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Noteworthy DVDs released 3/02/10
PICK OF THE WEEK
“The T.A.M.I. Show” (Shout! Factory): Everybody from James Brown to Gerry and the Pacemakers take the stage in one of the most famous, and most star-studded, concert films ever.
OTHER TOP PICKS
“Clash of the Titans” (1981) (Warner Bros.): Cutting-edge home video meets the finest old-school tech in this timely reissue of Ray Harryhausen’s classic stop-motion-meets-live-action fantasy.
“Elvis” (1979) (Shout! Factory): If John Carpenter set sci-fi aside to make a movie about Elvis, you know Kurt Russell played the King.
“Ponyo” & “Where the Wild Things Are” (Warner Bros.): Two extremely unconventional stories about kids — one who falls in love with a fish, one who becomes the kind of the monsters before bedtime.
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“The NeverEnding Story” (Warner Bros.)
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“2012” (Sony); “Cold Souls,” “Gentlemen Broncos” (Fox)
FROM THE VAULTS
“Frances,” “Plenty,” “The Wraith” (Lions Gate)
DOCUMENTARIES
“Lodz Ghetto” (Passion River); “We Live In Public” (Indiepix)
BEST OF TV
”Alice” (2009 Miniseries) (Lions Gate); The Beiderbecke Connection,” “Poldark” Series 1, “The Road from Coorain” (Acorn Media); “Bollywood Hero” (Anchor Bay); “Dalziel and Pascoe” Season 1, “Doctor Who: Dalek War” (BBC); “Designing Women” Season 3 (Shout!
Factory); “Have Gun Will Travel” Season 4, Vol. 1, “Matlock” Season 4 (Paramount); “Hell’s Kitchen” Season 2 (First Look); “X-Men” Vol. 5 (Walt Disney); “Yozakura Quartet” Complete Collection (Section23)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE
“Castle in the Sky,” “KiKi’s Delivery Service,” “My Neighbor Totoro” (Walt Disney)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO: “Wushu Warrior” (Phase 4)
KIDS’ STUFF
“Strawberry Shortcake: Berryfest Princess” (Fox); “Super Why! Peter Rabbit and Other Fairytale Adventures” (Nickelodeon); “Thomas & Friends: Thomas & The Runaway Kite” (Lions Gate)
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