Everybody's Fine (available on DVD February 23, 2010)
Robert De Niro leads an acclaimed all-star cast- Drew Barrymore, Kate Beckinsale, and Sam Rockwell- In Everybody’s Fine, the heartwarming film that will move you to laugter and tears. When Frank Goode’s (De Niro) grown children cancel a family reunion, the recent widower sets
off on a cross-country journey to reconnect with each of them. Expecting to share in the joys of their happy, successful lives, his surprise visits reveal a picture that is far from perfect. A family separated by physical and emotional distance finds a way to come together in a story that will
touch your heart
Bonus features included The Making of Paul McCartney’s “(I Want To) Come Home”, Deleted and Extended scenes.
A Serious Man (available on DVD and Blu-ray February 9, 2010!)
For college physics professor Larry Gopnik (Michael Stuhlbarg), life is falling apart. For seemingly no reason, his wife wants to divorce him and be with his colleague. His children have no respect for him; the son steals money to support a marijuana habit and the daughter steals money to save up for a nose job. His brother has little to no social skills, and because he lacks the ability to take care of himself, he lives in Larry’s house. At school, the father of a South Korean exchange student is threatening to sue, which is awkward since the student may or may not have bribed Larry for a better grade. He’s up for tenure, yet the impending divorce and a property dispute with his neighbor has him up to his neck in legal fees. It seems the only good thing he has going for him is attending his son’s bar mitzvah.
We expect quirkiness from a Coen Brothers’ film. We might even expect bleakness. “A Serious Man” gives us all that, and then goes one step further by being philosophically profound. Not profound in that boisterous, overstated way--in which a speech is made and everyone learns a valuable lesson--but in that silent, underhanded way, where theme, character, and plot reveal themselves slowly through carefully constructed symbols. Symbolism is tricky because you always run the risk of overdoing it; even wonderful films like “Milk,” “Gran Torino,” and “W.” occasionally fell victim to obvious imagery. With “A Serious Man,” most of the symbolism is reserved for cleverly worded anecdotes, which paradoxically explain nothing. Larry is a faithful man, yet the rabbis he visits can’t seem to give him decent spiritual advice. Then again, is it possible to find the answers on the outside when the problems are within?
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Exclusive Blu-ray bonus features include BD-LIVE™: Access the BD-Live™ Center through an Internet-connected player to download exclusive content, the latest trailers and more, and MY SCENES SHARING: Bookmark favorite scenes from A Serious Man, then share with BD-Live™ buddies!
- Blu-ray and DVD bonus features include BECOMING SERIOUS: Explore the creative vision behind A Serious Man and see why it’s the Coen brothers’ most personal film, CREATING 1967: Take a tour of the Minneapolis neighborhoods and set pieces used in the film, and HEBREW AND YIDDISH FOR GOYS: Unravel the mysteries of the Hebrew and Yiddish language.
Black Dynamite (available on Blu-ray February 16, 2010)
Meet Black Dynamite (Michael Jai White), the smoothest, baddest cat on the street. He’s a ladies’ man and the man with a plan. He’s also a former C.I.A. agent out to avenge his brother’s death. Whether he’s taking down drug dealers or sweet-talking foxy mommas, he’s the man on the streets out to stop The Man. Take a wild ride from the mean streets of the ghetto to the pool halls of the inner city, all the way to the “Honky House” with this bad-ass, tough-as-nails action hero. Black Dynamite is a kung-fu-fighting, pimp-slapping, gun-blasting, outrageously over-the-top parody of ’70s-era blaxploitation films that delivers big action and even bigger laughs like nobody’s bizness.
Black Dynamite special features include Filmmaker and Cast Commentary, Making-Of Featurettes, The Comic-Con Experience, and Deleted and Alternate Scenes.
The People Speak (available on DVD February 23, 2010)
Narrated by Zinn himself, this groundbreaking doc – which ultimately recounts the rich and vibrant story of social change in America – illustrates the relevance of passionate historical moments to our society today, and reminds us that democracy is not a spectator sport. Journeying from the founding of our country to the civil rights movement and beyond, THE PEOPLE SPEAK harnesses the dramatic and musical talents of an all-star cast of international celebrities and activists to celebrate democracy, echoing the actual words (in letters, songs, poems, speeches, and manifestos) of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from America’s past and present including Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Langston Hughes, Chief Joseph, Muhammad Ali, and unknown veterans, union workers, abolitionists, and many others never highlighted in high school textbooks.
Like Zinn’s work as a whole, THE PEOPLE SPEAK on DVD celebrates the extraordinary possibilities for creating social change that ordinary people have realized throughout the course of our nation’s rich but often ignored history of dissent and protest.
The People Speak bonus features include Behind-the-scenes at the Cutler Majestic Theatre and Celebrity Interviews!
Bad Girls of Film Noir: Volume 1 (available on DVD February 9, 2010)
Made of sugar and spice and everything BUT nice, the sexiest girls of film noir in 2 sizzling volumes!
Bad Girls of Film Noir: Volume 1 includes:
The Killer That Stalked New York (1953)
After helping to smuggle diamonds into the country and getting burned by her latest flame (and her sister!), Sheila Bennet (Evelyn Keyes, The Jolson Story, Johnny O’Clock) decides to get even. But she unwittingly puts herself and millions of others at risk, requiring an all-out manhunt for a killer. The deep shadows in Joseph F. Biroc’s cinematography heighten the suspense, with excellent support from actors Charles Korvin (Sangaree), Academy Award® winner Dorothy Malone (Best Supporting Actress, Written on the Wind, 1957), Lola Albright (The Tender Trap), and William Bishop (Harriet Craig).
Two of a Kind (1951)
Brandy Kirby (Lizabeth Scott, Dead Reckoning) is on a manhunt to locate a look-a-like for a missing heir imposter in an inheritance scam. She finds a willing participant in Lefty Farrell (Academy Award winner Edmond O’Brien, Best Supporting Actor, The Barefoot Contessa, 1954): raised in an orphanage and trained in small-time rackets. But will Brandy’s partner (Academy Award nominee Alexander Knox, Best Actor, Wilson, 1944) cut in on Lefty’s piece of the action or will the partners double-cross each other before they get their hands on the loot? Photographed by two-time Academy Award winner and veteran Columbia cinematographer Burnett Guffey (Best Cinematography: From Here to Eternity, 1953; Bonnie and Clyde, 1967), the film co-stars Academy Award nominee Terry Moore (Best Supporting Actress, Come Back, Little Sheba, 1953).
Bad for Each Other (1953)
Academy Award winner Charlton Heston (Best Actor, Ben-Hur, 1959) is a Korean War vet and surgeon whose return to his small coal-mining hometown offers him few possibilities, one of which is the intriguing socialite/divorcee Helen Curtis (Lizabeth Scott, The Racket). Helen’s charms prove to be too much to resist, drawing the young doctor into a social circle and lifestyle that raises concern from the others in his life, including his mother and pretty young nurse (Dianne Foster, The Brothers Rico).
The Glass Wall (1953)
Desperate to immigrate to America, Peter Kuban (Vittorio Gassman, Bitter Rice) stows away on a ship and jumps quarantine to try to find support for his petition for a visa on human rights grounds. Academy Award winner Gloria Grahame (Best Supporting Actress, The Bad and the Beautiful, 1952) is the down-on-her-luck easy mark who, in helping Kuban, finds more trouble for herself. Joseph Biroc’s great location photography makes New York City the menacing femme fatale in this race-against-the-clock suspense story.
Bad Girls of Film Noir: Volume 2 (available on DVD February 9, 2010)
Bad Girls of Film Noir: Volume 2 includes:
Night Editor (1946)
Jill Merrill (Janis Carter, Framed) may just be the coldest gal in town. Her extra-marital affair with a cop (Oscar® nominee William Gargan, Best Supporting Actor, They Knew What They Wanted, 1940) forces him to forsake his duty when they witness a murder. Even when an innocent man’s life may be at stake, Jill’s biggest concerns are no different than any other ice-blooded society gal in noirdom. This below-the-radar Columbia treat directed by Henry Levin (Jolson Sings Again) with photography by Burnett Guffey really packs the punches.
One Girl’s Confession (1953)
People think Mary Adams (Cleo Moore, Bait) is a bad girl because she’s just too sexy to be good. So she decides to even the score, even if it means jail time. After stealing $10,000 and serving her time, Mary’s determined to go straight...she just needs someone to help get the buried cash, and a good investment strategy. This efficient story, written, directed and co-starring Hugo Haas (Pickup), takes up his favorite themes of luck and fate.
Women’s Prison (1955)
Where do the bad girls go when the law catches up with them? Some of noir’s notorious femme fatales are locked up in prison with the sadistic Ida Lupino (High Sierra, On Dangerous Ground) as their warden. Strong performances from Lupino, Academy Award nominee Jan Sterling (Best Supporting Actress, The High and the Mighty, 1954), Audrey Totter (Tension), Cleo Moore (Strange Fascination), and Howard Duff (The Naked City, Shakedown) turn what otherwise might have been a melodramatic story into an entertaining twist on an age-old tale of institutionalized redemption.
Over-Exposed (1956)
Lewis Seiler (Women’s Prison) directs Cleo Moore (Bait) and Richard Crenna (Wait Until Dark) in this story of an inexperienced, ambitious girl who, after being caught in a raid at a clip joint, has the chance to learn a trade as a photographer. Her new profession brings her closer to respectability and the opportunity to use her talent to extract blackmail. Moore was often the “bait” in movie publicity campaigns; in Over-Exposed, the exploitation was more explicit.
Dominick Dunne: After The Party (available on DVD January 26, 2010)
Celebrated Journalist, Novelist and Victim’s Rights Activist Dominick Dunne passed away this year at the age of 83 after a long bout with cancer. In Dominick Dunne: After The Party, viewers are treated to a candid and poignant journey through Dunne’s rollercoaster life, as told through the pictures, films, and unforgettable stories of the man himself and those that knew him best. Commemorating the life of the legendary journalist and advocate, IndiePix is proud to release an exclusive new edition of this inspiring documentary featuring filled in in-depth special features, which take you further into the life of an American Icon.
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