Newsletter - FOR THE WEEK

OF November 15th, 2010

  This Week's Highlights
Aluu!  - How about this week? Fritz Lang, Robert Bresson, a Disney masterwork, Peter Bogdanovich, an iconic sci-fi TV series, Laughton/Gable in a seafaring epic, Dennis Hopper + Jack Nicholson directed films, Bob Rafelson, Tinto Brass, an animatronic Geisha and mean'ol Zombies - all on Blu-ray!! DVD has the very first and the 2009 'Golden Bear' winners, Bogie with Tierney, Ladd with Lake, Jack Webb and, ummm... a Gorilla and... Jenny Agutter in her birthday suit! What a time for film fans indeed. There are plenty of calendar update additions and another new contest with a Criterion Blu-ray prize!!... Is it getting better here? - or is it just me?

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Santa Sangre [Blu-ray] (Alejandro Jodorowsky, 1989) MPI

The Prowler (Joseph Losey, 1951) VCI

Sword Masters: The Web of Death [Blu-ray] (Yuen Chor, 1976) Well Go USA

The Sword of Swords (Kang Cheng, 1968) Funimation

Man in a Suitcase - Set 1 - 4-disc (Charles Crichton, 1967) Acorn Media

The Green Hornet, The Movie Edition (Ford I. Beebe, 1940) - VCI

Enter the Void [Blu-ray] (Gaspar Noé, 2009) MPI

Machete [Blu-ray] (Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis, 2010) 20th Century Fox

Easy A [Blu-ray] (Will Gluck , 2010) Sony Pictures

Mutum (Sandra Kogut, 2007) Global Film Initiative

Bastard Swordsman (Chin-Ku Lu, 1983) Funimation

Bach: Well Tempered Clavier (complete) [Blu-ray] [7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Disc] - MediaInVision

Precode Hollywood Double Feature: Hell Harbor & Jungle Bride - VCI

Catfish [Blu-ray] (Ariel Schulman, Henry Joost , 2010) Universal

The Expendables [Blu-ray] (Sylvester Stallone, 2010) Lions Gate

Resonnances (Philippe Robert, 2006) Synapse Films

Boiler Maker [Blu-ray] (Paul T. Murray, 2008) Filmworks

La Horde (Yannick Dahan, Benjamin Rocher, 2009) IFC

Graves / Zombies Of Mass Destruction (Double Feature) [Blu-ray] - LionsGate

11 Harrowhouse (Aram Avakian, 1974) Shout! Factory

Caged Heat / Jackson County Jail (Jonathan Demme - 1974, Michael Miller - 1976) - Roger Corman's Cult Classics - Shout! Factory

Once an Eagle [Blu-ray] (Richard Michaels, E.W. Swackhamer. 1976–1977) Timeless Media Group

Columbo: Mystery Movie Collection 1991-1993 - Universal

Knight and Day [Blu-ray] (James Mangold, 2010) 20th Century Fox

Excalibur [Blu-ray] (John Boorman, 1981) Warner

The River Wild [Blu-ray] (Curtis Hanson, 1994) Universal Studios

Twelve [Blu-ray] (Joel Schumacher, 2010) 20th Century Fox

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'hoole [Blu-ray] (Zack Snyder, 2010) Warner

A Private Function [Blu-ray] (Malcolm Mowbray, 1984) Image Entertainment

Five Corners [Blu-ray] (Tony Bill, 1987) Image Entertainment

Jess Franco's Cravings Of The Depraved - SRS Cinema
Jess Franco's Erotic Rites Of A Virgin - SRS Cinema
Jess Franco's Naked & Dead Dolls - SRS Cinema
Jess Franco's Stripped Dead - SRS Cinema

 

ONE VOICE (not Ellsworth Monkton Toohey): In my summation of that review I state that America Lost and Found: The BBS Story is 'the' package of the entire year - I mean it, but this week still overflowed with cinephile greatness from the reconstructed Fritz Lang masterpiece Metropolis to Disney’s iconic animated visual and aural feast - Fantasia. How can I forget to include one of my favorite all-time films - Bresson's A Man Escaped, now in 1080P glory and a film I never tire of re-watching; the 1935 Mutiny on the Bounty. I know I can watch The Twilight Zone Season 2 a-n-y-t-i-m-e - the charm is always there. That should be enough but The Milk of Sorrow on DVD deserves mention. Also Bogart's The Left Hand of God and modest transfer of the noir The Blue Dahlia. There are a few TV series that are always worth the effort, and Perry Mason is one of them. Gregory has me keen to see -30- and Eric has me curious about The Mafu Cage. It sounds like I enjoyed National Treasure a little more than Leonard. I also thought Enchanted was pretty cute (but I have a crush on Amy Adams). Fans of Tinto Brass might indulge in the improvement of the Blu-ray of Salon Kitty. For an over-the-top ride, avec zombies, try La Horde. The intent was there with RoboGeisha but I suggest giving it a pass. Hey, we're getting into fireplace season... and I'm about to relax with the hypnotic warmth of the flame. Peace.

  THIS WEEK's REVIEWS / COMPARISONS
 

America Lost and Found: The BBS Story BD - Fueled by money from their invention of the superstar TV pop group the Monkees, they set off on a film-industry journey that would lead them to form BBS Productions, a company that was also a community. The innovative films produced by this team between 1968 and 1972 are collected in this box set—works that now range from the iconic (Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Last Picture Show) to the acclaimed (The King of Marvin Gardens) to the obscure (Head; Drive, He Said; A Safe Place), all created within the studio system but lifted right out of the countercultural id. Blu-ray Release date: November 23rd, 2010

Metropolis BD - A 'Holy Grail' among film finds, Metropolis is presented here in a newly reconstructed and restored version, as lavish and spectacular as ever thanks to the painstaking archival work of the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Stiftung and the discovery of 25 minutes of footage previously thought lost to the world. Lang's enduring epic can finally be seen for the first time in 83 years as the director originally intended, and as seen by German cinema-goers in 1927. Blu-ray Release Date: November 22nd, 2010

Salon Kitty BD - Captain Wallenberg (Helmut Berger, CONVERSATION PIECE) is assigned the task of training twenty German women for employment in the brothel of Madam Kitty (Ingrid Thulin, WILD STRAWBERRIES). Unbeknown to her, Wallenberg has had her club fitted with listening devices to keep tabs on the loyalties of Nazi soldiers (but Wallenberg also uses it for some blackmail on the side). One of the girls, Margheritia (Teresa Ann Savoy, CALIGULA) falls for Hans (Bekim Fehmiu, THE EXECUTIONER), a soldier who plans to defect. When Margherita learns that Wallenberg overheard Hans' plans and had him murdered, she plots revenge with the help Kitty's help. Blu-ray Release Date: November 23rd, 2010

Four in a Jeep - Winner of the 1st Berlin International Film Festival - Golden Bear (Drama). Nominated at the 1951 Cannes Film Festival - Palme d'Or! The Soviet Union authorities, who felt insulted by the way the USSR is depicted in the story, protested against the release of the film in April 1951. This was the first film of, actor, Ralph Meeker. DVD Release Date: October 26th, 2010

The Milk of Sorrow - Fausta (Magaly Solier) suffers from “The Milk of Sorrow”, an illness transmitted through mother’s milk by women who’ve been raped during Peru’s Civil Wars. Stricken with the fear that she’s contracted the illness from her mother's breast milk -- Fausta goes to extreme lengths to protect her own sexuality and safety. After her mother’s sudden death, she finds herself compelled to embark on a frightening journey for re-awakening, freedom and wholeness. The Hollywood Reporter wrote, “Gorgeously shot with a plethora of haunting images”. Claudia Llosa directs this Academy Award® Nominee for Best Foreign Film. Winner of the Golden Berlin Bear Award (Best Film) and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 59th Annual Berlin Film Festival. DVD Release Date: December 7th, 2010

RoboGeisha BD - The concept of a robotic geisha is unquestionably a stroke of genius. Clearly, there has always been something other worldly and automaton-like about this unique breed of Japanese woman – and this is aside from their sinister, passively servile relations with men. This idea, paired with the acclaimed director of similarly-themed comedy horror The Machine Girl, seems like a marriage made in gonzo Japanarama heaven. Blu-ray Release date: November 16th, 2010

Perry Mason - Season Five Volume 2 - Perry Mason is an attorney who specializes in defending seemingly indefensible cases. With the aid of his secretary Della Street and investigator Paul Drake, he often finds that by digging deep, startling facts can be revealed. Often relying on his outstanding courtroom skills, he often tricks or traps people into unwittingly admitting their guilt. DVD Release Date: November 16th, 2010

Escape From Zahrain - In a strife-torn Arab state, fanatical loyalists of a nationalist leader (Yul Brynner) attack a police van transporting him to prison and aid his escape into the deadly Arabian Desert. Escaping with him are fellow death row prisoners Huston (Jack Warden), a swashbuckling American who had embezzled a fortune from the Zahrain Oil Company and Tahar (Anthony Caruso), a sadistic maniac. Sal Mineo (Rebel Without a Cause) plays a student who helps the fugitives flee the pursuant police in a stolen ambulance. DVD Release Date: December 7th, 2010

Fantasia BD - Walt Disney’s timeless masterpiece is an extravaganza of sight and sound, now brilliantly presented in high definition with an all-new digital restoration. With Blu-ray you can finally experience Fantasia the way Walt envisioned. Plus, an exploration of the new Disney Family Museum and dynamic bonus features allow generations of moviegoers to enjoy this musical masterpiece like never before. No family’s Disney Blu-ray collection is complete without Fantasia so see the music come to life, hear the pictures burst into song and experience the excitement that is Fantasia over and over again through the magic of Blu-ray. Blu-ray Release date: November 8th, 2010

Mutiny on the Bounty BD - Expertly crafted and brilliantly acted, MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY is one of the most durable and engrossing adventure films ever made. For the first and only time in motion-picture history, three actors from the same film--Gable, Laughton, and Tone--were nominated for Oscars in the Best Actor division. Lloyd's rich direction captures the exotic South Sea island of Tahiti and the rigors of the hardscrabble voyage and gives the cast its full head (Digges is especially good). Gable, in splendid form, was originally afraid of wearing breeches and a small ponytail, and he also thought his American accent would stand out too much. (If anything, it works by contributing to a certain xenophobia in his struggles against the unhandsome and genuinely British Laughton.) Blu-ray Release date: November 16th, 2010

Brotherhood - Though Nicolo Donato's impressive debut, "Brotherhood," inevitably will be called "the gay neo-Nazi movie," such a reductive description does the film a disservice. While the film does track the unlikely sexual relationship between two members of a violent racist organization, it's Donato's assured direction, plus the superb thesping on display, that sets "Brotherhood" above what could have been either fetishistic or far-fetched. The winner of Rome's top prize, the pic could see strong Euro and bicoastal arthouse play, though some auds may be uncomfortable with the theme and the palpable passion. DVD Release Date: November 16th, 2010

The Left Hand of God - While Bogart had his best-known classics - The Maltese Falcon and Casablanca - behind him, his consistently healthy career had undergone a late bloom in the 1950s, with films such as 1951's The African Queen (for which he won the Best Actor Oscar) and the aforementioned Caine Mutiny. With the latter film, meanwhile, Dmytryk had been able to pull himself out of the controversy that had mired his career since he was blacklisted by HUAC in 1947 as one of the Hollywood Ten. He spent time in prison, but testified again in 1951, an act that adversely affected the lives of several industry colleagues. He never escaped the shadow of this act, but was able to consolidate his position as a Hollywood director again. DVD Release Date: October 18th, 2010

The Blue Dahlia - Ladd's returning war veteran stalks stoically down those mean streets once more in search of the killer of his wife (Dowling), a faithless floozie undeserving of his concern. Raymond Chandler's script never quite recovers from the Navy Department's objection to having Ladd's war-wounded buddy Bendix, wandering around with a steel plate in his head and intermittent amnesia, turn out to have done the killing (out of outraged loyalty to his friend, then blanking it out in his memory). The plot rewrite involves one or two arbitrary connections and a much less satisfactory conclusion. A fine hardboiled thriller for all that, with excellent dialogue and performances, and much more apt direction from Marshall than one might expect. Koch media DVD Release Date: May 9th, 2008

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets BD - Book of Secrets begins a couple years after the first movie left off. Ben (Nicholas Cage) and Abigail (Diane Kruger) have broken up (she gets the house; he gets the end tables.) Riley (Justin Bartha) has just published his book about finding the treasure from their first adventure, but somehow isn’t getting the credit he desires. Ben and his father (Jon Voigt) are on a speaking tour. Just when the Gates family name is no longer associated with crackpots along comes Mitch Wilkinson (Ed Harris) who has his own issues with who did what to whom. Blu-ray Release dates: May 20th, 2008, February 8th, 2011

The Twilight Zone Season 2 BD - All 29 episodes of the second season of Rod Serling’s classic, groundbreaking series, now presented in pristine high-definition for the first time ever, along with hours of new and exclusive bonus features not available anywhere else! New, Blu-ray exclusive features: new commentaries, featuring The Twilight Zone Companion author Marc Scott Zicree, author and film historian Gary Gerani (Fantastic Television), author and music historian Steven C. Smith (A Heart at Fire's Center: The Life and Music of Bernard Herrmann), music historians John Morgan and William T. Stromberg, writer/producer David Simkins (Lois and Clark, Dark Angel), writer Mark Fergus (Children of Men, Iron Man), actor William Reynolds and director Ted Post Interviews with actors Dana Dillaway, Suzanne Lloyd, Beverly Garland and Ron Masak Tales of Tomorrow episode "What You Need" Part 2 of the 1978 vintage audio interview with Director of Photography George T. Clemens. Blu-ray Release date: November 16th, 2010

Enchanted BD - Life is idyllic in the fairytale world where conflict is minimal and breaking into song solves every problem, but what happens when a princess from the fairy world gets magically transported into the real world? Enchanted begins in the animated fairytale world of Andalasia where Princess Giselle (Amy Adams) is destined to marry Prince Edward (James Marsden) and live happily ever after. Problem is, Edward's step-mother Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon) doesn't want to give up the throne and will do anything to get Giselle out of Edward's life. Queen Narissa's solution is to push Giselle into a well that magically lands Giselle smack in the middle of the real world--the center of Time Square in New York City, to be exact. Blu-ray Release date: March 18th, 2008 / February 8th, 2011

Bodyguards and Assassins BD - The year is 1906. While San Francisco endured one of the most celebrated earthquakes of modern times, China was facing one of its own: the rise of Sun Yat Sun and the rebellion he fomented against hundreds of years of dynastic rule. The setting of Bodyguards and Assassins (a title that inadvertently and unhappily suggests something in the way of an Nintendo fantasy role playing game) is Hong Kong. The players are ordinary people caught up on one side or the other of revolution. Blu-ray Release date: May 11th, 2010

National Treasure BD - Like a Hardy Boys mystery on steroids, National Treasure offers popcorn thrills and enough boyish charm to overcome its rampant silliness. Although it was roundly criticized as a poor man's rip-off of Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Da Vinci Code, it's entertaining on its own ludicrous terms, and Nicolas Cage proves once again that one actor's infectious enthusiasm can compensate for a multitude of movie sins. The contrived plot involves Cage's present-day quest for the ancient treasure of the Knights Templar, kept secret through the ages by Freemasons past and present. Finding the treasure requires the theft of the Declaration of Independence (there are crucial treasure clues on the back, of course!), so you can add "caper comedy" to this Jerry Bruckheimer production's multi-genre appeal. Blu-ray Re-issue release date: February 8th, 2011

A Man Escaped BD - Based on the true story of Resistance fighter André Devigny, who was imprisoned and sentenced to death by the Nazis during the Second World War, the film reconstructs his actual cell at Montluc, the fortress in Lyons which would later house the war criminal Klaus Barbie, and follows his meticulous plans for escape. Bresson totally involves the viewer in this compelling and thrilling tale of courage and faith, which is all the more authentic for its use of non-professional actors and the director's sparse style. The film's stunning denouement, to the accompaniment of Mozart's sublime Mass in C Minor, is spiritually moving and succeeds in taking the story onto a different plane. Blu-ray Release Date: November 2nd, 2010

La Horde BD - Police searching for some bloodthirsty criminals instead find themselves battling the walking dead in this action-packed horror vehicle from France. Franck Jimenez (Aurelien Recoing) is a Parisian police officer dealing with the death of his partner, Mathias Rivoallan. Jimenez suspects that Rivoallan was murdered by a band of ruthless gangsters led by the Markudis Brothers, Adewale (Eriq Ebouaney) and Bola (Doudou Masta), who operate out of a decaying housing project on the outskirts of town. Rivoallan's wife is also convinced the Murkudis pulled the trigger, and so Jimenez brings together a handful of fellow cops to enact their own personal justice against the mobsters. Jimenez plans a raid on the Markudis' headquarters with the help of Aurore (Claude Perron), a female officer who'd had an affair with Rivoallan, and two other cops, Ouessem (Jean-Pierre Martins) and Tony (Antoine Oppenheim). However, when the cops launch their vigilante raid, they met with a response they never anticipated -- a pack of ravenous zombies has laid claim to the apartment block, and avenging their fallen partner takes a backseat to saving their own lives. Blu-ray Release Date: October 26th, 2010

-30- - It’s ideal for the brisk style of Jack Webb (Dragnet) – a world Webb explores in a film taking its title from the “-30-” reporters place at the end of a story. In -30-, newshounds race against the clock to fill the empty page with stories that will become part of America’s next morning alongside a cup of coffee. Webb leads the way, playing the night editor of a big-city paper whose staff includes William Conrad, David Nelson, Joe Flynn and Richard Deacon. From 3 PM till midnight, they’ll ride the adrenaline rush of dramas that shape the world and their own lives. Come next day, they’ll gladly do it again. DVD Release Date: September 21st, 2010

The Mafu Cage - Academy Award winner LEE GRANT (IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT, SHAMPOO) stars with Academy Award nominee CAROL KANE (DOG DAY AFTERNOON, WHEN A STRANGER CALLS) in this psychological thriller directed by Emmy winner KAREN ARTHUR (LADY BEWARE, LEGACY) . Cissy (Kane) and Ellen (Grant) are daughters of a deceased African primatologist who kept wild animals in a cage in his living room. Mentally unbalanced, Cissy virtually lives in this exotic 'Mafu Cage', crowded with hothouse plants and strange African artifacts. Ellen is obsessed with the caretaking of Cissy and must keep a constant watch on her sister's unpredictable personality. When Ellen's co-worker, David (James Olson-THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN, RAGTIME), begins making romantic advances towards Ellen, Cissy believes the man poses a threat to the sisters' relationship. The disturbed Cissy ensnares David in the Mafu Cage and sujects him to a series of horrific, and deadly rituals! DVD Release Date: October 25th, 2010

Sweet William - Ann (Jenny Agutter, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, LOGAN'S RUN, WALKABOUT) has few romantic prospects after her boyfriend leaves England for a teaching job in New York. Ann's life changes swiftly, though, after a random meeting with William (Sam Waterston, Academy Award Nominee THE KILLING FIELDS, CAPRICORN ONE, TV's LAW AND ORDER), a handsome, magnetic, and charming divorced young man she meets at a school concert. DVD Release Date: September 28th, 2010

Zombie Nightmare - Tony Washington (Thor) foils a robbery at a local grocery store only to be run over and killed by a group of savage suburban teens. But the horror has only just begun, for in the darkest recesses of Tony's backyard, a voodoo ceremony takes place which resurrects Tony into a superhuman zombie avenger. One by one, Tony's ruthless killers are graphically and brutally murdered as the undead Tony takes his gory revenge! The stage is set for a bone-chilling climax as the authorities (Adam West and Frank Dietz) finally come face to face with the dead rising from the grave. DVD Release Date: October 25th, 2010
 

 Next 4 weeks on the Calendar

November 15th, 2010

 

A Town Called Panic (Stéphane Aubier + Vincent Patar, 2009) R2 UK Optimum

Avatar [Blu-ray] (Three-Disc Extended Collector's Edition) - 20th Century Fox

Barking Water (Sterlin Harjo, 2009) Kino

Brotherhood (Nicolo Donato, 2009) Olive Films

The Chaplin Revue - Restored Edition - Shoulders Arms, A Dogs Life, The Pilgrim, Sunnyside, A Day's Pleasure, The Idle Class, Pay Day - R2 UK Park Circus

The Circus [Blu-ray] (Charles Chaplin, 1928) RB UK Park Circus

City Lights [Blu-ray] (Charles Chaplin, 1931) RB UK Park Circus (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Cunning Little Vixen (Brian Large, 1995) - Kultur Video

The Endless Summer Re-Mastered- Director's Special Edition 2 Disc Set (Bruce Brown, 1966) - Monterey Video

The Extra Man [Blu-ray] (Shari Springer Berman, 2010) Magnolia

Eyes Wide Open (Haim Tabakman, 2009) First Run Features

Falling Down [Blu-ray] (Joel Schumacher, 1993) Warner (BEAVER REVIEW)

The Fifth Element [Blu-ray] (Luc Besson, 1997) Sony Pictures

The Kids Are All Right [Blu-ray] (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010) Focus Features

Modern Times (Charles Chaplin, 1936) Criterion

Modern Times [Blu-ray] (Charles Chaplin, 1936) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Monte Walsh (William A. Fraker, 1970) Paramount (BEAVER REVIEW)

Mutiny on the Bounty [Blu-ray] (Frank Lloyd, 1935) Warner

The Night of the Hunter (Charles Laughton, 1955) Criterion

The Night of the Hunter [Blu-ray] (Charles Laughton, 1955) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

Perry Mason: Season 5 V.2 - Paramount (BEAVER REVIEW)

RoboGeisha [Blu-ray] (Noboru Iguchi, 2009) Funimation Prod (BEAVER REVIEW)

Sherlock Jr. (1924)/ Three Ages (1923) [Blu-ray] - Kino

Spirits of the Dead [Blu-ray] (Federico Fellini, Louis Malle + Roger Vadim, 1968) Region FREE UK Arrow Films (BEAVER REVIEW)

Twilight Zone: Season Two [Blu-ray] - Image Entertainment (BEAVER REVIEW)

The World at War [Blu-ray] (1973) [9-disc] A&E Home Video

 

 

 

November 22nd, 2010

 

America Lost & Found-BBS Story Collection [Blu-ray] (Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Last Picture Show, The King of Marvin Gardens, Head; Drive, He Said; A Safe Place) Criterion (BEAVER REVIEW)

A Bay of Blood [Blu-ray] (Mario Bava, 1971) RB UK Arrow Video

Countdown to Zero [Blu-ray] (Lucy Walker, 2010) - Magnolia

The Disappearance of Alice Creed [Blu-ray] (J Blakeson, 2009) Anchor Bay/Starz

The Expendables [Blu-ray] (Sylvester Stallone, 2010) Lions Gate

The Fall (John Krueger , 2010) Osiris Entertainment

The Hunting Party [Blu-ray] (Richard Shepard, 2007) Weinstein

The Complete Metropolis [Blu-ray] (Fritz Lang, 1927) Kino (BEAVER REVIEW)

Metropolis Reconstructed & Restored [Blu-ray] (Fritz Lang, 1927) Region 'B' Masters of Cinema (BEAVER REVIEW)

Metropolis Reconstructed & Restored STEELBOOK [Blu-ray] (Fritz Lang, 1927) Region 'B' Masters of Cinema (BEAVER REVIEW)

Peeping Tom Special Edition [Blu-ray] (Michael Powell, 1960) RB UK Optimum

Phantom from Space (W. Lee Wilder, 1953) Music Video Dist

The Phantom Planet (William Marshall, 1961) Music Video Dist

The Pillars of the Earth [Blu-ray] (Mimica Gezzan, 2010) Sony

Planet Outlaws (Norman S. Hall, 1953) Music Video Dist

Salon Kitty [Blu-ray] (Tinto Brass, 1976) E1 (BEAVER REVIEW)

 

 

November 29th, 2010

 

Battle Royale - Special Edition [Blu-ray] (Kinji Fukasaku, 2000) - RB UK Arrow Video

Bee Movie [Blu-ray] (Steve Hickner, Simon J. Smith, 2007) Dreamworks Animated (BEAVER REVIEW)

Best of British Classics - Double Feature Vol 1: (Tomorrow We Live & Inquest) - VCI
Best of British Classics - Double Feature Vol 2: (Naked Fury & Cover Girl Killer) - VCI

Cairo Time [Blu-ray] (Ruba Nadda, 2009) IFC

Enter the Void [Blu-ray] (Gaspar Noé , 2009) RB FR Wild side Video

Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 [Blu-ray] (James Algar, Samuel Armstrong etc.1940/2000) Walt Disney (BEAVER REVIEW)

Kill Zone [Blu-ray] (Wilson Yip, 2005) Dragon Dynasty

Knight and Day [Blu-ray] (James Mangold, 2010) 20th Century Fox

Liverpool (Lisandro Alonso, 2008) Kino

Make-Out with Violence [Blu-ray] (The Deagol Brothers, 2008) Factory 25

Meet John Doe - 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition (Frank Capra, 1941) VCI Entertainment

Meet the Parents [Blu-ray] (Jay Roach, 2000) Universal

Monsters vs Aliens [Blu-ray] (Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon, 2009) Dreamworks Animated (BEAVER REVIEW)

Playtime [Blu-ray] (Jacques Tati, 1967) RB UK BFI

Roger Corman Collection 3 Escape from Prison - Hollywood Select

Shogun Assassin (Dual Format) Limited Edition Steelbook [Blu-ray] (Robert Houston, 1980) - RB UK Eureka Entertainment

The Sicilian Girl (Marco Amenta, 2010) - Music Box Films

La signora di tutti (Max Ophüls, 1934) Masters of Cinema

The Sorcerer's Apprentice [Blu-ray] (Jon Turteltaub, 2010) Walt Disney

Space: 1999: The Complete Season One [Blu-ray] (1975) - A&E Home Video

The Special Relationship (Richard Loncraine, 2010) HBO

Splice [Blu-ray] (Vincenzo Natali, 2009) RB UK Optimum

Les Vacances de M. Hulot [Blu-ray] (Jacques Tati, 1953) RB UK BFI

 

 

December 6th, 2010

 

A Blonde in Love (Milos Forman, 1965) R2 UK Second Run DVD

Ayaka Is Your Angel [Blu-ray] - Studio Happy Chicken

Bach: Well Tempered Clavier (complete) [Blu-ray] [7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio Disc] - MediaInVision

Bastard Swordsman (Chin-Ku Lu, 1983) Funimation

Big River Man (John Maringouin, 2009) IndiePix Films

The Bob Hope Collection - The Lemon Drop Kid (1951), Road to Bali (1952), Road to Rio (1947), My Favorite Brunette (1947), The Seven Little Foys (1955) - Shout! Factory

Cronos (Guillermo del Toro, 1993) Criterion Collection

Cronos [Blu-ray] (Guillermo del Toro, 1993) Criterion Collection

The Deep [Blu-ray] (Peter Yates, 1977) Image Entertainment (BEAVER REVIEW)

Disciples of the 36th Chamber (Chia-Liang Liu, 1985) Weinstein

Escape From Zahrain (Ronald Neame, 1962) - Olive Films (BEAVER REVIEW)

Fox 75th Anniversary Collection (75-film Collection 1935-2010) - 20th Century Fox

Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor and other Fantastic Films by Koji Yamamura - Zeitgeist

Les Gamins [Blu-ray] - Studio Happy Chicken

The General Died at Dawn (Lewis Milestone, 1936) R2 DE Koch Media

Inception [Blu-ray] (Christopher Nolan, 2010) Warner

Inception [Blu-ray] (Christopher Nolan, 2010) Region FREE UK Warner Home Video

Jaffa (Keren Yedaya, 2009) Film Movement

Jess Franco's Cravings Of The Depraved - SRS Cinema
Jess Franco's Erotic Rites Of A Virgin - SRS Cinema
Jess Franco's Naked & Dead Dolls - SRS Cinema
Jess Franco's Stripped Dead - SRS Cinema

Lost in Translation [Blu-ray] (Sofia Coppola, 2003) Universal Studios

Mademoiselle Chambon [Blu-ray] (Stéphane Brizé, 2009) Lorber Films

Milk of Sorrow (Claudia Llosa, 2009) Olive Films (BEAVER REVIEW)

Mutum (Sandra Kogut, 2007) Global Film Initiative

Restrepo [Blu-ray] (Tim Hetherington + Sebastian Junger, 2010) - Virgil Films

Return of Bastard Swordsman (Chin-Ku Lu, 1984) - Funimation Productions

Shrek Forever After [Blu-ray] (Mike Mitchell, 2010) Paramount Pictures

Videodrome [Blu-ray] (DavidCronenberg, 1983) Criterion

The Wasp Woman DVD/Tee (Large) (Roger Corman, 1959) Synergy

White Material [Blu-ray] (Claire Denis, 2009) RB UK Artificial Eye

You and Me (Fritz Lang, 1938) R2 DE Koch Media

 

     
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