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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases Get the latest DVD release information (free) every Tuesday morning. Subscribe here. Last Week's Releases: December 8-14 Tuesday, December 15 -- Monday, December 21 All DVD Releases Inglourious Basterds Quentin Tarantino's imaginative and comedic take on World War II has a group of Jewish soldiers getting revenge on the Nazi by relentlessly killing them all over German-occupied France. Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes the group, whose targeted acts of brutal retribution -- and their scalping of dead soldiers -- wins them the name "The Basterds." The film, organized in Tarantino's trademarked chapter structure -- begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Melanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hands of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema. Elsewhere in Europe, Raine's squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own. Tongue-in-check, violent and -- well, downright brilliant -- this is one of the best Tarantino film in years -- and one of the best films of 2009. Vitals: Director: Quentin Tarantino. Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, B.J. Novak, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Paul Rust, Michael Bacall, Omar Doom, Sylvester Groth, Julie Dreyfus, Jacky Ido, August Diehl, Martin Wuttke, Richard Sammel, Christian Berkel, Sonke Mohring, Michael Fassbender, Mike Myers, Rod Taylor, Denis Menochet, Cloris Leachman, Maggie Cheung, Samuel L. Jackson. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: R, 152 min., Action, Box office gross: $118.297 million, Universal. Advertisement Hangover, The Raunchy, crude, bathroom humor comedy told in flashbacks. Two days before his wedding, Doug and his three friends drive to Las Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party they'll never forget. But, in fact, when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning, they can't remember a thing. For some reason, they find a tiger in the bathroom and a six-month-old baby in the closet of their suite at Caesars Palace. The one thing they can't find is Doug. With no clue as to what transpired and little time to spare, the trio must retrace their hazy steps and all their bad decisions in order to figure out where things went wrong and hopefully get Doug back to L.A. in time to walk down the aisle. Vitals: Director: Todd Phillips. Stars: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: R, 96 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $273.863 million, Warner. G-Force Animated comedy adventure about a top-secret, highly trained trio of guinea pig super spies assigned to stop a dastardly plot to take over the world. The latest evolution of a covert government program to train animals to work in espionage, highly trained guinea pigs armed with the latest high-tech spy equipment discover that the fate of the world is in their paws. Tapped for the G-Force are guinea pigs Darwin (voice of Sam Rockwell), the squad leader determined to succeed at all costs; Blaster (voice of Tracy Morgan), an outrageous weapons expert with tons of attitude and a love for all things extreme; and Juarez (voice of Penelope Cruz), a sexy martial arts pro; plus the literal fly-on-the-wall reconnaissance expert, Mooch, and a star-nosed mole, Speckles (voice of Nicolas Cage), the computer and information specialist. Vitals: Director: Hoyt Yeatman. Stars: Voices of Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan, Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Kelli Garner, Gabriel Casseus, Jack Conley, Penelope Cruz, Tyler Patrick Jones. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 88 min., Animated, Box office gross: $117.471 million, Disney. Taking Woodstock The true story of Elliot Tiber (Demetri Martin) and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. It's 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a down-on-his-luck interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has to move back upstate to help his parents run their dilapidated Catskills motel, The El Monaco. The bank's about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still figuring how to come out to his parents. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers, thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for the motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor's farm in White Lake, N.Y., and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life, and American culture, forever. Vitals: Director: Ang Lee. Stars: Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Imelda Staunton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Henry Goodman, Eugene Levy, Paul Dano, Dan Fogler, Mamie Gummer. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 120 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $7.443 million, Universal. All DVD Releases Chris Angel: Mindfreak Collector's Edition Megaset Fifteen-disc set contains every astounding episode from Seasons 1-5, the Halloween Special, six "lost" episodes (36 hours of mind-blowing magic, illusions and death-defying demonstrations, in collectible pop-up packaging, $99.95. Extras: Commentaries, bonus footage. (A&E Home Entertainment). Fallen Idol: The Yuri Gagarin Conspiracy (2009) On April 12, 1961, the Soviet Union reported the successful launch, orbit and reentry of the first man in space, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, pushing the cold war into a space duel. With the collapse of communism in the Russian Federation, recent access to documents in the Kremlin archives reveal a story intended to remain buried forever. Yuri Gagarin, the icon of triumphant communism known world over, was not the first man in space. He was preceded by Vladimir Ilyushin, an unsung hero and the man at the center of this decades old conspiracy. Narrated by Elliott Gould. (Indican Pictures). The Five Lives of Criss Angel Mindfreak Two-disc set with five episodes from the fifth season, $24.95. Includes "White Death," in which Criss is buried under ice and snow; "Death Field," in which he traverses a field of live explosives; "Terminal Velocity," in which Criss attempts to teleport himself; "Death Crash," in which spectators choose which of five coffins (one with Criss inside) are smashed to splinters; and "Mass Levitation," an attempt to levitate an entire Las Vegas crowd. (A&E Home Entertainment). G-Force (2009) Voices of Nicolas Cage, Steve Buscemi, Tracy Morgan, Bill Nighy, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Kelli Garner, Gabriel Casseus, Jack Conley, Penelope Cruz, Tyler Patrick Jones. Available as a Combo Pack with Blu-ray, DVD and DisneyFile Digital Copy; two-disc special edition DVD with digital copy, and single-disc DVD. Extras: Commentary by director Hoyt H. Yeatman Jr.; "Blasters Boot Camp," "G-Force Mastermind" behind-the-scenes featurette, bloopers, deleted scenes, three music videos. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Disney). George Lopez: Tall, Dark & Chicano (2009) HBO comedy special, $19.97. (HBO Home Entertainment). The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard (2009) Jeremy Piven, Ed Helms, David Koechner, Kathryn Hahn, Alan Thicke, James Brolin, Rob Riggle, Ving Rhames. For sale edition; rental only release was Nov. 17 (Paramount), The Hangover (2009)Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Heather Graham, Justin Bartha, Jeffrey Tambor. Available in a single-disc theatrical cut DVD, a two-disc unrated Special Edition and on Blu-ray. Extras: "Map of Destruction" featurette re-trace each step the guys took during their fate-filled evening and see the real locations, learn about their Las Vegas lore and see the filming that took place there; "Three Best Friends" song; gag reel. Blu-ray adds photos from the missing camera, gag reel, outtakes, Ken Jeong's improv, more. Blu-ray adds Mike Tyson's rendition of "In the Air Tonight," "Cursing Mash-ups With All the @#$%! Cursing in the @#$%! Film," BD Live content, digital copy, more. (Warner). The Headless Woman (2008 -- Argentina) Maria Onetto, Claudia Cantero, Ines Efron, Daniel Genoud, Cesar Bordon. A bourgeois woman, driving alone on a dirt road, becomes distracted, and runs over something. In the days following this jarring incident, she is dazed and emotionally disconnected from the people and events in her life as she becomes obsessed with the possibility that she may have killed someone. Examines the intricacies of class status and the role of women in a male-dominated society. (Strand Releasing). Herb & Dorothy (2009) The extraordinary story of a postal clerk and a librarian -- Herb and Dorothy Vogel -- who managed to build one of the most important contemporary art collections in history with very modest means. In the early 1960s, when very little attention was paid to Minimalist and Conceptual Art, the Vogels quietly began purchasing the works of unknown artists. Devoting all of Herb's salary to purchasing art they liked, they were guided by two rules: the piece had to be affordable, and it had to be small enough to fit in their one-bedroom Manhattan apartment. Within these limitations, they proved themselves curatorial visionaries; most of those they supported and befriended went on to become world-renowned artists, including Sol LeWitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, Chuck Close, Robert Mangold, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Lynda Benglis, Pat Steir, Robert Barry, Lucio Pozzi, and Lawrence Weiner. (New Video/Arthouse Films). Inglourious Basterds (2009) Dir.: Quentin Tarantino; Stars: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Melanie Laurent, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Bruhl, Eli Roth, Samm Levine, B.J. Novak, Til Schweiger, Gedeon Burkhard, Paul Rust, Michael Bacall, Omar Doom, Sylvester Groth, Julie Dreyfus, Jacky Ido, August Diehl, Martin Wuttke, Richard Sammel, Christian Berkel, Sonke Mohring, Michael Fassbender, Mike Myers, Rod Taylor, Denis Menochet, Cloris Leachman, Maggie Cheung, Samuel L. Jackson. Read more about "Inglourious Basterds" in the December Calendar. Available as a single-disc DVD, two-disc DVD special edition, and Blu-ray Disc. Extras: All three editions: Extended and alternate scenes, "Nation's Pride": the film within the film. Special Edition and Blu-ray add "Roundtable Discussion" with Tarantino, Pitt and film critic Elvis Mitchell; "The Making of Nation's Pride"; the original "Inglorious Bastards" -- a salute to the original 1978 film; conversation with Rod Taylor; "Quentin Tarantino's Camera Angel"; "Hi Sallys" gag reel; film poster gallery tour with Elvis Mitchell; digital copy. (Universal). The Other Man (2009) Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Antonio Banderas. An intimate tale of a man who discovers his wife's infidelity and sets out to track down his rival. Driven to pursue the mystery surrounding his wife's adultery, he embarks on a global pursuit with a haunted passion that begins to probe the nature not simply of jealousy, but of loss and forgiveness. He eventually forms an unusual friendship with the lover and, through a series of informal meetings and emails, the husband uncovers the truth about his wife's affair. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Image Entertainment). New York Yankees 2009: Season of Pride, Tradition & Glory Documentary on the Yankees' winning season. Extras: Tour of the new Yankee Stadium, memorable moments and highlights from the '09 season, interviews, a Nick Swisher road trip, pre-game ceremonies, a season-ending recap and "Hope Week" features. $19.95. (A&E Home Entertainment). The Paper Chase: Season Two (1983-84) Six-disc set with 19 episodes, $49.99. (Shout! Factory). Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall (2009) Documentary uses computer imagery to reconstruct how the Berlin Wall grew from a meager obstacle to a mighty barrier of seven concentric walls with ditches, fences, signal wires, tank-traps and a flood-lit death strip patrolled by half-starved dogs -- a nearly impenetrable barricade with a 96-mile circumference, 200-plus bunkers and 302 watchtowers. Features firsthand accounts from the people who tried to escape, interviews with the security officials who designed the wall and the Stasi men who protected it. Interviews with border guards, politicians, historians and journalists help to breathe life into the Cold War icon whose demise, beginning on Nov. 9, 1989, signaled the start of one of history's most dramatic political transformations. (A&E Home Entertainment). Sita Sings the Blues (2009) When filmmaker Nina Paley couldn't make her marriage work, she decided to use it as fodder for an ambitious project: a musical, animated and personal interpretation of the Indian epic, the Ramayana. The film tells two parallel stories: The ancient Hindu story of a god and goddess and Paley's 21st century break-up, woven together using flash animation, watercolor paintings, rotoscoping techniques and jazzy musical interludes that link the narrative 3,000 years apart. Extras: Commentary, bonus short "Fetch!" by Paley. (Indiepix). Taking Woodstock (2009) Director: Ang Lee. Stars: Demetri Martin, Emile Hirsch, Liev Schreiber, Imelda Staunton, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Henry Goodman, Eugene Levy, Paul Dano, Dan Fogler, Mamie Gummer. Read more about "Taking Woodstock" in the December Calendar. Extras: Deleted scenes, "Peace, Love and Cinema" behind-the-scenes featurette, commentary by Ang Lee and writer James Schamus; Blu-ray Disc. adds "No Audience Required: The Earhlight Players," more deleted scenes, BD-Live. (Universal). Wizards of Waverly Place The Movie Extended Edition (2009) Selena Gomez, David Henrie, Jake T. Austin. The wizards-in-training go on vacation but an accidental spell threatens the family; Max tries to keep his parents together while Alex and Justin use every trick they know as they search for the Stone of Dreams to reverse the spell and save their family. This Disney Chennel movie comes to DVD with extra footage and a Color-Changing Wishing Stone included in each box (for a limited time). Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette. (Disney). | Contents/Site Map | Home | Resources | Sell-Through | Reviews | Links | E-mail: mail@onvideo.org © 1996 -- 2009 OnVideo. All rights reserved December 13, 2009