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Dan's DVD Picks for October 9th

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Dan's DVD Picks for October 9, 2012

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Prometheus (2012)
dir. Ridley Scott

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Legendary director Ridley Scott (Alien, Blade Runner) returns to his sci-fi origins in this epic adventure bursting with spectacular action and mind-blowing visual effects. A team of scientists and explorers travels to the darkest corners of the universe searching for the origins of human life. Instead they find a dark, twisted world that hides a terrifying threat capable of destroying them...and all mankind!

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
dir. Steven Spielberg

Several stores will have their own exclusive versions available.

Amazon - Spaceship packaging.
Best Buy - Digibook
Target - Steelbook
Walmart - Plush E.T. doll included

All content is the same on each version, it’s just the packaging that’s different.


Product Description:
Relive the adventure and magic in one of the most beloved motion pictures of all-time, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, from Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg. Captivating audiences of all ages, this timeless story follows the unforgettable journey of a lost alien and the 10-year-old boy he befriends. Join Elliot (Henry Thomas), Gertie (Drew Barrymore) and Michael (Robert MacNaughton) as they come together to help E.T. find his way back home. Now digitally remastered with enhanced picture and sound for its 30th Anniversary, E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is one of the great American films (Leonard Maltin) that forever belongs in the hearts and minds of audiences everywhere.

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The Raven (2012)
dir. James McTeigue

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John Cusack and Luke Evans star in this blood-curdling tale of terror that's as dark and haunting as the legendary master of the macabre who inspired it - Edgar Allan Poe. Baltimore, 1849. While investigating a horrific double murder, police detective Emmett Fields (Evans) makes a startling discovery: the killer's methods mirror the twisted writings of Edgar Allan Poe (Cusack). Suspecting Poe at first, Fields ultimately enlists his help to stop future attacks. But in this deadly game of cat and mouse, the stakes are raised with each gruesome slaying as the pair races to catch a madman before he brings every one of Poe's shocking stories to chilling life...and death.

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Rock of Ages (2012)
dir. Adam Shankman

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"Rock of Ages" tells the story of small town girl Sherrie and city boy Drew, who meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams. Their rock 'n' roll romance is told through the heart-pounding hits of Def Leppard, Joan Jett, Journey, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Night Ranger, REO Speedwagon, Pat Benatar, Twisted Sister, Poison, Whitesnake, and more.

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The Courier (2012)
dir. Hany Abu-Assad

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In a business that asks no questions, THE COURIER (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), is the best out there, but he wasn t expecting a deal like this. Deliver a briefcase, get a million dollars. Fail, and his family gets killed. What s the catch? The briefcase belongs to a killer as elusive as a nightmare, and so feared that the entire Underworld trembles at the mention of his name. And with a new partner (Josie Ho), it s hard to know who to trust. Hounded by hit men and hustlers, double-dealing feds and double-crossing accomplices, the Courier embarks on an impossible journey that ultimately unravels his own murky past.

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Semper Fi: Always Faithful (2011)
dir. Tony Hardmon

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When Marine Corps drill instructor Jerry Ensminger's young daughter dies from a rare type of leukemia, he wants to know why. His search for answers leads him to a shocking discovery: a Marine Corps cover-up of one of the largest water contamination incidents in US history.

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Mancation (2012)
dir. Frank Vain

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Vince has carefully planned out every aspect of his seemingly successful life until his plans come crashing down around him just one day after his wedding, leaving his three under-qualified friends to pick up the pieces. As they head to Atlantic City for the wildest and most spontaneous weekend of their lives they'll be sure that this Mancation will be one that will never be forgotten!

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30 Beats (2012)
dir. Alexis Lloyd

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Paz de la Huerta (Boardwalk Empire), Justin Kirk (Weeds), Lee Pace (upcoming THE HOBBIT), Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom) and Jennifer Tilly (BRIDE OF CHUCKY) headline an ensemble cast of New Yorkers whose lives interconnect through a series of life-changing sexual encounters during a summer heat wave. 30 BEATS follows ten characters drawn into a complex ring of love and desire, each one caught beyond his or her control in a chain reaction of seduction, impulses and self-discovery.

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Restless City (2011)
dir. Andrew Dosunmu

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Hustling to make ends meet in New York City, a talented musician gets wrapped up the world of parties, girls and gangs. After falling in love with a beautiful woman, he risks everything - even his life - to break free of the criminal underground. Critically acclaimed, Restless City is a stunning look at making it in The Empire City.

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Absolute Fear (2012)
dir. John Milton Branton

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Jessie Valiquette (Stephanie Lemelin) follows her boyfriend of 3 years, Dale Morrow (Matthew Alan), on a search for his long lost Father (Patrick Bergin) last heard from on a deserted island. Along with a group of unwitting friends, the young couple encounters more than they bargained for when they discover that not only was Dale's father part of a top-secret government project testing the depth of people's fears, but also that he had very good reason for not wanting to be found.

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The Giant Mechanical Man (2012)
dir. Lee Kirk

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THE GIANT MECHANICAL MAN is a charming comedic love story between Janice (Jenna Fischer), a woman in her 30's who has yet to learn how to navigate adulthood, and Tim (Chris Messina), a devoted artist who finds that his unique talents as a silver-painted street performer don't exactly pay the bills. Evicted from her apartment and forced to move in with her overbearing sister (Malin Akerman), Janice is on the receiving end of well-intentioned but misguided pressure to date an egotistical self-help guru (Topher Grace). Everyone seems to know what’s best for Janice, but Tim helps her find her own voice and realize that it only takes one person to make you feel important. As a symbol of the urge to break free from a life defined for us, THE GIANT MECHANICAL MAN brings forward an optimism and feeling of belonging that can only come from falling in love.

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Betrayed at 17 (2011)
dir. Doug Campbell

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Widowed mom Michelle Ross is thrilled when her shy teenage daughter, Lexi, goes out with the high school football star, Greg. What she doesn't know is that Greg has an ulterior motive: to win a bet by sleeping with Lexi on their first date and capturing it all on video. Once Greg's bitter ex-girlfriend Carleigh hears about the 'date' she starts emailing the video around school. The video quickly goes viral and many lives are destroyed. When Lexi commits suicide, Michelle vows to get justice.

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The Barrens (2012)
dir. Darren Lynn Bousman

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It's known as the Jersey Devil, the winged beast spawned 400 years ago by Satan himself. Some say this creature still inhabits the dense pine forests of southern New Jersey, where Richard Vineyard (Stephen Moyer, ''True Blood'') takes his family for a rustic weekend camping trip. As the Vineyard family ventures further into the woods in search of the perfect campsite, Richard teeters on the edge of sanity. And it seems that the blood-crazed demon called The Jersey Devil may no longer be just a myth. Mia Kirshner (''The Vampire Diaries,'' ''The L Word''), Erik Knudsen (SAW II, SCREAM 4) and Allie MacDonald (HOUSE AT THE END OF THE STREET) co-star in this twisted chiller from writer/director Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II-IV) about a new kind of horror that lives -- and kills -- in a place called THE BARRENS.

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Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
dir. Louis Morneau

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Werewolf: The Beast Among Us takes Universal Studios' historic monster legacy to an all-new level of chilling action and terrifying suspense. When a mysterious creature terrorizes a village by moonlight, a local young man, Daniel, convinces a team of skilled werewolf hunters to let him join their quest to hunt it down. But as the villagers are attacked one by one and turned into vicious beasts, Daniel begins to fear that his ruthless foe is someone closer than anyone thinks.

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Bloody Bloody Bible Camp (2011)
dir. Vito Trabucco

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It's 1984 and a group of young, horny, out of control Christians led by Father Cummings (Reggie Bannister) are spending a fun filled weekend at the Happy Day Bible Camp. All ignore the warnings from the local folk of the grisly murders that took place 7 years prior by a sadistic crazy nun. Is Sister Mary Chopper (Tim Sullivan) dead or is she just waiting for backsliding Christians to commit sins of the unholy, and will Jesus (Ron Jeremy) need to lend a hand to save the day?

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Truth or Die (2012)
dir. Robert Heath

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Four teenage friends are taken hostage by a vengeful psychopath and forced to play a party game with life or death consequences. With a hot and fresh-faced young British cast and a murderous spin on the traditional party game , Truth or Die is an exciting new addition to the teenage horror genre.

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The Cottage (2012)
dir. Christopher Jaymes

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A suburban couple wake up in a nightmare unable to protect themselves from the danger lurking in their own backyard when they rent out their guest cottage to a mysterious romance novelist.

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A Cadaver Christmas (2011)
dir. Joe Zerull

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United by terrifying and bizarre circumstances, the janitor, the drunk, the bartender, the cop, his perp, and the student security guard must fight to undo the professor's work. A dark force is at work in the cadaver lab this Christmas and this unconventional band of heroes are the only hope the world has against an army of living corpses that are quickly recruiting new members. The undead have been given the gift of life and it's up to the janitor to take it back.

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Celluloid Bloodbath (2012)
dirs. Jim Monaco, James F. Murray Jr.

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CELLULOID BLOODBATH: MORE PREVUES FROM HELL - the long-awaited sequel to 1987's horror cult classic, MAD RON'S PREVUES FROM HELL. An awesome collection of 61 over-the-top horror movie prevues, from the golden Grindhouse age, spanning the 1960's through the 1980's! Also features commentary from film makers, actors, critics and fans, that make this a true, incredibly entertaining, one-of-a-kind movie-going experience!

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Bedevilled (2010)
dir. Chul-soo Jang

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Hae-won (Seong-won Ji) is a woman on the edge: a series of incidents at work earn her a forced vacation, but when she travels to a remote island from a childhood visit, at the urgent request of her friend Kim Bok-nam (Yeong-hie Seo), she has no idea what devils of the past are waiting.
Moo-do Island is an unpleasant place to visit, and you definitely don’t want to live there. Bok-nam is crumbling under a weight of violence, sexual menace, and fear with no means of escaping her tormentors. The vengeful rage that waits inside her is growing, and her sanity shredding. If Hae-won can’t help her escape, she may have to take matters into her own hands, once and for all.


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Trap (2010)
dir. Jason Horton

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Walter is a middle-aged ex-con fresh out of jail. Consumed by guilt for his leaving his family behind, he tries to reestablish a relationship with his only living relative, his meth-addicted daughter Tori. But Tori wants nothing to do with Walter, so she involves him in a kidnapping scheme with Franklin. The two men kidnap a girl named Tennessee, planning to hold her until
the ransom is paid. But the plan goes all to hell when Walter falls in love with the young Tennessee. Does she love him as well, or is she just using him to escape? A story of isolation, loneliness, loyalty, and violence, Trap reveals the darker side of human nature.


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A Cat in Paris (2010)
dirs. Jean-loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol

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The Academy Award-nominated A CAT IN PARIS is a beautifully hand-drawn caper set in the shadow-drenched alleyways of Paris. Dino is a cat that leads a double life. By day he lives with Zoe, a little girl whose mother is a detective in the Parisian police force. But at night Dino sneaks out the window to work with Nico a slinky cat burglar with a big heart, whose fluid movements are poetry in motion as he evades captors and slips and swishes from rooftop to rooftop across the Paris skyline. A CAT IN PARIS is a delightful animated adventure perfect for both adults and children a witty and stylish "animated noir" with a jazzy soundtrack featuring Billie Holiday and a thrilling climax on top of Notre Dame cathedral.
Featuring the voices of Academy Award winner Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River), Academy Award winner Anjelica Huston (The Royal Tenenbaums) and Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket).


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Piranha-Man vs Werewolf-Man: Howl of the Piranha (2010)
dirs. Steve Goldenberg, Dorian Knight

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The epic, generations-long battle between two of natures most perfect killing machines! The rivalry between the fish-like Piranha-Man and the canine WereWolf-Man is one of brutal murder, familial kidnappings, stalking, and incest! When the decades-old fight begins to affect the life of investigative journalist Lexi Glass, she finds that sometimes you need to become the story in order to report the story. She discovers the battle of a lifetime along with the horrible secret of her family’s past! It's the interspecies battle you’ve been waiting for!

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Twists of Fate (2009)
dirs. Conrad Glover, Pat Cerrato

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Joey Demarco has just spent the last fifteen years in prison and wants nothing to do with his former life. However, revenge is inevitable in a life of crime.

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Nacho Mountain (2009)
dir. Mitch Csanadi

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Keefer has a talent. He can eat...a lot. But it wasn't until he got fired from his job, found his girl getting railed by a tranny and almost got arrested for drug trafficking that Keefer decides (with the help of his best friend Meegosh) to start an underground food eating competition. After the health-crazed Mayor Fingstal and his cronies, Officers Slivjack and Biggsley, catch wind of it, all hell breaks loose. It all comes down to one final food battle from hell: The Nacho Mountain! Set to a killer stoner rock soundtrack with loads of babes and crazy characters in the vein of Porky's and Meatballs, Nacho Mountain is sure to please those who have been beat down, only to eat their way to the top!

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Find Me Guilty (2006)
dir. Sidney Lumet

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When police arrest twenty members of the Lucchese crime family, the authorities offer Jackie Dee DiNorscio (Vin Diesel) a bargain: a shortened prison term if he'll testify against his own. But the wisecracking DiNorscio has other ideas. Refusing to cooperate, he decides to defend himself at his own trial... and proceeds to turn the courtroom upside-down in a hilarious fight that culminates in one of the most shocking verdicts in judicial history! Directed by Sidney Lumet.

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An Immoral Incident (2001)
dir. Paul Roberts

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A sexually promiscuous mother, out of control after an alcoholic binge, finds that her foolishness leads to a forbidden sexual encounter with her future son-in-law. When she is caught in the act, her reckless actions set off a murderous confrontation that escalates into the most shocking and bizarre series of events, where powerful lessons about unconditional love and uncontrollable sexual urges push the boundaries of thought-provoking entertainment to dizzying new heights.
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A Chinese Odyssey Parts 1 & 2 (1994)
dir. Jeffrey Lau

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A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box Inspired by the Chinese classic A Journey to the West, this film has the Monkey King (Stephen Chow) reincarnated in human form as Joker, a highwayman oblivious to his original identity and the fact that 500 years earlier, he and his master, The Longevity Monk (Kar-Ying Law), were punished to say human until they could complete the journey to the west. Pursued by mythical beings motivated to locate and kill the Longevity Monk, Joker finds himself subjected to extreme emotions of love and loss. Everything is a welter of randomness until he finds and opens the Pandora's Box, which carries him down memory lane to a land of nothingness five hundred years earlier.
A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella In this sequel to Pandora's Box, now stranded five centuries in the past, Joker (Stephen Chow) is destined to meet Cinderella, a woman whom he will fall madly in love with and who will change his life altogether. He will also relive the scene of the Monkey King being subdued by Bodhisattva (enlightenment being). Reacquainted with the importance of Longevity Monk's journey to help suffering people, Joker finally agrees to become the Monkey King again and complete the journey to the west with his master. By doing so he must let go of all worldly desires, including love.


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What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
dir. Robert Aldrich

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Bette Davis and Joan Crawford star in a tense psychological drama between two sisters, one a former child star and the other a crippled ex-silent star, who are bound together in hate and fear.

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Little Shop of Horrors: The Director’s Cut (1986)
dir. Frank Oz

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A skid-row florist's "mean green mother" of a monster plant is the center of "the looniest, nuttiest, most outrageous movie musical comedy in years" (Jeffrey Lyons, Sneak Preview). Rick Moranis, Steve Martin, Ellen Green, Billy Murray and other comedy greats star.

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Eclipse 36: Three Wicked Melodramas from Gainsborough Pictures (The Criterion Collection) (1943/1945)

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During the 1940s, realism reigned in British cinema—but not at Gainsborough Pictures. The studio, which had been around since the ’20s, found new success with a series of pleasurably preposterous costume melodramas. Audiences ate up these overheated films, which featured a stable of charismatic stars, including James Mason (Lolita), Margaret Lockwood (The Lady Vanishes), Stewart Granger (King Solomon’s Mines), and Phyllis Calvert (Indiscreet). Though its films were immensely profitable in wartime and immediately after, Gainsborough did not outlive the decade. This set brings together a trio of Gainsborough’s most popular films—florid, visceral tales of secret identities, multiple personalities, and romantic betrayals.
THREE DVD BOX SET INCLUDES:
THE MAN IN GREY
This tale of treachery put both the Gainsborough melodrama and actor James Mason on the map. The star-to-be plays Lord Rohan, a cruel nobleman who marries the naive and sweet-natured Clarissa (Phyllis Calvert) for the sole purpose of producing an heir; meanwhile, Clarissa’s conniving best friend, Hesther (Margaret Lockwood), secretly plots against her for her own nefarious ends. The Man in Grey, directed by Leslie Arliss (The Wicked Lady), was such a box-office success that Gainsborough used it as a template, launching a cycle of increasingly rococo films. 1943
116 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
1.33:1 aspect ratio
MADONNA OF THE SEVEN MOONS
A lurid tale of sex and psychosis, Madonna of the Seven Moons, directed by Arthur Crabtree (Fiend Without a Face), is among the wildest of the Gainsborough melodramas. Set in Italy, it begins as a relatively composed tale about a respectable, convent-raised woman (Phyllis Calvert) who is haunted by the memory of being raped as a teenager. When her grown daughter returns from school, her life begins to crack up in monumentally surprising ways. Stewart Granger also plays a prominent role in this sensational tale. 1945
110 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
1.33:1 aspect ratio
THE WICKED LADY
Margaret Lockwood devours the screen as a tightly wound seventeenth-century beauty with loose morals, who steals her best friend’s wealthy fiancé on the eve of the wedding. And that’s only the beginning of this piece of pulp from director Leslie Arliss (The Man in Grey): there are no depths to which this sinful woman won’t sink. James Mason costars, and nearly steals the movie, as a highwayman with whom our antiheroine becomes entangled. This nasty, subversive treat was the most commercially successful of all the Gainsborough melodramas. 1945
104 minutes
Black & White
Monaural
1.33:1 aspect ratio


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The Robert Mitchum Film Collection

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With an illustrious acting career spanning more than 50 years, Academy Award Nominee Robert Mitchum was one of Hollywood’s most iconic and memorable leading men. Although widely known for his “tough guy” roles in classic film noir dramas, Mitchum’s powerful on-screen charisma proved equally effective in all movie genres — from comedy and romance to Westerns and war films — leaving an indelible mark in cinematic history.
IN THE SET:
River of No Return
The Night of the Hunter
Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison
The Enemy Below
Thunder Road
The Hunters
The Longest Day
Man in the Middle
What a Way to Go!
The Way West


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Tokyo Vengeance

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The best of Tokyo action with femme-fatales and monsters fighting for revenge and power inside Japan!
Three full length feature films over FOUR HOURS of action and revenge!
The Machine Girl (2007)
Tokyo Gore Police (2009)
Death Kappa (2010)


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It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: The Complete Season 7 (2011)

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Join the dysfunctional gang at Paddy's Pub For another outrageously raunchy season of scheming, scamming, backstabbing, and all-around inappropriateness! Whether they're giving a hooker an image makeover, hitting the beach at the Jersey Shore, preparing for the apocalypse, or simply engaging in a little good old-fashioned cyber-stalking, the gang delivers more trash-talking, half-baked insanity than ever before. Now, get ready to get fat with Mac and indulge in Season Seven of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, stuffed with uproarious extras.

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The League: The Complete Season Three (2011)

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Unsportsmanlike conduct takes on a whole new meaning in the hilarious, smack-talking fantasy football comedy, The League. With special guest stars Seth Rogen, Jeff Goldblum, Sarah Silverman and Eliza Dushku, Season Three kicks off as Kevin and Jenny have a run-in with a local drug dealer, and Pete regrets learning a new sexual position. Ruxin hires a hot new au pair, but does Taco have his eyes on her end zone? It's time to trade up to special never-before-seen extended episodes and outrageously unrated bonus features. The race to the playoffs is on.but who wins the Shiva, and who gets the dreaded Sacko?

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Whitney: Season One (2011)

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Comedienne Whitney Cummings (Chelsea Lately) stars in this hilarious portrait of modern love and relationships. Follow Whitney (Whitney Cummings) and Alex (Chris D'Elia, Workaholics ), a happily unmarried couple and their eclectic circle of friends: as they discover the tough and often surprising truths of relationships.

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Holliston: The Complete First Season (2012)

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Adam (Adam Green, Hatchet) and Joe (Joe Lynch, Wrong Turn 2) are two down-on-their-luck aspiring horror movie filmmakers trying to break out of their small hometown of Holliston, Massachusetts, and into the Hollywood big leagues while struggling to make ends meet and learning to deal with the opposite sex. Joe's adorably demented girlfriend Laura (Laura Ortiz, The Hills Have Eyes) joins Adam's ex – and greatest heartbreak of his life – Corri (Corri English, Unrest) in rounding out the ensemble cast of this hilariously original and offbeat re-imagining of the traditional American sitcom that has both comedy and horror fans loving its hard hitting laughs, tremendous heart, and slapstick violence. Co-starring Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) as the glam rock loving boss "Lance Rockett" and Dave Brockie (GWAR) as Adam's imaginary alien friend "Oderus Urungus," HOLLISTON also features enough celebrity cameos to splatter a horror movie set red! This complete first season set comes loaded with extras including the full televised preview special, deleted scenes, outtakes, cast commentary tracks, and more! Episodes: The Hooker, Camera Rental, Skunked, Candyman, Laura's Little Twitter, Weekend of Horrors.

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Shaquille O’Neal Presents All Star Comedy Jam Live from Orlando

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Funnyman Gary Owen known for his roles in Steve Harvey's blockbuster hit Think Like A Man and Tyler Perry's "House of Payne" commands the stage as he hosts the newest installment in Shaquille O'Neal's All-Star Comedy Jam franchise. Along with Owen, O'Neal has handpicked some of stand-up comedy's most talented and sought after comedians; Capone Lil' Duval Tony Roberts and Jay Pharoah. This fresh new lineup is sure to deliver non-stop laughs in this energetic and memorable night of comedy. All-Star Comedy Jam - Live from Orlando was filmed at Hard Rock Live in front of a live audience during All-Star Weekend in Orlando, FL.

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Jeff Dunham: Minding the Monsters

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Jeff Dunham’s Minding the Monsters brings together your favorites-- Walter, Peanut, Bubba J, Jose Jalapeno… On a Steek!, and Achmed the Dead Terrorist as you’ve never seen them before! Enter the ultimate haunted house where Walter transforms into something grumpier than he already is! Watch Bubba J rise from the dead! Meet Peanut’s alter ego, The Purple Avenger of the Night, and his spicy sidekick! And witness Achmed literally dressed to kill in an outfit that would terrify the most terrifying terrorist!

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Shut Up and Play the Hits: The Very Loud Ending of LCD Soundsystem (2011)

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On April 2nd 2011, LCD SOUNDSYSTEM played its final show at Madison Square Garden in New York City. LCD Frontman James Murphy, disbanding one of the most celebrated and influential groups of its generation at the peak of its popularity, ensured that the band would go out on top with the biggest concert of its career. The instantly sold out, near four-hour extravaganza featured special appearances by Arcade Fire and Reggie Watts and moved the crowd of thousands to tears of joy and grief. SHUT UP AND PLAY THE HITS both captures this once-in-a-lifetime event with stunning visuals and serves as an intimate portrait of Murphy as he navigates the 48 hours surrounding the show. Woven throughout is an honest and unflinching conversation between Murphy and author Chuck Klosterman as they discuss music, art, aging, and the decision to call it quits while at the top of your game. This special edition set includes the three-and-a-half-hour concert in its entirety, as well as the documentary film and loads of extras.

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Beatles: Magical Mystery Tour

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In September 1967 The Beatles embarked on making their third film, this time conceived and directed by themselves.
Based on a loose unscripted narrative, in the spirit of the experimental mood of the time, and directed by The Beatles themselves, the film became the vehicle to present 6 new songs - Magical Mystery Tour, The Fool On The Hill, Flying, I Am The Walrus, Blue Jay Way and Your Mother Should Know.
Now, 45 years on, the virtually forgotten film has been fully restored and is being presented properly for the first time.
The restoration of Magical Mystery Tour has been overseen by Paul Rutan Jr. of Eque Inc., the same company that handled the much acclaimed restoration of Yellow Submarine. The soundtrack work was done at Abbey Road Studios by Giles Martin and Sam Okell.
All of the packages contain a host of special features, packed with unseen footage. There are newly-filmed interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and other members of the film's cast and crew, as well as a director's audio commentary recorded by Paul.


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The World Series: History of the Fall Classic

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Narrated by Bob Costas and crafted by the filmmakers of Major League Baseball Productions this is the definitive documentary on the World Series the madness triumphs and exhilarating moments that will be remembered for the ages. The expertly blended archival footage thrilling game action and more than 100 interviews with players managers writers broadcasters and historians create an exciting and comprehensive chronicle of the Fall Classic.
This limited-edition 4-disc set will feature premium packaging and extensive bonus features including: Historic and official game programs and scorecards Ceremonial first pitches Most Valuable Player award winners and Best of the clubhouse celebrations.


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The Essential Games of the Milwaukee Brewers

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With a name tapped from the regions long history of professional baseball and heritage the Brewers arrived in 1970 returning Major League Baseball to Milwaukee. The four games in this collection showcase powerful batting lineups, relentless pitching, and the energizing spirit of a passionate fan base. This DVD time-capsule includes the Brewers 1982 American League pennant clincher and celebration that shook Milwaukee County Stadium with delight. The salute continues with the second game, also featuring the hard-hitting "Harvey's Wallbangers" and 1982 American League MVP Robin Yount, is an explosive Brewers come-from-behind victory in the Fall Classic. Playing in their spectacular new home - Miller Park, the Brewers created a spectacular new chapter and the third game captures another comeback win and delirious home crowd as the club clinched a postseason slot in dramatic fashion. The final game in this remarkable quartet of Brewers history is the exhilarating walk-off win, the Brew Crew's 2011 NLDS clincher. 100% classic Brewers. 100% Milwaukee baseball.

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CM Punk: Best in the World

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On June 27, 2011, CM Punk forever altered the course of WWE history with a blistering rant, proclaiming, 'Day in and day out for almost six years I have proven to everybody in the world that I am the best on this microphone, in that ring, even on commentary. Nobody can touch me!' Since riding into the scene as an extra in John Cena's entrance at WrestleMania 22 to defending the WWE Title in main events all over the world in recent years, the Voice of the Voiceless has backed up that statement. Now, WWE fans get an unprecedented look inside the life and career of the most controversial Superstar of this generation. The first-ever documentary to focus on CM Punk traces his rise to the top of WWE, from his early success on ECW, his divisive perpetuating of the Straight Edge subculture, to becoming internationally revered as the best wrestler in the world, and all the five star matches and verbal pipe bombs in between.

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Dump the DVD
Notable releases finally on Blu-ray.

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Enemy Mine (1985) (Twilight Time release. Only 3,000 printed)

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Night of the Living Dead (1990) (Twilight Time release. Only 3,000 printed)

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Red Dawn (1984)

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Strangers on a Train (1951)

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Dial M for Murder (1954)

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Ice Station Zebra (1968)

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Dead Ringer (1964)

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The Great Mouse Detective (1986)

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Lina Wertmüller Collection (Love and Anarchy / The Seduction of Mimi / All Screwed Up)

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Re: Dan's DVD Picks for October 9th

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Dial M for Murder going to make me finally go buy a 3d tv and shit.

Prometheus/Ice Station Zebra/Strangers on a Train/Baby Jane/Red Dawn/Enemy Mine/Dead Ringer/Sunny/League/Little Shop of Horrors/Bedevilled/E.T.........expensive fucking week.

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Bedeviled is a must.

This comes out tomorrow. Probably the movie I anticipate the most right now.

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Shit, Dial M For Murder reviews are trashing the hell out of the transfer.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Dial-M-fo ... 53/#Review

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Comedy Quaddafi wrote:Bedeviled is a must.

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Gonna have to try and netflix that LCD Soundsystem shit.

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^no doubts. looked to put it in the queue and that shits three discs, so will most likely just cop. sure to be worth owning anyways
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Prometheus was dope. i just watched it last week. Not as good as Alien or anything but enjoyable.

The Raven is one of those shitty movies that's worth watching. I like movies set in that time period. The actors just don't have what it takes to carry the movie. Alice Eve can't act her way out of a wet paper bag and the dude that plays the cop sucked. I forget his name but he was extra terrible.

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night of the living dead is sold the fuck out.

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darkwingduck wrote:night of the living dead is sold the fuck out.
I was going to buy that too. Fuckers. It was filmed like 15 minutes from my house.

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Random Sample wrote:
darkwingduck wrote:night of the living dead is sold the fuck out.
I was going to buy that too. Fuckers. It was filmed like 15 minutes from my house.

This is the 1990 remake directed by Savini, not the Romero original.
Anything horror related by Twilight Time is going to have to be pre-ordered from now on. The flipper faggots got wind of how much the sold out copies of their Fright Night release were going for on ebay unfortunately.
Twilight is going to put out John Carpenter's Christine early next year, definitely going to have to pre-order that one.

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Tommy Bunz wrote:
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darkwingduck wrote:night of the living dead is sold the fuck out.
I was going to buy that too. Fuckers. It was filmed like 15 minutes from my house.

This is the 1990 remake directed by Savini, not the Romero original.
Anything horror related by Twilight Time is going to have to be pre-ordered from now on. The flipper faggots got wind of how much the sold out copies of their Fright Night release were going for on ebay unfortunately.
Twilight is going to put out John Carpenter's Christine early next year, definitely going to have to pre-order that one.
They filmed a little bit of the movie by my house for the Savini one. His school is 15 minutes away from me.

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Spartan wrote:
Comedy Quaddafi wrote:Bedeviled is a must.

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it looks like youll get another chance to cop NOTLD on Oct 26th when TT sells all the returned BR discs due to complaints of the transfer having a heavy blue hue over many of the scenes. Im sure its still gonna be an uphill battle to cop that even then.

ay bunz, whats good with Ice Station Z? I read someone buggin that that movie and Where Eagles Dare are their favorite espionage flics...I love WED. Looks like ima cop ISZ since you backed it. werd.

def. a good week for releases.

gonna cop prometheus too. My pops is in town. Havent seen homie since 04. He got me hooked on the Alien shiz since the 70's. Dont think hes seen Prometheus. Be cool to sit with the ole man and watch together for old time sake.

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Where Eagles Dare is a stone cold classic.

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Ice Station Zebra is definitely a notch below Where Eagles Dare but its roughly in the same league. Solid cold-war thriller, good cast, well-directed (Sturges is also responsible for The Great Escape and The Eagle has Landed, so he's very comfortable with the genre).
I haven't seen it in over a decade but remember enjoying the hell out of it. Plus its always good to support older catalog releases on bluray.

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not sure about this prometheus - this is still the same length as the theatrical version but i remember scott promising a longer recut coming later on. the first dvd release for movies like this is usually rushed and the later one is superior (think lord of the rings)
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I forget what the quote was exactly, but I think Scott said they filmed a ton of extra stuff but that what made it to theaters was essentially his director's cut.
That doesn't mean that he won't do a longer cut down the road though and although I thoroughly enjoyed the film, it definitely seems like it would benefit from some additional scenes to expand on the story similar to what he did with Kingdom of Heaven.

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he kinda has to say stuff like that (re theatrical cut being his favored cut) to promote the movie

I def see a revamped version coming in the future, this movie needs it. I think i'm gonna wait for that one.
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Just a heads up, but there's a 3-D version of Prometheus that has a bonus disc with 7 hours of bonus features.

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I was at Target before they opened this morning just so I could get the E.T. steelbook. I was torn between getting Best Buy's digibook or Target's steelbook. Went with the steel because it was $7 cheaper. They weren't even on the shelves when I got there. They were sitting on a cart. Probably about 6 of them. Two guys were behind me waiting to grab one after me. I imagine all Target's are probably sold out by now.

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I was actually trying to order that from Futureshop this morning (its $15) but the fuckers don't ship to the US.
Had the blu-ray book in my hand today in Best Buy, it's pretty massive. Put it back because I found the digibook of Jaws and copped that shit instead.

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Prometheus making-of is over 3 hours long

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Dan wrote:I was at Target before they opened this morning just so I could get the E.T. steelbook. I was torn between getting Best Buy's digibook or Target's steelbook. Went with the steel because it was $7 cheaper. They weren't even on the shelves when I got there. They were sitting on a cart. Probably about 6 of them. Two guys were behind me waiting to grab one after me. I imagine all Target's are probably sold out by now.

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huh, I didnt know lining up for ET on blu-ray was a thing, is the packaging limited or something? should I get it ASAP?

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Dan wrote:I was at Target before they opened this morning just so I could get the E.T. steelbook. I was torn between getting Best Buy's digibook or Target's steelbook. Went with the steel because it was $7 cheaper. They weren't even on the shelves when I got there. They were sitting on a cart. Probably about 6 of them. Two guys were behind me waiting to grab one after me. I imagine all Target's are probably sold out by now.

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No, its the original print. Spielberg realizes that the revisions were a mistake and de-Lucased them.

Andvil, there's three limited versions of E.T.; steelbook at Target, digibook at Best Buy, and some spaceship packaging from Amazon.
Think the Amazon ones are gone completely, the steelbooks are sold out online so you'd have to hope your Target still has a copy. The digibook seems to be pretty well stocked.

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Oh and if you guys want $3 off any of the Univeral 100 releases (like ET) you can get a coupon from here
http://universal.promo.eprize.com/100thanniversary/

you have to register your email and download some coupon program but its pretty simple
directions here if you can't figure it out
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/blu-ray-bargai ... u-ray.html

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On the Blu-ray.com forums, several people said they saw people buying multiple copies of the steelbooks.

There's no way to know how many were printed, but it is an anniversary edition, so it wouldn't make sense to keep producing these after December 31st. I imagine these will probably pop up at random times at all Target's in the next 2 months, but come January it'll most likely be eBay as the only spot to find them...marked up, of course.

I only arrived at Target early because I wanted to guarantee myself a copy, plus I got it at the sale price ($17.99), so that was a nice incentive.

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My Target didn't get their steelbooks in until today, went and got one over lunch.

Target has these big round 6' long carboard cylinders as decorations hanging from the ceiling near the entrance of the store, they say "fall for the Fall" or some gay shit like that.
When I was walking in one of them fucking randomly came loose and fell right on top of my fucking head.
Scared the living shit out of me cause I didn't see it coming at all....when it clocked my on my dome I yelled "what the fuck" really loudly and jumped probably a foot in the air. And since it was at the entrance over lunch hour about sixty people stopped dead in their tracks and to look at me spazzing like a dickhead.
FML.

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Tommy Bunz wrote:My Target didn't get their steelbooks in until today, went and got one over lunch.

Target has these big round 6' long carboard cylinders as decorations hanging from the ceiling near the entrance of the store, they say "fall for the Fall" or some gay shit like that.
When I was walking in one of them fucking randomly came loose and fell right on top of my fucking head.
Scared the living shit out of me cause I didn't see it coming at all....when it clocked my on my dome I yelled "what the fuck" really loudly and jumped probably a foot in the air. And since it was at the entrance over lunch hour about sixty people stopped dead in their tracks and to look at me spazzing like a dickhead.
FML.
The best thing is that was most likely caught on their security cams. Target employees will be laughing for weeks at your expense. :lol:

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