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All In The Family: The Complete Series
Twenty-eight disc set with all 213 episodes, uncut and in their original broadcast form. A wealth of bonus features includes a 40-page collectible book with essays by Pulitzer
Americano
(2011 -- France) The offspring of some of the movies' greatest names come together in a moving drama concerning inheritance, legacy and the enduring pull of the past. After receiving news of his mother's death, Martin (Mathieu Demy, who also directed and is the son of filmmakers Agnes Varda and Jacques Demy) leaves his girlfriend (Chiara Mastroianni, daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni) and home in Paris and sets off for his childhood home in Los Angeles to tie up the loose ends of his rocky maternal relationship. Arriving in the United States, Martin is greeted by his mother's best friend Linda (Geraldine Chaplin, daughter of Charlie Chaplin), who agrees to help him settle his mother's affairs. As Martin digs deeper into his mother's past, he discovers she had a hidden relationship with a beautiful woman named Lola (Salma Hayek), who he finds at a seedy strip club in Tijuana called the Americano. While Lola recounts her affair with his mother, Martin realizes there is more than he ever hoped to know about his mother's sordid past and his own problems with commitment. The movie serves as a tribute to filmmaking and to Demy's parents; it incorporates scenes from Varda's 1981 "Documenteur," featuring grade-schooler Mathieu Demy. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc.(MPI Home Video).
The Brain
(1969 -- France) Jean-Paul Belmondo, Eli Wallach, David Niven. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Olive Films).
Cannon: Season 3
(1973-74) Six-disc set with 24 episodes, $39.95. Formats: DVD. (CBS/Paramount).
A Christmas Story 2
(2012) Daniel Stern, Braeden Lemasters, Stacey Travis, Valin Shinyei. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
The Campaign Extended Cut
(2012) Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Brian Cox. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray/DVD Combo, Digital, UltraViolet (cloud). (Warner).
Chuggington: Icy Escapades
(2012) Six seasonal episodes, including "Chilly Chuggers," "Snowstruck Wilson," "Wilson's Icy Escapade," "Heave-Ho Harrison," "Hodge Sails Away" and "Rolling Reporter Wilson."
Formats: DVD. (Anchor Bay).
Coma
(2012) Lauren Ambrose, Steven Pasquale, Geena Davis, James Woods, Richard Dreyfuss, Ellen Burstyn. A&E miniseries based on the bestselling novel by Robin Cook and 1978 film written and directed by Michael Crichton. A medical student discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table. Formats: DVD. (Sony).
Copper
(2012) Three-disc set with 10 episodes of the first original scripted series from BBC America, about an Irish-American detective in the Five Points slum of New York City in 1864. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Talent commentary on select episodes, deleted scenes, "making of" documentary, character video profiles and featurettes. (BBC America).
Excision
(2012) AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Jeremy Sumpter, Malcolm McDowell. A disturbed and delusional high school student, Pauline (AnnaLynne McCord), with aspirations of a career in medicine, goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother (Traci Lords). While dealing with being an outcast teenager and obsession over curing her sister's cystic fibrosis, Pauline becomes continually deranged as her fascination with surgery and the human flesh grows into something abysmal and demonic. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Commentary, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Anchor Bay).
Greed in the Sun
(1964 -- France) Lino Ventura, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Gert Frobe, Bernard Blier. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Olive Films).
House of Dark Shadows
(1970) Jonathan Frid, Grayson Hall, Kathryn Leigh Scott. Theatrical expansion of the TV series. Vampire Barnabas Collins searches for a cure so he can marry the lovely woman who resembles his long-lost fiancee Josette. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
Long Day's Journey into Night
(1962) Dir.: Sidney Lumet; Ralph Richardson, Katharine Hepburn, Jason Robards, Dean Stockwell. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Olive Films).
Love Comes Softly 10th Anniversary Collection
Ten-disc set with "Love Comes Softly," "Love's Enduring Promise," "Love's Long Journey," "Love's Abiding Joy," "Love's Unending Legacy," "Love's Unfolding Dream," "Love Takes Wing," "Love Finds A Home," "Love Begins," "Love's Everlasting Courage." Formats: DVD. (Fox).
Metalocalypse Season 4
(2012) Single disc with 12 episodes. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
My Favorite Martian: Season Three
(1965-66) Five-disc set with 32 episodes, $39.98. Formats: DVD. (MPI Video).
Night of Dark Shadows
(1971) David Selby, Lara Parker, John Karlen, Kate Jackson, Grayson Hall, Nancy Barrett. Sequel to "House of Dark Shadows" centers on the story of Quentin Collins and his bride Tracy at the Collinwood Mansion in Collinsport, Maine. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
Outlaw Brothers
(1990 -- Hong Kong) Frankie Chan, Ken Boyle, Anthony Carpio. Follows the exploits of two car thieves and the butt-kicking female police officer who is on their trail. Add in drug smugglers and choreographed fight scenes -- by Jackie Chan -- with brooms, fans, wrenches, and knives to make this a turbo-charged, high-octane, martial arts action film. Formats: DVD. (The Weinstein Company).
Rosemary's Baby
(1968) Terrifying and darkly comic, "Rosemary's Baby" marked the Hollywood debut of Roman Polanski. This wildly entertaining nightmare, faithfully adapted from Ira Levin's best seller, stars a revelatory Mia Farrow as a young mother-to-be who grows increasingly suspicious that her overfriendly elderly neighbors, played by Sidney Blackmer and an Oscar-winning Ruth Gordon, and self-involved husband (actor and filmmaker John Cassavetes) are hatching a satanic plot against her and her baby. In the decades of occult cinema Polanski's ungodly masterpiece has spawned, it's never been outdone for sheer psychological terror. New high-definition digital restoration, approved by director Roman Polanski, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: New interviews with Polanski, actor Mia Farrow, and producer Robert Evans; "Komeda, Komeda," a feature-length documentary on the life and work of jazz musician and composer Krzysztof Komeda, who wrote the score for "Rosemary's Baby"; 1997 radio interview with author Ira Levin from Leonard Lopate's WNYC program "New York and Company" on the 1967 novel, the sequel, and the film; booklet featuring an essay by critic Ed Park and Levin's afterword for the 2003 New American Library edition of his novel, in which he discusses its and the film's origins. (The Criterion Collection).
Ruby Sparks
(2012) Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina, Elliott Gould, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. Extras: "Behind the Story,"" Real-Life Couples: Co-Stars & Directors," "Be Careful What You Wish For. Blu-ray adds "Getting to Know the Cast," "Los Angeles: The Other Character." (Fox).
Safety Not Guaranteed
(2012) Aubrey Plaza, Jake M. Johnson, Karan Soni, Mark Duplass, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kristen Bell, Jeff Garlin. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray, UltraViolet. Extras: "A Movie Making Mission" featurette, "The Ad Behind the Movie" featurette, "Time Capsule" Easter Egg. (FilmDistrict/Sony).
The Streets of San Francisco: Season 5
(2011) Six-disc set with 24 episodes, $89.98. Season 1 and Season 2 available separately for $45.98 each. Formats: DVD. (Paramount).
Taxi for Tobruk
(1960 -- France) Lino Ventura, Hardy Kruger, Charles Aznavour. Formats: DVD, Blu-ray Disc. (Olive Films).
Ruby Sparks
From the directors of "Little Miss Sunshine" comes this intelligent, thoughtful and thoroughly delightful romantic comedy; it's written by (and co-stars) Zoe Kazan, the 29-year-old granddaughter of Elia Kazan. Struggling with writer's block and a lackluster love life, once-famous novelist Calvin (Paul Dano) creates a beautiful fictitious character named Ruby (Kazan) who inspires him. But not only does this bring his work to life -- it also brings Ruby to life -- literally! Face-to-face with an actual relationship with his once virtual girlfriend, Calvin must now decide whether to pen this love story or let it write itself.
Vitals: Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris. Stars: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Chris Messina, Elliott Gould, Antonio Banderas, Annette Bening, Steve Coogan.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: R, 114 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $2.295 million, Fox.
Safety Not Guaranteed
When an unusual classified ad inspires three cynical Seattle magazine employees to look for the story behind it, they discover a mysterious eccentric named Kenneth, a likable but paranoid supermarket clerk, who believes he's solved the riddle of time travel and intends to depart again soon -- and he's seeking a companion. Together, they embark on a hilarious, smart, and unexpectedly heartfelt journey that reveals how far believing can take you.
Vitals: Director: Colin Trevorrow. Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Jake M. Johnson, Karan Soni, Mark Duplass, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kristen Bell, Jeff Garlin.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: R, 86 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $3.603 million, FilmDistrict/Sony.
The Campaign
When long-term congressman Cam Brady (Will Ferrell) commits a major public gaffe before an upcoming election, a pair of ultra-wealthy CEOs plot to put up a rival candidate and gain influence over their North Carolina district. Their man: naive Marty Huggins (Zach Galifianakis), director of the local Tourism Center. At first, Marty appears to be the unlikeliest possible choice but, with the help of his new benefactors' support, a cutthroat campaign manager and his family's political connections, he soon becomes a contender who gives the charismatic Cam plenty to worry about. As Election Day closes in, the two are locked in a dead heat, with insults quickly escalating to injury until all they care about is burying each other.
Vitals: Director: Jay Roach. Stars: Will Ferrell, Zach Galifianakis, Jason Sudeikis, Katherine LaNasa, Dylan McDermott, John Lithgow, Dan Aykroyd, Brian Cox.
2012, CC, MPAA rating: R, 85 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $84.986 million, Warner.
Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection
Rosemary's Baby
(1968) (The Criterion Collection)
Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection BLU-RAY DEBUT
The ultimate box set with 15 films including 13 never before on Blu-ray, with more than 15 hours of bonus features including a newly created documentary on "The Birds."
Available for a limited time only. "Psycho" (previously on Blu-ray), "The Birds," "Vertigo," "Rear Window," "North by Northwest" (previously on Blu-raY, "The Man Who Knew Too Much," "Marnie," "Saboteur," "Shadow of a Doubt," "Rope," "The Trouble with Harry," "Torn Curtain," "Topaz," "Frenzy" and "Family Plot." Read the complete press release here. And pre-order the set for $209.99 from Amazon. 
Prize–winning TV critic Tom Shales and USC Media Professor Marty Kaplan, a new interview with Norman Lear, the documentary "Those Were the Days: The Birth of All in the Family," the documentary "The Television Revolution Begins: All in the Family Is On the Air," the original "All in the Family" pilot "Justice For All," the second "All in the Family" pilot "Those Were the Days" and the spin-off pilot episodes of "Gloria," "Archie Bunker's Place" and "704 Hauser." Formats: DVD, $199.99. (Shout! Factory).
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