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This week’s new DVDs
TOP PICKS:
HandMade goes Hi-Def: Four titles from the studio co-founded by George Harrison get the Blu-ray treatment via Image Entertainment: cult fave “Withnail and I,” Terry Gilliam’s “Time Bandits,” and two of Bob Hoskins’ finest, “Mona Lisa” and “The Long Good Friday.”
Warner Archive: The latest batch of WB’s manufacture-on-demand reissues (sold at www.WarnerArchive.com) includes oddities like 1950’s “It’s a Small World” alongside one vault title that has been given more restoration than this series usually sees — the fairly obscure Cary Grant drama “None but the Lonely Heart.”
“Machine Gun McCain” (Blue Underground): This pulpy Italian crime flick, in which John Cassavetes stars alongside pals Peter Falk and Gena Rowlands, looks ripe for rediscovery.
“Three Silent Classics by Josef von Sternberg” (Criterion): Early outings, including “The Docks of New York,” from the man known for helping make Marlene Dietrich an icon.
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX: “The Back-up Plan” (Sony); “City Island” (Anchor Bay); “George Romero’s Survival of the Dead” (Magnolia)
NEW ON BLU-RAY: “The Great Rift: Africa’s Greatest Story” (BBC); Nature titles “Africa,” “Bears & Wolves,” “Alaska & Hawaii,” and “Great Train Rides” (Questar); “The Pixies: Acoustic & Electric Live” (Eagle Rock); “Shogun Assassin” (AnimEigo); “The Universe: Our Solar System” (A&E)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN: “After the Revolution,” “The Big Mess,” “The Iranian New Wave,” “The Practice of Love” (Facets); “Ajami” (Kino); “Death Note” (Warner Bros.); “Seven Days” (Virgil Films); “Shirin” (Cinema Guild); “The Square” (Sony); “A Step into the Darkness” (Vanguard)
DOCUMENTARIES: “The Age of Stupid,” “Chuck Close” (New Video); “An American Journey: In Robert Frank’s Footsteps” (Kino); “Who Killed Nancy?” (Peace Arch); “Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg” (Docurama)
TV-ON-DVD: “90210” Season 2, “Dinosaur Train: Dinosaurs Under the Sea,” “NCIS” Season 7 (Paramount); “Ben 10: Alien Force” Vol. 8, “Gossip Girl” Season 3 (Warner Bros.); “The Dog Whisperer” Season 4, Vol. 2 (Screen Media Films); “Kavanagh,” “Sandbaggers,” “The Sweeney” complete collections (BFS); “Les Paul: Live in New York” (Questar); “Lost” Season 6 and Complete Collection (Walt Disney); “The Patty Duke Show” Season 3 (Shout! Factory); “The Simpsons” Season 13 (Fox)
CULT CORNER: “Ninjas vs. Zombies” (Seminal Films)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO: Christopher Walken in “$5 a Day” (Image); Val Kilmer in “2:22” (Inception Media); Brittany Murphy in “Abandoned” (Anchor Bay); Colin Firth in “Dorian Gray” (E1 Entertainment); Sarah Michelle Gellar in “Veronika Decides to Die” (First Look)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE: “Flight of the Conchords” Complete Collection (HBO)
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