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James Stewart - The Western Collection
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Hollywood legend James Stewart takes the law into his own hands with 6 action-packed adventures in James Stewart: The Western Collection. Celebrate this Academy Award-winning screen icon's 100th Anniversary with some of his most daring roles ever in Destry Rides Again Winchester '73 Bend of the River The Far Country Night Passage and The Rare Breed. Co-starring silver screen favorites Marlene Dietrich Rock Hudson Tony Curtis Maureen O'Hara and Shelley Winters this essential collection showcases one of Hollywood's most versatile actors at his best. Details: Color

Night of the Living Dead (Buy DVD) "The granddaddy of modern flesh-eating zombies" (Marjorie Baumgarten, The Austin Chronicle), George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead still sets the standard for all indie fright flicks. This 40th Anniversary Edition, authorized by the director himself, reanimates the landmark tale of five strangers who struggle desperately against hordes of the walking undead. Remastered and loaded with all-new Special Features, Night of the Living Dead remains "a bona fide classic... still very scary after all these years" (Jason Jones, Classic-Horror.com). Details: Color

Maggie Smith at the BBC (Buy DVD) Includes: 1) The Merchant of Venice ('72 Play of the Month) The Venice of Titian and the Belmont of Botticelli are the visual inspiration behind this lavish production of the Shakespeare play. Maggie Smith as Portia. Also Frank Finlay as Shylock Charles Gray Christopher Gable Nerys Hughes and Edward Petherbridge. 2) The Millionairess ('72 Play of the Month) Bernard Shaw's glittering farce The Millionairess reveals the true relations between class capital power and labor. Starring Maggie Smith as Epifania Tom Baker and Charles Gray this original BBC production brings the hilarity and searing commentary of Shaws work to vivid life. 3) A Bed Among the Lentils ('88 Talking Heads) Maggie SMITH stars in Alan Bennett's monologue about a vicar's wife who finds a vision of God at the local off-licence. 4) Suddenly Last Summer ('93 Performance) Tennessee Williams's play stars Maggie Smith as Mrs Veneble whose grief at the loss of her beloved poet son turns to rage against her niece Catharine (Natasha Richardson) his last companion and witness to his gruesome death. Determined to erase the memory of Sebastian's loss she tries to persuade her pet doctor (Rob Lowe) to perform a lobotomy on Catharine. Details: Color

The Night They Raided Minsky's (Buy DVD) One of the funniest, most entertaining movies-you-never-heard-of. Jason Robards shines as the well-meaning but manipulative comedian and Britt Ekland is the lovably innocent Amish girl in this affectionately, poignant but lighthearted view of Burlesque and a time gone by. Details: Color

Eclipse Series 9 - The Delirious Fictions of William Klein - Eclipse from Criterion  (Buy Criterion Collection) William Klein's explosive challenging New York street photography made him one of the most heralded artists of the fifties. An American expatriate in Paris Klein has also been making challenging cinema for over forty years yet with the exception of his acclaimed 1969 documentary Muhammed Ali The Greatest his film work is barely known in the United States. In his three fiction features - Who Are You Polly Maggoo? Mr. Freedom and The Model Couple - he skewers the fashion industry American imperialism and middle-class complacency with hilarious cutting aplomb. Today Klein's politically galvanizing and insanely entertaining social critiques seem even more ahead of their time than works of the more famous New Wavers that overshadowed them: colorful surreal antidotes to all.Who Are You Polly Maggoo? (1966) 101 minutes(Qui etes-vous Polly Maggoo?)Mr. Freedom (1969) 92 mintuesThe Model Couple (1977) 101 minutes(Le couple temoin)System Requirements:Running Time: 293 Mins. Details: Color

My-Zhime: My-Otome, Vol. 6 (Buy DVD) Within the cursed valley of cyborgs known as the Aswald Arika and Mashiro are reunited. A dubious ai hangs about the girls as they are faced with questions of an existential nature. Arika ponders the morality of a force as potentially destructive as the Otome while Mashiro attempts to understand the necessary qualities of a leader. Before they can come to terms with their roles the Valkyrie Squadron an elite unite of Artai Otome are dispatched to capture Arika and Mashiro. Can Arika overcome her feelings of doubt and protect the Queen? Details: Color

Bleach, Volume 10: The Entry (Buy DVD) At the top of the great staircase of the White Tower where Rukia is being held, Ichigo faces down fearsome Captain Zaraki of Squad 11. The desperate battle pushes Ichigo to the point that the spirit of his sword comes to him to help him gain access to the depths of his spiritual pressure. If he can do that, he might just survive another day in the Soul Society. Meanwhile, Chad has run into a wall in the form of Captain Kyoraku of Squad 8, whose laid-back style masks the extraordinary power of an elite Soul Reaper captain. Details: Color Supplements: Exclusive collector's stickers inside, Original and uncut anime, Bilingual (English & Japanese with optional subtitles), Features original music, Scene Access Menu, Color, Stereo, Contains Episode 37-41