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Noteworthy DVDs released 4/21/09
PICK OF THE WEEK
‘The Wrestler’ (Fox). Mickey Rourke rediscovers his soul, playing a down-and-out pro wrestler alongside Marisa Tomei in a movie that also counts as something of a comeback for ‘Requiem for a Dream’ director Darren Aronofsky.
OTHER TOP PICKS
‘Frost/Nixon’ (Universal). A slightly different showdown from the grudge matches in ‘The Wrestler,’ Ron Howard’s latest prestige film benefits from great performances by Michael Sheen and Frank Langella.
‘Science Is Fiction: 23 Films by Jean Painlevé’ (Criterion). Yo La Tengo provides music for these delightfully strange shorts in which science footage of such subjects as sea horses is transformed into quasi-surrealist comedy.
‘The Last Picture Show’ / ‘Nickelodeon’ (Sony). No very good reason exists to sell these films as a two-pack, but Peter Bogdanovich fans will be happy to have a chance to revisit ‘Nickelodeon,’ his second pre-war feature starring Ryan and Tatum O’Neal
‘Notorious’ (2009) (Fox). Late rapper Christopher Wallace gets the biopic treatment in the new film starring newcomer Jamal Woolard.
NEW ON BLU-RAY
‘Arctic Tale’ (Paramount); ‘The Arrival’ (Lions Gate); ‘Sin City’ extended edition (Miramax); ‘The Wages of Fear’ (Criterion); ‘X-Men Trilogy’ (Fox)
DOCUMENTARIES
‘Inside the Third Reich’ Box Set, ‘A Jihad for Love,’ ‘K*ke Like Me’ (Kino)
BEST OF TV
‘Caprica’ Pilot Episode (Universal); ‘Dallas” Season 11,’ ‘Freakazoid!’ Season 2, ‘Tiny Toon Adventures’ Season 1, Vol. 2 (Warner Bros.); ‘Hawaii Five-O’ Season 6 (Paramount); ‘Rhoda’ Season 1 (Shout! Factory); ‘Wolverine & the X-Men: Heroes Return Trilogy’ (Lions Gate)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE
‘Hellraiser’ Box Set (Anchor Bay)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
‘Into the Blue 2: The Reef’ (MGM)
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