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New 'Star Wars' animated series coming to Disney ... Best Dressed at the 2013 Billboard Music Awards: Taylor... Jewel as June Carter in Ring of Fire on DVD Jun 4... Box Office Charts From Yahoo! Movies May 15 - 18... The Exorcist in the 21st Century on DVD & Digital May 7... COMMANDO... A HAUNTING: THE 2012 SEASON... BADLANDS (BLU-RAY)... THE LONELIEST PLANET... SANSHO THE BAILIFF (BLU-RAY)... THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (BLU-RAY)... PURPLE NOON (BLU-RAY)... WEEKEND (BLU-RAY)... JUAN OF THE DEAD... THE DEVIL'S NEEDLE AND OTHER TALES OF VICE AND REDEMPTI... LIZ & DICK... CHINA BEACH: THE COMPLETE SERIES... PAUL SIMON: LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY... The Problem with the #Olympics: It's Us.... The Newsroom: Cable News Media Played for Laughs and Cr... TROUBLED TEENS... THE BLOB (BLU-RAY)... SCHOOLGIRL HITCHHIKERS (BLU-RAY)... MINISTRY OF FEAR (BLU-RAY)... UNDEFEATED (BLU-RAY)... DOWNTON ABBEY SEASONS ONE & TWO LIMITED EDITION... FLORENCE AND THE SPIRIT OF THE RENAISSANCE... NAZI COLLABORATORS... KATT WILLIAMS: KATTPACALYPSE... BARACK OBAMA: FROM HIS CHILDHOOD TO THE PRESIDENCY... STORAGE WARS: VOLUME THREE... Take Part in a Film Restoration... THE 39 STEPS (BLU-RAY)... DARK SHADOWS: THE BEST OF BARNABAS... STORAGE WARS: SEASON ONE... SUNSET BOULEVARD... SALO, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM... TABLOID... CUL-DE-SAC... 3 WOMEN... YOJIMBO/SANJURO... SUMMER HOURS (L'heure d'ÈtÈ)... WIZARD OF OZ... WINGS OF DESIRE... HORTON HEARS A WHO!... REVANCHE... LAST DAYS OF DISCO... NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS... STARGATE SG-1: CHILDREN OF THE GODS... STARGATE ATLANTIS: THE COMPLETE FIFTH SEASON... THE STEPFATHER... THE HILLS RUN RED... MANAGEMENT... NIGHT OF DEATH... GNAW... Freddy Got Fingered... Secure The Second Season of The Border on DVD August 25... THE WALTONS: THE COMPLETE 9TH SEASON... Dance Me Outside kicks onto DVD May 6, 2008... Film-Fest 4: Sundance 2000 & Hawaii... Saving Private Ryan... |
Jewel as June Carter in Ring of Fire on DVD Jun 4 - Lions Gate Entertainment  June Carter Cash wrote Johnny Cash's most famous song, 'Ring of Fire,' while she was falling in love with the fascinating yet difficult musician. The film explores that volatile relationship, as seen through the eyes of their son, John, as well as profiles the woman who patiently supported one of country music's biggest stars as she found her own idiosyncratic path to stardom. A born performer, June was country music royalty, as part of the Carter Family, whose music was heard all over America. Later, she and Cash performed onstage together and lived an exalted yet turbulent life, maintaining their lifelong bond and a semblance of a home life for their son, largely due to the strength and perseverance of June's great love. Read More... The Exorcist in the 21st Century on DVD & Digital May 7 - The Disinformation Company  The Church granted filmmakers Fredrik Horn Akselsen and Christian Falch a remarkable degree of access to tell this story, allowing them to accompany one of the few exorcists in Europe, the Vatican-approved Father Jose Antonio Fortea, Catholic priest / Exorcist and author. Father Fortea travels the world on his mission to enlighten the masses about demonic possession and to help fellow exorcists. Father Gabriel Amorth, Official Vatican Exorcist, is also prominently featured in the documentary. He has been an exorcist for 25 years and estimates he has seen 70,000 cases. Read More... Pretty Little Liars: The Complete Third Season on DVD Jun 4 - Warner Home Video  Catch up on one of basic cable's most suspenseful series. The five-disc set contains all 24 episodes from the third season, plus special features including a brand-new featurette, gag reel, deleted scenes, and bonus webisodes. Read More... Dark Skies on Blu-ray & DVD May 28 - Anchor Bay Entertainment  Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton as a young couple with children living in the suburbs. As husband and wife, Daniel (Hamilton) and Lacy Barrett (Russell) witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barrett family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lucy take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family. Read More... Battle Earth on DVD May 28 - Inception Media Group  A young paramedic, Greg Baker, enlists to fight for his planet when extraterrestrial invaders enter the Earth's atmosphere on a crash course into the Atlantic Ocean. Joining a Special Forces team on a mission to escort a classified package by helicopter over enemy territory. But when their chopper is shot down, they find themselves surrounded and outnumbered. Read More... Macbeth - The Film starring Jason Connery on DVD May 28 - Kultur International  Macbeth is authentically set in eleventh century Scotland. This epic, award winning production conjures a world of grim battlefields, desolate moors, forbidding castles and haunted caverns. Peopled by witches and warriors, assassins, Kings and an infamous Queen, Macbeth moves at a breathtaking pace through tales of war, murder, intrigue and revenge. Read More... Shanghai Noon/Shanghai Knights on Blu-ray May 7 - Touchstone Home Entertainment  East meets West in two wildly hilarious comedies starring legendary action star Jackie Chan and funnyman Owen Wilson. Experience the hilarious action-adventure of Shanghai Noon and Shanghai Knights for the first time on Blu-ray. Read More... The Locker on DVD May 14 - Entertainment One  Natalie Dickinson stars as a young woman who has been institutionalized for insisting that she's the lone escapee and survivor from a masked maniac that kidnaps and tortures beautiful women. Months later, after pulling her life together, she receives a book that details her frightening story, but no one believes her -- not even the police. Read More... Stand Up Guys on Blu-ray & DVD May 21 - Lions Gate Entertainment  Tough but touching film centers on three retired gangsters (Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin) who reunite for one epic final night. However, one of the friends is keeping a dangerous secret - and his time to find an acceptable alternative is running out. As the sun rises on the guys' reunion, their position becomes more and more desperate and they finally confront their pasts once and for all. Read More... Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin: Complete First Season on DVD May 21 - Entertainment One  Reginald Perrin has a respectable career at Sunshine Desserts, a happy marriage and two less-than-satisfactory children. But the pressures of the rat race are beginning to push Reggie over the edge. The mere mention of his mother-in-law conjures the image of a hippopotamus, the word 'earwig' keeps creeping into his conversations, and his thoughts are repeatedly interrupted by outrageous fantasies involving his secretary -what's an overly stressed food firm executive to do? Read More... Frankie Go Boom on Blu-ray & DVD May 14 - Universal Studios Home Entertainment  For decades, amateur filmmaker Bruce (Chris O'Dowd) has tortured his awkward brother Frank (Charlie Hunnam) with a series of embarrassing videos posted on the Internet. Bruce finally goes too far when he uploads a video of a disastrous one-night stand involving the inebriated daughter of a loose-cannon ex-movie star. To try to undo the damage, the brothers enlist the help of Bruce's transsexual computer-hacker buddy played by Ron Perlman in one of the year's most hysterically unexpected performances. Read More... Exclusive Sneak Peek Next Jack Reacher Book & Special Clip - Paramount Home Entertainment  Fans of best-selling author Lee Child's wildly popular series of Jack Reacher novels have even more reason to celebrate the May 7th Blu-ray and DVD debut of the compelling hero's first feature film. For a limited time, purchasers can download the entire first chapter--weeks before the new novel hits shelves. Also view a Special features clip (from the When the Man Comes Around featurette). Read More... Dance Academy: Season 1, Volumes 1 & 2 and Season 2, Volumes 1 & 2 on DVD May 14 - Flatiron Film Company  When you're sixteen, life is rarely simple. In fact, there's enough to keep you on your toes in normal circumstances. But what if you were also living away from home at the country's top dance academy? Meet Tara Webster, who grew up on a country farm, but has always dreamed of being a professional dancer. When she's admitted to Australia's prestigious National Academy of Dance, she feels like all of her dreams are about to come true... Read More... Back to 1942 on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital May 14 - Well Go USA  This tragic retelling of historical events is based on Zhenyun Liu's best selling novel Remembering 1942. The Henan province disaster, where three million people died of starvation, was a humanitarian crisis first sparked by drought, then compounded by a combination of windstorms, government corruption and a war with Japan. In the midst of the devastation, an American journalist (Adrien Brody) searches for answers, and slowly comes to understand that there may be a greater connection between these tragedies and his political theories than he once thought. Read More... Chance to Win a Jack Reacher 1971 Chevelle Starts Today May 6 - Paramount Home Entertainment  Paramount is giving fans the chance to win a classic and highly-collectible 1971 Chevelle SS Clone like the one featured in the film's eye-popping car chase. The cherry car has a rebuilt 350 4-speed 9 to 1 compression motor with 400+ horse power and a retail value of $45,000! Read More... Marley Africa Road Trip on DVD May 7 - Arc Entertainment  In 1980 Bob Marley travelled to Africa with his family to perform a landmark concert to celebrate the freedom of Zimbabwe. 30 years after Bob Marley’s journey, his sons Ziggy, Rohan and Robbie travelled to South Africa to continue his legacy and embark upon their own journey. Read More... Escape on Blu-ray & DVD May 14 - Entertainment One  One part Hanna, one part Game of Thrones, this pulse-pounding Norwegian thriller from the director of the Cold Prey trilogy makes its U.S. debut this May starring Ingrid Bolso Berdal and Kristin Espedal. Read More... Stripped on DVD May 14 - Inception Media Group  Based on true events, a Vegas-style birthday bash goes terribly wrong in this horrifying thriller. Once on the fabled strip, the guys waste no time getting the revelry started, arranging to meet strippers and undaunted by the girls' request to hook up in a remote location. Read More... Saving Hope: The Complete First Season on DVD May 21 - Entertainment One  Dr. Charlie Harris (Michael Shanks), Chief of Surgery at Toronto's Hope Zion Hospital, ends up in a coma, leaving the hospital in chaos and his fiancée and fellow surgeon, Alex Reid (Erica Durance), in a state of shock. Now, a comatose Dr. Harris explores the hospital halls in "spirit" form, not sure if he's a ghost or a figment of his own imagination. Read More... In the Hive on DVD May 7 - Entertainment One  Sixteen-year-old Xtra Keys (Roger Guenveur Smith) lives by a few simple rules, all rooted in a world of brazen, retaliatory violence. Xtra hopes to raise his son better than his boozy, razor-edged mother raised him and his younger siblings and just might get his wish when he's thrust into the world of the HIVE, an unorthodox alternative school full of other discarded boys. Read More... Sesame Street: Elmo the Musical on DVD May 7 - Warner Bros Home Entertainment  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. Read More... The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight for Civil Rights on DVD Apr 30 - PBS Distribution  During the 1960s, as the executive director of the National Urban League, Whitney Young was one of the few African Americans who had the ear of those who controlled the levers of power: Fortune 500 CEOs, governors, senators, and presidents. He used these relationships to gain better access to employment, education, housing, and healthcare for African Americans, other minorities, and those in need. Read More... Jack Reacher Training Day - Blu-ray & DVD Available Now! - Fox Home Entertainment  Recently, on the back lot at Paramount Pictures in Hollywood, journalists were able to step into Jack Reacher's shoes by training with veteran fight coordinator Robert Alonzo for their own choreographed fight and got an inside look at how the car chase scenes were filmed with the actual Chevelle used in the movie by 2nd unit director/stunt coordinator Paul Jennings and stunt driver Joey Box. Read More... A Good Day to Die Hard on Blu-ray & DVD Jun 4 - Fox Home Entertainment  Yippee Ki Yay, John McClane is back, this time with his son and twice the excitement. Keeping audiences on the edge of their seats for 25 years, the latest chapter of the popular action franchise delivers the thrills and the ultimate father-son action duo. Bruce Willis is back in action -- mind-blowing, heart-stopping, rip-roaring action -- as McClane, the heroic New York cop with a knack for being in the wrong place at the right time. Read More... Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene on DVD Apr 30 - PBS Distribution  This documentary weaves Graham Greene's novels, including The Quiet American, Brighton Rock, The End of the Affair and The Third Man, and movies, into the story of his life and reveals an extraordinary man who traveled the globe to escape the boredom of ordinary existence. Participants include novelists John Mortimer, John Le Carre and David Lodge, writer Paul Theroux, former CIA operative Read More...
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