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Noteworth DVDs released 2/16/10
PICK OF THE WEEK
Warner Archives: The latest batch of Warner’s made-to-order reissues series (available only online at wbshop.com) includes never-on-disc goodies like “Fifth Avenue Girl,” “It’s a Wonderful World,” “Kismet,” “They Met in Bombay,” “The Deadly Tower,” “A Killer in the Family,” and “Split Second.”
OTHER TOP PICKS
“Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Bros.” (Warner Bros.): All the “make my day” you could hope for, along with his brilliant late-career work as a director, but none of the Sergio Leone classics.
“Hunger” (Criterion): The brutal, much-heralded look at the end of an Irish hunger-striker’s life, directed by Steve McQueen (the young English artist/filmmaker, not the movie star).
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“Contempt,” “The Ladykillers” (1955), “Ran” (1985) (Blu-ray) (Lions Gate)
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“Black Dynamite,” “Coco Before Chanel” (Sony); “Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever” (Lions Gate); “Law-Abiding Citizen” (Anchor Bay)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“The Disappeared” (Passion River), “Revanche” (Criterion)
FROM THE VAULTS
“Lola Montès” (Criterion); “The Secret Policeman’s Private Party” (Shout! Factory)
BEST OF TV
“Barnaby Jones” Season 1 (Paramount); “Bugs Bunny’s Easter Funnies,” “Scooby Doo: Abracadabra-Doo” (Warner Bros.); “Charlie Murphy: I Will Not Apologize,” “Zorro and Scarlet Whip Revealed” (Image); “The Dog Whisperer” Season 4 (Gaiam); “My Two Dads” Season 2 (Shout! Factory); “Quads” Season 1 (Phase 4); “Shaun the Sheep: A Woolly Good Time” (Lions Gate) “The Spectacular Spider-Man” Vol. 6 & 7 (Sony)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE
“Goodfellas” (Blu-ray) (Warner Bros.)
CULT CORNER
“Ninja Assassins: 4 Film Set” (First Look)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
“From Mexico with Love” (Lions Gate); “Simpsons” cast members lending their voices to the animated “Immigrants” (Echo Bridge); Kevin Nealon in “Remarkable Power” (MTI)
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