DVD & Blu-ray: New This Week

New to Own: Week of January 14, 2013

See the titles new on DVD, Blu-ray and Amazon Instant Video this week.
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1.
Taken 2 (2012)
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In Istanbul, retired CIA operative Bryan Mills and his wife are taken hostage by the father of a kidnapper Mills killed while rescuing his daughter. (92 mins.)
Director: Olivier Megaton
“  Buy now on DVD, Blu-ray and Amazon Instant Video. ” - IMDb Editors
 
2.
To Rome with Love (2012)
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The lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into. (112 mins.)
Director: Woody Allen
“  Buy now on DVD, Blu-ray and Amazon Instant Video. ” - IMDb Editors
 
3.
Merlin (2008 TV Series)
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The adventures of the legendary sorcerer as a young man. (45 mins.)
“  Buy the Complete Fourth Season now on DVD and Blu-ray. ” - IMDb Editors
 
4.
The Possession (2012)
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A young girl buys an antique box at a yard sale, unaware that inside the collectible lives a malicious ancient spirit. The girl's father teams with his ex-wife to find a way to end the curse upon their child. (92 mins.)
Director: Ole Bornedal
“  Buy now on DVD and Blu-ray. ” - IMDb Editors
 
5.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
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A man and his wife receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet. (75 mins.)
“  Buy the Criterion Collection Edition now on DVD and Blu-ray. ” - IMDb Editors
 
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7.
Won't Back Down (2012)
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Two determined mothers­, one a teacher, look to transform their children's failing inner city school. Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children. (121 mins.)
Director: Daniel Barnz
“  Buy now on DVD, Blu-ray and Amazon Instant Video. ” - IMDb Editors
 
8.
The Tin Drum (1979)
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Danzig in the 1920s/1930s. Oskar Matzerath, son of a local dealer, is a most unusual boy. Equipped with... (142 mins.)
“  Buy the Criterion Collection Edition now on DVD and Blu-ray. ” - IMDb Editors
 
9.
Waking the Dead (2000 TV Series)
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Det. Supt. Peter Boyd (played by Trevor Eve) is the leader of a multi-discipline police team of detectives and scientists, the Cold Case Squad, which investigates old, unsolved murder cases using modern methods and new technology that may not have been available during the original investigation. (100 mins.)
“  Buy the Complete Seventh Season now on DVD. ” - IMDb Editors
 
10.
Men of a Certain Age (2009 TV Series)
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A group of college buddies in the throes of middle age keep their friendship going long after they've graduated. (60 mins.)
“  Buy the Complete Second Season now on DVD and Amazon Instant Video. ” - IMDb Editors
 
11.
Detropia (2012 Documentary)
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A documentary on the city of Detroit and its woes, which are emblematic of the collapse of the U.S. manufacturing base. (90 mins.)
“  Buy now on DVD. ” - IMDb Editors
 
12.
Life's Too Short (2011 TV Series)
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The show centers on Warwick Davis in his day-to-day life, complete with the frustrations he faces.
“  Buy the Complete First Season now on DVD. ” - IMDb Editors
 
13.
The Other Dream Team (2012 Documentary)
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The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania's independence movement, and - with help from the Grateful Dead - triumphed at the Barcelona Olympics. (89 mins.)
“  Buy now on DVD and Amazon Instant Video. ” - IMDb Editors
 
14.
Being Human (2008 TV Series)
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A werewolf, a vampire, and a ghost try to live together and get along. (60 mins.)
“  Buy the Complete Fourth Season now on DVD, Blu-ray and Amazon Instant Video. ” - IMDb Editors
 
15.
Farewell, My Queen (2012)
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A look at the relationship between Marie Antoinette and one of her readers during the first days of the French Revolution. (100 mins.)
“  Buy now on DVD and Blu-ray. ” - IMDb Editors
 
16.
About Cherry (2012)
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A drama centered on a troubled young woman who moves to San Francisco, where she gets involved in pornography and aligns herself with a cocaine-addicted lawyer. (102 mins.)
Director: Stephen Elliott
“  Buy now on DVD and Blu-ray. ” - IMDb Editors
 
17.
Wild River (1960)
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A young field administrator for the TVA comes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam on the Tennessee River... (110 mins.)
Director: Elia Kazan
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18.
Sleeper (1973)
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A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government. (89 mins.)
Director: Woody Allen
“  Buy now on Blu-ray. ” - IMDb Editors