New SAS DVDs: August 2014

New SAS DVDs: August 2014 NEW HOLLYWOOD MOVIES *** New Action *** The Amazing Spider-Man 2 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2-disc edition) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Homefront (Jason Statham, James Franco) Machete Red Eye (Wes Craven thriller) Robocop (2014 remake) 300 300: Rise of an Empire The 300 Spartans The Warriors (Walter Hill’s 1979 cult classic)

*** New Childrens DVDs *** Free Willy The Lego Movie Monsters University The Muppets Planes Rio 2

*** New Classic *** The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (John Huston, Humphrey Bogart)

*** New Comedies *** Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Bad Words (Jason Bateman) Black Dynamite The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson) Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Club

*** New Dramas *** August: Osage County Black Nativity Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor, 1963) Constellation The Double Jesse Eisenbergh, Mia Wasikowska)

Enemy (Jake Gyllenhaal) 42: The Jackie Robinson Story Go For Sisters (John Sayles’ indie drama) Great Expectations (Mike Newell version) Grudge Match (Stallone and Sylvester as boxers) Half of a Yellow Sun (Nigeria-UK co-production, in English) Hours (starring Paul Walker.) Introducing Dorothy Dandrige (Halle Berry biopic) Joe (Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan) The Normal Heart Noah (Russell Crowe) Rob the Mob (Michael Pitt from Boardwalk Empire) Son of God A Young Doctor’s Notebook – the movie (Jon Hamm, Daniel Radcliffe)

*** New Horror *** Occulus

*** New Sci-Fi *** Under the Skin (UK, Scarlett Johansson)

NEW AFRICAN AMERICAN DVDs African-American Leaders Past & Present (History Channel series, 5 films) Black Dynamite Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp Introducing Dorothy Dandrige (Halle Berry biopic) Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (a Spike Lee joint) Pride and Perseverance: The Story of the Negro Leagues Tyler Perry’s The Single Moms Clubs

NEW ANIME Star Wars – The Clone Wars: Complete Season One Star Wars – The Clone Wars: Complete Season Two Star Wars – The Clone Wars: Complete Season Three

NEW BIBLE MOVIES Noah Son of God

NEW BALLET Afternoon of a Faun (Tanaquil Le Clercq)

NEW BRITISH DVDS Endeavor – Series 2 (TV) Fish Tank How I Live Now (UK Sci-Fi) In Fear (UK Horror) Last Tango in Halifax – Series 2 (TV) Le Week-end (UK comedy w/Jim Broadbent, Lindsey Duncan, Jeff Goldblum) Locke The Railway Man (UK-Australia co-production w/ Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman) Shaun of the Dead (replacement copy of UK comedy) Under the Skin (Sci-Fi cult film w/Scarlett Johansson) Vikings: The Real Warriors (3-episode UK miniseries)

NEW DOCUMENTARY DVDs Ain’t In It for My Healtth: A Film About Levon Helm Anita: Speaking Truth to Power (Freida Mock’s Anita Hill documentary) Bettie Page Reveals All Blood Brother Come Back Africa: The Films of Lionel Rogosin, Volume II (Docudrama) Cutie and the Boxer (in English & Japanese) Dancing in Jaffa Dirty Wars (about U.S. government target killings) Finding Vivian Maier First Cousin Once Removed: A Story of Life After Memory… (HBO) Frederick Law Olmsted: Designing America The Gabby Douglas Story The Ghost Army (PBS WWII doc) GMO OMG: Is This the End of Real Food The Great War WWI Hava Nagila (The Movie) I Am Divine Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp The Iran Job: The Story of an American Basketball Player in Iran Let’s Get Lost (Bruce Weber’s Chet Baker doc) Lost and Found (Ugandan orphans targeted by Joseph Kony doc) The Loving Story Made in America (Ron Howard’s Jay Z documentary) Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth (a Spike Lee joint) One Night in Vegas – Tyson and Tupac (ESPN “30 for 30” documentary) Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer Rising from Ashes Sample This: The Birth of Hip Hop Spinning Plates (cooking documentary) The State of Arizona (Immigration reform documentary) Trashed (Jeremy Irons-narrated pollution documentary)

The Trials of Muhammad Ali (a film by Bill Siegel) Watermark (from director of Manufactured Landscapes) Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)?

NEW EDUCATIONAL DVDs (Stacks) African-American Leaders Past & Present (History Channel series, 5 films) Andean Knitting with Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez Bourbon and Kentucky: A History Distilled Day of Days: June 6, 1944: American Soldiers Remember D-Day (PB) The Great War WWI (2 discs, 4 ½ hours) Is School Enough?: Learning Beyond the Classroom Latino Americans (6-hour PBS documentary series) Make No Little Plans: Daniel Burnham and the American City (PBS) Metal Jewelry Making with a Micro Torch Pride and Perseverance: The Story of the Negro Leagues Secrets of Althorp: The Spencers

*** American Experience *** Freedom Summer: Mississippi. 1964

*** Frontline *** Locked Up in America: Solitary Nation and Prison State (two films examine incarceration in the US) To Catch a Trader (Insider trader doc)

*** Nature *** What Plants Talk About (PBS, Nature documentary)

*** NOVA *** Alien Planets Revealed

NEW EXERCISE Rodney Yee’s Yoga for Energy & Stress Relief Rodney Yee’s Yoga for Your Week

NEW FOREIGN DVDs Angel Express (German) Babette’s Feast (Criterion, Denmark) Saving General Yang (Ronnie Yu, China) Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (Spain, Almodovar)

NEW FOOD DVDs Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern – Collection 3 Spinning Plates

NEW MUSIC DVDs Ain’t In It for My Healtth: A Film About Levon Helm (doc) Crossroads Eric Clapton Festival 2010 A Hard Day’s Night (Beatles, Criterion remastered DVD) Jackson Browne: I’ll Do Anything (Live in Concert) Made in America (Ron Howard’s Jay Z documentary) Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer 200 Motels (Tony Pakmer’s Frank Zappa) Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin’ About Him)? (doc)

NEW TV SERIES & MINISERIES Black Dynamite (Adult Swim, animated) The Bletchley Circle – Season 2 (UK) The Boondocks – Complete Fourth Season Fortysomething (UK, Hugh Laurie and Anna Chancellor) Life – Season One (3-disc series with Damien Lewis of “Homeland”) Homicide – Season 5 (Replacement copy) Mad Men – Season One Mad Men – Season Three Mad Men – Season Four Mad Men – Season Five Mad Men – Season Six Rosemary’s Baby (TV miniseries with Zoe Saldana) Spartacus: Gods of the Arena (Starz original series) Through the Wormhole with Morgan Freeman – Season Three 24 Season 6 Premiere – The First Four Episodes The Twilight Zone: Essential Episodes (55th Anniversary Edition) Vikings: The Real Warriors (3-episode UK miniseries)