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Little Angels: Animals
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Publisher: Fox Home Entertainment (2012, Feb 14th).
Pages: 1
This inspirational and educational program for preschoolers offers animated adaptations of biblical stories including Noah's Ark and Jonah and the Whale. Each story is designed to encourage children to incorporate courage, creativity, and responsibility into their lives. ~ Tracie Cooper, more
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Globe Trekker - Ultimate Australia
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Format: DVD
Publisher: Pilot Productions (2011, Jul 20th).
Pages: 2
Admire Uluru, dive the Great Barrier Reef, experience Surfers Paradise, visit the Port Arthur prison colony site, come face to face with Tasmania's wildlife, mine for opals in Cooper Pedy, attend a traditional Aboriginal corroboree ritual - Globe Trekker's Ultimate Australia offers all of these experiences and more. Our intrepid travelers, Ian Wright, Justine Shapiro, Megan McCormick and Estelle Bingham have traversed the Australian continent to find the country's most unusual and exciting places. Features the Globe Trekker programs: Outback Australia, South West Australia, South East Australia, Sydney City Guide, Queensland & The Great Barrier Reef, and A Short History of Convict Australia more
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My Kingdom (2011)
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Publisher: New Video Group (2012, Feb 14th).
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A story of honor, love and revenge set against the backdrop of the Chinese opera during its heyday in 1920s Shanghai, MY KINGDOM centers on two sworn brothers and their quest to regain their master s honor. After years spent training in martial arts, Guan Yilong (Wu Chun, 14 Blades) and Meng Erkui (Han Geng, Beginning of the Great Revival) pursue revenge and quickly succeed, establishing themselves as the newest sensations of the Shanghai opera scene. They experience fame and love with a beautiful actress, Xi Mulan (Barbie Hsu, Future XCops), but soon their collective pasts catch up with them and all three are tangled in a complex web of love, lust, deceit and betrayal.Directed by Gao Xiaosong (Rainbow), with action scenes choreographed by Sammo Hung (IP Man 2), MY KINGDOM blends martial arts with a suspensefilled love story that augments the genre's typically thrillpacking action sequences by upgrading them to eyepopping opera battles (Slant Magazine). more
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My Fair Lady
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Format: DVD
Publisher: Paramount (2011, Nov 15th).
Pages: 1
Hollywood's legendary "woman's director," George Cukor (The Women, The Philadelphia Story), transformed Audrey Hepburn into street-urchin-turned-proper-lady Eliza Doolittle in this film version of the Lerner and Loewe musical. Based on George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady stars Rex Harrison as linguist Henry Higgins (Harrison also played the role, opposite Julie Andrews, on stage), who draws Eliza into a social experiment that works almost too well. The letterbox edition of this film on video certainly pays tribute to the pageantry of Cukor's set, but it also underscores a certain visual stiffness that can slow viewer enthusiasm just a tad. But it's really star wattage that keeps this film exciting, that and such great songs as "On the Street Where You Live" and "I Could Have Danced All Night. more
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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Publisher: Warner Home Video (2011, Nov 8th).
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Moral equivocation was a common trait among several of Marlon Brando's characters in the early part of his career, and so it makes good theoretical sense that he would play the role of Fletcher Christian, the tormented first mate aboard the British naval vessel Bounty. But in fact the part is an ill fit for the actor, whose British accent is poor and who never looked quite right in period costume, anyway. Director Lewis Milestone (All Quiet On the Western Front) makes a good-looking and at times (especially during scenes of shipboard cruelties and conflict) compelling movie out of the material, but overall the film just isn't there. --Tom Keogh more
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The Ledge (2011)
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Publisher: MPI HOME VIDEO (2011, Sep 27th).
Pages: 1
Gavin (Charlie Hunnam, Cold Mountain) is on the ledge. Hollis (Terrence Howard, Crash), who just learned that he is not the biological father of his children, is tasked with talking Gavin down. Their conversation eventually reveals Gavin s deep-rooted conflict with his fundamentalist Christian neighbor Joe (Patrick Wilson, Watchmen), whose theological opposition to Gavin was intensified by Gavin s gay roommate and later by Joe s wife's infidelity. The negotiations take a drastic turn when Hollis learns that Gavin has a deadline, and his life is not the only one hanging in the balance. Writer/director Matthew Chapman (Runaway Jury) returns after a long hiatus to helm this unpredictable thriller that asks challenging questions about faith and reason; the nature of belief; and the value of human life. more
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Take Shelter (2011)
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Publisher: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2012, Feb 14th).
Pages: 2
The looming presence of Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) was made for a role like Curtis, the haunted protagonist of Take Shelter. On paper, Curtis would appear to be a normal mid-American husband and father; a construction manager, he has a wife (Jessica Chastain) and a hearing-impaired daughter, and a nice piece of land in tornado country. But, of course, he can't be entirely normal, because he's played by Michael Shannon. So, after suffering nightmares that gradually turn into waking hallucinations, Curtis becomes convinced that a great disaster is coming. His behavior, and his insistence on building out the storm shelter in the backyard, suggests he is either visionary or going out of his mind. This film by Shotgun Stories director Jeff Nichols is all eerie buildup, a series of ominous signs or concerned conversations. more
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Paranormal Activity 3 (2011)
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Publisher: Paramount (2012, Feb 14th).
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Paranormal Activity 3 takes you back to where it all began and the activity is more intense than ever. The cameras are on and recording the chilling moments when evil begins to terrorize young sisters Katie and Kristi for the first time. Brace yourself for the horror phenomenon that delivers “heart-exploding scares”* so frightening that “the last 15 minutes will mess you up for life.”** *Brad Miska, Bloody Disgusting; **Aint-It-Cool-News more
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The Double (2011)
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Publisher: IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT (2012, Jan 31st).
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A retired cia operative is paired with a young fbi agent to unravel the mystery of a senators murder with all signs pointing to a soviet assassin. Studio: Image/sphe Release Date: 01/31/2012 Starring: Odette Annable Martin Sheen Run time: 98 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Michael Brandt more
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Leapfrog: Numberland
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Publisher: Lions Gate (2012, Jan 31st).
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Join Scout and his friends for exciting learning adventures from the world of LeapFrog. When the pets long to learn about numbers, their magical car, Axle, whisks them away to Numberland. With the help of a new friend, Max, the pets meet all the numbers in the land and master early numeracy skills. Then it’s time to help the residents of Numberland plan a surprise birthday party for Max. It all adds up to plenty of fun and adventure as you sing and count your way through Numberland with Scout & Friends! more
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