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| DVD Releases: October 7 The Alice Faye Collection Volume 2 Five-disc set, $49.98; each title is also available individually for $19.98. (Fox).
'Allo 'Allo! The Complete Series 9 Features all six episodes of the final season of the BBC series, $29.98. (Warner). The Beverly Hillbillies: The Official Second Season (1963-64) Four-disc set with 36 episodes, $49.99. (Paramount). Boy A (2007) Andrew Garfield. A young ex-convict returns to society after 14 years of incarceration in a juvenile prison. Forced to live under an assumed name, "Boy A" struggles to establish a new identity at the age of 24 and enter a society that he has never known. (The Weinstein Company's Miriam Collection/Genius Products). Brotherhood: The Complete Second Season (2007) Three-disc set with 10 episodes, $42.99. (Paramount). Classic Christmas Favorites Four-disc set presented in collectible packaging that showcases 10 memorable animated holiday specials: "How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Deluxe Edition," "The Year Without a Santa Claus Deluxe Edition," "Rudolph's Shiny New Year," "Nestor the Long-eared Christmas Donkey," "Frosty's Winter Wonderland," "'Twas the Night Before Christmas," "Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July," "Leprechaun's Christmas Gold," "Pinnochio's Christmas" and "Stingiest Man in Town"; $39.72. (Warner). Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup Champions 2007-2008 Special Edition (2008) Four-disc set follows the Detroit Red Wings as they win their 11th Stanley Cup -- their fourth title in the past 11 seasons. Contains all six Stanley Cup Final games against the Pittsburgh Penguins in their original broadcast form, along with full coverage of the key moments, highlights, insights and behind-the-scenes action of the championship season; $39.92. (Warner). The Devil's Chair (2006) Andrew Howard. Gore-drenched tale that focuses on a strange chair located in a terrifying old lunatic asylum that's a portal to the meeting place between insanity and the supernatural. Extras: Commentary by writer-director Adam Mason and writer Simon Boyes, "Blood, Sweat and Fears: The Making of The Devil's Chair" featurette. (Sony). The Devil's Mercy (2008) Stephen Rea, Hannah Lochner, Deborah Valente. A couple and their six-year-old son move into an old Connecticut house where the boy soon becomes distraught with thoughts of monsters dwelling in the attic. Though they dismiss his "fantasies," they change their minds when friends and guests abruptly go missing. Extras: Making-of featurette, photo gallery. (Peace Arch Entertainment). Doctor Who: The Trial of the Time Lord Four-disc set with all four episodes of Doctor Who's immortal adventure, "The Trial of the Time Lord," starring Colin Baker as the Doctor; $59.98. (Warner). Doctor Who: The Brain of Morbius Episode No. 84, $24.98. (Warner). Edgar Wallace Collection: Volume 2 Two creepy films based on novels by the prolific British writer Edgar Wallace: Curse of the Yellow Snake (1963 - Germany), in which two brothers are pitted against an Asian cult that is willing to kill anyone standing between it and possession of the Yellow Snake, an ancient talisman; and The Phantom of Soho (1964 - Germany), who stalks his victims wearing a skull mask and glitter gloves. (Infinity Entertainment). Feast II: Sloppy Seconds (2008) Jenny Wade, Diane Goldner, Clu Gulager. Sequel to 2005's "Feast" has a motley crew of strangers who survived the darkness of a night of gruesome terror but must continue to fight the flesh-hungry creatures in the light of day. Those lucky enough to have survived join a twisted group of locals including a girl-biker gang from Hell and a tag-team of midgets whose only goal is to stay alive. Extras: Commentary by director John Gulager. (The Weinstein Company/Dimension Extreme/Genius Products). Growing Up Wilderness Four episodes from the Animal Planet series that follows the lives of wild baby animals, $14.95. (Genius Products). Halloween Collector's Edition (2007) Dir.: Rob Zombie; Tyler Mane, Malcolm McDowell, William Forsythe, Danny Trejo, Sheri Moon Zombie. Extras: Four-and-a-half-hour documentary by Rob Zombie, deleted scenes, alternate ending, bloopers, director audio commentary, "The Many Masks of Michael Myers" featurette, "Re-Imagining Halloween" featurette, "Meet the Cast," casting sessions, Scout Taylor-Compton screen test (Laurie Strode). (Dimension Films/The Weinstein Co./Genius Products) The Happening (2008) Dir.: M. Night Shyamalan; Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, Spencer Breslin, Ashlyn Sanchez, Betty Buckley. Extras: "The Hard Cut" behind the scenes featurette, "I Hear You Whispering" featurette, "A Day for Night" production featurette, "Elements of a Scene" featurette, "Visions of The Happening: A Making of Documentary," deleted scenes, gag reel. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox). How I Met Your Mother: Season Three Three-disc set with 20 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Commentaries, gag reels, series retrospective, music videos, "Lily And Marshall's Honeymoon Videos," cast favorites featurette, additional scenes, behind-the-scenes featurette. (Fox). Icons of Horror 3 Two-disc set with four classic horror films from the legendary Hammer Studios: "The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb" (1964), "The Gorgon" (1964), "The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll" (1960) and "Scream of Fear" (1961); $24.96. (Sony). Jack Frost Deluxe Edition (1979) Voices of Buddy Hackett, Robert Morse, Larry Storch. Remastered edition of the stop-motion animated classic. Extras: "Totally Cool Crafty Creations" teaches kids how to make their own holiday crafts, "Snip's Snowy Sing-a-long." (Warner). Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead (2008) Nicki Aycox, Nick Zano, Kyle Schmid, Laura Jordan. Sequel to 2001's "Joy Ride." When four friends embark on a road trip to Vegas looking for fun and a few cheap thrills, they have no idea they're about to fall into a blood-drenched charnel house of tension, torture and the darkest depths of pure primal fear after their car breaks down in the middle of nowhere. Extras: "Joy Ride 2: The Making of Dead Ahead" featurette, "Blood and Guts: The Make-Up of Horror" featurette, storyboard-to-scene comparison. (Fox). Keeping Up With the Kardashians: Season One (2007) Eight episodes, $19.98.Extras: Commentaries, "Junk in the Trunk" featurette. (Lionsgate). Kimora: Life in the Fab Lane: Season One (2007) Seven episodes, $19.98.Extras: "Kimora Life in the Fab Lane Secrets" featurette, bonus segments. (Lionsgate). Martin: The Complete Fifth Season Four-disc set with 24 episodes, $29.98. (HBO Video). The Memory Keeper's Daughter (2008) Dermot Mulroney, Emily Watson, Gretchen Mol. Lifetime tearjerker. A doctor separates his son from the boy's twin sister at birth to prevent him and the mother from knowing she was born with Down syndrome; the attending nurse discovers the plan and intervenes, putting into motion events that will haunt the doctor, his wife and his son for the next 20 years. (Sony). Michael Palin: Full Circle Three-disc set featuring 50,000 miles of adventure and humor-packed incidents in which Michael Palin attempts a complete circle around the world's largest ocean. Palin sets off from Diomede, in the Bering Strait and hopes to return there one year later via Russia, Japan, Korea, China, Vietnam, the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand and the whole length of the Americas. But right from the start things don't go according to plan. $49.98. (Warner). Midsomer Murders, Set Eleven Four-disc set with four contemporary, stand-alone mysteries from the top-selling British mystery franchise that combines quirky characters and surprising mysteries with postcard-perfect English village settings and the ever-charming John Nettles as Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby; $49.99. (Acorn Media). Mobile Two-disc set of the four-part British conspiracy thriller about a gunman blowing up mobile-phone towers across England and shooting cell phone users in mid-conversation; baffled police investigators scramble to avert public panic; $39.99. (Acorn Media). The Musters: Complete Series Twelve-disc set with all 70 episodes, $69.98. Extras: Full-length movies "Munster, Go Home" and "The Munsters Revenge," bonus episode "Family Portrait" available for the first time in full color. (Universal). NFL Greatest Games Series: Washington Redskins: The Super Bowls Three classic Redskins games: Super Bowl XVII, Super Bowl XXII and Super Bowl XXVI, $26.95. (Warner). NFL History of the Washington Redskin Three-disc set with eyewitness interviews, never-before-seen footage and rediscovered sideline sound, $26.95. (Warner). Normal (2007) Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers, Callum Keith Rennie, Cameron Bright. A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout. (PorchLight Home Entertainment). The Note (2007 -- TV) Genie Francis, Ted McGinley, Rick Roberts. After a tragic plane crash, a journalist discovers a note that she believes was written by one of the passengers and goes on a mission to find the note's intended recipient. (Sony). The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945) Hurd Hatfield, Donna Reed, Angela Lansbury, George Sanders, Peter Lawford. Extras: Commentary by Angela Lansbury and film historian-screemwriter Steve Haberman, 1945 MGM short "Stairway to Light," 1945 MGM cartoon "Quiet Please!" (Warner). Ray Harryhausen Collectible DVD Gift Set "It Came From Beneath the Sea," "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers," "20 Million Miles to Earth: 50th Anniversary Edition" and "The 7th Voyage of Sinbad: 50th Anniversary Edition." Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony). Rest Stop: Don't Look Back (2008) Diane Salinger, Richard Tillman, Jessie Ward. Direct-to-DVD sequel. Uncut. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes, alternate ending, "Rest Stop" mythology featurette. (Warner). Robot Chicken: Season 3 Two-disc set with 20 episodes of the Adult Swim series, $29.98. (Warner). SeeMore's Playhouse: Car & Pedestrian Safety (2008) Two episodes from the television series, put together by the American red Cross and Safety4Kids, that's designed to entertain preschoolers while teaching them the vital basics of safety through puppetry, animation, live action and original music; $12.98. (Monarch Home Video). The 7th Voyage of Sinbad: 50th Anniversary Edition (1958) Kerwin Mathews.Extras: Commentary by Ray Harryhausen, visual effects experts Phil Tippett and Randall William Cook, author Steven Smith and producer Arnold Kunert; a documentary; six featurettes; more. Available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony). The Simpsons: The Complete Eleventh Season Four-disc set with 22 episodes, $49.98. Extras: Commentary, "In Line With Matt Groening" introduction, animation showcase, special language feature, deleted scenes, "The Many Faces of Krusty" featurette, original sketches, "A Star on Hollywood Boulevard" featurette, "And Then There Were Menus" extra. (Fox). Sing a Song of Wiggles! (2008) New collection of nursery rhymes, $14.98. Extras: Bloopers, "Dorothy the Dinosaur's Sydney Adventure," "Rub-a-Dub Dub With the Soap in a Tub," photo gallery. (Warner). Slacker Uprising (2008) Strategically timed to mobilize and inspire voters in anticipation of a hotly-contested 2008 presidential election, "Slacker Uprising" takes viewers back to the 2004 election, when the polling margin between candidates George W. Bush and John Kerry could have tipped either way. Framed like a concert film, it captures Moore's activities as he set out on a campaign trip almost as rigorous and far-reaching as the candidates' own. Targeting young people as the demographic that could make the most difference, Moore visited 62 cities in 45 days, and held large rallies on college campuses in an event the filmmaker dubbed the "Slacker Uprising Tour." Featuring Special Appearances by Eddie Vedder, R.E.M., Steve Earle, Joan Baez, Roseanne Barr, Viggo Mortensen and more. $9.95. (Disinformation Co./Brave New Films). Sleeping Beauty 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition (1959) Restored in high definition. Extras: Original Disneyland Sleeping Beauty walk-through attraction with Walt Disney Imagineering: A fascinating fully-immersive 3-D experience recreating the original Sleeping Beauty Castle walk-through that Walt Disney supervised over 50 years ago; alternate opening; all new documentary ÒPicture Perfect: The Making of Sleeping BeautyÓ; new DVD game: ÒBriar RoseÕs Enchanted Dance GameÓ; four deleted songs; "Grand Canyon" Academy Award-winning short that accompanied "Sleeping Beauty" in its release in theatres; "The Peter Tchaikovsky Story" episode of Walt DisneyÕs legendary TV series in which Walt Disney previews the studioÕs upcoming release of "Sleeping Beauty" that uses the Tchaikovsky score as the source of its music; "Four Artists Paint One Tree" featurette that looks at one tree interpreted by four distinguished Disney artists, including Eyvind Earle, the well respected American painter who served as stylist for "Sleeping Beauty"; "Fun With English" DVD games; more. Available on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. (Disney). The Smurfs: Season One, Volume Two Two-disc set with 20 cartoons, $26.99. Extras: "Smurfology 101" featurette. (Warner). South Park: The Cult of Cartman Two-disc set with 12 episodes with Cartman at his very worst, $26.99. (Warner). Spirit of the Marathon (2007) Filmed on four continents and in five countries, this documentary brings together a diverse cast of amateur athletes and marathon luminaries to tell six unique stories about six runners in the Chicago Marathon, from preparation to the ultimate challenge of the race; $27.98. (Image Entertainment). Strait Jacket (2008 -- Japan) Created by Ichiro Sakaki, anime "Strait Jacket" was a hit the moment it aired in Japan earlier this year. In a world where sorcery and science co-exist, the power of magic comes with a price: Humans who do not take proper precautions are transformed into horrific demons. Those who destroy these demons -- and run the highest risk of all -- are tactical sorcerers known as "Strait Jackets." But when terrorists unleash a plague of demonic carnage, the Sorcery Management Bureau must enlist unlicensed assassin Leiot Steinberg to stop the slaughter. (Manga/Anchor Bay). 30 Rock: Season 2 Two-disc set with 15 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes, featurettes. (Universal). The Three Stooges Collection Volume Four: 1943 - 1945 Two-disc set with 21 shorts, $24.96. (Sony). Touch of Evil 50th Anniversary Edition (1958) Dir.: Orson Welles; Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Ray Collins, Dennis Weaver, Akim Tamiroff, Orson Welles, Marlene Dietrich. Two-disc set includes three versions of the film: Restored Version re-edited in 1998, based on a 58-page memo written by Orson Welles and sent to the studio in 1957; Theatrical Version seen by audiences in 1958; Preview Version created prior to the theatrical version, incorporating some of Welles' changes, discovered by Universal in 1976. Extras: "Bringing Evil to Life" making-of featurette; "Evil Lost & Find" documentary explaining the various versions of the film; commentaries on the three versions; specially printed reproduction of the complete 58-page Welles memo. (Universal). TV Sets: Holiday Treats Holiday episodes from eight favorite TV shows, ranging from "The Honeymooners" and "I Love Lucy" to "Frasier" and "Wings." (Paramount). The Visitor (2008) Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass. Extras: "The Visitor: An Inside Look," "Playing the Djembe," deleted scenes, commentary by Richard Jenkins and director-writer Tom McCarthy. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Anchor Bay). Watership Down Deluxe Edition (1978) Voices of John Hurt, Richard Briers, Harry Andrews, Simon Cadell, Nigel Hawthorne, Roy Kinnear. Extras: "Watership Down: A Conversation With the Filmmakers," "Watership Down, Defining a Style," storyboard comparison. (Warner). You Don't Mess With the Zohan (2008) Adam Sandler, Alex Luria, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Nick Swardson, Lainie Kazan, Rob Schneider, Sayed Badreya, Shelley Berman. Available as a one-disc theatrical DVD, a one-disc extended version DVD, a two-disc "fully loaded" extended DVD, and on Blu-ray Disc. Extras: The one-disc versions include commentary by Sandler, writer Robert Smigel, actors Schneider and Swardson; commentary by director Dennis Dugan, deleted scenes, 10 featurettes; the two-disc set adds a digital copy of the film and five more featurettes. (Sony). You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown (1972) Animated Peanuts gang adventure. $19.98. (Warner). | ||||
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