This Weeks Pick:Youth in Revolt Tale of a young man who gets in touch with his inner bad boy in order to win the girl of his dreams. Nick Twisp is a unique, but affable teen with a taste for the finer things in life -- like Sinatra and Fellini -- who falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful, free-spirited Sheeni Saunders while on a family vacation. But family, geography and jealous ex-lovers conspire to keep these two apart. With Sheeni's encouragement, Nick abandons his dull, predictable life and develops a rebellious alter ego: Francois. With his ascot, his moustache and his cigarette, Francois will stop at nothing to be with Sheeni, and leads Nick Twisp on a path of destruction with unpredictable consequences. Vitals: Director: Miguel Arteta. Stars: Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart, Zach Galifianakis, Erik Knudsen, Adhir Kalyan, Steve Buscemi, Fred Willard, Ari Graynor, Ray Liotta, M. Emmet Walsh. 2010, CC, MPAA rating: R, 90 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $15.281 million, The Weinstein Co./Sony.  | | |
Air Bud: World Pup: Special Edition (2000) Kevin Zegers, Dale Midkiff, David Glyn-Jones, Caitlin Wachs. After meeting Molly and having puppies, the hotshot hound is in for an all-new challenge as he joins his teenage owner Josh on the field in pursuit of the state soccer championship. Extras: "The Buddies Sports Channel: Soccer Edition," "Making of Air Bud World Pup" featurette, in-pack "Air Bud" sport cinch bag. (Disney).
American Dad! Volume 5 (2009-10) Three-disc set with 14 episodes, $39.98. Extras: Cast and crew commentary on each episode, uncensored audio on select episodes, deleted scenes, "Power Hour Drinking Game." (Fox).
Aqua Teen Hunger Force: Volume 7 (2009-10) Single disc with 11 episodes of the hit animated Adult Swim series, $29.98. (Warner).
The Best Years: The Complete Second Season (2009) Two-disc set with 13 episodes, $24.98. (E1 Entertainment).
Big Bird, Little Bird (2010) Features 13 soothing songs by singer-songwriter Sara Hickman for children ages newborn to five, brought to life through bright, bold computer animation. Based on her award-winning CD, "Newborn." $14.95. Extras: Fourteen short parenting tips from Hickman, a former certified parenting instructor.
The Book of Eli (2010) Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals, Evan Jones. Extras: "The Lost Tales," "Starting Over," "Eli's Journey," deleted scenes. Also available in a Blu-ray Combo Pack. (Warner).
Cartoon Network Hall of Fame Johnny Bravo: Season One (1997) Two-disc set with 13 episodes, $24.98. Extras: "Bringing Up Bravo" documentary, commentary, Johnny Bravo original pencil tests, Seth McFarlane audio track. (Warner).
Collapse (2009) Documentary on Michael Ruppert, a police officer turned independent reporter who predicted the current financial crisis in his self-published newsletter five years ago when he was a cry in the wilderness about peak oil, the real estate and credit bubbles. Now, Ruppert warns of a new meltdown, one rooted in economics, covert U.S. policies and a seemingly inevitable oil shortage that may lead us all toward unprecedented global disaster. Is he a prophet who can clearly see America's terrifying future, or a conspiracy theorist fueled by fear and paranoia? "It's not that Bernie Madoff is a pyramid scheme. The whole economy is a pyramid scheme" -- Ruppert. $19.98. (MPI Media).
Control Alt Delete (2009) Tyler Labine, Sonja Bennett, Alisen Down, Laura Bertram. A young man develops a sexual fetish for his computer. (E1 Entertainment).
Divided Heaven (1964 -- German) Based on Christa Wolf's internationally acclaimed novel and criticized in the GDR (East Germany) for questioning the construction of the Wall, "Divided Heaven" was made during a brief cultural thaw in the early 1960s. Strongly influenced by French Nouvelle Vague cinema, this classic film directed by the legendary Konrad Wolf was praised by critics as one of Germany's 100 most important films. After a breakdown, Rita returns to her childhood village and, as she recovers, she remembers the past two years: her love for the chemist Manfred, 10 years her senior; his enthusiasm about his new chemical process, which turned to bitter disappointment in the face of rejection; his escape to West Berlin a few weeks before the Wall was built; and his hope that she would follow him. (First Run features).
Everwood: The Complete Third Season (2004-05) Five-disc set with 22 episodes,$39.98. Extras: Unaired scenes, bloopers. (Warner). Family Guy: Volume 8 (2008-10) Three--disc set with 15 episodes from the seventh and eighth seasons, $49.98. Extras: Commentary on every episode, uncensored audio on select episodes, deleted scenes, "Family Guy Karaoke," more. (Fox).
HawthoRNe: The Complete First Season (2009) Three-disc set with 10 episodes, $34.95. Extras: Seven featurettes: "All in a Day's Work: A Conversation With Jada Pinkett Smith," "Inside Richmond Trinity," "Get to Know the Cast of HawthoRNe," "HawthoRNe Medical School," "Male Nurses," "Shooting a Scene: Visual Effects," "HawthoRNe's Heroes." (Sony).
Leave It to Beaver: Season Three (1959-60) Six-disc set with 39 episodes, $39.97. Extras: Interview with Jerry Mathers and Frank Bank from Shokus Internet Radio's "Stu's Show." (Shout! Factory)
Lewis Black: Stark Raving Black (2010) New comedy special taped in Detroit in August 2009, featuring the inimitable rantings and ravings from the king of the grumpy old men. $16.99. Extras: "Basic Black" documentary. (Paramount).
MacGyver: The TV Movies. Richard Dean Anderson, Sophie Ward, Brian Blessed, Beatie Edney, Peter Egan. Two TV movies that followed the series finale: "MacGyver -- The Lost Treasure of Atlantis" and "MacGyver -- Trail to Doomsday." $19.95. (CBS/Paramount).
Mary and Max (2009) Voices of Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Barry Humphries, Bethany Whitmore. Writer-director Adam Elliot brings the unique stop-motion style he forged in his Academy Award-winning short "Harvie Krumpet" to a feature about the unlikeliest of friendships. In 1970s suburban Melbourne, lonely 8-year-old Mary Daisy Dinkle, the only child of an alcoholic mother and a distant father, picks a name at random out of a Manhattan phone book and writes to him. The recipient is Max Jerry Horovitz, an obese 44-year-old single man who, despite suffering from Asperger's syndrome, responds in kind. Thus begins a strange yet mutually supportive -- and at times strained -- pen-pal relationship that spans 20 years and two continents and touches on issues and concerns ranging from autism and alcoholism to taxidermy, kleptomania, religion, agoraphobia and where babies corne from. Extras: "Harvie Krumpet." Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (IFC/MPI Media Group).
Max & Ruby: A Visit with Grandma (2010) Four new episodes of the Nick series, in which Max & Ruby go on an awesome treasure hunt, make "mudpies" and perform their very own recital in the backyard. The animated comedy series is based on the children's books by Rosemary Wells, and each episode centers on Max, a determined 3-year-old bunny, and his big sister, Ruby, a smart, goal-oriented 7-year-old. The show offers an empowering message for children by showing Max and Ruby playing together and resolving their differences in ways that are respectful and supportive. $16.99. (Paramount).
Mystery Train (1989) Dir.: Jim Jarmusch; Masatoshi Nagase, Youki Kudoh, Nicoletta Braschi, Elizabeth Bracco, Joe Strummer, Rick Aviles, Steve Buscemi, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Royale Johnson, Winston Hoffman. Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams -- which, in "Mystery Train," from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis. Made with its director's customary precision and wit, "Mystery Train" is a triptych of stories that pay playful tribute to the home of Stax Records, Sun Studio, Graceland, Carl Perkins, and, of course, the King himself, who presides over the film like a spirit. "Mystery Train" is one of Jarmusch's very best movies, a boozy and beautiful pilgrimage to an iconic American ghost town and a paean to the music it gave the world. New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Jim Jarmusch. Extras: Q&A with Jarmusch, in which he responds to questions sent in by fans; original documentary on "Mystery Train's" locations and Memphis's rich social and musical history; on-set photos by Masayoshi Sukita, and behind-the-scenes photos; a booklet featuring essays by writers Peter Guralnick and Dennis Lim, as well as a collectible poster. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (The Criterion Collection).
The Real Story: Escape From Alcatraz (2009) Explores the fascinating true tale behind one of history's most infamous prison breaks, in which three inmates escaped the island prison at Alcatraz. Features interviews with key individuals, including Darwin Coon, the inmate who assisted them, the wardens who discovered them missing and the FBI agents who tried to track them down. $12.98. (Infinity Entertainment Group).
Sanctuary: The Complete Second Season (2009-10) Four-disc set with 13 episodes, $44.98. Extras: Commentaries on all 13 episodes with cast and crew including Amanda Tapping, creator Damian Kindler, director Martin Wood; multiple making-of featurettes; a "Robin Dunne Video Diary"; outtakes/bloopers reel; international promos/trailers. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds an interactive green screen on select episodes. (E1 Entertainment).
The Secret Life of the American Teenager: Volume 4 (2010) Three-disc set with 12 episodes, $39.99. (Disney).
Sex Positive (2008) Documentary explores the life of Richard Berkowitz, a revolutionary gay sex worker turned AIDS activist in the 1980s, whose incomparable contribution to safe sex has never been aptly credited. (E1 Entertainment).
Showgirls: 15th Anniversary Sinsational Edition (1995) Dir.: Paul Verhoven; Elizabeth Berkley, Kyle MacLachlan, Gina Gershon, Glenn Plummer, Robert Davi, Alan Rachins. Two-disc set includes Blu-ray and standard DVD. Extras: "Pole Dancing: Finding Your Inner Stripper," "Lap Dance Tutorial Featuring the World-Famous Girls of Scores," "The Greatest Movie Ever Made: A Commentary by David Schmader," "Showgirls Fact-Up Trivia," "A Showgirls Diary." (MGM).
Sister's Keeper (2007) Kent Faulcon, Denise Boutte, Eric Roberts. A hit man sent to a small Southern town to eliminate a beautiful English teacher is mistaken for her long-lost brother, and he finds himself drawn into her frank and colorful family, causing him to have to choose between executing what should be an easy murder-for-hire and trying to solve the mystery of who would want the innocent woman dead. (MTI Home Video).
When in Rome (2010) Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Huston, Will Arnett, Jon Heder, Dax Shepard, Alexis Dziena, Kate Micucci, Peggy Lipton, Luca Calvani. Extras: "Kerplunk! Bloopers From Rome," deleted scenes, music videos. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds alternate opening and ending, "Crazy Casanovas: Mischief From the Set," extended scenes, additional deleted scenes. (Disney).
Yo Gabba Gabba!: Clubhouse (2010) Join Muno, Foofa, Brobee, Toodee and Plex as they build an awesome clubhouse; travel through the jungle on a wild adventure and play with silly animals in the all-new Nickelodeon release featuring four episodes. Includes performances by musical guests Erykah Badu, The Killers, Jimmy Eat World and more. $16.99. (Paramount).
Youth in Revolt (2010) Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart, Zach Galifianakis, Erik Knudsen, Adhir Kalyan, Steve Buscemi, Fred Willard, Ari Graynor, Ray Liotta, M. Emmet Walsh. Extras: Commentary by director Miguel Arteta and Michael Cera, deleted scenes, deleted and extended animated sequences, audition footage. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds movieIQ+sync BD-LIVE. (The Weinstein Co./Sony).
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