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The Real Housewives of New Jersey: Season 1

kbelz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:28:59 +0000

Bravo heads to the Garden State to follow the five most Jersey of all Jersey Girls as they live lavish lifestyles and deal with all the drama that money can buy.

The hair is big, but the drama is bigger in THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY. For the first time in Real Housewives history, the ladies are more than just friends — joining the cast are two sisters, who are married to two brothers — and one sister-in-law, bringing a whole new level of familial drama to the table. While family remains a priority for each of these women, their shopping, decorating, dating and even fighting are all over-the-top.

From their wild weekend in Atlantic City to the infamous table flip, watch every episode of THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY: THE COMPLETE SEASON ONE including the two reunions, lost footage, and Director’s Cut of the unforgettable season finale, all on 3 DVDs.

DISC 1 (approx 157 min): Season Preview / Thicker Than Water / Mama Knows Best / Not One of Us / bonus – Text Bios

DISC 2 (approx 135 min): Black & White & Read All Over / Casinos and C-Cups / The Last Supper (Finale)

DISC 3 (approx 180 min): The Last Supper Director’s Cut / Reunion: Watch What Happens, Pt. 1 / Reunion: Watch What Happens, Pt. 2 / The Lost Footage / bonus – Quiz

Henri Cartier-Bresson: Collector’s Edition

kbelz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:43:34 +0000

Henri Cartier-Bresson may be considered the father of modern photojournalism, but he was not solely a photographer. Several documentaries he shot between the 1930s and the 1970s bear witness to his affection for the cinema, a medium that he sees as “an alternative to photography in the way it sees the world and captures its movement.” This lavish collector’s edition includes: a series of documentaries about the artist, which allows us to (re)discover his powerful and rare photographic work; five major works directed by Cartier-Bresson himself; and a 32-page illustrated collectible book containing criticism of his work as well as reproductions of his legendary photographs.

DISC ONE
Henri Cartier-Bresson’s Films
Victory of Life* (1937)
Spain Will Live* (1938)
The Return (1945)
California Impressions (1970)
Southern Exposures (1971)

DISC TWO
Documentaries
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye (2003)
Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Adventure (1962)
Contacts: Henri Cartier-Bresson (1994)
Flagrants délits (1967)
A Day in the Studio of Henri Cartier-Bresson (2005)
Lest We Forget: Letter to Mamadou Bâ (1991)

* Restored from the Archives Françaises du Film du Centre National de la Cinématographie, Ministère de la Culture

Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure

kbelz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:18:01 +0000

He was one of the most fabled antiheroes of the Old West, a complicated figure whose outlaw reputation captured the imagination of a nation.

In central Kansas, a treasure hunt is underway that could call into question much of what we think we know of him. What happened to the gold Jesse James stole? Can any part of it be found? And if so, does it suggest that Jesse James was more than a bandit stealing for his own personal gain? Was he, in fact, a clandestine member of a powerful Confederate secret society determined to help the South rise again?

JESSE JAMES’ HIDDEN TREASURE follows a team of amateur historians as they search for James’ secret treasure in an attempt to discover new truths about the American legend, including why he robbed, and when he died.

Truth in Motion

kbelz — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:59:37 +0000

Truth in Motion: The US Ski Team’s road to Vancouver is a film about what it takes to excel as a world class skier. Raw talent. Technical skill. The persistence to train hard, every day. The sheer will. The men and women on the U.S. Ski team have it, but do they have what it takes to make it to the 2010 Winter Olympics?

Entrenched with the skiers during the crucial months leading up to the start of their competition season, the film is a rare look inside – intimate and candid, in a way rarely if ever seen in film about skiing.

From snow camp in Portillo, Chile and Saas Fee, Switzerland, to the final days leading up the start of the World Cup competition in Sölden, Austria, we’re there as they face the sub-zero dawn, as they review videotape of training runs with coaches, scrutinizing every turn and tuck. We’re in the basement with expert ski techs as they grind edges and apply wax, tweaking equipment for every conceivable condition, then tweaking further when their skier returns from a run.

Each racer emerges with something unique that drives them – trying to repeat an early success to prove their talent; returning from injury, or even making the cut for the Olympic team in a competitive year.

In a sport where hundredths of a second determine the difference between a gold medal and no medal, their training season is about pushing the limits of their bodies and their technology. The filmmaking approach conveys this with progressive camera techniques, like ultra slow motion cameras that literally stop time, allowing us to see every millisecond of force and exertion as these skiers carve corners and push their bodies to breaking point.

3 Americas

kbelz — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:12:50 +0000

It’s the end of spring in Boston, Massachusetts. With summer approaching, 16 year-old America has two issues, or so she thinks. She hates school and her aunt Carolina’s alcoholic husband, Joey. She passes the days shoplifting, hanging out with her friends and trying to avoid Joey. But after a life-changing event, America, whose Spanish is limited, is sent to Buenos Aires, Argentina to live with her reclusive and anti-American grandmother, Lucia America Campos. In Argentina, America struggles to find her place. An entertaining and thought-provoking coming of age tale with a decisive reference to the Latino American experience. Cristina Kotz Cornejo has recently been retained by Film Independent Director’s Lab for a production.

10 Yards: Fantasy Football

kbelz — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:05:19 +0000

10 Yards is a documentary about fantasy football. It follows the story of j.fred, a carbon monoxide detector salesman, and his two filmmaker buddies as they battle it out during the course of a season in the INTERGALACTIC CHAMPIONSHIP League, where the top prize is a box of Twinkies. As the season progresses, filmmakers Josh Caldwell and Hunter Weeks (both members of the league) travel the country interviewing various fantasy football fanatics, NFL players, commentators, and all walks of life. Meanwhile j.fred stays in touch through the use of a video diary system and the three, along with the rest of the INTERGALACTIC CHAMPIONSHIP League, meet up in Mexico for j.fred’s annual retirement party. Every year he declares his retirement as commissioner of the league and uses it as an excuse to get everyone together in the same city. Throughout the story, the friends face some challenging “real-life” moments which help shed light on the significance fantasy football has had in helping solidify very life long friendships. Beyond an extensive look at this massive US sub-culture, where it’s estimated 20 million people are playing fantasy football, 10 Yards is a story about friendship, camaraderie, and the transition into adulthood.

Trucker

kbelz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:29:06 +0000

Diane Ford (Michelle Monaghan), a vivacious and successful independent truck driver, leads a carefree life of long-haul trucking, one night stands and all-night drinking with Runner (Nathan Fillion, Serenity, “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-A-Long Blog,” “Castle”) until the evening her estranged 11-year-old son, Peter (Jimmy Bennett, young James Kirk in Star Trek) is unexpectedly dropped at her door. Peter hasn’t seen his mother since he was a baby and wants to live with Diane as little as she wants him, but they are stuck with each other – at least for now, while his father Len (Benjamin Bratt) is in the hospital. Burdened with this new responsibility and seeing the life of freedom she’s fought for now jeopardized, Diane steps reluctantly into her past and looks sidelong at an uncharted future that is not as simple or straightforward as she had once believed possible.

Rethink Afghanistan

kbelz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:32:01 +0000

Award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald and Brave New Foundation deliver a ground-breaking documentary that shatters all perceived truths behind the war in Afghanistan.

Jodhaa Akbar

kbelz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:24:30 +0000

Emperor Akbar (Hrithik Roshan), after having secured the Hindu Kush, furthered his realm by conquest until his empire extended from Afghanistan to the Bay of Bengal, and from the Himalayas to the Godavari River. The daughter of King Bharmal of Amer, Jodhaa, resented being reduced to a mere political pawn in this marriage of alliance, and Akbar’s biggest challenge did not merely lie in winning battles, but in winning the love of Jodhaa – a love hidden deep below resentment and extreme prejudice. JODHAA-AKBAR is their untold love story.

Future by Design

kbelz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:11:07 +0000

FUTURE BY DESIGN is a documentary film by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker William Gazecki, sharing the life and far-reaching vision of Jacque Fresco, a modern day Da Vinci. Peer to Einstein and Buckminster Fuller, Jacque is a self-taught futurist who describes himself most often as a “generalist” or multi-disciplinarian — a student of many inter-related fields. He is a prolific inventor, having spent his entire life (he is now 90 years old) conceiving of and devising inventions on various scales which entail the use of innovative technology. The film explores Fresco’s world of the future, where scientific method, not politics, rules world operations, and all human activities and efforts are directed towards achieving dynamic equilibrium between man and nature. FUTURE BY DESIGN is a visually and intellectually engaging exploration of one man’s vision of a future where war is outdated, there is no shortage of any necessary resource, and our focus as a species is sustainability. But far from presenting a vision of Utopia, this documentary demonstrates a “possible future” — with real and viable alternatives to our current paradigm of militarism and commercialism. Jacque Fresco is an outspoken and immediately likable character whose radical and sometimes irreverent ideas are sure to draw both praise and controversy.

Crude

kbelz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:59:08 +0000

CRUDE is the latest masterpiece from filmmaker Joe Berlinger (Brother’s Keeper, Paradise Lost, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster). This riveting film tells the epic story of one of the largest and most controversial legal cases on the planet: the infamous $27 billion “Amazon Chernobyl” case pitting 30,000 rainforest dwellers in Ecuador against U.S. oil Giant Chevron. Berlinger skillfully takes us into this high stakes legal drama, which involves global politics, the environmental movement, celebrity activism, human rights advocacy, multinational corporate power, and the fate of disappearing indigenous cultures.

Amreeka

kbelz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:46:42 +0000

Amid the daily humiliations of West Bank checkpoints, her boring job in a bank and her nagging mother, Muna Farah (Nisreen Faour) struggles to get as much happiness as she can from life. Her greatest joy is her son Fadi (Melkar Muallen), for whom she stretches her modest salary to keep in private school. Still, when Muna finds out she’s received a U.S. Green Card, she’s torn between doing what’s best for Fadi’s future and saying goodbye to her family and everything she knows. But after Fadi has one too many tense altercations with an Israeli soldier, the perils of remaining home become all too clear, and she makes up her mind to emigrate. Amreeka recalls Dabis’s family’s memories of their lives in rural America. The film stars Haifa-trained actress Nisreen Faour as Muna, and Melkar Muallen plays her 16-year-old son, Fadi. Also in the cast are Hiam Abbass, Alia Shawkat, Yussef Abu-Warda and Joseph Ziegler. Written and directed by Cherien Dabis, Amreeka was produced by Christina Piovesan and Paul Barkin. Alicia Sams, Dabis and Gregory Keever were executive producers; Liz Jarvis and Al-Zain Al-Sabah were co-producers.

Battle 360: The Bloody Battle of Guadalcanal

kbelz — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:40:26 +0000

For nearly a decade, the legendary World War II aircraft carrier USS Enterprise held a pivotal place on the turbulent seas of war, engaging in some of the fiercest multi-front battles ever witnessed in modern combat. The only carrier to be front and center in every major sea conflict in the Pacific, the Enterprise and her crew’s battles were marked by intense firepower, instinct and a 360-coordination between the ship, the destroyers, the aircraft above and the submarines below. This DVD chronicles the Enterprise’s bloody campaign in the Solomon Islands, culminating in the epic showdown with the forces of Japan at Guadalcanal, one of the most critical battles in WWII history.

Chicka Chicka 123 .. and more counting fun!

kbelz — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:07:20 +0000

CHICKA CHICKA 1,2,3 (By Bill Martin Jr. and Michael Sampson, illustrated by Lois Ehlert, sung by Crystal Taliefero) When one hundred and one numbers race each other up the apple tree, bumblebees come buzzing. Which number will save the day?

EMILY’S FIRST 100 DAYS OF SCHOOL (Written and illustrated by Rosemary Wells, narrated by Diana Canova) School begins and as the days and weeks go by, Emily and her classmates learn new ideas and expand their world.

HOW MUCH IS A MILLION? (By David M. Schwartz, illustrated by Steven Kellogg, narrated by Bruce Johnson) Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician explains the concepts of a million, a billion, and a trillion.

IF YOU MADE A MILLION (By David M. Schwartz, illustrated by Steven Kellogg, narrated by Bruce Johnson) Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician explains various forms of money and how to use it.

Poirot Murder Mysteries Collection

kbelz — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:01:19 +0000

Dressed to the nines, impeccably mannered and infuriatingly arch, Hercule Poirot is a detective like no other. Agatha Christie’s dapper Belgian sleuth has delighted mystery fans for generations, and David Suchet has won universal praise for his pitch-perfect portrayal of Poirot on screen.

Suchet’s first four feature-length Poirot mysteries are available together in this collector’s set. Produced by Brian Eastman (Traffik, Jeeves & Wooster), these exquisitely crafted tales of death and deception feature top-notch casts and were filmed on location around the world.

THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD–Poirot’s retirement in a quiet country village is abruptly ended by the death of his disagreeable neighbor.

LORD EDGWARE DIES–Intervening in a sticky marital situation, Poirot suddenly finds himself in the midst of murder.

MURDER IN MESOPOTAMIA–Poirot is visitingan ancient site in Iraq when the head archeologist’s unpopular wife is killed.

EVIL UNDER THE SUN–Death intrudes on Poirot’s island holiday, and only he can determine who is responsible.

Criss Angel Mindfreak: The Most Dangerous Escapes

kbelz — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:54:10 +0000

Constantly blurring the lines of reality and illusion, magician of the decade Criss Angel reveals his most unforgettable escapes in this seven-episode collection.

Handpicked by Criss himself, the entire series’ most death-defying Criss Angel moments are relived in this amazing compilation. Whether escaping from a coffin buried six feet underground, a building seconds before it implodes, or a cement block lifted five stories in the air high above New York’s Times Square, Criss proves with each daredevil escape that he is the quintessential escape artist; the heir apparent to Harry Houdini.

Episodes include:
Buried Alive
Quad Drag Escape
Cement Block
Building Implosion Escape
Escape Over Bourbon Street
Car Wreck Vanish
Silverton Final Attempt

Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day

kbelz — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:44:08 +0000

Winner of the Best Cinematography Award at the Sundance Film Festival, the eloquent historical drama COLOR OF A BRISK AND LEAPING DAY has been acclaimed as “a film touched with greatness” (Village Voice) whose “very existence vindicates the dream of an art house independent cinema” (Film Comment).

For train aficionado and hopeless romantic John Lee (Peter Alexander), life at the end of World War II is difficult enough as a man of Asian-mixed descent. The grandwon to one of the many Chinese railroad laborers who helped forge a new America, John holds idealistic visions of saving a short-line train that runs through the gorgeous vistas of Yosemite Valley. With the help of the railroad’s long-time employees (Michael Stipe of R.E.M. and Henry Gibson of Nashville and Magnolia), John makes it his year-long mission to turn the railroad around, while simultaneously courting a beautiful Native American park guide (Jeri Arredondo).

Written and directed with complex subtlety by indie darling Christopher Munch (Harry and Max, The Sleepy Time Gal, The Hours and Times), COLOR OF A BRISK AND LEAPING DAY is a boldly atmospheric ode to passion and preservation.

Expedition Africa

kbelz — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:09:40 +0000

From Executive Producer Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice) EXPEDITION AFRICA takes viewers on an adventure of epic proportions as four renowned explorers attempt to follow the historic journey of Henry Morton Stanley and his search for the “lost” Dr. David Livingstone in the heart of Africa. HISTORY™ is bringing this adventure back to life in the 21st century. The twist? These modern-day explorers will have to complete the mission with only a compass, maps and Stanley’s journals from the original undertaking. Can these modern-day adventurers survive the harsh and unforgiving African environment and succeed with nothing more than tools from the past? The explorers face dehydration, deadly animals, disease and each other, knowing that any step could be their last.

This 3-DVD set includes all eight heart-pounding episodes of the phenomenal adventure series.

DISC ONE (approx 141 min): Lost in Africa / First Victim / Hunters Become The Hunted

DISC TWO (approx 141 min): African Monsoon / Danger In the Desert / Malaria Claims an Explorer

DISC THREE (approx 94 + bonus): Heart of Darkness / The Final Chapter / Bonus Features

Giggle Giggle Quack…and more stories by Doreen Cronin

kbelz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:36:06 +0000

GIGGLE GIGGLE QUACK (Illustrated by Betsy Lewin, narrated by Randy Travis) Farmer Brown goes on vacation, leaving his brother Bob in charge. Little does Bob know that Duck has changed all of Farmer Brown’s instructions on how to take care of the animals.

DOOBY DOOBY MOO (illustrated by Betsy Lewin, narrated by Randy Travis) Duck sees an ad for a talent show in the newspaper, so the animals quickly put acts together hoping to win the grand prize.

DUCK FOR PRESIDENT (illustrated by Betsy Lewin, narrated by Randy Travis) Unhappy with the working conditions on the farm, Duck campaigns to put himself in charge!

DIARY OF A WORM (Illustrated by Harry Bliss, narrated by Alexandra Gould) This fun-filled look into the daily ins and outs of a lovable underground dweller shows us that a worm’s life is really not so different from our own.

DIARY OF A FLY (Illustrated by Harry Bliss, narrated by Abigail Breslin) Take a peak into the day-to-day life of a little fly that wants to be a super hero and is not afraid to dream big!

The Jacksons: A Family Dynasty

kbelz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:26:50 +0000

THE JACKSONS: A FAMILY DYNASTY chronicles the personal and professional lives of the first family of music. The original intent of the project was to present an inside look as the brothers prepared to celebrate their 40th anniversary with the “rebirth” of the Jackson Five and a small concert. Filming began. Then tragedy struck. Michael’s untimely death turned their world upside down. Even at this difficult time, the Jackson brothers graciously continued to grant unprecedented access, allowing our film crew to produce a six-hour docu-series, providing an intimate behind-the-scenes peek into the daily real-life drama that the Jackson brothers experience, documenting their relationships with one another and their families, balancing the demands placed upon them by work commitments and celebrity as they strive to add to their proud legacy. As the brothers all agree, they are and always will be the Jackson Five. THE JACKSONS: A FAMILY DYNASTY is chock full of memorable photos, vintage video, and classic Jackson hit songs.

DISC ONE: The Jackson Family / The Aftermath / The Jacksons Abroad
DISC TWO: Come Together / Lockdown / Now, What?

MysteryQuest: The Complete Season 1

kbelz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:55:27 +0000

History is filled with stories of the unexplained, from vanishings in the Bermuda Triangle to the lost city of Atlantis.

While they have spawned endless speculation, these mysteries seldom come with clear answers. But can advances in science and technology bring new evidence to light? Each episode of MYSTERYQUEST features a journey to find clues about one of mankind’s most enduring mysteries. Through expeditions around the world, experts combine their knowledge of science and technology to look at each mystery in innovative ways. On-site investigation, high-tech gadgetry, video and audio analysis unite with modern-day forensics in an attempt to bring us one step closer to the truth behind history’s biggest questions.

MYSTERYQUEST: THE COMPLETE SEASON ONE includes all 10 episodes of the debut season on 3 DVDs:

DISC 1: Hitler’s Escape / The Devil’s Triangle / San Francisco Slaughter / The Lost City of Atlantis

DISC 2: Alien Cover Up / The Rise of the Fourth Reich / Devil’s Island

DISC 3: Jack the Ripper / Stonehenge / Return of the Amityville Horror

Steven Seagal: Lawman: The Complete Season 1

kbelz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:28:57 +0000

Steven Seagal’s movies have grossed more than $2 billion worldwide. An expert martial artist with a 7th-degree black belt in aikido, he ranks among the film industry’s greatest action stars. But Seagal isn’t just an action hero in the movies. For almost 20 years, he has been working as a fully commissioned deputy with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana where, in addition to going out on patrol, the expert marksman works with the SWAT team and instructs Jefferson Parish officers in firearms and hand-to-hand combat. Get in on the action as STEVEN SEAGAL LAWMAN™ chronicles Seagal’s extraordinary life in law enforcement, riding shotgun as he and his hand-selected team of deputies respond to crimes-in-progress. Then, follow Seagal off-duty as he pursues his many ventures – including musical performances and philanthropic efforts – in Jefferson Parish and New Orleans.

DISC 1 (7 episodes, approx 154 min): The Way of the Gun / The Deadly Hand / Killer Canines / Too Young To Die / Firearms of Fury / The Student Becomes The Master / To Live or Die

DISC 2 (6 episodes, approx 132 min + bonus): Medicine Man / Crack War / A Parish Under Siege / Street Justice / Narc Force / Ruthless Judgment / Bonus Additional Footage

Nostradamus Effect: The Complete Season 1

kbelz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:05:58 +0000

For thousands of years, cultures across the globe have generated dark prophecies warning of doomsday scenarios that will bring the world to a cataclysmic end.

HISTORY™ reveals the most chilling of these prophecies in an attempt to find correlations between today’s unfolding events and the predictions that may have foreshadowed them. A broad range of experts deconstruct the prophecies of Nostradamus, as well as those contained in the Bible, within mythology, in hieroglyphs and across other ancient texts, identifying remarkable correlations between today’s unfolding events and prophesies of the past. Scientific evidence supporting the possible association between these prophecies and corresponding future scenarios will be uncovered, as the connection between the prophecy in question and prophecies from other cultures are explored.

What’s behind these mysteriously similar end-of-day scenarios? Find out in the NOSTRADAMUS EFFECT, containing all 12 episodes on three DVDs:

DISC 1: The Third Antichrist? / Da Vinci’s Armageddon / 2012 Extinction / Hitler’s Blood Oath

DISC 2: The Apocalypse Code / Son of Nostradamus / Secrets of the Seven Seals / Fatima’s Secret Prophecy

DISC 3: Satan’s Army / Doomsday Hieroglyphs / Armageddon Battle Plan / The Rapture

(approx 188 min per disc)