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Noteworth DVDs released 2/2/10
PICK OF THE WEEK
“The Music Man” (Warner Bros.): Con-man Harold Hill (Robert Preston) talks a small town into starting a marching band in this winning 1962 adaptation of the hit Broadway show, now available on Blu-ray.
OTHER TOP PICKS
“Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” (Universal): Terry Gilliam’s hallucinatory take on Hunter Thompson’s hallucinatory journalism, in all its creeping-tentacled glory on Blu-ray.
“Zombieland” (Sony): Who’d have thought, pre “Shaun of the Dead,”
that zom-com would become a commercially viable genre?
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“The Godfather,” “The Godfather Part II” (standalone releases taken from earlier box set) (Paramount); “Hellboy: Sword of Storms/Blood & Iron” (Anchor Bay); “The Last King of Scotland,” “Walk the Line” (Fox); “Maid in Manhattan,” “Mona Lisa Smile” (Sony); “Mystic River” (Warner Bros.)
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“Adam,” “Amelia” (Fox); “The House of The Devil” (IFC); “Love Happens” (Universal); “Ong Bak 2: The Beginning” (Magnolia)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“As It Is In Heaven,” “The Vanished Empire” (Kino); “Heavens Heart” (IFC)
DOCUMENTARIES
“Maybe God Is Ill” (Image); “More Than a Game” (Lions Gate); “A Powerful Noise” (Passion River)
BEST OF TV
“Batman: The Brave and the Bold” Volume 3, “Elmo’s World:
Let’s Play Music,” “Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases” Vol. 4 (Warner Bros.); “Beverly Hills, 90210” Season 9, “Dynasty” Season 4, Vol. 2 (Paramount); Doctor Who: “The Complete Specials,” “The End of Time,” and “The Waters of Mars” (BBC); “The Evelyn Waugh Collection” (Acorn Media); “Liza’s At The Palace” (MPI); “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” Season 6 (Fox); “Mister Ed” Season 2 (Shout! Factory); “Murder, She Wrote” Season 11 (Universal); “Paul Rodriguez: Comedy Rehab” (Image); “Wanda Sykes: I’ma Be Me” (HBO); “Yo Gabba Gabba: Birthday Boogie” (Nickelodeon)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE
“Air Bud: Golden Receiver,” “Gangs of New York” (Blu-ray) (Walt Disney); “The Wolf Man” (1941) (Universal); “Wall Street” (Blu-ray) (Fox)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
“Universal Soldier: Regeneration” (Sony); “Planet Hulk” (Lions Gate)
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