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New On DVD: Zoe Saldana In "Colombiana"
Just in time for Christmas, the Olivier Megaton-directed action thriller Colombiana, which stars Zoe Saldana and Lenny James, will be released on Blu-Ray and DVD tomorrow.
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New On DVD: "The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975"
Swedish director Goran Hugo Olsson's revealing documentary The Black Power Mixtape 1967 - 1975 was released on DVD today.
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"Mama I Want To Sing" Coming Out On DVD In February
I completely forgot there was film version made based on the long running "urban" play Mama I Want to Sing.
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New On DVD: Oliver Schmitz's Touching Drama "Life, Above All" To Be Released In U.S. On 12/06
Despite its heavy subject matter and the melancholy this film is sure to evoke from anyone with a heart who views it, Oliver Schmitz's Life, Above All is not a film to be missed by anyone who calls oneself a lover of film. You can (and should) add this DVD to your collection when it&...
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New On DVD: 15th Anniversary Edition Of Neil Gaiman AND Lenny Henry's "Neverwhere"
Despite the fact that it is usually credited exclusively as a Neil Gaiman-created project, BBC2's 1996 sci-fi mini-series Neverwhere was actually co-created with British funnyman Lenny Henry. The 15th Anniversary Edition DVD of Neverwhere was released in November.
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"The Mortician" With Method Man Coming Out On DVD In Feb.
If I'm correct, it's been a few months since we've heard anything about the suspense thriller/horror/drama film The Mortician, starring Method Man, in the creepy lead role, along with Edward Furlong, Dash Mihok, and Wendell Pierce.
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"Making the Boys" is Our DVD Pick of the Week
For a generation that grew up watching "Will & Grace," Mart Crowley’s 1968 play “The Boys in the Band” might not seem like a big deal. It was. The story of a group of gay men gathering for a birthday party came at a time before the Stonewall riots, when gays weren't discussed, just ignored.
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On DVD/Blu-ray/VOD This Week - "The Weird World of Blowfly" (The Original Dirty Rapper)
He's known as the original dirty rapper! Blowfly - the stage name for Clarence Reid, who wrote songs for several hit R&B groups in the 1960s and '70s. But he also recorded albums as Blowfly, his alter-ego usually seen in an ostentatious superhero costume, known especially for his x-...
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'Bellflower' is Our DVD Pick of the Week
Evan Glodell's "Bellflower" is the sort of indie success story that many filmmakers dream of but few achieve. A first-time director and a team of unknowns make it to Sundance with an incendiary film that gets people talking. But approaching this film as the too-familiar Cinderella...
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New On DVD/Blu-ray/VOD This Week - "13," "The Upsetter: The Life and Music of Lee Scratch Perry," "A Good Man"
All films we've covered on S&A; first 13, a remake of the 2006 French film of the same name - a minimalist, black and white, atmospheric, tense thriller that I enjoyed, the feature film debut for Géla Babluani, the young French filmmaker of the original, who also wrote and directed th...
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