DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for November 30, 2010

Hey fiends!  This week is pretty barren,  but there are a couple of flicks you might want to check out tomorrow.  Click beyond the break to get the titles and full details of every release, including Shadowland which was filmed here in St. Louis!

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Alarm

Format: DVD
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Talented Irish director Gerard Stembridge (Kate Hudson s About Adam) turns to classic suspense territory with Alarm. Molly (Ruth Bradley of Flyboys with James Franco) flees the big city of Dublin for the safety of the suburbs and a quieter life. But Molly soon realizes everyone else nearby is commuting to work and that her lovely neighborhood is really a ghost town during the day. Insecurity mounts when Molly s home is broken into. A new alarm system and even a handsome new boyfriend (Aidan Turner of the brilliant UK series Being Human) don t relieve Molly s anxiety as it becomes increasingly unclear whether she s genuinely a target or just genuinely disturbed.
Alarm on Netflix

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Make-Out with Violence

Format: Blu-Ray (also available on DVD, which was previously released)
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MAKE-OUT with VIOLENCE is a genre-bending tale of a boy trying to
fulfill his unrequited love for a girl who has risen from the dead.
Set against the backdrop of a summer of cicadas and swimming pools,
the film blends elements of up-beat teenage melodrama with the strange
gravity of classic coming of age stories.

It tells the story of twin brothers Patrick and Carol Darling, newly
graduated from high school and struggling to come to terms with the
unexplained disappearance of their friend, the bright and beautiful
Wendy Hearst. When a drive through the countryside surrounding their
suburban community leads to the discovery of Wendy s mysteriously
animated corpse, the boys secretly transport the undead Wendy to an
empty house in hopes of somehow bringing her back to life.

As the sweltering summer pushes on, they must maintain the appearance
of normalcy for their friends and family as they search for ways to
revive the Wendy they once knew, or, failing that, to satisfy their
own quests for love amongst the living and the dead.

Extra features include Deleted and Extended Scenes, Deleted Score,
Cast & Crew commentary, The Fugitive Brain – A Behind the Scenes
history of Limerent Pictures including shorts, screen tests and
auditions, My Saturday is Now Ruined – the process of graphic
designer Ed O’Brien, Radio Spots, Performance videos by The
Non-Commissioned Officers, Essays by filmmaker Craig Zobel &
journalist James Rocchi.
Make-Out with Violence on Netflix

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Roger Corman Collection 3 Escape from Prison

Includes Swamp Women, Women in Cages, The Big Bust Out, The Hot Box and High School Big Shot.

Format: DVD
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No girly girls here … these women are angry, desperate, prone to violence and on the run! It’s maximum security, too much estrogen and non-stop action. But no one’s ever rocked an orange jumpsuit better! Featured in this special 3-disc collector’s set are bad attitudes and such stars as Pam Grier (Showtime’s The L Word), Golden Globe-winner Mike Connors (Mannix), Beverly Garland (‘Mrs. Douglas,’ My Three Sons), Carole Mathews (Miss Chicago 1938) and ‘blaxploitation’ star Vonetta McGee. Five full-length Roger Corman feature films, including The Hot Box, co-written and co-produced by Jonathan Demme.
Swamp Women on Netflix
Women in Cages on Netflix

The Big Bust Out is not available on Netflix

The Hot Box on Netflix

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Shadowland

Format: DVD
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A taut reinvention of vampire lore, Shadowland opens in modern
day North America, where construction workers uncover an old
stone cross and what appears to be a wooden stake. They remove
the stake from the ground, allowing Laura (Caitlin McIntosh), a
a slumbering vampire, to revive and rise from the earth. Beaten
and weak, Laura is unable to speak, remember who she is, or even
the fact that she is a vampire!

As Laura attempts to make sense of the strange new world around her,
she begins to remember not only an idyllic human life in 1897 but the
handsome Lazarus (Carlos Antonio León), a mysterious lover who
may not have had her best interests in mind. Soon Julian
(Jason Contini), a world-weary vampire hunter employed by the church,
begins tracking Laura, but as he closes in for the kill he learns
that things are not what they seem.

An ambitious, award-winning indie feature, Shadowland relies on
character, tension, and a series of reveals to tell the tragic story
of an anti-heroine.

Shadowland is not available on Netflix

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Space: 1999: The Complete Season One

Format: Blu-Ray
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In the year 1999, a spectacular explosion at a lunar nuclear waste dump sends the moon out of Earth’s orbit. In this seminal sci-fi series from producer Gerry Anderson (Thunderbirds, UFO), the men and women of Moonbase Alpha are suddenly propelled on a treacherous journey across the universe in search of extraordinary new worlds. Left with no way home, the Earthling citizens are forced to embark upon the greatest adventure of their lives, encountering bizarre life forms and strange phenomena as they struggle to survive among the awe-inspiring wonders of outer space.

All 24 first season episodes of this acclaimed space adventure have been restored in stunning high definition and presented with newly-created 5.1 surround soundtracks, and hours of brand-new bonus features.

With its progressive plotlines, an outstanding cast, and astonishing special effects from Oscar® winner Brian Johnson (Alien, The Empire Strikes Back), SPACE: 1999 has secured its place as one of the most thought-provoking series of the 20th century—and beyond.

DISC 1: Breakaway / Matter of Life and Death / Black Sun / Ring Around the Moon / Earthbound
DISC 2: Another Time, Another Place / Missing Link / Guardian of Piri / Force of Life / Alpha Child
DISC 3: The Last Sunset / Voyager’s Return / Collision Course / Death’s Other Dominion / The Full Circle
DISC 4: End Of Eternity / War Games / The Last Enemy / The Troubled Spirit / Space Brain
DISC 5: The Infernal Machine / Mission Of The Darians / Dragon’s Domain / Testament Of Arkadia

Space 1999: Season One is not available on Netflix

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Valhalla Rising

Format: DVD
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Acclaimed Danish director Nicholas Winding Refn follows his worldwide smash Pusher trilogy and the widely praised Bronson with his most daring film yet. Valhalla Rising is a brutally beautiful Viking film with international star Mads Mikkelsen ( Casino Royale, Clash Of The Titans ) as One Eye, a chained prisoner forced to fight to the death for the entertainment of his captors. When One Eye escapes, he stumbles upon a group of warriors headed to the Crusades. But fate has something else in store, as the men drift into the New World, where savages stalk them one by one in increasingly violent ways. Is One Eye an avenging angel or just the guiltiest of them all? The answers can be found in this ruthless, hallucinatory, one of a kind journey.
Valhalla Rising on Netflix