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Noteworthy DVDs released 11/10/09
PICK OF THE WEEK: ‘Heat’ (Warner Bros.). Michael Mann’s steely, thrilling 1995 crime film is the rare gangster pic in which the assorted subplots (budding and disintegrating romances, ambitions and vices) are just as compelling as the heists. It only grows more impressive over the years, and a new Blu-ray reminds fans that nobody shoots outlaws in the night like Mann and his cinematographers.
OTHER TOP PICKS: ‘Up’ and ‘Monsters, Inc.’ (Pixar/Walt Disney). The same week they release this summer’s marvel on home video, the folks at Pixar are sprucing up what’s arguably their most lovable feature, the John Goodman / Billy Crystal yuk-filled adventure ‘Monsters, Inc.’
‘The General’ (Kino). Buster Keaton on Blu-ray! Here’s hoping the high-def edition of this silent comic masterpiece is the first of many.
‘Ballast’ (Kino). One of last year’s most praised movies, this under-seen indie presents a slice of life in the Mississippi Delta using mostly non-professional actors.
NEW ON BLU-RAY: ‘Logan’s Run,’ ‘The Negotiator’ (Warner Bros.); ‘Near Dark,’ ‘Red Heat’ (Lionsgate)
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX: ‘The Accidental Husband,’ ‘The Ugly Truth’ (Sony); ‘The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard’ (Paramount); ‘The Merry Gentleman’ (Vivendi); ‘Spread’ (Anchor Bay)
FROM THE VAULTS: ‘The Three Stooges Collection’ Volume 7 - 1952-1954 (Sony)
BEST OF TV: Agatha Christie’s ‘Marple Collection,’ ‘Classic Collections’ and ‘Movie Collections,’ ‘The John LeCarre Spy Collection,’ ‘Midsomer Murders: Barnaby’s Casebook’ (Acorn Media); ‘Batman: The Brave and the Bold’ Volume 2, ‘Justice League’ Complete Series (Warner Bros.); ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Complete Series (Sony); ‘Discovery Atlas’ Complete Series, ‘Greg Behrendt Is That Guy From That Thing’ (Image); ‘G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero’ Complete Series (Shout! Factory); ‘JAG’ Season 9, ‘Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire’ (Paramount); ‘Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days’ (Genius)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN: ‘Bajo la Sal’ (Maya Entertainment); ‘Lake Tahoe’ (Film Movement); ‘A Woman in Berlin’ (Strand)
DOCUMENTARIES: ‘Enlighten Up!’ (Docurama); ‘The Many Faces of Cleopatra’ (Passport); ‘Pray the Devil Back to Hell’ (Passion River)
CULT CORNER: ‘Disciples of Shaolin’ (Image); ‘The Divine Weapon’ (Virgil Films); ‘Female Animal’/’Teenage Mother’ (Secret Key); ‘Heartbreak Yakuza’ (Cinema Epoch)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO: ‘The Echo’ (Image); ‘Evergreen’ (Indiepix); Andy Garcia and Ray Liotta in ‘The Line’ (Maya Entertainment)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE: ‘Mamma Mia!: Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Gift Set’ (Universal)
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