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ONVIDEO'S WEEKLY GUIDE TO HOME VIDEO RELEASES
For Tuesday, April 28 -- Monday, May 4
Bride Wars
Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) are best friends who, since childhood, have planned every detail of their respective weddings. At the top of their bridal "must have" list: a ceremony at New York's ultimate bridal destination, the Plaza Hotel. Now, at age 26, they're both about to get married; they're about to realize their dreams; and they're about to live happily ever after. But all that changes when a clerical error causes a clash in wedding dates -- they're now to be married on the same date. Now Liv, Emma and their lifelong friendship are put to the ultimate test. Liv, a successful lawyer who is used to getting what she wants, including the perfect job and the perfect man, won't settle for anything less than the perfect wedding she has dreamed of for years. Emma, a schoolteacher who has always been good at taking care of others, but not so much in looking after herself, discovers her inner Bridezilla and comes out swinging when her own dream wedding is imperiled. Now, the two best friends who'd do anything for each other, find themselves in a no-holds-barred, take-no-prisoners struggle that threatens to erupt into all-out war. Vitals: Director: Gary Winick. Stars: Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Candice Bergen, Kristen Johnston, Bryan Greenberg, Steve Howey, Chris Pratt, Michael Arden, John Pankow, Paul Scheer. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 90 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $58.134 million, Fox.
Hotel for Dogs
When their new guardians forbid 16-year old Andi and her younger brother Bruce to have a pet, Andi has to use her quick wit to help find a new home for their dog, Friday. The resourceful kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and using Bruce's talents as a mechanical genius, transform it into a magical dog-paradise for Friday -- and eventually for all Friday's friends. When barking dogs make the neighbors suspicious, Andi and Bruce use every invention they have to avoid anyone discovering "who let the dogs in." Vitals: Director: Thor Freudenthal. Stars: Don Cheadle, Emma Roberts, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Johnny Simmons, Troy Gentile, Robinne Lee. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 100 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $71,353 million, DreamWorks/Paramount.
Uninvited, The
Filmmaking duo Thomas and Charles Guard make their feature directorial debuts as the co-directors of this remake of Kim Jee-woon's 2003 Korean film "A Tale of Two Sisters." "The Uninvited" tells the story of a young girl named Anna (Emily Browning), who was admitted into a mental hospital following the death of her biological mother. Returning home some time later, Anna is shocked to discover that her father (David Strathairn) has recently gotten engaged to Rachel (Elisabeth Banks), her mother's former nurse. Anna's suspicions about Rachel are soon confirmed when her mother reaches out from the beyond to deliver a stark warning, prompting the young girl and her sister (Arielle Kebbel) to try and convince their father that Rachel is not who she appears to be. As the situation in the once-peaceful household rapidly begins to deteriorate, Rachel's true colors finally begin boiling to the surface. Vitals: Director: Thomas Guard, Charles Guard. Stars: Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Arielle Kebbel, Emily Browning. 2008, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 87 min., Horror, Box office gross: $25.990 million, Paramount.
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NEWS
DVD Collectibles:
Three unique films arrive this week from the Criterion Collection: Still censored in Japan, "In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no corrida)"
(1976) by Nagisa Oshima, remains one of the most controversial films of
all time. A graphic portrayal of insatiable sexual desire, Oshima's
film, set in 1936 and based on a true incident, depicts a man and a
woman (Tatsuya Fuji and Eiko Matsuda) consumed by a transcendent,
destructive love while living in an era of ever escalating imperialism
and governmental control. Less a work of pornography than of politics,
it's a brave, taboo-breaking milestone ... In "Empire of Passion"
(1978) Oshima plunges the viewer into a nightmarish tale of guilt and
retribution. Set in a Japanese village at the end of the 19th century,
the film details the emotional and physical downfall of a married woman
(Kazuko Yoshiyuki) and her younger lover (Tatsuya Fuji) following their
decision to murder her husband and dump his body in a well ... "The Hit"
(1984), directed by Stephen Frears and starring Terence Stamp, John
Hurt and Tim Roth, is a sordid story about a gangster's henchman turned
informer trying to live in peaceful hiding in a remote Spanish village
whose sun-dappled bliss turns sour when two hit men arrive to bring him
back for execution. All three films feature new, restored
high-definition digital transfers and are loaded with extras.
Every once in awhile a really off-beat film comes along that shocks you
out of your moviegoing complacency. It has disturbing images or a
bizarre storyline or is just downright strange and different. The
original "Night of the Living Dead" (tame now but in 1968 ...),
"Eraserhead," "Blue Velvet," "El Topo," "Wild Bunch," "Mad Max,"
"Repulsion," "From Dusk to Dawn" come immediately to mind. "Cargo 200"
(2007) is one of those films, a real surprise and shocker from Russian
director Alexey Balabanov. The film, a gritty thriller loosely based on
actual events (Russian serial killer Gennady Mikhasevich) that becomes
the blackest of black comedies, is set in 1984 in provincial Russia,
where the gloom of Soviet life has reached extreme depths. It runs the
gamut of wayward youth, Soviet-era rock 'n' roll, philosophical
discussions on religion and state atheism, government corruption,
murder, sexual perversions, police brutality and death. It's an epitaph
for the death of the Soviet Union; the title is the Russian military
term for the coffins transporting dead soldiers back home from
Afghanistan. A wild ride, from The Disinformation Co.More Collectibles:
"Johnny Got His Gun" (1971), starring Timothy Bottoms,
Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt and Diane
Varsi is Dalton Trumbo's landmark film, finally making its way to DVD
in the States. Academy Award-winner Trumbo was one of Hollywood's most
celebrated screenwriters and was one of the blacklisted "Hollywood
Ten." After four decades writing such monumental Hollywood films as
"Spartacus," "Kitty Foyle," "Exodus," "Roman Holiday" and "The Brave
One," Trumbo made his directorial debut on "Johnny Got His Gun," from
his own adaptation of his award-winning novel. This year marks the 70th
anniversary of the novel's publication, but its pacifist themes and
message are as relevant today as ever: A young American soldier, Joe
Bonham (Timothy Bottoms), is wounded by a mortar shell on the last day
of World War I. He lies in an army hospital bed, a blind, deaf and mute
quadruple amputee, searching for meaning with only his memories and
fantasies to distract him from the grim reality of his situation. With
plenty of extras, from Shout! Factory.
Severin Films will release this week two films by veteran French filmmaker Patrice Laconte ("Girl on the Bridge," "Ridicule"): In the acclaimed "The Hairdresser's Husband" (1990), starring Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena and Anne-Marie Pisani, Rochefort stars as an older man whose childhood sexual obsession with a local hairdresser leads him one day to the shop of beautiful young Mathilde. What follows is a romance of ultimate sensual devotion, where love walks the line between physical pleasure and eternal desire ... and "The Perfume of Yvonne" (1994), starring Hippolyte Girardot, Sandra Majani and Jean-Pierre Marielle in an elegiac love story set in the summer of 1958 in wealthy Lake Geneva, where an enigmatic young Frenchman begins an affair with a beautiful starlet under the watchful eye of her flamboyant elderly mentor.
The "Looney Tunes Movie Collection: Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie" is a collection of classic Looney Tunes shorts produced by legendary animator Friz Freleng: "Hare Trimmed," "Devil's Feud Cake," "Roman-Legion Hare," "Sahara Hare," "Wild and Wooly Hare," "The Unmentionables," "Golden Yeggs," "Catty Cornered," "Three Little Bops," "High Diving Hare," "Show Biz Bugs," "Box-Office Bunny," "From Hare to Eternity," "Pullet Surprise," "Birds Anonymous" and "Knighty Knight Bugs"; $14.98 from Warner.
From TV to Video:
"American Dad: Volume 4" is a four-disc set with 14 episodes, $39.98 from Fox ... "Gangland: The Complete Season Three"
is a three-disc set with 12 episodes that delve deep into the real
stories behind 12 of America's most dangerous gangs, $34.95 from
A&E Home Video ... "Pulling: The Complete First Season"
(2006) features six episodes from the BBC/Sundance Channel cult comedy
that's a darker side of "Sex and the City"; $24.98 from MPI Home Video
... "Rookies: The Complete Season One" is a two-disc set with 16 episodes, $19.95 from A&E Home Video ... "The Waltons: The Complete Ninth Season" (1980-81) is a three-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98 from Warner.
Buzzin' the 'B's:
In "The Centerfold Girls"
(1974), starring Aldo Ray, Andrew Prine, Francine York and Jennifer
Ashley, a depraved religious fanatic sets out to punish all the
"immoral" women who have posed for the centerfold of a men's magazine;
from Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video ... "The She-Beast"
(2008), starring Barbara Steele, John Karlsen and Ian Ogilvy, is an
Italian-made horror thriller about a modern-day woman possessed by the
spirit of an 18th century witch drowned in a "dunking chair"; from Dark
Sky Films/MPI Home Video ... In "While She Was Out"
(2008), starring Kim Basinger and Lukas Haas, a suburban housewife is
caught in a nightmare of violence as she is mercilessly stalked by a
group of malicious thugs; armed with only a toolbox and the will to
survive, she fights for her life to make it through the night; from
Anchor Bay ... "Legally Blondes" (2009), the third
film in the series, follows the adventures of Izzy and Annie Woods,
twin sisters from England who have inherited the same confidence,
charm, perfect hair and fabulous fashion senses as their cousin Elle
Woods, and whose move to Los Angeles sets off another round of blonde
vs. brunette; from MGM ... "Nothing But the Truth"
(2008) stars Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Alan Alda, Angela Bassett,
David Schwimmer, Noah Wyle and Vera Farmiga in a story -- inspired by
true events -- about a Washington reporter who writes an explosive
story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a
covert CIA agent; from Sony ... Mena Suvari, Matthew Modine, Marcia Gay
Harden, Johnathon Schaech, Mark Sivertson and Chris Ashworth star in "Sex & Lies in Sin City"
(2008) a thriller that tells the story of reckless casino executive Ted
Binion who was found dead from an apparent overdose in his Las Vegas
home; a closer investigation reveals his death was no accident; from
Sony ... "The Gray Man" (2007) stars Patrick Bauchau,
Jack Conley and John Aylward in the true story of the obsessive manhunt
in the 1920s to identify and capture the most monstrous, yet least
known serial killer in American history: Albert Fish who, when finally
arrested, left behind a trail of murder, mutilation and cannibalism;
from Monarch Home Video ... "The Last Templar" (2009)
stars Mira Sorvino, Scott Foley, Victor Garber and Omar Sharif in an
adaptation of Raymond Khoury's novel about a New York archaeologist
researching the lost secrets of the medieval Knights Templar; from
Genius Products ... In "What Doesn't Kill You"
(2008), starring Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet, Donnie
Wahlberg and Brian Goodman, two childhood friends from South Boston
turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their
personal lives and their friendship; from Sony.
Special Interest:
"Fallen Angel" (2007) is a British miniseries starring
Emilia Fox and Charles Dance, based on the acclaimed Roth Trilogy by
crime writer Andrew Taylor; this tense psychological drama unravels the
web of circumstances that creates a serial killer in a reverse
chronological narrative; two-disc set with three episodes, $39.99 from
Acorn Media ... In "Hallelujah! The Complete Collection"
(2008). Dame Thora Hird charms audiences as a feisty Salvation Army
captain who refuses to go gently into retirement in this delightful
British sitcom; two-disc set with 15 episodes, $39.99 from Acorn Media
... "Muhammad: The Last Prophet" (2002) is the first animated feature length film about Islam's Prophet; $19.96 from MPI Home Video ... "7 Signs of the Apocalypse"
is a History Channel documentary that goes beyond the boundaries
between faith and science to explore how the catastrophes foretold in
the Bible may be unfolding before our very eyes -- from asteroids,
earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to red tides, global warming and
plagues; $19.95 from A&E Home Video ... "The Templar Code,"
is an in-depth History Channel investigation into the Knights Templar,
those fabled guardians of the Holy Grail, just in time for the
theatrical release of "The DaVinci Code's" sequel "Angels and Demons,"
from A&E Home Video ... "Women in the White House"
is a two-disc set with two History Channel documentaries: "All the
Presidents' Wives" and "First Mothers," $29.99 from A&E Home Video
... "Pete Seeger: Live in Australia 1963" (2009) is
an historic 105-minute concert from the folk icon; this beautifully
filmed 1963 Melbourne concert showcases more than 25 beloved songs from
one of the most provocative figures in music history, $24.99 from Acorn
Media ... "Streisand: The Concerts" (2008) is a
three-disc set showcasing some of Streisand's most memorable concerts,
$34.98 from Live Nation and S2BN Entertainment.
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THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
Bride Wars (2009) Anne Hathaway, Kate Hudson, Candice Bergen, Kristen Johnston, Bryan Greenberg, Steve Howey, Chris Pratt, Michael Arden, John Pankow, Paul ScheerExtras: Deleted scenes, "The Perfect White Dress -- Vera Wang" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc with more extras, digital copy. (Fox).
Cargo 200 (2007) Agniya Kuznetsova, Aleksei Poluyan, Leonid Gromov, Aleksei Serebryakov, Leonid Bichevin, Natalya Akimova, Yuri Stepanov. Black comedy allegory about the fall of the Soviet Union revolving around a rural farmhouse, scientific atheism, corruption and a gruesome serial killer. (The Disinformation Co.).
The Centerfold Girls (2008) Aldo Ray, Andrew Prine, Francine York, Jennifer Ashley. A depraved religious fanatic sets out to punish all the "immoral" women who have posed for the centerfold of a men's magazine. Extras: Retrospective featurette with producer Arthur Marks and actors Andrew Prine, Francine York and Jennifer Ashley. (Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video).
Empire of Passion (1978) With an arresting mix of eroticism and horror, director Nagisa Oshima plunges the viewer into a nightmarish tale of guilt and retribution. Set in a Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, the film details the emotional and physical downfall of a married woman (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) and her younger lover (Tatsuya Fuji) following their decision to murder her husband and dump his body in a well. "Empire of Passion" was Oshima's only true kaidan (Japanese ghost story), and the film, a savage, unrelenting experience, earned him the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras: New video essay by film historian and critic Catherine Russell, new interview with actors Kazuo Yoshiyuki and Tatsuya Fuji, interview program from 2003 featuring production consultant Koji Wakamatsu and assistant directors Yusuke Narita and Yoici Sai, booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Tony Rayns and a reprinted interview with Nagisa Oshima. (The Criterion Collection).
Fallen Angel (2007) British miniseries starring Emilia Fox and Charles Dance. Based on the acclaimed Roth Trilogy by crime writer Andrew Taylor, this tense psychological drama unravels the web of circumstances that creates a serial killer in a reverse chronological narrative. A whydunit rather than a whodunit, it's a clever departure from conventional crime dramas. Two-disc set with three episodes, $39.99. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette. (Acorn Media).
Gangland: The Complete Season Three. Three-disc set with 12 episodes that delve deep into the real stories behind 12 of America's most dangerous gangs, $34.95. (A&E Home Video).
The Gray Man (2007) Patrick Bauchau, Jack Conley, John Aylward. Obsessive manhunt in the 1920s to identify and capture the most monstrous, yet least known serial killer in American history: Albert Fish who, when finally arrested, left behind a trail of murder, mutilation and cannibalism. (Monarch Home Video).
The Hairdresser's Husband (1990 -- France) Dir.: Patrice Laconte; Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Anne-Marie Pisani. In this acclaimed film from Oscar-nominated writer-director Patrice Leconte ("Ridicule"), legendary French actor Jean Rochefort stars as an older man whose childhood sexual obsession with a local hairdresser leads him one day to the shop of beautiful young Mathilde. What follows is a romance of ultimate sensual devotion, where love will walk the line between physical pleasure and eternal desire. Nominated for seven Cesar Awards in France. Extras: Featurette with director Leconte, featurette with actress Galiena. (Severin Films).
Hallelujah! The Complete Collection (2008) Dame Thora Hird charms audiences as a feisty Salvation Army captain who refuses to go gently into retirement in this delightful British sitcom. The 15-episode ITV series aired in the U.K. in the mid-1980s and on U.S. television in the 1990s. Two-disc set with 15 episodes, $39.99. (Acorn Media).
The Hit (1984) Dir.: Stephen Frears; Terence Stamp, John Hurt, Tim Roth. New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director of photography Mike Molloy. Extras: Commentary by Frears, Hurt and Roth; "Parkinson One-to-One: "Terence Stamp," a 1988 television interview with the actor; booklet featuring a new essay by film critic Graham Fuller. (The Criterion Collection).
Hotel for Dogs (2009) Don Cheadle, Emma Roberts, Lisa Kudrow, Kevin Dillon, Johnny Simmons, Troy Gentile, Robinne Lee. Extras: Commentary by director Thor Freudenthal, producer Ewan "Jack" Leslie and stars Emma Roberts and Jake T. Austin; "A Home For Everyone: The Making of Hotel For Dogs," "That's the Coolest Thing I've Ever Seen!," K-9 casting featurette, "Bark on Cue!" featurette, deleted scenes, photo galleries. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (DreamWorks/Paramount).
In the Realm of the Senses (1976 -- Japan) Still censored in its own country, "In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no corrida)," by Nagisa Oshima, remains one of the most controversial films of all time. A graphic portrayal of insatiable sexual desire, Oshima's film, set in 1936 and based on a true incident, depicts a man and a woman (Tatsuya Fuji and Eiko Matsuda) consumed by a transcendent, destructive love while living in an era of ever escalating imperialism and governmental control. Less a work of pornography than of politics, In the Realm of the Senses is a brave, taboo-breaking milestone. New, restored high-definition digital transfer. Extras:Commentary by film scholar Tony Rayns; new interview with actor Tatsuya Fuji; 1976 interview with director Nagisa Oshima and actors Fuji and Eiko Matsuda, and a 2003 program featuring interviews with consulting producer Hayao Shibata, line producer, Koji Wakamatsu, assistant director Yoichi Sai, and film distributor Yoko Asakura; deleted footage; U.S. trailer; booklet featuring a new essay by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie and a reprinted interview with Oshima. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (The Criterion Collection).
Johnny Got His Gun (1971) Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland, Kathy Fields, Marsha Hunt, Diane Varsi. Dalton Trumbo's landmark film finally makes its way to DVD in the States. Academy Award-winner Dalton Trumbo was one of Hollywood's most celebrated screenwriters and was one of the blacklisted "Hollywood Ten." After four decades writing such monumental Hollywood films as "Spartacus," "Kitty Foyle," "Exodus," "Roman Holiday" and "The Brave One," Trumbo made his directorial debut on "Johnny Got His Gun," from his own adaptation of his award-winning novel. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the novel's publication, but its pacifist themes and message are as relevant today as ever: A young American soldier, Joe Bonham (Timothy Bottoms), is wounded by a mortar shell on the last day of World War I. He lies in an army hospital bed, a blind, deaf and mute quadruple amputee, searching for meaning with only his memories and fantasies to distract him from the grim reality of his situation. Extras: "Dalton Trumbo: Rebel In Hollywood" hour-long documentary, interview with Timothy Bottoms, music video for Metallica's "One," rare behind-the-scenes footage with commentary by Timothy Bottoms and director of photography Jules Brenner, 1940 radio adaptation of "Johnny Got His Gun" starring James Cagney, "Johnny Got His Gun" feature article from "American Cinematographer" (August 1971), includes replica of the original poster. (Shout! Factory).
The Last Templar (2009) Mira Sorvino, Scott Foley, Victor Garber, Omar Sharif. Adaptation of Raymond Khoury's novel about a New York archaeologist researching the lost secrets of the medieval Knights Templar. Extras: Behind-the-scenes featurette, storyboards, photo gallery. (Genius Products).
Legally Blondes (2009) Becky Rosso, Milly Rosso. Third film in the series follows adventures of Izzy and Annie Woods, twin sisters from England who have inherited the same confidence, charm, perfect hair and fabulous fashion senses as their cousin Elle Woods, and whose move to Los Angeles sets off another round of blonde vs. brunette. Extras: Four featurettes: "Thinking Pink," "Double Trouble," "Fashion Frenzy" and "Pacific Preparatory Yearbook." (MGM).
Little Dorritt (2009) Tom Courtenay, Matthew Macfadyen, Ruth Jones, Andy Serkis, James Fleet, Freema Agyeman, Claire Foy. PBS/Masterpiece Theatre adaptation of the Dickens classic; four-disc set, $49.98. (Warner).
Looney Tunes Movie Collection: Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie. Collection of classic Looney Tunes shorts produced by legendary animator Friz Freleng: "Hare Trimmed," "Devil's Feud Cake," "Roman-Legion Hare," "Sahara Hare," "Wild and Wooly Hare," "The Unmentionables," "Golden Yeggs," "Catty Cornered," "Three Little Bops," "High Diving Hare," "Show Biz Bugs," "Box-Office Bunny," "From Hare to Eternity," "Pullet Surprise," "Birds Anonymous" and "Knighty Knight Bugs." $14.98. (Warner).
Muhammad: The Last Prophet
(2002) First animated feature length film about Islam's Prophet; $19.96. (MPI Home Video).
Nicholas Sparks Film Collection. Four-disc set with four films based on best-selling novels by Sparks: "The Notebook," "Nights in Rodanthe," "Message in a Bottle" and "A Walk to Remember"; $48.82. (Warner).
Nothing But the Truth (2008) Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon, Alan Alda, Angela Bassett, David Schwimmer, Noah Wyle, Vera Farmiga. Inspired by true events, Nothing But The Truth follows a Washington, D.C. reporter who writes an explosive story about a government scandal in which she reveals the name of a covert CIA agent. Unexpectedly finding herself behind bars she struggles to maintain her principles and relationship with her family when she refuses to divulge her source. Extras: Commentary by writer-director Rod Lurie, deleted scenes, "The Truth Hurts: The Making of Nothing But the Truth" featurette. (Sony).
Pete Seeger: Live in Australia 1963 (2009) Historic 105-minute concert from the folk icon. Celebrating his 90th birthday this year, singer-songwriter Pete Seeger has been a key figure in folk music since the 1940s and recently performed at the 2009 inaugural concert. This beautifully filmed 1963 Melbourne concert showcases more than 25 beloved songs from one of the most provocative figures in music history. Extras: Pete Seeger singing and discussing the songs of Lead Belly (also features three rare performances by Lead Belly filmed in 1945), interviews and performances on Australian news programs, 16-page booklet featuring liner notes by Seeger biographer David K. Dunaway, rare photographs, home movies and memorabilia. $24.99. (Acorn Media).
The Perfume of Yvonne (1994 -- France) Hippolyte Girardot, Sandra Majani, Jean-Pierre Marielle. Elegiac love story set is the summer of 1958 in wealthy Lake Geneva, where an enigmatic young Frenchman begins an affair with a beautiful starlet under the watchful eye of her flamboyant elderly mentor. Extras: "Leconte on Leconte" featurette. (Severin Films).
The Price of Sugar (2007) In the Dominican Republic, a tropical island-nation, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchens. They work grueling hours and frequently lack decent housing, clean water, electricity, education or healthcare. Narrated by Paul Newman, "The Price of Sugar" follows Father Christopher Hartley, a charismatic Spanish priest, as he organizes some of this hemisphere's poorest people to fight for their basic human rights. This film raises key questions about where the products we consume originate and at what human cost they are produced. (New Yorker Video).
Pulling: The Complete First Season (2006) Six episodes of the BBC/Sundance Channel cult comedy that's a darker side of "Sex and the City"; $24.98. Extras: "Interviews With Cast and Crew If You Liked Pulling," "Interviews With Cast and Crew If You Didn't Like Pulling," deleted scenes, commentary, behind-the-scenes featurette. (MPI Home Video).
Rookies: The Complete Season One. Two-disc set with 16 episodes, $19.95. (A&E Home Video).
7 Signs of the Apocalypse. History Channel documentary that goes beyond the boundaries between faith and science to explore how the catastrophes foretold in the Bible may be unfolding before our very eyes -- from asteroids, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to red tides, global warming and plagues; $19.95. (A&E Home Video).
Sex & Lies in Sin City (2008) Mena Suvari, Matthew Modine, Marcia Gay Harden, Johnathon Schaech, Mark Sivertson, Chris Ashworth. Lifetime TV thriller tells the story of reckless casino executive Ted Binion who seemed to have it all: money, power and a beauty queen turned stripper as girlfriend. That all changed when the girlfriend found him dead from an apparent overdose in his Las Vegas home. But when Ted's estranged sister informs police she believes Ted was murdered, a closer investigation reveals Binion's death was no accident.(Sony).
The She-Beast (2008) Barbara Steele, John Karlsen, Ian Ogilvy. Italian-made horror thriller about a modern-day woman possessed by the spirit of an 18th century witch drowned in a "dunking chair." Extras: Commentary. (Dark Sky Films/MPI Home Video).
The Spectacular Spider-Man: Volume 4 (2008) Four final Season One episodes, No. 10-13; $19.99. (Sony).
Streisand: The Concerts. Three-disc set showcasing some of her most memorable concerts, special exclusives including 17 songs never-before released on DVD and behind-the-scenes moments. Disc No. 1: Fort Lauderdale/October 2006; Disc No. 2: Live at Arrowhead Pond/July 1994; Disc No. 3: Putting It Together: The Making of The Broadway Album plus TV Special bonus tracks; $34.98. (Live Nation and S2BN Entertainment).
The Templar Code. In-depth History Channel investigation into the Knights Templar, those fabled guardians of the Holy Grail, just in time for the theatrical release of "The DaVinci Code's" sequel "Angels and Demons." (A&E Home Video).
The Uninvited (2009) Elizabeth Banks, David Strathairn, Arielle Kebbel, Emily Browning. Extras: "Unlocking The Uninvited," deleted scenes, alternate ending. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Paramount).
The Waltons: The Complete Ninth Season (1980-81) Three-disc set with 22 episodes, $39.98. (Warner).
What Doesn't Kill You (2008) Mark Ruffalo, Ethan Hawke, Amanda Peet, Donnie Wahlberg, Brian Goodman. Two childhood friends from South Boston turn to crime as a way to get by, ultimately causing a strain in their personal lives and their friendship. Extras: Commentary, "Makes You Stronger: The Making of What Doesn't Kill You," deleted scenes. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony).
While She Was Out (2008) Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas. A suburban housewife is caught in a nightmare of violence as she is mercilessly stalked by a group of malicious thugs; armed with only a toolbox and the will to survive, she fights for her life to make it through the night. Extras:Commentary by writer-director Susan Montford and producer Don Murphy "Making of While She Was Out" featurette. (Anchor Bay).
Women in the White House. Two-disc set with two History Channel documentaries: "All the Presidents' Wives" and "First Mothers," $29.99. (A&E Home Video).
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