24 episodes.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, UltraViolet (cloud). (Warner).
Blue Bloods: The Second Season
(2011) Six-disc set with 22 episodes, $64.99. Formats: DVD. Extras: "Meet the Maestro: Tony Bennett on Blue Bloods," deleted scenes, commentaries, "On the Set With Donnie & Will," "Keeping It Real: Season 2," two-part behind-the-scenes documentary "A Higher Standard: The Story of the Reagans, Season 2." (CBS/Paramount).
Castle: The Complete Fourth Season
(2011-12) Six-disc set with 22 episodes, $45.99. (ABC/Disney).
Cleanskin
(2012) Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling. A British Secret Service Agent is forced to go "off the grid" in a desperate bid to thwart a radical group operating inside London. His relentless foe is Ash, a British-born law student turned extremist, whom the agent must stop by any means necessary. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Making-of" featurette (Entertainment One).
The Five Man Army
(1969) Peter Graves, James Daly. Spaghetti western about a group of bandits, led by Graves, who plan on robbing a train transporting gold for the Mexican army. Formats: DVD. (Warner Archive).
For Greater Glory
(2012) Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, Bruce Greenwood, Oscar Isaac, Peter O'Toole, Nestor Carbonell, Bruce McGill. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo. (Arc Entertainment).
Girl in Progress
(2012) Eva Mendes, Cierra Ramirez, Matthew Modine, Patricia Arquette, Eugenio Derbez, Raini Rodriguez. Formats: DVD, Digital. Extras: Making-of featurette. (Lionsgate).
Goats
(2011) David Duchovny, Vera Farmiga, Ty Burrell, Keri Russell, Justin Kirk, Graham Phillips, Dakota Johnson. When a young man prepares to leave Tucson for his freshman year at an East Coast prep school, he also faces separation from his flaky, new age mother and the only real father he has ever known: Goat Man. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Image Entertainment).
John Leguizamo: Tales From a Ghetto Klown
(2012) Profiles award-winning actor and playwright John Leguizamo's unorthodox rise to success and his struggles to mount his latest one-man show on Broadway and beyond.
Formats: DVD, $24.99. (PBS Distribution).
Karate-Robo Zaborgar
(2011 -- Japan) Director Noboru Iguchi and special effects director Yoshihiro Nishimura, creators of "Mutant Girls Squad," reunite for the cyborg-filled action-packed comedy-thriller about a secret-police officer who teams up with his super robot "Zaborgar" to battle all manner of mechanized super weapons in their quest for justice. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Digital Download. Extras: "Go, ZABORGAR Go!" short films, Sushi Typhoon Trailers. (Well Go USA).
The Loved Ones
(2009) Xavier Samuel, Robin McLeavy. Winner of the Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness People's Choice award. When Brent rejects his classmate Lola's invitation to the prom, he sets off a chain of events that leave him the victim of her twisted revenge. Now he's the only guest at Lola's terrifying and demented prom, and must fight to survive what could be his final dance. Formats: DVD, VOD, Digital Download, UltraViolet (cloud). Extras: Cast and crew interviews. (Paramount).
Munger Road
(2011) Bruce Davison, Randall Batinkoff, Trevor Morgan, Brooke Peoples, Lauren Storm, Hallock Beals. On the eve of the annual Scarecrow Festival, two St. Charles police officers search for a return killer the same night four teenagers go missing on Munger Road. Formats: DVD. (Freestyle Digital Media).
My Trip to Al-Qaeda
(2010) Chronicles fundamentalist Islam's rise to power, the people behind it, and why they're terrorizing the entire world, while also exploring writer Lawrence Wright's struggle to maintain his objectivity as a journalist writing about Islamic terror. One of the interesting facts in the documentary: "the number of Muslims that have died at the hands of al_Qaeda in Iraq alone far exceeds the total of Americans that died on 9/11." Directed by Alex Gibney and based on Pulitzer Prize-winner Wright's play. Formats: DVD. (Docurama).
October Baby
(2011) Rachel Hendrix, Jason Burkey, John Schneider, Jasmine Guy. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).
Power Rangers Monster Bash
(2011) Three Halloween-themed episodes from the "Power Rangers Samurai" series, $14.98.
Formats: DVD, Digital. (Lionsgate).
Private Practice: The Complete Fifth Season
(2011-12) Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.99. Formats: DVD. (ABC/Disney).
6 Bullets
(2011) Jean-Claude Van Damme, Joe Flanigan, Bianca Bree, Anna-Louise Plowman. An unstoppable ex-mercenary with a dark past reluctantly returns to action in order to help rescue a kidnapped American girl from a foreign crime syndicate. Formats: DVD, Digital Download. (Sony).
Snow White and the Huntsman
(2012) Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Lily Cole, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, Bob Hoskins, Vincent Regan.
Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo with extended version of the film, UltraViolet. Extras: Commentary with director Rupert Sanders, visual efects supervisor Cedric Nicolas-Troyan and co-editor Neil Smith; "A New Legend Is Born" featurette. Blu-ray adds "Reinventing the Fairy Tale," "Citizens of the Kingdom," "The Magic of Snow White and the Huntsman," "Around the Kingdom: 360° Set Tour," Universal's Second Screen interactive feature. (Universal).
Spartacus: Vengeance -- The Complete Second Season
(2011) Three-disc set with 10 episodes. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Starz Studios: Spartacus: Vengeance," "The Making of Spartacus: Vengeance," "Behind the Camera: Directing the Rebellion," "On Set With Liam McIntyre," "The Legend of Spartacus," "Famous Last Words," bloopers. Blu-ray exclusive: Nine extended episodes and audio commentaries. (Anchor Bay).
Stealing Las Vegas
(2012) Eric Roberts, Ethan Landry, Antonio Fargas , Michael Tylo. When greedy Las Vegas casino owner Alex Stratholme steals $20 million dollars from his employees' pension fund, ex-baseball-phenom-turned-electrician Nick Davis rallies a ragtag team of casino staff to pull off an against-all-odds Las Vegas heist with a twist. Formats: DVD. Extras: Commentary with co-writer/editor/director Francisco Menendez and co-writer/producer Warren D. Cobb; deleted & alternate scenes. (Anchor Bay).
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1986) Dir.: Tobe Hooper; Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow, Bill Moseley, Bill Johnson. Extras: Commentary with director Tobe Hooper and filmmaker David Gregory; commentary with Bill Moseley, Caroline Williams, special makeup effects creator Tom Savini and content producer Michael Felsher; "The Cutting Room Floor," "It Runs in the Family," original theatrical trailer. (Fox).
30 Rock: Season 6
(2012) Three-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.98. Extras: Two versions of "Live From Studio 6H," commentary, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurette, Cheyenne and Jane's warm up songs. Formats: DVD. (Universal).
The Tim Burton Blu-Ray Collection
Includes "Pee-wee's Big Adventure," "Batman," "Batman Returns," "Beetlejuice," "Mars Attacks!", "Charlie & the Chocolate Factory," "Tim Burton's Corpse Bride" as well as a 64-page collectible hardcover book. $59.99. (Warner).
Up All Night Season One
(2011-12) Three-disc set with 24 episodes, $39.98. Formats: DVD. Extras: Deleted scenes, extended scenes, "Basically" music video by B-Ro featuring Ava. (Universal).
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete Third Season
(2011-12) Twenty-two episodes. Formats: DVD, $59.98; Blu-ray Combo Pack, $69.97; UltraViolet Extras: "The Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Descent into Darkness" featurette), "The Original Vampires: The Beginning" featurette, "Second Bite: Gag Reel," deleted scenes. Blu-ray adds "The Producer’s Pages" featurette, "Favorite Scenes -- The Series' Most Heart-Stopping Moments." (Warner).
Vile
(2011) Eric Jay Beck, April Matson, Akeem Smith, Greg Cipes. Another "Saw" clone, this one about a group of strangers who find themselves imprisoned in a house, willing to do anything to survive. Formats: DVD. (Inception Media Group).
What to Expect When You're Expecting
(2012) Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Jennifer Lopez, Brooklyn Decker, Dennis Quaid, Joe Manganiello, Rodrigo Santoro, Chace Crawford, Thomas Lennon, Matthew Morrison, Chris Rock. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, VOD, Digital Download. Extras: "The Dudes Unscrewed" featurette, "What to Expect and the Pregnancy Bible" featurette, deleted scenes. (Lionsgate).
Where Do We Go Now?
(2011 -- Lebanon) Claude Baz Moussawbaa, Leyla Hakim, Nadine Labaki, Yvonne Maalouf. Blends humor and lighthearted musical moments to take a powerful look into the deeply rooted religious differences between Christians and Muslims living in a small Lebanese village: Follows the antics of the town's women to keep their blowhard men from starting a religious war, from faking a miracle to hiring a troop of Ukranian strippers. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Commentary by director Nadine Labaki and composer Khaled Mouzanar, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Sony).
The Wrath of God
(1972) Robert Mitchum, Frank Langella, Rita Hayworth (in her last role), Victor Buono, Ken Hutchison. An adventurer, a hard-drinking priest (Mitchum) and a smuggler team up to topple a Latin American despot in the 1920s. Formats: DVD. (Warner Archive).
Snow White & the Huntsman
Twist on the fairy tale. Snow White is the only person in the land fairer than the evil queen. Unable to tolerate the insult to her vanity, the evil queen decides that Snow White must die. The queen sends a huntsman to kill Snow White. However the huntsman finds himself unable to murder the innocent young woman, and instead ends up training her to become a warrior capable of threatening the queen's reign.
Vitals: Director: Rupert Sanders. Stars: Chris Hemsworth, Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane, Lily Cole, Nick Frost, Toby Jones, Eddie Marsan, Bob Hoskins, Vincent Regan.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 127 min., Action, Box office gross: $152.589 million, Universal.
What to Expect When You're Expecting
Inspired by the New York Times best-selling book of the same name by Heidi Murkoff, the film follows five couples whose intertwined lives are turned upside down by the challenges of impending parenthood. Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules and dance show star Evan find that their high-octane celebrity lives don't stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy. Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy's husband, Gary, struggles not to be outdone by his competitive alpha-Dad, who's expecting twins with his much younger trophy wife, Skyler. Photographer Holly is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, but her husband Alex isn't so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a "dudes" support group, where new fathers get to tell it like it really is. And rival food truck chefs Rosie and Marco's surprise hook-up results in an unexpected quandary: what to do when your first child comes before your first date?
Vitals: Director: Kirk Jones. Stars: Cameron Diaz, Elizabeth Banks, Anna Kendrick, Jennifer Lopez, Brooklyn Decker, Dennis Quaid, Joe Manganiello, Rodrigo Santoro, Chace Crawford, Thomas Lennon, Matthew Morrison, Chris Rock.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 110 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $40.954 million, Lionsgate.
For Greater Glory
A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929); a war by the people of Mexico against the atheistic Mexican government. An impassioned group of men and women each make the decision to risk it all for family, faith and the very future of their country in this adventure that unfolds against the long-hidden, true story of the 1920s Cristero War. Andy Garcia stars as General Gorostieta, a retired military man who at first thinks he has nothing personal at stake as he and his wife (Eva Longoria) watch Mexico fall into a violent civil war. Yet he soon become the resistance's most inspiring and self-sacrificing leader when he begins to see the cost of religious persecution on his countrymen ... and transforms a rag-tag band of rebels into a heroic force to be reckoned with.
Vitals: Director: Dean Wright. Stars: Andy Garcia, Eva Longoria, Bruce Greenwood, Oscar Isaac, Peter O'Toole, Nestor Carbonell, Bruce McGill.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: R, 145 min., War Drama, Box office gross: $5.608 million, Arc Entertainment.
Girl in Progress
Grace (Eva Mendes) is a single mom, too busy juggling work, bills, and the very married Dr. Hartford (Matthew Modine) to give her daughter, Ansiedad (Cierra Ramirez) the attention she desperately needs. When Ansiedad's English teacher, Ms. Armstrong (Patricia Arquette), introduces her students to classic coming-of-age stories, Ansiedad is inspired to skip adolescence and jump-start her life without mom. While Grace becomes preoccupied with the increasing affections of her co-worker (Eugenio Derbez), Ansiedad enlists the help of her loyal friend, Tavita (Raini Rodriguez), to plot her shortcut to adulthood. But as her misguided plan unravels, Ansiedad and Grace must learn that sometimes growing-up means acting your age.
Vitals: Director: Patricia Riggen. Stars: Eva Mendes, Cierra Ramirez, Matthew Modine, Patricia Arquette, Eugenio Derbez, Raini Rodriguez.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 90 min., Drama-Comedy, Box office gross: $2.594 million, Lionsgate.
October Baby
When Hannah hesitantly steps onto the stage for her theatrical debut in college, she collapses before her very first lines. Countless medical tests all point to one underlying factor: Hannah's difficult birth. This revelation is nothing compared to discovering that she was actually adopted ... after a failed abortion attempt. Bewildered, angered and confused, Hannah embarks on a journey with Jason, her oldest friend. In the midst of her incredible journey to discover her hidden past and find hope for her unknown future, Hannah sees that life can be so much more than what you have planned.
Vitals: Director: Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin. Stars: Rachel Hendrix, Jason Burkey, John Schneider, Jasmine Guy.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG 13, 109 min., Drama, Box office gross: $5,355 million, Fox.
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