DVD Reviews

Synopsis:

THE EXILES chronicles one night in the lives of young Native American men and women living in the Bunker Hill district of Los Angeles. Based entirely on interviews with the participants and their friends, the film follows a group of exiles — transplants from Southwest reservations — as they flirt, drink, party, fight, and dance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Full Frame 1.33

Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0

Synopsis:

In his first-ever HBO special, superstar comedian/actor Will Ferrell takes a look at the life, legend, and legacy of the 43rd U.S President, portraying George W. Bush in this live performance from Broadway’s Cort Theater.

Dual Layer Single Sided

1.78:1

Audio:  English Dolby Digital 2.0

Subtitles:  None

Synopsis:

Welcome back to WJM-TV Minneapolis! Over its seven year run, The Mary Tyler Moore Show won twenty-nine Emmy Awards. Now get ready to turn back the dial to 1970 and rejoin the gang from WJM - the lowest-rated (but most hilarious) evening news show in Minneapolis.

Full Frame 1.33:1

Dual Layer Single Sided

Closed Captioned

Audio:  English Dolby Digital Mono

Subtitles:  English, Spanish

Synopsis:

A creepy, darkly comic celebration of the scariest night of the year from producer Bryan Singer and writer-director Michael Dougherty.  TRICK 'r TREAT is four interwoven tales set on Halloween night: A high school principal moonlights as a vicious serial killer; the quest of a young virgin for that special someone takes a gruesome turn; a group of teens carries out a cruel prank with disastrous consequences; and a cantankerous old man battles a mischievous trick-or-treating demon.

Widescreen and Full Frame

Dual Layer Single Sided

Audio:  English Dolby Surround 5.1, French Dolby Surround 5.1, Spanish Dolby Surround 5.1,

Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Synopsis:

Vacationing teens on a rafting trip and a bus transporting prisoners collide with an inbred West Virginia cannibal and his family while making their way through the woods to get back to civilization.

Dual Layer Single Sided

Widescreen 1.78:1

Audio:
English 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround
Spanish Dolby Surround
French Dolby Surround
Portuguese Dolby Surround

Subtitles: English, Spanish, Portuguese

Synopsis:

This Special Edition marks the 34th Anniversary of one of the greatest British sitcoms ever created.  John Cleese stars as Basil Fawlty, the much put-upon hotel manager whose life is plagued by dead guests, hotel inspectors and "riff-raff".  Named the #1 television program of all time by the British Film Institute, the series has been painstakingly remastered for this release and, for the first time ever, includes commentary by John Cleese on every episode!

Full Frame 1.33:1

Dual Layer Single Sided

Audio:  English Dolby Digital Mono

Subtitles:  English

The story of Jean Vanier and the l’Arche community for men and women with mental handicaps.

THE HEART HAS ITS REASONS is the story of Jean Vanier and the l’Arche community in France.

The program focuses on the joys and struggles of daily life in community with mentally and physically handicapped people in France and the United States. We see small homes, not large institutional settings, daily chores and special celebrations – all framed by the l’Arche philosophy: the handicapped person is the heart of each community. Throughout the program, Jean Vanier – internationally acclaimed author and lecturer – offers insights resulting from his years of life in Christian community.

The world’s best documentarians reflect upon the unique power of their genre in this comprehensive and eye-opening production.

Featuring interviews with 38 directors and 163 film clips from classics such as GREY GARDENS and THE THIN BLUE LINE as well as recent work like DARWIN’S NIGHTMARE and TOUCHING THE VOID, CAPTURING REALITY explores the complex creative process that goes into making non-fiction films. Deftly charting the documentarian’s journey, it poses the question: can film capture reality?

Bonus second disc: Over 4 hours of additional content, with topics including: Becoming a Filmmaker; What is Documentary; Ideas and Inspirations; Getting the Shots; and more!

A gripping family saga from RUMPOLE creator John Mortimer. As seen on Masterpiece Theatre.

Leslie Titmuss (David Threlfall) has never quite fit in among the denizens of Rapstone village. Socially awkward and hailing from a humble background, he nonetheless aspires to the highest levels of society – and he’s prepared to do whatever it takes to get there.

For much of his life, Titmuss was taken under the wing of the kindly Reverend Simcox (Michael Hordern). This caused little concern for the clergyman’s sons, Henry (Peter Egan) and Fred (Paul Shelley). But when their father dies, they have every reason to complain: he has willed the family fortune to Titmuss.

Was he mad? Or is there a darker explanation? Follow the families’ interwoven histories from the years after WWII to the height of the Thatcher era. Nominated for four BAFTAs, PARADISE POSTPONED (1986) and its sequel TITMUSS REGAINED (1991), also star Kristin Scott Thomas, Annette Crosbie, and Zoe Wanamaker.

DVD Features include biography of author John Mortimer and cast filmographies.