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This week’s new DVDs
Noteworthy DVDs released 8/31/10
TOP PICKS:
“Red Riding Trilogy” (MPI): Based on dark crime novels by English author David Peace, this trio of films (by three different directors) got a brief but acclaimed theatrical run early this year.
“Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire” (MVD): This recently rediscovered 1972 documentary pairs lots of concert footage with moments of a youthful Cohen discussing his work.
“Thriller” Complete Series (Image): Uncut on home video for the first time, the two seasons of this Boris Karloff-hosted 1960’s TV anthology draw material from authors including Edgar Allan Poe and Cornell Woolrich.
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX: “Harry Brown” (Sony); “Marmaduke” (Fox); “Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married Too?” (Lions Gate)
NEW ON BLU-RAY: “Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy” (Paramount, Best Buy Exclusive); “The Evil Dead” (Anchor Bay)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN: “9th Company” (Well Go USA); “OSS 117: Lost in Rio” (Music Box); “Waiting Room” (MPI)
FROM THE VAULTS: “Apache Rifles,” “The Capone Investment,” “Dick Barton: Special Agent,” “Four in the Morning,” “Hell Is Sold Out” (VCI); “Sundown” (TCM.com)
DOCUMENTARIES: “The Jeff Koons Show” (Microcinema); “The Lottery” (Great Curve Films); “Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison” (MVD); “Rio Breaks” (Factory 25); “Water Wars” (Cinema Libre)
TV-ON-DVD: “Agatha Christie’s Marple” Series 5 (Acorn Media); “Brothers and Sisters” Season 4, “Flashforward” Complete Series (Walt Disney); “Falcon Crest” Season 2 (WBshop.com); “House” Season 6, “Parenthood” Season 1 (Universal); “The Judy Garland Show” Vol. 5 (Infinity); “The Middle” Season 1, “The Vampire Diaries” Season 1 (Warner Bros.); “NCIS: Los Angeles” Season 1 (Paramount); “Sons Of Anarchy” Season 2 (Fox)
CULT CORNER: “Black Blood Brothers” Complete Series, “Full Metal Panic!” Season 1 (FUNimation)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO: “A Quiet Little Marriage” (MPI)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE: “Celebrated Women Of Color Film Collection,” Vols. 1 and 2 (MGM)
KIDS’ STUFF: “Diego’s Ultimate Rescue League,” “iSpace Out!” (Nickelodeon); Strawberry Shortcake “Berrywood Here We Come,” “The Glimmerberry Ball Movie” (Fox)
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