In a surprise, apart from Raj Kapoor’s movies like Awara and Shree 420, the films that are most popular in Russia are Hema Malini-starrer Sita aur Gita and Mithun’s 1982 movie Disco Dancer.
Director Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger will make its debut on Blu-ray and DVD this December. The folks at Disney watched in complete horror as the Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer flick crashed and burned at the box office this summer
Recommended A minor but reasonably entertaining action-thriller, Escape from Zahrain (1962) is a quirky little picture. Its small cast is a strange mix of actors while its screenplay is unusually unambitious for producer-director Ronald Neame, who had just made two outstanding British features, The Horse’s Mouth (1958) and especially Tunes of Glory (1960), Neame’s masterpiece.
— Gary Davis is under no illusions.
A wide, disparate batch of TV series arrives on DVD and Blu-ray this week, including “Harbor Command, 
Hugh Jackman stars as a father whose daughter is kidnapped; a film set in Saudi Arabia impresses.
Here are 10 movies that got shafted but are well worth watching.
Highly Recommended The Blu-ray cover art touts The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as “The Original Classic,” an ironic proclamation considering that this 1977 animated feature is actually a compilation of three earlier featurettes with original bridging material and a new ending. Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966, originally shown with The Ugly Dachshund ) came first, followed by …
Young is set to feature in a special DVD focusing on the region’s Gold Trail and its rich history.
In theory, trailers shown before movies are supposed to be aimed at the target demographic for the film the audience has come…