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Adventures in Pornoland
(2008) A Canadian couple head to Hollywood to get work in the film industry but reluctantly get involved in the porn biz. (Walking Shadows/Virgil Films & Entertainment).
Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1
(2011) Two-disc set with 17 episodes of the rebranded Aqua teen Hunger Force, $29.98. (Warner).
Arena
(2011) Samuel L. Jackson, Kellan Lutz, Nina Dobrev, Daniel Dae Kim. A man kidnapped from his ordinary life is thrust into the savage world of a modern day gladiatorial arena where men fight to the death for the entertainment of the online masses. Sony).
The Bad Seed BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1956) Dir.: Mervyn LeRoy; Nancy Kelly, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart. (Warner).
Beautiful Boy
(2010) Michael Sheen, Maria Bello. A married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Anchor Bay).
Bonanza: The Official Second Season, Volume Two
(1960) Four-disc set with 16 episodes, $42.99. (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount Home Entertainment).
Bones: The Complete Sixth Season
(2010-11) Six-disc set with 23 episodes, $39.99. Extras: Extended episodes, gag reel, featurettes, commentaries. Also available on Blu-ray Disc.
Cafe
(2010) Jennifer Love Hewitt, Jamie Kennedy, Daniel Eric Gold, Alex Vega. A week in the life of a group of West Philadelphia residents -- who congregate in the local coffee house -- dealing with life's challenges and trying to get things right. (Maya Entertainment).
Call Me Mrs. Miracle
(2011) Doris Roberts, Jewel Staite, Eric Johnson, Lauren Holly. Inspirational film about Mrs. Miracle, who makes dreams come true for hard-working people in a New York City department store. (Sony)
Casper the Friendly Ghost Collection
(2011) Three-disc set includes all 81 cartoons (55 original theatrical cartoons and 26 new "Casper Cartoon Show" episodes) created between 1945-1963. $29.93. Extras: Commentaries, interviews, gallery of comic book covers, more. (Shout! Factory).
Chuck: The Complete Fourth Season
(2010-11) Five-disc set with 24 episodes, $59.98. Extras: "Chuck Versus Directing" featurette; "Operation Gomez: Spying on the Cast" featurette; webisodes; declassified scenes; gag reel. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds "The Top Secret Chuckapedia Interactive Experience." (Warner).
The Chugger Championship
(2011) Six adventures featuring the three train trainees as they prepare for a test, invent a new contest and pick up a fun hobby -- all the while learning about the importance of accountability and responsibility, $16.98. (Anchor Bay).
The Four Feathers
(1939) This spectacular Technicolor epic, directed by Zoltan Korda, is considered the finest of the many adaptations of A.E.W. Mason's classic 1902 adventure novel about the British Empire's exploits in Africa, and a crowning achievement of Alexander Korda's legendary production company, London Films. Set at the end of the 19th century, "The Four Feathers" follows the travails of a young officer (John Clements) accused of cowardice after he resigns his post on the eve of a major deployment to Khartoum; he must fight to redeem himself in the eyes of his fellow officers (including Ralph Richardson) and fiancee (June Duprez). Featuring music by Miklos Rozsa and Oscar-nominated cinematography by Georges Perinal, "The Four Feathers" is a thrilling, thunderous epic. New high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Extras: Commentary by film historian Charles Drazin; new video interview with David Korda, son of director Zoltan Korda; "A Day at Denham," a short film from 1939 featuring footage of Zoltan Korda on the set of "The Four Feathers"; trailer; booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Sragow. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (The Criterion Collection).
Green Lantern
(2011) Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett, Tim Robbins, Temuera Morrison, Jay O. Sanders, Taika Waititi, Jon Tenney, Geoffrey Rush (voice), Michael Clarke Duncan (voice). Available on DVD, two-disc Blu-ray Combo pack with theatrical and extended versions, and 3D Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack. Extras: Preview of the "Justice League #1" digital comic, preview of "Green Lantern: The Animated Series." Blu-ray adds extended cut, "Maximum Movie Mode" with picture-in-picture pods, "The Universe According to Green Lantern," "Ryan Reynolds Becomes Green Lantern," "Justice League #1" digital comic, additional scenes. Also includes Warner's Ultraviolet Digital Copy, which allows cloud streaming. Due Friday, Oct. 14. (Warner).
Gunsmoke: The Fifth Season, Volume One
(1959) Three-disc set with 20 episodes, $36.99. (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount Home Entertainment).
Horrible Bosses Totally Inappropriate Edition
(2011) Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jamie Foxx, Donald Sutherland. Includes extended cut with eight minutes of new footage as well as the theatrical cut. Extras: "My Least Favorite Career," "Surviving a Horrible Boss," "Being Mean Is So Much Fun," deleted scenes, "Making of the Horrible Bosses Soundtrack. Available on DVD and as a Blu-ray/DVD Combo. (New Line).
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
(2011) Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham,, Jaleel White,, Preston Bailey, Parris Mosteller.
Extras: Behind-the-scenes cast vignette, "10 Things You Didn't Know About Judy Moody," exclusive Camryn Summer Music Video, Judy Moody Activity Book complete with extrathrilladelic games, puzzles, activities and more. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).
Last Exit to Brooklyn DVD and BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1989) Jennifer Jason Leigh, Stephen Baldwin, Stephen Lang, Sam Rockwell, Jerry Orbach, Ricki Lake, Burt Young. Based on the controversial cult-classic novel by Hubert Selby Jr. about the underbelly of the working class in Brooklyn in the 1950s. Follows a canvas of disillusioned characters as they play out their dead-end existences of drugs, crime and violence. Set against a backdrop of union corruption, they must overcome or be defeated by their surroundings and, ultimately, themselves: a union strike leader (Lang) discovers he is gay; a prostitute (Leigh) falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with their daughter's (Lake) illegitimate pregnancy. Extras: Commentary by director Uli Edel, "The Making of Last Exit to Brooklyn." (Summit Entertainment).
Leap Year (Ano Bisiesto)
(2010 -- Mexico) Monica del Carmen, Gustavo Sanchez Parra. Laura, a young journalist living an isolated life in a cramped Mexico City flat, is not lucky in love. The banality of her daily life stands in stark contrast to her nightly pursuit of sex and love. These short-lived affairs barely take the edge off her isolation, but then she meets the brooding, would-be actor Arturo and their chemistry ignites feelings in Laura that leave her deeply troubled. The two embark on an increasingly dangerous sadomasochistic relationship in which pleasure, pain and love merge. (Strand Releasing).
Lunopolis
(2009) Matthew Avant, Hal Maynor. Two documentarians accidentally uncover proof of a hidden city on the moon inhabited by people from the future controlling life on Earth. (Walking Shadows/Virgil Films & Entertainment).
Maniac Cop DVD and BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1987) Bruce Campbell, Tom Atkins, Robert Z'dar, William Smith, Richard Roundtree, Danny Hicks. Cult classic about a uniformed police officer brutally killing innocent people on the streets of New York. A young cop, Jack Forrest (Bruce Campbell) finds himself marked as the chief suspect after his wife is murdered. As Lieutenant Frank McCrae (Tom Atkins) investigates, the death toll rises and he suspects a mysterious police cover-up. High-definition transfer, featuring newly remixed DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound. Written and produced by the great Larry Cohen, directed by William Lustig. Extras: "Maniac Cop Memories" featurette, "Out the Window" interview with Tom Atkins, "Three Minutes With Danny Hicks" featurette, motion still gallery, additional Japanese TV scenes, theatrical trailer, TV spots. (Synapse Films).
Master Harold ... and the Boys
(2010) Freddie Highmore, Ving Rhames, Patrick Mofokeng. Coming-of age story about a young boy in apartheid-era South Africa who is torn between his intolerant father and his black caretakers. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Image Entertainment).
Mr. Nice
(2010) Rhys Ifans, David Thewlis, Chloe Sevigny , Crispin Glover. The true story of Howard Marks (aka Mr. Nice, a cult figure who inspired books and songs), a middle-class Welsh boy and Oxford scholar who became one of Britain's biggest marijuana smugglers and hobnobbed with Hollywood hotshots, Arab millionaires and IRA honchos until his arrest and eventual 25-year prison sentence. (MPI Home Video).
Scrooge BLU-RAY DEBUT
(2008) Albert Finney, Edith Evans, Kenneth More, Laurence Naismith, Alec Guinness. (Paramount).
Septien
(2011) Michael Tully, Onur Tukel, Robert Longstreet, Rachel Korine. Comedy-drama about a reclusive sports hustler who returns home to his family farm after years of absence to reunite with his two eccentric, unhinged and emotionally damaged brothers. (IFC Films).
Snuff Box
(2006) Six-disc set of the British cult-hit comedy series that follows professional hangmen Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher as they down whiskeys at the Hangmen's Club, experience awkward moments, charm women, navigate a long white hallway, and repeatedly attempt to acquire a pair of silver cowboy boots. Darkly hilarious, "Snuff Box" is a genre-bending hybrid of sitcom and sketch, known for its unforgettable musical numbers such as "Rapper With a Baby" and the legendary "The Empty Room." Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurettes, commentaries, bonus CD with the show's soundtrack. (Severin Films).
Submarino
(2010 -- Denmark) Jakob Cedergren, Peter Plaugborg. Two siblings who grew up in a dysfunctional household -- and haunted by a dark secret -- pass their damage along to those around them, living separate and estranged lives from each other. One, a violent ex-con, tries to help out an old friend but falls quickly into his old habits. The other raises his son but is unable to escape the spectre of addiction. (Entertainment One).
Terri
(2011) John C. Reilly, Creed Bratton, Jacob Wysocki, Olivia Crocicchia. A school principal and a shy-but-pretty teen girl take an overweight social misfit, Terri Thompson (Wysocki) -- the lone caretaker and guardian for his elderly Uncle James -- under their wings to help him find acceptance in school ... and life. Extras: Making-of featurette, deleted scenes. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).
The Tree of Life
(2011) Dir.: Terrence Malick; Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Tye Sheridan. Extras: "Exploring The Tree of Life" documentary, Available as a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack with digital copy. (Fox).
The Trip
(2011) Dir.: Michael Winterbottom; Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Claire Keelan, Margo Stilley. When a newspaper offers Steve Coogan the chance to review a series of fine restaurants in the English countryside, he thinks it will make for a lovely getaway with his girlfriend Mischa, but when Mischa backs out, Rob Brydon -- Coogan's best friend and source of eternal aggravation -- fills in as a less-than-ideal travel companion. In semi-fictional performances using largely improvised dialogue from these two real-life friends (the co-stars of Winterbottom's similar reality/fiction mashup "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story"), Coogan and Brydon can't help but try to outdo each other in conversations about their careers, literature, family, good food, fame, geology and ABBA as they endure long car rides between meal after meal. (IFC Films/MPI Media Group).
Zookeeper
(2011) Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Leslie Bibb and the voice talents of Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone, Judd Apatow, Jim Breuer, Jon Favreau, Faison Love and Maya Rudolph. Extras: Deleted scenes, blooper reel, multiple behind-the-scenes featurettes including "Creating the Visual Effects," "Bernie the Gorilla" and "The Furry Co Stars." Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds more featurettes, including "The Cast of Zookeeper" (a look at the star voices), "Be the Bear" and "Behind the Stunts." (Sony).
The Tree of Life
Terrence Malick, the acclaimed director of such classic films as "Badlands" and "Days of Heaven," uses stunning cinematography and raw emotional power in this hymn to life. Malick excavates answers to the most haunting and personal human questions through a kaleidoscope of the intimate and the cosmic, from the raw emotions of a family in a small Texas town to the wildest, infinite edges of space and time, from a boy's loss of innocence to a man's transforming encounters with awe, wonder and transcendence. This impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950s follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father (Brad Pitt). Jack (played as an adult by Sean Penn) finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith. Through Malick's signature imagery, we see how both brute nature and spiritual grace shape not only our lives as individuals and families, but all life. Winner of the 2011 Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Vitals: Director: Terrence Malick. Stars: Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Tye Sheridan.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 139 min., Drama, Box office gross: $12.693 million, Fox.
Green Lantern
In a universe as vast as it is mysterious, an elite, powerful force has existed for centuries. Protectors of peace and justice, they are called the Green Lantern Corps. Warriors sworn to keep intergalactic order, each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him the ability to create anything his mind can imagine. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of their newest recruit, the first human ever selected: Hal Jordan (Ryan Reynolds). Hal is a gifted and cocky test pilot, but the Green Lanterns have little respect for humans, who have never harnessed the infinite powers of the ring before. But Hal's humanity is one weapon no member of the Corps has ever had, and if -- with willpower, determination and the encouragement of fellow pilot and childhood sweetheart Carol Ferris (Blake Lively) -- Hal can quickly master his new powers and find the courage to overcome his fears, he may prove to be not only the key to defeating Parallax ... he will save the Earth and all of humankind from certain destruction.
Vitals: Director: Martin Campbell. Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett, Tim Robbins, Temuera Morrison, Jay O. Sanders, Taika Waititi, Jon Tenney, Geoffrey Rush (voice), Michael Clarke Duncan (voice).
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 114 min., Science Fiction, Box office gross: $115.601 million, Warner. Due Friday, Oct. 14.
Horrible Bosses
For Nick (Jason Bateman), Kurt (Jason Sudeikis) and Dale (Charlie Day), the only thing that would make the daily grind more tolerable would be to grind their intolerable bosses (Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston) into dust. Quitting is not an option, so, with the benefit of a few-too-many drinks and some dubious advice from a hustling ex-con (Jamie Foxx), the three friends devise a convoluted and seemingly foolproof plan to rid themselves of their respective employers ... permanently. Like in Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train," the men decide to kill each other's boss ... but their plans go ridiculously awry. A silly, vapid, nasty movie with bathroom humor, gratuitous sexual innuendo, and a waste of several talented actors.
Vitals: Director: Seth Gordon. Stars: Jason Sudeikis, Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jamie Foxx, Donald Sutherland.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: R, 98 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $112.574 million, New Line.
Zookeeper
The animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes (Kevin James). Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship -- animal style.
Vitals: Director: Frank Coraci. Stars: Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Leslie Bibb and the voice talents of Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone, Judd Apatow, Jim Breuer, Jon Favreau, Faison Love and Maya Rudolph.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 102 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $76.771 million, Sony.
Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
Feisty, fearless Judy Moody (Jordana Beatty) is looking forward to the most super-duper, double-rare summer vacation ever. The trouble is, her parents are called out of town and her BFFs are going away with their own families. That leaves Judy trapped at home with her pesky brother Stink (Parris Mosteller) under the watchful eye of Aunt Opal (Heather Graham). But with a little playful planning -- and a lot of imagination -- Judy turns a snoresville summer into the way-not-boring adventure of a lifetime. The first film adaptation of the children's book series by Megan McDonald with illustrations by Peter H. Reynolds.
Vitals: Director: John Schultz. Stars: Jordana Beatty, Heather Graham,, Jaleel White,, Preston Bailey, Parris Mosteller.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 91 min., Family, Box office gross: $14.959 million, Fox.
The Bad Seed
(1956)
Cape Fear
(1991)
The Four Feathers
(1939)
Last Exit to Brooklyn
(1989)
Maniac Cop
(1987)
Scrooge
(1970)
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