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Noteworthy DVDs released 9/21/10
PICK OF THE WEEK
“The Power of Myth” (Acorn Media): Joseph Campbell’s “Power of Myth”
is an eye-opening way of looking at ancient stories that is probably
most famous for helping George Lucas shape the quest of Luke
Skywalker. In this TV documentary series, Bill Moyers helps Campbell
(already a gifted communicator) explain how and why myths work.
OTHER TOP PICKS
“Fantômas” Collection (Kino): Probably the release of the season for
fans of silent film, this package collects the adventures of a pulp
villain who captivated France in almost 50 novels and this series of
five feature films.
“Ondine” (Magnolia): A fable from Neil Jordan in which heartsick
fisherman Colin Farrell catches a lovely, but haunted, mermaid in his
net.
“The Secret in Their Eyes” (Sony): Argentina’s Oscar-winning
detective-story romance.
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“Robin Hood” (2010) (Universal); “Untitled”
(Screen Media Films)
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“American Beauty,” “The Peacemaker” (Paramount);
“Charade” (Criterion); “Vigilante” (Blue Underground); 6 scenic titles
from Questar
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl” (Cinema
Guild); “The Films of Nikita Mikhalkov, Vol. 1” (Kino); “Stingray Sam”
(Indie Blitz); “Trash Humpers” (Drag City)
DOCUMENTARIES
“Directors: Life Behind the Camera,” “Howard Zinn:
You Can’t Be Neutral On a Moving Train,” “Leon Blum: For All Mankind”
(First Run Pictures); “Eclipse Series 24: The Actuality Dramas of
Allan King” (Criterion); “Glamourpuss: The Lady Gaga Story,” “Madonna:
Out on the Floor,” “The Rolling Stones: Born Under a Bad Sign” (United
States of Distribution); “Make Me Young:
Youth Knows No Pain” (Cinema Libre); “Racing Dreams” (Hannover House)
TV-ON-DVD
“30 Rock” Season 4, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”
Year 11 (Universal); “Being Human” Season 2 (BBC); “Castle” Season 2,
“Desperate Housewives” Season 6 (Walt Disney); “Community”
Season 1 (Sony); “Designing Women” Season 4, “Rhoda” Season 4 (Shout!
Factory); “Hell’s Kitchen” Seasons 1 and 3 (First Look); “How I Met
Your Mother” Season 5, “Modern Family” Season 1 (Fox); “Human Target”
Season 1, “The Mentalist” Season 2, “Two and a Half Men” Season 7
(Warner Bros.); “Mythbusters” Collection 6 (Discovery); “Spartacus:
Blood and Sand” Season 1 (Anchor Bay)
CULT CORNER
“Gamera Vs. Guiron,” “Gamera Vs. Viras” (Shout!
Factory); “Legend of Bruce Lee” (Lions Gate); “Rosencrantz &
Guildenstern Are Undead” (Indican)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
Steve Zahn in the Austin Film Fest vet “Calvin
Marshall” (Passion River); Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker in “The
Experiment,” “Stomp the Yard: Homecoming” (Sony); “The Secret of
Moonacre” (E1 Entertainment); “Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue”
(Walt Disney)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE
“The Stallion Collection” (MGM)
KIDS’ STUFF
“He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown,” “Tom & Jerry’s Greatest
Chases” Vol. 5 (Warner Bros.); “Max & Ruby: Everybunny Loves Winter” (Nickelodeon)
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