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PR American Jesus on DVD May 13

An exploration of the religion in every faction of American life, from the bread line to the yoga studio, from the humble churches of snake handlers to the mega churches of the ex-urbs. Director Aram Garriga travels from his native Barcelona to the politically divided United States to chronicle the sometimes bizarre relationship between faith, materialism, politics and personal passions in this uniquely American tableaux.

Shelter Island

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Posted by: News Editor - April 13, 2014, 12:00 pm - PR
Keywords: documentary

PR The Address on PBS Apr 15 & on DVD Apr 22

A new film from award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns, tells the story of a tiny school in Putney, Vermont, the Greenwood School, where each year the students are encouraged to memorize, practice and recite the Gettysburg Address. In its exploration of the Greenwood School, the film also unlocks the history, context and importance of President Lincoln's most powerful address.

PBS Distribution

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Posted by: News Editor - March 22, 2014, 8:39 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

PR Pete Walker's The Flesh and Blood Show on Blu-ray & DVD Mar 18

An homage to the blood-spattered, sex-smeared theatre known as the Grand Guignol. Still haunted by an especially tragic production of Othello, a seaside theatre reopens its doors as a groovy musical revue, only to have several of its performers fall victim to the deadly curse.

Kino Lorber

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Posted by: News Editor - March 1, 2014, 10:37 am - PR
Keywords: horror

PR Pete Walker's Frightmare on Blu-ray & DVD Mar 18

This film has achieved almost legendary status in British horror history. Sheila Keith stars as a former patient of a mental institution, who has settled down in a remote farmhouse, where she tells fortunes in her spare time. But the kind, maternal exterior conceals a dreadful monster, which the asylum, it seems, was unable to cure.

Kino Lorber

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Posted by: News Editor - March 1, 2014, 10:30 am - PR
Keywords: horror

News Folksinger and Political Activist Pete Seeger Dead at 94

CMT : News

Posted by: News Editor - January 28, 2014, 10:39 am - News
Keywords: music, pete seeger, johnny cash, willie nelson, emmylou harris, nanci griffith

PR House of Cards Season Two Debuts on NetFlix Feb 14

In the second season, Francis (Kevin Spacey) and Claire (Robin Wright) Underwood continue their ruthless rise to power as threats mount on all fronts.

NetFlix

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Posted by: News Editor - January 22, 2014, 8:11 am - PR
Keywords: drama

PR Copper: Season 2 on Blu-ray & DVD Jan 7

Set in New York City on the brink of Lincoln's assassination, Detective Kevin Corcoran (Tom Weston-Jones) struggles to tame the wartime metropolis while wrestling with personal demons, including the betrayal of his wife and best friend. And when Tammany Hall's outspoken General Brendan Donovan (Donal Logue) returns from the Civil War to restore law and order in the Sixth Ward...

BBC Worldwide America

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Posted by: News Editor - December 26, 2013, 8:10 am - PR
Keywords: drama

PR Far From Vietnam on DVD & VOD Dec 10

An epic 1967 collaboration between cinema greats Jean-Luc Godard, Joris Ivens, William Klein, Claude Lelouch, and Alain Resnais in protest of American military involvement in Vietnam--made, per Marker's narration, 'to affirm, by the exercise of their craft, their solidarity with the Vietnamese people in struggle against aggression.'

Icarus Films

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Posted by: News Editor - November 27, 2013, 8:05 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

DVD Review THE STRANGER (BLU-RAY)

While not the most heralded of Orson Welles' films, this disc is supposedly the long-overdue, stellar home video edition that the movie has always deserved.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - December 23, 2013, 6:00 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: baroque, postwar, agent

PR David Starkey's Music & Monarchy on DVD Oct 15

Cambridge-educated historian Dr. David Starkey, a foremost authority on the British Crown, hosts this four-part documentary tracing British musical tradition from the reigns of Henry V through Elizabeth II. Broadcast on BBC Two in July 2013, the four episodes are available to U.S. audiences for the first time, along with nine performance pieces

Athena

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Posted by: News Editor - October 17, 2013, 7:41 am - PR
Keywords: documentary

DVD Review LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (BLU-RAY)

A grand French farce from the late 1970s - albeit one that loses some steam in the final act - looks better than ever now on Blu-Ray, but the minimal supplements aren't quite up to the usual voluminous Criterion standards.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - November 16, 2013, 8:54 am - DVD Review
Keywords: ugo tognazzi, michel serrault, jean poiret

PR Nashville: The Complete First Season on DVD Sep 17

Behind the music of Nashville lies a captivating web of betrayal, heartbreak and rivalry. Rayna Jaymes is the reigning Queen of Country, yet hot young diva Juliette Barnes is poised to knock her off her throne. Adding more fuel to the fire is Rayna's rich, scheming father, whose political ambitions for Rayna's husband hide sinister ulterior motives.

Buena Vista Home Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - September 17, 2013, 7:19 am - PR
Keywords: drama

DVD Review SECONDS (BLU-RAY)

Criterion has delivered John Frankenheimer's frightening thriller Seconds on Blu-Ray, so get ready for a dark and disturbing journey presented in a restored 4K digital transfer. Suspenseful and creepy? You betcha.

Highly recommended.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - September 15, 2013, 7:47 am - DVD Review
Keywords: john frankenheimer, rock hudson, the american dream, john randolph, paranoia

PR The Damned on Blu-ray & DVD Aug 13

A gritty mix of film noir and suspense about Nazis fleeing for South America in a submarine. This rediscovered masterpiece by director Rene Clement (Forbidden Games, Purple Noon) has been remastered and is available for the first time on Blu-ray and DVD. The 1947 Cannes winner for Best Adventure and Crime Film, featuring stunning cinematography by Henri Alekan.

Cohen Media Group

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Posted by: News Editor - August 9, 2013, 7:24 am - PR
Keywords: foreign, drama

DVD Review THINGS TO COME (BLU-RAY)

This collaboration between H.H. Wells and director William Cameron Menzies has been hailed as a science-fiction film like none before or after it. While it's difficult to believe that films haven't at least borrowed from it since its release back in 1936, thanks to The Criterion Collection, I finally get to see for myself.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - July 15, 2013, 4:06 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: turmoil, dictatorship, utopia

PR MADtv: Season Three on DVD Jun 25

Your favorite irreverent late-night sketch comedy series is back for a hilarious third season of political, social and just plain goofy hijinks, based on the pages of the iconic MAD Magazine! Join veteran cast members Phil LaMarr, Mary Scheer, Nicole Sullivan and Debra Wilson as they welcome fan-favorite newcomers Alex Borstein, Will Sasso and Aries Spears and their line-up of outrageous characters

Shout! Factory

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Posted by: News Editor - June 19, 2013, 7:37 am - PR
Keywords: comedy, television

PR Masquerade on DVD Jun 11

Political intrigue, betrayal, peril and forbidden romance play out in this lavish, critically acclaimed, epic drama set in the royal palace of Korea's ancient Joseon Dynasty.

Inception Media Group

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Posted by: News Editor - June 7, 2013, 7:02 am - PR
Keywords: drama

PR Back to 1942 on Blu-ray, DVD & Digital May 14

This tragic retelling of historical events is based on Zhenyun Liu's best selling novel Remembering 1942. The Henan province disaster, where three million people died of starvation, was a humanitarian crisis first sparked by drought, then compounded by a combination of windstorms, government corruption and a war with Japan. In the midst of the devastation, an American journalist (Adrien Brody) searches for answers, and slowly comes to understand that there may be a greater connection between these tragedies and his political theories than he once thought.

Well Go USA

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Posted by: News Editor - May 7, 2013, 7:27 am - PR
Keywords: war