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Monday, October 12, 2009
Noteworthy DVDs released 10/13/09
PICK OF THE WEEK
“Monsoon Wedding” (Criterion): Just in time for her Earhart biopic “Amelia,” Mira Nair’s Bollywood-flavored 2001 movie comes out in a double-disc package offering a half-dozen of the director’s earlier short films. On both DVD and Blu-ray.
OTHER TOP PICKS
“Stop Making Sense” (Palm Pictures): Is Jonathan Demme’s Talking Heads film the best concert movie ever? Decide for yourself on Blu-ray, with a 25th Anniversary disc including two songs not in the theatrical version.
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“The Craft,” “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein,” “Wolf” (Sony); “Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas” (Universal); Mickey Rooney in “Home for Christmas” (First Look); “Natural Born Killers: Director’s Cut” (Warner Bros.); “South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut” (Paramount)
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“Adoration” (Sony); “American Violet” (Image); “Drag Me To Hell,” “Land of the Lost” (Universal); “The Proposal” (Walt Disney)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“Eclipse 18: Dusan Makavejev” (Criterion); “Fighter,” “Left Bank” (IFC); “Love of Siam” (Strand); “Paraiso Travel” (Phase 4)
FROM THE VAULTS
“The Brontë Collection” (BBC); “The More Laurel Or Hardy Collection” (Passport); “Where The Day Takes You” (Anchor Bay)
DOCUMENTARIES
“Bob Dylan: Keep Your Eyes On The Prize” (E1 Entertainment); “Every Little Step” (Sony); “Hori Smoku Sailor Jerry” (Indiepix); “Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown” (Cinevolve); Alex Jones and other conspiracy theorists in “New World Order” (Disinformation)
BEST OF TV
“The Barbara Stanwyck Show” Vol. 1, “The Hunger” Season 2 (E1 Entertainment); “Flashpoint” Season 1, “Jackass: The Lost Tapes” (Paramount); “Futurama” Complete Collection (Fox); “Land of the Lost” Seasons 1-3 (Universal); “Last of the Summer Wine” Christmas Specials, “Lovejoy,” Season 6 and Complete Collection, “The Mighty Boosh” Complete Series, “Wuthering Heights” (1967 Miniseries) (BBC); “Married…With Children” Season 11 (Sony); “Some Assembly Required” Seasons 1 & 2 (Image)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE
“Natural Born Killers: Director’s Cut” (Warner Bros.)
CULT CORNER
“The Terror Pack” (Palisades Tartan); “Happy Birthday To Me” (Anchor Bay); “Hardware” (Severin); “The Stepfather” (Shout! Factory)
SPECIAL INTEREST
“Warren Miller: Children Of Winter” (Shout! Factory)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
“Anne of Green Gables: A New Beginning” (Sullivan Entertainment); Robert Pattinson in “The Haunted Airman” (E1 Entertainment); “Red Roses and Petrol” (World Wide Motion Pictures); Michael Cimino directs Woody Harrelson in “The Sunchaser” (Warner Bros.); “The Objective,” from “Blair Witch” co-director Daniel Myrick (IFC)
KIDS’ STUFF
Bob the Builder: “Building Crew Holiday Collection” and “Christmas To Remember”; “Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas”; “Thomas & Friends: Sodor Friends Holiday Collection” (Lions Gate); “Curious George: A Very Monkey Christmas” (Universal); “Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases” Vol. 3 (Warner Bros.)
