As we come to our final month of summer, there are plenty of good finds in the DVD world for all of you. Lots of variety this week folks so let’s dive right in. If you’re looking to get a little bit more information about who you should cast your ballot for, then be sure to check out the biographies for both John McCain and Barack Obama. In case you’d like a lighter mood, then check out the first season of Code Monkeys which is sure to have you rolling on the pixilated floor. And if neither the political nor the humorous routes are for you, then we’ve got all the fighting you can stand as WWE, PRIDE, and TNA all have new releases barraging into stores. Fight your way through the crowds and the heat everyone and get those list written up. Hopefully before long your lists won’t be sweat soaked any longer and we can look forward to the bitter cold treks to the stores for all your DVD needs.
Biography: John McCain and Barack Obama
As November draws near and a new leader will be stepping into the White House; it seems only appropriate that we begin learning about the two men vying for the spot of the “most powerful man in the world.” Take a trip into the lives of candidates John McCain or Barack Obama from their early lives to the present times.
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Clash Of The Cavemen
It was an epic battle of brains versus brawn that determined the course of human history. In this scenario, based on scientific theories, witness our prehistoric ancestors as they clash with a completely different species of humans, the Neanderthals, some 30,000 years ago in Ice Age Europe. Witness cinematic re-creations and state-of-the-art CGI bring to life the Neanderthals – stocky, powerful and able to tolerate intense pain; and their foes, the Cro-Magnons – weaker and more fragile but with a superior brain capable of complex thought. This cinema-quality documentary from the History Channel uses the latest science to re-create the surroundings and dangers they endured: massive four-legged predators, punishing temperatures, and the unrelenting threat of starvation.
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Code Monkeys: Season 1
Dave and Jerry are two video game makers who have just got jobs at a company called Gameavision. What they didn’t know was that their new boss, Mr. Larrity, is crazy. Watch as Dave and Jerry go through a multitude of misadventures at their new jobs at Gameavision in this animated series that goes straight back to eight bit!
DVD Features: All 13 episodes from the first season, behind the scenes, gag reel, trailers, photo galleries, interactive games
The Counterfeiters
Witness the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon “Sally” Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. He lives a mischievous life of cards, booze, and women in Berlin during the Nazi-era. Suddenly his luck runs dry when arrested by Superintendent Friedrich Herzog. Immediately thrown into the Mauthausen concentration camp, Salomon exhibits exceptional skills there and is soon transferred to the upgraded camp of Sachsenhausen. Upon his arrival, he once again comes face to face with Herzog, who is there on a secret mission. Hand-picked for his unique skill, Salomon and a group of professionals are forced to produce fake foreign currency under the program Operation Berhard.
DVD Features: Audio commentary, making of, interviews, behind the scenes, and more
Family Ties – The Fourth Season
The entire Keaton family grew up right before our eyes, but it was always Alex P. Keaton who captivated our TV sets and now the entire third season shows the common troubles and good times that a normal family (and Skippy) had to go through.
DVD Features: All 24 episodes from the fourth season
Fortress
After losing their first baby, John and Karen Brennick dare to have another. Caught trying to cross the border, the ex-war hero and his pregnant wife are sentenced to a sadistic futuristic prison buried 33 stories beneath the earth. Computers control inmates’ bodies and minds, and newborn infants are being used to create a new breed of human robots. No one has ever gotten out alive. But not even the most overwhelming technology can extinguish one man’s passionate love for his wife and child.
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Vol. 3
Go back in time with this 2003 series that focuses on the early years of Prince Adam as he just learns of his new powers to become the strongest man in the universe, He-Man. Not only that, but he faces off against his arch-enemy Skeletor and all of his evil counterparts for the first time.
DVD Features: Audio commentary, behind the scenes, interviews, photo galleries, and much more
Masters of Science Fiction: The Complete Series
From the very beginning, we have struggled to understand time, matter and the infinite universe; who we are, where we are headed, and if we are alone. Great minds and some of the genre’s most legendary writers and directors, have now imagined the most wonderful and terrifying answers to these questions. Join host Professor Stephen Hawking for these six expeditions into the outer realms of scientific imagination, starring such award-winning actors as Sam Waterston, Judy Davis, Anne Heche, Malcolm McDowell, Clifton Collins Jr., Terry O’Quinn, Elisabeth Röhm, John Hurt, Sean Astin, James Denton, Brian Dennehy, James Cromwell and more.
DVD Features: All 6 episodes from the entire series, bonus episodes
Nim’s Island
Nim Rusoe is a little girl that can make lots of things happen with just her imagination and that includes running her own island. Her life mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover, who stars in books written by Alexandra Rover. An odd twist of fate brings young Nim and her favorite author together when Nim’s father goes missing and they must use all of Alex’s know-how to save him.
DVD Features: Audio commentary, trailers, “Nim’s Island” featurette, “Abigail’s Journey” featurette, “Walking On Water” featurette
PRIDE Bushido Volume 13
Go back to this great bout from November of 2006 as the PRIDE Bushido Survival Finals took place. This event consisted of the semifinal and final rounds of the Bushido Welterweight Grand Prix in the world of mixed martial arts where it’s either attack or be left for dead.
DVD Features: Bonus coverage
Route 66 – The Complete First Season
One of the most brilliant dramas to emerge from the sixties, Route 66 was famous for its catchy Nelson Riddle theme song, intriguing characters, top-drawer writing, and stellar guest star appearances. The original road trip drama this classic television series was one of the most highly rated of the era also establishing the Corvette as an American icon. So with Martin Milner and George Maharis at the wheel and a new adventure around every corner come along for the ride and get your kicks on Route 66!
DVD Features: All 30 episodes from the first season, “Corvette Anthology” featurette
Star Trek The Original Series – The Complete Second Season
Set in the 23rd century, the series chronicled the intergalactic adventures of the U.S.S. Enterprise on its five-year mission to explore the outer reaches of space. Encountering a now-iconic assembly of inventive alien life-forms such as the Klingons, Romulans, Tribbles, and Khan Noonian Singh; the ship’s jump-suited crew was a then unheard of font of multiculturism: Asian Sulu, African-American Uhura, and Scotsman Montgomery Scott. But it was the contrasting personalities of coolly logical Vulcan Mr. Spock, emotionally intuitive medical officer Leonard “Bones” McCoy, and womanizing ship captain James T. Kirk that lent the series much of its charm, and spawned a rabid cult following that continues to fuel costume sales and convention bookings to this very day.
DVD Features: All 26 episodes from the second season
TNA: Best of the Bloodiest Brawls: Scars and Stitches
The DVD features bouts such as the Six Sides Of Steel The Doomsday Chamber Of Blood and the hellish Barbed Wire Massacre. TNA Superstars featured on this DVD include Samoa Joe Kurt Angle Sting Abyss Christian Cage AJ Styles Jeff Jarrett Rhino The Latin American Xchange and more!
DVD Features: Backstage vignettes, interviews, bonus coverage
Wasted
Stan, Mitch, and Dixon are three old friends who reunite several years after high school for the funeral of a buddy. Attempting to deal with their emotions while back in their hometown, the boys make their final youthful mistakes–getting drunk, fighting, pursuing an underage high school girl, and engaging in all kinds of self-destructive behavior–before they are finally able to transition into adulthood.
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WWE: SummerSlam: The Complete Anthology
First it was WrestleMania. Next up was the Royal Rumble. And now it’s time for the end of the summer spectacular SummerSlam to get the treatment of a huge anthology collection. Witness all twenty events spanning from its debut year in 1988 to today. Now is your chance to get all of these great events together in one big set including the first thirteen which have never before been released on DVD.
DVD Features: Interviews, backstage vignettes, bonus matches, twenty-disc set
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