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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
For Tuesday, January 13 -- Monday, January 19
Appaloosa
Two friends -- a lawman and his deputy -- are hired to protect a lawless town suffering at the hands of a renegade rancher. The arrival of an attractive widow disrupts their plans. Vitals: Director: Ed Harris. Stars: Renee Zellweger, Viggo Mortensen, Renée Zellweger, Timothy V. Murphy, Daniel T. Parker. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: R, 114 min., Western, Box office gross: $19.991 million, New Line.
Brideshead Revisited
The memoirs of Captain Charles Ryder, stationed at Brideshead Castle during WWII; an evocative story of forbidden love and the loss of innocence. Ryder (Matthew Goode) becomes entranced with the noble Marchmain family, first through the charming and provocative Sebastian Flyte and then his sophisticated sister, Julia. The rise and fall of Charles' infatuations reflect the decline of a decadent era in England between the wars. Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson co-stars as Lady Marchmain. Based on Evelyn Waugh's acclaimed novel. Vitals: Director: Julian Jarrold. Stars: Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Greta Scacchi. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 133 min., Drama, Box office gross: $6.414 million, Miramax.
The Family That Preys
Kathy Bates and Alfre Woodard star as the matriarchs of two very different families that become inextricably linked by greed and scandal. Wealthy socialite Charlotte Cartwright (Kathy Bates) and her dear friend Alice Pratt (Alfre Woodard), a working class woman of high ideals, have enjoyed a lasting friendship throughout many years. Suddenly, their lives become mired in turmoil as their adult children's extramarital affairs, unethical business practices and a dark paternity secret threaten to derail family fortunes and unravel the lives of all involved. Alice's self-centered newlywed daughter Andrea (Sanaa Lathan) is betraying her trusting husband Chris (Rockmond Dunbar) by engaging in a torrid affair with her boss and mother's best friend's son William (Cole Hauser). While cheating on his wife Jillian (Kadee Strickland) with a string of ongoing dalliances with his mistress Andrea, William's true focus is to replace the COO of his mother's lucrative construction corporation. Meanwhile, Alice's other daughter Pam (Taraji Henson), a kind but no nonsense woman married to a hard working construction worker (Tyler Perry), tries to steer the family in a more positive direction. Vitals: Director: Tyler Perry. Stars: Tyler Perry, Jennifer Hudson, Sanaa Lathan, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Rockmond Dunbar, Taraji P. Henson, Robin Givens, Cole Hauser, Kadee Strickland. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 111 min., Drama, Box office gross: $36.405 million, Lionsgate.
My Best Friend's Girl
Smart, beautiful and headstrong, Alexis (Kate Hudson) is the girl of Dustin's (Jason Biggs) dreams. After only five weeks of dating, the love-struck Dustin is coming on so strong that Alexis is forced to slow things down -- permanently. Devastated and desperate to get her back, Dustin turns to his best friend, Tank (Dane Cook), a rebound specialist. A master at seducing, and offending women, Tank gets hired by freshly dumped guys to take their ex-girlfriends out on the worst date of their lives, an experience so horrible it sends them running gratefully back to their beaus. However, when Tank works his magic on Alexis, he ends up meeting the challenge of a lifetime. Alexis is the first girl who knows how to call his bluff, and Tank soon finds himself torn between his loyalty to Dustin and a strange new attraction to his best friend's girl. Vitals: Director: Howard Deutch. Stars: Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Alec Baldwin, Lizzy Caplan. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: R, 101 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $18.748 million, Lionsgate.
Mirrors
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home. After leaving the police force after accidentally shooting an undercover cop, Ben Carson takes a job as a security guard, patrolling the eerie, charred remains of the Mayflower department store. While there he begins to notice something sinister about the ornate mirrors that adorn the Mayflower walls. Reflected in the gigantic shimmering glass are horrific images that stun him. Beyond projecting gruesome images of the past, the mirrors appear to be manipulating reality as well. When Carson sees his own reflection being tortured, he suffers the physical effects of his fractured visions. Suddenly the troubled ex-cop finds himself battling his personal demons and the ones that have hijacked his reflection, tormenting him with convulsions, spontaneous bleeding and near suffocation. His sympathetic but skeptical sister Angela dismisses the bizarre "nightmares" as a consequence of his stress and guilt over the accidental shooting, but Carson's estranged wife Amy, a no-nonsense NYPD medical examiner, is less forgiving. Her husband's increasingly erratic behavior frightens her, pushing his family farther away -- and, she fears, putting their children in danger. But a much deadlier threat looms, trapped within the mirrors and reflective surfaces that pervade their everyday life. As Carson investigates the mysterious disappearance of a Mayflower security guard and its possible connection to his ghastly visions, he realizes that a malevolent, otherworldly force is using reflections as a gateway to terrorize him and his family. Vitals: Director: Alexandre Aja. Stars: Amy Smart, Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Jason Flemyng, Julian Glover, Ezra Buzzington, John Shrapnel. 2007, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min., Horror, Box office gross: $30.691 million, Fox.
Swing Vote
Kevin Costner stars as Bud Johnson, an apathetic, beer slinging, lovable loser, who is coasting through a life that has passed him by, except for the one bright spot in his mundane existence, his precocious, over achieving 12-year old daughter, Molly. She takes care of them both, until one mischievous moment on Election Day, when she accidentally sets off a chain of events which culminates in the Presidential election coming down to one vote: her dad's. Suddenly, Bud Johnson, the nobody, becomes the voice for everybody when the world realizes that his vote will be the one that elects the next president. Politicians invade the small town of Texico, New Mexico and its unwitting inhabitants, waging war for Bud's vote. Vitals: Director: Joshua Michael Stern. Stars: Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, Judge Reinhold, Willie Nelson, Mare Winningham, Richard Petty. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 120 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $16.284 million, Disney.
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NEWS
Coming Soon:
Magnolia Home Entertainment has set a February 24 release for the DVD and Blu-ray editions of "What Just Happened,"
a comedy about two nail-biting, backstabbing, roller-coaster weeks in
the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer, starring Robert De Niro,
Bruce Willis,, Sean Penn, Catherine Keene, Stanley Tucci, Robin Wright
Penn and John Turturro; "I've Loved You So Long," a powerful drama of
struggle and redemption about an ex-doctor who, having served 15 years
in prison for an unspeakable crime, comes to live with her loving but
estranged sister in an effort to reenter the world, starring Kristin
Scott Thomas, will debut on DVD and Blu-ray on March 3 from Sony.
Glowing Blu-ray:
New Blu-ray release announcements: Paramount Home Entertainment will release Alexander Payne's 1999 quirky comedy "Election," starring Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon on January 20 ($29.99) and the extended two-disc director's cut of "Zodiac" (2007), directed by David Fincher and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards and Robert Downey Jr., n January 27 ($36.99) ... Jason is back in a Blu-ray edition of the uncut version of "Friday the 13th" (1980), with new bonus features including "A Friday the 13th Reunion," "Fresh Cuts: New Tales from Friday the 13th," "Lost Tales From Camp Blood," and "Secrets Galore Behind the Gore," also from Paramount, due February 3 for $29.99. (Posted January 11)
DVD Collectibles:
"Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America" is a
three-disc set of the six-hour PBS miniseries exploring the nature of
comedy (begins airing January 14), hosted by Billy Crystal and narrated
by Amy Sedaris. The documentary melds performances, biographical
portraits, and American history to illustrate how comedy has mirrored
the political and social changes in American society. Each hour-long
episode focuses on a different genre of comedy, from slapstick and
satire to stand-up and sitcoms. "Make 'Em Laugh" compiles the most
popular routines, the most ingenious physical shtick, the snappiest
wisecracks, and the most incisive, biting satirical jokes to have come
out of American culture. The list of influential comedic talent
featured and/or interviewed for the series includes: Charlie Chaplin,
Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Sid Caesar, Judd Apatow, Woody
Allen, Larry Wilmore, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Richard Lewis, Jon
Stewart, and many others. $34.95. (Rhino Entertainment) ... also due
this week are two additions to Paramount's Centennial Collection,
celebrating the 100th anniversary of the studio: 
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961), directed by Blake
Edwards and starring Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal,
Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam and Mickey Rooney. The two-disc set includes
commentary by producer Richard Shepherd, a photo gallery, an eight-page
booklet, eight featurettes: "A Golightly Gathering," "Henry Mancini:
More Than Music," "Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective," "The Making of
a Classic," "It's So Audrey: A Style Icon," "Behind the Gates: The
Tour," "Brilliance in a Blue Box," "Audrey's Letter to Tiffany's", and "Funny Face"
(1957), directed by Stanley Donen and starring Audrey Hepburn, Fred
Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair and Robert Flemyng. The two-disc
set includes a photo gallery, an eight-page booklet, six featurettes:
"Kay Thompson: Think Pink" (an incredible documentary on one of the
most influential but little known actors-writers-stylists-trendsetters
of the 20th century), "This Is VistaVision," "Fashion Photographers
Exposed," "The Fashion Designer and His Muse," "Parisian Dreams,"
"Paramount in the '50s."
"Ben 10 Alien Force Season One, Volume 2" features five episodes, $14.98 from Warner ... "Dallas: The Complete Tenth Season" is a three-disc set with 29 episodes, $39.98 from Warner ... "The Last Enemy" (2008) is a two-disc set of the five-episode PBS thriller series that explores how technology and terror could transform civilization into a dystopian society of constant surveillance; $29.95 from WGBH Boston Video ... "Little Britain, USA" is a two-disc set with six episodes, $29.98 from HBO Video ... "The Lost Gods" (2006) includes five episodes of the Smithsonian Channel series about the gods of ancient civilizations, $24.98 from Infinity Entertainment ... "Lovejoy: The Complete Season 4" is a four-disc set with 13 episodes of the crime-solving antiques dealer, starring Ian McShane, $69.98 from Warner ... "Matlock: Season Two" (1987-88) is a six-disc set with 23 episodes, $54.99 from Paramount ... "NatureTech" (2006) includes three episodes of the Smithsonian Channel series about the evolving science of looking to nature for answers to modern problems, $24.98 from Infinity Entertainment ... "Reba: Season Five" is a two-disc set with 22 episodes, $29.98 from Fox ... "Saxondale: Seasons 1&2" is a three-disc set with 13 episodes of the British comedy series about an ex-roadie now at the "cutting edge" of the pest control industry, $39.98 from Warner ... "Skins: Volume 1" is a three-disc set with nine episodes of the edgy British teen series, $39.98 from Warner ... "'Til Death: The Complete Second Season" (2007-08) is a two-disc set with 18 episodes, $29.95 from Sony ... "Tyler Perry's House of Payne: Volume Three" is a three-disc set with 20 episodes, $29.98 from Lionsgate ... "Walker, Texas Ranger: The Sixth Season" (1998-99) is a six-disc set with 23 episodes, $54.99 from Paramount.
Buzzin' the 'B's:
In "All Roads Lead Home" (2008), starring Vivienne Cardone, Patton Oswalt, Jason London, Peter Coyote and Peter Boyle, a 12-year-old girl rebels against her father and is sent to her maternal grandfather's working farm
There's two horror outing this week: A remastering of "My Bloody Valentine: Special Edition"
(1981), starring Jaime King, Jensen Ackles and Kerr Smith, with lost
footage, an interactive horror film history, and a featurette that
examines the history of the making of the film; from Lionsgate.
Coincides with Lionsgate's 3-D remake of the film arriving in theaters
January 16 ... In "Yeti" (2008), starring Peter
DeLuise, Carly Pope, Crystal Lowe and Ed Marinaro, a group of college
students battle the legendary creature in the 12th installment in TV's
"Maneater" series; from Genius Products ... And, lastly, there's two
silly teen comedies: "Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach"
(2008), starring Seann William Scott and Randy Quaid, about a tennis
star who quit the sport after a traumatic incident on the court finds
his way back to America and a job as a high school janitor; when the
high school tennis coach drops dead, he convinces the school to let him
take over, determined to whip the team's crew of slackers into shape;
from Sony ... and "Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling"
(2009), starring Oliver Jame, Amber McDonald, Madison Riley, Kristopher
Turner, Rik Young and Ellen Albertini Dow, in a direct-to-video sequel
to the 2004 comedy; from Paramount.On the Indie Front:
In "Brick Lane" (2007), a winner at the London Film Festival and the San Sebastian International Film Festival, a young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneem, arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life, but quickly becomes trapped within the four walls of her flat and fears that her soul is quietly dying; from Sony.
Foreign:
In "I Do: How To Get Married and Stay Single (Prete-moi ta main)"
(2006 -- French), a carefree single man, pressured by his family to get
married, hatches a hare-brained scheme: He will find the "perfect
woman," pay her to pose as his fiancee to charm his family, and then
arrange for her to jilt him at the altar on their wedding day in order
to get his family to feel sorry for him and never mention marriage
again; from Lionsgate.
"Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Chipettes" features six episodes from the 1980s show featuring the three female chipmunks, $16.99 from Paramount ... "Fireman Sam: Saves the Day" includes five episodes from the PBS KIDS Sprout series, $14.98 from HIT Entertainment/Lionsgate.
Special Interest:
"Mr. Mike's Mondo Video" (1979)is a demented comedy
from the mind of National Lampoon's and Saturday Night Live's
notoriously funny writer-performer Michael O'Donoghue: It's a spoof of
the 1962 shock-exploitation documentary "Mondo Cane," which featured
travelogue vignettes of bizarre cultural practices designed to
titillate Western audiences. Features members of the classic 1979
Saturday Night Live cast: Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Jane
Curtin and Laraine Newman; $19.99 from Shout! Factory ... 
"Our Daily Bread" (2005 -- Germany) is a documentary
on the world of industrial food production and high-tech farming. To
the rhythm of conveyor belts and immense machines, the film looks into
the places where food is produced in Europe: monumental spaces, surreal
landscapes and bizarre sounds -- cool, industrial environments that
seem right out of science fiction movies. In the modern world of
high-tech agriculture, animal husbandry and industrial food processing,
there's little room for humans -- except as consumers; $29.98 from
Icarus Films Home Video ... "Patti Smith: Dream of Life"
(2008)is an award-winning documentary about legendary musician Patti
Smith, surveying her life, her career, and the philosophical and
spiritual themes that have dominated her work; $24.09 from Palm
Pictures ... The latest stage play written and directed by American
playwright Tyler Perry, "Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor: The Play" (2008), takes a comedic look (with music) at life and love through the eyes of a marriage counselor; from Lionsgate.
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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Chipettes. Six episodes from the 1980s featuring the three female chipmunks, $16.99. (Paramount).
Appaloosa (2008) Dir.: Ed Harris; Renee Zellweger, Viggo Mortensen, Renee Zellweger, Timothy V. Murphy, Daniel T. Parker.Extras: Commentary by Ed Harris and screenwriter-producer Robert Knott, "Bringing the Characters of Appaloosa to Life," "Historical Accuracy of Appaloosa," "The Town of Appaloosa," "Dean Semler's Return to the Western" featurette, deleted scenes. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (New Line).
Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach (2008) Seann William Scott, Randy Quaid. A tennis star who quit the sport after a traumatic incident on the court finds his way back to America and a job as a high school janitor. When the high school tennis coach drops dead, he convinces the school to let him take over, determined to whip the team's crew of slackers into shape. Extras: Commentary, "Tennis, Anyone?" featurette, "A Hot Apple Pie" making-of featurette, deleted scenes, outtakes. (Sony).
Ben 10 Alien Force Season One, Volume 2. Five episodes, $14.98. (Warner).
Breakfast at Tiffany's
(1961) Dir.: Blake Edwards; Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia
Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney. Centennial Collection
(100th anniversary of Paramount) edition two-disc set. Extras:
Commentary by producer Richard Shepherd, photo gallery, eight-page
booklet, eight featurettes: "A Golightly Gathering," "Henry Mancini:
More Than Music," "Mr. Yunioshi: An Asian Perspective," "The Making of
a Classic," "It's So Audrey: A Style Icon," "Behind the Gates: The
Tour," "Brilliance in a Blue Box," "Audrey's Letter to Tiffany's."
(Paramount).
Brick Lane (2007) Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kausik, Christopher Simpson. Winner of the London Film Festival and the San Sebastian International Film Festival. A young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneem, arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four walls of her flat in East London, and in a loveless marriage with the middle-aged Chanu, she fears her soul is quietly dying. Extras: "Exploring Brick Lane" featurette, interviews, scene specific commentaries, commentary by director Sarah Gavron and Tannishtha Chatterjee. (Sony).
Brideshead Revisited (2008) Matthew Goode, Ben Whishaw, Hayley Atwell, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Greta Scacchi. Extras: Deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Miramax).
Dallas: The Complete Tenth Season. Three-disc set with 29 episodes, $39.98. (Warner).
The Family That Preys (2008) Dir.: Tyler Perry; Tyler Perry, Jennifer Hudson, Sanaa Lathan, Kathy Bates, Alfre Woodard, Rockmond Dunbar, Taraji P. Henson, Robin Givens, Cole Hauser, Kadee Strickland. Extras: Featurettes, deleted scenes. (Lionsgate).
Fireman Sam: Saves the Day. Five episodes from the PBS KIDS Sprout series, $14.98. Extras: Bonus episode. (HIT Entertainment/Lionsgate).
Funny Face (1957) Dir.: Stanley Donen; Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair, Robert Flemyng. Centennial Collection (100th anniversary of Paramount) edition two-disc set. Extras: Photo gallery, eight-page booklet, six featurettes: "Kay Thompson: Think Pink," "This Is VistaVision," "Fashion Photographers Exposed," "The Fashion Designer and His Muse," "Parisian Dreams," "Paramount in the '50s." (Paramount).
Hit and Run (aka Bumper) (2008) Laura Breckenridge, Kevin Corrigan, Christopher Shand. A night of Spring Break partying turns into a living nightmare for student Mary Murdock after hitting a bump on a dark road only to find a man dangling from her car's bumper. Panicked, Mary frantically beats him unconscious, buries him in the woods and returns home to cover her tracks. But is he really dead? (MGM).
I Do: How To Get Married and Stay Single (Prete-moi ta main) (2006 -- French) Alain Chabat, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Bernadette Lafont. A carefree single man, pressured by his family to get married, hatches a hare-brained scheme: He will find the "perfect woman," pay her to pose as his fiancee to charm his family, and then arrange for her to jilt him at the altar on their wedding day. That way, his family will feel sorry for him and never mention marriage again. When he meets Emmanuelle (Charlotte Gainsbourg), the sister of Luis' best friend, it seems like a win-win situation, but even the best-laid plans of single men can go horribly wrong. (Lionsgate).
The Last Enemy (2008) Two-disc set of the five-episode PBS thriller series that explores how technology and terror could transform civilization into a dystopian society of constant surveillance. $29.95. (WGBH Boston Video).
Little Britain, USA. Two-disc set with six episodes, $29.98. Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes, bloopers, more. (HBO Video).
The Lost Gods (2006) Five episodes of the Smithsonian Channel series about the gods of ancient civilizations, $24.98. (Infinity Entertainment).
Lovejoy: The Complete Season 4. Four-disc set with 13 episodes of the crime-solving antiques dealer, starring Ian McShane, $69.98. (Warner).
Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (2009) Three-disc set of the six-hour PBS miniseries. Hosted by Billy Crystal and narrated by Amy Sedaris. The documentary melds performances, biographical portraits, and American history to illustrate how comedy has mirrored the political and social changes in American society. Each hour-long episode focuses on a different genre of comedy, from slapstick and satire to stand-up and sitcoms. "Make 'Em Laugh" compiles the most popular routines, the most ingenious physical shtick, the snappiest wisecracks, and the most incisive, biting satirical jokes to have come out of American culture. The list of influential comedic talent featured and/or interviewed for the series includes: Charlie Chaplin, Jack Benny, Lucille Ball, Carol Burnett, Sid Caesar, Judd Apatow, Woody Allen, Larry Wilmore, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Richard Lewis, Jon Stewart, and many others. $34.95. (Rhino Entertainment).
Matlock: Season Two (1987-88) Six-disc set with 23 episodes, $54.99. (Paramount).
Mirrors (2008) Amy Smart, Kiefer Sutherland, Paula Patton, Jason Flemyng, Julian Glover, Ezra Buzzington, John Shrapnel. Unrated. Extras: Featurette on the myths and mythology behind mirrors, making-of featurette, deleted scenes, alternate ending. Also available on Blu-ray Disc.
Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979) Demented comedy from the mind of National Lampoon's and Saturday Night Live's notoriously funny writer-performer Michael O'Donoghue. Spoof of the 1962 shock-exploitation documentary "Mondo Cane," which featured travelogue vignettes of bizarre cultural practices designed to titillate Western audiences. Features members of the classic 1979 Saturday Night Live cast: Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin and Laraine Newman. $19.99. Extras: "Mr. Mike's Least-Loved Bedtime Tales" from Saturday Night Live (1976-1977), Bill Murray's on-air eulogy for Michael O'Donoghue (1994). commentary by writer Mitch Glazer. (Shout! Factory).
My Best Friend's Girl (2008) Dane Cook, Kate Hudson, Jason Biggs, Alec Baldwin, Lizzy Caplan. In rated and unrated versions. Extras: Commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted and extended scenes, gag reel, more. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Lionsgate).
My Bloody Valentine: Special Edition (1981) Jaime King, Jensen Ackles, Kerr Smith. Extras: Lost footage, an interactive horror film history, a featurette that examines the history of the making of the film. Coincides with Lionsgate's 3-D remake of the film arriving in theaters January 16. (Lionsgate).
NatureTech (2006) Three episodes of the Smithsonian Channel series about the evolving science of looking to nature for answers to modern problems, $24.98. (Infinity Entertainment).
Our Daily Bread (2005 --
Germany) Documentary on the world of industrial food production and
high-tech farming. To the rhythm of conveyor belts and immense
machines, the film looks into the places where food is produced in
Europe: monumental spaces, surreal landscapes and bizarre sounds --
cool, industrial environments that seem right out of science fiction
movies. In the modern world of high-tech agriculture, animal husbandry
and industrial food processing, there's little room for humans --
except as consumers. Extras: Behind-the-scenes photo gallery, interview with director Nikolaus Geyrhalter. $29.98. (Icarus Films Home Video).
Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008) Filmmaker Steven Sebring directed this award-winning documentary about legendary musician Patti Smith, surveying her life, her career, and the philosophical and spiritual themes that have dominated her work. Following her through 11 years of work and touring, the film explores Smith's artistry in music, painting and poetry, offering intimate insight into the musician's often conflicted creative style. $24.09. (Palm Pictures).
Reba: Season Five Two-disc set with 22 episodes, $29.98. (Fox).
Ring of Death (2008) Johnny Mesnner, Stacy Keach, Charlotte Ross, Uriah Shelton. An ex-cop is tapped by the FBI to go undercover in a prison to uncover a deadly fight club. (Genius Products and RHI Entertainment).
Saxondale: Seasons 1&2.Three-disc set with 13 episodes of the British comedy series about an ex-roadie now at the "cutting edge" of the pest control industry, $39.98. (Warner).
Shut Up and Shoot! (2006) Gary Busey, Tom Sizemore and Daniel Baldwin, Joseph Cortese, Silvio Pollio. A hot movie producer convinces his star to kill off his producing partners and catch the murders on camera. (Koch Vision).
Skins: Volume 1. Three-disc set with nine episodes of the edgy British teen series, $39.98. Extras: Diaries, ancillary storylines, more. (Warner).
Swing Vote (2008) Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Nathan Lane, Kelsey Grammer, Stanley Tucci, George Lopez, Madeline Carroll, Paula Patton, Judge Reinhold, Willie Nelson, Mare Winningham, Richard Petty. Extras: Commentary by writer-director Joshua Michael Stern and writer Jason Richman, "Inside the Campaign: The Politics of Production," deleted and extended scenes. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Disney).
'Til Death: The Complete Second Season (2007-08) Two-disc set with 18 episodes, $29.95. Extras: Bloopers, "Pre-Show Antics With Brad Garrett" featurette. (Sony).
Tyler Perry's House of Payne: Volume Three. Three-disc set with 20 episodes, $29.98. (Lionsgate).
Tyler Perry's The Marriage Counselor: The Play (2008) The latest stage play written and directed by American playwright Tyler Perry takes a comedic look (with music) at life and love through the eyes of a marriage counselor. (Lionsgate).
Underworld/Underworld: Evolution Double Feature. Three-disc set with the two-disc "Underworld Unrated Extended Edition" and "Underworld: Evolution Special Edition," both starring Kate Beckinsale and Scott Speedman; $19.94. (Sony).
Walker, Texas Ranger: The Sixth Season (1998-99) Six-disc set with 23 episodes, $54.99. (Paramount).
Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling(2009). Oliver Jame, Amber McDonald, Madison Riley, Kristopher Turner, Rik Young, Ellen Albertini Dow. Direct-to-video sequel to the 2004 comedy. Everything that can go wrong does when two best friends and one zany Brit venture out into the wilderness in search of a high school sweetheart. Extras: "Up the Creek: The Making of Without a Paddle: Nature's Calling," "Furious Nuts" behind-the-scenes squirrel casting featurette, "Treehouse Tales," deleted scenes, gag reel. Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Paramount).
Yeti (2008) Peter DeLuise, Carly Pope, Crystal Lowe, Ed Marinaro. A group of college students battle the legendary creature; 12th installment in TV's "Maneater" series. (Genius Products).
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