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Angel
(2007 -- UK/Belgium/France) Romola Garai, Sam Neill, Michael Fassbender, Charlotte Rampling. In early 20th-century England Angelica Deverell (Romola Garai), the headstrong daughter of a grocer, writes an over-the-top melodramatic novel, which becomes a bestseller, making her the talk of London. (IFC Films).
The Big Shot-Caller
(2009) David Rhein, Marlene Rhein. An inspiring New York City story about a lonely outsider who rediscovers his self-esteem through salsa dancing. (Vanguard Cinema).
Billy The Exterminator: The Complete Seasons One and Two
Season 1 two-disc set contains 13 episodes, $19.95; Season 2 Three-disc set contains 21 episodes, $24.95. Extras: behind-the-scenes footage, never-before-seen footage, featurettes. (A&E Home Entertainment).
Caprica: Season 1.5
(2010) Three-disc set. Includes the series' final five episodes, yet-to-be aired in the U.S. Extras: Deleted scenes, commentary on select episodes, "Re-Caprica" episode recaps, seven videoblogs. (Universal).
Devil
(2010) Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara, Jacob Vargas, Matt Craven, Bokeem Woodbine. Extras: Deleted scenes, "The Story" featurette, "Devil's Meeting" featurette, "The Night Chronicles." Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Universal).
Easy A
(2010) Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Lisa Kudrow, Alyson Machalka, Thomas Haden Church, Stanley Tucci, Cam Gigandet, Penn Badgley, Patricia Clarkson, Malcolm McDowell, Dan Byrd, Chyna.
Extras: Commentary by director Will Gluck and Emma Stone, gag reel, Emma Stone's audition footage. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds movieIQ+sync and BD-Live, "Extra Credit" pop-up trivia track, "The Making of Easy A," "The School of Pop Culture: Movies of the Eighties," "Vocabulary of Hilarity." (Sony)
The Films of Rita Hayworth
Sony and The Film Foundation present five of Rita Hayworth's finest films -- three of them for the first time -- fully restored and remastered. Read more.
"Cover Girl" (1944), "Tonight and Every Night" (1945) (DVD debut), "Gilda" (1946), "Salome" (1953) (DVD debut) and "Miss Sadie Thompson" (1953) (DVD debut). $59.95. Extras: Special introductory featurettes: Baz Luhrman on "Cover Girl," Patricia Clarkson on "Tonight and Every Night," Martin Scorsese and Baz Luhrman on "Gilda," "Introducing Miss Sadie Thompson With Patricia Clarkson," commentary by Richard Schickel on "Gilda." (Sony).
Futurama Volume 5
Two-disc set with 13 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Deleted and extended scenes; commentaries; featurettes including "Bend it Like Bender," "Previously On ...," "Fry's Crudely-Drawn Comic Book -- The Crudely Animated Edition," "Behind the Fungus: Makin' a Hit Song," more. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).
Gene Simmons: Family Jewels: The Complete Seasons 4 and 5
Season 4 (2008-09) three-disc set contain 17 episodes, Season 5 (2010)three-disc set contain 20 episodes,$19.99 each. (A&E Home Entertainment).
The Heavy
(2010) Gary Stretch, Vinnie Jones, Shannyn Sossamon, Stephen Rea, Christopher Lee. During a routine hit, a hired killer learns a hit has been placed on his own life when a crooked cop, tries to kill him. While he seeks his revenge, secrets kept hidden are exposed and no innocent bystander is safe as bullets fly. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurettes. (Lionsgate).
The Horde
(2009 -- France) Jean-Pierre Martins, Eriq Ebouaney, Aurelien Recoing. Cops and gangsters team up to battle a horde of zombies. (IFC Films).
Left/Right
(2008) Matthew Wolfe, Caitlin Mulhern. A coming-of-age comedy that follows D. Ray Morton, a small-town have-not who has grown up to be a conspicuous, big-city socialite. But after a human resource audit reveals an overstated educational background, Ray loses his job, his gaudy paycheck, and in turn, his identity. (Vanguard Cinema).
Pinprick
(2009 -- U.K.) Rachael Blake, Laura Greenwood, Ervin Nagy. A teenage girl hides a criminal inside her bedroom closet, striking up an innocent relationship, trading stories, making up rules, and goofing around, but slowly the man becomes bored with her girly ways and begins to spy on her lonely mother. One day after a jealous fight with the girl the man leaves the closet and makes his way into the mother's life -- without her knowing who he really is. (Vanguard Cinema).
Salt
(2010) Director: Phillip Noyce. Stars: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Zoe Lister Jones, Yara Shahidi, Cassidy Hinkle, Gaius Charles, Corey Stoll, Kevin O'Donnell, Hunt Block, James Cronin, Gary Wilmes. Available on DVD, unrated DVD and unrated Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Commentary, "The Ultimate Female Action Hero" featurette, "Spy Disguise: The Looks of Evelyn Salt," "The Treatment" radio interview with Phillip Noyce. Blu-ray adds movieIQ, "The Real Agents," "The Modern Master of the Political Thriller: Phillip Noyce," "False Identity: Creating A New Reality," "Salt: Declassified," "Spy Cam: Picture-in-Picture." (Sony).
The Secret Life of the American Teenager:
Volume Five
(2010) Three-disc set with the first 14 installments of the third season, $39.99. Extras: "On Set With Director Anson Williams," "On Set Fist Bumps With Joey and Matthew," "On Set With Shailene," "On Set With Luke." (Disney).
Soul Kitchen
(2010 -- Germany) Dir.: Fatih Akin; Adam Bousdoukos, Moritz Bleibtreu, Pheline Roggan. When Zinos hires a gourmet chef for his struggling Hamburg restaurant, Soul Kitchen, it only serves to drive away his low-life regulars. Meanwhile, Zinos' girlfriend, Nadine has moved to Shanghai to take a reporting job. A new hip clientele helps bring the restaurant back from the brink, but Zinos' heart still needs fixing, so he flies to China, leaving Soul Kitchen in the hands of his criminal brother, Illias. Bad move on both counts: Illias gambles the eatery away and Nadine has a new lover. But the brothers have a chance to repair the damage if they can just stop arguing and work as a team. (IFC Films).
Step Up 3
(2010) Adam G. Sevani, Alyson Stoner, Rick Malambri, Sharni Vinson. The story centers on a pair of gritty street dance squads facing off in the World Jam, a high-stakes showdown that is the hip-hop Olympics. Revolves around two couples -- Moose and Camille , from 'Step Up 2' and 'Step Up' respectively, and new characters Luke and Natalie, who find themselves pitted against the world's best hip hop dancers in a gravity defying dance exhibition battle. Available as a three-disc Combo Pack featuring the film on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, and DVD with Digital Copy; a two-disc Blu-ray Combo Pack (Blu-ray and DVD) and single disc DVD. Extras: "Extra Moves" music montage featuring the dancers with alternate angles and extra footage, seven music videos, "Making of the Music Videos." Blu-ray adds "Born From a Boom Box: A Luke Katcher Film," deleted scenes. (Disney).
Turning Green
(2005) Timothy Hutton, Alessandro Nivola, Colm Meaney, Donal Gallery. Set in the late 1970s, 16-year-old James Powers and his younger brother is forced to leave America for Ireland to live with his three aunts after his mother dies. Displaced and depressed, he longs for a way to make it back to America. One lucky weekend in London, he discovers pornography and, desperate for cash, he decides to sell them back in Ireland. His success spreads wildly. But after finding a possible way home, he must decide where home really is. (Image Entertainment).
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
(2010) Director: Oliver Stone. Stars: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Eli Wallach, Susan Sarandon, Frank Langella. Extras: Commentary by Stone, "A Conversation With Oliver Stone and the Cast of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps." Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds "Money, Money, Money: The Rise and Fall of Wall Street," a five-part look at the real Wall Street during the last two decades; deleted and extended scenes; "Fox Movie Channel Presents: In Character With Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Carey Mulligan, Josh Brolin and Frank Langella." (Fox).
Salt
Angelina Jolie is terrific as CIA officer Evelyn Salt, who swore an oath to duty, honor and country. Her loyalty is tested when a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy, and she goes on the run, using all her skills and years of experience as a covert operative to elude capture. Salt's efforts to prove her innocence only serve to cast doubt on her motives, as the hunt to uncover the truth behind her identity continues, with twists, turns, betrayals and plenty of stunts, chases and action sequences. There's nary a dull moment here as director Phillip Noyce keeps the action -- and camera -- moving straight ahead to the spectacular ending.
Vitals: Director: Phillip Noyce. Stars: Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Zoe Lister Jones, Yara Shahidi, Cassidy Hinkle, Gaius Charles, Corey Stoll, Kevin O'Donnell, Hunt Block, James Cronin, Gary Wilmes.
2009, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 100 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $117.562 million, Sony.
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
In this sequel to 1987's "Wall Street," ruthless financial wizard Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) returns from a lengthy prison stint and finds himself on the outside of a world he once dominated. Looking to repair his damaged relationship with his daughter (Carey Mulligan), Gekko forms an alliance with her fiance Jacob (Shia LaBeouf), and Jacob begins to see him as a father figure. But Jacob learns the hard way that Gekko -- still a master manipulator and player -- is after something very different from redemption.
Vitals: Director: Oliver Stone. Stars: Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Eli Wallach, Susan Sarandon, Frank Langella.
2010, CC, MPAA rating: R, 136 min., Drama, Box office gross: $52.147 million, Fox.
Easy A
After a little white lie about losing her virginity gets out, a clean cut high school girl (Emma Stone) sees her life paralleling Hester Prynne's in "The Scarlet Letter," which she is currently studying in school -- until she decides to use the rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing. This comedy of teen morals is smart, sassy and inventive, and showcases a bright new comedy star in the person of Emma Stone. Stone is cute as a button and is imminently watchable; she pretty much holds the film together with her wit and acting chops. She's in good company, too, with fine but all-too-brief supporting roles by Stanley Tucci, Lisa Kudrow, Thomas Haden Church, Patricia Clarkson and Malcolm McDowell. That said, though, one really has to suspend disbelief to put up with the conceit at the core of the story line -- that a high school girl would continue to dig herself deeper into a hole despite the fact that she knows better. But somehow, director Will Gluck manages to pull it off.
Vitals: Director: Will Gluck. Stars: Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Lisa Kudrow, Alyson Machalka, Thomas Haden Church, Stanley Tucci, Cam Gigandet, Penn Badgley, Patricia Clarkson, Malcolm McDowell, Dan Byrd, Chyna.
2010, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 92 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $42.176 million, Sony.
Devil
Trapped in an elevator high above Philadelphia, five people discover that the Devil is among them -- and no one can escape their fate. Based on an original story by M. Night Shyamalan.
Vitals: Director: John Erick Dowdle and Drew Dowdle. Stars: Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara, Jacob Vargas, Matt Craven, Bokeem Woodbine.
2010, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 80 min., Horror, Box office gross: $33.1 million, Universal.
Map of the Sounds of Tokyo
(2009 -- Japan, Spain) Rinko Kikuchi, Sergi Lopez. Two lost souls make an unexpected connection in this sexy thriller. Ryu (Rinko Kikuchi is a fish-market employee by day, contract killer by night. David is a Spaniard who runs a Tokyo wine shop. David's girlfriend has recently committed suicide, and her powerful businessman father, blaming David, hires a hit man to kill him. Guess who? (IFC Films).
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