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Dan's DVD Picks for May 27th

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Dan's DVD Picks for May 27, 2014

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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (The Criterion Collection) (2004)
dir. Wes Anderson

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Internationally famous oceanographer Steve Zissou (Bill Murray) and his crew-Team Zissou-set sail on an expedition to hunt down the mysterious, elusive, possibly nonexistent Jaguar Shark that killed Zissou's partner during the documentary filming of their latest adventure. They are joined on their voyage by a young airline co-pilot (Owen Wilson); a pregnant journalist (Cate Blanchett); and Zissou's estranged wife, Eleanor (Anjelica Huston). Wes Anderson (Rushmore) has assembled an all-star cast that also includes Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Gambon, Noah Taylor, Seu Jorge, and Bud Cort for this wildly original adventure comedy.

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Red River (The Criterion Collection) (1948)
dir. Howard Hawks

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No matter what genre he worked in, Howard Hawks (His Girl Friday) played by his own rules, and never was this more evident than in his first western, the rowdy and whip-smart Red River. In it, John Wayne (Stagecoach) found one of his greatest roles as an embittered, tyrannical Texas rancher whose tensions with his independent-minded adopted son, played by Montgomery Clift (From Here to Eternity) in a breakout performance, reach epic proportions during a cattle drive to Missouri, which is based on a real-life late nineteenth-century expedition. Yet Hawks is less interested in historical accuracy than in tweaking the codes of masculinity that propel the myths of the American West. The unerringly macho Wayne and the neurotic, boyish Clift make for an improbably perfect pair, held aloft by a quick-witted, multilayered screenplay and Hawks' formidable direction.

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Cheap Thrills (2013)
dir. E.L. Katz

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The directorial debut from E.L. Katz stars Pat Healy (Compliance) as a recently fired father facing eviction who agrees to take on an escalating series of insane challenges in exchange for cash payments from a rich couple with a twisted sense of humor.

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Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013)
dir. Stephen Chow

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In a world plagued by demons who cause great human suffering, young demon hunter Xuan Zang risks his all to conquer a water demon, a pig demon and the demon of all demons, Sun Wukong. Adhering to his firm belief in giving of one's self for the greater cause, he embraces the demons as his disciples. However, in order to atone for their own sins and save the common people, the four of them must embark on a journey to the West that's full of challenges.

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24 Exposures (2014)
dir. Joe Swanberg

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When a young model is found brutally murdered, a fetish photographer and homicide detective are brought together at the crime scene through a shared if sadistic interest. Before long an unlikely friendship develops between the two, as each tries to involve themselves in the other s professional life. But their mutual affection for the macabre and grisly may ultimately lead to horrific consequences for both. Part high-concept art film and sultry exploitation shocker, director Joe Swanberg s (Drinking Buddies) 24 EXPOSURES is an investigation of the thin lines separating reality and fiction, art and pornography, and life and death.

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Gambit (2012)
dir. Michael Hoffman

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Harry Deane (Colin Firth) is a man with a plan. Art curator for media tycoon Lord Lionel Shabandar (Alan Rickman), Harry devises an elaborate plot to con his abusive boss, Shabandar, into purchasing a fake Monet painting. With the help of beautiful rodeo queen PJ Puznowski (Cameron Diaz), Harry hatches a scheme to fool Shabandar into believing that Harry's expert forgery is the real deal, pocketing a hefty sum in the process. But with the con proving harder to pull off than they had first intended, Harry and PJ find themselves in increasingly hilarious situations in order to see the job through to the end.

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Endless Love (2014)
dir. Shana Feste

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When beautiful Jade (Gabriella Wilde) meets charismatic David (Alex Pettyfer), her sheltered world of privilege is turned upside down as the pair’s instant desire sparks a reckless summer love affair. While Jade leaves behind her inhibitions and innocence as she falls for David, he works to prove himself worthy of her love. But when David’s mysterious past and Jade’s overprotective father threaten to tear them apart, their romance will be put to the ultimate test.

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A Birder’s Guide to Everything (2013)
dir. Eugenio Mira

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David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.

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Tapped Out (2014)
dir. Allan Ungar

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A disgruntled teenager, sent to do community service at a rundown Karate school, enters an MMA tournament to face the man who killed his parents.

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The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)
dir. Karen Moncrieff

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In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.

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Child’s Pose (2013)
dir. Calin Peter Netzer

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The top prize winner at the Berlin Film Festival, Calin Peter Netzer’s sharply crafted Child’s Pose pivots on a riveting performance by Luminita Gheorghiu (Best Actress Nominee, European Film Awards) as a steely, well-to-do Bucharest architect determined to keep her 30-something deadbeat son out of jail after a deadly car crash. How far will she go to convince the police, eyewitnesses and even the victim’s family that her son was not recklessly speeding? A spellbinding drama of social commentary and psychological realism, this caustic look into the corrupt heart of the Eastern European bourgeoisie twists into a brilliantly ambiguous study of obsessive motherly love.

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Run & Jump (2013)
dir. Steph Green

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After her husband suffers a debilitating stroke, spirited Irish housewife Vanetia Casey (Maxine Peake, Silk) struggles to keep her family together in the wake of tragedy. Help comes in the form of American doctor Ted Fielding (Saturday Night Live’s Will Forte), whose research grant for documenting the family’s recovery process takes care of finances but also requires that the straight-laced doctor live with the chaotic Casey family for two months. Although Vanetia initially resents living under Ted’s microscope, she soon finds comfort in his calming presence, while Ted grows surprisingly accustomed to Vanetia’s dynamic, unpredictable personality. As the two explore their bond within their unique situation, they discover that a new family is beginning to take shape around them. Uplifting and authentic, Academy Award-nominated director Steph Green’s RUN & JUMP is an unexpected, unconventional romance about human connection and the power of acceptance.

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House in the Alley (2012)
dir. Le-Van Kiet

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A young couple, settling into their new life in their spacious home, lose their newborn to a miscarriage. After the tragedy, Thao is inconsolable and won’t let her baby’s body leave the house. She soon begins suffering from terrifying visions and she slowly begins to lose her sanity. Her husband, Thanh, soon begins experiencing strange things around their home and when his wife turns on him, he must race to uncover the secrets of the house in the alley before they both lose their sanity…and their lives.

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The Evil Within (2012)
dir. Richard Gray

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A group of friends travel up to a cabin located deep within the forest. Shortly after arriving, they stumble across an abandoned mine and decide to explore the dark and mysterious tunnels. As the group hikes deeper within the mine, they make a shocking discovery that quickly turns their excitement into fear. Hunted by a mysterious force, the group must work together to escape the mine alive.

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Airplane vs. Volcano (2014)
dirs. James Kondelik, Jon Kondelik

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When a commercial airliner is trapped within a ring of erupting volcanoes, the passengers and crew must finds a way to survive-without landing. Robin Givens (HOUSE OF PAYNE / HEAD OF THE CLASS); Dean Cain (LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN); Lawrence Hilton Jacobs (COOLEY HIGH / ROOTS).

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The Dinosaur Experiment (2013)
dirs. Dan Bishop, Michael Beberashvili

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Fossil Ridge was thought to be a peaceful, secluded cattle ranch, but hidden away within the ridge is actually a breeding ground for vicious, prehistoric velociraptors. When the velociraptors escape their confines, the nearby townspeople must figure out how to fight the ferocious foes that are now hunting them down. One thing's for sure - whoever said that these deadly hunters were extinct was wrong.

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Ghostquake (2012)
dir. Jeffery Scott Lando

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A group of students are trapped at school after a time capsule from the 1950s is cracked open by an earthquake. The students soon realize that ghostly spirits escaped from the time capsule possessing the principal and three other teachers.

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Supercollider (2013)
dir. Jeffery Scott Lando

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When the largest particle collider ever built suffers a catastrophic malfunction, it opens an alternate dimension that causes a disaster on a global scale. As chaos erupts around the world, Dr. Victor Susskind, one of the scientists working on the collider, is the only person who is able to stop the cataclysmic events that are killing millions across the planet and threatening the survival of humanity itself.

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Independence Daysaster (2013)
dir. W.D. Hogan

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It's the 4th of July, and America is celebrating. But when a hostile force attacks from both outer space and within Earth itself, our planet may be on the menu for a holiday barbecue. Can a small-town fireman (Ryan Merriman of Pretty Little Liars), a physics-loving teen (Andrea Brooks of Supernatural), a rogue scientist (Emily Holmes of METEOR STORM), a pair of nerd hackers and the stranded President Of The United States (Tom Everett Scott of THAT THING YOU DO!) now find a way to stop the invasion, nuke the alien mothership, and set off the biggest fireworks display of all? Keenan Tracy (Bates Motel) co-stars in this Syfy Original hit from the producers of 12 DISASTERS and END OF THE WORLD.

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Eastern Bandits (2012)
dir. Yang Shupeng

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AN INACCURATE MEMOIR is the heroic story of rebels with a fortune to gain, and everything to lose. Leader Fang Youwang, with his compatriots Kuei, San Pao, and Lady Dagger - lead a posse of roving bandits that are fearless, enterprising, and loyal to the death. Their baby-faced masks make them terrifying; their underground lair untraceable. And now, they’re plotting a double-scam - a heroic rescue and a kidnapping mission - that will make them legends…if anyone gets out alive.

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Let Me Out (2012)
dirs. Jae Soh, Chang Lae Kim

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Mu-Young is a film student who’s seen every movie you haven’t and thinks your favorite director is a hack. He’s happy to churn out criticism until a famous indie filmmaker funds his unproduced zombie masterpiece and gives the amateur auteur the chance to prove he’s the next big thing in Korean cinema. On the set, melodrama quickly bleeds out of the script and into the shoot. Mu-Young’s undead are underwhelming, the star’s a total diva, and the cast and crew are one step away from mutiny—including the actress who’s caught his eye. If he’s not careful, chasing after his dream could turn life into a total nightmare. A film-festival darling, Let Me Out is a tribute to every creative person who’s ever had a passion that just wouldn’t die.

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Buttwhistle (2014)
dir. Tenney Fairchild

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Ogden Confer (Trevor Morgan) lost a girl. Buttwhistle (Trevor Morgan) found a girl. A cautionary tale about Ogden Confer, a community college student who, while dealing with the recent loss of his best pal, Rose (Analeigh Tipton), foils the suicide effort of a mysterious young lady, Beth (Elizabeth Rice), who proceeds to make him pay for not minding his own business.

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Claire (2013)
dir. Dan Ast

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Jack is the high school football hero. He couldn't care less when Claire, a girl he didn't know, is struck and killed by a drunk driver. But when Jack discovers a photo of Claire where she is staring directly at him, things change. Clues pile up that indicate Claire may have had an interest in Jack. He plunges into Claire's life, learning little by little who she was. His interest in Claire sparks issues within his own social circle as he uncovers friends who had wronged her in the past. His own life soon spirals out of control. Stars Aidan Bristow, Cory Driscoll, Avital Ash.

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Tokyo Stray Girls (2010)
dir. Hisayasu Sato

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Mousy office girl Junko (Norie Yasui) has long been dominated by her sexually active mom (Makiko Watanabe). Although withdrawn and shy, Junko finds very unlikely liberation from a porn promoter, who asks her the key question that opens her up to a new world: Wouldn't it be fun if you could become someone else This someone else, suggested by the director of her first porn shoot, is a blue-haired, sailor suit wearing otaku character named Lulu Junko embodies the role quickly, reveling in the double life she leads and her secret satisfaction that she is not the worthless person her mother thinks she is; strangers watch her, desire her, and send her fan letters. But Lulu is beginning to find herself transforming deeper into her alter ego, Lulu Can she balance the identities before it's too late?

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Life Is a Carnival (2006)
dir. Samuele Sbrighi

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When a group of diverse actors go to a resort in the Caribbean to shoot a film, an Italian actor and a famous actress meet and a flirty friendship flourishes. But when she begins playing games, he realizes that he feels more than just attraction, and begins to have strong feelings for her. As love turns to sick jealousy, they struggle to make things right before the end of the shoot.

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The Bank (2002)
dir. Robert Connolly

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Jim Doyle (David Wenham) is a young mathematician who may have the key to the future of the markets. Discovering a formula that accurately predicts fluctuations of stock prices, Jim is taken in by a ruthless CEO, Simon O'Reilly (Anthony LaPaglia). Developing a scheme that turns deadly, the two become embroiled in one of the biggest scandals in banking history. This attack on big business is packaged in a taut suspense thriller.

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The People vs. Paul Crump (1962)
dir. William Friedkin

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Before going on to direct sophisticated genre films like The French Connection, The Exorcist, and Killer Joe, William Friedkin made one of the most powerful documentaries you’ve never seen. On March 20, 1953, five black men robbed a meatpacking plant in Chicago’s Union Stock Yards of $20,000. Their getaway went awry, and a security guard was shot and killed. Within a week, all five men were arrested. Four received jail sentences and were eventually paroled. The fifth, Paul Crump, then 22, confessed under questionable interrogation tactics, then retracted, only to be convicted and sentenced to the electric chair.
After 14 stays of execution, Crump met Friedkin, then a local television director, in the Cook County Jail. Friedkin so believed in Crump’s innocence and his worth as a human being that he and his cinematographer Bill Butler (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest) took to the streets with lightweight cameras to appeal for Crump’s return to society. The resulting film contributed to the commutation of Crump’s sentence, earned Friedkin several major awards, and launched his Hollywood career.


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Sleepaway Camp (1983)
dir. Robert Hiltzik

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After a terrible boating accident killed her family, shy Angela Baker (Felissa Rose, Return To Sleepaway Camp) went to live with her eccentric Aunt Martha and her cousin Ricky. This summer, Martha decides to send them both to Camp Arawak, a place to enjoy the great outdoors. Shortly after their arrival, a series of bizarre and violent accidents begin to claim the lives of various campers. Has a dark secret returned from the camp’s past…or will an unspeakable horror end the Summer season for all?
From its grisly makeup effects to the truly shocking, and unforgettable, climax, Sleepaway Camp is no ordinary slasher film…it’s a cult classic!


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Death Spa (1989)
dir. Michael Fischa

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The new fitness club in town has everything a health nut could ever want: a variety of workout machines, classes taught by friendly (and frisky) instructors, and a state-of-the-art computer control system for maximum client comfort. Unfortunately it’s also possessed by the evil spirit of the owner’s dead wife, and before long every dumbbell, leg press, and rowing machine becomes a deadly weapon for her to enact bloody vengeance on the club’s beautiful members. So if you’re looking for a real workout from hell, enter DEATH SPA a new exercise in terror!

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Dracula (1972)
dir. Dan Curtis

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Academy Award winner Jack Palance stars in this terrifying adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire legend written for the screen by sci-fi/horror master Richard Matheson and produced by the legendary Dan Curtis (Dark Shadows). Palance is Count Dracula, whose centuries-old existence is threatened after he attacks the lovely Lucy Westenra (Fiona Lewis) and her fiancé (Simon Ward, The Tudors) calls in famed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing (Nigel Davenport) to investigate. Filmed on location in England and Yugoslavia, DAN CURTIS’ DRACULA has been transferred and restored in 2K High Definition from the original 35mm camera negative and presented here on Blu-Ray for the first time!

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The Color of Lies (1999)
dir. Claude Chabrol

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In a little town in Brittany, a ten-year-old girl is found murdered. Renee, an artist by profession and the girl's art teacher, is the last person to have seen her, and he is immediately questioned by the police inspector in charge of the enquiry. In this provincial village where everyone knows one another, Renee soon becomes the primary suspect in the eyes of his neighbors. The suspicion threatens to destroy his life and marriage.

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Blue Movie (1978)
dir. Alberto Cavallone

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Touching upon art, trauma, madness and sexual perversion Blue Movie is one of the most obscure of the many late 70s Italian genre films, the film centers around Silvia (Dirce Funari) who has suffered an attempted rape. She escapes the attack and is rescued by Claudio (Claude Maran), a photographer who takes her under his wing. Claudio is obsessed by war images that tell of death, devastation and pain. While working with a supermodel, Daniela (Danielle Dugas), it appears that their relationship is bordering sado-masochistic. Things slowly build, with a fair dose of nudity and perversion. Observing all this as best she can Silvia begins to fall in love with Claudio, however she struggles to discern between reality and her traumatic past, especially while Daniela, who is locked in a room, regresses to an almost bestial dimension.

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The Man Who Lies (1968)
dir. Alain Robbe-Grillet

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On the run from pursuing soldiers, Boris (Jean-Louis Trintignant) finds a refuge in a small European town which, years before, was home to Jean, a resistance fighter hunted by the Nazis. Boris ingratiates himself in the community, weaving tales of his encounters with the martyred rebel, and thereby seducing Jean's widow.. and sister… and maid. But Boris's erotic games are interrupted when a mysterious stranger -- who may, in fact, be Jean -- arrives in the village.

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Eden and After (1970)
dir. Alain Robbe-Grillet

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From the darkly erotic imagination of Alain Robbe-Grillet comes a dreamlike fable in which a group of decadent French students are drawn into the psychological and sexual games of a mysterious Dutchman (Pierre Zimmer). Once they imbibe his "fear powder," the students experience a series of hallucinatory episodes: ruminations on death, explorations of sexual curiosity, and striking tableaux of sadomasochistic fantasy. This special edition includes an interview with writer/director Robbe-Grillet, and a complete alternate cut of the film, entitled N. THROWS THE DICE.

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The Max Linder Collection

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Kino Classics and Lobster Films celebrate the legacy of Max Linder, a pioneer of slapstick whom Charlie Chaplin referred to as "the great master." With his trademark silk top hat and cane, the French-born Linder blended slapstick with sophistication, and invested his films with a layer of cleverness that elevated them above mere knockabout comedies, paving the way for such multi-dimensional screen comedians as Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd. The collection includes three films: THE THREE MUST-GET-THERES (1922), SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK (1921), and BE MY WIFE (1921), plus a bonus short.

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The Bridge: Series 1 (2011)

This is the original Danish/Swedish series, not the one that premiered on FX last summer.

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A woman is found murdered in the middle of the Oresund Bridge, on the border between Sweden and Denmark. Police from both countries are called to the scene and what looks like one murder, turns out to be two. It's a spectacular double murder: the bodies have been brutally cut in half at the waist and put together to form a single corpse. It's also just the beginning of a wave of violence the likes of which no one has ever seen before. Both police forces find themselves in a race against the clock in a deadly showdown with a superior enemy, and no one will be the same when it's over.

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Longmire: The Complete First and Second Seasons (2012)

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Long shadows of secrets and murder hang over Absaroka County, Wyoming, jurisdiction of the tough and brooding Sheriff Walt Longmire (Robert Taylor), in the spellbinding collection of the first two seasons of the hit mystery series based on Craig Johnson’s best-selling novels, presented in stunning 1080p HD on Blu-Ray Disc. Struggling since his wife’s death a year ago, and at the urging of his attorney daughter, Cady (Cassidy Freeman), Walt knows he must turn his life around. Aided by a new female deputy, Vic (Katee Sackhoff) and his oldest friend, Henry Standing Bear (Lou Diamond Phillips), he becomes re-energized about his job and running for re-election – even though his ambitious younger deputy Branch (Bailey Chase) is a rival candidate. The unraveling truth about Walt’s wife death will astonish the stoic lawman and his daughter. While shattering storms darken the skies, Longmire doggedly solves the big crimes of “Big Sky” country.

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Suits: Season Three (2013)

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Power is shifting and lines are crossed in the gripping third season of Suits. Following the firm’s merger with a prestigious British business, loyalties are tested between high-powered counsel Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht, Love and Other Drugs), legal prodigy Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams, TV’s “Lost”), and their boss, managing partner Jessica Pearson (Gina Torres, TV’s “Gossip Girl”). With Rick Hoffman (TV’s “Samantha Who?”), Meghan Markle (Horrible Bosses), and Sarah Rafferty (Small, Beautifully Moving Parts), watch all 16 episodes of the smart series that is “juicier than the law should allow” (Damian Holbrook, TV Guide).

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Covert Affairs: Season Four (2013)

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Danger, scandal and smoking guns are no match for resourceful CIA operative Annie Walker (Piper Perabo), who proves herself as astute as ever in season four of Covert Affairs. When Annie and Auggie (Christopher Gorham), her blind lover and colleague, mix business with pleasure on a trip to Colombia, they ruffle the feathers of local CIA station chief Calder Michaels (Hill Harper), whose seemingly fleeting allegiance has major implications for the future of the Domestic Protection Division. Complicating matters, Arthur (Peter Gallagher) reveals a “covert affair” of his own, while Henry’s (Gregory Itzin) ulterior motives are brought to light. Venture across South America, Europe, and Asia with Annie in all 16 thrilling episodes, back-to-back and uninterrupted.

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Jack Irish: Set 2 (2013)

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Emmy-winner Guy Pearce (Memento, Iron Man 3) returns as down-on-his-luck private detective Jack Irish in this cinematic Australian noir series. Even as Jack attempts to rebuild his life, his tragic past resurfaces and pulls him into the fatal depths of Melbourne’s criminal underworld.
When a man he’s been tasked to find turns up dead from a drug overdose, Jack thinks his job is done. But his client compels him to continue working on the case, revealing a personal stake that Jack can’t ignore. As he digs deeper, Jack uncovers a conspiracy involving smuggling, police corruption, and blackmail that could compromise someone close to his heart.
Based on the novel Dead Point by award-winning writer Peter Temple, this satisfyingly complex mystery offers an original take on the genre, with Pearce delivering a “funny, sexy performance as a flawed hero whose vulnerabilities are his strongest suits” (The Washington Post). The feature-length drama also stars Barry Humphries (Dame Edna Everage) as a crusading judge and Marta Dusseldorp (BlackJack) as Jack’s journalist paramour.


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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries: Series 2 (2013)

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Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis, Girl with a Pearl Earring) is back with more intriguing mysteries and exquisite fashion. A private detective in 1920s Melbourne, Phryne has a knack for being in the right place at the right time—and she’s usually armed with the right weapon. Aided by her maid, Dorothy “Dot” Williams (Ashleigh Cummings, Tomorrow, When the War Began), Phryne ventures from the city’s mansions to its brothels, gaining admirers and enemies along the way.
Often assisting their investigations are Detective Inspector Jack Robinson (Nathan Page, The Secret Life of Us) and Constable Hugh Collins (Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Cloudstreet). Jack finds Phryne’s eager interest in his cases exasperating, but he comes to rely on her crime-solving instincts—and is increasingly captivated by her other charms. John Noble (Fringe, Sleepy Hollow) guest stars in this series of the hit Australian drama.


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Wallander: 3 (2013)

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Krister Henriksson returns in a stunning performance as Detective Kurt Wallander from the best-selling crime series by Swedish author Henning Mankell. Wallander is Ystad's veteran detective who's finally learned to find respite from the job in the moments of grace that come from living on the beach with his dog, Jussi, or spending time with his granddaughter. He's still on the outs at work, however: offbeat methods make him an irritant for management and his colleague, Martinsson, is angling for his position. But no one in the department has the uncanny sense of the criminal mind that he does. Whether it's Cold War spies, pedophiles, human traffickers or kidnappers, Wallander knows when he's being lied to and when the story hasn't been fully told. Kurt is also trying to get a few things right with his daughter and fellow cop, Linda. He may have been an absentee father, but he's a very present grandfather and a friend to her and her husband. He's arrived at his life's twilight clinging to the one thing he knows, which is how to do police work. In that, Wallander is a man at the top of his game. He's also a man at the end of his game.

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Diagnosis Murder: The Seventh Season (1999)

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The Sloan sleuths along with the dynamic doctor duo of Amanda and Jesse return for a seventh season of Diagnosis Murder. In these 24 episodes, LAPD consultant, Dr. Mark Sloan, played by multiple Emmy-winner Dick Van Dyke, finds himself in several precarious situations with his life in danger. Marks matches wits with a look-alike gangster, a beautiful international jewel thief, a vengeful home-security programmer and much more! With tales of love, lust, mystery and adventure, this season promises to keep audiences glued to their seats.

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Diagnosis Murder: The Eighth Season (2000)

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In Season #8 (2000-2001), the tension is epidemic and the staff disorderly as Dr. Sloan addresses a host of demons (personal, human and ghostly) in the farewell season of this much-loved series.

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The Bob Newhart Show: The Complete Series (1972)

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This sitcom classic stars the incomparable Bob Newhart as Dr. Robert Hartley, a Chicago psychologist who finds himself surrounded by some unusual and neurotic characters on the job, as well as at home! Hartley faces an uphill battle to not lose patience with his patients, but with the support of his quick-witted wife Emily (Suzanne Pleshette), you can count on him to conduct a healthy session of laugh therapy in all 142 episodes of The Bob Newhart Show. An outstanding supporting cast is on call to back up Newhart and Pleshette, including Bill Daily (I Dream of Jeannie), Peter Bonerz (Man on the Moon), Jack Riley (Rugrats, Spaceballs), and Marcia Wallace (The Simpsons).
Originally airing on CBS from 1972 to 1978, The Bob Newhart Show is often cited among the best-loved situation comedies in history, with TV Guide and Time naming it one of the greatest television shows of all time. Get ready to lie back on the couch and laugh with Bob: you’d be crazy not to.


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Aquarion EVOL: Part 2 (2012)

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From the studio behind Fairy Tail and Macross comes an epic climax 12,000 years in the making.
The intergalactic hijinks continue as beings from a womanless planet target the girls of the newly coed Neo-DEAVA academy. Meanwhile, a mysterious villain's plot slowly comes to light, Amata’s past is revealed, and Mikono finds herself in the middle of a really awkward threesome. The hormone-fueled pilots will have to survive unusual training methods and swimsuit-filled secret missions in order to grow strong enough to kick some otherworldly tail, but as the boys and girls get closer to each other, they discover that destiny might not be on their side. Victory could require the legendary mecha Aquarion’s ultimate form—even if summoning it means breaking an intimate taboo.


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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Complete Collection (2012)

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Yuta Togashi has a problem. He used to be a "chunibyo", one of the thousands of Japanese students so desperate to stand out that they've literally convinced themselves that they have secret knowledge and hidden powers. But now that he's starting high school, he's determined to put aside his delusions and face life head on. The trouble is Rikka Takanashi, his upstairs neighbor, is JUST a little bit delusional herself. And she knows all about his past indiscretions. Yuta thought his delusions were all behind him. Now he's not so sure. "Crazy in love" gets a whole new meaning as fantasy worlds collide in LOVE, CHUNIBYO & OTHER DELUSIONS!

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Motto to Love Ru: Complete Collection (2010)

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The insanity that began when a very naked (and very female) alien teleported into Rito Yuki's bathtub (while he was in it) continues. And even though Princess Lala has finally started to admit her true feelings for the young man she's inexplicably engaged to marry (as a result of what happened in said bathtub and Develuke customs,) her sometimes erratic technology and the snags and snarls of intergalactic politics and intrigue are still causing major problems. That transporter? Yeah, it still has the nasty habit of leaving the clothes behind. Alien bounty hunters? Yep, even more of them and they're even more devious. Add body switches, alien skunks, a bathroom that changes size and shape, the inevitable sleepover that you just know it's going to go horribly, horribly wrong, and worst of all, Valentine's Day, and even in space you'll be able to hear Rito scream! Love takes a quantum shift into the wrong gear and the star brakes are broken in the extra-special, extra-crazy extraterrestrial romance to end them all, MOTTO TO LOVE RU - The Complete Collection! Now in high definition!

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Tenjho Tenge: Complete Collection (2007)

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Souichiro and Bob want to rule their new school, but just as they begin cracking heads, their plan is shot to hell. First there's the Natsume sisters and their Juuken Club. If the older sister, Maya, isn't kicking their ass, then the younger sister, Aya, is trying to force feed Souichiro and make him her husband! Then there's the Student Executive Council that sends executioners to "educate" anyone who questions the council's authority! Their education is just beginning!

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Super Robot Wars OG: Divine Wars (2006)

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The Space Era has begun, and human civilization expands into space. By the start of the 21st century, two meteors strike the planet, sending humanity into chaos. By year 179 of the Space Era, secret technology dubbed Extra-Over Technology or EOT, is discovered by the Earth Federal Government within a third meteor that hits Earth in the Marquesas Islands of the South Pacific.
Dr. Zoldark, head of the EOTI Institute (Extra-Over Technological Investigative Institute), has evidence that the creators of the EOT were heading to Earth in order to reclaim it ... or worse, invade the planet. In order to defend humanity from extraterrestrial threats, the government begins to research and develop humanoid mecha called Personal Troopers, and the battle begins!


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DearS: Complete Collection (2004)

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One year ago, an alien spaceship crashed into Tokyo Bay. With no means to return, aliens obtain Japanese citizenship and begin a home-stay program with regular families and schools. They are given the name "DearS," meaning "beloved friend." However, Takeya, an opinionated teen, doesn't trust the aliens one bit. But when Takeya encounters a mysterious girl who is cold, hungry and wrapped only in a blanket, he takes pity on her. As he brings her home to care for her, he finds that she is quite possibly one of the DearS. Add an alien cat-girl, an over-sexed teacher and this DearS considers Takeya her master, life is becoming more than he can handle. Includes all 13 episodes.

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WWE: Greatest Wrestling Factions

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For decades, Superstars have sought allies and banded together for strength in numbers. From the Four Horsemen to the n.W.o, DK, The Nexus, The Shield, and everyone in between, factions are as woven into the fabric of sports-entertainment as the rules they tend to ignore. Now, WWE celebrates the biggest, baddest and coolest factions in history.
From those who influenced generations of Superstars to those who just ran roughshod over the competition, this 3-disc DVD/2-disc Blu-ray presents a brief history of the top factions from all eras and collects several of the greatest matches and moments that made each one a household name. Also featuring The Fabulous Freebirds, The Nation of Domination, Evolution, The Heenan Family, Straight Edge Society and much more!

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Hell yeah Red River & Sleepaway Camp.

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I have Life Aquatic preordered on Amazon but it tells me it won't be here till June :naswtf:
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Sleepaway Camp on Blu-Ray is so necessary.

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