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Noteworthy DVDs released 2/17/09
TOP PICKS
The Paul Newman Film Series (Warner Bros.) : The late, great Paul Newman is celebrated in DVD releases of a handful of not-so-famous outings, from his first screen gig (a Bible epic called “The Silver Chalice”) to the “Rashomon” adaptation “The Outrage” and one of his directing efforts, “Rachel, Rachel,” starring wife Joanne Woodward.
“Hobson’s Choice” (Criterion) : Like the undeservedly obscure “Ruggles of Red Gap,” this David Lean film shows the underexposed comic side of Charles Laughton, better known for haughty stuff like “Mutiny on the Bounty.”
“High School Musical 3: Senior Year” (Walt Disney) : Disney’s hugely popular series squeezes in one more installment before sending the kids off to college.
“Changeling” (Universal) : For your Oscar-rooting pleasure, Angelina Jolie plays a woman who loses her child only to have him replaced by someone else’s.
“Body of Lies” (Warner Bros.) : Leonardo Di Caprio flees from “Revolutionary Road” to someplace less frightening — the Middle East — in this CIA flick from Ridley Scott.
“Choke” (Fox) : Actor Clark Gregg makes his directing debut with an adaptation of Chuck (“Fight Club”) Palahniuk’s tale of depravity.
“Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Fiddle and the Drum’” (Koch Vision) : Highlights from Mitchell’s career are used as the basis for an Alberta Ballet Company work focused on war and environmental dangers.
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“Flash of Genius” (Universal); “How To Lose Friends and Alienate People” (MGM); “The Midnight Meat Train” Director’s Cut (Lions Gate)
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“Capote / In Cold Blood”(Double Feature), “Gandhi,” “Kramer vs. Kramer” (Sony); “Raging Bull,” “The Passion of the Christ” (Fox)
DOCUMENTARIES
“Blindsight” (Image); “Moving Midway” (First Run Pictures); “Religulous” (Lions Gate)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“I Served the King of England” (Sony)
BEST OF TV: “The Beverly Hillbillies” Season 3, “Sabrina, The Teenage Witch” Season 5 (Paramount); “Dead Like Me” Complete Series (MGM); “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” Season 8, “Murder, She Wrote” Season 9 (Universal)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE
John Cassavetes’s “Faces” & “Shadows” (Criterion)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
“Feast 3: The Happy Finish” (Weinstein Co.); “Quarantine” (2008) (Sony); “Still Waiting… ” (Lions Gate)
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