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OnVideo's Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases Get the latest DVD release information (free) every Tuesday morning. Subscribe here. Last Week's Releases: January 26-February 1 Tuesday, February 2 -- Monday, February 8 All DVD Releases This Week's Top Pick: Zombieland Nerdy college student Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg) has survived the plague that has turned mankind into flesh-devouring zombies because he’s scared of just about everything. Gun-toting, Twinkie-loving Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) has no fears. They join forces with Wichita (Emma Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), who have also found unique ways to survive the zombie mayhem. Together, they have to stare down their most horrifying challenge yet: each other's company. Need we say this is a zombie comedy? Vitals: Director: Ruben Fleischer. Stars: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill Murray. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: R, 88 min., Zombie Comedy, Box office gross: $74.803 million, Sony. Advertisement New York, I Love You A virtual who's who of Hollywood stars bring to life a collection of love stories set in one of the world's most revered and romantic cities. Ten directors, including Natalie Portman, Brett Ratner, Mira Nair, Shekhar Kapur and Allen Hughes, create 10 intertwined vignettes that weave a magical spell of love through the various boroughs and neighborhoods of the legendary city. A kaleidoscope of the spontaneous, surprising, electrifying human connections that pump the city's heartbeat. Sexy, funny, haunting and revealing encounters unfold beneath the Manhattan skyline, from Tribeca to Central Park to Brooklyn. From the producer of "Paris Je T'aime," which explored the City of Lights through a series of stories told by a host of directors and actors. Vitals: Directors: Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Wen Jiang, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner, Shekhar Kapur, Natalie Portman. Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Bradley Cooper, Natalie Portman, Blake Lively, Orlando Bloom, Robin Wright Penn, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Drea de Matteo, Christina Ricci, Ethan Hawke, James Caan, Anton Yelchin, Justin Bartha, Chris Cooper, Andy Garcia, Julie Christie, Cloris Leachman, Eli Wallach, John Hurt, Olivia Thirlby, Eva Amurri, Maggie Q. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: R, 110 min., Comedy Drama, Box office gross: $1.569, million, Vivendi Entertainment. Amelia Hailed as "The Queen of the Air," Amelia Earhart boldly flew into the annals of history with her solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Bound by ambition and love, her enduring marriage to George Putnam could not be broken by her determination to fly, or a secret passionate affair. After becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic, Amelia was thrust into a new role as America's sweetheart -- the legendary "goddess of light," known for her bold, larger-than-life charisma. Yet, even with her global fame solidified, her belief in flirting with danger and standing up as her own, outspoken woman never changed. She was an inspiration to people everywhere, from first lady Eleanor Roosevelt to the men closest to her heart: her husband, promoter and publishing magnate George P. Putnam, and her long time friend and lover, pilot Gene Vidal. In the summer of 1937, Amelia set off on her most daunting mission yet: a solo flight around the world that she and George both anxiously foresaw as destined, whatever the outcome, to become one of the most talked-about journeys in history. Vitals: Director: Mira Nair. Stars: Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Mia Wasikowska. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: PG, 111 min., Bio-drama, Box office gross: $14.133 million, Fox. Love Happens When a self-help author arrives in Seattle to teach a sold-out seminar, he unexpectedly meets the one person who might finally be able to help him help himself. Dr. Burke Ryan (Aaron Eckhart) is on the precipice of a major multimedia deal, but the therapist who asks his patients to openly confront their pain is secretly unable to take his own advice. Eloise Chandler (Jennifer Aniston) has sworn off men and decided to focus on her floral business. However, when she meets Burke at the hotel where he's speaking, there is an instant attraction. But will two people who have met the right person at exactly the wrong time be able to give love another chance? As each struggles with the hurt of love and loss, they realize that in order to move forward, they need to let go of the past. And if they can, they'll find that, sometimes, love happens when you least expect it.Vitals: Director: Brandon Camp. Stars: Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, Dan Fogler, Judy Greer, Martin Sheen, Joe Anderson, John Carroll Lynch. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 109 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $22.927 million, Universal. Adam Romantic comedy about a charming, handsome autistic guy who falls in love with a brainy, beautiful teacher. In this romantic comedy, Hugh Dancy stars as Adam, a handsome but intriguing young man who has all his life led a sheltered existence -- until he meets his new neighbor, Beth, a beautiful, cosmopolitan young woman who pulls him into the outside world, with funny, touching and entirely unexpected results. Their implausible and enigmatic relationship reveals just how far two people from different realities can stretch in search of an extraordinary connection. Previously released to rental only on January 5. Vitals: Director: Max Mayer. Stars: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison. 2009, CC, MPAA rating: PG-13, 99 min., Comedy, Box office gross: $2.277 million, Paramount. All DVD Releases Adam (2009) Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison. Romantic comedy about a charming, handsome autistic guy who falls in love with a brainy, beautiful teacher. Extras: Commentary by writer-director Max Mayer and producer Leslie Urdang, alternate ending, deleted scenes, cast and crew favorite scenes, "Fox Movie Channel Presents: Life After Film School With Rose Byrne." Blu-ray Disc adds alternate scenes. Previously released to rental only on January 5. (Paramount). Air Bud: Golden Receiver Special Edition (1998) Tim Conway, Dick Martin, Kevin Zegers, Cynthia Stevenson. Extras: "The Buddies Sports Channel," exclusive on-pack toy: an Air Bud Sport Whistle Necklace. (Disney). Amelia (2009) Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston, Mia Wasikowska. Read more about "Amelia" in the February Calendar. Extras: "The Power of Amelia Earhart" featurette, deleted scenes, Movietone News, "Making Amelia" featurette. Blu-ray Disc adds "The Plane Behind the Legend," "Re-constructing the Planes of Amelia," digital copy. (Fox). Amelia Earhart: Queen of the Air (2009) Bio Channel documentary just in time for the DVD release of "Amelia," starring Hilary Swank. $12.95. (A&E Home Entertainment). Batman: The Brave and the Bold Vol. 3 (2008) Single-disc swith five episodes, $14.98. (Warner). Beverly Hills 90210: The Ninth Season (1998-99) Six-disc set with 26 episodes, $59.98. (Paramount). Dr. Who: The Complete Specials (2009) Four action-packed specials -- "The Next Doctor," "Planet of the Dead," "Waters of Mars" and "The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2" -- serve as a farewell to David Tennant. Extras: Commentary, deleted scenes, video diary, more. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Warner). Doc Martin, Series 3 (2007) Seven episodes of the British (and PBS) series about the surly, tactless, self-centered, and uptight doctor living amid eccentric townsfolk and spectacular scenery, kind of "Northern Exposure" meets "House." $39.99. (Acorn Media). Dynasty: Season Four, Vol. 2 (1984) Three-disc set with 12 episodes, $36.98. (Paramount). Elmo's World: Let's Play Music (2010) Elmo teaches pre-schoolers about violins, bells and drums. Extras: Downloadable activity book. $12.99. (Sesame Street/Warner). The Evelyn Waugh Collection Collection dramatizing two of Evelyn Waugh's darkly humorous novels. With a keen eye for the absurd, Waugh ("Brideshead Revisited") took unerring aim at the foibles of British society. This collection brings together faithful adaptations of two of his most brilliant ­and biting satires, "A Handful of Dust" (1988) and "Scoop" (1988). Casts include Kristin Scott Thomas in her breakthrough role, Alec Guinness, Rupert Graves, Stephen Fry, Michael Maloney, Anjelica Huston, and Judi Dench in a BAFTA-winning role. $39.99. (Acorn Media). Hitler's Bodyguard Four-disc set with 13 episodes, $79.99, examines how Adolf Hitler managed to survive more than 40 assassination attempts, explaining how Hitler cultivated rivalries among his security services to ensure his safety, and how his purposefully unpredictable behavior saved his life several times. Extras: 20-page viewer's guide with highlights, questions to consider, avenues for further learning, a guide to Hitler's security units; "Killing Hitler in the Movies" filmography; photo galleries. (Acorn Media). The House of the Devil (2009) Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig, AJ Bowen. A creaky Victorian mansion, a graveyard, a lunar eclipse and a pretty college girl: all the elements of classic '80s horror are back with an old-school atmosphere of dread and "satanic panic" and a less-is-more approach -- with a modern twist. College sophomore Samantha accepts a babysitting job from Mr. Ulman, a creepy man who lives in a gloomy old house located next to a cemetery in the woods. Samantha soon learns that Ulman and his wife don’t even have a child, but Samantha instead must keep an eye on his elderly mother-in-law while he and his wife go out to celebrate the lunar eclipse. As the night goes on, noises in the big house begin to unnerve her. What is really going on with the unseen old woman upstairs? What are the Ulmans really up to out in the woods in the dead of night? And who's lurking around the old house with mysterious intentions? The only thing that becomes clear to the increasingly terrified Samantha is that she may not make it to the sunrise alive. Extras: Commentary by writer-director-editor Ti West and actress Jocelin Donahue; commentary by West, producers Larry Fessenden and Peter Phok, and sound designer Graham Reznick; "In The House of the Devil" and "Behind the House of the Devil" featurettes, deleted scenes. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Dark Sky Films/MPI Media Group). Liza's at the Palace (2009) Captures Liza Minnelli's midnight performance at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Oct. 1, 2009, where she re-created her Broadway show at the Palace Theater, which, just a few months earlier, had won the Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event. The concert features songs written by such greats as George and Ira Gershwin, Betty Comden and Adolph Green, Sammy Cahn and the team most associated with Minnelli, John Kander and Fred Ebb, composers of the showstoppers "Cabaret," "Maybe This Time," "But the World Goes 'Round" and "New York, New York." $24.98. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (MPI Home Video). Love Happens (2009) Jennifer Aniston, Aaron Eckhart, Dan Fogler, Judy Greer, Martin Sheen, Joe Anderson, John Carroll Lynch. Read more about "Love Happens" in the February Calendar. Extras: "Giving Romance a New Look" featurette; commentary by director/co-writer Brandon Camp, producer/co-writer Mike Thompson and Executive producer Richard Solomon. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Universal). The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season Six (1975-76) Three-disc set with 24 episodes, $29.98. (Fox). A Mind to Kill: The Complete First Series (1994-95) Six episodes of the British series about an old-school Welsh cop tackling disturbing modern crimes. $59.99. (Acorn media). More Than a Game (2009) LeBron James, Dru Joyce III, Sian Cotton, Dru Joyce II, Willie McGee. Five talented young basketball players from Akron, Ohio star in this remarkable true-life coming of age story about friendship and loyalty in the face of great adversity. Coached by a charismatic but inexperienced player's father, and led by future NBA superstar LeBron James, the "Fab Five's" improbable seven-year journey leads them from a decrepit inner-city gym to the doorstep of a national high school championship. (Lionsgate). Murder, She Wrote: The Complete Eleventh Season (1994-95) Five-disc set with 21 episodes, $49.98. (Universal). New York, I Love You (2009) Directors: Fatih Akin, Yvan Attal, Allen Hughes, Shunji Iwai, Wen Jiang, Joshua Marston, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner, Shekhar Kapur, Natalie Portman. Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Bradley Cooper, Natalie Portman, Blake Lively, Orlando Bloom, Robin Wright Penn, Hayden Christensen, Rachel Bilson, Drea de Matteo, Christina Ricci, Ethan Hawke, James Caan, Anton Yelchin, Justin Bartha, Chris Cooper, Andy Garcia, Julie Christie, Cloris Leachman,, Eli Wallach, John Hurt, Olivia Thirlby, Eva Amurri, Maggie Q. An anthology film joining several love stories set in New York: A kaleidoscope of the spontaneous, surprising, electrifying human connections that pump the city's heartbeat. Sexy, funny, haunting and revealing encounters unfold beneath the Manhattan skyline, from Tribeca to Central Park to Brooklyn.Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Vivendi Entertainment). Ong Bak 2: The Beginning (2009 -- Thailand) Tony Jaa stars in and directs this epic tale and prequel to "Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior." Jaa returns in this story of revenge set hundreds of years in the past. An orphan boy raised by bandits, he's trained to be a killer and prophesied to be the conqueror of an empire. Trained in countless styles of weaponry and martial arts, he is a one-man-army hell bent on avenging the murder of his parents. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Magnolia). She-Wolf of London: The Complete Series (1990) Four-disc set with all 20 episodes, $39.98. (Universal). TCM Greatest Classic Films Here's another wave of three releases in the TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection, a collaboration between Turner Classic Movies and Warner Home Video to present low-priced collections of some of the greatest films of all to serve both serious film buffs and a new generation of movie lovers. Each four-disc set sells for $27.92. TCM Greatest Classic Films: Marx Brothers: "A Day at the Races," "A Night in Casablanca," "Room Service" and "At the Circus." TCM Greatest Classic Films: Romances:"Love in the Afternoon," "Splendor in the Grass," "Mogambo" and "Now, Voyager." TCM Greatest Classic Films: Sci-Fi Adventures: "Them!" "The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms," "World Without End" and "Satellite in the Sky." Tom and Jerry's Greatest Chases Volume 4 Single-disc with 14 episodes, $14.97. (Warner). Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2010) Dir.: John Hyams; Stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Andrei "The Pitbul;" Arlovski. Van Damme and Lundgren reteam for another Universal Soldier chapter. With stolen top-secret technology, terrorists have created a next-generation Universal Soldier -- an elite fighter genetically altered into a programmable killing machine. With this "UniSol" (Arlovski) leading the way, they seize the crippled Chernobyl nuclear reactor, threatening to unleash a lethal radioactive cloud. Naturally the only one who can stop them is Van Damme, who also meets up with his vicious UniSol enemy from the original film, Lundgren, has been secretly reanimated and upgraded inside the fortress. Extras: Commentary, "Behind the Lines" featurette. Also available on Blu-ray Disc. (Sony) Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me (2009) Sykes' second solo HBO comedy special, $19.97.(Warner). The Wolf Man Special Edition (1941) Lon Chaney Jr., Bela Lugosi, Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Maria Ouspenskaya, Patric Knowles. Two-Disc special edition, with a digitally remastered picture and new bonus features ... just in time for the February 12 theatrical release of director Joe Johnston's remake starring Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Hugo Weaving and Anthony Hopkins. Extras: "Monster by Moonlight," "The Wolf Man Archives," trailer gallery, commentary by film historian Tom Weaver, "The Wolf Man: From Ancient Curse to Modern Myth," "Pure in Heart: The Life and Legacy of Lon Chaney Jr.," "He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce," "Universal Horror." (Universal). Zane's Sex Chronicles: The Complete First Season (2008) Two-disc set with 12 episodes of the Cinemax urban adult series that follows five sexy friends as they take on hot issues of life, love and liberation in the big city, $29.98. (Warner). Zombieland (2009) Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin, Amber Heard, Bill Murray. Read more about "Zombieland" in the February Calendar. Extras: Deleted scenes; commentary by Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg, director Ruben Fleischer, writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick; "In Search of Zombieland" behind-the-scenes featurette; "Zombieland is Your Land" featurette; visual effects progression scenes. Blu-ray Disc adds "Beyond the Graveyard" Picture-in-Picture Track with behind-the-scenes footage, storyboards, animatics and more; digital copy. (Sony). | Contents/Site Map | Home | Resources | Sell-Through | Reviews | Links | E-mail: mail@onvideo.org © 1996 -- 2010 CyberPod. All rights reserved February 1, 2010