DVD Releases this Week

2007 Newport Music Festival

The Newport Music Festival is an annual event on the classical music calendar. This selection of highlights from the 2007 incarnation of the festival includes performances from pianists Adam Golka, Eduardus Halim, and John Bayless--all staged in some of the most impressive venues in Rhode Island.

A Double Scoop of Vanilla: Timeless Ecstasy

This sexy pair of adult anime adventures proves that some animation just isn't for kids. In CAMPUS, a young man dreams of his fantasy girl in vivid detail. A fortune teller reveals that love is in his future, but he can't imagine being with anyone other than the girl in his mind. ENDLESS SERENADE also features a man obsessed with a woman in his dreams, but the red-haired cutie at work might just be better than the one in his fantasies.

All About Us

A romantic drama about the power of passion, ALL ABOUT US follows two filmmakers as they take one last shot at producing their own movie by tracking down Morgan Freeman and convincing him to star in it.

American Film Theatre Collection #4

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Anglo Saxon Attitudes

Gerald Middleton (Richard Johnson) is a retired historian whose main achievement in life was uncovering an ancient pagan fertility figure. Middleton's best friend claimed he planted the figure as a hoax, and now the distinguished scholar tries to ascertain the truth behind these claims. ANGLO SAXON ATTITUDES is based on a novel by writer Angus Wilson.

Baby It's You

Like GREASE without the song and dance, BABY IT'S YOU is a coming-of-age story about two mismatched lovers--Jill (Rosanna Arquette), a popular Jewish student about to go to college, and Sheik (Vincent Spano), an Italian trashman's son nicknamed after a condom brand. Beginning with the characters' love affair in a New Jersey high school in the 1960s, the film doesn't stop at senior prom night; instead, the film follows their complicated relationship as Jill goes to a woman's college and Sheik attempts to make it as a singer in Florida. The film, which director John Sayles considers one of his most autobiographical, was the first picture he made with financing from a major studio. After viewing Sayles's cut of the film, Paramount wanted to reedit the film to focus only on the characters' romance in high school. Sayles threatened to take his name off the project, and after the studio cut of the film did not test better with focus groups, his version of the film prevailed. Featuring Arquette in her first starring role, BABY IT'S YOU is an unsentimental look at one cross-class relationship. (1 hr. 45 min.)

Batman: The Movie

This full-length Batman movie was unleashed during the height of the television show's popularity in 1966, taking America to dizzying levels of superhero camp it had never before experienced. In stark contrast with the many dark and gritty incarnations of Batman, the film features all four of the famous crime fighter's most dastardly and cunning adversaries--the Penguin, the Joker, the Riddler, and Catwoman--joining forces to take over the world thanks to a De-Hydrator that turns people into piles of dust. The Caped Crusader and his trusty sidekick Robin pull out all the stops to thwart the bad guys, even if it means a BIFF! or a KA-POW! Before Keaton, before Bale, Adam West was...Batman. (1 hr. 45 min.)

Boomerang/ Harlem Nights

BOOMERANG: Marcus Graham (Eddie Murphy) is a successful young marketing executive who has never lacked for attention from women. The cocky ladies' man views each new conquest as another notch on the holster of his oversized ego. But one day the tables are turned, and he falls for a high-powered female executive who treats him the same way he's been treating women for the last 15 years. Marcus realizes that it's not so fun to be on the other side of objectification and rejection, and he soon finds himself becoming a quivering bundle of insecurities. The question is whether he will learn enough from the experience to see that true love has been right under his nose all along.HARLEM NIGHTS: Sugar Ray (Richard Pryor) became Quick's (Eddie Murphy) adopted father when an adolescent Quick saved his life. More than two decades later, in 1938, Ray runs the most popular club in Harlem, with Quick as his right hand man. Before long, Bugsy, a white mobster (Michael Lerner) comes knocking for a piece of the club's action in the form of weekly protection money, with a crooked cop (Danny Aiello) as the muscle and a dangerous woman (Jasmine Guy) as the bait. But by fixing a big boxing match, Ray and Quick just may be able to thwart Bugsy's plan and make off with a wad of his cash in the process. Murphy wrote and directed.

City of Men

Growing up in a culture dictated by violence and run by street gangs, teenagers Acerola and Laranjinha have become close as brothers. With their eighteenth birthdays fast approaching, Laranjinha sets out to find the father he never met, while Acerola struggles to raise his own young son. But when they suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of a gang war, the lifelong friends are forced to confront a shocking secret from their shared past. (1 hr. 50 min.)

Cosplay Complex / My Dear Marie

COSPLAY COMPLEX: The Cosplay World Series awaits for Chako and her friends in this feature-length anime. Unfortunately Chako's team at the East Oizuki Academy lacks sponsorship, finding it hard to attract members as a result. COSPLAY COMPLEX follows their inventive attempts at assembling a Cosplay team to enter the World Series. MY DEAR MARIE: What happens when a robotics engineer is shunned by the woman of his dreams? He builds a robot version of her. Unfortunately the engineer bites off more than he can chew in this witty anime, especially when his robot lover begins to bear a startling resemblance to its human counterpart.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Live At The Royal Albert Hall

Songs such as "Bad Moon Rising" and "Proud Mary" really established Creedence Clearwater Revival's name in the early part of their career. The group is now warmly regarded as a classic rock act, but this live recording, recorded at London's Royal Albert Hall, was shot in 1970. The band, led by acclaimed singer/songwriter John Fogerty, works through a set of future classics as they take to the stage, including versions of "Born on the Bayou" and "Tombstone Shadow."

Daniel

Sidney Lumet's DANIEL is fictionalized retelling of the true of story of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were executed as Soviet spies in the 1950s. Told from their son's point of view, who in the film is a '60s Vietnam war protester, the movie is based on the novel, THE BOOK OF DANIEL by E.L. Doctorow. (2 hrs. 9 min.)

Dead and Gone

Celebrated horror novelist Harry Shannon's debut screenplay is in the unusually assured hands of first-time director Yossi Sasson with DEAD AND GONE. When retired Hollywood executive Frankie falls into a coma, her unhappy trophy husband, young actor Jack Wade, simply wants to put the regretted marriage behind him...and finally inherit the assets he so needs. How to do that? It's as easy as bringing Frankie back to Jack's cabin so he can quietly kill her and move on. The only problem is, the cabin is the very same one in which a man murdered his entire family 40 years earlier. After doing the dirty deed, Jack begins to suspect that Frankie isn't truly dead, and the lines between imagination and what's real begin to blur for the poor guy. Kyle Gass, one half of comedy-rock band Tenacious D, and horror regular Zack Ward co-star in this scary tale.

Dear America - The Royal Diaries

What do Cleopatra of the Nile, Isabelle of Spain, and Elizabeth I of the Tudors in England have in common? They were all, in their respective times, teenage princesses! DEAR AMERICA: THE ROYAL DIARIES, as adapted from the Scholastic book series, will have modern teens and tweens relating to girls they just might have been friends with had they been alive centuries ago. Made with care to capture the authenticity and historical accurateness of the time in which a given princess lived and what her life would have been like, this three-episode release aims to change pre-conceived notions of how to view the long-ago past.

Desperate Characters

A story of a childless, middle-aged couple whose crumbling marriage and daily struggle with the stresses of city life has them trapped in a hell they're too depleted to leave. (1 hr. 27 min.)

Diary of a Vampire - The Legacy of Bram Stoker

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Drillbit Taylor

DRILLBIT TAYLOR tells the story of three nerdy adolescents who, on their very first day of high school, find themselves the target of a merciless, near psychotic bully. The friends band together and pool their funds to hire a personal bodyguard, Drillbit Taylor (Owen Wilson). Taylor, a homeless beach bum and AWOL army soldier, plans to con the kids just long enough to pull together the money needed to amscray off to Canada. A momentary flash of a conscience and a growing crush on a teacher at the boys' high school, however, compels Drillbit to stick around, do the right thing, and ultimately save the day. The movie is fluff to the extreme, and because it's from the duo of Seth Rogen and Judd Apatow it's easy to long for more. There's a remarkably talented comic cast here, though, that includes, among others, Upright Citizens Brigade veteran Matt Walsh, former Daily Show correspondent Beth Littleford, and indie favorite Frank Whaley. And while it never reaches the near poetic heights of vulgarity to be found in SUPERBAD and KNOCKED UP, one can sense Rogen and Apatow's supreme wit poking around the edges of the film. Where DRILLBIT does succeed, however, is as a fun movie for pre- and early-adolescent boys. KNOCKED UP and 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN deal with some adult subject matter, meaning the plots are driven by issues that 13-year-olds most likely can not relate to, and SUPERBAD is raunchy to the point where parents might not want their kids to see it until they can at least drive. DRILLBIT, on the other hand, strikes a nice middle ground, as it deals with the age-old problem of the high school bully and throws in just enough raunch & roll to keep the sleepover rowdy until dawn. (1 hr. 42 min.)

Exitos Bailables Pegaditos En Video

This definitive collection of tropical dance music videos will get rumps shaking like it's the world's most appealingly rhythmic earthquake. Calle 13, Proyecto Uno, Fulanito, and many more elevate the festivities.

Fist of Vampires

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French Postcards

A group of American college students in their junior year travel to Paris, France, to spend a year there "studying." Instead, they learn much about life and love. (1 hr. 35 min.)

Gadget Boy and Heather - Vol 3

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Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control

This spin-off from 2008's GET SMART, starring Steve Carrell, explores the comic adventures of the secret agent's two technological wizards, Bruce (Masi Oka, HEROES) and Lloyd (Nate Torrence, STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP). Expect plenty of pratfalls, explosions, and gadgets in this release that was produced to hit video stores just days after the parent film screened in theaters.

Girl on the Bridge

Saved in the last moment from throwing herself off of a bridge, a young woman (Vanessa Paradis), is convinced by her rescuer, a knife thrower (Daniel Auteuil), to accompany him in his performance and travel with him around France. The two are an unlikely pair, but their connection is bittersweet, and gradually they fall in love. This clever black and white film from director Patrice Leconte promises to delight and surprise. (1 hr. 32 min.)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral/ Last Train From Gun Hill

GUNFIGHT AT THE OK. CORRAL: Of all the film versions of the famed 1881 gunfight, this one, starring Burt Lancaster as Wyatt Earp and Kirk Douglas as Doc Holliday, probably has the highest testosterone quotient. Focusing on the friendship between the forthright, responsible sheriff and the risk-taking, consumptive gambler, it suggests that their relationship is based on this opposition of qualities. Wyatt's stormy romance with gambler Laura Benbow (Rhonda Fleming) and Doc's rivalry with Johnny Ringo (John Ireland) over the affections of local madam Kate Fisher (Jo Van Fleet) add to the tension preceding the final showdown. When Wyatt's brothers, Tombstone lawmen, ask for his help in evening the odds against Ike Clanton (Lyle Bettger), his brothers, the McLowerys, and Johnny Ringo, Doc decides to join his friend. After Wyatt gets to town, he quickly puts a crimp in Ike's cattle-rustling activities, which leads the outlaw to set him up for assassination. A mix-up leads to Wyatt's youngest brother, Jimmy (Martin Milner), getting killed in Wyatt's place. Doc tries to talk him out of revenge, but the enraged lawman will have none of it, and the scene is set for the historic final gun battle. This solid, well-made Western is hoisted by the fine screenplay by novelist Leon Uris and the charisma of the two stars, as well as an outstanding suporting cast, including Dennis Hopper, Jack Elam, Lee Van Cleef, Earl Holliman, and Kenneth Tobey.LAST TRAIN FROM GUN HILL: Kirk Douglas stars as U.S. Marshal Matt Morgan. When Morgan's wife is raped and murdered because she's a half-breed, the killers leave behind a saddle that he recognizes as the property of his friend Craig Belden (Anthony Quinn), a wealthy cattle rancher in the nearby town of Gun Hill. Realizing that Belden's son Rick (Earl Holliman) is one of the killers, Morgan travels to Gun Hill to arrest him. Although sympathetic about the death of Morgan's wife, Belden predictably refuses to turn over his son when the marshal makes known the purpose of his visit, claiming that Morgan owes him for having once saved his life. Not only must Morgan locate and arrest Rick, but he has to do so before the last train leaves Gun Hill at 9 p.m. Although the whole town, which is virtually owned by Belden, seems to be against him, the marshal receives some much-needed help from Linda (Carolyn Jones), the sharp local madam. The entire cast is excellent and John Sturges's direction is exemplary in this solid if unsurprising genre exercise.

Heathers

A teenage girl and her outcast boyfriend resort to murder as= revenge against their high school's popular crowd. (1 hr. 42 min.)

Hood 2 Hood - The Blockumentary 2

Not for the yellow, this release offers a raw and graphic tour--one in which keeping arms and legs inside the tram doors will be of little help--through the deadliest towns and neighborhoods with the highest crime rates in America. Visit the hometowns of Lil' Boosie, Jadakiss, Kanye West, and others via this documentary...just don't do it in person.

Hoodz - All-Star D-Boyz

Southern gentlemen Rick Ross, Yung Joc, Shawty Yo, Hurricane Chris, Plies, and a host of other hip-hop gurus congregate for what can only be called a symposium of steez, featuring Trap Stars and Hood Legends representing ATL's finest.

Hurricane

The South Seas island of Bora Bora is the setting for this modern re-make of the famous "Hurricane" original of 1937. The story is about a love affair between a Samoan and an American girl. A devastating hurricane causes problems for all. (2 hrs.)

J.S. Bach - Great Organ Works

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John Mayer - Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles

John Mayer fans can expect the singer-songwriter to come in three action-ready poses in this concert release: an acoustic set, a rare John Mayer Trio set with Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino, and a full-blown set featuring the entire band. As always, this performance is part bluesy, part electric, and all Mayer.

Kanon - Vol. 6

The characters from Japanese computer novel KANON are rendered in animated form on this release, which includes episodes 16 through 18 of the series. School kid Yuichi Aizawa is forced to move to a snowy town that looks familiar to him, but he can't figure out why. Yuichi is introduced to five girls who all have a prior connection to him, but his amnesia prevents him from fully understanding their bond. Volume six of the anime series features further adventures with Yuichi as he tries to help Shiori celebrate her birthday despite the worsening of her debilitating condition.

La Diosa Arrodillada/ La Generala

Two female-driven tales of Mexico comprise this dramatic double feature. In the steamy and dangerous LA DIOSA ARRODILLADO (1947), amorous aristocrat Antonio appeases his wife's request for a garden sculpture...but he has the sensual sculpture made in the likeness of his mistress Raquel (Maria Felix), who desperately wants out of the affair. Inevitably, trouble arises for Antonio. In LA GENERALA (1971), the life of a tough, wealthy female landowner fall is transformed by the Mexican Revolution. After she loses her land and her home, the landlady falls in love with a revolutionary leader, only to have him taken away from her forever by a corrupt federal officer. Now she herself will leave a path of destruction.

Legend of Zelda Vol 4

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Los Caminantes - Si Hay Caminos...Sus Rancheras Mas Chulas

As if being one of the most popular ranchero bands of all time wasn't enough, Los Caminantes managed to parlay their beloved personas into CAMINANTES...SI HAY CAMINOS, a thrilling, action- and music-filled movie extravaganza. Both the film and an extensive 14-track collection of their biggest hits are included on this release.

Los Hermanos Muerte/ Pedro Paramo

A pair of 1960s films set against the Mexican Revolution comprise this double feature. In LOS HERMANOS MUERTE, three dangerous brothers masquerade as freedom fighters when in reality their intentions are considerably more selfish and insidious. PEDRO PARAMO tells the story of a son searching for his father amidst the revolution.

Lucky Star - Vol. 2

Kagami Yoshimizu's LUCKY STAR follows young Konata Izumi and her high school friends Tsukasa Hiiragi, Miyuki Takara, and Kagami Hiiragi. Konata struggles to concentrate on her school work due to her extracurricular activities, and frequently finds herself scorned by the bookish Kagami. Meanwhile, Kagami's twin sister, Tsukasa, couldn't be more different from her sibling and drifts aimlessly through life. This second volume of episodes from the series finds Konata getting more and more distracted by her obsession with video games, and trying to hold together her disparate group of friends.

Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The/ Shane

THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE: In John Ford's stark, melancholy swan song for the conventional frontier Western, aged Senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) returns to the small town of Shinbone with his wife, Hallie (Vera Miles), for the funeral of his friend, Tom Doniphan (John Wayne), where he recounts for reporters his relationship with the man. His arrival in the town years earlier as a newly minted lawyer had been welcomed with a vicious beating by Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin), a flamboyant thug hired by powerful business interests fearful of the lawyer's intentions to stump for statehood. Doniphan, a rancher and feared gunman, finds Stoddard unconscious, takes him into town, and continues to protect him, particularly after coming to realize that the woman he loves cares more for the lawyer. Despite Doniphan's warnings that the only law in the region comes at the end of a gun barrel, the stubborn lawyer insists on teaching the illiterate townspeople about the rule of law in a democratic society. When Stoddard is elected as the regional delegate to the territorial convention, Valance baits the politician, a notoriously inept gunman, into a showdown. SHANE: George Stevens' classic Western, adaptated from the Jack Schaefer novel, stars Alan Ladd in the title role. Riding the ranges of Wyoming's Grand Tetons, Shane stops at the farm of homesteader Joe Starrett (Van Heflin) just before Ryker (Emile Meyer), a powerful and predatory cattleman, arrives with his hired muscle to make the farmer a threatening offer for land that he intends to get by any means necessary. When Shane lets the cattle baron know that his gun will back Starrett if there's any trouble, the grateful homesteader offers the stranger a job as a hired hand, which he accepts. Joe's young son Joey (Brandon de Wilde) is drawn to the quiet stranger, whose difference from the men he knows is confirmed by the accidental revelation of a gunfighter's lightning reflexes. Shane becomes a valuable asset to the farm, but is slowly drawn into the continuing hostilities between the two opposing groups. To complicate matters, Shane feels an unspoken, and unwanted, attraction to Starrett's wife Marian (Jean Arthur). This creates a sense of ambivalence in Joe, whose son already idolizes the gunslinger. Stevens' meticulous artistry imbues the simple Western with the mythic aura of an Arthurian legend, as Loyal Griggs' beautifully composed images provide the canvas for career performances by Ladd, Heflin, Arthur, and de Wilde, in what many regard as the finest western ever made.

Man, Woman and Child

The warm, comfortable life of a man and his family is suddenly shaken when an illegitimate child child appears on the scene. The entire family is then forced to accept the father's son as part of the family. (1 hr. 40 min.)

Money From Home

Comedy duo Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis bring in the laughs--and the cash--in this classic film. Martin plays "Honey Talk" Nelson, a down-on-his-luck gambler who finds he's in over his head. With the help of his cousin (Lewis) who happens to be a veterinarian, Honey Talk tries to fix a race. But Honey Talk isn't so consumed by his money troubles that he can't take the time to fall in love with Phyllis (Marjie Millar). (1 hr. 40 min.)

Mortuary / Bloody Mary

MORTUARY: The members of the Doyle family think they are heading for a new and prosperous life when they move to a small California town. But their chosen line of business, running a funeral home and cemetery, proves problematic--especially when some undead spirits come back to haunt the beleaguered Doyles. Horror film legend Tobe Hooper (THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE) directed this low budget shocker. BLOODY MARY: Three nurses at a psychiatric home foolishly decide to investigate an urban legend in this gore-drenched horror feature. The legend states that a long-dead murderess will be brought back to life if someone chants "Bloody Mary" three times within the walls of the institution--and the three nurses face a race to stay alive after enacting the ancient ritual.

My Blueberry Nights

With his first English-language film, beloved Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai's touch loses none of the seductive luster and magic that made his Chinese films so popular. MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS follows the fortunes of Elizabeth (Norah Jones), who after having been left by her boyfriend, sets out across America to find herself and recover. She makes a stop in Memphis, where she pulls double-duty at a diner by day and a bar at night, and watches the disintegration of another pair of troubled lovers (David Strathairn and Rachel Weisz). She moves on to Nevada where she befriends a vivacious card player and smalltime hustler (a delightfully saucy Natalie Portman) who challenges her notions of contentment. However, it is New York City and the arms of an English café owner (Jude Law) for which Elizabeth's heart truly longs and ultimately returns. While MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS isn't Wong's best film--as it suffers from some clunky, heavy-handed dialogue and some frustratingly broad performances--it still contains all of the hallmarks of his aesthetic, and is therefore hard not to fall for. The film is undeniably beautiful, and features the director's trademark visual sense: shimmering neons, lush chiaroscuro, and swirling slow-motion images. It makes for a seductive view of America, one populated by swaggering, yet deeply melancholic drifters that listen to Otis Redding and Ruth Brown, drink too much, and love even more. The sadness and tears that emerge from America's taverns in the wee hours are as breathtakingly alluring as its natural landscapes. In Wong's hands, everything is cast in the light of joy-life and death, suffering and happiness-and the same goes for his understanding of America. Whether this America ever existed is wholly irrelevant; for when you watch a Wong movie, you happily enter his country, wherever that may be. (1 hr. 30 min.)

Nancy Apple's Song Slinger Showdown, Part 1

Though they're miles away from the sounds of pop country, these classically-styled crooners would feel right at home in a honky-tonk. This first volume in the Song Slinger Showdown features live performance footage and interviews with Nancy Apple, Phil Lee, and Jake Kelly.

Naruto - Vol. 25: The Bond of the Shinobi

With sales that number in the millions in both Japan and the United States, this endearing story of a mischievous misfit struggling to develop his ninja skills continues to enchant audiences worldwide. In volume 25, Naruto is homeward bound when he and his friends stop at a hot spring resort for a little relaxation...but soon enough, a little "R and R" turns into an adventure. When Naruto makes it home, soon-to-be-inaugurated-as-Fifth Hokage Tsunade has news that causes one of the group serious doubts about whether he will ever fulfill his ninja dreams.

Neil Diamond - The Thank You Australia Concert Live 1976

Neil Diamond is one America's most beloved singer-songwriters and a consummate performer with fans all over the world. In 1976, at the end of a remarkably successful tour through Australia and New Zealand, Diamond gave this final performance for thousands of fans down under, a "Thank You" concert still held as one of his finest.

No Place Like Home

Jac Currie is a Hurricane Katrina survivor who attempts to pick up the pieces of his life in this moving documentary. Currie and other Katrina survivors talk about their experiences, which caused many of them to be exiled from New Orleans in the immediate aftermath of the disaster.

Only the Valiant

A Cavalry officer volunteers for a suicidal mission to fight the hostile Apaches in an effort to prove his loyalty to his men and the woman he loves.

Papa's Delicate Condition

This comical story, based on the autobiographical novel by Corinne Griffith, features the unpredictable antics of railroad supervisor Jack Griffith, who gets a bit farfetched when he tips the bottle a little too much. Griffith buys his own drugstore just to insure that he and his buddies can swill it down on Sundays, and when his daughter Corinne wants a pony, Griffith buys her the entire circus. But Griffith's wife and older daughter find his feats embarrassing, and when Griffith sinks the family savings into the circus' debts, his family moves to Texarkana without him. Jack follows, bringing the circus in tow, but it'll take more than the three rings for Jack to win his girls back. A family comedy with unusual charm, PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION stars comic genius Jackie Gleason in the title role, and features the Academy Award winning song "Call Me Irresponsible." (1 hr. 38 min.)

Partners

Two policemen team up to solve a crime which took place in the city's gay community. With the detectives mismatched as to sexual preference, numerous comic situations occur as the suspense of their pursuit builds. (1 hr. 32 min.)

Peach Award Winners Series: 6 To 9

A group of beautiful ladies seek revenge on their sexist boss in 6 TO 9: PAYBACK'S A BITCH. Harry Ballcock has built a realty empire on the blood, sweat, and tears of his well-endowed employees. But his attitude has them plotting a unique and humiliating vengeance. Harry finds himself caught in a series of scenarios of his own devising, each one titillating him, but ending in a dangerous near-encounter with death. Peach's first full-length feature offers a deliciously wicked spin on the 1980s Dolly Parton comedy.

Petite Jamilla - Bellydance Superstars Unveiled: Double Veil Instructional with Petite

Bellydancer Petite Jamilla teaches the captivating Double Veil dance in this entry in the Bellydance Superstars series.

Piano: The Melody of a Young Girl's Heart - Movement 1: Secret Love

From director Norihiko Sudo (an assistant on the critically acclaimed GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES), the coming-of-age romance PIANO: THE MELODY OF A YOUNG GIRL'S HEART is an anime series that explores the connection between music and human emotions. Miu Nomura has played the piano ever since she was a girl. But now, as an introverted teenager, she no longer plays with the passion or desire that she used to, frustrating her teacher Mr. Shirakawa. Much of her time is spent daydreaming about Takahashi, an upperclassman she has developed a crush on. But when her best friend Yuki also falls for one of the boys at school and begins to ignore Miu's troubles, her piano seems to be the only thing to turn to. SECRET LOVE is the first volume collecting the anime series, and contains three episodes.

Potty Movie for Boys - Henry Edition

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Potty Movie for Girls - The Hannah Edition

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Pure Barre: Ballet, Dance And Pilates Fusion

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Reggaeton Simply The Best

All of the biggest names in the reggaeton scene bring their beats to music video collection SIMPLY THE BEST, including Dom Omar and Latin Grammy-nominated duo Wisin & Yandel.

Rhubarb

Oscar winner Ray Milland stars in the comedy that will have heads spinning and guts busting with laughter. After a millionaire dies and leaves all his money and his baseball team to his cat named Rhubarb, the team's publicist (Milland) tries to turn Rhubarb into the team's good luck charm. Jan Sterling costars as Milland's fiancée who is allergic to Rhubarb.

San Saba

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Santo en el Museo de Cera/ Santo y Blue Demon en el Mundo de los Muertos

When a series of kidnappings occur, it takes the deductive reasoning of masked Mexican wrestler El Santo to solve the case. What El Santo finds is much more insidious than the brainy brawler ever could have imagined: in a crime of Frankensteinian proportions, Doctor Caroll is using parts of his victims to create an army of terrifying monsters, and it's up to El Santo to take off his detective hat and put the smackdown on these poor saps. This is the story of SANTO EN EL MUSEO DE CERA. That's not all though. This release is, in fact, a double feature. In SANTO Y BLUE DEMON EN EL MUNDO DE LOS MUERTOS, Santo must protect his new blonde girlfriend from the evil of the Cabellero Azul (Blue Demon) unleashed by Damiana, high priestess of a devil-worshipping cult circa the 1676 Inquisition in Mexico.

Serial

In Marin County, a simple husband desperately tries to keep up with his family's obsession with the latest fads. Alternatively a funny parody or sad commentary about present trends toward "identity" and the "ultimate" lifestyle in modern America. (1 hr. 30 min.)

Sex and Death 101

This amusing sex farce updates age-old concepts about love, sex, and hot lesbians. A new supercomputer (with vague ties to the afterlife) spits out random e-mails that tell when people will die, or in the case of suave, affluent groom-to-be Roderick Blank (Simon Baker), a list of all the girls he ever slept with and ever will sleep with. There's 70 he's never even met, and he's due to be married in 11 days! Naturally his wedding is off and Roderick goes gallivanting around the city, crossing off names and gradually realizing the pitfalls of empty one-nighters. Meanwhile the mysterious "Death Nell" (Winona Ryder) is seducing and destroying a stream of deserving louts, spray painting anguished poetry on their walls and creating a media sensation. These two are bound to cross paths, and when they finally do, comeuppance is in the cards, with a bloody vengeance. Director-screenwriter Daniel Waters (HEATHERS) delivers laughs from brows both low and high, with Baker revealing a flair for sophisticated comedy beneath his mellow scruff. The slew of actresses comprising "the list" turn in uniformly fine work, with Julie Bowen a standout as the hot but "just friends" gal pal. Still, it's all stolen in the ninth inning by the radiantly off-her-rocker Ryder as the girl men fall for, permanently; with her big eyes, dark hair and myriad tics she shines like a crazy beautiful diamond. The spot-on score is by Rolfe Kent (SIDEWAYS, ABOUT SCHMIDT). (1 hr. 56 min.)

Sonic Underground - Vol 4

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Sunflower

This drama from Zhang Yang (SHOWER) explores the life of one Chinese family over the latter part of the 20th century. (2 hrs. 9 min.)

Team Baby - New York Mets Baby

Kids can learn what it means to be a New York Mets fan with this basic introduction to the team, which forms part of Team Baby's baseball series.

Team Baby - New York Yankees Baby

All the thrills of being a New York Yankees supporter are explained in this introduction to the team, which is part of Team Baby's baseball series.

Team Baby - Red Sox Baby

Actor Ben Affleck narrates this entry in Team Baby's baseball series, which aims to get kids hooked on the Red Sox from an early age. The program explains some of the Red Sox traditions, and takes a look at the team mascot and other fun sights and sounds that typify a day out at Fenway Park.

Team Baby - St. Louis Cardinals Baby

Team Baby's baseball series introduces kids to Major League Baseball team the St. Louis Cardinals on this release.

The Busy Body

Richard Pryor makes his screen debut among a number of established stars in this wacky comedy. Sid Caesar plays a mob underling who has the unfortunate task of getting money that was hidden in the clothes of a dead body. Gimmick guru William Castle directs a cast that also includes Robert Ryan, Anne Baxter, Kay Medford, Jan Murray, and Arlene Golonka. (1 hr. 41 min.)

The Little Rascals in Color

Join Alfalfa, Spanky, and the rest of the inimitable imps in these colorized laughers.

The Other Mexico

The voices of impoverished Mexican citizens who can't vote are heard in this documentary on the country. The filmmakers, who shot the movie in the build-up to the 2006 elections, find that many of these people have affiliated themselves with the resurgent Zapatista movement.

The Pied Piper

THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG director Jacques Demy tackles the dark fairy tale with this star-filled film. Folk rocker Donovan plays the title character who agrees to help the town of Hamelin with its rat infestation, while Donald Pleasence (HALLOWEEN) is a town leader who wants more than just a clean, healthy village. THE PIED PIPER also stars Jack Wild (OLIVER!) and John Hurt (THE ELEPHANT MAN). (1 hr. 30 min.)

The Poseidon Adventure / Green Sails

THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE: Alec Baldwin and Rutger Hauer star in this 2005 remake of the classic '70s disaster movie. The passengers aboard a luxury ship are about to celebrate New Year's Eve when a terrorist triggers a bomb and the liner slowly starts to sink. The passengers' subsequent fight for survival tugs at the heart strings as they attempt to find an exit from the ship. GREEN SAILS: An executive is faced with a bold decision when he recognizes that an ancient tribe is being destroyed by the company he works for. GREEN SAILS is a touching drama that follows the man as he travels to Indonesia to help the tribe.

The Spice Girls - Raw Spice: The Unofficial Story Of The Making Of The Spice Girls

This unauthorized behind-closed-doors program, which never aired in America, captures all the real-life excitement, love, and British slang-filled spats of the Spice Girls with rare documentary and interview footage.

Time Bomb

Jake Busey stars in this thriller as Jason, a man who is living a nightmare--and not just because he is a soldier in war-torn Iraq. Each day, the bombings take him back to the worst moment in his life when his son was killed in an explosion. When a scientist tells him about an engineered virus that creates suicide bombers, Jason begins to wonder if he has been a part of the experiment all along.

Tyler Perry's House of Payne - Vol. 2

Playwright and movie box office phenomenon Tyler Perry (MADEA'S FAMILY REUNION) conquers the time-honored American tradition of the sitcom with this irreverent, zany, occasionally harrowing look at multi-generational family life. Patriarch and fire chief Curtis "Pops" Payne is like a Bill Cosby-Danny Tanner hybrid who's been hit with a mean stick and taken some crazy pills as he doles out loving insults, such as insisting his adult nephew C.J. is "beige" rather than black. Not that Pops doesn't have every right to administer some good-natured ribbing; with C.J. and his kids moving in with Uncle Pops's family and Pops's grown son Calvin continually stopping by to mooch money, food, and the washing machine, it's only natural to get a little testy! This batch of episodes 20-40 takes on yet another array of familial and social issues--from AIDS and newly discovered paternity to excessive shower-taking and possible OCD--and backhands them into the comedy stratosphere with heart and hilarity.

Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns

A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. But when she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time -- until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral. But nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed -- and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life. (1 hr. 40 min.)

Valentin Elizalde - Mi Historia en Videos

Even years after his mysterious, tragic death at 27, banda singer Valentin Elizalde's legend and popularity continues to grow. This collection of music videos and concert footage features the charming artist performing some of his biggest hits, including "Soy Asi" and "Volver."

Vallenatos Pegaditos En Video

This definitive collection of the vallenato music videos will please even the most hardcore fans of Columbian folk. Los Gigantes, Ivan Villazon, and Felipe Pelaez are just a few of the artists to grace this joyous release.

Vanilla Sky/ The Firm

VANILLA SKY: Director Cameron Crowe (JERRY MAGUIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS) teams up with Tom Cruise once again in an adaptation of Alejandro Amenabar's 1997 Spanish film OPEN YOUR EYES. Cruise plays David Aames, a playboy publisher leading a seemingly charmed life. His most recent playmate is his "friend" Julie Gianni (Cameron Diaz), who cares for David more than he realizes. When David meets the fetching Sofia Serrano (Penélope Cruz) at his birthday party, he awakens to the possibility of what true love can feel like, leaving Julie distraught. However, after an accident that changes David's life, he is forced to rethink his choices. This psychological thriller becomes roller coaster ride of flashbacks as David tries to make sense of all that has happened, relaying some surreal experiences to a psychiatrist (Kurt Russell) after being charged with murder. The film's message may differ for each viewer, but it does make one bold point: every action has consequences.THE FIRM: Sydney Pollack directs Tom Cruise in this fast-paced legal thriller based on John Grisham's best-selling novel. Lured by extraordinary financial perks, Mitch McDeere, a young and hungry Harvard Law student, turns down offers at the top law firms to take a position at a small but wealthy Memphis firm. Mitch, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks fueled by ambition and greed, ignores his wife Abby's initial misgivings about the suspiciously paternalistic practices of his new employers. It's only when two of his fellow lawyers die in a mysterious accident that Mitch begins to share her apprehensions. He then launches an investigation into the true nature of the firm and discovers that it is a front for a complex and sinister web of organized crime, one from which no lawyer has managed to escape alive. Solid storytelling and fine performances bring this seemingly improbable situation straight into reality.

Vantage Point

Thomas Barnes and Kent Taylor are two Secret Service agents assigned to protect President Ashton at a landmark summit on the global war on terror. When President Ashton is shot moments after his arrival in Spain, chaos ensues and disparate lives collide in the hunt for the assassin. In the crowd is Howard Lewis, an American tourist who thinks he's captured the shooter on his camcorder while videotaping the event for his kids back home. Also there is American TV news producer Rex Brooks, relaying the historic event to millions of TV viewers across the globe. As they and others reveal their stories, the pieces of the puzzle will fall into place - and it will become apparent that shocking motivations lurk just beneath the surface. (1 hr. 30 min.)

Voltio - En Vivo Desde Oso Blanco

Reggaeton pioneer Voltio, who got his name after electrocuting himself, managed to play an essential role in jumpstarting an entire urban music movement in the early 1990s when he was just a teenager growing up in the violent Puerto Rican ghetto of Carolina. This documentary juxtaposes a personal meditation on Voltio's own crime-ridden childhood with the history of one of the most infamous prisons in the world, Puerto Rico's Rio Piedras State Penitentiary (aka the "Oso Blanco"), and includes a cathartic performance by the famed reggaeton artist within the walls of that very prison.

Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood

W.C. Fields might have famously cautioned against starring with children and animals, but that's because he never met Won Ton Ton! In this family film, a lovable dog named Won Ton Ton not only befriends celebrities such as Art Carney, Madeline Kahn, and Teri Garr, but he also becomes a star himself. (1 hr. 32 min.)

Yoga Hoops

Geared specifically towards improving an athlete's basketball game, YOGA HOOPS is a core conditioning workout that uses unique stretching techniques to enhance a player's balance, strength and concentration. Taught by yoga instructor Kent Katich, this entry in the All Sport Yoga series offers two quick and convenient workouts that target different areas of the body.