The Alice Faye Collection Volume 2
Five-disc set, $49.98; each title is also available individually for $19.98. (Fox).
Hollywood Cavalcade
(1939) Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Buster Keaton, Al Jolson, Stuart Erwin, Fatty Arbuckle. Extras: "Hollywood Cavalcade: The Silent Dream" featurette, "Buster Keaton: Head Over Heels In Hollywood" featurette, "Hello Roscoe: The Fate of Fatty Arbuckle" featurette, outtakes, Fox Movietone News: The Hollywood Cavalcade Premiere," restoration comparison, advertising gallery, still gallery.
Rose of Washington Square
(1939) Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson, William Frawley. Extras: isolated score track, "Funny Girl, Funny Man" featurette, deleted scene, restoration comparison, trailer, advertising gallery, still gallery.
The Great American Broadcast
(1941) Alice Faye, Jack Oakie, John Payne, Cesar Romero. Extras: "Radio Waves: The Real History of The Great American Broadcast" featurette, restoration comparison, advertising gallery, still gallery.
Hello, Frisco, Hello
(1943) Alice Faye, John Payne, Jack Oakie. Extras: Isolated score track, "Hello Again: The Re-Making of Alice Faye," restoration comparison, trailer, advertising gallery, still gallery.
Four Jills In A Jeep
(1944) Kay Francis, Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, George Jessel. Extras: Isolated score track, deleted scenes, "The Real Four Jills" featurette, restoration comparison, advertising gallery, still gallery.
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'Allo 'Allo! The Complete Series 9
Features all six episodes of the final season of the BBC series, $29.98. (Warner).
Boy A
(2007) Andrew Garfield. A young ex-convict returns to society after 14 years of incarceration in a juvenile prison. Forced to live under an assumed name, "Boy A" struggles to establish a new identity at the age of 24 and enter a society that he has never known. (The Weinstein Company's Miriam Collection/Genius Products).
Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup Champions 2007-2008 Special Edition
(2008) Four-disc set follows the Detroit Red Wings as they win their 11th Stanley Cup -- their fourth title in the past 11 seasons. Contains all six Stanley Cup Final games against the Pittsburgh Penguins in their original broadcast form, along with full coverage of the key moments, highlights, insights and behind-the-scenes action of the championship season; $39.92. (Warner).
The Devil's Chair
(2006) Andrew Howard. Gore-drenched tale that focuses on a strange chair located in a terrifying old lunatic asylum that's a portal to the meeting place between insanity and the supernatural. Extras: Commentary by writer-director Adam Mason and writer Simon Boyes, "Blood, Sweat and Fears: The Making of The Devil's Chair" featurette. (Sony).
Doctor Who: The Trial of the Time Lord
Four-disc set with all four episodes of Doctor Who's immortal adventure, "The Trial of the Time Lord," starring Colin Baker as the Doctor; $59.98. (Warner).
Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius
Episode No. 84, $24.98. (Warner).
Feast II: Sloppy Seconds
(2008) Jenny Wade, Diane Goldner, Clu Gulager. Sequel to 2005's "Feast" has a motley crew of strangers who survived the darkness of a night of gruesome terror but must continue to fight the flesh-hungry creatures in the light of day. Those lucky enough to have survived join a twisted group of locals including a girl-biker gang from Hell and a tag-team of ass-kicking midgets whose only goal is to stay alive. Extras: Commentary by director John Gulager. (The Weinstein Company/Dimension Extreme/Genius Products).
Halloween Collector's Edition
(2007) Dir.: Rob Zombie; Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, William Forsythe, Danny Trejo, Sheri Moon Zombie. Extras: Four-and-a-half-hour documentary by Rob Zombie, deleted scenes, alternate ending, bloopers, director audio commentary, "The Many Masks of Michael Myers" featurette, "Re-Imagining Halloween" featurette, "Meet the Cast," casting sessions, Scout Taylor-Compton screen test (Laurie Strode). (Dimension Films/The Weinstein Co./Genius Products)
The Happening
(2008) Dir.: M. Night Shyamalan; Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Spencer Breslin, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley. Extras: "The Hard Cut" behind the scenes featurette, "I Hear You Whispering" featurette, "A Day for Night" production featurette, "Elements of a Scene" featurette, "Visions of The Happening: A Making of Documentary," deleted scenes, gag reel. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).
How I Met Your Mother: Season Three
Three-disc set with 20 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Commentaries, gag reels, series retrospective, music videos, "Lily And Marshall's Honeymoon Videos," cast favorites featurette, additional scenes, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Fox).
Icons of Horror 3
Two-disc set with four classic horror films from the legendary Hammer Studios: "The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" (1964), "The Gorgon" (1964), "The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll" (1960) and "Scream of Fear" (1961); $24.96. (Sony).
Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead
(2008) Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano, Kyle Schmid, Laura Jordan. Sequel to 2001's "Joy Ride." When four friends embark on a road trip to Vegas looking for fun and a few cheap thrills, they have no idea they're about to fall into a blood-drenched charnel house of tension, torture and the darkest depths of pure primal fear after their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Extras: "Joy Ride 2: The Making of Dead Ahead" featurette, "Blood and Guts: The Make-Up of Horror" featurette, storyboard-to-scene comparison. (Fox).
Le Deuxieme Souffle
(1966) Dir.: Jean-Pierre Melville; Lino Ventura, Paul Meurisse. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras: Commentary by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau, author of "Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris," and film critic Geoff Andrew of the British Film Institute; new video interview with director Bertrand Tavernier, who served as publicity
agent on the film; archival footage featuring interviews with Melville and Ventura; original theatrical trailer; new essay by film critic Adrian Danks. (The Criterion Collection).
Le Doulos
(1962) Dir.: Jean-Pierre Melville; Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras: Selected-scene commentary by film scholar Ginette Vincendeau, author of "Jean-Pierre Melville: An American in Paris"; video interviews with directors Volker Schlondorff and Bertrand Tavernier, who served as assistant director and publicity agent, respectively, on the film; archival interviews with Melville, Belmondo and Reggiani; original theatrical trailer; new essay by film critic Glenn Kenny. (The Criterion Collection).
Martin: The Complete Fifth Season
Four-disc set with 24 episodes, $29.98. (HBO Video).
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
(2008) Dermot Mulroney, Emily Watson, Gretchen Mol. Lifetime tearjerker. A doctor separates his son from the boy's twin sister at birth to prevent him and the mother from knowing she was born with Down syndrome; the attending nurse discovers the plan and intervenes, putting into motion events that will haunt the doctor, his wife and his son for the next 20 years. (Sony).
Michael Palin: Full Circle
Three-disc set featuring 50,000 miles of adventure and humor-packed incidents in which Michael Palin attempts a complete circle around the world's largest ocean. Palin sets off from Diomede, in the Bering Strait and hopes to return there one year later via Russia, Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and the whole length of the Americas. But right from the start things don't go according to plan. $49.98. (Warner).
NFL Greatest Games Series: Washington Redskins: The Super Bowls
Three classic Redskins games: Super Bowl XVII, Super Bowl XXII and Super Bowl XXVI, $26.95. (Warner).
NFL History of the Washington Redskin
Three-disc set with eyewitness interviews, never-before-seen footage and rediscovered sideline sound, $26.95. (Warner).
Normal
(2007) Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers, Callum Keith Rennie, Cameron Bright. A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout. (PorchLight Home Entertainment).
The Note
(2007 -- TV) Genie Francis, Ted McGinley, Rick Roberts. After a tragic plane crash, a journalist discovers a note that she believes was written by one of the passengers and goes on a mission to find the note's intended recipient. (Sony).
The Picture of Dorian Gray
(1945) Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, George Sanders, Peter Lawford. Extras: Commentary by Angela Lansbury and film historian-screemwriter Steve Haberman, 1945 MGM short "Stairway to Light," 1945 MGM cartoon "Quiet Please!" (Warner).
Ray Harryhausen Collectible DVD Gift Set
"It Came From Beneath the Sea," "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers," "20 Million Miles to Earth: 50th Anniversary Edition" and "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad: 50th Anniversary Edition." Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
Robot Chicken: Season 3
Two-disc set with 20 episodes of the Adult Swim series, $29.98. (Warner).
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad: 50th Anniversary Edition
(1958) Kerwin Mathews.Extras: Commentary by Ray Harryhausen, visual effects experts Phil Tippett and Randall William Cook, author Steven Smith and producer Arnold Kunert; a documentary; six featurettes; more. Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
Sing a Song of Wiggles!
(2008) New collection of nursery rhymes, $14.98. Extras: Bloopers, "Dorothy the Dinosaur's Sydney Adventure," "Rub-a-Dub Dub With the Soap in a Tub," photo gallery. (Warner).
Sleeping Beauty 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition
(1959) Restored in high definition.Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. (Disney).
The Smurfs: Season One, Volume Two
Two-disc set with 20 cartoons, $26.99. Extras: "Smurfology 101" featurette. (Warner).
The Three Stooges Collection Volume Four: 1943 - 1945
Two-disc set with 21 shorts, $24.96. (Sony).
The Visitor
(2008) Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass. Extras: "The Visitor: An Inside Look," "Playing the Djembe," deleted scenes, commentary by Richard Jenkins and director-writer Tom McCarthy. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Anchor Bay).
Watership Down Deluxe Edition
(1978) Voices of John Hurt, Richard Briers, Harry Andrews, Simon Cadell, Nigel Hawthorne, Roy Kinnear. Extras: "Watership Down: A Conversation With the Filmmakers," "Watership Down, Defining a Style," storyboard comparison. (Warner).
You Don't Mess With the Zohan
(2008) Adam Sandler, Alex Luria, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan, Rob Schneider, Sayed Badreya, Shelley Berman. Available as a one-disc theatrical DVD, a one-disc extended version DVD, a two-disc "fully loaded" extended DVD, and on Blu-ray Disc. Extras: The one-disc versions include commentary by Sandler, writer Robert Smigel, actors Schneider and Swardson; commentary by director Dennis Dugan, deleted scenes, 10 featurettes; the two-disc set adds a digital copy of the film and five more featurettes. (Sony).
You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown
(1972) Animated Peanuts gang adventure. $19.98. (Warner).
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Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection
Eight-disc set with eight restored and remastered Hitchcock films: "Rebecca," "The Lodger," "The Paradine Case," "Spellbound," "Notorious," "Young and Innocent," "Sabotage" and "Lifeboat"; $119.98. (MGM).
Back to You Season 1
Three-disc set with 14 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Three unaired episodes, "Behind the Headlines: The Making of Back to You'" featurette, "This Just In" featurette, gag reel. (Fox).
The Edwardians
(1972) Four-disc set with all eight episodes of the BBC miniseries, $49.98. (Warner).
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
(2008) Dir.: Steven Spielberg; Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, Shia LaBeouf. Available as a single-disc DVD, a two-disc Special Edition DVD and a two-disc Special Edition Blu-ray Disc. Special Edition Extras:
"The Return of a Legend" (The evolution of the new film and a tribute to the legendary hero and his creators); pre-production featurette; "Production Diary: Making Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" featurette; "Warrior Makeup," "The Crystal Skulls," "Iconic Props," "The Cultural Effects of Indy," "Adventures in Post Production" and "Closing: Team Indy" featurette; pre-visualization sequences; art, production, behind-the-scenes and photo galleries; "Stan Winston Studio" featurette. (Lucasfilm/Paramount).
Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventure Collection
Includes the first three Indy films plus the two-disc Special Edition DVD of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." (Paramount).
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
(1976) Dir.: John Cassavetes; Ben Gazzara, Seymour Cassel, Timothy Carey. Restored high-definition digital transfer of Cassavetes' original 1976, 135-minute edit of the film; restored high-definition digital transfer of Cassavetes' 108-minute edit from the 1978 theatrical rerelease. Available for the first time as a stand-alone release, from the box set "John Cassavetes: Five Films." Extras: Video interviews with Gazzara and producer Al Ruban; audio interview with Cassavetes by film historians Michel Ciment and Michael Wilson, conducted after the film's release; stills gallery featuring rare, behind-the-scenes production photos; booklet featuring an essay by Phillip Lopate and interviews with Cassavetes. (The Criterion Collection).
Liberty Kids: The Complete Series
Six-disc set with all 40 episodes of the animated series that explores the American Revolution. With the voices of Walter Cronkite, Annette Bening, Whoopi Goldberg, Dustin Hoffman, Billy Crystal, Ben Stiller, Liam Neeson, Michael York, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and General Norman Schwarzkopf. $59.99. Extras: Behind-the-scenes footage, "Now and Then": Sarah makes comparisons between the past and present, "Mystery Guest": James gives clues to help guess the name of the historical figure, "NewsBytes" from Ben Franklin. (Shout! Factory).
Lovejoy: Christmas Specials
Ian McShane stars as the irresistible rogue with a keen eye for antiques and intrigue, an antiques dealer and part-time detective who scours the murky salesrooms, auction halls and stately homes of Britain, always on the lookout for a find. And if the antiques business isnt exciting enough, Lovejoy has a particular weakness for a good sob story or a pretty face, either of which is enough to send him off in pursuit of villains and help victims recover their property; two specials, $24.98. (BBC/Warner).
New World Extended Cut
(2007)Dir.: Terrence Malick; Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christian Bale, Christopher Plummer. Thirty minutes of new footage and extended scenes. Extras: Digital copy. (Warner).
NFL Greatest Games Series: Pittsburgh Steelers Super Bowls
Five-disc set features Super Bowl IX, Super Bowl X, Super Bowl XIII, Super Bowl XIV and Super Bowl XL; $39.92. (Warner).
NFL History of the Cleveland Browns
More than 60 seasons' worth of moments and memories on a two-disc set, $26.95. (Warner).
The Partridge Family: The Complete Third Season
Three-disc set with 25 episodes, $29.95.(Sony).
The Private Life of a Masterpiece
Behind beautiful canvases and sculptures lie tales of political revolution, wartime escapes, massive ego clashes, social scandal, financial wrangling and shocking violence. In these fascinating programs, the truth behind many seminal works of art is uncovered, illuminating little known facts and surprising revelations. Series Six focuses on The Annunciation by Jan van Eyck,; The Census at Bethlehem by Brueghel; and God's Child by Gauguin. (BBC/Warner).
Quark: The Complete Series
(1977-78) Cult sci-fi spoof created by Buck Henry and starring Richard Benjamin, $19.94. (Sony).
Roxy Hunter and the Myth of the Mermaid
(2008) Mermaids, mysteries and a cool outfit are all in a day's work for super sleuth Roxy Hunter in her third Nickelodeon mystery movie, Extras: "It Starts With You" music video from Aria Wallace, blooper reel, behind-the-scenes featurettes. (Sony).
The Rules of Engagement: The Complete Second Season
Two-disc set with 15 episodes, $29.95. Extras: Bloopers. (Sony).
Short Cuts
(1993) Dir.: Robert Altman; Tim Robbins, Lily Tomlin, Julianne Moore, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Lemmon, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bruce Davison, Andie MacDowell, Matthew Modine, Anne Archer, Fred Ward, Chris Penn, Lili Taylor, Madeleine Stowe. Special edition double-disc set with restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by editor Geraldine Peroni and approved by Altman. Extras: Video conversation between Altman and Robbins; "Luck, Trust and Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country" feature-length documentary on the making of "Short Cuts"; "To Write and Keep Kind," a PBS documentary on the life of Raymond Carver; segment from BBC Television's "Moving Pictures" tracing the development of the screenplay; one-hour 1983 audio interview with Carver, conducted for the American Audio Prose Library; original demo recordings of the Doc Pomus-Mac Rebennack songs, performed by Dr. John; deleted scenes; a look inside the marketing of "Short Cuts"; Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack mix, plus isolated music track; booklet featuring an essay by film critic Michael Wilmington. (The Criterion Collection).
Silverhawks
Four-disc set with 32 classic cartoons, $44.98. Extras: Retrospective featurette. (Warner).
Six in Paris
(1965) When six acclaimed directors each contribute a short film about a different Paris neighborhood, the result is "Six In Paris," a wry, loving portrait of the city and its inhabitants by the masters of the French New Wave. Among them: A battle-fatigued hooker picks up a virginal dishwasher in Jean-Daniel Pollet's "Rue St. Denis." In Eric Rohmer's "Place de L'Etoile" a timid sales clerk thinks he has committed murder. Jean-Luc Goddard shows us a woman who is afraid she has mixed up letters to her two boyfriends in "Montparnasse-Levallois." And a young boy finds a way to ignore his obnoxious parents in Claude Chabrol's "La Muette." Together, the six tales paint a tableau of a noisy, vibrant, colorful Paris - a city where everything is possible. Extras: Interviews with Barbet Schroeder, Albert Maysles, Jackie Raynal and Richard Brody. (New Yorker Video).
Standard Operating Procedure
(2008) Director Errol Morris' documentary look at the horrors of U.S. military torture at Abu Ghraib Extras: Commentary by Morris,
additional scenes. Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
Still Life
(2008 -- China) Shen Hong, Sanming Han. Citizens return to a flooded town to salvage what they can and say good-bye to things they lost - both material and spiritual. An empathetic portrait of those left behind by a modernizing society and, as in director Jia Zhang-ke's earlier films, it is a unique hybrid of documentary and fiction. Extras: Interview with Jia Zhang-ke, Jia Zhang-ke's 68-minute feature "Dong." (New Yorker Video).
That 70s Show: Complete Series Stash Box
Thirty-two discs with all 200 episodes from the show's eight seasons, $199.98. Packaged in a retro 1970s record box with all-new DVD sleeves designed like classic LP covers. Extras: Commentaries, featurettes, keepsake "yearbook" containing a director's letter, cast interviews and photos, character timelines and the final episode script signed by the entire cast. (Fox).
The Unit: Season Three
Three-disc set with 11 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Fox).
Warren Miller's Playground
(2008) From an indoor ski park in Dubai and the mystical elevations of the Japanese mountains to the frigid northern reaches of Sweden, Warren Miller follows the planet's leading skiers of the freeride movement. Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Shout! Factory).
War, Inc.
(2008) John Cusack, Hilary Duff, Marisa Tomei, Joan Cusack, Ben Kingsley, Dan Aykroyd. Extras: "Making-of" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (First Look Studios).
A Woman Under the Influence
(1974) Dir.: John Cassavetes; Gena Rowlands; Peter Falk. Restored high-definition digital transfer; available for the first time as a stand-alone release, from the box set "John Cassavetes: Five Films." Extras: Commentary by longtime John Cassavetes collaborators Mike Ferris (camera operator) and Bo Harwood (sound recordist/composer); video conversation between Rowlands and Falk; audio interview with Cassavetes by film historians Michel Ciment and Michael Wilson, conducted in 1975; stills gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes production photos; booklet featuring an essay by film critic Kent Jones and an interview with Cassavetes. (The Criterion Collection).
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According to Jim: Season One
(Lionsgate).
Anaconda 3: Offspring
(2007) David Hasselhoff, Crystal Allen, John Rhys-Davies. A ruthless mercenary joins a team out to capture a pair of dangerous, genetically-altered anacondas when they escape from a top-secret lab. (Sony).
Atmospheres: Earth, Air and Water
Three environments showcase the mystery and beauty of life on the planet in this National Geographic documentary; available on Blu-ray Disc; $28.99. (Warner).
Ben 10: Alien Force
(2008) Five episodes of the Saturday morning kids TV show, $14.98. (Warner).
Blood +: Volume Three
Single disc with five episodes of the animated Adult Swim series, based on the anime movie "Blood: The Last Vampire," $24.96. (Sony).
Casino Royale Collector's Edition
(1967) Peter Sellers, Ursula Andress, David Niven, Orson Welles, Joanna Pettet, Daliah Lavi, Woody Allen, Deborah Kerr, William Holden, Charles Boyer, John Huston, George Raft, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Barbara Bouchet, Jacqueline Bisset, Peter O'Toole. Extras: Commentary by James Bond historians Steven Jay Rubin and John Cork, "The Making of Casino Royale," " Bond, James Bond?" featurette, "A 3 Ring Circus" featurette, "More Directors, More Stars" featurette, "The Big Climax" featurette, "It's a Wrap!" featurette, photo gallery. (MGM).
Casino Royale Collector's Edition
(2006) Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini, Caterina Murino, Simon Abkarian, Tobias Menzies, Ivana Milicevic, Clemens Schik, Ludger Pistor, Claudio Santamaria, Isaach de Bankole. Extras: Documentaries: "Ian FlemingÕs Incredible Creation," "The Road to Casino Royale," "James Bond in the Bahamas" (A fascinating examination of the links between the the cinematic Bond and the Bahamas, with never-before-told behind-the-scenes stories from "Casino Royale," "Goldfinger," "Thunderball," "You Only Live Twice," "For Your Eyes Only" and "The World Is Not Enough"), "Ian Fleming: The Secret Road to Paradise," ""Death in Venice" break down of one of the key scenes in the film, "Becoming Bond" (a look at how Daniel Craig stepped into the role of James Bond), "James Bond: For Real" behind-the-scenes look at the action and the stunts, "Bond Girls Are Forever"; "The Art of Freerunning" featurette; "Filmmaker Profiles": in-depth conversations with the key creative forces behind the film, including never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage; deleted and extended scenes, storyboard sequences; scene deconsruction. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
Eclipse Series 13: Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women
Four fims by famed director Kenji Mizoguchi that look at the plight of women in male-dominated Japanese society: "Osaka Elegy" (1936), "Sisters of the Gion" (1936), "Women of the Night" (1948) and "Street of Shame" (1955); a no-frills set for $59.95. (The Criterion Collection).
Family Guy: Volume Six
Three-disc set with 12 episodes, $39.98.Extras: "Family Guy" 100th episode special, "Family Guy Live! -- Just For Laughs," "Peter Shin Draws Lois: featurette, "The Making of the 100th Episode," favorite scenes, "I'm Huge (and The Babes Go Wild)" music video, optional censored audio track on every episode, 50 deleted scenes, commentary by creator Seth MacFarlane, writers and cast. (Fox).
George Wallace
(1997) Award-winning miniseries directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Gary Sinise, Angelina Jolie, Mare Winningham. Extras: Featurette. (Warner).
The Lazarus Project
(2008) Dir.: John Glenn; Paul Walker, Linda Cardellini, Malcolm Goodwin, Tony Curran, Bob Gunton. Thriller about a man facing the death sentence who is executed but inexplicably wakes up with a second chance at life near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he soon realizes he may be part of something far more sinister. (Sony).
Linewatch
(2008) Cuba Gooding Jr, Omari Hardwick, Sharon Leal, Evan Ross. A U.S. Border Patrol officer must return to the secret past of his brutal street ways in order to protect his family from a vicious gang leader out to smuggle drugs across the Mexican border. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette. (Sony).
Looney Tunes: Golden Collection Volume 6
The concluding release from the Golden Collection Series is a four-disc set with 60 more of the most looneytic Looney Tunes ever unleashed. Plus, 15 bonus shorts; $64.92. Extras: Commentaries, music only tracks, never-before-seen documentary on Mel Blanc. (Warner).
Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Volume 6
Two-disc set with 30 classic shorts culled from the Golden Collection Volume 6, $26.99. Includes additional 8 bonus shorts. (Warner).
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete Series
Forty-one disc set with 105 episodes in a spy attache case, $199.92. (Warner).
Missing
(1982) Dir.: Costa-Gavras; Jack Lemmon, Sissy Spacek, Melanie Mayron, John Shea. New, restored high-definition digital transfer in a double-disc set. Extras: Video interviews with Costa-Gavras, Joyce Horman (wife of Charles Horman, whose disappearance the film was based upon), producers Edward and Mildred Lewis and Sean Daniel, and Thomas Hauser, author of "Missing," the film's source; interviews from the 1982 Cannes Film Festival with Costa-Gavras, Lemmon, Ed Horman (father of Charles), and Joyce Horman; new video essay with Peter Kornbluh, author of "The Pinochet File," examining declassified documents concerning the 1973 military coup in Chile and the case of Charles Horman; video highlights from the 2002 Charles Horman Truth Project event honoring the 20th anniversary of "Missing," with Spacek, Shea and Mayron; booklet featuring a new essay by critic Michael Wood, an interview with Costa-Gavras, the U.S. State Department's official response to "Missing," and an open letter from Horman family friend Terry Simon. (The Criterion Collction).
The Outer Limits: The Original Series Complete Box Set
Seven discs with all 49 episodes, $59.98. (MGM).
Warner Bros. Pictures Gangsters Collection Volume 4
Six-disc set with "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse," "The Little Giant," "Larceny, Inc.," "Invisible Stripes," "Kid Galahad" and the feature-length documentary "Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film"; $59.92; "Kid Galahad" will be available as a single title for $19.97. (Warner).
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
(1938) Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor, Humphrey Bogart. Extras: Commentary by Dr. Drew Casper and Richard Jewell, vintage newsreel, WB short "Night Intruder," WB cartoons "Cinderella Meets a Fella" and "Count Me Out," 1941 Lady Esther Screen Guild Theater Broadcast (audio only), 1944 Gulf Screen Guild Theater Broadcast (audio only).
The Little Giant
(1933) Edward G. Robinson. Extras: Commentary by Daniel Bubbeo and John McCarty, vintage newsreel, WB short "Just Around the Corner," WB cartoon "The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon."
Invisible Stripes
(1939) Humphrey Bogart, George Raft, William Holden. Extras: Commentary by Alain Silver and James Ursini, vintage newsreel, WB shorts "The Monroe Doctrine" and "Quiet, Please," WB cartoons "Bars and Stripes Forever" and "Hare-um Scare-um."
Kid Galahad
(1937) Dir.: Michael Curtiz; Edward G. Robinson, Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart. Extras: Commentary by Art Simon and Robert Sklar, vintage newsreel, WB shorts "Alibi Mark" and "Postal Union," WB cartoons "Egghead Rides Again," "I Wanna Be a Sailor" and "Porky's Super Service."
Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film
New documentary on Warner Bros.' gangster films. Extras: Four WB cartoons: "I Like Mountain Music," "She Was an Acrobat's Daughter," "Racketeer Rabbit" and "Bugs and Thugs."
Zombie Strippers
(2008) Jenna Jameson, Robert Englund, Roxy Saint, Joey Medina. Comedy-horror film set in the not-too-distant future, when a secret government re-animation "chemo-virus" gets released and lands in an underground strip club. The virus turns the dancers into flesh-craving Super Zombie Strippers, with killer moves on the dance floor. In Special Edition rated and unrated versions and an unrated Blu-ray Disc version. Extras: Digital copy of the film, commentary by director Jay Lee, Jameson, Englund, Medina; deleted scenes; two featurettes: (Sony).
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Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
(2006) American Masters documentary traces the arc of Annie Leibovitz's photographic life, her aspirations to artistry and the trajectory of her career that has produced some of today's most recognizable and iconic photos. The film was directed by her sister, Barbara Leibovitz. $19.98. Extras:
"Photo Stories": Interviews with Leibovitz's popular subjects as they reveal the details that brought about each famous picture, including Demi Moore, Patti Smith, Yoko Ono; "Process" Iterviews with Hillary Clinton, Anna Wintour on Leibovitz's process and how Vanity Fair's "Hollywood Issue" came about; "Commercial Work": Leibovitz and colleagues discuss the distinctions between her personal and professional endeavors; "Celebrity": Colleagues muse about Leibovitz as a celebrity herself; "Work Ethic": A look into Leibovitz's incredible work ethic; "Fashion": Leibovitz's imprint in creating some of history's most fashionable photos. (Warner).
The Berenstain Bears: Christmas Tree
(Bear Country's most loveable family learns that the best Christmas gifts are not under the tree but in your heart. Includes the title episode, four more; $12.99. (Sony).
The Donna Reed Show: Season One
(Arts Alliance America).
The Flintstones: The Complete Series
Twenty-four discs with 166 episodes, in custom Bedrock-themed packaging, $129.72. (Warner).
Good Times: The Complete Series
(1974-79) Seventeen discs with 133 episodes, $59.95. (Sony).
Houdini's Death Defying Acts
(2008) Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan. On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician. (The Weinstein Company/Genius Products).
Mystery Science Theater 3000:
20th Anniversary Edition
Four-disc boxed set in a collectible tin, with "First Spaceship on Venus," "Laserblast," "Werewolf" and "Future War," $69.99. Extras: New interviews with the entire MST3K family, collectible Crow T. Robot figurine, lobby cards, more. (Shout! Factory).
NewsRadio: The Complete Series
(1995-99) Fifteen discs with 97 episodes, $59.95. (Sony).
The Polar express 3-D
(2004) Dir.: Robert Zemeckis; Tom Hanks, Leslie Zemeckis, Eddie Deezen, Nona Gaye, Peter Scolari. Presented in 2-D and 3-D versions; includes four sets of 3-D glasses. Extras: "Smokey and Steamer" song not seen in theaters, "You Look Familiar: The Many Polar Faces of Tom Hanks," "A Genuine Ticket to Ride" five featurettes, "True Inspirations: Profiling Author Chris Van Allsburg," "Believe": Josh Groban performance and behind the scenes featurette, "Flurry of Effects": five motion-capture sessions, "Snow Angels": the moviemakers' Christmas memories. Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
Sanford and Son: The Complete Series
(1972-77) Eighteen-disc set includes all six seasons, $59.95. (Sony).
10 Years of Rialto Pictures
Since 1997, Rialto Pictures has been helping to keep classic cinema alive and invigorated by bringing the world's greatest films to theaters across the United States, in phenomenal restored 35mm prints. This special gift box set, in celebration of Rialto's 10th anniversary, features 10 films that display the breadth of its collection, including works by Rialto favorites Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Bresson, Luis Bunuel, and Jean-Pierre Melville: "Army of Shadows" (1969), "Au hasard Balthazar" (1966), "Band of Outsiders" (1964), "Billy Liar" (1963), "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (1972), "Mafioso" (1962), "Murderous Maids" (2000), "Rififi" (1955), "The Third Man" (1949) and "Touchez pas au grisbi" (1954). $149.95. (The Criterion Collection).
Tinker Bell
(2008) New CG-animated feature starring Peter Pan's Tinker Bell, from Pixar Animation and John Lasseter. And Tinker Bell speaks! On DVD and Blu-ray Disc. (Disney).
Woman on the Beach
(2006 -- South Korea) Seung-woo Kim, Hyun-jung Go, Seon-mi Song, Tae-woo Kim. Filmmaker Joong-rae, suffering from writer's block, takes a trip to the coast with his production designer Chang-wook, who brings along the vivacious Moon-sook. Soon after their arrival, Moon-sook falls for Joong-rae's advances; however, the fickle hero can't commit and he awkwardly parts with her. What had been a sardonic "Jules and Jim" turns into a burlesque "Vertigo" when Joong-rae returns to the coastal resort and attempts to recreate the original romance with a woman who resembles Moon-sook, until his jilted lover shows up. Extras: Making-of featurette, interviews. (New Yorker Video).
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Warner Bros. Pictures Gangsters Collection Volume 4
Six-disc set with "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse," "The Little Giant," "Larceny, Inc.," "Invisible Stripes," "Kid Galahad" and the feature-length documentary "Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film"; $59.92; "Kid Galahad" will be available as a single title for $19.97. (Warner).
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