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Noteworthy DVDs released 9/28/10
PICK OF THE WEEK
“The Thin Red Line” (Criterion): Just 14 minutes of deleted scenes?
What’s wrong, Criterion — couldn’t convince Terrence Malick to let
you do a box set pairing the theatrical version alongside the fabled
five-hour edit? Oh well. We’ll take what we can get.
OTHER TOP PICKS
“King Kong” (1933) (Warner Bros.): The original and still the
greatest, now on Blu-ray.
“Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky” (Sony): Intellectual biopic meets lusty scandal in a movie worth seeing for its brief “Rite of Spring” reenactment alone.
“Iron Man 2” (Paramount): With all the humor of the original, twice the sex appeal, and an action climax that trumped the first, this year’s sequel was a bright spot among dim blockbusters.
FRESH FROM THE MULTIPLEX
“Frozen” (Anchor Bay); “Get Him to the
Greek” (Universal); “The Killer Inside Me” (MPI); “Legendary”
(Vivendi)
ARTHOUSE/FOREIGN
“Conceiving Ada” (Microcinema); “Good” (E1
Entertainment); “I’m Gonna Explode,” “Perrier’s Bounty” (MPI); “The
Law” (Oscilloscope); “Still Life,” “Willi Tobler and the Decline of
the 6th Fleet” (Facets)
FROM THE VAULTS
“Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” (Criterion); “Douglas
Sirk Filmmaker Collection” (Exclusively On TCM.com); “Harlow,”
“Jacqueline Susann’s Once Is Not Enough,” “Knock On Wood,” “My
Favorite Spy,” “Where Love Has Gone” (Olive Films); “Jane Eyre” (1970)
(VCI); “The Private Eyes” (Hen’s Tooth)
DOCUMENTARIES
“Arcimboldo 1526-1593,” “Todd P. Goes to Austin”
(Microcinema); “Babies” (Universal); “Magic & Bird: A Courtship of
Rivals” (HBO); “Nightmares in Red, White and Blue” (Kino); “The Oath”
(Zeitgeist); “Schenec-Tady (I- III)” (Facets); “Soundtrack For A
Revolution” (Docurama); “Until the Light Takes Us” (Factory 25)
TV-ON-DVD
“C.S.I. ” Season 10, “South Park: A Little Box of Butters”
(Paramount); “The Cleveland Show” Season 1, “Family Guy:
Partial Terms of Endearment” (Fox); “Designing Women” Vol. 1, “Rhoda”
Vol. 1 (Shout! Factory); “Legend of the Seeker” Season 2, “Scrubs”
Season 9 (Walt Disney); “The Legendary Bing Crosby” (Infinity); “The
Lord Peter Wimsey Mysteries” Set 2, “Midsomer Murders” Set 16 (Acorn
Media); “Party Down” Season 2 (Anchor Bay); “Prehistoric Park” (BBC);
“Red Vs Blue” Season 8 (New Video); “Rich Man, Poor Man” Complete
Collection (A&E)
CULT CORNER
“Cat City” (MTI); “Dark Night Of The Scarecrow” (VCI)
STRAIGHT(ISH) TO VIDEO
Ashley Judd in “Helen” (2008) (Vanguard);
Scott Caan in “Mercy” (2010) (MPI); “Superman/Batman:
Apocalypse” (Warner Bros.)
REISSUE/REPACKAGE
“Super Size Me” 6 1/2 Year Anniversary Special
Edition (Virgil Films)
KIDS’ STUFF
“Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars” (Vivendi)
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