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Noteworthy DVDs released 6/8/10
PICK OF THE WEEK
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” Season 7 (HBO): After the bizarro happily-
ever-after end of Season 6, who could have expected a follow-up —
much less one offering a quasi-reunion of the “Seinfeld” crew?
OTHER TOP PICKS
“Animation Express” (Image): A whopping 26 short films run the gamut
from hand-drawn to computer-generated animation, including Oscar
winners and nominees like the meticulously crafted “Madame
Tutli-Putli.”
“Bob Hope: Thanks for the Memories Collection” (Universal): A budget
six-film set combines already-available favorites like “The Paleface”
with such new-to-DVD titles as “The Cat and the Canary.”
“Shutter Island” (Paramount): Martin Scorsese and frequent star
Leonardo DiCaprio uncover the shocking news that sinister things are
afoot in a mental asylum sequestered on a creepy island.
“Monty Python: Not the Messiah” (Sony): Eric Idle wrings more
material, this time a “comic oratorio,” out of the Python legacy.
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“From Paris with Love” (Lions Gate)
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“Caddyshack” (Warner Bros.); “Happy Together” (Kino); “The Illusionist” (Fox)
FROM THE VAULTS
“The Cinema Pride Collection” ($50 “10-film gay-themed box set, only available at Amazon.com) (Fox/MGM); “TCM Spotlight: Charlie Chan Collection” (Warner Bros.)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
Abbas Kiarostami’s “Close-Up” (Criterion); “The Patterns Trilogy And Other Short Films” (Kino)
DOCUMENTARIES
“180 South: Conquerors of the Useless” (Magnolia); “Before & After Stonewall” 25th Anniversary Edition (First Run Pictures); “Horses: The Story of Equus” (Warner Bros.); “Word Is Out” (Milliarium Zero)
TV-ON-DVD
“American Pickers” Season 1, “Ice Road Truckers” Season3 (A&E); “The A-Team” Complete Series (Universal); “Family Matters” Season 1, “Nip/Tuck” Season 6 (Warner Bros.); “Ghostwriter” Season 1, “Tales of the Gold Monkey” Complete Series (Shout! Factory); “Oceans” (2008) (BBC); “Z-Rock” Season 2 (Anchor Bay); “Starstruck”
Extended Edition (Walt Disney)
CULT CORNER
“Miami Vice“‘s Philip Michael Thomas in “Stigma” (CodeRed)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
“The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It” (Fox); Hugh Dancy in “Coach” (2009) (Lions Gate); Paddy Considine and Julia Stiles in Patricia
Highsmith’s “The Cry of the Owl” (Paramount); “Power Kids” (Magnolia); Jackie Chan in “The Shinjuku Incident” (Sony)
KIDS’ STUFF
“Jim Henson’s Dog City: The Movie,” “Shaun The Sheep: One Giant Leap for Lambkind” (Lions Gate)
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