Tuesday, September 4, 2007

The Latest on DVD: Desperate Living

This week's new DVD releases:

Featured Titles:
  • Desperate Housewives: The Complete Third Season- Highlights include a gun-toting Laurie Metcalf and Dixie Carter as a murderous mommie dearest. Also available in a Spanish version.
  • A Special Day- While Mussolini meets Hitler, Sophia Loren bonds with her gay neighbor Marcello Mastroianni (in an Oscar nominated performance).
  • Bosom Buddies - The Second Season- Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari are Kip and Henry, a.ka. Buffy and Hildegard, in this cross-dressing sitcom favorite. Also available, along with the first season, in a complete series box set.
  • Stranger Than Paradise- Jim Jarmusch’s influential indie gets the Criterion treatment in this two-discer.

What Else is New:

  • Georgia Rule- Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman and the infamous Lindsay Lohan star in this inter-generational dramedy.
  • The Wind That Shakes the Barley- Cillian Murphy stars as an Irish freedom fighter.
  • Night on Earth- Another Jim Jarmusch classic on the Criterion label, starring Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder and Rosie Perez.

From the Vaults:

  • Alibi- This early Best Picture nominee stars Chester Morris as a prohibition-era gangster accused of killing a policeman.
  • Be Yourself!- Fanny Brice stars as a nightclub singer who helps her boxer beau.
  • The Lottery Bride- Jeanette MacDonald is caught between two brothers, each vying for her love, in this musical romance.
  • Movie Songs Live- TCM's Robert Osbourne hosts a look at your favorite movie music memories, including songs from Grease, Saturday Night Fever and Dirty Dancing.

TV on DVD:

Click on the individual links to purchase the DVDs at Amazon.com.

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