Hitting Shelves This Week…

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June is coming to a close and things are staying out both outdoors and on the store shelves with a lot of great titles up for grabs. Go back in time and experience first hand what it was like to battle saber-toothed tigers or woolly mammoths in 10,000 B.C.. Get some sound advice from someone much younger then you in Charlie Bartlett. Or learn all about love…or what you shouldn’t do for love from Ryan Reynolds in Definitely, Maybe. Lots of great new seasons from some of your favorite shows and more beatings from the world of Ultimate Fighting. Get your act together and forget about the pool because inside on the couch with a good DVD is where it’s at.



June 24, 2008



10,000 B.C.

Go back in time and follow along with a prehistoric mammoth hunter as his journey takes him through unchartered and dangerous territory so that he may ensure and strengthen the security and future of his tribe.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, making of, behind the scenes, special effects, featurettes















Charlie Bartlett

A rich kid by the name of Charlie Bartlett doesn’t really fit in anywhere and it is even more apparent when he ends up in a new school. But a little ingenuity and some smarts make him the “self-appointed” psychiatrist to all the kids’ problems.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, deleted, scenes, music videos, “Restroom Confessionals” featurette, “Spiral Beach” featurette















Definitely, Maybe

It isn’t always easy getting kids to understand what goes on in the world of the grown-ups. Will Hayes is a political consultant that can talk to anyone, but has trouble trying to explain his impending divorce and past relationships to his eleven year old daughter.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, deleted scenes, “Creating A Romance” featurette, “The Changing Times Of Definitely, Maybe” featurette















Early Edition: The First Season

A black cloud seems to be hovering over Chicago stockbroker Gay Hobson. After being fired from his job and thrown out by his wife, he finds himself holed up in a fleabag motel with precious little of his dignity remaining. But Gary’s outlook changes once he starts receiving a mysterious paper on his doorstep, bringing tomorrow’s news! While Gary could use his sagely knowledge to get stinking rich, as advised by his buddy Chuck, he instead uses it to help others and stop disasters before they happen.

DVD Features: All 23 episodes from the first season















Evening Shade – Season One

Burt Reynolds plays Wood Newton, an ex-football player who returns to his sleepy hometown of Evening Shade, Arkansas, to settle down. But domestic life with his wife Ava, and a new career as a high school football coach, may be more challenging than he thinks. The Evening Shade Mules haven’t won a game in years, and though life in the town may be quiet, it still has its share of eccentric oddballs.

DVD Features: All 24 episodes from the first season















The Eye 3

While specters from dimensions beyond Earth have long been able to momentarily seethe their way into the senses and perceptions of a select few, there exists one matter-less plane of existence–the Rite of Eight–in which the dead and the living may mingle freely. Those who have passed into this void, however, have yet to return. Could the ancient underwater ruins in which grieving widow Ching’s photographer husband died be linked to the Rite of Eight?

DVD Features: Making of















Futurama: The Beast With A Billion Backs

Fry, Leela, Bender, Professor Farnsworth, and the rest of the Planet Express crew engage in a battle with a hideous, planet-sized monster until the whole ordeal manages to turn itself into a sizzling romance of epic proportions. Enjoy the hilarity and insulting good time in this second part of four following Bender’s Big Score.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, alternate/deleted scenes, behind the scenes, making of, outtakes, bonus shorts, numerous featurettes















Ice Road Truckers: On & Off The Ice

Some of us think we have the hardest jobs in the world, but when it comes to having the “most dangerous profession in the world,” you best look elsewhere. Sit down with the truckers from season one of Ice Road Truckers as they share their stories of excitement, turmoil, loneliness, fear, rewarding, and living on the edge.

DVD Features: Biographies















In Bruges

Two hitmen have just finished a job and need a place to hide out and fast. They are sent to Bruges and holed up in a small place where they begin to learn a lot more about each other’s views on life and death as well as the customs of the small town.

DVD Features: Gag reel, deleted/extended scenes, “Strange Bruges” featurette, “F*cking Bruges” featurette, and more















The New Adventures of Old Christine – The Complete Second Season

Julia Louis-Dreyfuss avoids the Seinfeld curse that has befallen her former cast mates and steps into the role of a divorced mom trying to keep up the quick pace with everyone around her.

DVD Features: All 22 episodes from the second season, audio commentaries, gag reels















Persepolis

Based on her bestselling graphic novel, Marjane Satrapi teamed up with underground comic book artist Vincent Paronnaud to co-direct this animated big screen adaptation. The result is an electrifying, heartfelt, and original portrait of a spunky girl who surmounts countless obstacles to grow into a wise young adult. Marjane is an innocent nine-year-old living in Iran, surrounded by a loving but incredibly protective mother and father. She finds comfort in the carefree spirit of her loving grandmother, as well as music by artists as diverse as ABBA and Iron Maiden.

DVD Features: Audio commentary, behind the scenes, interviews, making of, featurettes















The Spiderwick Chronicles (Two-Disc Field Guide Edition)

Twins Jared and Simon Grace along with their sister Mallory, have just moved with their mother into the very rundown Spiderwick Estate, but find out it is a lot more then they ever expected. Their home is much more then just a house with a roof and walls, but a place where they end up in an alternate fantasy world full of mystical creatures and fairies.

DVD Features: Single disc version also available, audio commentary, behind the scenes, making of, interviews, numerous featurettes















Ultimate Fighting Championship, Vol. 82: Pride of a Champion

On Saturday, March 1, one of the biggest questions in all of mixed martial arts was answered – who is the greatest middleweight fighter in the world? UFC Middleweight Champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva took on PRIDE 185 lb. champion Dan Henderson in a pivotal battle to determine the undisputed king of the middleweights at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.

DVD Features: Backstage footage















Xanadu – Magical Musical Edition

A young album-painter learns a lesson about daring to dream when he is kissed by a magical muse. Throwing caution to the wind, he partners up with a wealthy former jazz musician to start-up a roller disco nightclub, but finds that one of his dreams might be too lofty–even for the powers that be. Witness a modern musical featuring the musical talents of Olivia Newton-John, Electric Light Orchestra, the Tubes, and Cliff Richard, with a touch of cartoon from animator Don Bluth.

DVD Features: Trailer, “Going Back To Xanadu” featurette, bonus music CD














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