Hitting Shelves This Week…

January 22, 2008

Adrift in Manhattan

The subway lines of New York see millions of different passengers every single day that never even realize the same faces next to them day in and day out. Follow along with the story of three strangers whose lives finally intertwine along the rails of the subway system.

DVD Features: Deleted scenes

The Chinese Godfather/Duel of Karate

In the mood for a little kung-fu? Then get ready for this fantastic double feature of martial arts action. Chinese Godfather is classically known as the film the legendary Bruce Lee died while filming. Duel Of Karate tells the story of twins that never knew each other and are reunited in a violent way.

DVD Features: None

Confessions of a Superhero

Witness the life of a superhero in this documentary that follows around four people trying to make it big in Hollywood by portraying some of DC and Marvel’s greatest characters: Superman, Batman, the Hulk, and Wonder Woman.

DVD Features: None

ER – The Complete Eighth Season

The hectic life of a Chicago hospital emergency room is documented with some of the most dramatic doctors and nurses who can’t do without each other and sometimes just can’t deal with each other.

DVD Features: All 22 episodes from the eighth season, gag reel, deleted scenes

The Game Plan

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson stars as an NFL star quarterback living the bachelor life and loving it. Everything is going great until a seven year-old girl shows up on his doorstep and says she is his daughter from a previous relationship.

DVD Features: Bloopers, interactive features, “The King In Search of A Ring” featurette, “The Rock Learns To Play QB” featurette, behind the scenes

The Girls Next Door – Season 3

Follow all along with all the sexy escapades of Playboy millionaire Hugh Hefner and his bunnies go through their everyday lives that are a lot more eccentric and risqué then anyone could ever imagine.

DVD Features: All 15 episodes from the third season, audio commentaries, trailers, season four preview

Hawaii 5-O – Season 3

An elite and unique branch of the Hawaii State Police named “Hawaii 5-0” are lead by rough and tough guy Steve McGarrett and only have to answer to the governor. Follow along as they are back in the sun and aiming to clean up the streets and beaches of crime.

DVD Features: All 24 episodes from the third season

Masterpiece Theatre: Northanger Abbey

Based on Jane Austen’s novel, it tells the story of Catherine Morland, a young woman that has an unhealthy obsession with gothic romance novels. She is soon sent to live in the decadent society of Bath, England where her life takes a turn.

DVD Features: None

The Odd Couple – The Third Season

Despite their enormous differences in every aspect of life, Felix the neat freak and Oscar the inelegant slob are back again and must live together and try not to kill one another.

DVD Features: All 23 episodes from the third season

Rareoscope Presents: Kings of Fists and Dollars

Chuang Yen better be happy he is a strong and powerful fighter because he goes against what everyone else follows and disobeys all the laws laid down by the tyrannical Chien Tung. Tung wants Yen’s life ended and sends fighters to complete the task, but it won’t be so easy.

DVD Features: None

Reservation Road

On one fateful September night, the lives of both the Learner family and the Arno family will change dramatically. Little do they know that the incidences changing their lives concern each other but irony and fate bring them together.

DVD Features: Deleted scenes, “Looking Back On Reservation Road” featurette, episode of Friday Night Lights

Saw IV (Unrated Edition)

Amanda is dead. Jigsaw is dead. What else could be left in store for people that don’t live their lives as they should? The answer is “plenty” as Jigsaw was always thinking ahead and making sure that his traps and life’s work would live on in the lives of others.

DVD Features: Rated and unrated versions available, audio commentary, interviews, numerous featurettes

Sex and Breakfast

When a young twenty-something couple finds that the heat has cooled off in their romance, they see a therapist that recommends a swap with another troubled couple. It may seem like a strange suggestion but the results are even more shocking.

DVD Features: None

The Simple Life – The Complete Fifth Season (Goes to Camp)

Nicole Ritchie and Paris Hilton may have fallen out of touch and not been nearly as close as they once were, but that doesn’t mean they couldn’t experience life outdoors and what it was like to work at a camp.

DVD Features: All 10 episodes from the fifth season

Swamp Thing – The Series

There are reports that this could be either the entire series or just the first season, but I can’t seem to find any concrete information. Either way the horrible creature from the Louisiana swamps that simply wants to protect his habitat is sure to make a great addition to any DVD collection.

DVD Features: Depends on what version is coming out

Wonder Pets – Save the Beetles!

Linny, Tuck, and Ming Ming have their hats and capes and are ready to spring into action to do whatever they need to do to save their fellow animals from trouble. Hop aboard the yellow submarine as they’re off to save the beetles from all their problems.

DVD Features: None

The Hunting Party

Richard Gere, Terrence Howard, Goran Kostic, Jesse Eisenberg, and more star in a great search based on a true story. It has been five years since the end of the war and three journalists have returned to Bosnia in search of the most wanted war criminal.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, deleted scenes

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