New Releases for November 8th

This week’s short but sweet New Release list has mysteries (both real and fantastic), monsters (both animal and human), and much more. Enjoy.

BLU = Also available to rent on Blu-ray

@ = Available for purchase at our store

SALE = Click to buy select titles from our online store

LIFE IN A DAY—Director Kevin Macdonald and executive producers Tony and Ridley Scott asked the world a question: What are you doing on July 24, 2010? Responses came from 80,000 people from 192 countries, resulting in 4,500 hours of footage. Macdonald assembled 300 clips to create a powerful picture of a day on Planet Earth. It was the Closing Night film at this year’s Seattle International Film Festival.  BLU   @     SALE

DOCTOR WHO: SERIES 6, PART 2—“Venturing across centuries and galaxies, the Doctor, Amy, and Rory will encounter the greatest war criminal in all of history—and Hitler.”   BLU   @   SALE

THE CHANGE-UP—Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds’ feature-length PSA about the consequences of public urination.  BLU   @

PAGE EIGHT—Bill Nighy and Rachel Weisz star in this engaging contemporary British spy thriller.  @

ATLAS SHRUGGED: PART 1—For those interested in discovering John Galt’s identity, here’s the first part of the film based on Ayn Rand’s book. 

A BETTER TOMORROW—A remake of John Woo’s classic action film by Korean director Song Hae-seong.  BLU  @

DESTROY ALL MONSTERS—Ishiro Honda’s 1968 classic features all your favorite giant monsters running amok around the globe.  BLU  @

IN A GLASS CAGE—Iron lungs, sadistic Nazis, and perverse nurses make for some depraved psychological horror.  Trailer NSFW.   BLU   @

ADVENTURE BUDDIES: COMPLETE SERIES—“An action/adventure comedy series spanning all of time and space, about two losers who just might be the only people who can save the world!” Those two losers are our own Kevin Clarke and Travis Vogt. Trailer has profanity and therefore is NSFW.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (PS3, Xbox)

Generation Rex: Agent of Providence (Wii)

Goldeneye 007: Reloaded (PS3, Xbox)

Kirby’s Return to Dreamland (Wii)

Lord of The Rings: War in the North (PS3, Xbox)

Metal Gear Solid: HD Collection (PS3)

NASCAR Unleashed (Xbox)

Rabbids: Alive & Kicking (Xbox Kinect)

Sonic Generations (PS3, Xbox)

Survival: Shadows of Katmai (PS3, Xbox)

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception (PS3)

ANIME NEW RELEASES

Allison & Lillia: Generation 2, Episodes 14-26

Darker Than Black: Season 2    BLU

Kaiba: Complete Series (2011)(PAL Code 2)

Valhalla (1986, animated)(PAL Code 2)

FAMILY NEW RELEASES

A Child’s Garden of Poetry    @

Japanese for Kids: Beginner Level 1, Volumes 1 & 2

Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010)(PAL Code 2)

NEW BLU-RAY

Blue Velvet: 25^th Anniversary Edition—It’s a human ear, alright…in high-definition!   @   SALE

Fanny & Alexander: The Criterion Collection--Includes the theatrical & full television versions @  SALE

Frankenhooker

The Grateful Dead: The Movie

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

NEW TV ON DVD

Bedlam: Season 1

NEW FOREIGN FILMS & IMPORTS

Bodyguard (2011)—India

East West 101 (2007)(PAL Code 4)—Australia

Faat Kine (2001)—Senegal, directed by Ousmane Sembene

The Handcuff King (2011)(PAL Code 2)—Finland

Heroi, O (2005)—Angola

Island of Lost Souls (2007)—Denmark

Jacquot de Nantes (1991)(PAL Code 2)—France, directed by Agnes Varda

Kangen (2007)—Indonesia

Kinski Paganini (2 versions)(1989)—Italy

Little Buddha (Director’s Cut)(PAL)—USA, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci

A Man Vanishes (1967)(PAL Code 2)—Japan, directed by Shohei Imamura

Naked on The Inside (2011)(PAL Code 4)—Australia

The Sleeping Beauty (2010)—France, directed by Catherine Breilliat. Watch the probably NSFW trailer here  @

Sleepwalking Land (2007)—Mozambique

Those Who Kill: Episodes 1-2 (2011)(PAL Code 2)—Denmark

NEW WARNER ARCHIVES

Big Hangover (1950)

Bombshell (1933)

Girl From Missouri (1934)

Julia Misbehaves (1948)

Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

Night Watch (1973)

Personal Property (1937)

Reckless (1935)

Riffraff (1936)

Saratoga (1937)

Suzy (1936)

NEW DOCUMENTARIES

Beautiful Truth/For The Holy Grail

Charles Beaumont: Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man—A look at the tragically short life of the talented TV writer.

The Best of Sex and Violence

Consultation

Convoys of Shame

Famous T & A

Filmgore

Great Directors—Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Todd Haynes, Richard Linklater, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes and Catherine Breillat talk about their careers and influences.