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The Mask of Zorro on DVD and Blu-ray Dec 1 - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  The slash and mark of Zorro's notorious "Z" burns brighter and cuts deeper in high definition. And those just meeting the Spanish swashbuckler will seamlessly swing through the past eight decades of Zorro lore by using the Blu-ray movieIQ function. Additionally, fans enraptured with The Mask of Zorro will be satiated with Campbell's director commentary, the "Unmasking Zorro" documentary, a behind-the-scenes look at the 2005 sequel The Legend of Zorro, deleted scenes and a music video from the soundtrack. Read More... Superman: The Complete Animated Series on DVD Nov 24 - Warner Home Video  Fans of the comic books and the TV show alike will rejoice as every single episode can finally be purchased together on this seven-disc collector's set. Additionally, the exclusive extras deliver even more fun to this already superior DVD collection. Go "Behind the Cape" with David Kaufman (the voice of JIMMY OLSEN) as he takes you behind the scenes with the show's creative team, watch an excerpt from the new Bryan Singer and Kevin Burns SUPERMAN documentary, listen to commentary with Bruce Timm on several episodes and much more. Read More... LOST University coming to Lost: The Complete Fifth Season on Blu-ray Dec 8 - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment  A captivating immersive bonus experience powered by BD-Live that will expand the world of "LOST", giving viewers around the world an unprecedented interactive experience unlike any other before it. Viewers will be able to join LOST executive producers Carlton Cuse, Damon Lindelof, the cast of "LOST," and a panel of esteemed experts for a vast array of courses at LOST University, delving into the themes and storylines regularly explored on the groundbreaking television series. Through this robust, engaging, multi- semester experience, students will gain a better understanding of the story, unique insight to the mysteries of "LOST," and perhaps even valuable clues as the show heads into its final season. " Read More... The Exiles on DVD Nov 17 - Oscilloscope Laboratories Completed in 1961 and though well received at a few festivals, it was never theatrically release and rarely seen for nearly fifty years. With UCLA Film & Television Archive's magnificent restoration and Milestone's 2008 release, The Exiles stunned the film world. It introduced a filmmaker of incredible talent and insight. Gritty, realistic, beautifully photographed, energized by the brilliant rock 'n' roll score by Norman Knowles and The Revels, The Exiles is a cinematic miracle. Read More... Julie & Julia on DVD & Blu-ray Dec 8 - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  One of the most charming American movies of the last decade. -David Denby, The New Yorker Read More... Mystery Science Theater 3000: XVI [Limited Edition] Available Dec 1  The side-splitting collection of the infamous MST3K features the show's never-before-released film episodes The Corpse Vanishes, Warrior Of The Lost World, Santa Claus and Night Of The Blood Beast, along with a new interview with Warrior Of The Lost World director David Worth, Santa Claus Conquers The Devil: A 50-Year Retrospective, Night Of The Blood Beast (Turkey Day Version), Turkey Day '95 intros, original theatrical trailers, and 4 exclusive MST3K mini-posters by artist Steve Vance. Read More... Rescue Me: Season 5, Volume 2 on DVD Dec 8 - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  The critically-acclaimed series from Sony Pictures Television for FX about post-9/11 New York City firefighters stars three-time Emmy® winner Denis Leary and features guest stars Academy Award® winner Tatum O'Neal (Paper Moon), Maura Tierney (TV's "ER") and Patti D'Arbanville (TV's "Third Watch"). The three-disc set contains 11 episodes from the second half of the fifth season of this edgy drama along with exclusive bonus features, including a behind-the-scenes look at Season Five, a roundtable dinner with the cast and crew discussing the highs and lows of the season and deleted scenes. Read More... The Official Major League Baseball: World Series Film Collection DVD Set Nov 10 - A&E Home Entertainment  The drama and unforgettable images of baseball are the World Series moments celebrated from generation to generation. Now, for the very first time, these dynamic events have been preserved and commemorated in a timeless treasure certain to become the centerpiece of any baseball fan's home entertainment library. Elegantly displaying the complete set of official filmed World Series highlights across six decades of World Series Films (1943-2008), this encyclopedic set is divided into 14 eras and features 50 hours of unforgettable baseball action across 20 remastered DVDs. Read More... Jason Connery's Pandemic on DVD - MTI Home Video  A veterinarian finds herself in the midst of a horrifying pandemic where humans and animals are stricken with a horrible, contagious disease. When the military quarantines the area and cuts off all communications, she must pair up with an eccentric conspiracy theorist as they fight to discover the true source of the threat and expose it or risk a viral threat more devastating than anything the world has ever seen! Read More... Sid! By Those Who Really Knew Him - MVD Visual  In addition to the DVD documentary, this special collector's edition includes a 10 track CD of Sid live in New York's, and a biography booklet profile by best-selling music author Mark Paytress. Read More... Angels & Demons on DVD & Blu-ray Nov 24 - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  In Ron Howard's thrilling follow-up to The Da Vinci Code, expert symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) follows ancient clues on a heart-racing hunt through Rome to find the four Cardinals kidnapped by the deadly secret society, the Illuminati. With the Cardinals' lives on the line, and the Camerlengo (Ewan McGregor) desperate for help, Langdon embarks on a nonstop, action-packed race through sealed crypts, dangerous catacombs, and the most secretive vault on Earth! Read More... Avant-Garde 3: Experimental Cinema 1922-1954 on DVD Nov 24 - Kino International  ontinuing its collaboration with the George Eastman House Collection and The Raymond Rohauer Collection, Kino International is now proud to make available a third edition of its highly celebrated Avant-Garde Experimental Cinema DVD set. Read More... The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 7: 1952-1954 on DVD Nov 10 - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment  collection features 22 digitally remastered shorts that continue the Stooges legacy with the return of the original Stooge, Shemp. Included in this volume are such classics as the Stooges' 3D shorts: Spooks and Pardon my Backfire, presented for the first time in both 3D and 2D, as well as Shot in the Frontier, a parody of the classic film High Noon. This compilation also marks the first time many of the shorts will be available in widescreen versions since their original theatrical presentations. Read More... The Professional on DVD & Blu-ray Nov 17  The Blu-ray will include the "International Version" which features 23 minutes of footage not included in the original U.S. theatrical version. Written and directed by acclaimed French filmmaker Luc Besson (Arthur and the Invisibles, The Fifth Element), Léon: The Professional is a no-holds-barred tension-fraught flick full of bloodlust and deceit, driven by a friendship between a hired gun and a little girl. Read More... Inglourious Basterds on DVD & Blu-ray Dec 15 - Universal Studios Home Entertainment Written and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds is available on Two-Disc Blu-rayTM Hi-Def, Two-Disc DVD Special Edition, Single-Disc DVD and download to own. Both the Blu-rayTM and Two-Disc Special Edition DVD come with a Digital Copy of the film for a limited time only just in time for the holiday season and over 90 minutes of startling and engrossing behind-the-scenes bonus features. Read More... Clips from Stan Helsing - Anchor Bay Entertainment  Stan Helsing is the hilariously terrifying saga of lovable slacker/video store clerk Stan, (Steve Howey of Reba), who heads out to a Halloween night costume party with three pals - his hot ex-girlfriend Nadine, (Wedding Crashers co-star and Maxim über-babe Diora Baird), best friend/law student Teddy, (SNL's Kenan Thompson) and Teddy's date, exotic dancer/massage therapist Mia, (newcomer Desi Lydic) - only to detour into a town cursed by parodies of the most iconic movie monsters of modern times: Freddy, Jason, Chucky, Pinhead, Michael Myers and Leatherface. Read More... Blood Ties: Season Two on DVD for Halloween - Eagle Rock Entertainment  In season two, private eye Vicki Nelson and her vampire cohort Henry Fitzroy continue to encounter esoteric cases involving paranormal occurrences. In addition to the complications of solving murders and unraveling occult mysteries, the plot thickens with the romantic tension between Nelson, Fitzroy, and Nelson's former partner Mike Celluci. The story only gets murkier as Christina, the vampire who original gave Fitzroy that first bite 480 years ago, pops into the picture to shake up the story even further! Living up to its tagline, Blood Ties truly is "A Crime Series With Bite." Read More... Eating Out: All You Can Eat - Ariztical Entertainment  This entirely new story in the Eating Out collection offers plenty of the over the top sex-romp rowdiness that made the first two films cult favorites, along with a delightful dose of pure romance. Read More... Upcoming IFC Releases - IFC Films In How To Be, The Young British Sensation Robert Pattinson Stars As Art, An Aspiring Musician Stuck In A Rut. Rebecca De Mornay Is Locked, Loaded And On The Move In American Venus, A Tense New Thriller Revealing The Lengths To Which A Mother Will Go To Retrieve Her Child. Lynn Shelton, Who Created The Ultimate Expression Of Male Bonding In The Daring Humpday, Is Back With Another Hilariously Unsettling Bromance, My Effortless Brilliance. An Arrogant Hollywood Director Who's Used To Calling The Shots Runs Up Against Someone He Can't Boss Around In Prisoner. Read More... Dawson's Creek: The Complete Series on DVD Nov 10 - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Includes all 127 Episodes, Interview with Creator Kevin Williamson, Trivia Game, Deleted Scenes and Songs from the Popular Soundtrack All Presented in Collectible Book-Style Packaging Read More... Eagles Over London on DVD Oct 13 - Severin Films  The 1970 hit was the international breakthrough film by Italian action master Enzo Castellari, best known as the writer/director of the original INGLORIOUS BASTARDS which will also be released on DVD and Blu-ray by Severin. Read More... Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Vol. 2 & Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s Vol. 2 on DVD Oct 27 - Warner Home Video  Both collections feature a whole new eclectic mix of rare and popular cartoons, including some highly-requested fan favorites not previously featured in this DVD series, such as Inch High Private Eye, Banana Splits Adventure Hour, Shazzan, The Wally Gator Show, New Adventures of Batman and Robin and much more. Titled Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Vol. 2 and Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s Vol. 2. Read More... Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis Play the Music of Ray Charles on DVD & Blu-ray Oct 20 - A&E Home Entertainment  ountry music legend Willie Nelson and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz artist and Jazz at Lincoln Center Artistic Director Wynton Marsalis share more in common than their multiple GRAMMY awards. They also share great respect and admiration for the late musical pioneer Ray Charles. In February 2009, Nelson and Marsalis joined musical forces for a two-night Jazz at Lincoln Center concert event at New York City 's Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Their set list explored the legacy of Charles, cleverly sequencing the songs to tell the story of a love affair from beginning to end and beyond. Read More... Lance Hammer's Ballast on Blu-ray and DVD Nov 10 - Kino International  Kino's Ballast DVD and Blu-ray editions will feature a 37-minute exclusive video extra titled "Scene Development" offering a view into the two-month improvisational rehearsal process employed by actors Micheal J. Smith, Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs, and director, Hammer, that generated what Los Angeles Times critic, Kenneth Turan, described as "a sense of place, a feeling for reality so compelling that it makes us feel like we're living it, not just watching on a screen." Read More... Hardware on DVD & Blu-ray Oct 13 - Severin Films  Originally rated X by the MPAA and subsequently edited by distributor Miramax, Hardware will be presented uncut and uncensored for the first time ever from a print supplied by Stanley himself. In addition, the limited edition two-disc DVD and Blu-ray will include audio commentary, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage, and Stanley's never-before-seen hour-long Super 8 version of the film. Read More...
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