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THIS FRIDAY, Oct 3rd: come watch the classic 80’s film BACK TO THE FUTURE starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Crispin Glover at 8pm in our backyard screening patio. This is another great one for a family date! Doors open at 7:45pm. Soda/Candy $1. Suggested donation $5. Popcorn is free!

IRON MAN starring Robert Downey Jr. is here! This superfun romp is really quite awesome. I think the winter blockbuster season is officially kicked off. Jason Segel is Peter Bretter, a loserish soundtrack composer on a crime television series who is trying to get over his breakup with the show’s star, Sarah Marshall in FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL. This is another Judd Apatow production and I think there is something deep about this team. They make goofy little comedies (KNOCKED UP, SUPERBAD, 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN), but they seem to have an agenda that they are slowly pushing a bit more each film. This one was written by the star, Segel, and it made me laugh a bunch.

Also out this week is BEAUFORT, which was another Oscar-nominated foreign-language film in 2007. There are bunches of other good looking foreign films (FAR NORTH, THE GOOD BOY, I DREAMT UNDER WATER, JELLYFISH, KENNY) as well as some important documentaries (TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, BIGGER STRONGER FASTER) this week. And lots of new additions, Blu-ray and otherwise. Thanks to David W. who brought six films to our attention recently, three of which are new additions this week (ROUND MIDNIGHT, EL ULTIMO TREN, A PLACE IN THE WORLD).

Some of you may know that last month Valentina Picasso of the restaurant Valentina’s on Cortland Avenue was suddenly stricken with serious illness. There will be a fundraiser at the restaurant for her on October 19th between 2 and 6pm. There is information about it here. http://www.valentinaristorantesf.com/community.php

Best,
Ken

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AKI KAURISMAKI’S PROLETARIAT TRILOGY.
THE MATCH FACTORY GIRL, SHADOWS IN PARADISE and ARIEL.
Drama/Comedy/Foreign (Finnish).
Directed by Aki Kaurismaki.
* These three films from 1986-1990 are depressingly sad comedies about hard living, lawlessness and the whimsical forces of fate.

AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON.
Drama/Criterion/Foreign (Japanese).
Chishu Ryu.
Directed by Yasujiro Ozu.
* Another Ozu Criterion release, this one follows a widower who arranges a marriage for his 24 year old daughter.

BEAUFORT.
Action/Drama/War/Foreign (Hebrew).
Oshri Cohen.
Directed by Joseph Cedar.
* Nominated for the 2007 Best Foreign Film award (which went to THE COUNTERFEITERS) this film is about an Israeli soldier in a troop stationed in Lebanon in 2000. It is a film about retreat and safety and the futility of war.

FAR NORTH.
Drama.
Michelle Yeoh/Michelle Krusiec/Sean Bean.
Directed by Asif Kapadia.
* Character study about two outcast women living in the, uh, ahem, far north whose existence is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of a soldier.

FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL.****ALSO IN BLU-RAY****
Comedy.
Jason Segel/Kristen Bell/Mila Kunis/Bill Hader/Jonah Hill/Russell Brand.
Directed by Nick Stoller.
* From the Apatow gang comes this comedy that I keep wanting to call FORGETTING SARAH SILVERMAN. Why? I don’t know. Oh, well, that’s neither what it’s called nor what it’s about. It is about a guy named Peter (Segel) who is still a little boy regardless of the fact that he has grown up. It takes the loss of his hottie actress girlfriend (Bell) to alert him to his emotional immaturity and as part of the healing process he takes a Hawaiian vacation. Unfortunately, Sarah is taking a Hawaiian vacation with her new rock star boyfriend (Brand, in a show-stealing performance) to the same resort.

THE GOOD BOY.
Drama/Foreign (Spanish).
Alex Gonzalez/Dario Grandinetti.
Directed by Daniel Cebrian.
* Indie film that won some awards on the circuit about a young boxer whose life is a shambles and is trying to resist the temptation to turn to crime.

I DREAMT UNDER THE WATER.
Drama/LGBT/Foreign (French).
Hubert Benhamdine/Caroline Ducey.
Directed by Hormoz.
* I can not find much info about this film from France, but the director originally made it as a short in 2005 and just finished it as a feature, so kudos to him, right?

IRON MAN.****ALSO IN BLU-RAY****
Comic Book/Adventure/Sci-Fi.
Robert Downey Jr./Gwyneth Paltrow/Jeff Bridges/Terrence Howard.
Directed by Jon Favreau.
* It just seems like Robert Downey Jr. is entering his Godfather period. Much like Bill Murray, he is settling into himself and that is being heavily reflected in his films. IRON MAN is one of the better Comic book movies ever made. It is about Tony Stark an arms dealer (and genius engineer) who, after sustaining bad wounds in an abduction by terrorists who want him to build them a missile, builds a suit of armor to escape their clutches. The story is relatively simple and the characters are familiar; there is the misguided employee, the cute secretary, and varying government stooges. However, the film is held together by the extreme cool of Mr. Stark as portrayed by the seemingly extremely cool Robert Downey Jr. And on top of all that, Black Sabbath’s raucously over the top tune Iron Man is brilliantly utilized. How bout that?

JELLYFISH.
Drama/Foreign (Hebrew).
Sarah Adler/Nikol Leidman/Gera Sandler.
Directed by Shira Geffen and Etgar Keret.
* Lovely film about three women and life’s gentle sways that cause their trials and tribulations.

KENNY.
Comedy/Mockumentary/Foreign (Australia).
Shane Jacobsen/Jesse Jacobsen/Ronald Jacobsen.
Directed by Clayton Jacobsen.
* He’s the porta-potty guy. Seriously. No matter how much of a struggle life is, he shows up and deals with the portable toilets of the world. Kenny rocks.

LEWIS BLACK’S ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Comedy/Stand-up.

REST STOP: DON’T LOOK BACK.
Horror.
Diane Salinger/Gary Entin/Richard Tillman.
Directed by Shawn Papazian.

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BIGGER STRONGER FASTER.
Documentary.
Directed by Christopher Bell.
* Informative and entertaining education about steroid use in our society. Director Bell follows his two brothers deeply into the world of steroid enhanced body building.

CSNY: DEJA VU.
Rock-Doc.
Directed by Neil Young.

TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE.
Documentary.
Directed by Alex Gibney.
* Doc exploring the policies of the US military in relation to the Afghanistan (and Iraq) conflicts focusing on a young taxi driver that was tortured and killed in captivity.

WHEN WE LEFT EARTH.****ALSO IN BLU-RAY****
Nature Doc.
Narrated by Gary Sinise.
* Visual and intellectual view of the US Space program.

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CLICK & CLACKS: AS THE WRENCH TURNS.
Television/Comedy.
Ray Magliozzi/Tom Magliozzi.
*Animated version of the awesome talk-radio show featuring Ray and Tom, two rascally Bostonians giving auto repair advice and sharing these hysterical sense of humor.

EDWARD THE KING.
Biopic.
Annette Crosbie/Timothy West.
* 1975 Emmy-winning television mini-series.

............//FAMILY//............

HARRY THE DIRTY DOG: AND MORE PLAYFUL PUPPY STORIES.
* Six doggy tales.

SESAME STREET: ABBY IN WONDERLAND.

............// NEW ADDITIONS//............

A PLACE IN THE WORLD.
* Very highly regarded Argentinean film about a family living in voluntary exile from Buenos Aires in a remote valley whose peaceful existence is threatened by the possibility of a hydro-electric dam that would render the valley uninhabitable.

ROUND MIDNIGHT.
Drama/Music/Foreign (French and English).
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier.
* A fictional portrait of an aging Jazz musician.

EL ULTIMO TREN.
Adventure/Comedy/Action/Drama/Foreign (Spanish).
Directed by Diego Arsuaga
* Some older fans of a local steam train go out on a major limb to save it from being sold to Hollywood.

THE WOMEN.
* Original 1939 movie (remake is in the theatres now) starring Joan Crawford and Norma Shearer.

............//BLU-RAY NEW ADDITIONS//............

BULLITT.
* The quintessential car chase movie, and I believe the chase starts in Bernal Heights!

ENTER THE DRAGON.
* Terrific Bruce Lee fare.

FEARLESS PLANET.
* Discovery Channel show about the wonders of our fine Earth.

40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN.
* Perhaps Steve Carell’s finest role?

KILL BILL: VOL 1 AND 2.
* Gore-fest from Tarantino.

KNOCKED UP.
* Seth Rogen at his goofiest.

L.A. CONFIDENTIAL.
* So good.

THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
* Tim Burton’s freaky animation classic.

THE OMEGA MAN.
* 1971 Charlton Heston version of the I AM LEGEND tale.

PAN’S LABYRINTH.
* Guillermo del Toro’s masterpiece.

THE PRESTIGE.
* Hugh Jackman, Michael Caine, Christiane Bale...

............//REPLACMENT DISCS//............

GODFATHER 3.

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This Friday, Sept 26th, come see E.T. in our outdoor screening room. Drag your kids on a family date and sit in the lovely outside while watching the film that launched Drew Barrymore’s career. Doors open at 7:45. Movies starts at 8pm. Suggested donation $5. Candy/Soda $1. Popcorn is free. Occasionally we cancel due to inclement weather, so give us a buzz if it is looking grey and wet out.

The charming ladies of SEX AND THE CITY make a reappearance on your small screen in this big-screen adaptation of the successful television series. You can bet there will be a lot of issues, resolved and unresolved as the girls (women?) continue their quests to figure it out. In RUN FATBOY RUN, Simon Pegg is not fat, but he does run. And run he must if wants to re-earn the love of his son’s mom, who he left at the altar five years earlier. LEATHERHEADS is George Clooney’s latest vanity project about a 1920’s era football team who really should wear helmets. In DECEPTION, Ewan McGregor hooks it up with many random ladies. Movie Star! From Iran comes A FEW KILOS OF DATES FOR A FUNERAL, which is a lovely exploration of loneliness and humanity.

THIS AMERICAN LIFE arrives as well, as Ira Glass makes the successful transition from radio star to television star. Did you know he’s Philip Glass’s cousin? Now you do.

There is another nice stack of Blu-Ray titles in this week. Scan down to check them out. In other news, don’t read polls and keep passing open windows.

Love and kisses,
Ken
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DECEPTION.
Drama/Romance/Thriller.
Hugh Jackman/Ewan McGregor/Michelle Williams.
Directed by Marcel Langenegger.
* A very deceptive tale of deception involving deceivers who, after first deceiving deceptors are eventually deceived by said deceptors. Also involved is some interesting sounding casual sex scheme. (I have a sneaking suspicion that deceptor is not a word.)

A FEW KILOS OF DATES FOR A FUNERAL.
Drama/Comedy/Foreign (Parsee).
Mohsen Tanabandeh/Nader Fallah.
Directed by Saman Salur.
* Wonderful tale of two men working at a gas station outside of some unnamed city in Iran. In their own way, they are both pursuing love interests that fate is depriving them of.

THE FOOT FIST WAY.
Comedy/Both Martial and Marital Arts.
Danny R. McBride/Ben Best/Mary Jane Bostic.
Directed by Jody Hill.
* Farcical lo-budget comedy about an instructor at a Tae Kwon Do school whose marital problems send him into a tailspin that he must pull himself out of.

HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS SPENT THEIR SUMMER.
Comedy/Drama.
America Ferrera/Elizabeth Pena.
Directed by Georgina Riedel.
* This film follows three generation of a Mexican-American family during the course of one summer as they all go through transition.

LEATHERHEADS.****ALSO IN BLU-RAY****
Comedy/Romance.
George Clooney/Renee Zellweger/John Krasinski.
Directed by George Clooney.
* Romance and Football! As we all know, they go perfect together. In this light comedy, a football team in the 1920’s is fighting for its professional survival on the field, and two of the players are fighting for the same hottie off the field. Zellweger is the love interest as the plucky news reporter attempting to uncover the mystery of the teams’ new player.

LOVE CONQUERS ALL.
Drama/Romance/Foreign (Malay, Cantonese, Mandarin).
Directed by Tan Chui Mui.

MIDNIGHT EAGLE.
Action/Adventure/Foreign (Japanese, English).
Tatsuya Fuji/Yoshihiko Hakamada/Ken Ishiguro/Yuko Takeuchi.
Directed by Izuru Narushima.
* Film about a photographer who witnesses an American Bomber crashing into the mountains in Northern Japan and the serious bomb it has onboard.

MOTHER OF TEARS.
Drama/Fantasy/Horror/Suspense.
Asia Argento/.
Directed by Dario Argento.
* Part three of the THREE MOTHERS trilogy about witches and all sorts of evil and general badness.

RUN FATBOY RUN.
Comedy/Foreign (British).
Simon Pegg/Thandie Newton/Hank Azaria.
Directed by David Schwimmer
* Dennis (Pegg) has run out on his pregnant partner the day of their wedding. Five years later, he wants to win her back from the relatively together and in-shape chappie who is courting her now. He decides to train for a marathon to show her his commitment.

SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE.
Comedy/Romance.
Sarah Jessica Parker/Kristin Davis/Kim Cattrall/Cynthia Nixon/Jennifer Hudson.
Directed by Michael Patrick King.
* The uber popular tv show about posse of independent women living and loving in New York City makes its way to the big screen! Judging by the popularity of the tv show, this movie will be much loved. I think I heard Shila say she’s already seen it three times!

............//DOCUMENTARY//............

ARCTIC SON.
Documentary.
Directed by Andrew Walton.
* A father and son who are very estranged find common ground. The son, who lives in Washington, is a child of his times, but the father’s home (where they are reunited) is a small city 80 miles inside the Arctic Circle.

CINE MANIFEST.
Documentary.
Directed by Judy Irola.
* In 1972, right here in San Francisco, a group of filmmakers formed Cine Manifest, a Marxist film collective existing to make Independent films of political import that would have a broad appeal. They successfully made two films at great cost, and now, 35 years later they are getting together to examine their successes and failures.

ON THE DOWNLOW.
Documentary/Action.
Directed by Abigail Child.
* The story of four African-American men living in Cleveland, Ohio and their trials and tribulations relating to coming out as homosexuals.

PROTEUS.
Documentary/Animation.
Directed by David Lebrun.
* From IMDB: “The animated documentary Proteus explores the nineteenth century's engagement with the undersea world through science, technology, painting, poetry and myth. The central figure of the film is biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel, who found in the depths of the sea an ecstatic and visionary fusion of science and art” .

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THIS AMERICAN LIFE: SEASON ONE.
Television/Documentary.
Created by Ira Glass.
* Brilliant television take on the very popular radio series.

............//FAMILY//............

CAILLOU’S WINTER WONDERS.
Family.

DINOSAUR KING: SEASON ONE.
Animation/Television/Card game, too.
* In the tradition of POKEMON and DIGIMON comes this new show where the cards are all dinosaurs and the kids must travel the world to find the dino cards. This show is pretty tongue in cheek and I found it quite humorous when I watched the entire thing over the weekend. My son (7 year-old) LOVES this show and made me get it.

MAKE WAY FOR DUCKLING.
Family.

SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK: ELECTION COLLECTION.
* It’s not too early to get them started! Hey, they’ll need to vote in the 2020 election.

SCOOBY-DOO AND THE GOBLIN KING.
* What is goblinking?

WOW WOW WUBBZY: A TALE OF TAILS.
Family.

............//NEW BLU-RAY TITLES//............

CIRQUE DU SOLEIL: CORTEO.
Musical/Dance.
Directed by Jocelyn Barnabe and Jacques Methe.
* This Cirque De Soleil performance is visually stimulating.

THE DOORS.
* The Oliver Stone film starring Val Kilmer as the slithering rock star.

MADAGASCAR.
Animation.

RISKY BUSINESS.
* TC, we love you! You make scientology look awesome!

SHREK THE THIRD.
* He’s green.

............//NEW ADDITIONS//............

GREASE: THE BLACK LEATHER JACKET EDITION.
Musical/Camp/Comedy.
* The DVD came in a little black leather jacket…that’s so cool.

MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO.
Animation.
Directed by Miyazaki
* Two more DVD copies of this, cuz I just love it so much I thought we should have more copies.

THE YOUNG ONES: EXTRA STOOPID EDITION.
Television/Comedy.
Adrian Edmondson/Rik Mayall/Nigel Planer/Christopher Ryan.
Directed by Geoff Posner
* Totally hysterical punk rock insanity from England in the early 1980’s about a group of young men somewhat living together.

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THIS FRIDAY, SEPT 19th: come watch the classic 70’s film CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND starring Richard Dreyfuss and Teri Garr at 8pm in our backyard screening patio. Doors open at 7:45pm. Soda/Candy $1. Suggested donation $5. Popcorn is free!

In SPEED RACER, Emile Hirsch plays the title role in this adaptation of the cult animation classic. I wonder when they will make a feature of MARINE BOY. I loved that show… Al Pacino plays a forensic psychiatrist trying to avoid his own murder in less than ninety minutes, in fact in 88 MINUTES. Mike Myers is THE LOVE GURU in another goofy comedy written by him. Also notable this week is Tim Robbins in NOISE, Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale in SNOW ANGELS, Matthew Broderick as an addict in denial in FINDING AMANDA and some kooky indie flick about a guy who takes a job as a giant blue corporate mascot in KABLUEY. Also, you musn’t miss Diane Lane and a 15-year-old Laura Dern in LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: THE FABULOUS STAINS.

There is also a trio of Criterion releases directed by Max Ophuls (EARRING OF MADAME DE, LE PLAISIR, LA RONDE), as well as some long awaited documentaries (YOUNG @ HEART and GET THRASHED).

I also have a big bunch of new Blu-ray titles, scan down to check them out. If you are unsure what the heck this whole Blu-ray thing is about, please email me and I will tell you what I know…

Alrighty then, see you at the store.

Love and kisses,
Ken

............//NEW RELEASES//............

AN AMERICAN IN PARIS: SPECIAL EDITION.
Musical/Romance.
Gene Kelly.
Directed by Vincente Minneli (as in Liza’s daddy).
* Special edition release of the wonderful Gene Kelly musical that won 6 Oscars including BEST PICTURE .

EARRINGS OF MADAME DE.
Drama/Criterion/Foreign (French).
Charles Boyer/Danielle Darrieux.
Directed by Max Ophuls.
* The first of three Criterion releases by Ophuls, this one is about a wealthy couple in Paris and the trials their marriage is taken on by the sale and subsequent multiple purchases of a pair of earrings given to the Madame by her General husband. Deceit, adultery and betrayal are all on full display in this 1953 film.

88 MINUTES.
Al Pacino/Alicia Witt/Leelee Sobieski.
Directed by Jon Avnet.
* Dude (Pacino)’s a forensic psychiatrist and he’s got 88 minutes to solve his own murder. Or at least so says the mysterious killer on the line. Will he save himself? Will you watch this movie?

FINDING AMANDA.
Comedy/Drama.
Matthew Broderick/Brittany Snow.
Directed by Peter Tolan.
* Dark comedy about a messed up TV producer (Broderick) going to Vegas to help out his hooker niece (Snow, acted superbly) who her family thinks is in need of a nice rehab visit. Hey who isn’t?

FRANK CALIENDO: ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Stand-up Comedy.
* Dude is funny. He does a great John Madden and a pretty awesome George Bush, too.

KABLUEY.
Comedy.
Scott Prendergast/Lisa Kudrow/Teri Garr.
Directed by Scott Prendergast.
* Salman (Pendergast) a kind of inept putz, takes a job as a giant blue corporate mascot to help his brother’s family while he is off fighting in Iraq.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN THE FABULOUS STAINS.
Comedy/Drama/Music.
Diane Lane/Ray Winstone/Laura Dern.
Directed by Lou Adler.
* This is one of those cult favorites that never made it to DVD. It is about a teenage girl who delves deeply into her band, The Fabulous Stains, to help her deal with the death of her mother. The band totally blows up giving her many new problems to deal with.

LA RONDE.
Drama/Criterion/Foreign (French).
Anton Walbrook/Simone Signoret.
Directed by Max Ophuls.
* The second Ophuls film to receive the Criterion treatment this week, this one is a drama about multiple affairs occurring in Vienna around the turn of the last century.

LE PLAISIR.
Comedy/DramaRomance/Criterion/Foreign (French).
Claude Dauphin/Gaby Morlay.
Directed by Max Ophuls.
* The third Criterion Ophuls film, this one has three tales it tells of youth, purity and death, with a good measure of earthly pleasure thrown in.

THE LOVE GURU.
Comedy.
Jessica Alba/Mike Myers/Justin Timberlake.
Directed by Marco Schnabel.
* Written by and starring Mike Myers, he plays an expatriate who is coming back to the states to bust into the self-help industry. Believe me when I tell you that the fact Justin Timberlake is in this movie almost alone will make it worth watching. Seriously! Timberlake is a good actor, and may become a great actor someday.

MADE OF HONOR.
Romance.
Patrick Dempsey/Michelle Monaghan.
Directed by Paul Weiland.
* Like, he’s her “Maid of Honor”, but he’s “Made” of honor. Get it? Do you get it? He’s her friend, and she’s asked him to be her “Maid of Honor” for some gender bending reason. But he, like, loves her. But he’s honorable. He’s freaking “made” of honor. Should I spell it out some more? So, she and he, they’ve been friends, for years, exceptin he’s hot for her and…

NOISE.
Comedy/Drama.
Tim Robbins/Bridget Moynahan/William Hurt.
Directed by Henry Bean.
* A film in the tradition of FALLING DOWN, Robbins plays David Owens, a man in NYC who is being driven absolutely crazy by the noise. The character is based on the director’s real life. He used to break into cars to deactivate their alarms, and was eventually caught and jailed for it! Activism!

RISKY BUSINESS: DELUXE EDITION.
Comedy.
Tom Cruise/Rebecca De Mornay/Bronson Pinchot/Joe Pantoliano/Curtis Armstrong.
Directed by Paul Brickman.
* The 1983 movie that brought Tom Cruise into superstardom! I am sure you know the story. This is a newly released deluxe edition. Did you know that TANGERINE DREAM, the psychedelic rock band did the soundtrack?

SNOW ANGELS.
Drama.
Kate Beckinsale/Sam Rockwell/Griffin Dunne/Amy Sedaris/Olivia Thirlby.
Directed by David Gordon Green.
* Well-received indie film about love and pain and disintegration.

SPEED RACER.
Action/Family/Adventure/Nostalgia/.
Emile Hirsch/Nicholas Elia/Christina Ricci/John Goodman/Susan Sarandon/.
Directed by Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski.
* This revamped take on the animated classic is done in truly wild style. It is a version of the philosophy which brought us WHO KILLED ROGER RABBIT? In that feature, animation characters and live humans interacted. In this, the characters are all (I think) live humans, but the background, the sets and the landscapes are fantastical animations full of color and splendor. It is a visual masterpiece, so even if the story is weak (and it does appear to be very, very FAMILY oriented), it is still worth seeing.

WOMAN TIMES SEVEN.
Comedy/Drama.
Shirley MacLaine/Peter Sellers/.
Directed by Vittorio De Sica.
* From the director of THE BICYCLE THIEF comes this exploration of adultery from 1967.
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GET THRASHED: THE STORY OF THRASH METAL.
Music Documentary.
Everyone in Metal.
Directed by Rick Ernst.
* Very detailed and informative doc about the rise of Metal music in the 1980’s through its near mainstream peak in the late 1990’s.

INSIDE THE ACTOR’S STUDIO: ROBIN WILLIAMS.
Documentary/Television Series.
* Robin on the popular series which explores acting methodology.

LYNCH (ONE).
Documentary.
* A look into the mind of the man who brought us ERASERHEAD, BLUE VELVET, WILD AT HEART and many more really tweaked out films.

ORANGUTAN ISLAND: SEASON ONE.
Documentary.
* This look at the largest primate rescue project in the world is located in Borneo. This is a fascinating look into the lives of Orangutans as they redevelop their society.

YOUNG @ HEART.
Music Documentary.
Directed Stephen Walker.
* The very heartwarming story of a choir out of Massachusetts whose average age is 81 and who sing a wide variety of contemporary and oldies tunes including such diverse artists as James Brown and Sonic Youth.

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DUCKMAN: SEASONS ONE AND TWO.
Animation/Television.
Jason Alexander/Dweezil Zappa.
* Super cult animation show about a foul-mouthed, sex crazed, duck turned private eye.

PUSHING DAISIES: COMPLETE 1st SEASON.
Television/Drama/Comedy/Fantasy.
Lee Pace/Anna Friel/Swoosie Kurtz.
Created by Bryan Fuller.
* This quirky show is about a guy named Ned (Pace) who has the interesting power of bringing people back to life from the dead. Unfortunately, if they stick around for more than one minute, someone else has to die. Ned helps a PI solve cases, and runs a pie shop, made ever-convenient by the fact he can make rotten fruit fresh again (of course, when he does this, somewhere a blackberry must die).

TORCHWOOD: COMPLETE 2nd SEASON.
Television/Sci-Fi/Fantasy.
John Barrowman.
Created by Russell T. Davies.
* Season two in the Doctor Who spinoff. .

............//FAMILY//............

HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR.
* Bob the Builder, Thomas the Train, Barney and Fireman Sam help celebrate the spooky holiday.

MY LITTLE PONY: LIVE THE WORLD’S BIGGEST TEA PARTY.
* You’re my pretty pony.

............// NEW ADDITIONS//............

ARIA.
* First DVD of the 1987 movie directed by ten talented directors featuring vignettes set to opera music.

THE COLOR PURPLE.
* First DVD of the Spielberg adaptation of the Alice Walker book (which was amazing also) starring Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg and featuring the terrific acting debut of Oprah Winfrey.

............//BLU-RAY NEW ADDITIONS//............

BASIC INSTINCT.
* Sexy Sharon Stone film, on hi-def!

CJ7.
* Freaky family sci-fi film in the vein of GREMLINS.

COOL HAND LUKE.
* Awesome Paul Newman fim.

DIRTY DANCING.
* Patrick Swayze boogieing down with Jennifer Grey.

EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE.
* Did, like, every tough actor in the 70’s make a movie with a monkey? This is Clint Eastwood’s turn, and to be fair, it is actually an orangutan. Maybe this would be a great companion piece with ORANGUTAN ISLAND?

JERRY MAGUIRE.
* Tom Cruise, as the money grabbing sports agent.

KING OF NEW YORK.
* Intense Christopher Walken film also starring Laurence Fishburne and what the hell, Wesley Snipes, too.

RESEVOIR DOGS.
* The first, and perhaps best, of Quentin Tarantino’s feature films.

ROBOTECH: SHADOW CHRONICLES.
* Freaky animated sci-fi that I got just to beef up the Blu-ray anime collection.

STARSHIP TROOPERS.
* The original space war satire. “Service Guarantee’s Citizenship!”

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KILL YOUR IDOLS.
* Replacement disc of the terrific documentary on the NYC alternative rock scene.

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THIS FRIDAY, SEPT 12th: come help celebrate Ken’s birthday (the last of the 30’s – yikes!) with an evening soiree that will begin around 6:30 in Four Star’s outdoor screening patio and culminate with a screening of the reggae western THE HARDER THEY COME at 8pm. All are welcome. No donations for the screening, and definitely no presents, except your presence. Kids are super welcome. There’ll be popcorn and some drinks and snacks; feel free to bring some other eats if you wantsta eat.

What do EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE, KING OF NEW YORK, BASIC INSTINCT, RESEVOIR DOGS, DIRTY DANCING, RISKY BUSINESS, SPEED RACER, and L.A. CONFIDENTIAL all having common? They are among the 45+ titles that I have ordered in the last five days on Blu-ray, the hi-def format that I am LOVING these days since I bought the player and a new TV for the store. WOW! If you are renting these things, and you know of titles available that I haven’t bought and you wish I would, please let me know!

Elitist Tina Fey (psyche, little political humor here) hires a working class woman to bear her a child after she discovers her own infertility in BABY MAMA. Then the little Juno moves in with her! Ah, shit baby. Family values are in full display in this lovable little comedy that redraws the district lines of family.

Also new this week is about a brazillion new kids movies, including four new BARBIE flicks guaranteed to make your daughter lose her mind. Also, the first batch of Halloween movies has arrived as well.

Oh, speaking of Halloween. We have decided to culminate our fall schedule of outdoor screenings with a double feature on Halloween. At 7pm, we will show CHARLIE BROWN: IT’S THE GREAT PUMPKIN. Kids are encouraged to come in their costumes, and we will have much big fun! Later that night we will show a scary flick for the adults, and we are taking your advice to decide what to show. Any ideas? Email them to me!

Here is the complete fall screening schedule; you can pick up a little print-out of this at the store.

September 12

Ken’s Birthday bash – come early for music and drinks

The Harder They Come

September 19

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

September 26

E.T.

October 3

Back to the Future

October 10

Breaking Away

October 17

Little Miss Sunshine

October 24

Double Feature:

7pm The Karate Kid

9pm Meet The Feebles

October 31

Halloween Double Feature

7pm Charlie Brown: It’s the Great Pumpkin

9pm TBA!!

Alrighty then, see you at the store.

Love and kisses,

Ken

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BABY MAMA.

Comedy/Romance.

Tina Fey/Amy Poehler/Greg Kinnear.

Directed by Michael McCullers.

* A business woman in her 30’s who cannot conceive, hires a young working class woman to carry a baby for her. Then, the surrogate ends up moving in with her and the family concept gets a major reworking.

THE FALL.

Adventure/Drama/Fantasy.

Cantinca Untaru/Justine Waddell/Lee Pace.

Directed by Tarsem Singh.

* Gorgeously filmed fantasy about a stunt man in the 1920’s telling a story to a young girl in a hospital. The two of them are locked into this tale as the larger story of the man’s life is being played out through the story.

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM.****ALSO IN BLU-RAY****h

Action/Adventure/Martial Arts/Comedy.

Jet Li/Jackie Chan.

Directed by Rob Minkoff.

* There’s an imprisoned Monkey King and for me, that’s all I need to know.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE.

Comedy/Sophomoric Romp.

Directed by Danny Roth.

* Over testosteronated high school seniors hooking up with foreign exchange students.

I’M THROUGH WITH WHITE GIRLS.

Comedy/Romance.

Anthony Montgomery/Ryan Alosio/Lia Johnson.

Directed by Jennifer Sharp.

* Quirky and realistic romantic comedy about love, life and race.

I WANT CANDY.

Comedy.

Tom Riley/Tom Burke/Carmen Electra.

Directed by Stephen Surjik.

* Goofy English comedy about a couple of young filmmakers trying to make an adult film in one of their parent’s homes.

LIGHT AND THE SUFFERER.

Drama/Sci-fi.

Paul Dano/Michael Esper.

Directed by Christopher Peditto.

* Two rag-tag brother, dealing with the emotional pain of early adulthood, decide to leave the east coast and head to California to start a new life (hmm, sound familiar anyone?). A few sketchy decisions lead them into a relationship with an alternative life force that may be some sort of alien. This film was actually made before Dano hit it big with LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, and is only just now making it to DVD.

SEED.

Horror/Thriller.

Michael Pare/Will Sanderson.

Directed by Uwe Boll.

* Wow, Michael Pare (EDDIE AND THE CRUISERS) has had a weird career! Here he co-stars in this horror flick about the undead and being buried alive and bloody vengeance. That kind of stuff.

SATURN IN OPPOSITION.

Drama/LGBT/Foreign (Italian).

Stefano Accorsi.

Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek.

* Accorsi, who was also in BLAME IT ON FIDEL (which I loved) plays one of a group of thirty to forty-somethings working through the complicated relationships in their lives.

TAKING 5.

Comedy/Family.

Alona Tal/Daniella Monet/Bart Johnson.

Directed by Andrew Waller.

* A couple of young high school girls, attempting to boost their “cool” factor, kidnap a world famous “boy band” to get them to play at their school. Awesome.

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THE LAST DAYS OF LEFT EYE.

Music Documentary.

Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes/Rozonda “Chilli” Thomas/Tionne “T-Boz” Watkins.

Directed by Lauren Lazin.

* The tragic story of the enigmatic rapper from TLC who died in a car accident in 2002 at the young age of 30.

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GREY’S ANATOMY: SEASON FOUR EXPANDED.

Television/Drama.

Sandra Oh/Katherine Heigl/Ellen Pompeo.

Created by Shonda Rhimes.

* Season four in the popular hospital drama focusing on young interns and their bosses.

INSPECTOR LYNLEY: SET 6. ****IN STORE ON WEDNESDAY****

Television/Drama.

Sandra Oh/Katherine Heigl/Ellen Pompeo.

Created by Shonda Rhimes.

* Season four in the popular hospital drama focusing on young interns and their bosses.

UGLY BETTY: THE COMPLETE 2^nd SEASON.

Television/Comedy/Drama.

America Ferrera.

* Season two in the show about a normal looking woman trying to make a living in the shark infested waters of the world of high fashion.

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BARBIE & THE DIAMOND CASTLE.

BARBIE PRINCESS COLLECTION.

BARNEY: BEST OF BARNEY.

CATS THE MOVIE.

EDGAR & ELLEN: MAD SCIENTISTS SEASON ONE VOL. ONE.

* This looks pretty funny. Edgar and Ellen are a brother-sister team playing pranks around the neighborhood.

THE SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN: ATTACK OF THE LIZARD.

* Animated tv show focusing on a young Peter Parker the mythology of his story.

SPOOKLEY: THE SQUARE PUMPKIN.

* He’s a square pumpkin, that’s not easy to be.

THE SPOOKTACULAR NEW ADVENTURES OF CASPER: VOLUME 2.

* Twelve animated Casper shorts.

THOMAS AND FRIENDS THE GREAT DISCOVERY.

VEGGIE TALES: HOLIDAY GIFT PACK.

* There’s four of them. Kids dig em. And, they’re vegetables. And vegetables are cool.

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THE BERNIE MAC SHOW: SEASON ONE.

* First copies of this silly show from the late Bernie Mac.

THE BIG LEBOWSKI: 10^th ANNIVERSARY EDITION.

* New edition of this Coen brothers favorite.

CABARET.

Drama/Musical/Romance.

Liza Minelli.

* First DVD of this Bob Fosse masterpiece.

CAN”T BUY ME LOVE.

* First DVD of this 1987 comedy.

CINDERELLA 1998.

Brandy Norwood/Whitney Houston/Whoopie Goldberg.

* All-star cast in this updated version of the classic tale. Our first DVD copy.

THE COWBOY WAY.

Woody Harrelson/Kiefer Sutherland.

* I don’t think this is Brokeback Mountain 2, but it would be an awesome cast if it was.

THE GREAT ST. TRINIAN’S TRAIN ROBBERY.

* Another of those madcap English St. Trinian comedies.

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS.

* First DVD of the allegorical tale of the great traveler Gulliver (Ted Danson).

HOUSE OF THE DEAD.

* First DVD of this 2003 zombie movie made by Uwe Boll.

INGLORIOUS BASTARDS.

* I think this is a first time DVD release for this 70’s era war film probably getting play because Tarantino is filming an updated version tentatively scheduled for a 2009 release.

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS.

*First DVD of this awesome Agatha Christie flick directed by Sidney Lumet (BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD) and starring Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Sean Connory, John Gielgud, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Michael York, and more.

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST.

* First DVD of this awesome Jack Nicholson film of the terrific Ken Kesey book.

SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL.

* First DVD of this hilarious Gene Wilder/Richard Pryor vehicle.

SHROOMS.

* This is actually a new release a few months ago, but it lives in New Additionland at Four Star. It is a horror movie about some trippers who start getting killed while on a camping drugfest trip.

SIGNAL 7.

Indie.

Directed by Rob Nillson.

* A night in the life of a batch of cab drivers, set in San Francisco, by a seriously independent film maker who has made nearly 20 independent films!

SPACE CAMP.

* First DVD of this 1986 kid’s movie about young campers shot accidentally into space.

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CONFIDENCE.

* Replacement disc of this con artist tale starring Dustin Hoffman, Edward Burns, Paul Giamatti and more.

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THIS FRIDAY, SEPT 5th: come see HEATHERS in our backyard screening patio. Iconic for so many reasons, and starring a young Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, this film shows you just how many ways things can go wrong for the in-crowd in high school. New fall screening times! Doors open at 7:45, movie starts at 8pm. Candy/Soda $1. Suggested donation $5. Popcorn is free!

The Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema festival has been tremendous thus far! I have seen many terrific films, such as BEYOND THE CALL a painful, beautiful and inspiring documentary about three men’s selfless work on Earth’s front lines by Adrian Belic and THE VIOLIN, a short and demented treatise on the dangerous affects an instrument can have on your life by Bernal’s own Dean Mermell, who also wrote and performed an excellent piano soundtrack to the film. Dean is also in a rock opera currently in performance called EXIT SIGN and you can read about it here.

The BHOC finishes up this Sunday at Zeum at 7pm. Hopefully we will have some BHOC events at Four Star during the year in preview of the 6^th festival next year.

It’s September! Which means so many things. The lovely warmest months of the year are upon us. School has started for many. And it’s my birthday month! (More on that next week). As it is a new month, that can only mean one thing at Four Star Video. A new edition of HIGHLIGHTED NEW ADDITIONS. This month, Rachel W. has brought into our collection a tremendous group of DVD’s that we have previously on had on VHS (HOUSEBOAT, TO CATCH A THIEF, MOVE OVER DARLING, ARSENIC AND OLD LACE, BETTER OFF DEAD), as well as a great collection of new stuff; some docs (DARFUR DIARIES, 18 IN 08, CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO), some comedy (BEST OF MAD TV SEASONS 8,9 AND 10, PIZZA, COMPLETE GIDGET COLLECTION, NEVER BEEN KISSED) and some other terrific stuff as well. Check it out!

This week there is a good stack of stuff, including season 4 of the USA version of the OFFICE which is pretty freaking funny, I must say. Also in this week is the dark rumination on married life called...uh...MARRIED LIFE.

I watched a new addition to the library last night called I’M A CYBORG, BUT IT’S OK, which was terrific! It is a Korean comedy by Chan-wook Park (OLD BOY, LADY VENGEANCE), super stylized, and with grand vision about a young woman who is hospitalized after deciding she is a robot and the young thief she meets in the hospital who helps her accept her fate. The movie is beautiful and weird and funny, and I highly recommend it. Wow!

Last note: Have you seen our new TV and Blu-ray player? Thanks a million to Tom, our neighbor and friend who helped us pick out our new toys and install them. Now we can play these so-called Blu-ray discs at the store and show you just how spectacular they look. After about an hour staring at them this morning, I can say they are better than advertised. PLANET EARTH on Blu-ray knocked my socks off.

Alrighty then, see you at the store.

Love and kisses,

Ken

PS. My band THE DONT’S is rocking the Red Devil Lounge on Thursday night, Sept 4th…

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ART OF TRAVEL.

Adventure.

Christopher Masterson/Brooke Burns/Johnny Messner.

Directed by Thomas Whelan.

* A travel film with pretty cinematography about a kid who gets dumped by his fiancée and goes on what was supposed to be his Central American honeymoon solo.

ASIAN STORIES.

Comedy.

James Kyson Lee/Kathy Uyen/Kirt Kishita.

Directed by Ron Oda and Kris Chin.

* Another small budget indie film about a jilted lover, in this Jim (Lee) wants his buddy Alex (Kishita) to kill him to get him over his pain about getting dumped.

BALLET SHOES.

Drama/Family.

Emma Watson/Emilia Fox/Yasmin Paige/Richard Griffiths.

Directed by Sandra Goldbacher.

* Three young orphans adopted by an eccentric and raised as sisters in 1930’s London.

BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG CITY: 20^th ANNIVERSARY EDITION.

Drama.

Michael J. Fox/Kiefer Sutherland/Phoebe Cates.

Directed by James Bridges.

* The 20^th anniversary edition of the film adapted from James McInerney’s novel of the same name about a young sad writer in New York on a coke-binge.

THE FORSAKEN LAND.

Drama/ Foreign (Sinhala).

Kaushalaya Fernando.

Directed by Vimukthi Jayasundara..

* Avant-garde visually stunning film from Sri Lanka.

ITTY BITTY TITTY COMMITTEE.

Comedy/Drama/LGBT.

Melonie Diaz/Nicole Vicius/Carly Pope.

Directed by Jamie Babbitt.

* More of a tale of radical pull no punches punk rock feminism than anything else!

MARRIED LIFE.

Drama/Crime.

Pierce Brosnan/Chris Cooper/Rachel McAdams/Patricia Clarkson.

Directed by Ira Sachs.

* Dark tale of a man who decides to kill his wife rather than have her deal with the pain of him leaving her. Sounds like a paean to Narcissism!

OUTSOURCED.

Comedy.

Josh Hamilon/Ayesha Dharker.

Directed by John Jeffcoat.

* A story of a salesman who after losing his job, must travel to India to train his replacement. Won many awards on the Film Festival circuit.

PROM QUEEN: THE MARC HALL STORY.

Comedy/Drama/LGBT.

Aaron Ashmore/Marie Tifo.

Directed by John L’Ecuyer.

* When a young man tries to bring his boyfriend to the prom, all hell breaks loose.

REPRISE.

Drama/Foreign (Norwegian).

Anders Lie/Viktoria Winge.

Directed by Joachim Trier.

* Much accredited and awarded film about some young friends going through the pangs and joys of young adulthood.

THEN SHE FOUND ME.

Comedy/Drama.

Helen Hunt/Bette Midler/Colin Firth/Matthew Broderick.

Directed by Helen Hunt.

* Helen Hunts debut as a feature film director, she also stars in the film about a teacher in NY who undergoes a mid-life crisis after her husband leaves her and her adoptive mother dies. Further complicating things is her biological mother who shows up and adds chaos to her life.

VIRGIN TERRITORY.

Comedy/Drama/Adventure.

Hayden Christensen/Mischa Barton/Tim Roth/Matthew Broderick.

Directed by David Leland.

* Medieval sex hijinks.

WATER LILLIES.

Drama/LGBT/Foreign (French).

Pauline Acquart/Louise Blachere/Adele Haenel.

Directed by Celine Sciamma.

* Teenagers in the hot summer in France lounging at the swimming pool and feeling the first explorations of love.

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BEYOND BELIEF.

Documentary.

Patti Quigley/Susan Retik.

Directed by Beth Murphy.

* The story of two women who lost their husbands in the 911 attacks and whose journey to rebuild their lives takes them around the world to Kabul.

LAGERFELD CONFIDENTIAL

Documentary.

Nicole Kidman/Karl Lagerfeld.

Directed by Rodolphe Marconi.

* Portrait of the fashion magnate Karl Lagerfeld.

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DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES: COMPLETE 4^th SEASON.

Television/Drama.

Teri Hatcher/Felicity Huffman/Nicollette Sheridan/Eva Longoria Parker.

Created by Marc Cherry.

* Hot desperate moms looking for action.

NEXT AVENGERS: HEROES OF TOMORROW.

Television/Animation/Kids.

Created by Jay Olivia.

* The children of the Avengers are out for revenge against those who were responsible for destroying their parents. Ah yeah.

THE OFFICE: SEASON 4. (USA version)

Television/Comedy.

Steve Carell.

* Season four in the hysterical mockumentary on office life.

X-FILES: REVELATIONS.

Television/Drama/Mystery.

David Duchovny/Gillian Anderson.

Directed by.

* Compilation of great episodes to lube you up for the feature film coming soon.

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3 2 1 PENGUINS: SAVE THE PLANETS.

Family.

MAX AND RUBY’S PERFECT PUMPKIN.

Family.

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ARSENIC AND OLD LACE.

Comedy/Thriller.

Cary Grant/Peter Lorre.

Directed by Frank Capra.

* First DVD of this twisted comedy about a newspaperman (Grant) who discovers his sweet older aunties are actually murdering old men and burying them in their basement with the help of other nutso members of the family.

BEST OF MAD TV: SEASONS 8, 9 and 10.

Television/Comedy.

* Selected episodes of hilarity from the totally wacky sketch comedy show.

BETTER OFF DEAD: I LOVE THE 80’s EDITION.

Comedy.

John Cusack.

Directed by Savage Steve Holland.

* First DVD of this dark and funny John Cusack (at 19 years of age) film from 1985 about the many ways that teen life can go wrong. “I want my two dollars!”

COMPLETE GIDGET COLLECTION.

Comedy.

Directed by Paul Wendkos.

* No, not the television series with Sally Fields, the original movies featuring a surfing gender barrier break hero named Gidget and her somewhat of a boyfriend Moondoggy. Made in the 1960’s and featuring three different Gidgets (Sandra Dee, Deborah Walley and Cindy Carol) and featuring James Darren as Moondoggy in all three movies, these films are great fun, with pretty rich surfing scenes. The three movies are GIDGET, GIDGET GOES HAWAIIAN and GIDGET GOES TO ROME.

CONFESSIONS OF A SUPERHERO.

Documentary.

Directed by Matthew Ogens.

* Ogens follows four people walking Hollywood Blvd dressed as Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman and The Hulk, as they try to make it as actors in Hollywood.

CONTACTS VOL. 1: THE GREAT TRADITION OF PHOTOJOURNALISM.

Documentary.

Henri Cartier-Bresson/William Klien/Raymond Depardon/Marc Riboud.

Directed by Richard Copans and Stan Neumann.

* Great photographers around the world explore and spill their secrets and methods in this first volume of the Contacts series.

DARFUR DIARIES: MESSAGE FROM HOME.

Documentary.

Directed by Aisha Bain and Jen Marlowe and Adam Shapiro.

* A brutal and frank documentation into the tragic situation in Darfur told through the voices of its citizens.

18 IN 08.

Documentary.

Peter Sarsgaard.

Directed by David D. Burstein.

* Designed to get young people voting, this doc was made by the 19-year-old Burstein and features interviews with many politicians and while spelling out the high stakes to the youth of America.

HOUSEBOAT.

Comedy/Drama/Family/Romance.

Cary Grant/Sophia Loren.

Directed by Melville Shavelson.

* First DVD copy of this 1958 classic about a widower raising three kids and the Italian socialite who becomes his children’s nanny and some.

JONNY QUEST: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON.

Television/Animaton/Action.

Tim Matheson.

Created by Doug Whildey.

* Jonny and family battle villains all over the planet in this 1964 cartoon. Interesting factoid: A seventeen-year-old Tim Matheson (ANIMAL HOUSE, THE WEST WING) is the voice of Jonny!

MOVE OVER, DARLING.

Comedy/Romance.

Doris Day/James Garner/Don Knotts.

Directed by Michael Jordan.

* First DVD of this 1963 zany comedy about a man who has his wife declared legally dead after she has been missing for five years after a plane crash. Just when he gets remarried, she is rescued from an island and reappears on the scene.

NEVER BEEN KISSED.

Comedy/Drama/Romance.

Drew Barrymore/David Arquette/Molly Shannon/John C. Reilly.

Directed by Raja Gosnell

* First DVD of this 1999 film about a journalist (Barrymore) who goes undercover at her old high school for a story. The catch? She was a nerdy kid and now she’s hot potatoes.

PIZZA.

Comedy.

Ethan Embry/Kylie Sparks.

Directed by Mark Christopher.

* This sweet teen indie comedy is about a girl having her first experiences with dating.

TO CATCH A THIEF: SPECIAL COLLECTOR’S EDITION.

Crime/Mystery/Romance.

Cary Grant/Grace Kelly.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

* First DVD of this 1955 tale of a reformed jewel thief forced to solve a new crime to clear his name.

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I’M A CYBORG, BUT THAT’S OKAY.

Comedy/Drama/Romance/Fantasy/Foreign (Korean).

Su-jeong Lim/Rain.

Directed by Chan-wook Park.

* By the guy who brought us OLD BOY and LADY VENGEANCE comes this new stylized and beautiful comedy about mental health and the many faces of sanity. The vision of this film, combined with the beautifully arranged tableaus, dynamic special effects and gorgeous cinematography and make this luscious film a must-see!

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