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Brideshead Revisited: 30th Anniversary Edition BLU-RAY DEBUT
(1981) Jeremy Irons, Anthony Andrews, Diane Quick, John Gielgud, Claire Bloom, Laurence Olivier. "Revisiting Brideshead" documentary, four commentaries, new photo galleries, outtakes, viewer's guide, more.(Acorn Media).
Californication The Fourth Season
(2011) Two-disc set with 12 episodes, $42.99. (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount Home Entertainment).
Cars 2
(2011) Voices of Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Eddie Izzard, John Turturro, Brent Musburger, Joe Mantegna, Thomas Kretschmann, Bonnie Hunt, Franco Nero. Available as a Blu-ray/DVD and DVD/Blu-ray Combo Pack, 3D Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack, and DVD. Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack and DVD/Blu-ray Combo Pack includes commentary by director John Lasseter; "Hawaiian Vacation," the animated short that accompanied the film in theaters, and "Air Mater," a sky-high flying adventure with Mater. Five-disc Blu-ray 3D Combo Pack (3D disc, two Blu-ray discs, a DVD and digital copy) adds an interactive "World Tour" map that takes viewers through nine different locations, including those featured in the film and more. (Disney).
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind BLU-RAY DEBUT
(2002) Dir.: George Clooney; Sam Rockwell, Drew Barrymore. Extras: Commentary by George Clooney and cinematographer Newton Thomas Sigel, deleted scenes, six behind-the-scenes featurettes, Sam Rockwell screen test, "Gong Show" acts, "The Real Chuck Barris" documentary, stills gallery. (Lionsgate).
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
(2011) Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon, Marisa Tomei, John Carroll Lynch, Josh Groban, Analeigh Tipton, Jonah Bobo, Joey King, Beth Littleford. Available on DVD, Blu-ray and as a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo Pack. Extras: Deleted scenes. Blu-ray adds two featuettes and an UltraViolet (cloud) digital copy. (Warner).
Dear Santa
(2011) Amy Acker, Gina Holden, David Haydn-Jones, Emma Duke. Just when a spoiled, careless and irresponsible shopaholic gets cut off by her parents at Christmas time, she meets a little girl and her widowed father -- who runs a soup kitchen -- and finds a new life. Extras: Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Image Entertainment).
The Essential Daffy Duck Collection
Contains 21 classics that define Daffy's vast career, from his breakthrough cartoons through classic clashes with co-stars Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam and Porky Pig. His creation was made possible by the combined efforts of Tex Avery, Bob Clampett, Frank Tashlin, Fritz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Art Davis and Robert Cannon. Daffy Duck has been involved in almost every era of Warner Brothers animation. $26.99. (Warner).
The Fugitive: The Most Wanted Edition
All four seasons on 33 discs with a bonus disc with exclusive content, including an audio CD with 70 minutes of music, $218.99. (CBS Home Entertainment/Paramount Home Entertainment).
His Way
(2011) Documentary about legendary film producer and personal manager Jerry Weintraub, featuring interviews with friends, family and colleagues, including former president George H.W. Bush, George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Matt Damon, Ellen Barkin, James Caan, Elliott Gould, Andy Garcia and others. (HBO).
Hollywood Party
(1934) The screen's great Schnarzan (Jimmy Durante) wants to wow the visiting Baron Munchausen (Jack Pearl, reprising his familiar vaudeville and radio character) by throwing him a big, bustling Tinseltown bash. "Hollywood Party" -- eight directors and eight writers (two credited) strong -- is the wild, wildly inconsistent but ever fun musical-novelty result, packed with kicky dance montages offering pre-Code chorines and Berkeley-like kaleidoscopic shots, spiked with a color cartoon insert from Walt Disney, muscled up with Schnarzan's lion-wrasslin' and thronged with notables (including Mickey Mouse, Ted Healy and his Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy, who put an egg in Lupe Velez's shoe and are duly repaid). (Warner).
The Last Mountain
(2011) David vs. Goliath documentary as a coal mining corporation and a tiny community vie for the last great mountain in Appalachia in a battle for the future of energy that affects us all. $29.95. (Docurama).
The Legend of Billie Jean
(1985) Helen Slater, Christian Slater, Keith Gordon, Peter Coyote, Yeardley Smith, Dean Stockwell. A young girl and her friends become fugitives after an accidental shooting. Extras: Commentary. (Sony/Columbia Classics).
The Liam Neeson Film Collection
Ten-disc set with "The Bounty," "A Prayer for the Dying," "High Spirits," "Shining Through," "Nell," "Rob Roy," "Kinsey," "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Taken." (Fox).
Magic Trip
(2011) In 1964, Ken Kesey, the famed author of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," set off on a legendary, LSD-fuelled cross-country road trip to the New York World's Fair. He was joined by "The Merry Band of Pranksters," a renegade group of counterculture truth-seekers, including Neal Cassady, the American icon immortalized in Kerouac's "On the Road," and the driver and painter of the psychedelic Magic Bus. Kesey and the Pranksters intended to make a documentary about their trip, shooting footage on 16MM, but the film was never finished and the footage has remained virtually unseen. Oscar-winning director Alex Gibe and Alison Ellwood were given unprecedented access to this raw footage by the Kesey family. They worked with the Film Foundation, History Channel and the UCLA Film Archives to restore over 100 hours of film and audiotape, and have shaped an invaluable document of this extraordinary piece of American history. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon
(2011) Documentary includes all-new interviews with Jackson's mother, Katherine Jackson, as well as siblings Tito and Rebbie Jackson, family, friends and music legends such as Smokey Robinson, Dionne Warwick and many more. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Universal).
The Nutcracker: The Untold Story
(2011) Elle Fanning, Nathan Lane, Frances de la Tour, John Turturro. Modern take on the famous story, with eight new songs by Oscar-winning lyricist Tim Rice ("The Lion King," Evita). Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Universal).
Rawhide The Fourth Season, Volume Two
(1961-62) Four-disc set with 15 episodes, $42.99. (Paramount).
Rejoice & Shout
(2011) Documentary traces the evolution of Gospel through its many musical styles, from the spirituals and early hymns, the four-part harmony-based quartets, the integration of blues and swing into Gospel, the emergence of Soul, and the blending of Rap and Hip Hop elements. Exploring how gospel music walked in step with the story of African-American culture, the movie takes viewers through important moments in history such as slavery, hardscrabble rural existence and plantation work, the exodus to major cities, the Depression, World War II, civil rights and empowerment. (Magnolia Home Entertainment).
The Santa Incident
(2011) Ione Skye, Greg Germann. Dove approved Hallmark Original family film. After his sleigh is shot down while flying through restricted military airspace, an earthbound Santa is sought for questioning by a pair of overzealous Homeland Security agents. The fate of Christmas is in the hands of the disbelieving by-the-book duo, unless their faith in Santa can be restored by two children and a trio of elves who have arrived from up North to help out a friend in need. (RHI Entertainment/Vivendi Entertainment).
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
(2011) Dir.: Wayne Wang; Bingbing Li, Gianna Jun, Russell Wong, Vivian Wu, Archie Kao. Extras: The Sworn Sisterhood of the Secret Fan. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).
Strawberry Shortcake: Bright Lights, Big dreams
(2011) Strawberry and her friends spin and twirl in the annual dance-off. Extras: Printable coloring pages, music video. (Fox).
The Super Hero Squad Show: The Infinity Gauntlet Season 2, Volume 2
(2011) Second seven episodes from the second season, $14.93. (Shout! Factory).
Tabloid
(2010) Latest documentary from renowned filmmaker Errol Morris. Thirty years before the antics of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears, Miss Wyoming Joyce McKinney made her mark as a tabloid staple. In the late 1970s, McKinney kidnapped her former beau, Kirk Anderson, who had become a Mormon missionary in the U.K., and tied him to a bed to "deprogram" his religious beliefs -- by having nonstop sex with him. Morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an IQ of 168 whose single-minded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her across the globe, into jail and onto the front page. On the way, Morris visits a surreal world of risque photography, magic underwear and celestial sex. Funny, strange and disturbing and complete with new interviews with McKinney, "Tabloid" is a vivid portrait of obsession, delusion and scandal sheet notoriety. (IFC Entertainment/MPI Media Group).
TCM Greatest Classic Films: Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland
"Girl Crazy" (1943), "Strike Up the Band "(1940), "Babes in Arms" (1939), "Babes on Broadway "(1941), $27.92. (TCM/Warner).
TCM Greatest Classic Films: The Thin Man
"The Thin Man" (1934), "After the Thin Man" (1936), "Another Thin Man" (1939), "Shadow of the Thin Man" (1941), $27.92. (TCM/Warner).
TCM Greatest Classic Films: Astaire & Rogers, Vol. 2
"Flying Down to Rio" (1933), "Follow the Fleet" (1936), "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle" (1939), "Roberta" (1935), $27.92. (TCM/Warner).
Trespass
(2011) Dir.: Joel Schumacher; Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Cam Gigandet, Liana Liberato, Ben Mendelsohn. Home invasion thriller has Cage fending off cold-blooded criminals, bringing his family together despite everyone being tangled up in betrayal, deception, temptation and scheming. Extras: "Trespass: Inside the Thriller" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Millennium Entertainment).
Victorious: Season One, Volume Two
(2010) Two-disc set with nine episodes, $19.99. (Nickelodeon/Paramount).
Water for Elephants
(2011) Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider, Jim Norton, Mark Povinelli, Richard Brake, Hal Holbrook. Extras: "Robert Pattinson Spotlight," "Feature Performer Reese Witherspoon," "The Traveling Show: From Page to Screen," commentary by director Francis Lawrence and writer Richard LaGravenese. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds "Working Without a Net: The Visual Effects of Water for Elephants," "The Star Attraction," "Raising the Tent," "Secrets of the Big Top," digital copy. (Fox).
Cars 2
Star racecar Lightning McQueen and the incomparable tow truck Mater take their friendship to exciting new places when they head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car. But the road to the championship is filled with plenty of potholes, detours and surprises when Mater gets caught up in an intriguing adventure of his own: international espionage. Mater finds himself torn between assisting Lightning McQueen in the high-profile race and towing the line in a top-secret mission orchestrated by master British super spy Finn McMissile and the stunning rookie field spy Holley Shiftwell. Mater's action-packed journey leads him on an explosive chase through the streets of Japan and Europe, trailed by his friends and watched by the whole world.
Vitals: Director: John Lasseter, Brad Lewis. Stars: Voices of Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Eddie Izzard, John Turturro, Brent Musburger, Joe Mantegna, Thomas Kretschmann, Bonnie Hunt, Franco Nero.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: G, 106 min., Animated Family, Box office gross: $186.196 million, Pixar/Disney.
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
At fortysomething, straight-laced Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is living the dream -- good job, nice house, great kids and married to his high school sweetheart. But when Cal learns that his wife, Emily (Julianne Moore), has cheated on him and wants a divorce, his "perfect" life quickly unravels. Worse, in today's single world, Cal, who hasn't dated in decades, stands out as the epitome of un-smooth. Now spending his free evenings sulking alone at a local bar, the hapless Cal is taken on as wingman and protege to handsome, thirtysomething player Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling). In an effort to help Cal get over his wife and start living his life, Jacob opens Cal's eyes to the many options before him: flirty women, manly drinks and a sense of style that can't be found at Supercuts or The Gap. Cal and Emily aren't the only ones looking for love in what might be all the wrong places: Cal's 13-year-old son, Robbie, is crazy about his 17-year-old babysitter, Jessica, who harbors a crush on Cal. And despite Cal's makeover and his many new conquests, the one thing that can't be made over is his heart, which seems to keep leading him back to where he began.
Vitals: Director: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra. Stars: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon, Marisa Tomei, John Carroll Lynch, Josh Groban, Analeigh Tipton, Jonah Bobo, Joey King, Beth Littleford.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 118 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $78.510 million, Warner.
Water for Elephants
Devastated by the sudden death of his parents at the height of The Depression, a young dreamer from the wrong side of the tracks, Jacob Jankowski (Robert Pattinson), abandons his veterinary studies at Cornell University. With no other family, no house, and no money, Jacob stows away on a train carrying the circus performers of The Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Hired as a veterinarian to care for the troupe's animals, Jacob is temporarily filled with the promise of an exciting life that comes with a traveling circus troupe. However, as he builds a rapport and falls in love with the star of the show, Marlena (Reese Witherspoon), they become prey to the circus's owner, Marlena's violent and abusive husband August (Christoph Waltz). As the circus begins to crumble from within and against all odds, Jacob and Marlena come together and fall in love through their compassion for a special elephant. With their love on the line, Jacob and Marlena come to a crossroads that will forever change their destiny.
Vitals: Director: Francis Lawrence. Stars: Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider, Jim Norton, Mark Povinelli, Richard Brake, Hal Holbrook.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 120 min., Drama, Box office gross: $58.700 million, Fox.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Growing up in 19th century China, Lily (Bingbing Li) and Snow Flower (Gianna Jun) are brought together in a Laotong friendship -- a lifelong bond between two women who rely on each other for companionship and comfort. Amid the civil unrest and gender discrimination of the era, the pair deals with life's hardships together until they are separated by marriage and childbirth. As sworn sisters, however, the women continue to communicate through the secret Chinese language of nushu, hiding their stories and messages within the folds of delicate silk fans. In present day Shanghai, the Laotong's descendants Nina (also played by Li) and Sophia (also played by Jun) struggle to maintain the intimacy of their own childhood friendship in the face of demanding careers and complicated love lives. Drawing on lessons of the past, the two modern women must understand the story of their ancestral connection or risk losing one another forever. What unfolds are two stories, generations apart, but everlasting in the notion of love, hope and friendship.
Vitals: Director: Wayne Wang. Stars: Bingbing Li, Gianna Jun, Russell Wong, Vivian Wu, Archie Kao.
2011, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 120 min., Drama, Box office gross: $1.332 million, Fox.
The Big Country
(1958)
Brideshead Revisited: 30th Anniversary Edition
(1981)
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
(2002)
It's a Wonderful Life Shadow Box Gift Set
(1946)
Scooged
(1988)
Tom Cruise Blu-ray Collection
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
(1974)
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