Harry Brown Revenge flick. Set in modern day Britain, "Harry Brown" follows one man's journey through a chaotic world where teenage violence runs rampant. In this desolate urban wasteland, the residents live in fear of the drug dealers who rule the streets ... and the police offer little protection. As a modest, law abiding citizen, Brown lives alone; his only companion is his best friend Leonard. When Leonard is killed -- and Inspector Alice Frampton ("Shutter Island") can't convict the thugs who killed Harry's best friend, he decides to take the law into his own hands. Using skills honed as a Royal Marine, Harry begins to serve his own brand of justice, and no one will stop him. Vitals: Director: Daniel Barber. Stars: Michael Caine, Emily Mortiner, David Bradley, Iain Glen, Charlie Creed-Miles, Sean Harris, Ben Drew. 2010, CC, MPAA rating: R, 103 min., Thriller, Box office gross: $1.604 million, Sony. | | |
THIS WEEK'S DVD RELEASES:
Beatdown (2010) Rudy Youngblood, Michael Bisping, Susie Abromeit, Eric Balfour, Danny Trejo. Respected street fighter Brandon finds himself the target of dangerous gangsters who murdered his brother. He's forced to flee the city and hides out at his father's house in a small Southern town, where he soon gets involved in the local underground cage-fighting circuit and devises a way to get revenge. Extras: Behind the scenes featurette, "On the Set of Beatdown With Michael Bisping" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Lionsgate).
Brother & Sisters: The Complete Fourth Season (2009-10) Six-disc set with 24 episodes, $45.99. Extras: Bloopers, Deleted Scenes, "Off the Clock" quality time with the cast and crew at three events off-set, "The Red Carpet" behind-the-scenes red carpet event at their Season 4 premiere party. (Disney).
FlashForward: The Complete Series (2009-10) Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $59.99. Extras: "Creating a Catastrophe: The Effects of a Global Blackout," "FlashForward: A Look Ahead," commentary, "Architects of Destiny," "Meet Yuko," "FlashForward" on set, interviews from the Mosaic Collective, blooper reel, deleted scenes. (Disney).
For My Wife ... (2008) Feature documentary chronicling the making of an activist. After the tragic death of her wife, Charlene Strong was thrust into the spotlight becoming a powerful voice for the equal rights of same-sex couples and their families, resulting in the passage of Washington State's historic Domestic Partnership legislation. $19.95. Extras: Gloria Steinem on marriage equality, "Meet the Filmmakers," more. (Cinema Libre).
French Film (2008) Hugh Bonneville, Victoria Hamilton, Douglas Henshall, Anne-Marie Duff. A comedy about how French and English cultures differ in their attitudes on relationships. (IFC Films).
Go, Diego, Go!: Diego's Ultimate Rescue League (2010) Three new-to-DVD episodes with the Animal Rescue League as they help Diego and his friends undergo a test to earn a World Rescuers' patch; help Bottlenose become an ocean animal rescuer by saving the ocean animals from a tsunami-like wave and a devastating oil spill; and climb a treacherous mountain to reunite Prince Vicuna with his parents, $16.99. (Paramount).
Harry Brown (2010) Michael Caine, Emily Mortiner, David Bradley, Iain Glen, Charlie Creed-Miles, Sean Harris, Ben Drew. Extras: Deleted scenes; commentary by Michael Caine, director Daniel Barber and producer Kris Thykier. Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds movieIQ+sync. (Sony).
House: Season Six (2009-10) Five-disc set with 21 episodes, $59.98. Extras: Commentaries, featurettes: "Before Broken: An Eclusive Original Short," "A Different POV: Hugh Laurie Directs," "New Faces in a New House" and "A New House for House." Also available on Blu-ray Disc, which adds "A Beginner's Guide to Diagnostic Medicine" multi-disc picture-in-picture feaure, "Crazy Cool Episode: Epic Fail" featurette. (Universal).
iCarly: iSpace Out (2010) Six episodes of the very popular Nickelodeon series, $16.99. (Paramount).
The Judy Garland Show: Volume Five (1963-64) Featured guests in this star-studded, medley-filled two-episode set are Steve Allen, Mel Torme, Jayne Meadows, Diahann Carroll. Restored and digitally remastered from the original videotapes and digitally remixed sound in 5.1 surround sound. $19.98. (Infinity Entertainment).
Made for Each Other (2009) Bijou Phillips, Christopher Masterson, Lauren German. Comedy about an upstanding, hard-working young man who cheats on his beautiful new wife -- and then desperately searches for someone for her to cheat on him with! The question is: who will he choose to bed her? (IFC Films).
Marmaduke (2010) Lee Pace, Judy Greer, voices of Owen Wilson, George Lopez, Keifer Sutherland, Fergie. Extras: "Cowabarka! Surfing Dogs," "Canine Casting," deleted scenes. Also available in a Blu-Ray Disc/DVD Combo Pack, which adds "Marmaduke Mayhem!" gag reel, "Puppy Marmaduke and Kitty Carlos: Home Movies." (Fox).
The Middle (2009-10) Three-disc set with 24 episodes, $44.98. Extras: Featurettes, unaired scenes, gag reel. (Warner).
NCIS: Los Angeles -- The First Season (2009) Six-disc set with 24 episodes, $64.99. Extras: Parts 1 and 2 of the crossover episode "Legend" from "NCIS," which first introduced viewers to the Los Angeles team; behind-the-scenes features. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (CBS/Paramount).
OSS 117: Lost in Rio (2009 -- French) Jean Dujardin, Louise Monot, Rudiger Vogler. Sequel to the 2006 satirical spy spoof "OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies," which was a smash in its native France and a cult hit in the U.S. "Lost in Rio" once again stars French comedy sensation Dujardin as the ever-absurd Agent OSS 117. In his latest outing, it's 1967 and OSS 117's mission finds him partnering with a sexy Israeli Mossad agent (Monot) and traveling to swinging Rio de Janeiro to track down a roll of elusive microfilm and capture a high-ranking Nazi officer (Vogler) who has gone into exile in Brazil. Extras: Making-of featurette, blooper reel, deleted scenes. (Music Box Films).
Parenthood: Season One (2010) Three-disc set with 13 episodes, $39.98. (Universal).
A Quiet Little Marriage (2008) Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Cy Carter, Jimmi Simpson, Michael O'Neill. The future looks bright for a young and attractive Los Angeles couple, but beneath the surface of their wonderful life is a tangle of secrets, lies and pain. (IFC Films).
The Red Riding Trilogy (2009) Three films come together to form one overwhelming cinematic experience about a mysterious -- and perhaps related -- series of gruesome crimes in Northern England. Based on events that occurred over a turbulent decade in the West Riding district of Yorkshire, England, the films present a dark and disturbing world of serial murders, child abductions and police corruption. The three films are connected by recurring events and characters, chiefly a deeply conflicted police detective, Maurice Jobson (David Morrissey), and ruthless high-ranking official Harold Angus (Jim Carter). Three directors use a different method for each film: Julian Jarrold ("Becoming Jane") shoots in 16mm film for 1974; James Marsh ("Man on Wire") in 35mm for 1980; and Anand Tucker ("Leap Year," "Shopgirl") in digital video for 1983. In the end, they've created a modern crime epic in which no one escapes undamaged. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (IFC Films and MPI Media Group).
Sons of Anarchy Season Two (2009) Four-disc set with 13 episodes, $59.98. Extras: Deleted Scenes, "John the Revelator" music video, gag reel, commentary on select episodes, "The Moral Code of Sons of Anarchy," "A Night Out With the Crew at Happy Endings Bar," "Sons of Anarchy Happy Ending Roundtable." Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Fox).
Strawberry Shortcake: The Glimmerberry Ball Movie and Strawberry Shortcake: Berrywood Here We Come (2010) Two new Strawberry Shortcake features, $14.98 each. (Fox).
Tormented (2009) Alex Pettyfer, April Pearson, Dimitri Leonidas, Calvin Dean. A bullied teenager comes back from the dead to take revenge on his classmates. (IFC Films).
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? (2010) Janet Jackson, Michael Jai White, Tyler Perry, Tasha Smmith, Richard T. Jones, Louis Gossett Jr., Sharon Leal, Jill Scott, Denise Boutte, Malik Yoba, Cicely Tyson, Keesha Sharp. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Lionsgate).
The Vampire Diaries: The Complete First Season (2009-10) Five-disc set with 22 episodes, $59.98. Extras: Four featurettes, unaired scenes, commentary, gag reel, more. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Warner).
The Waiting Room (2007) Anne-Marie Duff, Rupert Graves. Two complete strangers, Anna and Stephen, are brought together by chance by an elderly man who waits for his wife on a train station platform. (IFC Films).
Water Wars: When Drought, Flood and Greed Collide (2009) This timely documentary (particularly in the face of the current, immense flooding in Pakistan)uncovers critical water issues facing humanity. It takes the viewer from the floods and droughts in Bangladesh, to dam building in India, water management in the Netherlands and the latest wake-up call in America: the Katrina disaster and the drought in the Southwest. $19.95. (Cinema Libre).
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