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Noteworthy DVDs released 12/8/09
PICK OF THE WEEK
“AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa” (Criterion): For all you moneybags cinephiles, this mega-box offers a number of Kurosawa films that have never been on DVD in the States. Caveat emptor: Most of these titles are already out individually, with copious bonus features that aren’t included here.
OTHER TOP PICKS
“The Cove” (Lions Gate): One of the year’s most lauded docs is a stomach-turning look at the dolphin trade operating out of a remote Japanese cove.
“Public Enemies” (Universal): Filmmaker Michael Mann rebounds from “Miami Vice” with the help of Johnny Depp’s deadly-cool John Dillinger.
“Julie & Julia” (Sony): A surprisingly enjoyable tweak of the biopic genre, in which Meryl Streep (as Julia Child) appears to be having so much fun the League of Serious Thespians might ask her to surrender her membership card.
“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” (Warner Bros.): Perhaps you’ve heard of him.
“Brigitte Bardot: Classic Collection” (Image): A threesome starring the French bombshell, including Roger Vadim’s “The Night Heaven Fell” and the gender-switched “Don Juan.”
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“World’s Greatest Dad” (Magnolia)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“Dog Eat Dog” (MPI); “Ghosted” (First Run Pictures); “Lion’s Den” (“Leonera”) (Strand); “Somers Town” (Film Movement); “Tom and Thomas” (Phase 4)
DOCUMENTARIES
“Beautiful Losers” (Oscilloscope); “Brick City,” “A Finished Life,” “Prima Ballerina” (First Run Pictures); “Johnny Mercer: The Dream’s On Me” (Warner Bros.); “Knut and Friends” (Image); “Michael Jackson - Life & Times Of The King Of Pop 1958-2009,” “Wesley Willis’s Joy Rides” (MVD)
BEST OF TV
Catherine Zeta-Jones in “The Cinder Path” (E1 Entertainment); “Friday” Complete Series (Image); “The Fugitive” Season 3, Vol. 2, “Perry Mason” Season 4, Vol. 2 (Paramount); “The Judy Garland Show Collection” (Infinity); “Lost” Season 5 (Walt Disney); “Rescue Me” Season 5, Vol. 2 (Sony); “SpongeBob SquarePants” Season 6, Vol. 1 (Nickelodeon); “Thomas Mann’s Buddenbrooks” (E1 Entertainment)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE
“Get Smart” Season 5 (HBO); “Gozu” (Cinema Epoch)
CULT CORNER
Adam And and Debbie Harry in “Drop Dead Rock” (MVD); “Shaolin Vs.” (First Look); Blu-ray editions of “Alphabet Killer,” “Behind The Mask,” “Cyclops,” “Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer,” “Lower Learning,” “Red Mist,” “Sands Of Oblivion,” “Walled In,” “While She Was Out”
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
“Carriers,” Ben Stiller and Jason Schwartzman in “The Marc Pease Experience,” directed by Todd Louiso of “High Fidelity” (Paramount); Corey Feldman and Bronson Pinchot in “Hooking Up” (MTI); Amy Adams in “Moonlight Serenade” (Magnolia); “This Beautiful City” (Cinema Epoch)
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