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March 1, 2010
This Week's Interesting DVD Releases (March 2, 2010)
Where the Wild Things Are, the collaboration between director Spike Jonze, screenwriter Dave Eggers, Karen O's soundtrack, and the Maurice Sendak classic book, is on store shelves tomorrow.
For even more Sendak this week, Tell Them Anything You Want: A Portrait of Maurice Sendak is also released tomorrow.
One of the most delightful animated films I have seen in years, Ponyo, is in stores tomorrow, and I am picking up the two-disc special edition that includes a stuffed toy for my niece's first birthday present.
Three other Hayao Miyazaki animated classics are released tomorrow in two-DVD special editions, Castle in the Sky and Kiki's Delivery Service, and My Neighbor Totoro.
Another feature film worth checking out is The Beaches of Agnes, director Agnes Varda's cinematic tour of her life.
No less than four Alice in Wonderland DVDs are in stores this week to ride the wave of Tim Burton & Johnny Depp's feature film release:
Alice: the 2009 sci-fi television miniseries.
Alice in Wonderland: the 1933 film starring Gary Cooper, W.C. Fields, and Cary Grant.
Alice in Wonderland: the surrealistic black and white 1966 Jonathan Miller BBC film starring Peter Sellers with a soundtrack by Ravi Shankar.
Alice in Wonderland: the 1999 NBC television movie staring Robbie Coltrane and Whoopie Goldberg.
Among the week's meager television offerings is the second season of the post-apocalyptic series Jeremiah.
Wolfgang Peterson's The Neverending Story is finally out on Blu-ray this week.
What new releases are you picking up or adding to your Netflix queue this week?
This week's interesting DVD releases:
2 Brothers & a Bride
2012
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin [Blu-ray]
The 39 Steps (BBC adaptation)
Alice (2009 television miniseries)
Alice in Wonderland (1933 film)
Alice in Wonderland (1966 film)
Alice in Wonderland (1999 film)
The Beaches of Agnes
The Beiderbecke Connection
Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story
Bitch Slap
Bollywood Hero
Castle in the Sky: Special Edition
Clash of the Titans
Cold Souls
Designing Women: Season Three
Doctor Who Dalek War: Frontier in Space & Planet of the Daleks (Stories 67 and 68)
Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks (Special Edition) (Story 152)
Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan: Season 4, Vol. 1
Elvis
Esther
Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers
F4: Vortex
For the Love of Grace
Frances
Gentlemen Broncos
Have Gun Will Travel: Season Four, Vol. 1
Hayate the Combat Butler, Part 4
Jake's Corner
Jeremiah Season Two
Jesus
Karin: The Complete Series
Kettle of Fish
Kiki's Delivery Service: Special Edition
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice: The Complete Animated Series
Kurokami, Part 1
The Life (Uncut Version)
A Little Romance
Marathon
Matlock: The Complete Fourth Season
Miles Davis: 1969 Berlin Concert
My Neighbor Totoro
The Neverending Story [Blu-ray]
Ninja
Osamu Tezuka's Phoenix 1-3
The Penthouse
Plenty
Poldark, Series 1
Poltergeist: The Legacy Season 2
Ponyo
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
ReGOREgitated Sacrifice
Return To The 36th Chamber
Rifftrax Double Feature: The Best of Rifftrax Shorts, Vol. 1 / Night of the Living Dead
The Road from Coorain
Sherlock Holmes 4 Pack: Prelude to Murder, Secret Weapon, Terror by Night, & Woman in Green
Tell Them Anything You Want
This Emotional Life
This Revolution
Under Heavy Fire
We Live in Public
Where the Wild Things Are
The Wraith (Special Edition)
Wushu Warrior
Yozakura Quartet: Complete Collection
also at Largehearted Boy:
previous CD & DVD release lists
Soundtracked (directors and composers discuss their film's soundtrack)
