Topic: Blu-ray Release Schedule

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MAR. 23, 2010
Yojimbo (US)
Criterion Collection
Criterion | 1961 | 110 mins | Not rated |




To rid a terror-stricken village of corruption, wily masterless samurai Sanjuro (Toshiro Mifune) turns a range war between two evil clans to his own advantage in Akira Kurosawa’s visually stunning and darkly comic Yojimbo.

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MAR. 23, 2010
Yojimbo / Sanjuro (US)
Yojimbo / Tsubaki Sanjûrô | Criterion Collection
Criterion | 1961-1962 | 206 mins | Not rated |





'Yojimbo' - Thanks to perhaps the most indelible character in Akira Kurosawa’s oeuvre, Yojimbo surpassed even Seven Samurai in popularity when it was released.

'Sanjuro' - Made one year later, Sanjuro matches Yojimbo’s storytelling dexterity, and brings the duo to a thrilling and unforgettable conclusion.

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FEB. 09, 2010
Couples Retreat (US)
Universal Studios | 2009 | 113 mins | Rated PG-13 |




Four Midwestern couples embark on a journey to a tropical island resort. While one of the couples is there to work on their marriage, the other three set out to jet ski, spa and enjoy some fun in the sun. They soon discover that participation in the resort's couples therapy is not optional. Suddenly, their group-rate vacation comes at a price. What follows is a hilarious look at real world problems faced by all couple

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MAR. 23, 2010
Bigger Than Life (US)
Criterion Collection
Criterion | 1956 | 95 mins | Not rated |




When a friendly, successful suburban teacher and father is prescribed cortisone for a painful, possibly fatal affliction, he grows dangerously addicted to the experimental drug, resulting in his transformation into a psychotic and ultimately violent household despot.

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FEB. 02, 2010
Universal Soldier: Regeneration (US)
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 98 mins | Rated R |




Features include:
    * 1080P 2.35:1 Widescreen; English 5.1 DTS-HD MA
    * English and English SDH subtitles
    * Dolph Lundgren and Director Commentary
    * Behind the Lines featurette
    * BD-Live: movieIQ (BD Exclusive)

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MAR. 09, 2010
Evangelion 1.11 - You're Not Alone (US)
Evangerion shin gekijôban: Jo
FUNimation Entertainment | 2007 | 98 mins | Rated PG-13 |

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MAR. 16, 2010
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino Box (US)
gansuringa ga ruiruteatori noburu reibokkusu
FUNimation Entertainment | 2003 | 320 mins | Not rated |

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MAR. 30, 2010
Ouran High School Host Club (US)
FUNimation Entertainment | 625 mins | Not rated |

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MAR. 23, 2010
Nabari No Ou: Complete Series Part 1 (US)
FUNimation Entertainment | 325 mins | Not rated |

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MAR. 16
Unrivaled (US)
Lionsgate Films | Not rated |




On these streets everyone is fighting for a way out, but after a lifetime of hard knocks, a down-on-his-luck cage fighter gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is chosen to compete against the MMA world champion during a massive competition. The stakes are high and the reward great...But should he lose, it will cost him his life.

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FEB. 09
The Stepfather (US)
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 101 mins | Unrated |




When a teenager returns home from military school, he begins to suspect his mother’s new boyfriend is not the charming man he appears to be in this riveting, psychological thriller.

Features include:

    * 1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen
    * English, French (Canadian) and Portuguese (Brazil) 5.1 DTS-HD MA
    * Spanish (Latin Am) DD5.1
    * English, English SDH, French, Portuguese* and Spanish* subtitles (*also on extras)
    * BD-Live: movieIQ
    * Director and Cast Commentary
    * Open House: Making the Film
    * Visualizing the Stunts
    * Gag Reel

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JAN. 19
Element (US)
Music Experience in 3-Dimensional Sound Reality
Surround Records | 2010 | 56 mins | Rated G |

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FEB. 09
A Serious Man (US)
Universal Studios | 2009 | 105 mins | Rated R |

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APR. 06
The Lord of the Rings (US)
Warner Bros. | 1978 | 132 mins | Rated PG |




Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's revered Middle-earth saga captures the dark mood of the books extraordinarily well. The film covers the first half of the trilogy--"The Fellowship of the Ring" and the earlier part of "The Two Towers"--as Frodo (voiced by Christopher Guard), the cousin of Bilbo Baggins from "The Hobbit", is given the all-powerful ring sought by the evil Sauron of Mordor. So begins his adventure, as he must elude Mordor's black riders in an effort to prevent the ring from returning to its owner and thereby signaling the end of Middle-earth. Even with the mighty wizard Gandalf as his ally and faithful friends Merry, Sam, and Pippin by his side, Frodo is still up to his hobbit neck in peril.

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FEB. 23
Analyze This / Analyze That (US)
Warner Bros. | 1999-2002 | 199 mins | Not rated |




Mafia problem, he seeks help from a psychiatrist, Ben Sobel. Sobel isn't keen to help him, but is persuaded. Vitti's problems threaten to postpone Sobel's wedding in Miami, and worse, there is a Mob conference coming up that Vitti may not be in strong enough psychological shape to attend.

'Analyzee That' - Mob boss Paul Vitti is nearing the end of his term in Sing Sing, and the FBI agents monitoring him are baffled. Day after day they watch as New York's most notorious gangland figure walks around his cell in a semi–catatonic stupor, occasionally breaking into songs from West Side Story. Is Vitti having a nervous breakdown because of recent threats on his life by a rival family, or is his odd behavior merely a foxy ploy to get him sprung from jail early? The FBI isn't sure, and neither is his former psychotherapist Ben Sobel, who gets called in to consult on the case. The last time Sobel treated Vitti, he tried to get to the source of his debilitating anxiety attacks, but barely scratched the surface. It will take time to examine the demons still lurking in Vitti's mind and help put him on the straight and narrow--time that Sobel doesn't want to give. The truth is, Sobel has problems of his own. His father has just died, plunging him into an identity crisis in both his personal and professional lives. Furthermore, he knows his wife Laura will be furious if he allows the unpredictable Vitti back into their lives. But when Vitti is granted a conditional release into Sobel's care and custody, becoming his patient again and--even worse--his houseguest, the reluctant psychiatrist finds that he has no choice, a in order to get peace back in his life, he will have to help the troubled gangster sort out his psyche, find gainful employment and go straight--which proves easier said than done!

Features:
    * 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen
    * English 5.1 DTS-HD MA
    * English DD5.1, French DD5.1 and Spanish DD2.0
    * English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles

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FEB. 23
Dirty Harry / Magnum Force (US)
Warner Bros. | 1971-1973 | 225 mins | Rated R |




'Dirty Harry' - Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is a tough, streetwise San Francisco police detective well known for his vicious take-no-prisoners attitude toward criminals. With the city of San Francisco being terrorized by the psychotic killer known only as Scorpio (Andrew Robinson), Harry is assigned by the mayor (John Vernon) and Lt. Bressler (Harry Guardino) to try to stop him, pairing him with reluctantly accepted new partner Chico (Reni Santoni). Scorpio kidnaps a 14-year-old girl and buries her alive, demanding a $200,000 ransom for her return. Harry is to bring him the money—alone. What follows is one of the most exciting ransom deliveries in film history.

'Magnum Force' - Inspector "Dirty Harry''Callahan links vigilante killings to the San Francisco police force.

Features:
    * 1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen
    * English 5.1 Dolby TrueHD
    * English DD5.1, French DD1.0 and Spanish DD1.0 (Both Castilian and Latin)
    * English, French and Spanish subtitles
    * Dirty Harry – Extras
          o Commentary by Historian/Eastwood Biographer Richard Schickel
          o Acclaimed American Masters Profile Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
          o Vintage Profile Clint Eastwood: The Man from Malpaso Interview Gallery
          o 3 Featurettes: The Long Shadow of Dirty Harry, Dirty Harry’s Way and Dirty Harry: The Original
          o Dirty Harry Movies Trailer Gallery
    * Magnum Force – Extras
          o Commentary by Screenwriter John Milius
          o 2 Featurettes: A Moral Right: The Politics of Dirty Harry and The Hero Cop: Yesterday and Today
          o Dirty Harry Movies Trailer Gallery

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FEB. 23
Presumed Innocent / Frantic (US)
Warner Bros. | 1988-1990 | 247 mins | Rated R |




'Presumed Innocent' - A prosecutor is accused of murdering a beautiful colleague with whom he was having an extramarital affair.

'Frantic' - Roman Polanski's 'Frantic' is an engaging thriller in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock. Harrison Ford plays Richard Walker, a U.S. heart surgeon vacationing with his wife, Sondra (Betty Buckley), in Paris, where he is to attend a medical convention. Sondra suddenly and unexpectedly disappears from the couple's hotel room while Richard is taking a shower, and when she doesn't return after several hours, he decides to report the incident. But neither the French police nor the U.S. embassy offers much help or even appears particularly interested in his dilemma. On the brink of despair, Walker decides to embark on an investigation himself, aided by Michelle (Emmanuelle Seigner), a carefree, seductive gamine who is also mixed up in the case, as he discovers after tracing back to her a mysterious piece of switched luggage that he suspects his wife's kidnappers are after. When the mismatched duo finally succeed in tracking down the perpetrators, it becomes apparent that the stakes in this extortion scheme are far higher than they imagined.

Features:
    * 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen
    * English 2.0 DTS-HD MA
    * English DD2.0 and Spanish DD1.0
    * English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles

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FEB. 23
Grumpy Old Men / Grumpier Old Men (US)
Warner Bros. | 1993-1995 | 204 mins | Not rated |




'Grumpy Old Men' - Two elderly, eccentric, next-door neighbors sustain a rancorous relationship that only a wise observer could recognize as a very special friendship. When a lonely, flamboyant, middle-aged widow moves in across the street from them, the male rivalry begins.

'Grumpier Old Men' - Summertime has come to Wabasha, Minnesota, and mosquito-slapping in canoes has replaced shivering in ice shanties as the local fishing ritual. Even the decades-old battle of one-upmanship between next-door neighbors John Gustafson and Max Goldman has mellowed. With John happily and newly married to Ariel, Max is left without a sparring partner. Until the arrival of Maria Ragetti who has taken over Chuck's legendary bait store and has the unspeakable, sacrilegious notion to threaten the cherished fishing hole and its rustic way of life by converting the store into a romantic Italian ristorante. To keep that from happening, John and Max begin a strategic campaign of innuendo, gossip and sabotage that spreads quickly through town. But the pair aren't prepared for the fortitude of Maria, who has no intention of surrendering so easily. As she returns their volleys, insult-for-insult and prank-for-prank, not only does she threaten to win the war, but to win Max's heart as well.

Features:
    * 1080P 1.85:1 Widescreen
    * English 2.0 DTS-HD MA (Grumpy Old Men) / English 5.1 DTS-HD MA (Grumpier Old Men)
    * French DD2.0 and Spanish DD2.0
    * English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles

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FEB. 23
Miss Congeniality / Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (US)
Warner Bros. | 2000-2005 | 224 mins | Rated PG-13 |




'Miss Congeniality' - After botching up an undercover assignment involving Russian mobsters, less-than- graceful FBI Agent Gracie Hart is placed on desk duty. However, when a terrorist, known only as The Citizen, threatens to disrupt the Miss America pageant, Gracie, unfortunately, is the only agent attractive enough to go undercover posing as Miss New Jersey.

'Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous' - FBI Agent Gracie Hart became an overnight media sensation after she successfully disarmed a threat against the Miss United States Pageant while working undercover as a contestant. But things haven’t been going so well for her lately. Reeling from a broken romance and frustrated to find her newfound fame is jeopardizing the undercover work she loves, Gracie reluctantly let her boss, Agent McDonald, talk her into serving the Bureau in the only way now possible: coifed and styled for the talk show circuit as "€œthe face of the FBI."€ Capitalizing on the greatest PR coup in agency history, the FBI presses their new poster girl into a while of photos ops where she re-enacts her pageant exploits to an adoring public, with the help of her personal stylist Joel to smooth her rougher edges.

Features:
    * 1080P Widescreen (Miss Congeniality - 1.85:1 / Miss Congeniality 2 - 2.40:1)
    * English 5.1 DTS-HD MA
    * English DD5.1, French DD5.1 and Spanish DD2.0
    * English SDH, French and Spanish subtitles

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MAR. 02
2012 (US)
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 158 mins | Rated PG-13 |




From Roland Emmerich, director of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW and INDEPENDENCE DAY, comes the ultimate action-adventure film, exploding with groundbreaking special effects. As the world faces a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions, cities collapse and continents crumble. 2012 brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Starring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson and Danny Glover.

Features include:
    * 1080P 2.40:1 Widescreen
    * English and French (Canadian) 5.1
    * English and French subtitles
    * movieIQ and BD-Live connect you to real-time information on the cast, music, trivia and more while watching the movie!
    * Picture-In-Picture: Roland's Vision-Includes Pre-Visualization, storyboards and behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with filmmakers, cast and crew
    * Commentary with Writer/Director Roland Emmerich and Co-Writer Harald Kloser
    * Alternate Ending

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FEB. 02
Bonnie and Clyde (US)
Warner Bros. | 1967 | 111 mins | Rated R |




Based on the true-life exploits of notorious Depression-era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, Bonnie and Clyde is recognized as one of the most violent films to come out of mainstream Hollywood. Bonnie is bored with life and wants a change. She gets her chance when she meets a charming young drifter by the name of Clyde Barrow. Clyde has dreams of a life of crime that will free him from the hardships of the Depression. The two fall in love and begin a crime spree that extends from Oklahoma to Texas. They rob small banks with skill and panache, soon becoming minor celebrities known across the country. People are proud to have been held up by Bonnie and Clyde; to their victims, the duo is doing what nobody else has the guts to do. To the law, the two are evil bank robbers who deserve to be gunned down where they stand.

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MAR. 16
Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season (US)
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 615 mins | Not rated |




Now that they’ve launched their drug business, there’s no turning back for Walt and his young partner, Jesse. Using Walt’s knowledge of chemistry to cook up high-grade methamphetamine to pay for Walt’s cancer treatments, the pair is thrust into a netherworld of murder, mayhem and the twin threats of exposure and arrest. Amid suspicions about her husband’s fidelity, Walt’s wife Skyler faces an unexpected pregnancy and a grim financial outlook that forces her back to work for a boss she once threatened to sue for sexual harassment. The prospect of leaving his family penniless catapults Walt headlong into the deal to end all deals, elevating his reputation in the eyes of criminals and cops alike, but bringing him and Jesse to the brink of disaster while potentially making them rich beyond anything they could have dreamed up.

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FEB. 02
The Fallen Ones (US)
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2005 | 89 mins | Not rated |





An original movie made for The Sci-Fi Channel, 'The Fallen Ones' stars Caspier Van Dien, the chiseled action star who rose to fame as the lead in 'Starship Toopers;. In a take on the Indiana Jones role, Van Dien plays intrepid archaeologist Matt Fletcher. On a dig, Fletcher comes upon a giant mummy, which turns out to be the progeny of a Fallen Angel and a human female. However, digging up these remains unleashes an evil presence into the world, as this giant mummy has a diabolical plan to repopulate the Earth with giants like him and take over its power.

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FEB. 02
The Man from Earth (US)
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2009 | 87 mins | Not rated |




At his farewell bash in a cabin in the remote woods, Professor John Oldman (David Lee Smith) makes a shocking confession to his fellow scholars: he is actually an immortal who has been living on earth for the past 14,000 years. So begins this thought-provoking sci-fi drama which follows his colleagues as they struggle to figure out whether Oldman is telling the truth or merely deranged. A long-running project of Star Trek and Twilight Zone scribe Jerome Bixby, the film's screenplay was finally completed on his deathbed in 1998.

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MAR. 09
Ninja (US)
First Look Studios | 2009 | 92 mins | Rated R |

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MAR. 23
Phantom Punch (US)
Screen Media | 2009 | 104 mins | Rated R |




Chronicles Sonny Liston's rise to fame as a boxer and the "phantom punch" he took at the hands of Cassius Clay (Muhammand Ali) that led to the demise of his career.

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MAR. 02
Alice (US)
Lionsgate Films | 2009 | 180 mins | Not rated |




Alice Hamilton, a fiercely independent twenty-something suddenly finds herself on the other side of a looking glass. She is a stranger in an outlandish city of twisted towers and casinos built out of playing cards, all under the rule of the deliciously devilish Queen of Hearts. With the Queen hot on her tail, Alice isn't certain which of the many characters of Wonderland she can trust to help her escape - and maintain a level head.

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FEB. 02
The Lost (US)
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2006 | 119 mins | Not rated |




Four years ago Ray murdered two young women at a local campground and his friends help him cover it up. Now, Detective Charlie Schilling and his ex-partner know Ray did it and they plan on pushing him until they can prove it.

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JAN. 26
Schumann: Genoveva (US)
Live Recording from the Zurich Opera House
Arthaus Musik | 2008 | 146 mins | Not rated |

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FEB. 23
Sorority Row (US)
Summit Entertainment | 2009 | 101 mins | Rated R |