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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
For Tuesday, February 107-- Monday, February 23
Body of Lies
Based on Washington Post columnist David Ignatius' 2007 novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), who uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. When Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate his network, he must first win the backing of cunning CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) and the collegial, but perhaps suspect, head of Jordanian intelligence. Although ostensibly his allies, Ferris questions how far he can really trust these men without putting his entire operation -- and his life -- on the line. Vitals: Director: Ridley Scott. Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Simon McBurney. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: R, 128 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $39.015 million, (Warner).
Changeling
Clint Eastwood directs Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich in a provocative thriller based on actual events. Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working-class suburb, Christine (Jolie) said goodbye to her son, Walter, and left for work. When she came home, she discovered he had vanished. A fruitless search ensues, and months later, a boy claiming to be the 9-year-old is returned. Dazed by the swirl of cops, reporters and her conflicted emotions, Christine allows him to stay overnight. But in her heart, she knows he is not Walter. As she pushes authorities to keep looking, she learns that in Prohibition-era L.A., women don't challenge the system and live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit, Christine finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb (Malkovich), who helps her fight the city to look for her missing boy. Based on the actual incident that rocked California's legal system, "Changeling" tells the shocking tale of a mother's quest to find her son, and those who won't stop until they silence her. Vitals: Director: Clint Eastwood. Stars: Angelina Jolie, Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore, John Malkovich, Amy Ryan, Michael Kelly. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: R, 141 min., Drama, Box office gross: $35.707 million, Universal.
Choke
Based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk ("Fight Club"), "Choke" is a dark joyride that explores the scams and sexual compulsion of a modern young man. Beside working at a colonial reenactment theme park and trying to hook up with everything on two legs, sex addict Victor Mancini courts the love and money of complete strangers via a demented con that might just kill him: he fakes choking on food in restaurants and preys on his "rescuers." But first, Victor must save his dying, delusional mother by seducing and impregnating her comely physician, a task easier said than done, in this twisted tale of dysfunction, salvation, love, and libido. Vitals: Director: Clark Gregg. Stars: Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly MacDonald, Bijou Phillips, Brad William Henke. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: R, 89 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $2.926 million, Fox.
Flash of Genius
Based on the true story of college professor and part-time inventor Robert Kearns' (Greg Kinnear) long battle with the U.S. automobile industry, "Flash of Genius" tells the tale of one man whose fight to receive recognition for his ingenuity would come at a heavy price. But this determined engineer refused to be silenced, and he took on the corporate titans in a battle that nobody thought he could win. The Kearns were a typical 1960s Detroit family, trying to live their version of the American Dream. Local university professor Bob married teacher Phyllis (Lauren Graham) and, by their mid-thirties, had six kids who brought them a hectic but satisfying Midwestern existence. When Bob invents the intermittent windshield wiper, the Kearns think they have struck gold. But their aspirations are dashed after the auto giants who embraced Bob's creation unceremoniously shunned the man who invented it. Ignored, threatened and then buried in years of litigation, Bob is haunted by what was done to his family and their future. He becomes a man obsessed with justice and the conviction that his life's work -- or for that matter, anyone's work -- be acknowledged by those who stood to benefit. And while paying the toll for refusing to compromise his dignity, this everyday David will try the unthinkable: to bring Goliath to his knees. Vitals: Director: Marc Abraham. Stars: Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Alan Alda, Bill Smitrovich, Tim Kelleher, Jake Abel. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 119 min., Drama, Box office gross: $3.744 million, Universal.
High School Musical 3: Senior Year -- Extended Edition
Disney's "High School Musical" phenomenon leaps onto the big screen with the fav high school students hitting senior year. Amidst a basketball championship, prom and a big spring musical featuring all of the Wildcats, Troy and Gabriella vow to make every moment last as their lifelong college dreams put the future of their relationship in question. A crew of sophomore Wildcats joins in the fun. Vitals: Director: Kenny Ortega. Stars: Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, Lucas Grabeel, Monique Coleman. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: G, 112 min., Musical, Box office gross: $89.302 million, Disney.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Sidney Young is a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame and glamour. His alternative magazine, Post Modern Review, pokes fun at the media obsessed stars and bucks trends, and so when Young is offered a job at the diametrically opposed conservative New York based Sharps magazine its something of a shock. It seems Sharps editor Clayton Harding is amused by Young's disruption of a post-BAFTA party with a pig posing as Babe. Thus begins Sidney's descent into success -- his gradual move from derided outsider to confidante of starlet Sophie Maes -- and a love affair with colleague Alison Olsen, that will either make him or break him. The film is based on Toby Young's memoir of the same name Vitals: Director: Robert B. Weide. Stars: Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Megan Fox, Max Minghella, Jeff Bridges. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $2.775 million, MGM.
Quarantine
A television reporter and her cameraman are trapped inside a building quarantined by the CDC after the outbreak of a mysterious virus which turns humans into bloodthirsty killers. Television reporter Angela Vidal (Jennifer Carpenter) and her cameraman (Steve Harris) are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been infected by something unknown. After a few of the residents are viciously attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew's videotape. Vitals: Director: John Erick Dowdle. Stars: Jennifer Carpenter, Johnathon Schaech, Jay Hernandez. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: R, 89 min., Horror Thriller, Box office gross: $31.691 million, Sony.
Religulous
"Religulous" follows Bill Maher as he travels around the globe interviewing people about God and religion. Known for his astute analytical skills, irreverent wit and commitment to never pulling a punch, Maher brings his characteristic honesty to an unusual spiritual journey. Vitals: Director: Larry Charles. Stars: Bill Maher. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: R, 101 min., Documentary, Box office gross: $12.995 million, Lionsgate.
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NEWS
DVD Collectibles:
The Criterion Collection has gone to the art house archive this week for "Essential Art House: Volume II,"
a no-frills collection of classic films "Black Orpheus," "The 400
Blows," "Ikiru," "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp," "Pygmalion,"
and "La Strada." The titles are available separately at $19.95 each and
in a boxed-set for $99.95. Also due this week from Criterion are two
John Cassavetes films, both available for the first time as single
editions: "Faces" (1968), starring Gena Rowlands,
Seymour Cassel and John Marley, in a double-disc set with new, restored
high-definition digital transfer and loads of extras; and "Shadows" (1959), Cassavetes first outing, in a new, restored high-definition digital transfer.
"The Beverly Hillbillies: The Official Third Season" (1964-65) is a five-disc set with 34 episodes, $49.98 from Paramount ... "Dead Like Me" (2009) stars Callum Blue, Ellen Muth, Henry Ian Cusick and Sarah Wynter in a feature film based on the series, set two years after the critically acclaimed Showtime series ended; from MGM ... "Dead Like Me The Complete Collection" is a nine-disc set with 29 episodes as well as the "Dead Like Me" feature film, $69.98 from MGM ... "The F-Word: Series One" (2005) is a three-disc set with nine episodes of the British cooking competition starring Britain's great chef Gordon Ramsay, $29.98 from BFS Entertainment ... "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit -- The Eighth Year" (2006-07) is a five-disc set with 22 episodes, $59.98 from Universal ... "Murder She Wrote: The Complete Ninth Season" (1992-93) is a five-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.98 from Universal.
Buzzin' the 'B's:
"Feast III: The Happy Finish" (2009) stars Jenny Wade,
Martin Klebba, Clu Gulager and Craig Henningsen in the third
installment of director John Gulager's blood-curdling "Feast" series;
from The Weinstein Co./Dimension Extreme/Genius Products ... "Alien Raiders"
(2008) is a nerve-shredding battle for human survival against aliens
that invade our world by invading our bodies; from Warner ... The
killing machines of the cult hit "Screamers" are back and deadlier than
ever in "Screamers: The Hunting" (2009), starring Lance Henriksen, Gina Holden and Jana Pallaske; from Sony.
Foreign:
"I Served the King of England" (2006 -- Czech
Republic) is a satiric tale of an ambitious Czech waiter who finds
himself collaborating with the Nazis during World War II; the latest
film from director Jiri Menzel, who won an Academy Award for his Czech
New Wave classic "Closely Watched Trains"; from Sony ... Two fabulous
films arrive this week from First Run Features: In "Alice in Wondertown"
(1990 -- Cuba), an iconoclastic film inspired by Lewis Carroll's
classic tale, Alice is a drama teacher who goes on a cultural mission
to a small town where the most bizarre occurrences are commonplace:
Mirrors become doors, circus animals walk the streets, and it seems
anything can happen -- and everyone except Alice seems resigned to the
situation. She discovers that the town's population is made up of
officials and workers who have been fired for violating rules, minor or
illusionary, and now cannot find their way out of this strange town.
Banned in Cuba for satirizing the opportunism and indolence embedded in
Cuban bureaucracy. "The Kaiser's Lackey" (1951), once
banned throughout Germany, is now hailed as "one of the best films of
all time." It's a biting satire of Germany's penchant for
ultra-nationalism and authoritarianism. A young boy named Diedrich is
afraid of everything, but as he grows older he learns that by groveling
before his superiors and manipulating or stepping on everyone else, he
is capable of advancing his position in life. As he progresses from a
beer swilling cadet to a ruthless factory owner and finally to a lackey
for the Kaiser, Diedrich's ambition for power and prestige comes to
fruition. $24.95 each.
Due this week: "The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Season One, Volume One" (1996), a two-disc set with 13 episodes, $26.99 from Warner ... and "The Smurfs: Season 2, Volume One," a two-disc set of the Saturday morning cartoon series, $14.98 from Warner.
Special Interest:
"American Scary" (2008) is a documentary on late-night
TV horror show hosts, from the obscure to the famous to the infamous,
including Zacherley (John Zacherle, who began his horror hosting career
in the late 1950's in Philadelphia as "Roland" and became one of the
most iconic nationally recognized figures in the genre), Ghoulardi
(Ernie Anderson, an anarchic hipster creation who exploded on Cleveland
television in the winter of 1962, and proceeded to excite and warp the
minds of his fanatic followers until 1966) and Vampira (Maila Nurmi,
who modeled her character on elements of Charles Addams cartoons,
screen glamour queens and bondage magazines. $19.95 from Cinema Libre
... "Alien from Earth: The Little People of Flores"
(2009) is a NOVA investigation into the sensational discovery of the
bizarre ancient bones of the so-called "Hobbit" unearthed in a cave on
the island of Flores, Indonesia; $24.99 from WGBH Boston Video ... "Arctic Dinosaurs: Warm-Blooded Creatures of the Cretaceous?"
(2009) is a NOVA documentary on a group of dinosaurs that managed to
survive and even thrive in the gloom of the dark and frigid polar
regions; $24.99 from WGBH Boston Video ... "Columbia: Space Shuttle Disaster"
(2009) uses interviews with astronauts, NASA personnel, and members of
the Columbia Accident Investigation Board to give viewers a new look at
the February 1, 2003 disintegration of the Columbia shuttle over Texas
just 16 minutes before it was due to land; all seven astronauts aboard
perished; $24.99 from WGBH Boston Video.
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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
Alien from Earth: The Little People of Flores (2009) NOVA presents an exclusive new investigation into the sensational discovery of the bizarre ancient bones of the so-called "Hobbit" unearthed in a cave on the island of Flores, Indonesia. No more than 3 feet tall when fully grown, these tiny humans survived in the cave for tens of thousands of years, hunting the huge and fierce Komodo dragons that roamed their remote island home. NOVA explores the latest evidence in a furious scientific debate on what the Hobbit bones represent. $24.99. (WGBH Boston Video).
Alien Raiders (2008) Carlos Bernard, Mathew St. Patrick, Courtney Ford, Rockmond Dunbar. A Nerve-shredding battle for human survival against aliens that invade our world by invading our bodies. Extras: "Hidden Terror: The Making of Alien Raiders," "Blood, Sweat and Fears: The Special Effects of Alien Invaders," more. (Warner).
American Scary
(2008) Documentary on late-night TV horror show hosts, from the obscure
to the famous to the infamous, including Zacherley (John Zacherle, who
began his horror hosting career in the late 1950's in Philadelphia as
"Roland" and became one of the most iconic nationally recognized
figures in the genre), Ghoulardi (Ernie Anderson, an anarchic hipster
creation who exploded on Cleveland television in the winter of 1962,
and proceeded to excite and warp the minds of his fanatic followers
until 1966) and Vampira (Maila Nurmi, who modeled her character on
elements of Charles Addams cartoons, screen glamour queens and bondage
magazines. $19.95. (Cinema Libre)
Arctic Dinosaurs: Warm-Blooded Creatures of the Cretaceous? (2009) How is it that dinosaurs managed to survive and even thrive in the gloom of the dark and frigid polar regions? It is one of paleontology's most intriguing enigmas; but now, a unique field expedition covered exclusively by NOVA will set out for Alaska's North Slope to defrost a jackpot of new fossil clues; $24.99. (WGBH Boston Video).
The Beverly Hillbillies: The Official Third Season (1964-65) Five-disc set with 34 episodes, $49.98.(Paramount).
Body of Lies (2008) Dir.: Ridley Scott; Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Simon McBurney. Available on standard DVD, two-disc Special Edition with a digital copy, and on Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Commentary by Scott, screenwriter William Monahan, and author David Ignatius; behind-the-scene featurettes, interactive interviews. (Warner).
Changeling (2008) Dir.: Clint Eastwood; Angelina Jolie, Jeffrey Donovan, Colm Feore, John Malkovich, Amy Ryan, Michael Kelly. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Universal).
Choke (2008) Sam Rockwell, Anjelica Huston, Kelly MacDonald, Bijou Phillips, Brad William Henke. Extras: Commentary by writer-director-actor Clark Gregg and Sam Rockwell, deleted scenes, gag reel, featurettes, more. (Fox).
Christopher Titus: Love Is Evol (2009) Comedy Central stand-up airs February 14; $16.99. Extras: "Titus Vs. Cupid: Behind-The-Scenes at the Photo Shoot," "The Fans Speak: Love on the Rocks," "Countdown to V-Day," extra footage. (Paramount).
Columbia: Space Shuttle Disaster (2009)On February 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated over Texas just 16 minutes before it was due to land. All seven astronauts aboard perished; NASA responded by announcing the retirement of the shuttle program in 2010. What caused the Columbia disaster? An engineering flaw? A failure within NASA? Could this catastrophe have been avoided? Through interviews with astronauts, NASA personnel, and members of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, "Space Shuttle Disaster" gives viewers a new look at the Columbia tragedy; $24.99. (WGBH Boston Video).
Dead Like Me (2009) Callum
Blue, Ellen Muth, Henry Ian Cusick, Sarah Wynter. Feature film based on
the series. Set two years after the critically acclaimed Showtime
series ended, the undead reapers are introduced to their new boss,
Cameron Kane, whose new agenda creates disorder within the reaper clan.
While Daisy and Mason fall prey to Cameron's temptations, the infamous
Georgia "George" Lass creates more reaper havoc by breaking an
important reaper rule: revealing herself to her Earthly family. (MGM).
Dead Like Me The Complete Collection. Nine-disc set with 29 episodes as well as the "Dead Like Me" feature film, $69.98. Extras: Four featurettes, commentary, deleted scenes. (MGM).
Essential Art House: Volume II. No-frills editions of "Black Orpheus," "The 400 Blows," "Ikiru," "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp," "Pygmalion," "La Strada." Available separately at $19.95 each and in a boxed-set for $99.95. (The Criterion Collection).
The F-Word: Series One (2005) Three-disc set with nine episodes of the British cooking competition starring Britain's great chef Gordon Ramsay, $29.98. (BFS Entertainment).
Faces (1968) Dir.: John
Cassavetes; Gena Rowlands, Starring Seymour Cassel, John Marley.
Double-disc set with new, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras:
Seventeen-minute alternate opening sequence, from an early edit of the
film; "Cineastes de notre temps" (1968), a 48-minute episode from the
French television series dedicated to Cassavetes, featuring rare
interviews and behind-the-scenes footage; "Making Faces," a 2004
documentary including interviews with actors Lynn Carlin, Seymour
Cassel, Gena Rowlands, and director of photography Al Ruban; "Lighting
and Shooting the Film," a short documentary from 2004 in which Ruban
explains how he and the crew achieved the distinct look of "Faces";
booklet featuring an essay by critic Stuart Klawans. (The Criterion
Collection).
Feast III: The Happy Finish (2009) Jenny Wade, Martin Klebba, Clu Gulager, Craig Henningsen. Third installment of director John Gulager's blood-curdling "Feast" series. Picks up moments after the end of "Feast II," with the survivors getting saved by a mysterious prophet who has the uncanny ability to control the beasts. Armed with new information and a renewed interest in living, the motley crew of strangers decide to fight back and destroy the beasts once and for all. (The Weinstein Co./Dimension Extreme/Genius Products).
Flash of Genius (2008) Greg Kinnear, Lauren Graham, Dermot Mulroney, Alan Alda, Bill Smitrovich, Tim Kelleher, Jake Abel. (Universal).
The Helen Morgan Story (1957) Dir.: Michael Curtiz; Ann Blyth, Paul Newman. (Warner).
High School Musical 3: Senior Year -- Extended Edition (2008) Extras: Available in a single-disc DVD with the theatrical version of the movie plus "Cast Goodbyes"; a two-disc Extended Edition DVD includes the extended version of the film plus "Cast Goodbyes," a sing-along feature, bloopers, deleted scenes, "It's All in the Dress" featurette, "Night of Nights" featurette, DisneyFile digital copy of the extended movie; a three-disc Blu-ray Deluxe Extended Edition includes the extended version of the film, all the bonus features from the DVD including the DisneyFile digital copy of the extended movie, plus new cast profiles, "Senior Awards," "BD Live Experience." (Disney).
Hobson's Choice (1954) Dir.: David Lean; Charles Laughton, John Mills, Brenda De Banzie. High-definition digital transfer-restoration by the BFI National Archive, funded by the David Lean Foundation and StudioCanal. Extras: Commentary by film scholars Alain Silver and James Ursini, co-authors of "David Lean and His Films"; "The Hollywood Greats: Charles Laughton," a 1978 BBC documentary about the actor's life and career, featuring interviews with his friends and colleagues; new essay by critic Armond White. (The Criterion Collection).How to Lose Friends and Alienate People (2008) Simon Pegg, Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Megan Fox, Max Minghella, Jeff Bridges (MGM).
I Served the King of England (2006 -- Czech Republic) Ivan Barnev, Oldrich Kaiser, Julia Jentsch. Satiric tale of an ambitious Czech waiter who finds himself collaborating with the Nazis during World War II. Latest film from director Jiri Menzel, who won an Academy Award for his Czech New Wave classic "Closely Watched Trains." (Sony).
The Kaiser's Lackey (1951) Once banned throughout Germany, now hailed as "one of the best films of all time," "The Kaiser's Lackey" is director Wolfgang Staudte's biting satire of Germany's penchant for ultra-nationalism and authoritarianism. Based on Heinrich Mann's influential novel "Der Untertan." A young boy named Diedrich is afraid of everything. But as Diedrich grows older he learns that by groveling before his superiors and manipulating or stepping on everyone else, he is capable of advancing his position in life. As he progresses from a beer swilling cadet to a ruthless factory owner and finally to a lackey for the Kaiser, Diedrich's ambition for power and prestige comes to fruition. $24.95. (First Run Features).
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit -- The Eighth Year (2006-07) Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $59.98. (Universal).
Moving Midway (2007) Following the real-life family commotion that swirls around one of America's most contested and controversial icons, the Southern plantation, New York-based film critic Godfrey Cheshire's critically acclaimed documentary, "Moving Midway," proves Faulkner's famous adage: "the past is not dead ... it's not even past." Humorous, poignant, probing and suspenseful, "Moving Midway is a dual-journey, in which the director explores the plantation mythology embodied in our cultural history -- from "Uncle Tom's Cabin" to "Gone with the Wind" to "Roots" -- while his own family's plantation house is literally hoisted from its foundation and transported several miles across a dramatic landscape. $24.95. (First Run Features).
Murder She Wrote: The Complete Ninth Season (1992-93) Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.98. (Universal).
Out at the Wedding (2008) Andrea Marcellus, Desi Lydic, Charlie Schlatter, Mike Farrell, Mink Stole. After telling her new fiance that her family is dead, Alex travels from NYC to South Carolina to serve as her sister Jeannie's bridesmaid. A rumor spreads at the wedding that Alex is gay, and when her family is surprisingly supportive, Alex decides to play along believing it's easier than telling the truth about her engagement to a Jewish black man. But when Jeannie comes to visit Alex in New York and Alex has to prove that she's a lesbian, things take an unexpected turn. LOGOS channel telefilm. Extras: Commentary by director Lee Friedlander, cast interviews. (Paramount).
The Outrage (1964) Dir.: Martin Ritt; Paul Newman, Laurence Harvey, Claire Bloom, Edward G. Robinson. (Warner).
Palo Alto, CA (2008) Ben Savage, Johnny Lewis, Justin Mentell, Tom Arnold. Comedy about college four friends looking for excitement before the end of Thanksgiving break. (Image Entertainment).
Quarantine (2008) Jennifer Carpenter, Johnathon Schaech, Jay Hernandez. Extras: Commentary by writer-director John Erick Dowdle and writer-producer Drew Dowdle, "Locked In: The Making-of Quarantine" featurette, "Anatomy of a Stunt" featurette, "Dressing the Infected: Make-Up Design" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
Rachel, Rachel (1968) Dir.: Paul Newman; Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Estelle Parsons. (Warner).
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest: Season One, Volume One (1996) Two-disc set with 13 episodes of the sequel to one of TV's first animated science fiction action-adventure series, $26.99. Extras: New and vintage bonus materials from Hanna-Barbera. (Warner).
Religulous (2008) Bill Maher. Documentary of sorts about world religion, directed by Larry Charles and starring political humorist and author Maher. (Lionsgate).
Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Fifth Season (2000-01) Three-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98. (Paramount).
Screamers: The Hunting (2009) Lance Henriksen, Gina Holden, Jana Pallaske. The killing machines of the cult hit "Screamers" are back and deadlier than ever. It's been 13 years since the robotic killing machines known as Screamers destroyed the human population of Sirius 6B. But now a distress signal brings a team of rescuers to the supposedly abandoned planet. Can it be a long-lost colony of human survivors? Or have the Screamers evolved into something even more sinister: a half-man/half-machine hybrid that needs to escape Sirius 6B to finish its mission: the complete annihilation of the human race? Extras: "Screamers: The Hunting Behind the Scenes" featurette. (Sony).
Shadows (1959) Dir.: John Cassavetes; Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras: Video interviews from 2004 with actress Lelia Goldoni and associate producer Seymour Cassel, rare silent 16 mm footage of John Cassavetes and Burt Lane's acting workshop, restoration demonstration, stills gallery featuring rare behind-the-scenes production photos, booklet featuring an essay by Gary Giddins and a reprinted essay by Cassavetes. (The Criterion Collection).
The Silver Chalice (1954) Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Virginia Mayo, Jack Palance. (Warner).
The Smurfs: Season 2, Volume One. Two-disc set of the Saturday morning cartoon series ; $14.98. (Warner).
Touch the Top of the World (2008) Peter Facinelli, Bruce Campbell, Sarah Manninen. A&E Network telefilm that depicts the determination and heroism of Erik Weihenmayer, a rock and ice climber who overcomes insurmountable odds to become the first blind man to reach the top of Mount Everest. (Sony).
When Time Ran Out (1980) Paul Newman, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Edward Albert, Red Buttons, Veronica Hamel. (Warner).
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