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Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
OPERATION HOMECOMING (DOCURAMA) now now DVD $26.95
Documentary: Nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar, this film collects poetry, journals, essays and more from soldiers on the front.
ROMEO AND JULIET GET MARRIED (LIFESIZE) now 2-5 DVD $19.98
Comedy: Two lovers engaged to be married must hide their families’ support for different soccer teams. Bonuses: commentary, interviews.
SCREAMERS (SONY BMG) now 2-19 DVD $19.99
Documentary: A look at the history of modern-day genocide, from the Ottoman Empire at the start of the 20th Century to Darfur. Bonuses: featurettes, concert footage with System of a Down.
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (DISNEY) now 3-11 DVD $29.99, BD $34.99
Drama: The Coen brothers’ $46.8 million-grossing movie is about a man (Josh Brolin) who finds a suitcase of money and a sociopathic killer (Javier Bardem) hot on his trail. The film is Oscar-nominated for best picture and best director, among other categories. Bonuses: featurettes.
PRAY (BRIDGESTONE) now 3-24 DVD $19.95
Thriller: After a Christian rock concert, two high school friends find themselves followed home.
2012: DOOMSDAY (FAITH FILMS) 1-30 2-12 DVD $24.95
Drama: Four strangers on a journey of faith face doomsday on Dec. 21, 2012, the last recorded day for the Mayans. Bonuses: bloopers, featurette.
HIGHLANDER: THE SOURCE (LIONSGATE) 1-30 2-26 DVD $26.98
Adventure: In the latest installment in the franchise, immortal warriors set out to find out the source of their immortality. Bonuses: behind-the-scenes documentary, storyboard-to-scene comparisons, photo gallery, tribute to Highlander creator, videogame sneak peak.
ARMY OF THE DEAD (MAVERICK) 2-1 3-4 DVD $24.98
Adventure: A professor and a group of treasure hunters are confronted by an army of skeleton warriors bound by an ancient curse to protect lost gold.
RADIANT CITY (KOCH) 2-5 3-4 DVD $26.98
Documentary: A look at suburban sprawl across North America.
PTU: POLICE TACTICAL UNIT (WEINSTEIN/GENIUS) 2-12 3-25 DVD $19.97
Crime thriller: Director Johnny To’s movie is about a police unit that intersects with a web of gangland crimes. Bonuses: commentary, interviews.
BONNIE AND CLYDE ULTIMATE COLLECTOR’S EDITION (WARNER) 2-19 3-25 DVD $39.92, BD $34.99
Crime: Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway star as a couple on a crime spree in the 1967 movie. Also available on that day will be a two-disc edition ($20.97). The HD version will street April 15 (prebook March 11; $34.99). Bonuses: documentary, featurettes, wardrobe tests, deleted scenes; collector’s edition also has a photo book and press book.
BULLDOG IN THE WHITEHOUSE (WATER BEARER) 2-26 3-18 DVD $29.95
Comedy: Filmmaker Todd Verow portrays the Bush administration as a group of lustful, traitorous gay men. Bonuses: extra and deleted scenes.
EXTRAORDINARY RENDITION (BFS) 2-26 3-25 DVD $24.98
Drama: A suspected terrorist (Omar Berdouni) is abducted, held in solitary confinement and tortured by an interrogator (Andy Serkis). Bonuses: making-of featurette, interview, filmographies.
SERENADES (BFS) 2-26 3-25 DVD $24.98
Drama: A Muslim woman falls in love with a Christian man and must struggle against the culture clashes.
SUBURBAN SHOOTOUT (ACORN) 2-26 3-25 DVD $24.99
Comedy: This TV series is a satire about suburbia in which a mild-mannered woman finds a quaint village is actually full of rival gangs and gunfire. Bonuses: commentaries, documentary, filmographies.
WHAT LOVE IS (SONY) 2-28 4-1 DVD $24.96
Romantic comedy: Cuba Gooding Jr., Anne Heche, Gina Gershon and Sean Astin star in this movie about a man trying to figure out why his relationship failed with the help of friends. Bonuses: featurette, commentary.
THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN 20TH ANNIVERSARY (SONY) 3-6 4-8 DVD $19.94, BD $28.95
Fantasy: The Academy Award-nominated movie is released in a two-disc set and in high-definition. Bonuses: new making-of documentary, commentary, deleted scenes, storyboarded scenes; BD also has featurette and trivia track.
THE FINAL SEASON (SONY) 3-6 4-8 DVD $26.96
Sports drama: Based on a true story, this film starring Sean Astin and Rachael Leigh Cook is about a small-town baseball team working toward its 20th state championship win. Bonuses: commentaries, featurettes.
THE SHELL SEEKERS (THINKFILM/GENIUS) 3-11 4-15 DVD $14.95
Drama: Based on the best-selling novel, this movie, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Maximilian Schell, tells the story of a 64-year-old daughter of a famous artist as she reflects on her life.
LIONS FOR LAMBS (MGM/FOX) 3-12 4-8 DVD $29.98
Political thriller: Robert Redford, Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep star as a professor, a senator and a TV journalist, respectively, mixed in with the lives of two students trapped behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. Bonuses: three featurettes.
THE GOLDEN COMPASS (NEW LINE/WARNER) 3-18 4-29 DVD $34.99, BD $39.98
Adventure: A young girl journeys to the far north to save her best friend and other children who are undergoing terrible experiments in this $67.5 million-grossing movie starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. Also available is a single-disc ($28.98) with just the film. Bonuses: commentary, 11 featurettes, galleries.
ALIEN NATION: ULTIMATE MOVIE COLLECTION (FOX) 3-19 4-15 DVD $49.98
Sci-fi: A box set of the five films based on the TV series: Dark Horizons, Body and Soul, Millennium, The Enemy Within and The Udara Legacy. Bonuses: commentaries, featurettes, gag reel, stills galleries, storyboards.
CRAZY LIKE A FOX (CINEQUEST) 3-19 4-15 DVD $24.99
Drama: Mary McDonnell and Roger Rees star in this film about a farmer who refuses to give up his land to big-city speculators.
MANNEQUIN & MANNEQUIN 2: ON THE MOVIE DOUBLE FEATURE (MGM/FOX) 3-19 4-15 DVD $14.98
Romantic comedy: A man falls in love with a female mannequin who can come to life, in the ’80s movie and its sequel.
STARTING OUT IN THE EVENING (LIONSGATE) 3-26 4-22 DVD $27.98
Drama: Frank Langella stars as an aging writer who resurrects his career with the help of a graduate student, played by Lauren Ambrose, in this limited-release movie. Bonuses: commentary, TV spot.
IN THE BLOOD (TLA) 4-1 4-29 DVD $19.99
Horror: A gay man realizes he must embrace his sexuality in order to solve the mystery of a serial killer. Bonuses: commentary, alternate opening.
NANKING (THINKFILM) 4-1 4-29 DVD $27.98
Documentary: Using archival footage and interviews, this film is an account of the Rape of Nanking in 1937, in which the invading Japanese Army murdered more than 200,000 Chinese.
FORGIVING THE FRANKLINS (INDIE-PICTURES) 4-25 5-20 DVD $24.95
Comedy: Members of a conservative church die and meet their maker, who removes their original sin and sends them back to Earth to live without shame, in this official selection at the Sundance Film Festival.




Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
ROSEMARY & THYME: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION (ACORN) now 2-5 DVD $99.99
Mystery: A box set containing all 22 episodes of the series about gardeners who also are amateur sleuths. Bonuses: interview, production notes, photo galleries, filmographies, trivia.
WORLD COMBAT LEAGUE: SEASON ONE (ECHO BRIDGE) 2-5 3-4 DVD $19.99
Sports: Martial arts legend Chuck Norris hosts this Versus Network series featuring fighters who combine kickboxing, karate and tae kwon do. Also available on that day will be World Combat League: Season One—Greatest Knockouts and Knockdowns (DVD $9.99). Bonuses: introduction.
THOMAS ENGINES & ESCAPADES (HIT/FOX) 2-6 3-4 DVD $14.98
Children’s: Thomas and his friends make a new friend, Madge the truck, in these six episodes.
FRISKY DINGO: SEASON 1 (WARNER) 2-19 3-25 DVD $19.97
Animated: From the creators of Sealab 2021, this Adult Swim series follows the battle between evil villain Killface and billionaire Awesome X.
BECKER: THE FIRST SEASON (PARAMOUNT) 2-19 4-1 DVD $39.99
Sitcom: Ted Danson stars as a cantankerous physician in this sitcom, being released in a three-disc set.
MATLOCK: THE FIRST SEASON (PARAMOUNT) 2-26 4-8 DVD $54.99
Drama: Andy Griffith is a fiery southern defense attorney in this hour-long drama, compiled in seven discs.
IT’S A BIG, BIG WORLD: BE HEALTHY AND HAPPY (SONY) 2-21 3-25 DVD $12.99
Children’s: The first volume of the PBS Kids series discusses how animals take care of themselves. Also available on that day will be Everybody’s Different (DVD $12.99). Promotion: 25% off insert for Highlights High Five.
SINATRA: THE MINISERIES (WARNER) 4-8 5-13 DVD $19.98
Biopic: Executive produced by Frank Sinatra’s daughter, Tina Sinatra, this miniseries covers more than 20 years of the singer’s life.




Title Prebook Date Street Date MSRP
CARE BEARS GRIZZLE-LY ADVENTURES (FOX) now 2-5 DVD $14.98
Children’s: The Care Bears must thwart the evil plots of their new neighbor Grizzle, in this DVD, including two stories.
NATURE: YELLOWSTONE (QUESTAR) now 2-12 DVD $19.99
Documentary: F. Murray Abraham narrates these two episodes of TV longest-running natural history series, “In the Company of Wolves” and “Christmas in Yellowstone.”
CRAZY SEXY CANCER (GAIAM) now 3-4 DVD $19.98
Documentary: Kris Car and other women discuss how they became cancer survivors. Bonuses: deleted scenes, interviews, life teachings, yoga exercises.
FABULOUSLY FIT MOMS (KOCH VISION) 2-5 3-4 DVD $14.98 each
Fitness: Jennifer Nicole Lee hosts the Sleek & Sexy and Upper Body Blast workouts.
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE: BIG COUNTRY FUN (FOX) 2-6 3-4 DVD $14.98
Animated: Strawberry Shortcake and her friends work on a ranch, where they have many adventures. Bonuses: music video.
ROBYN HITCHCOCK: SEX, FOOD, DEATH … AND INSECTS (A&E) 2-26 3-25 DVD $24.95
Documentary: This program chronicles the origins of the singer-songwriter’s album Ole Tarantula, the formation of his band and their U.S. tour.
I’M STILL HERE (SISU) 3-18 4-15 DVD $24.95
Documentary: A collection of stories by those who experienced first-hand the horrors of the Holocaust, using photos, text and drawings from diaries. Bonuses: photo galleries.


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