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Noteworthy DVDs released 9/10/10
PICK OF THE WEEK
“Crumb”: Quickly following the sad death of alt-comix memoirist Harvey Pekar comes this deeply engrossing 1994 doc about his collaborator R. Crumb. The curmudgeon’s eccentricities (and those of his brothers) are now available on both DVD and Blu-ray thanks to Criterion, who have also put out a DVD of director Terry Zwigoff’s earlier doc, “Louie Bluie.”
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“Date Night” “The Joneses” (Fox); “Death at a Funeral” (2010) (Sony); “La Mission” (Screen Media Films)
NEW ON BLU-RAY
“An Empress and the Warriors,” “Invisible Target,” “The Legend,” “Tai Chi Master” (Vivendi); “In the Shadow of the Moon” (Image)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“Children of Invention” (Indie Blitz); “Manuela & Manuel” (E1 Entertainment); “My Name Is Khan” (Fox); “Welcome” (Film Movement)
DOCUMENTARIES
“Pink Floyd: Between Syd and the Dark Side,” “Prince: In The 1980’s” (United States of Distribution); Michel Gondry’s “Thorn in the Heart” (Oscilloscope)
TV-ON-DVD
“Adam-12” Season 5, “Max Headroom” Complete Series (Shout! Factory); “The Black List” Vol. 2 (HBO); “Minder” Season 3 (BFS); “Numb3rs” Season 6 (Paramount); “Secrets of the Great Barrier Reef” (Infinity); “Titan Maximum” Season 1 (Warner Bros.); “Trauma” Season 1
(Universal); “Visions of Israel” (Acorn Media)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
Brian Cox and Paul Dano in “The Good Heart” (Magnolia); “The Diplomat,” “Letters to God” (Vivendi); Ashley Judd in “Helen,” Colin Farrell in “Triage” (E1 Entertainment); Timothy Hutton
in “Multiple Sarcasms” (Image); Sam Neill in “Under the Mountain” (Lions Gate)
KIDS’ STUFF
“Casper’s Scare School” Season 1 (Classic Media); “Franklin” Triple Feature, “Pippi Goes to School” (Phase 4); “Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl,” “Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire” (Warner
Bros.)
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