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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
For Tuesday, June 24-- Monday, June 30
Charlie Bartlett
Anton Yelchin stars as Charlie Bartlett, who has been kicked out of every private school he ever attended. And now that he's moved on to public school, he's simply getting pummeled. But when Charlie discovers that the kids who surround him -- the outcast and the popular alike -- are secretly in desperate need, his entrepreneurial spirit takes over. Hanging up his shingle in the boys' restroom, Charlie becomes an underground, not to mention under-aged, shrink who listens to the private confessions of his schoolmates, and makes the imprudent decision to hand out the pills he's proffered from his own psychiatric sessions. Meanwhile, at home, Charlie keeps charming his way out of an inevitable confrontation with his adoring but utterly overwhelmed mother Marilyn (Hope Davis.) Then, Bartlett makes his big mistake: falling in love with the beautiful and bold daughter (Kat Dennings) of the school's increasingly disenchanted principal (Robert Downey, Jr.), who is hot on Bartlett's trail. Vitals: Director: Jon Poll. Stars: Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Tyler Hilton, Jake Epstein, Lauren Collins, Dylan Taylor, Mark Rendall, Kat Dennings, Derek McGrath. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: R, 97 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $3.898 million, MGM.
Definitely, Maybe
Ryan Reynolds stars as Will Hayes, a 30-something Manhattan dad in the midst of a divorce when his 10-year-old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), starts to question him about his life before marriage. Maya wants to know absolutely everything about how her parents met and fell in love. Will's story begins in 1992, as a young, starry-eyed aspiring politician who moves to New York from Wisconsin in order to work on the presidential campaign. For Maya, Will relives his past as an idealistic young man learning the ins and outs of big city politics, and recounts the history of his romantic relationships with three very different women. Will hopelessly attempts a gentler version of his story for his daughter and changes the names so Maya has to guess who is the woman her father finally married. Is her mother Will's college sweetheart, the dependable girl next door Emily (Elizabeth Banks)? Is she his longtime best friend and confidante, the apolitical April (Isla Fisher)? Or is she the free-spirited but ambitious journalist Summer (Rachel Weisz)? Vitals: Director: Adam Brooks. Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 112 min., Comedys, Box office gross: $31.973 million, Universal.
In Bruges
Bruges, the most well-preserved medieval city in the whole of Belgium, is a welcoming destination for travelers from all over the world. But for hit men Ray (Colin Farrell) and Ken (Brendan Gleeson), it could be their final destination; a difficult job has resulted in the pair being ordered right before Christmas by their London boss Harry (Ralph Fiennes) to go and cool their heels in the storybook Flemish city for a couple of weeks. Very much out of place amidst the gothic architecture, canals, and cobbled streets, the two hit men fill their days living the lives of tourists. Ray, still haunted by the bloodshed in London, hates the place, while Ken, even as he keeps a fatherly eye on Ray's often profanely funny exploits, finds his mind and soul being expanded by the beauty and serenity of the city. But the longer they stay waiting for Harry's call, the more surreal their experience becomes, as they find themselves in weird encounters with locals, tourists, violent medieval art, a dwarf American actor (Jordan Prentice) shooting a European art film, Dutch prostitutes, and a potential romance for Ray in the form of Chloe (Clemence Poesy), who may have some dark secrets of her own. And when the call from Harry does finally come, Ken and Ray's vacation becomes a life-and-death struggle of darkly comic proportions and surprisingly emotional consequences. Vitals: Director: Martin McDonagh. Stars: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Clemence Posey, Ralph Fiennes. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: R, 107 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $7.598 million, Universal
Persepolis
Critically acclaimed, Academy Award nominated animated feature film based on the graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi. The poignant story of a young girl in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. It is through the eyes of precocious and outspoken 9-year-old Marjane that we see a people's hopes dashed as fundamentalists take power -- forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands. Clever and fearless, she outsmarts the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden. Yet when her uncle is senselessly executed and as bombs fall around Tehran in the Iran/Iraq war, the daily fear that permeates life in Iran is palpable. As she gets older, Marjane's boldness causes her parents to worry about her continued safety. And so, at age 14, they make the difficult decision to send her to school in Austria. Vulnerable and alone in a strange land, she endures the typical ordeals of a teenager. In addition, Marjane has to combat being equated with the religious fundamentalism and extremism she fled her country to escape. Over time, she gains acceptance, and even experiences love, but after high school she finds herself alone and horribly homesick. Though it means putting on a veil and living in a tyrannical society, Marjane decides to return to Iran to be close to her family. After a difficult period of adjustment, she enters art school and marries, all the while continuing to speak out against the hypocrisy she witnesses. At age 24, she realizes that while she is deeply Iranian, she cannot live in Iran. She then makes the heartbreaking decision to leave her homeland for France, optimistic about her future, shaped indelibly by her past. In French and Persian. Vitals: Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi. Stars: Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 95 min., Drama, Box office gross: $4.423 million, Sony.
Spiderwick Chronicles, The
When the three Grace children -- troubled Jared; his bookish twin, Simon; and their sister, Mallory, a fencing jock -- move to the ancient Spiderwick mansion, they are at first none-too-enchanted by the rundown Victorian ... until they discover a Brownie, an enchanted creature, living in the walls. They soon find a book - "Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide to the Fantastical World Around You" -- that will open their eyes to the invisible, odd, and sometimes dangerous world of dragons and boggarts, phookas and fairies, sprites and goblins that is all around them. When they cross paths with Mulgarath, an ogre, they realize quickly that he will stop at nothing to get his hands on the "Field Guide." Based on the bestselling series of books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. Vitals: Director: Mark Waters. Stars: Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 101 min., Fantasy, Box office gross: $44.076 million, Paramount.
10,000 B.C.
Prehistoric odyssey into a mythical age of prophesies and gods, when spirits ruled the land and mighty mammoths shook the earth. In a remote mountain tribe, the young hunter D'Leh (Steven Strait) has found his heart's passion -- the beautiful Evolet (Camilla Belle). But when a band of mysterious warlords raid his village and kidnap Evolet, D'Leh leads a small group of hunters to pursue the warlords to the end of the world to save her. As they venture into unknown lands for the first time, the group discovers there are civilizations beyond their own and that mankind's reach is far greater than they ever knew. At each encounter the group is joined by other tribes who have been attacked by the slave raiders, turning D'Leh's once-small band into an army. Vitals: Director: Roland Emmerich. Stars: Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Omar Sharif, Reece Ritchie, Suri van Sornsen. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 109 min., Action Adventure, Box office gross: $89.349 million, Warner.
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NEWS
Director Anthony Mann's varied career encompassed musical dramas ("The Glenn Miller Story"), actioners ("Strategic Air Command"), war films ("Men in War"), melodramas ("God's Little Acre"), costume dramas ("El Cid") and Westerns. His best Westerns always pitted man against nature, man against other men, and man against himself; his "Winchester '73" (1950) is definitely a classic of the genre. Shortly after that film, he made "The Furies" (1950), starring Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Wendell Corey and Gilbert Roland. Stanwyck and Huston are at their fierce finest in this crackling Western melodrama. In 1870s New Mexico Territory, megalomaniacal widowed ranch-owner T. C. Jeffords (Huston, in his final role) butts heads with his daughter, Vance (Stanwyck), a firebrand with serious daddy issues, over her dowry, choice of marriage, and, finally, ownership of the land itself. Both sophisticated in its view of frontier settlement and ablaze with searing domestic drama, "The Furies" is a hidden treasure of American filmmaking, boasting Oscar-nominated cinematography and vivid supporting turns from Judith Anderson, Wendell Corey, and Gilbert Roland. The folks at The Criterion Collection have brought the film to DVD in a new, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras include commentary featuring film historian Jim Kitses; a rare, 1931 on-camera interview with Walter Huston, made for the movie theater series "Intimate Interviews"; a new video interview with Nina Mann, daughter of director Mann; a stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes photos; a booklet featuring a new essay by critic Robin Wood, a 1957 Cahiers du cinema interview with Mann, and a new printing of Niven Busch's original novel.
From TV to Video:
Due this week:: "The Big Easy: The Complete First Season," a four-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98 from MPI Home Video ... "Early Edition: The First Season," a six-disc set with 23 episodes, $46.99 from Paramount ... "Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs" (2008) a feature with the latest extraterrestrial exploits of Bender, Fry, Leela and crew, in which they encounter a repulsive, planet-sized creature with billions of probing tentacles ... and soon find themselves involved in a disturbing -- yet sensuous -- interplanetary love story; $29.98 from Fox ... "My Boys: The Complete First Season," a three-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98 from Sony ... "The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Set 3," a three-disc set with five episodes of mysteries based on the fiction of best-selling crime-writer Ruth Rendell, $49.99. from Acorn Media ... "The Vice: Season Two," a three-disc set with eight episodes of the hard-hitting British TV series set in the vice unit of London's Metropolitan Police; aired on BBC America, $49.98 from MPI Home Video.
Buzzin' the 'B's:
The lives and friendships of three best friends are tried and tested as they take a cross-country road trip in "Bonneville" (2008), starring Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen, Tom Skerritt and Christine Baranski. After losing her husband, a widow persuades two friends to tag along as she sets off to California in a vintage '66 Bonneville convertible to deliver her late-husband's ashes to her resentful stepdaughter; from Fox ... A tattooist unwittingly unleashes a deadly spirit through an ancient Samoan tattoo tool that marks him for death in "The Tattooist" (2007), starring Jason Behr, Mia Blake and David Fane; from Sony ... "The Hammer" (2008) stars Adam Carolla in a comedy about a middle-aged boxing instructor and carpenter who loses his job and gets another chance at his dream -- he's invited to try out for the U.S. Olympic Boxing team; from The Weinstein Co./Genius Products ... "Telling Lies" (2006) is a psychological thriller about a seemingly innocent co-ed under suspicion for murder who tries to convince the authorities and her father that she's not guilty, starring Melanie Brown, Jason Flemyng and Kelly Stables; from Echo Bridge Entertainment ... Upon returning home as a hero from the Iraq War, Special Forces Agent Matt Taylor is thrown into another battle in his once quiet hometown where, as in Iraq, you don't know who are friends and who are enemies, in "Dark Heart" (2006), starring Greg Joelson, Darcy Halsey, Brian Howe, William Dennis Hurley and Huntley Ritter; from MTI Home Video ... In "The Wig" (2005 -- South Korea), a wig given to a cancer patient who lost her hair during chemotherapy turns out to harbor evil spirits; from Genius Products ... A young couple's weekend getaway at a secluded mountain ranch becomes an unfathomable nightmare when they discover the truth about the caretaker in "The Lodge" (2008), starring Elizabeth Kell, Mandi Kreisher, Kevin McClatchy and Owen Szabo; from Monarch Home Video ... In "Simon: King of the Witches" (1971), a professional warlock summons evil forces to thwart his enemies; from Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video.
On the Indie Front:
"Finishing the Game" (2007)stars James Franco, Dustin Nguyen, Roger Fan, Sung Kang and McCaleb Burnett in a mockumentary-style comedy that looks askew at fame, fortune and Hollywood. The unexpected death of Bruce Lee came at the zenith of his popularity. Having already shot scenes for his upcoming movie "Game of Death," studio heads decided to complete the film by launching a search for his replacement, attracting hopefuls from around the world. This film re-imagines that audition process and pokes fun at Hollywood, martial arts and Asian stereotypes in the process; from Genius Products ... "Wide Sargasso Sea" (2006) is a new U.K. production of Jean Rhys' novel, dubbed a prequel to "Jane Eyre," which imagines how Mr. Rochester met and married his first wife and how she wound up as the madwoman in the attic; stars Rafe Spall and Rebecca Hall; $24.99 from Acorn Media.
Foreign:
"The Free Will" (2006 -- Germany) is a disturbing
drama about a convicted sexual predator who has just been released from
psychiatric detention. His fear of women stirs a profound, unfulfilled
longing within him, making his reintegration into society an unbearable
ordeal. Can hope exist in his budding relationship with Nettie, herself
a victim of abuse, as they embark on a journey to the limits of free
will? Silver Bear Winner at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival; from Benten
Films: www.bentenfilms.com ... Two classics from the legendary DEFA
Collection of films made during the years when East Germany was under
Communist control arrive this week from First Run Features: "Solo Sunny"
(1979),r about an aspiring singer who falls in love, breaks hearts, has
her own broken, gets kicked out of her band and then hits the East
Berlin underground scene; a mesmerizing look at the yearnings of East
Germany's youth; and "Berlin-Schonhauser Corner"
(1957), a teen cult film about disaffected, rebellious teenagers who
meet daily on a street in East Berlin to dance to rock 'n' roll, swap
Western goods and escape the control of their parents and the State;
$24.95 each.
"The Mouse and the Motorcycle" (2008): Beverly Cleary's award-winning tale of Ralph S. Mouse and his adventures with a toy motorcycle gets the acclaimed Scholastic animated treatment; also includes an adaptation of Munro Leaf's "Wee Gillis"; $14.95 from Scholastic Storybook Treasures ... In "Elmo's World: Summer Vacation" (2008), Elmo takes toddlers to the beach to lean about sunblock, sand and cameras; three episodes, $12.93 from Sesame Workshop/Genius Products ... The Lampies" are the beings who reside in lamp posts the world over and prevent the world from going dark; their arch enemies are the evil Roons, who want to turn everything dark; the animated characters come to life in two new DVDs: "The Lampies: Dustywuppy" ($14.98) and "The Lampies: Bikey" ($9.98) from PorchLight Entertainment.
Special Interest:
"Journey to 10,000 B.C." (2008) is a History Channel documentary using computer animation to explore the world where giant ground sloths and saber-toothed cats roamed; timed for the DVD release of the theatrical "10,000 B.C."; $19.95 from A&E Home Video ... "Birth of a Civilization" is a National Geographic Channel epic account of the first 8,000 years of our civilization, from humankind's emergence on the planet through the continued quest to dominate the world; $19.98 from Warner ... "Homemade Hillbilly Jam" (2007) is an enjoyable documentary that captures the rich and wonderful sounds of Ozark "hillbilly" music by following three families of modern-day hillbillies back to the roots of their music-making heritage, $24.95 from First Run Features ... "Where Is Jimmy Hoffa?" is a documentary that explores the life and disappearance of the Teamsters Union's Hoffa; $14.98 from MPI Home Video ... "Don't Call Me Bugsy" is a documentary about the gangster who founded Las Vegas; $14.98 from MPI Home Video.
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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
Before the Rain (1994 -- Macedonian) Dir.: Milcho Manchevski; Katrin Cartlidge, Gregoire Colin, Rade Serbedzija. New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Milcho Manchevski. Extras: Commentary featuring Manchevski and film scholar Annette Insdorf; new video interview with actor Rade Serbedzija, Manchevski's award-winning music video for Arrested Development's "Tennessee," stills galleries of Manchevski's photographs and on-set shots, new essay by film scholar Ian Christie, more. (The Criterion Collection).
The Big Easy: The Complete First Season. Four-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98. (MPI Home Video).
Birth of a Civilization. National Geographic Channel epic account of the first 8,000 years of our civilization, from humankind's emergence on the planet through the continued quest to dominate the world; $19.98. (Warner).
Bonneville (2008) Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen, Tom Skerritt, Christine Baranski. The lives and friendships of three best friends are tried and tested as they take a cross-country road trip. After losing her husband, a widow persuades two friends to tag along as she sets off to California in a vintage '66 Bonneville convertible to deliver her late-husband's ashes to her resentful stepdaughter. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, alternate and deleted scenes, gag reels. (Fox).
Charlie Bartlett (2007) Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Tyler Hilton, Jake Epstein, Lauren Collins, Dylan Taylor, Mark Rendall, Kat Dennings, Derek McGrath. Extras: Commentary by director Jon Poll and writer Gustin Nash; commentary by Poll and editor Alan Baumgarten; commentary by Poll, actors Anton Yelchin and Kat Dennings; "Restroom Confessionals," Spiral Beach "Voodoo" music video; deleted scenes; featurettes. (MGM/Fox).
Dark Heart (2006) Greg Joelson, Darcy Halsey, Brian Howe, William Dennis Hurley, Huntley Ritter. Upon returning home as a hero from the Iraq War, Special Forces Agent Matt Taylor is thrown into another battle in his once quiet hometown where, as in Iraq, you don't know who are friends and who are enemies. (MTI Home Video).
Definitely, Maybe (2008) Ryan Reynolds, Isla Fisher, Derek Luke, Abigail Breslin, Elizabeth Banks, Rachel Weisz. Extras: Commentary by director Adam Brooks and Ryan Reynolds, deleted scenes, "Creating a Romance" featurette, "The Changing Times of Defintely, Maybe" featurette. (Universal).
Don't Call Me Bugsy. Documentary about the gangster who founded Las Vegas; $14.98. (MPI Home Video).
Early Edition: The First Season. Six-disc set with 23 episodes, $46.99. (Paramount).
Elmo's World: Summer Vacation (2008) Elmo takes toddlers to the beach to lean about sunblock, sand and cameras. Three episodes, $12.93. (Sesame Workshop/Genius Products).
Finishing the Game (2007) James Franco, Dustin Nguyen, Roger Fan, Sung Kang, McCaleb Burnett. Mockumentary-style comedy. The unexpected death of Bruce Lee came at the zenith of his popularity. Having already shot scenes for his upcoming movie "Game of Death," studio heads decided to complete the film by launching a search for his replacement, attracting hopefuls from around the world. This film re-imagines that audition process and pokes fun at Hollywood, martial arts and Asian stereotypes in the process. Extras: Commentary by co-writer/director Justin Lin, co-writer Josh Diamond and composer Brian Tyler; "On Set Mayhem" featurette; deleted scenes; "Satisfaction" music video by Far*East Movement. (Genius Products).
The Free Will (2006 -- Germany) Jurgen Vogel, Sabine Timoteo. Disturbing drama about a convicted sexual predator who has just been released from psychiatric detention. His fear of women stirs a profound, unfulfilled longing within him, making his reintegration into society an unbearable ordeal. Can hope exist in his budding relationship with Nettie, herself a victim of abuse, as they embark on a journey to the limits of free will? Silver Bear Winner at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival. Extras: Commentary with director Matthias Glasner and co-writer-star Jurgen Vogel (English subtitled), all new critical essay by "Time Out New York" film critic David Fear. (Benten Films: www.bentenfilms.com).
The Furies (1950) Dir.: Anthony Mann; Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Wendell Corey, Gilbert Roland. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras: Commentary featuring film historian Jim Kitses; rare, 1931 on-camera interview with Walter Huston, made for the movie theater series "Intimate Interviews"; new video interview with Nina Mann, daughter of director Anthony Mann; stills gallery of rare behind-the-scenes photos; booklet featuring a new essay by critic Robin Wood, a 1957 Cahiers du cinema interview with Mann, and a new printing of Niven Busch's original novel. (The Criterion Collection).
Futurama: The Beast With a Billion Backs (2008) In their latest extraterrestrial exploits, Bender, Fry, Leela and crew encounter a repulsive, planet-sized creature with billions of probing tentacles ... and soon find themselves involved in a disturbing -- yet sensuous -- interplanetary love story; $29.98. Extras: Commentary, featurettes, animatics, deleted scenes, more. (Fox).
The Hammer (2008) Adam Carolla. Comedy about a middle-aged boxing instructor and carpenter who loses his job and gets another chance at his dream -- he's invited to try out for the U.S. Olympic Boxing team. Extras: Deleted scenes, outtakes, commentaries, conversation with Carolla. (The Weinstein Co./Genius Products).
Homemade Hillbilly Jam (2007) Enjoyable documentary captures the rich and wonderful sounds of Ozark "hillbilly" music by following three families of modern-day hillbillies back to the roots of their music-making heritage, $24.95. (First Run Features).
In Bruges (2008) Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Clemence Posey, Ralph Fiennes. Extras: Deleted scenes, gag reel, "When in Bruges" behind-the-scenes featurette, "Strange Bruges" featurette, "A Boat Trip Around Bruges," "F*cking Br*ges" featurette. (Universal).
Journey to 10,000 B.C. (2008) History Channel documentary using computer animation to explore the world where giant ground sloths and saber-toothed cats roamed;timed for the DVD release of "10,000 B.C."; $19.95. (A&E Home Video).
The Lodge (2008) Elizabeth Kell, Mandi Kreisher, Kevin McClatchy, Owen Szabo. A young couple's weekend getaway at a secluded mountain ranch becomes an unfathomable nightmare when they discover the truth about the caretaker. (Monarch Home Video).
The Mouse and the Motorcycle (2008) Beverly Cleary's award-winning tale of Ralph S. Mouse and his adventures with a toy motorcycle gets the acclaimed Scholastic animated treatment; also includes an adaptation of Munro Leaf's "Wee Gillis"; $14.95. Extras: Read-along function. (Scholastic Storybook Treasures).
My Boys: The Complete First Season. Three-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98. Extras: "Life in the Press Box" behind-the-scenes featurette, "PJ's Rules for Sports and Dating" featurette, "No Crying in Baseball" outtakes and bloopers, "Favorites in Sports" montage of sports from the show featurette, sports quiz with cast and crew, "Riding the Pine" deleted scenes, minisodes. (Sony).
Persepolis (2008 -- French) Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Simon Abkarian, Gabrielle Lopes. Extras: English Language version of the film featuring the voices of Chiara Mastroianni, Sean Penn, Catherine Deneuve, Gena Rowlands and Iggy Pop; "The Hidden Side of Persepolis" making of the French version featurette; "Behind the Scenes of Persepolis" recording the English version featurette; commentary by directors Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud and actress Chiara Mastoianni on select scenes; animated scene comparisons; 2007 Festival des Cannes press conference Q&A with cast and crew. (Sony).
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries, Set 3. Three-disc set with five episodes of mysteries based on the fiction of best-selling crime-writer Ruth Rendell, $49.99. (Acorn Media).
Simon: King of the Witches (1971) A professional warlock summons evil forces to thwart his enemies. (Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video).
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) Freddie Highmore, Mary-Louise Parker, Nick Nolte, Joan Plowright, David Strathairn, Seth Rogen, Martin Short. Available in a single-disc and two-disc special edition (with extras). Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, "The Magic of Spiderwick" featurette, "Spiderwick: It's All True" featurette, deleted scenes, peek inside "Arthur Spiderwick's Field Guide." Also available on Blu-ray Disc.(Paramount).
The Tattooist (2007) Jason Behr, Mia Blake, David Fane. A tattooist unwittingly unleashes a deadly spirit through an ancient Samoan tattoo tool that marks him for death. Extras: Commentary by director Peter Burger and Jason Behr, deleted scenes, featurettes: "The Tattooist: Behind the Scenes," "Behind the Tattoo Designs," "The Colors of The Tattooist," "Real Life Samoan Tattoo," "Becoming a Chief," digital copy of the film. (Sony).
Telling Lies (2006) Melanie Brown, Jason Flemyng, Kelly Stables. Psychological thriller about a seemingly innocent co-ed under suspicion for murder who tries to convince the authorities and her father that she's not guilty. (Echo Bridge Home Entertainment).
10,000 BC (2008) Dir.: Roland Emmerich; Steven Strait, Camilla Belle, Cliff Curtis, Omar Sharif, Reece Ritchie, Suri van Sornsen. Extras: Alternate ending, additional scenes. Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
The Vice: Season Two. Three-disc set with eight episodes of the hard-hitting British TV series set in the vice unit of London's Metropolitan Police; aired on BBC America, $49.98. (MPI Home Video).
Where Is Jimmy Hoffa? Documentary explores the life and disappearance of Teamsters Union's Hoffa; $14.98. (MPI Home Video).
Wide Sargasso Sea (2006) New U.K. production of Jean Rhys' novel, dubbed a prequel to "Jane Eyre," which imagines how Mr. Rochester met and married his first wife and how she wound up as the madwoman in the attic. Stars Rafe Spall and Rebecca Hall. $24.99. (Acorn Media).
The Wig (2005 -- South Korea) Min-seo Chae. A wig given to a cancer patient who lost her hair during chemotherapy turns out to harbor evil spirits. (Genius Products).
Xanadu - Magical Music Edition (1980) Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly. Remastered with 5.1 soundtrack. Extras: Photo gallery, bonus music CD with the complete soundtrack. (Universal).
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