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PR Sesame Street: Elmo the Musical on DVD May 7

An extension of the show's S-T-E-A-M curriculum (science, technology, engineering, arts and math). Each 11 minute episode is an interactive, fun-filled musical adventure created by Elmo and the child at home. Focusing on imagination and math skills, such as enumeration, relational concepts, addition/subtraction, geometric shapes and many more.

Warner Bros Home Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - April 30, 2013, 7:52 am - PR
Keywords: kids

PR Nova: Ultimate Mars Challenge on DVD & Blu-ray Feb 19

Why go back to Mars? Far from dead, Mars now holds untold potential. Nearly half a century of Mars exploration has yielded tantalizing clues that Mars may once have harbored life - and may harbor it still. But when a revolutionary rover named Curiosity touched down inside the Gale Crater on August 5, 2012, it could have been NASA's last chance to set wheels down on Mars until the end of the decade...

PBS Distribution

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Posted by: News Editor - February 13, 2013, 8:52 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

PR Genetic Chile on DVD and Digital Download Jul 24

An in-depth dissection of the corporate takeover of the world's food supply and the resulting increases in hunger and poverty. The film explains how the World Food Program revealed in 2010 that more than 1 billion people worldwide are hungry due to increased food prices. The World Hunger Organization calculates that 30 million people starve to death every year - the majority of them being children - and that 90% of their countries are net exporters of food to wealthy nations.

Cinema Libre

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Posted by: News Editor - July 21, 2012, 9:50 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

PR National Geographic - Mega Structures Collection on DVD

The biggest. The most complex. The most stressful. The most dangerous. All these superlatives come together in MEGA BUILDERS, an awe-inspiring look at some of the most incredible, history-making engineering projects and the people who are making it happen! As seen on The Discovery Channel, this 8-disc mega set features over 25 remarkable hours showcasing human will meeting cutting-edge technology!

Entertainment One

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Posted by: News Editor - June 17, 2012, 12:24 pm - PR
Keywords: documentary

PR NFL New York Giants: Road to XLVI on DVD & Blu-ray Jun 5

Relive the Giants' Improbable Run Through the Playoffs With this Multi-Disc Set Featuring the Original Network Broadcasts of All Four Postseason Games, Including the Giants' Super Bowl XLVI Victory. In this must-have multi-disk set, fans can relive the Giants' remarkable championship run with the original network broadcasts of all four thrilling playoff victories.

Vivendi Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - May 11, 2012, 7:21 am - PR
Keywords: sports

PR Norman Mailer: The American on DVD May 8

Two- time Pulitzer Prize winner, political candidate, journalist, movie director, and social critic are just a few of the titles that Norman Mailer holds. Mailer wrote over 30 books in his lifetime, married six times and had nine children. He died at the age of 84 on November 10, 2077. He lived a tumultuous life that has demarcated him as one of the most memorable iconoclasts of the last century. On May 8, 2012, Cinema Libre Studio will take you beyond the headlines and into the life of this complex man.

Cinema Libre

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Posted by: News Editor - April 28, 2012, 10:54 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

PR Hell On Wheels - The Complete First Season on DVD & Blu-ray May 15

Hell on Wheels centers on former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon (Anson Mount), whose quest for vengeance has led him to the Union Pacific Railroad's westward construction of the first transcontinental railroad. Currently reigning as the #2 rated show on AMC (with a series premiere that was the second highest rated AMC debut of all time), it is episodic TV at its very best. And before Season Two rolls into town this fall, home viewers can catch up on all the frontier drama in this star-studded smash

Entertainment One

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Posted by: News Editor - April 27, 2012, 7:10 am - PR
Keywords: television, western

PR PBS Explorer Collection: Stargazing & The Red Planet

PBS Explorer Collection: Stargazing From exploring the history of the telescope to examining the wonders of the night sky, this collection provides serious and amateur stargazers with information about the telescope and how it has changed our understanding of our place in the universe. PBS Explorer Collection: The Red Planet From exploring the possibility that life exists on Mars to examining what it would take to send astronauts to the red planet, this collection provides a plethora of information about the fourth planet from the sun.

PBS Distribution

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Posted by: News Editor - July 19, 2011, 10:11 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

DVD Review MOON MACHINES

Fans of the space program ("Hello, my name is Rich") will no doubt get all goggly-eyed over these six fascinating documentaries, each focusing on a certain aspect of the development of key components like the lunar module or the space suit. I can only hope that everyone else would feel the same way if they took the time to be amazed.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - July 24, 2009, 6:47 am - DVD Review
Keywords: nasa, space program, moon landing, science channel, engineering, saturn v rocket, command module, navigation computer, lunar module, space suit, land rover

DVD Review REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (BLU-RAY)

Some were surprised when Revolutionary Road was not given a Best Picture nomination by the Academy. But they probably were not as surprised as those who went expecting a romantic extravaganza between Kate and Leo a la Titanic II and were instead treated to a picture full of screaming matches, depicting the utter breakdown of a relationship.

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Posted by: Mark Zimmer - June 8, 2009, 7:37 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: drama, suburbia, connecticut, 1950s, conformity, abortion

DVD Review THE SPIRIT

This much maligned comic book adaptation from the legendary Frank Miller is an odd duck, but it wears its retro-nostalgic innocence with glee while teetering between equal doses of mild action and campy humor.

Plus, it carries a first-rate set of image/audio transfers.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - April 28, 2009, 5:13 am - DVD Review
Keywords: frank miller, comic book, samuel l. jackson, the spirit, sin city, 300, dark knight, graphic novel